The Britpop one hundred hall of joy! - Classics only.

Wise words.

as in 1996 or as in 'shit we're into the 20s already'?

like WHAT-EVA d00d!

c-man was right re: mcalmont & butler, 'yes' wd be my no. 1.

I started this thread before lunch, came back and it's up, full and completed.

Well impressed by the adherance to the "No Slagging" rule.

I started this to have a good list of britpop, to make up for the lousy retrospectives that would appear right about now, and soon come in "School Disco" type club nights (Just an aside, did you ever go to your actual school disco in your uniform? Hmm?)

I think this is a surprisingly good list in places!

Also, whither the goddess-like geniuses that were Kenickie? (OK, would have helped if I'd thought about them before now)

If you're doing only classics then the top 100 is going to be predominantly Suede and Pulp, with some Blur and Oasis thrown in and a couple of Sleeper tracks.

This is sort of true (apart from the Sleeper bit) but it's more, like, classics of the time isn't it? If that's not a contradiction.

97.

I love Kenickie, but I kind of can't see em as Britpop, ridiculously.

The Britpop 'Replacer' 100 list

I also like 'Sparkle' by My Life Story and 'Chasing Rainbows' by Shed Seven.

Christ.

Well now:

Common People. The Britpop Story.

Pulp. Foto promocional.

Common People. The Britpop Story és el nom d'un nou recopilatori format per 3 CDs en el que s'hi fa un recull de les millors bandes britàniques.

En el recopilatori hi destaquen grups com Pulp, The Stone Roses, Supergrass, Super Furry Animals... Però també hi destaquen, per la seva absència, Oasis i Blur, que són considerats dos dels grups britànics més grans de la historia.

El recopilatori sortirà a la venta el pròxim 8 de juny, i el seu tracklist complet és el següent:

CD1

01. The Auteurs - 'Lenny Valentino'
02. Elastica - 'Stutter'
03. Gene - 'Be My Light, Be My Guide'
04. The Stone Roses - 'Love Spreads'
05. James - 'Laid'
06. Dodgy - 'Staying Out For The Summer'
07. Saint Etienne - 'You're In A Bad Way'
08. Dubstar - 'Stars'
09. Blake Grape - 'In The Name Of The Father'
10. Duffy - 'London Girls'
11. Marion - 'Sleep'
12. These Animal Men - 'Speeed King'
13. S*M*A*S*H - 'Shame'
14. Cast - 'Alright'
15. Bluetones - 'Slight Return'
16. Perfume - 'Lover'
17. The Boo Radleys - 'Wake Up Boo!'
18. Menswear - 'Daydreamer'

CD2

01. Pulp - 'Common People'
02. Supergrass - 'Alright'
03. Sleeper - 'Inbetweener'
04. Echobelly - 'Great Things'
05. Powder - 'Afrodisiac'
06. Northern Uproar - 'Rollercoaster'
07. Paul Weller - 'Thechangingman'
08. The Divine Comedy - 'Something For The Weekend'
09. Babybird - 'You're Gorgeous'
10. My Life Story - '12 Reasons Why'
11. Denim - 'It Fell Off The Back Of A Van'
12. Kula Shaker - 'Tattva'
13. Mansun - 'Wide Open Space'
14. Salad - 'Drink The Elixir'
15. Placebo - 'Nancy Boy'
16. Longpigs - 'She Said'
17. Ocean Colour Scene - 'The Riverboat Song'
18. Shed Seven - 'Chasing Rainbows'

CD3

01. Super Furry Animals - 'God! Show Me Magic'
02. Suede - 'Trash'
03. Kenickie - 'In Your Car'
04. Theaudience - 'A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed'
05. Catatonia - 'Mulder And Scully'
06. Space - 'Female Of The Species'
07. Embrace - 'All You Good Good People'
08. Gomez - 'Whippin' Piccadilly'
09. Geneva - 'Into The Blue'
10. Rialto - 'Monday Morning 5:19'
11. The Seahorses - 'Love Is The Law'
12. Hurricane #1 - 'Step Into My World'
13. Monaco - 'What Do You Want From Me'
14. Spearmint - 'Sweeping The Nation'
15. Lodger - 'Always Round Here'
16. Earl Brutus - 'SAS And The Glam That Goes With It'
17. Stereophonics - 'The Bartender And The Thief'
18. Gay Dad - 'Oh Jim'

(I did not add that last track, btw)

Was this what Blake Grape was doing before he went out with Amy?

Before Grape split and he got three other women with transparent violins...

A genuine "best of Britpop" non-cliche compilation would be thoroughly worth it IMO

But what would be on it?

(Lock thread)

This is like one of those Reader's Digest Best Of The Sixties compilations where they couldn't get the Beatles or the Stones so have to make do with six apiece from Billy J Kramer and the Tremeloes ("Some tracks RE-RECORDED by at least one of the ORIGINAL ARTISTS for STEREO ENHANCEMENT").

Many of the bands in the above compilation would be in mine also. But the songs would be different.

11. Denim - 'It Fell Off The Back Of A Van'

haha waht

10. Duffy - 'London Girls'

^^ is this stephen 'tin tin' duffy?

No it's that funny looking bird who sounds like she's being strangled when she sings I think.

(Yeah it is (xpost))

Elastica's Stutter does it for me. That would be #9 only it's prob. in there already

is any triphop allowed?

Trip hop was never Britpop.

And... I mean.... I like Massive Attack and all. But Britpop was so fantastic in its own right it doesn't need to be mixed up with other (and lesser) genres.

pleased about sunday's election results geir?

yeah geir. if you don't think massive attack are britpop you're obviously RACIST.

Pretty sure MC's talking about the Swedish Pirate Party there

A man who has the contents of his Soulseek files talked about by the internet is correct to care about his right to privacy

Britpop must be heavily Beatles/Kinks influenced to be Britpop and must also be very English. Massive Attack had lots of American influences after all. Trip Hop was never Britpop - the only black Britpop musician was the drummer in Ocean Colour Scene, because they weren't an R&B band. R&B is 100 per cent American and cannot possibly be Britpop.

the kinks were JUST A BIT influenced by r&b, idiot.

One of the dudes from the Boo Radleys as well

</whyamidoingthis>

lol fired up GIS for him then Debbie Smith then hit head on desk and thought of 10 better things to do.

"You put your bet on number one and it comes up every time.
The other kids have all backed down and they put you first in line.
And so you finally ask yourself just how big you are -
And take your place in a wiser world of bigger motor cars.
And you wonder who to call on."

More like the Village White Preservation Society amirite?