Most underated song

Muse are such an underrated band and even better live.

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Kylie's best song is Confide in Me and is one of the best songs of the 90s actually. It was critically acclaimed at the time, but again it's probably not the first song people would associate with Kylie. A darker, more trip-hop sound that's kind of different to her more flamboyant pop hits.

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

That Kylie song is my favourite of hers. Very underrated.

Some great songs , 14 songs from around Brit pop era and other artists from that period

1 Oasis Rockin Chair
2 Blur End of a Century
3 Sleeper What Do I do Now
4 Elastica Waking Up
5 Pulp Do you remember the first time
6 The Verve The Rolling People
7 Tricky Black Steel
8 Embrace Fireworks
9 Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees
10 Suede Animal Nitrate
11 Stereophonics Dakota
12 Manic Street Preachers Motorcycle Emptiness
13 Franz Ferdinard Take me Out
14 lighting Seeds Life of Riley

Brit pop was very conservative in many ways. And not a great music era compared to Punk or grunge which were dynamic , outward looking and forward looking. Brit pop was backward looking ( at 60s ) and inward looking ( its had a good dollop of British nationalism and jingoism ). But while it didn't produced that many great albums, it did produce great singles and some cracking tunes. It was an interesting time in music with some interesting characters. While it had its flaws. When you look at state of music in Britian in terms of bands , ( where are all the great liverpool, Manchester Glasgow or London bands) , we could do with a young Gallagher or Albarn or Cocker now. It also very provicial based. It didnt have as much impact outside Uk or Ireland as people think. Oasis Whats the Story album and Wonderwall album did make impact in USA for few months. Radiohead when they moved on from the The Bends had US number 1 , were the few exceptions. But Radiohead were never really a Brit pop band. It was very much a British phenomenon .

Oasis Rockin
Oasis were the band that made Britpop. While people can sometimes look down at the Gallaghers , the fact is Noel Gallagher is very smart individual, and had a talent of writing great popsongs while Liam is great vocalist. Take Wonderwall. Simple start which u could sneer at. But then u have this brillant cello , great chord progression, a touch of psychedelic feel throughout the song and liams brillant vocals , and you have a great classic single. The cousin to Wonderwall is b side Rockin Chair. Oasis could do the Slade / Status Quo sound eg Roll with it. Which was fun but wasnt particularly great. Both its threit quiter moments, we see at their best. Especially the b sides. Gallagher influenced by great Smiths b sides and The Jam. Threw away songs. And truthfully Oasis third album should have been The Masterplan. Anyway one great b side is Rockin Chair. It has Smiths vibe to it. But again Liams vocals are brillant. And with his nasel vocals he does sings more similar to John Lennon then anyone I have heard. Oasis might have been soap opera at times , but people forget in 1995 , 1996 they were incredibly sucessful and probaly the last time a rock group really captured the publics attention dramatically.

Blur End of a Century
Blur were a mess of a band. Were they The Kinks , were they grunge , were they pavement . Their albums had some great tunes, but plenty of filler. But they were a great singles band. Songs like The Universal or Song 2. But for me End of Century is Albarn at his best. Hes not trying to hard , or to be anyone else. Hes just himself and it sounds great.

Pulp Do remember first time.
Another great singles band. But while Disco 2000 and Common People were great big monster singles , I think Cocker was trying to. hard to be another Morrisey at times . Some of their finest moments is before they broke the big time. Do you remember the first time is a great intelligent single. Cocker at his best. Insighful and Funny. Sorted for Es and Wizz was good also. Imagine a band releasing songs like that now.

The Verve The Rolling People
For me , they could have been great but they werent. First album showed promise . Urban Hymns was great album, but after that decline. Ashcroft looked the part, a great frontman. Bittersweet Symphony is still a great athemn and The Drugs dont Work is best British number 1 in 90s which was a country song in disguise. But the Rolling People is their finest moment. But it was decline from then on.

Suede Animal Nitrate
The band that sums up Britpop and for many started it. Suede had some good tunes . But for me were to much style over substance . Finest moment was Animal Nitrate. Butler and Anderson could have been Morrisey and Marr of their generation but when Butler left for me Suede lost something. Yes Dog Man man was very good, but they could have been really great.

Manic Street Preachers Motorcycle Emptiness and Stereophonics Dakota
For me these two songs kind of begin and end Brit pop. Manics were terrific in so many ways. Number 1 song about Spanish civil war eg If you tolerate this etc. The majectic Design for life. The amazing The Holy Bible album. But their finest moment is Motorcycle Emptiness. Brit pops finest moment. The song that ends Britpop is Stereophonics Dakota. Stereophonics were pub band that got lucky. This was their finest moment. Cracking synthesiser driven song , which went number 1. And really was final kick of Brit pop.