I don't really care for anything in this poll or the Pazz & Jop list (and I bought or heard a lot, thought not all, of it). The Daft Punk singles were obv. great, but I could never hang w/"Homework" as an entire album.
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Thursday, 15 August 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
(I like the Pavement album, but even that is my least fave of theirs!)
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Thursday, 15 August 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
Brighten The Corners is great. I saw them on that tour
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link
I saw them on that tour too, Bristol Anson Rooms
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Friday, 16 August 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
Did they open with 'Grounded' and play 'Summer Babe'? they did at Glasgow Garage
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 09:28 (four years ago) link
now that I can't remember, I probably din't know their catalogue well enough back then either. I remember it was a fun show in a not particularly great venue.
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Friday, 16 August 2019 09:34 (four years ago) link
was a cracking gig I saw, played pretty much everything i wanted
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
I saw them for the last time in '97. (Apparently this was the setlist, which I seem to recall was pleasant if relatively sedate.) I saw them every time they toured here, starting in 1993, but I haven't come close to voting for Pavement in any of these polls. Maybe I'm just trying to distance myself from high school me.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 16 August 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
I saw them that year in Boston, with Shudder To Think opening.
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
Remember Pardon My French, by “Fuck”? This was the year that you’d buy albums like that, and be all... uhhhhhhh
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
I dont remember them
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
It was a Hyped Matador Release
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
I think I was wary of hype by then, but I honestly do not remember anything about them in the UK press or the infrequent US mags I bought on import.
Spin & Rolling Stone was sold in every wh smiths in every provincial town in the UK but I never bought them. They were always in cellophane to stop you reading them too.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
Gonna mention it here as I'm playing the fuck out to it today and it's from 1997...the Oblivians album Play Nine Songs With Mr Quintron. A little ripper. Hellfire and booze, gospel and guitars, sounding like it was recorded on a bootleg in 1958 if they'd discovered punk by then
― imago, Friday, 16 August 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
I remember a band called Quintron. No relation?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Unless that band was a New Orleans organist, no...
― imago, Friday, 16 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
while we are on the subject of terrible late 90s indie, these cunts are where me and UK indie parted ways
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― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:22 (four years ago) link
hah, I remember liking i think their 1st single but everything else was rotten, especially that song that The Sun used in adverts. The singer was a real mouthy twat that you can find in most Scottish pubs.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
Bluetones and Catatonia were when I parted ways with trusting the nme and MM
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
There was some decent britpop singles and a handful of good albums but when I hear a lot of stuff from back then I wonder how the fuck people liked them. Babybird? Ocean Colour Scene? Divine Comedy? Space?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
oh and travis appeared in 97 didn't they?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
and the kerrang britrock of the era was even worse, Symposium, Reef, 3 colours red, stereophonics and I'm pretty sure 97 was when the nu metal bands started getting real hype
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
I do love "slight return" by Bluetones tbh
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
Symposium, Reef, 3 colours red, stereophonics
Im sure all these bands appeared on TFI Friday at least once
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
I have a soft spot for Catatonia. Also likely ilx-unpopular, but the Grand Parade by the Frank and Walters is a great record from 1997 that I stil l listen to.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Friday, 16 August 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
I have a soft spot for a few Space singles too. They were like the UK versh of Cake!
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
I hated Cake too, lol.
When did fun lovin criminals get popular here?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
'96-'97
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
next question is obviously WHY????????
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
I think Pulp Fiction had something to do with it...
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Friday, 16 August 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
Ah yes, the bowling shirt aesthetic of the late 90s
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
the what?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
Spin End Of Year Lists 1997
1. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time2. Radiohead - OK Computer3. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out4. Björk - Homogenic5. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind6. Portishead - Portishead7. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death8. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One9. Missy "Misdemeanour" Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly10. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole11. Pavement - Brighten The Corners12. Erykah Badu - Baduizm13. Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms14. Various Artists - Return Of The D.J. Vol.II15. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope16. Daft Punk - Homework17. Geraldine Fibbers - Butch18. Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister19. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever20. Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
wait how did you get through the late 90s and not notice/deal with the bowling shirt aesthetic, it was literally everywhere
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
Wasn't he the guy from Ride?
― the cretin hits the cast (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
My eye went right to this:
Readers' Picks Albums
1. U2 - Achtung Baby2. Pearl Jam - Ten3. R.E.M. - Achtung Baby
― Stub yr toe on the yacht rock (morrisp), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
my favorite R.E.M. album
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Guitarist was from Ride, not the singer
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― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
thanks to mods for deleting my post.
Made sure I paste it correctly thistime!
Rolling Stone 1997 Critics
Albums
1. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind2. Radiohead - OK Computer3. Pavement - Brighten The Corners4. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time5. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out6. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly7. The Verve - Urban Hymns8. Björk - Homogenic9. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole10. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
Singles
1. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony2. Hanson - Mmmbop3. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats4. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping5. Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
1. Oasis - Be Here Now2. Radiohead - OK Computer3. Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
1. Fiona Apple - Criminal2. Blur - Song 23. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Surprised at the readers albums picks
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
10. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
I forgot about this one. I used to dug it at the time
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
I used to like that Bentley Rhythm Ace album but fairly sure I've not listened to it once in the last 21 years. (see also Propellerheads)
― groovypanda, Friday, 16 August 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
I didn't like big beat much
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
write in for young team.
imagine no even including this seminal scottish album recorded in fucking hamilton ffs
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
young team is in the other poll
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
Best Album on OUR Favourite Albums of......1997 Part Two
I'll still stand by that Bentley Rhythm Ace album, its good fun. Their FSUK mix from '98 is brilliant too.
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
oof, am a dafty.
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 16 August 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
:)
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 17 August 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
you are from Bothwell tbf ;)