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 (fifteen years ago) link
They were called 'Dodgy' for a reason...
― SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:03 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Never
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:57 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
rofl
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:05 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Are there any britpop bands you hated? xpost
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Close run thing between Catatonia and Space
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:22 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
lengthy rant removed
― chaki, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:40 (fifteen years ago) link
dude
― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's just not Britpop.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:51 (fifteen years ago) link
You're offending Geir here, cover his eyes
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:52 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
not really
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:55 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
The brave new dawn of rigorously monitored Nu-ILx.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
seagal.jpg
― Raw Patrick, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:07 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
^ lOlTM
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:11 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone going to say Britpop was an unholy mess?
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:15 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
but britpop never ended :(
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Stereophonics.
― zeus, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:27 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
"every single other" above!
― Neil S, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:29 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
"mulder and scully" and "road rage" were truly vile.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:42 (fifteen years ago) link
"Millder and Skilly" and "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrroad Rrrrrrrrrrrage" you mean
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:45 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
She did not have a good voice
― Tom D., Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Jaw like a boxer.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:50 (fifteen 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 (fifteen 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 (fifteen years ago) link
'Bleed' by Catatonia is kind of a tune
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Catatonia makes my ears bleed.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw Catatonia at Phoenix festival in '96 around the time of their 1st album, they were bloody awful and we left after a couple of songs. I think it was "You've got a lot to answer for" that drove us out.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I like a lot : Seahorses
I like some songs of : Cast (the La's songs on the 1st album), Gene, OCS, 3 Colours Red
I like their big hit : Sleeper
I can just about stand : Menswear
I fucking loath : Catatonia, Gomez, Reef, Shed 7,
Should be cudgelled to death with a very big cudgel : Reef, Dodgy, Kula Shaker, Longpigs, Supernaturals, Travis
Worst Band Ever : Stereophonics
Even Worse Band Ever : Space
― Dr.C, Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:04 (fifteen years ago) link