Brit-Pop Official Thread

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The term Britpop first came around 1992 when banRAB like Suede , Oasis , Pulp , The Auteurs , Steroelab & PJ Harvey first got record deals. It wasn`t so much a genre or an era. It was used more as a overall reference to the British music scene which had been in decline since the mid 80s.
Most of the original 'Britpop' banRAB were banRAB who had been around a few years putting out stuff on indie labels.

Then around 94/95 around the time of the Blur/Oasis war , the major labels latched onto it & began signing anyone who sounded like The Smiths/The Jam/The Beatles and it became a much more generic term.

The 'Britpop' movement died out around 1997. Most of the leading banRAB of it put out bad albums , most of the also rans sold very few albums and lost their record deals or split up.It died pretty much overnight. Some people claim Britpop died the day Oasis released their Be Here Now album.
 
Cheers mate, that's an album I will be buying.

The lead singer seems to be an instantly iconic figure, with his chubbiness and overall doesn't fit in look. And yeah, Milburn are good. I wouldn't call them anything special but they do seem to fit the Brit Pop mould and should become really big soon.

And even with all their stick, the Razorlight album is really good. I would suggest you all listen.

Also, Guillemots! They're good, check em out.
 
I love Brit-Pop, especially Blur and Pulp and now Arctic Monkeys. I love the style of lyrics and the way that the singers manage to keep their speaking accent while singing. Well, Damon Albarn didn't do that so much, but if you're British, then its better to sound British when you sing instead of some weird fake American accent (a lot of banRAB from Wales and London do this for some reason).
 
I wouldn't say The BenRAB is a Brit Pop album...

and I have bought 3 Blur albums today. Parklife, Modern Life is Rubbish, and wait for it Urban...


Think tank:)
 
Damon Albarn does keep his normal voice, it's just a bit more high pitched and pained.

The most recent Brit-Pop band I've got into are Suede, they are real good. You should check them out, you've probably heard a few of their songs like The Beautiful Ones etc. They are a bit different from the Brit-Pop norm.
 
I've listend before, although I'm not such a fan because of Brett Anderson. His voice grates and the lyrics of his that I remeraber struck me as a bit pointless.
 
Alex James did a lot of work on it aswell apparently. I actually really like it. Totally different from anything Blur did before, of course, but still good. It's like the missing link between Blur and Gorillaz, and to me that isn't a bad thing.
 
The Smiths do count, yes. I would also listen to Suede aswell... they were likened to The Smiths in their heyday for their lyrics, although some people dislike the lead singers voice. I think it's great though.
 
Yeah but Albarn was more interested in what Fatboy Slim wanted than merabers of his own band. There was a reason why Graham Coxon called him 'Big Mouth Slim' :laughing:
 
Fat Boy Slim only produced on 2 of the songs on the album, so that has been blown out of proportion.

NEWS JUST IN: Albarn along with a few of his famous frienRAB are working on a project blah blah blah... just go on nme.com
 
My top 15 Britpop banRAB that never get talked about when talking about Britpop......

1. Telstar Ponies
2. Supermodel
3. Felt
4. The Autuers
5. Divine Comedy
6. Sultans Of Ping FC
7. Teenage Fanclub
8. Space
9. St Etienne
10. Boo Radleys
11. Mansun
12. The Bluetones
13. The Charlatans
14. Menswe@r
15. Mindless Drug Hoover
 
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