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

88] Oasis: Live Forever (probably my favourite Oasis song... some others that I don't recall that are on "Definitely Maybe" are good... :))

84) Space 'Female Of The Species'

83) Pulp 'Mis-Shapes'

btw seminal select article on britpop in 1993 say britpop = suede, pulp, blur, st et, felt, erm, auteurs, etc. and those guys what sampled nirvana.

76. Shed Seven - "This Is My House"

75. Saint Etienne - "Who Do You Think You Are?"

'Second Coming' got a raw deal

Credit to the Nation were Britpop?

67] Pulp: Babies

i've always thought of it as more reminiscent of a certain strand of 60s pop - but then that's what britpop was all about wasn't it?
that's my favourite saint etienne moment (hmm...maybe hobart paving...hmmm...maybe 'i buy american records'...hmmm...maybe....no i'll stop there) . unlike most people, i prefer their 'fluffy' stuff that you're not (really) supposed to like - largely because they do it so damn well.

i could chuck about ten of their tracks in, but instead

64. elastica - waking up

sure, it was a rip off, but it was a good one.

63. pulp - she's a lady

Definitely.

66. The Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo

Ya-ha. April 1993 in select was the big article/cover (by stuart maconie i think). circa 'modern life' and 'suede'

77. The Nubiles - "Layabout" (Justine Frischmann's favourite record of 1994, as I recall, and one of mine too)

=first band i ever saw (supporting blur)

Credit to the Nation were Britpop?

yeah, why not?

59. The Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend

actually from '99 and quite dancey and perhaps not really in the same meld as much else here, but it's the best single they ever did imo

It gets no more Britpop surely.

Eng-pop surely?

especially the long version with the funny whale noises on the end.

no, really.

well phshaw, i'm finding it hard to find it, even after all this time.

57) Fat Les 'Vindaloo'

53. Chumbawamba - Someone's Always Telling You How To Behave

B-b-but Ailsa a part pretending it's speaking for the whole is the entire POINT of Britpop!

I am also peeved because I wrote a big long post about how Tattva was great despite Kula Shaker's general odiousness, but didn't post it for fear of being sniggered at. So cheers, Enrique, I'm glad it's not just me.

45) Catatonia "You've Got a Lot to Answer For"

no, really.

did they include this on the singles comp? i had the 12"

44) Northern Uproar 'Rollercoaster' (I'm sorry, you can disregard all mychoices, I hate them too, I'm just trying to keep it representative of the truth)

No Ailsa, it is just you, JS are the WORST BAND IN HISTORY

44. vanessa paradis - be my baby
43. catatonia - mulder and scully (the first time i heard that voice - affected, of course, but somehow still kind of cool. i still like her.)

and aisla....? i have to admit i liked tattva too.

but if anyone mentions 'You're Gorgeous' i will kill them

42. Reverend Black Grape.

Will anyone be brave enough to add Ocean Colour Scene? I feel like 'The Riverboat Song' deserves to be here through its sheer omnipresence at the time, but frankly I just can't quite bring myself to do it.

hmmm... vanessa paradis = not very british, innit.

ignore that one, then..

although it SOUNDS like britpop.

point taken...

what the hell, then, let's shove some saint etienne in there...

44. saint etienne - hobart paving... just because..

I read your mind Jae

(Plus it was taken directly from the source without being filtered through capitalist corporate American mass production at first)

is he anywhere near 51 yet?

they added an Indian/Pakistani element, which was much more interesting and also fit much better into the European musical tradition they came out of.

I probably shouldn't ask, but how on earth does Indian/Pakistani(LOL) music fit better into a European musical tradition than "American" music, by which I assume Geir means African-American music? It surely fits in less well?

presumably he means they stayed longer in the empire

Feel like posting that exchange between Basil Fawlty and the Major about Indians, but probably best not to

I probably shouldn't ask, but how on earth does Indian/Pakistani(LOL) music fit better into a European musical tradition than "American" music, by which I assume Geir means African-American music? It surely fits in less well?

Because the classical Indian musical tradition is head music, not body music.

...

Spotified this:

The Britpop one hundred hall of joy! - Classics only

21 tracks aren't on it, but hey.

No Speedy?? :(

The NME have done exactly this, this week..

The NME have done exactly this, every week for the last 20 fucking years

fixed

yeah.. but this week they have done a list. 100 britpop classics.

tbh, I saw a 'catatonia' entry, and I did sigh, etc.

Seriously you think they'd be embarassed about it by now.

THey also did a top 20 by sales:

summary: Oasis oasis oasis oasis oasis oasis oasis blur oasis oasis pulp oasis oasis supergrass oasis catatonia

Srsly if you'd told anyone in 1996 that the name 'Gene' would be on the front of the NME 17 years later they'd have pissed themselves laughing.

you mean there are people who didn't in 1996 ?

luke haines ‏@LukeHaines_News 7h
Very embarrassing to be on the front cover of the @NME this week. Might have to sue.

Also, Bis.

I went looking for a postable list, didn't find one yet, but they are doing a 'vote yr favourite'

"Caught by the fuzz" is winning, which.. mm, I'm OK with actually...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/feb/15/britpop-songs-10-of-the-best-oasis-blur-pulp

Plenty of comments of the 'bbbbut what about Ocean Colour Scene/ dodgy' but this article seems to have used *that* "Select" front page as the initial template..

They should know better than to inflate Haines ego like that.

Sleeper is reuniting.
http://www.radiox.co.uk/news/sleeper-first-gig-19-years-star-shaped-festival/

Ash's Girl from Mars suggested twice, but no rep for the brilliant Goldfinger, till now

Classics only.

My list would be only Supergrass, Blue and Pulp songs and probably wouldn't get to a hundred.

Blue?

Technically they're pop from Britain.

I probably shouldn't ask, but how on earth does Indian/Pakistani(LOL) music fit better into a European musical tradition than "American" music, by which I assume Geir means African-American music? It surely fits in less well?

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:50 PM (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is that true?

I mean, estimate a percentage..

well i imagine geir subscribes to the aryan racial theories of Houston Stewart Chamberlain so to him yes

xxp, 1973 Britpop
http://youtu.be/pBk61fPE4Yk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk61fPE4Yk

Geir's not a bad guy but idk where to start with his 2009 posts here.