OH CHRIST, YES, HOW DID I FORGET? damn, i voted well.
that northern uproar website is fucking awesome. frames! comic sans! a story about some cock breaking his ankle! it genuinely hasn't been looked at in 10 years, has it?
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Northern Uproar rule for this:
http://www.n-uproar.u-net.com/
-- Raw Patrick, Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:26 PM
"Chris and Leon went for a hike up Ygairne near Tryffyn in Wales, the wind was blowing at 80 mph and they had to crawl and slither to keep from being blown away. When they got back down to the bottom, Leon slipped and hurt his ankle, but instead of going to the hospital like any mere mortals would do... they went to the pub for some liquid anaesthetic. Not 'til the next day did Leon find out that he had actually broken his ankle!"
― jeremy waters, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
At the t in the park i mentioned (1995) you should have scene the queues for Kula Shaker in the king tuts tent. There was 10 xs as many people outside listening as there was inside. Tattva or whatever it was called had been a huge hit. Admittedly I was no great fan of Britpop bar Oasis/Blur/Pulp/Supergrass but Of all the britpop bands I saw T In The Park 95 & 96 then Powder have to be by far THE WORST. AWFUL!! Supergrass and Super Furry Animals were great in 95 though.
Best britpop band was Black Grape. And they're not really britpop I suppose. That 1st album is a terrific album. Lots of great music came out alongside Britpop and I hope that's whats remembered and not the shite in this poll.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
(xxpost) I remember some Chris Evans TV show on which Reef were guests, and when they got to the bit where Evans read out some letters, the band had to introduce it by singing "IT'S YOUR LETTERS IT'S YOUR LETTERS!!! AAAARRRGGHHH!!!"
― snoball, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I only remember Reef now because of that joke TFI Friday thing. I know i saw them at T In The Park but it must've been forgettable.
btw Grimly, T In The Park in 95 and 96 line ups must've been your worst nightmare :) I spent most of my time in the dance tent i think.
xx-post Aye that thing.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't even see Pulp the year they headlined as I was too busy jumping about to The Afghan Whigs. Best band I ever saw at T In The Park was LEFTFIELD. One of the greatest nights of my life that was (no I wasnt on anything)
I'm so glad T In The Park moved as those line ups in the dadrock years were soul destroying.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Dig a bit deeper into Northern Uproar's site and you discover they had a spot supporting on Mark Owen's tour. Ha!
― chap, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
That seahorses thing, youtube is giving me a 500 server error. I am saved.
It was a shit track, I can vaguely remember it. There was a long guitar solo at the end, I think?
― Pashmina, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I should have put The Levellers in. They were dreadful (the singer from the seahorses is the worst singer ever, he sounds like the levellers guy)
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
As someone all-but-untouched by the shaky finger of Britpop, I have to confess that a lot of the vitriolic comments above REALLY make me want to hear a POO compilation of all those groups. Would it out-rock Buzz Cuts?
― briania, Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:00 (sixteen years ago) link
They were called 'Dodgy' for a reason...
― SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, exactly. Now that records like that have attained artifact status, shouldn't they have leeched a bit of charm with the passage of time? Too soon?
― briania, Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Never
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Stereophonics. Other than Cast, the rest are all fantastic. Most of the best 90s bands are in this list.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Absolutely fantastic, better than Oasis and Blur, and among the best bands ever to have existed: Ocean Colour Scene Dodgy Travis Supernaturals Kula Shaker
Excellent but not better than Blur/Oasis: Catatonia Gene Bluetones
Rather good, at least occasionally: Sleeper Menswear Gomez Seahorses Shed 7 Longpigs Space
Decent, but not much more Stereophonics Cast Reef 3 Colours Red
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
rofl
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes, they are, it's just you who are missing what good pop music is about.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(Although I must have put Kula Shaker in the wrong category, they would belong in one of the two middle ones)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I knew Geir wouldn't let us down. Aren't Ocean Colour Scene a little bit too bluesy for you though?
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Are there any britpop bands you hated? xpost
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Close run thing between Catatonia and Space
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Re: The JPEG - I really don't like Liam's face sticking out at me like that.
i haven't heard half of these bands, so I'm voting for The Longpigs on principle. Who fucking names their band The Longpigs?
― Pillbox, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:23 (sixteen years ago) link
lengthy rant removed
― chaki, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:40 (sixteen years ago) link
dude
― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's just not Britpop.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:51 (sixteen years ago) link
You're offending Geir here, cover his eyes
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:52 (sixteen years ago) link
ANYWAY. I don't recognize most of these bands. I *kinda* like the very very little I've heard of the Longpigs though that's probably just the Richard Hawley bias. Are any of these worth attention?
― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:53 (sixteen years ago) link
not really
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:55 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:55 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Figured.
― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link
The brave new dawn of rigorously monitored Nu-ILx.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:01 (sixteen years ago) link
seagal.jpg
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:07 (sixteen years ago) link
This is just like the scne in Blazing Sadlles when the fighting cowboys crash into the 30's dance number set.
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:10 (sixteen years ago) link
^ lOlTM
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I've had a look at the mod board comments and it all seems a bit of an unholy mess so best to keep out of it.
I always thought the end part of Blazing Saddles would have been a brilliant ending to The Prisoner.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone going to say Britpop was an unholy mess?
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I always thought the end part of Blazing Saddles would have been a brilliant ending to The Prisoner
They're quite similar really, the endings I mean
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:17 (sixteen years ago) link
but britpop never ended :(
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Stereophonics.
― zeus, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Dermot O'Leary manfully tries to prove that Britpop has never ended week after week on his scintillating Radio 2 show with torchbearers the Zutons and um Sharleen "nee Senga McGillicuddy" Spiteri.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Geir Hongro, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:06 (1 hour ago) Link
Yes, Herman and every other single poster on this thread, and indeed on ILM.
― Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"every single other" above!
― Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Catatonia had one good song called Lost Cat, which was on C96 (bet a lot of you didn't know there was a C96, did you?)
Then they started to coin it by writing songs about issue X which was popular at time Y and lost me totally. Mulder and Scully and Road Rage indeed!
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
"mulder and scully" and "road rage" were truly vile.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
"Millder and Skilly" and "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrroad Rrrrrrrrrrrage" you mean
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember Lost Cat, it was a nice song. Cerys had a good voice before she went for sounding like Shirley Bassey on steroids.
― Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
She did not have a good voice
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Jaw like a boxer.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
True!
I thought she sounded good on that single I mentioned, that's all. Not defending later horrors!
― Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:54 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:29 (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Pretty sure you were right first time there
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:54 (sixteen years ago) link