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Brit Pop was crap.
Biffy rocker Simon Neil says that British rock in the 90's was Rubbish same up down thing Brit Pop Beatle sounding Tribute acts.But he claim he liked Oasis and Manic Street Preacher along with The Verve and early Radiohead.We were more intro the more Grungy American Alternative rock sound at the time when we were young.Cause people just got sick of Brit Pop in 98 and the same band sounding a Beatle and Small Faces tribute.It got more better when Muse and The Stereophonic came along and The Music and some others.
Was Brit pop crap.
Was Brit pop crap.
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It might be the same name in a different order, but if that quote is anything to go by, Simon Neil's grasp of English is rubbish compared to Neil Simon's.
Whilst they maintain a hypocritical too cool for school attitude of being happy to take the royalty cheque for an X-Factor winner covering their most well known song; and slagging off the likes of Robbie Williams; Noel Gallagher; Thom Yorke & Damon Albarn; whilst being happy to take the filthy lucre of supporting the likes of well past their sell by date veteran acts The Who, Bon Jovi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and The Rolling Stones.
I completely agree with him, I too was more into "grungy american alternative rock" and dance music throughout the whole Brit Pop thing. I thought most 90s British Rock music was pretty dull (as are Biffy Clyro these days tbh)
IMO Throwing Muses/Pixies/Belly were far more interesting.
When cobain died all my work colleagues went into meltdown that evening, whereas I was miffed by it.
To me Courtney Love was the far more interesting one in that relationship.
Saw her at Shepherds Bush on the Live Thru This Tour and she was effing amazing with genuine presence and for a couple of years, she rocked. Now.... What happened?!
As for Blur vrs Oasis, neither! Pulp, thankyou very much!
Biffy Clyro are nowhere near that level. They also have the worst band name ever.
The legacy of Britpop was for me the creation of anthemic groups such as Keane, Athlete, Elbow, Coldplay etc and a new audience and interpretation of what defines 'Indie' music, with the traditional indie audience of the past replaced with an almost MOR please everyone mentality, as well as the inadvertant creation of the faux-feminism of groups such as The Spice Girls which was heavily Britpop derived.
Biffy Clyro are s**t!
It's not my most favourite music but some of it was good. For me it also has added nostalgia of which I'm sure would appeal to many my age as well.
Britpop was my era. I was at school at the time and loved Blur, Oasis, Space, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Shed 7, anything on the 'Shine' compilations. Grunge was a little before my time and I wasn't into dance music. Britpop was for me. I look back on that part of my life, my adolesence, very fondly and I have Britpop to thank for that.
Chris Evans on Radio 1, Euro 96 and the battle of Britpop (The Blur/Oasis thing which had me completely drawn in) all got me through the mid-90s. Im still stuck there, a bit.
God bless them and you
Comments just like these prove my point!
I don't think you could have got it more wrong... Britpop was the antithesis of dreary Elbow, Coldplay et al. Britpop was short, snappy, stylish, with a keen 'pop' sense (think Pulp, Blur and Suede), light years away from the identikit, characterless MOR rock of Keane and the rest you mentioned. As for the Spice Girls being 'heavily Britpop derived'.... your dissertation has just a big red line through it
Oasis and Blur fued was nothing really compared to the pure hatred filled fueds from the states. No doubt someone will prove me wrong.
Also, Biffy Clyro are shit.
Nice symmetry there, don't you think?
Britpop had 2 elements, the short, sharp element that anyone that owned a 'shine' compilation remembers and there was the cool Britannia element, sticking a union jack on anything, exporting British culture and milking it for everything it's worth, middle aged idiots claiming to be cool because they had heard of oasis.
Britpop music in isolation was very good and I look back fondly.