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Best Britpop single?

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  • 15-05-2013 9:04pm
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    Swiper the fox
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    Big feature in current NME which has their top 100, I won't say what number 1 is for the moment although ye can easily look it up I know.

    Well???


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    6am7f9zxrsjvnb
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    It can only be...Common People


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    SilverScreen
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    The Auteurs are only at number 34, this list has no merit!

    Whoever can guess which band occupies THE ENTIRE FLIPPING TOP 5 wins a box of USA assorted biscuits.


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    RikkFlair
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    Pulp "Something Changed" not in the top 10. Boooo Hisssss.


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    mosstin
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    Not necessarily their Britpop phase, but 'Lazarus' by The Boo Radleys is a thing of beauty.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdumlGTe7og


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    SureYWouldntYa
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    havent seen the list

    surely its oasis with the top 5 and then wonderwall or dont look back in anger at the top ?


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    SilverScreen
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    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    havent seen the list

    surely its oasis with the top 5 and then wonderwall or dont look back in anger at the top ?
    Yep, almost spot on. Except 'Live Forever' is at the top. I knew well when I saw that NME had published a top 50 britpop singles list it was going to be predictable.

    My personal favourite would be 'Animal Nitrate' by Suede.


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    huey1975
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    Slight return by the bluetones


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    SureYWouldntYa
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    Zero1986 wrote: »
    Yep, almost spot on. Except 'Live Forever' is at the top. I knew well when I saw that NME had published a top 50 britpop singles list it was going to be predictable.

    My personal favourite would be 'Animal Nitrate' by Suede.

    should have guessed that or something else, them 2 are way too mainstream for a lot of people to vote as their number 1


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    Swiper the fox
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    Someone has the wrong list here, not sure what ye're looking at? Oasis have 2 in the top 10, cigs and alcohol highest at 3, supersonic at 7.

    The list is actually very good IMO, and Animal Nitrate is top 10. Nice to hear from another Auteurs fan, showgirl is 41, not their best song for me but maybe best single alright. Superfurries have 2 in the top 20.


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    Achtung Maybe
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    While I imagine Oasis were No 1, my own favourite was Disco 2000 by Pulp


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    SilverScreen
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    Swiper the fox wrote: »
    Someone has the wrong list here, not sure what ye're looking at? Oasis have 2 in the top 10, cigs and alcohol highest at 3, supersonic at 7.

    The list is actually very good IMO, and Animal Nitrate is top 10. Nice to hear from another Auteurs fan, showgirl is 41, not their best song for me but maybe best single alright. Superfurries have 2 in the top 20.
    Ah, I was looking at this list here on their website:
    http://www.nme.com/photos/50-greatest-britpop-songs-ever-as-voted-by-you/307586/1/1?recache=1&t=1231311

    They have a different list in their current magazine apparently:
    http://www.nme.com/magazine/issue/britpop-laid-bare


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    paulmcgrath
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    Supergrass?


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    paddylonglegs
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    While we're on the subject, anyone hear the Brit pop weekend on 2fm a couple of months ago? Good to hear a lot of those tunes again


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    El Chucko
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    huey1975 wrote: »
    Slight return by the bluetones

    Great tune


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    Frito
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    huey1975 wrote: »
    Slight return by the bluetones

    Where did they go?....

    Bit morbid but liked Gene's For The Dead.


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    Swiper the fox
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    Frito wrote: »
    Where did they go?....

    Bit morbid but liked Gene's For The Dead.

    Sleep well tonight was a great tune as well. They had a song on a free tape that came with select magazine around that time called I can't help myself which I absolutely loved, must have been a B-side or something but it was one of those songs that I couldn't get out of my head, can't now either that I've thought of it again.


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    Swiper the fox
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    Oh and top 10 for the NME list is
    1. Common people
    2. Girls and boys
    3. cigs and alcohol
    4. connection(Elastica)
    5. Yes (McAlmont and Butler)
    6. End of a century
    7. Supersonic
    8. Reverend Black Grape
    9. Animal nitrate
    10. Sorted for E's and wizz


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    loyatemu
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    "Girls & Boys" - more or launched "Britpop" as a concept when it hit the top 5 (although Suede and Blur had laid the groundwork the year before), still a fantastic pop tune.


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    SilverScreen
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    "Girls & Boys" - more or launched "Britpop" as a concept when it hit the top 5 (although Suede and Blur had laid the groundwork the year before), still a fantastic pop tune.
    If this magazine cover didn't launch Britpop as a concept I don't know what did.

    tumblr_l7hdu0dPtP1qadsauo1_400.jpg


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    sweetie
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    wake up boo will always be my favourite britpop single


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    mosstin
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    Swiper the fox wrote: »
    Sleep well tonight was a great tune as well. They had a song on a free tape that came with select magazine around that time called I can't help myself which I absolutely loved, must have been a B-side or something but it was one of those songs that I couldn't get out of my head, can't now either that I've thought of it again.

    Yup, lovely tune. Him, piano. Gorgeous.


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    loyatemu
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    Zero1986 wrote: »
    If this magazine cover didn't launch Britpop as a concept I don't know what did.

    tumblr_l7hdu0dPtP1qadsauo1_400.jpg

    Select was a great magazine (I had some of those free posters on my wall).

    also - I'd completely forgotten about Denim, saw their single loads of times on 120 Minutes but never got hold of the album. And look - here it is on Spotify


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    SilverScreen
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    also - I'd completely forgotten about Denim, saw their single loads of times on 120 Minutes but never got hold of the album. And look - here it is on Spotify
    I haven't gotten around to listening to any Denim albums yet, but I'm familiar with Lawrence Hayward's previous band Felt who were amazing and highly recommended to anyone here.


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    mewe
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    Frito wrote: »
    Where did they go?....

    Bit morbid but liked Gene's For The Dead.

    Yeah they just kinda disappeared!

    That was a great single. Seen them many moons ago at The Big Day Out in Galway-good times :)


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    Frito
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    Blur collaborated with Francoise Hardy and recorded an Anglo-Franco version of To The End. It was lovely, much better than original.


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    paddylonglegs
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    Hmm, never heard if the auteurs, must give them a listen


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    Football Manager
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    Suede - Trash
    Mansun - Wide Open Space
    Placebo - Nancy Boy
    Manics - A Design for Life


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    Swiper the fox
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    Football Manager wrote: »
    Suede - Trash
    Mansun - Wide Open Space
    Placebo - Nancy Boy
    Manics - A Design for Life


    Only Trash fits the genre and I wouldn't even put in in Suede's top 10 singles if I'm honest.


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    Frito
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    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    Hmm, never heard if the auteurs, must give them a listen

    Well worth it, they have an anthology out, you could start there. Luke Haines has a good deal of solo stuff out plus a collaboration with Cahal Coughlan and the music journal Andrew Muller under the name The North Sea Scrolls.


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    mosstin
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    Select was a great magazine (I had some of those free posters on my wall).

    also - I'd completely forgotten about Denim, saw their single loads of times on 120 Minutes but never got hold of the album. And look - here it is on Spotify

    Lawrence is still about. He released an album under the moniker Go-Kart Mozart last year. That Denim album was wonderful. Loved 'The Osmonds'.


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