Best Britpop single?

Swiper the fox · 15-05-2013 09:04PM #1

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???

6am7f9zxrsjvnb · 15-05-2013 10:00PM

It can only be...Common People

SilverScreen · 15-05-2013 10:06PM

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.

RikkFlair · 15-05-2013 10:45PM

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

mosstin · 15-05-2013 11:16PM

Not necessarily their Britpop phase, but 'Lazarus' by The Boo Radleys is a thing of beauty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdumlGTe7og

SureYWouldntYa · 15-05-2013 11:41PM

havent seen the list

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

SilverScreen · 15-05-2013 11:47PM

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.

huey1975 · 15-05-2013 11:50PM

Slight return by the bluetones

SureYWouldntYa · 15-05-2013 11:51PM

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

Swiper the fox · 16-05-2013 10:16AM

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.

Achtung Maybe · 16-05-2013 10:23AM

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

SilverScreen · 16-05-2013 12:53PM

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

paulmcgrath · 16-05-2013 01:58PM

Supergrass?

paddylonglegs · 16-05-2013 06:21PM

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

El Chucko · 17-05-2013 12:31AM

huey1975 wrote: »

Slight return by the bluetones

Great tune

Frito · 17-05-2013 12:57AM

huey1975 wrote: »

Slight return by the bluetones

Where did they go?....

Bit morbid but liked Gene's For The Dead.

Swiper the fox · 17-05-2013 11:02AM

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.

Swiper the fox · 17-05-2013 11:09AM

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

loyatemu · 17-05-2013 12:00PM

"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.

SilverScreen · 17-05-2013 12:19PM

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.

sweetie · 17-05-2013 04:55PM

wake up boo will always be my favourite britpop single

mosstin · 17-05-2013 09:08PM

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.

loyatemu · 17-05-2013 10:03PM

Zero1986 wrote: »

If this magazine cover didn't launch Britpop as a concept I don't know what did.

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

SilverScreen · 17-05-2013 10:25PM

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.

mewe · 17-05-2013 10:33PM

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

Frito · 17-05-2013 11:44PM

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

paddylonglegs · 18-05-2013 10:40AM

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

Football Manager · 18-05-2013 12:21PM

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

Swiper the fox · 18-05-2013 01:32PM

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.

Frito · 18-05-2013 02:28PM

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.

mosstin · 18-05-2013 05:38PM

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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