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Don't say it like that! It was 10 years ago!
Have we suddenly gone back to 2005? :eek:
For me personally, I have always felt that Summer 1996 , and in particular Oasis at Knebworth was both the peak and start of the rapid demise of Britpop. That was as big as it ever could have gotten. IIRC Oasis would mess up a US tour soon after and by the time they returned the next summer with Be Here Now, the magic was gone.
Summer '96, of course, was when everything changed again thanks to five young ladies - two of whom had the same first name, and came from Leeds and Liverpool respectively... 0 -
For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).
So much happened within that time period...
Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker.
Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar.
The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.
'TFI Friday' launches.
'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.
Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.
Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.
Oasis play Maine Road.
And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes:. 0 -
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Welsh Megaman wrote: »Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar.
Her out of Echobelly came up to me in the bar before one of their shows (which I wasn't there for) and told me my t-shirt was very cool.
She was right.0 -
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Seemed like everything was good for a year or two (does Alisha's Attic count as Britpop? :-D ).
A lot of 'pop' acts certainly jumped on the bandwagon...take it away, Sean!
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Go Harvey Go wrote: »Have we suddenly gone back to 2005? :eek:
Summer '96, of course, was when everything changed again thanks to five young ladies - two of whom had the same first name, and came from Leeds and Liverpool respectively...
Less said about that the better eh !Welsh Megaman wrote: »For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).
So much happened within that time period...
Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker.
Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar.
The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.
'TFI Friday' launches.
'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.
Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.
Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.
Oasis play Maine Road.
And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes:.
Always liked Kula Shaker. They were given a rough time of it by the critics and generally thought of as a bit of a joke. But by god I still throw on 'K' every now and again, some absolute belters on that album. Love the britpop meets the east vibe. Granted it had been done before, but they did it well IMO.
Northern Uproar, I read about them a few weeks back in an online article. It appeared their guitarist Jeff Fletcher, was killed recently in a car accident. RIP.It ran out of steam very quickly, and what was left of Britpop died on 31 August 1997 with Diana. After that, Robbie Williams and unthreatening Pop took over.
Symbolically, the late night ITV Chart Show was playing the Sleeper/Supergrass rip-off Bingo by Catch when they went to the Newsflash. (1 min 32)
Still, It was great while it lasted. Every week you could hear exciting new bands on TFI, TOTP, CD:UK and other shows. Happy Days.
TFI was where it was at. Who can forget that infamous Shaun Ryder appearance....my god they sure don't have shows like that anymoreWelsh Megaman wrote: »A lot of 'pop' acts certainly jumped on the bandwagon...take it away, Sean!
Crikey....1997 he was a bit late to the party though eh! I wonder was he purposefully doing a Robbie / Damon hybrid of a performance there in that video. Woeful tune either way !!0 -
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Welsh Megaman wrote: »For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).
So much happened within that time period...
Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker.
Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar.
The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.
'TFI Friday' launches.
'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.
Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.
Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.
Oasis play Maine Road.
And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes:.
And among the #1 singles during this period were...
and...
By the time of that Knebworth concert, however, the aforementioned five young ladies were entering their fourth week at the top, and would remain there for a further three.
And before '96 was out, they'd visit the #1 spot twice more, including at Christmas.Less said about that the better eh !
But I've always liked Mel C... uh, I mean, the Liverpool one. 0
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