Poppists say: yayIndie rockists say: Boo hiss.
Exercise:
a) What's the best Spice Girls song?b) Name the Britpop tracks, if any, you consider superior to it.
No, this isn't just Lexbait.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:31 (nineteen years ago)
no it isn't!
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)
there are quite clearly no britpop tracks superior to it
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:36 (nineteen years ago)
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:40 (nineteen years ago)
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:45 (nineteen years ago)
My favourite spice girls numbers are "wannabe", "2 become 1" and "viva forever". I like a number of blur songs from "modern life is rubbish" and "parklife" better than these, especially "this is a low", which is as good as anything anyone's recorded ever, I think. Other than that, The spice girls win for me. Most britpop stuff I can barely remember these days, a poor showing for a genre supposedly all about "classic songwriting".
"No Limits" by 2 unlimited is better than any spice girls track, mind.
Actually thinking about it, do supergrass count? "Sun hits the sky" from their second album also beats the spice girls.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:48 (nineteen years ago)
heroin more like.
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:52 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:53 (nineteen years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:54 (nineteen years ago)
many fine songs have been written on cocaine. oasis's 'all around the world' is not one of them.
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:54 (nineteen years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:56 (nineteen years ago)
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:58 (nineteen years ago)
There's a bit in some men's magazine interview with Peter Stringfellow this month where he complains that back in 96 Blur and Oasis would turn up at his club, drink free champagne all night, and when it came for them to pay for their drinks, they'd nurse a single bottle of beer for the rest of the evening. My guess is that when Oasis were playing in front of crowds of 150 at the start of their career and writing half decent music they weren't coked off their tits, and only when they started did their "talent" take a significant nosedive.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 08:59 (nineteen years ago)
Fixed.
"common people" has that thrilling headlong accelerating feel, great lyrics, generally intense/powerful performance, but I don't think the tune is all that.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:02 (nineteen years ago)
Great, great and completely shit.
x-post (I actually prefer "Mis-shapes" but I'm in a minority.)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:03 (nineteen years ago)
― fandango (fandango), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)
I'd also be surprised to hear "Sun Hits The Sky" ranked ahead of "Caught By The Fuzz".
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:06 (nineteen years ago)
the quality of oasis's music never nosedived, it was always dreadful. i don't think cocaine, or any drug, is necessarily bad for the music, though of course it can be.
the best britpop song is 'ladykillers' by lush. pulp had a few good songs as well, i think my favourite is 'sorted for es and wizz'. 'this is a low' by blur is nice. that's about it for britpop.
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:07 (nineteen years ago)
*Not including Shed Seven, Bluetones etc
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:07 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:08 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)
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yes -- Konal Doddz (stevem7...), July 24th, 2006.
'pumping on your stereo', people.
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)
supergrass never had a good song. fucking annoying cunts.
7/10
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:09 (nineteen years ago)
"Slight Return" is the great overlooked classic single of the mid 90s. FACT.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:11 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:12 (nineteen years ago)
:D
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:13 (nineteen years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)
-- Dom Passantino (juror...), July 24th, 2006.
what the fuck? who overlooked this song?
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:14 (nineteen years ago)
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:15 (nineteen years ago)
-- Domum r0bert w4d3ll (juror8@g
Oi you.
(x-post edward o BASTARD faster typer)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:18 (nineteen years ago)
I heart "500".
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)
Wener comes across better than I remembered, tho not as much as Cocker obv.
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)
i dunno, maybe not on the fashionable stylus website but no more or less than other hit songs of feb '96 (actually that was a rerelease i think).
xpost
haha 'single girl' is not showgaze.
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 24 July 2006 09:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Ricardo (jaxxalude), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)
― Ricardo (jaxxalude), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)
tigarah
i've changed my mind about the leering, you're all creepy and wrong and should leer over justin timberlake instead. (or jc.)
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)
― stop moving. (cis), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)
― stop moving. (cis), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
(I actually think she's a bit rub really)
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:42 (nineteen years ago)
The thing about leering over Meg White is that you get the sense that she wouldn't know what to do about it, she'd be baffled and out-of-her-depth and secretly a little creeped out by random admirers; and that almost seems to be the appeal? Whereas leering over, e.g. Karen O, you feel like she could take it, and if she thought you were being inappropriate she'd shoot you down/knee you in the balls/w'evs. Whereas Beyonce's persona is more like "of course you're lusting over me, who wouldn't-- you get one inch closer than that and my people will have you killed."
― stop moving. (cis), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)
tigarah has two good songs, there's also the 'thoughtful' ballad about how "things'll never change, life on the streets will always be the same" which is especially amazing coming from a woman who said she'd never visit the favelas because they were too rough
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)
**
*storms out*
Actually, Blur were frickin' fantastic and in 13 released one of my favourite ever albums. But it's fashionable to despise them so I'll just
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)
― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ The Unstoppable Troll Machine (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 27 July 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)
the overt art statement seems to be able to kick ass live, with nothing more than drums, guitar, a few pedals, and a voice.
― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Thursday, 27 July 2006 05:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Thursday, 27 July 2006 07:32 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 July 2006 08:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 20:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)
― nabisco, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:01 (nineteen years ago)
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 21:35 (nineteen years ago)
― blueski, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 22:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 3 April 2007 23:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 18:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:28 (nineteen years ago)
― blueski, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)
― wesley useche, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Frogman Henry, Wednesday, 4 April 2007 20:35 (nineteen years ago)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 5 April 2007 01:21 (nineteen years ago)
Wow, BRITPOP OPINIONZ threads were great before LJ turned up.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:29 (eighteen years ago)
Britpop killed by Knebworth, Chris Evans and Princess Diana, not in that order.
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:40 (eighteen years ago)
The spirit of Britpop still lives on today in Travis, Coldplay and Keane. And also to some extent in Franz Ferdinand and similar bands.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 09:27 (eighteen years ago)
(not to mention Kaiser Chiefs)
No.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 09:28 (eighteen years ago)
i just lost my shit re-reading that Jim Bowen/Bullseye stuff.
but revival not worth Geirbot
― blueski, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:07 (eighteen years ago)
2006: ILM's peak.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:08 (eighteen years ago)
The spirit of Diana lives on in TV's Konnie Huq.
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:13 (eighteen years ago)
Except Konnie Huq is fit.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:20 (eighteen years ago)
For what purpose?
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:25 (eighteen years ago)
Don't make me get all explicit lyrics on here.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 10:27 (eighteen years ago)