Brit-Pop Official Thread (album)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-28-2006, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowquill

I'm slightleh confused, what is brit-pop? Is it a specific era or just british pop? 'Cause if its the latter wouldn't that make James Blunt brit-pop?

The term Britpop first came around 1992 when bands 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' bands were bands 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 bands 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.

sleepy jack · 07-28-2006, 04:06 PM

Aw k, thank ya for clearin' that up then.

swim · 07-30-2006, 12:55 PM

I love brit-pop but, I prefer shoegaze.

TrampInaTux · 07-30-2006, 12:58 PM

I wouldn't say The Bends 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

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-30-2006, 01:15 PM

Think Tank = Damon Albarn solo album with members of Blur on it.

Well thats my reasoning for it existing anyway.

TrampInaTux · 07-30-2006, 01:18 PM

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.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-30-2006, 01:23 PM

Yeah but Albarn was more interested in what Fatboy Slim wanted than members of his own band. There was a reason why Graham Coxon called him 'Big Mouth Slim'

TrampInaTux · 07-30-2006, 02:19 PM

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 friends are working on a project blah blah blah... just go on nme.com

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-30-2006, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobojesus

NEWS JUST IN: Albarn along with a few of his famous friends are working on a project blah blah blah... just go on nme.com

Already started a thread on it

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-03-2006, 03:02 PM

I`ll knock up a kind of compilation album with a load of obscure Britpop and upload it if anybody is interested.

07-30-2006, 12:55 PM	#23 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	I love brit-pop but, I prefer shoegaze. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

07-30-2006, 01:15 PM	#25 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Think Tank = Damon Albarn solo album with members of Blur on it. Well thats my reasoning for it existing anyway. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-30-2006, 01:23 PM	#27 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Yeah but Albarn was more interested in what Fatboy Slim wanted than members of his own band. There was a reason why Graham Coxon called him 'Big Mouth Slim' __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

08-03-2006, 03:02 PM	#30 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I`ll knock up a kind of compilation album with a load of obscure Britpop and upload it if anybody is interested. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-30-2006, 12:58 PM	#24 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	I wouldn't say The Bends 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

07-30-2006, 01:18 PM	#26 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	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.

07-30-2006, 02:19 PM	#28 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	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 friends are working on a project blah blah blah... just go on nme.com