Interesting fact, Kula Shaker's lead Crispian Mills comes from a really famous English acting family, his mother is Hayley Mills who starred in classic films like The Parent Trap, Whistle Down the Wind and Tiger Bay, his Grandfather was Oscar winner Sir John Mills who made unforgettable films like Ice Cold in Alex, The Swiss Family Robinson, Ryans Daughter, Dunkirk and The Colditz Story.
I'd like to add Great Expectations, This Happy Breed, Hobson's Choice and The Way to The Stars to that John Mills list. Definitely one of my favourite actors. 👍
@@TheRowlandstone73 Great Expectations is one of my favourite films and is up there with Alistair Sim's Scrooge as excellent adaptions of Dickens work....A John Mills film that always stuck with me, was 'The Long Memory' where he plays a man wrongly imprisoned for 12 years and when released goes to find the people who set him up, while under surveillance of the police. The filming locations were a dreary affair, Kent marshes that seemed to be constantly stuck in the Autumn and areas of London that were still being rebuilt after the war, and I still have no idea why the film stuck with me, maybe I was home from school ill decades ago and stumbled onto it (This happened with the brilliant 'Man Hunt' from 1941 with Walter Pidgeon) or it's because for a few years in the early 90s I travelled in the area it was filmed, god knows?? It was good a film though. :-D
@@TheRowlandstone73 I absolutely love This Happy Breed, definitely one of my favourite films…along with A matter of Life and Death…and my Mum used to tell me every time that it was on the TV, that it was on the day that she brought me home from the maternity hospital.
For those unaware, these songs weren’t just huge hits on the indie charts, they were huge hits on the mainstream charts too. They were the songs being played in pubs, shops, factories, offices, cabs. Your parents and workmates knew the bands and their members, even if they were old and weren’t into music; they were on mainstream TV shows, in the newspapers, everywhere you looked. As a dyed in the wool indie kid from before the Britpop thing appeared, it was all a bit mad suddenly seeing your favourite bands on Breakfast TV and on the side of buses.
If you listen to Pulp’s Common People, ensure that you are listening to the LP/Album version. They are mostly the same but the LP version has an additional verse that makes it stand out.
You are bang on the money, the 7 inch version is a bit nondescript, a bit rushed sounding if you like but the full length version is one of the best social commentaries ever recorded in music.
James Dean Bradfield was always the lead singer of the Manics, not Richey Edwards. So they never lost their singer. He was more rhythm guitar and lyricist, I think
Richard James Edwards was their rhythm guitarist/lyricist. He went missing in early 1995 and has NEVER been found. His lyrical content on the stunning masterpiece The Holy Bible is of an extremely high quality. Him and Nicky Wire (Jones) shared writing duties and Sean Moore and James Dean Bradfield did pretty much all the music. Amazing band. C
There's a song called Chasing Rainbows by Shed Seven.. Amazing song.. The band are actually from York but they were around at the time of the Stone Roses etc.. If you've never heard it then I recommend it.. You won't regret it 😊
@@Johnhallatt10 It's a beautiful song! There were so many great songs that were shaded by the light of the Stone Roses ... Ride -Twisterella, Pale Saints - Sight of You, Longpigs - Lost Myself being just a few. Such great times and great memories 🙂
British music in the 1990s was massive, we spoiled for choice, and the brilliance of them all was astounding. And here we have not touched on the other fantastic generas. I think at its heart was this was a demotic working class movement in music. And had real authenticity. I was so into it all.
The verve were one of my favourite bands however I’ve seen their lead singer Richard Ashcroft perform live as a solo artist around 10 times… amazing performer❤. He is headlining one of our local festivals this September and can’t wait to see him again. In 2019 The stones signed all the royalty’s of Bitter sweet back to the verve. After more than 20 years, the Rolling Stones and The Verve have resolved a sour dispute over the authorship of the song "Bitter Sweet Symphony." The Verve's frontman and co-founder, Richard Ashcroft, announced on Wednesday that the situation has finally been laid to rest. Ashcroft explained the change as he received a lifetime achievement honor - an Ivor Novello Award, a British prize for songwriting and composition. "As of last month," Ashcroft said in comments reported by the BBC, "Mick Jagger and Keith Richards signed over all their publishing for 'Bitter Sweet Symphony,' which was a truly kind and magnanimous thing for them to do." A rep for the Rolling Stones confirmed the change to NPR.
As Britpop was the soundtrack to my early 20's, I'd like to throw you a couple of suggestions for your listening pleasure: Echobelly "King of the Kerb" and Sleeper "Inbetweener" 🩵
You’ve got to check out ocean colour scene, vast catalog to go though. Their clip was blanked out on this upload. Get away, hundred mile high city, the riverboat song, the day we caught the train. Endless list of absolutely fabulous music
I'd love to see you react to the full video for Pulp's 'Common People' - quite possibly one of my most favourite songs of all time and an absolute banger, one can't help but get swept up in this anthem for the working people. :D
Not the music video though, the actual full version of the song is so much better, the MV inexplicably omits the second verse which is probably the most important part of the whole song!
It's so interesting to realise that Americans know Oasis, but barely know Blur and have never heard of most of the other Britpop bands - being British, it was such a phenomenon at the time that we kind of presumed it was all world famous! It was so significant for us culturally that Oasis vs Blur ended up as the main news headline on the BBC, and the leading Britpop folks all went to 10 Downing Street to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997. I don't think we've had anything like it since. If you want to do a deep dive, I recommend looking at the really 60's influenced stuff that came out at the time: Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall (great Oasis cover) McAlmont & Butler - Yes (amazing duo featuring Bernard Butler from Suede) Divine Comedy - National Express or Something for the Weekend Saint Etienne - You're in a Bad Way Space - Female of the Species Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me (great cover of a 60s song) Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever (my favourite Beatles cover, by a band local to me in Stoke-on-Trent) This all culminated with Austin Powers coming out - the 60s had a real revival in the UK that I don't think crossed the Atlantic in the same way!
So much of Britpop/British indie music at the time, was very retro & Beatles inspired. Dodgy, The Bluetones, The Seahorses, Ocean Colour Scene... As a student in the mid nineties, I had the pleasure of seeing many of them live.
As someone who was there when the Beatles first came out, I say it's good that these younger bands were influenced by the Beatles. Imagine not knowing Parklife by Blur! It was everywhere at the time. Reminded me of the Small Faces from the 1960s.
The Seahorses - good call! Saw them live in Slane in '98. Side note- "strap-on Sally" scared the bejesus out of me.... Man, the wasps were bad that day.
Cornershop were definitely British, I was in the same class at school for five years with Nick Simms, their drummer! He actually learned to play the drums at school, but went into IT when he left. But realising that what he really wanted to be was a professional drummer, he gave IT up and ended up in Cornershop. He still works with some of the top artists to this day.
"Common People" It's a commentary on the social divide in the Uk. Jarvis Cocker meets 'posh' girl who wants to meet the 'Common People' . He, being a member of the common people finds it amusing and worthy of a song!
You appreciation for Suede’s guitar sound is appreciated. Bernard Butler is incredible. Spidery guitar lines mixed with big thrashy chords and fuzzed up solos. And when he and the band split, they recruited a 17 yr old who was a revelation as well. Another epically inventive player, Richard Oakes.
Pulps Common people is well worth a listen to on its own but listen to the full original version as it has an extra verse that really hits the message home
Brimful of Asha is about indian singer Asha Bhosle who was featured in tons of indian cinema and the songs from those movies, hence why the 45s were brimful of her.
And the name Cornershop was a play on the stereotype of the Indian-run (or Pakistani-run) local newsagents/convenience store. Think Apu from The Simpsons.
BRITPOP. You obviously haven't heard "LUCKY YOU" by The Lightening Seeds. You'll love it! Crispian Mills is son of Hayley Mills. Damian Albarn and Jarvis Cocker were very trendy heartthrobs. There is only one record chart in England, so all were mainstream hits. Nothing is divided. Jane Hook, Surrey.
You should listen to the Manic Street Preacher version of the Mash theme 'Suicide is painless', it was rarely off my record player in the 90's. I saw Pulp, Blur and Radiohead live at Glastonbury back in the mid-90's, all great live sets.
3:05 Justine Frischmann from Elastica dated both Brett Anderson from Suede and, later, Damon Albarn from Blur. The lyrics to Elastica’s ‘Never Here’ likely are referencing Brett. Damon Albarn also plays keyboards on the Elastica album where he's credited as 'Dan Abnormal' (an anagram of his name). There's also a song on Blur's 'The Great Escape' called 'Dan Abormal'. The Blur song 'No Distance Left to Run' is widely believed to be about their break up. 13:24 William Shatner did a, er, noteworthy, spoken word version of Common People: th-cam.com/video/St8FtbzH_JE/w-d-xo.html 15:32 It's anti-grunge in terms of the lyrical content - Live Forever was consciously written against the nihilism of grunge, Cobain's suicide etc "Maybe I just want to fly, want to live, don't want to die... etc." 19:49 'Britpop' was a term coined by a journalist (Stuart Maconie) that not everyone really bought into or wanted to be labelled as. It went from being a general descriptor for a bunch of British indie guitar bands, to being rather formulaic in only a few years. Radiohead kind of transcended the movement, especially post-OK Computer. Some other British rock bands like Ash and Feeder who were around at the time didn't completely fit into the mould either, having a slightly more American influenced sound. Same with later Blur records in the run-up to Damon 'forming' Gorillaz. Arguably Suede were kind of adjacent to it over most of the period. If you like Animal Nitrate you'd probably like a lot of their stuff tbh - and yeah the innuendo wasn't some sort of secret, just check the lyrics lol. BTW Suede are still going strong, and regularly play in the US if you ever wanted to catch them live: th-cam.com/video/4bW1uJDKdBE/w-d-xo.html
Enjoyed your good honest reaction to this one JJ! and as a brit here at the time I maybe enjoyed 3 of those 10 bands on that list! good job, keep up the good work!
I agree with your comment on stringed instruments. Ages ago I knew one of the guys who played violin on Eleanor Rigby and A Day in the Life plus various other Beatles songs.
Sit down by James, Babies by Pulp, Ladykillers by Lush, Echobelly- dark therapy. All recommendations for britpop/indie from the 90s. Oh and Geneva- into the blue 😊
Great suggestions, Echobelly's debut album was on permanent rotation in my first term at uni, also saw Lush and James (twice) around the same time. Would also add Garbage (Queer), Longpigs (She Said), Rialto (Monday Morning 5.19) and Menswear (Daydreamer) as Britpop adjacent 90s bands.
It’s hard to describe how big Tattva was when it was released. I listened to BBC Radio 1 in the garden centre I worked at in the summer of 1996, and it was played several times a day. Kula Shaker were quite low-key pre-Tattva; we went to the Phoenix Festival in the middle of July, and Kula Shaker were scheduled in the smallest tent in the arena (the Dr Marten’s Tent) with all the other low-key indie bands. Three weeks earlier, Tattva had come out, and taken over the country. The crowd was about 100 deep **outside** the tent, it was insane. Everyone lost their shit when they played Tattva.
Have you seen Ren's homage to Bittersweet Symphony? Guy from The Verve liked it so much he gifted him his guitar! Ren is amazing, sweeps through the genres with his stuff. My favourites are The Hunger, Chalk Outlines (with Chinchilla), Losing It and Hi Ren. Well worth a listen if you haven't heard him yet, start with Hi Ren it will blow your mind..... xxx Also Crispian Mills from Kula Shaker is the son of actress Hayley Mills
The idea of calling Blur a "working class" band is hysterical. Google them as a band or as individuals, a more middle class bunch of guys you wont meet!!
@@philjones45well you can hardly call Crispin Mills, working class, although I HATE the very word. Nothing wrong with reading and education,seems he had a blast growing up travelling the world hanging out with all sorts. Sure some great born into better opportunities but anyone can pull themselves up into someone , knowing the right people helps. But people like Liam Gallagher calling him a " posh twat " because he's not from a northern estate is just childish. If someone's genuine down to earth doesn't matter if they went to the Mall School or even Charter House or some Comprehensive up north 🤔✌️. .
Manic Street Preacher - start with Design for life and Motorcycle Emptiness easily there most accessible songs. Design for life is my fave and most personally important song ever - Suede check out Beautiful ones - Ash check out practically anything from 1977 (album) So what instrument do you play??
Chords that wish to resolve themselves, yet we hold them longer or send them further into minor key, yep a LOT of Brit Pop classics that way, so if your ear pricks up at that, you have a gold-mine of Brit music to discover! Wonderful video, thank you as always Sir!
I've got to say, I've been enjoying your videos more and more lately. I don't know if it's that your content has changed or I'm just paying more attention, but keep up the good work!
The fun thing about British music in the 90s was how much of a melting pot it was with different sounds and styles coming together to make something new. This was already going on in the 80s I guess with 2 Tone and later bands like Pop Will Eat Itself and The KLF, but it really defined the sound of the 90s for me: bands like The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Asian Dub Foundation, Space were all in different ways bringing together different cultures and influences and pushing creative boundaries. One of the biggest criticisms of Britpop at the time was that so much of it was retro and backwards looking, but there was a lot of forward thinking music about in Britain at that time too.
When you're remembering Brim full of Asher you're probably remembering the Norman Cook remix which was everywhere. Corner Shop are one of the UK's most underrated bands so I have always thought it was a shame their biggest hit was a remix.
@@140cabins number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart according to wiki . The original US release had "sleep on the left side" as the b side which is up there with my favourite Corner Shop tracks so it even more of a shame the remix eclipsed it.
I loved their album but I was sorely disappointed when I saw them live. Idk if they were just having an off day or what but they were completely static and had zero energy. The music was great but it was a very odd vibe.
The debut album of Embrace (The good will out) is maybe the best Britpop album which came out in the nineties. Very underrated band, and definitely worth listening.
The stone roses are NOT a Brit pop band, and they definitely would not appreciate being called one. They are part of the "madchester" movement. Early nineties indie/dance fusion, it was massive. Britpop was way more sellout/mainstream and came much later. ❤ Other madchester bands are happy mondays, inspiral carpets, the charlatans, james, etc.
The Madchester scene really started in the late eighties. But you’re right, none of the bands that were part of that scene would be happy to be lumped in with Britpop and although I’d say that Britpop in general wasn’t as heavy a sound and were certainly more mainstream (and covered bands from the whole of the UK instead of just Manchester), I wouldn’t necessarily call them sellouts and would say that it’s worth keeping in mind that in the years between and the Britpop era, there were concessions having to be made due to the dying out of truly independent record labels…which obviously offered the artists greater freedom of expression in their music.
So the Suede video draws elements from twin peaks and the shining emphasizing a sort of urban horror feel. The lead singer had a particular range and their songs varied from fast and hard to slow and melancholy.
Definitely check out more from all of these bands. They have so many good songs. The Manic Street Preachers and Ash are two of my favourite bands ever. I've been lucky enough to see Ash and The Bluetones live and both were awesome! I was a teen in the 90's and it was a great time
I loved the disclaimer at the end of the comments on suede- animal nitrate 😂😂 most people don’t know what it means… then quickly adding “I’m not even 100% sure myself” before we all thought you had too much knowledge on the subject 😂 There’s a song called undercover of darkness by the strokes I think you might like 😎👍
The verve copyright royalties thing has been resolved. The verve did have permission from the copyright holder of the orchestral version they sampled but Allen Klein sued. After he died his son and Jagger/Richards signed over all rights to Richard Ashcroft (verve singer songwriter). Also, you can’t have watched Hot Fuzz if you’ve never heard caught by the Fuzz. Go watch it.
Suede is such a great band, Animal Nitrate was such a great hit! you should check out some of their other big songs like Beautiful Ones, The Wild Ones, Trash ...
The thing that always messes with my brain is that crispian Mills (lead singer of kula shaker) is hayley Mills' son. His mum is pollyanna/the twins in the original parent trap and his grandfather was John Mills, an absolute legend!
There are are a few more well know actors in that family, his aunt, Juliet Mills is most known in the US as Tabitha in the soap opera Passions, and is married to actor Maxwell Caulfield from Grease 2 and UK soap Emmerdale.
For another video, how about listening to a few of these bands that you were unfamiliar with and reporting back on which ones you like the most and/or favourite song on each album: The most iconic/accessible/popular albums of some of the 10 which were generally around the peak of Britpop are... Pulp - Different Class Kula Shaker - K (was the iconic first album) Peasants Pigs & Astronauts had some good stuff on too Manics - This is my Truth Tell me Yours Dodgy - Free Piece Suite or Homegrown Verve - Urban Hymns Blur - Parklife & The Great Escape I'll leave others to suggest best intros to the ones I've left out Also they didn't mention 'Cast' - All Change & Mother Nature Calls which had a some really catchy anthems on them.
Suggesting that a song would be suitable for the opening of a film or Tv programme points up the difference between UK and US music. In America music is monetised and exploited by other media. In Britain it is appreciated for its musical excellence in its own terms.
the intro to don't look back in anger isn't 'stolen' from imagine, noel purposely did it as a tribute to Lennon, as well as the lyric 'brains I had went to my head' being a quote from Lennon
You should know that the reason the intro to Don’t look back in Anger sounds like Imagine is because Noel purposely put it in there as a nod to Lennon because the line “I’m gonna start a revolution from my bed because you said the brains I had went to my head” was inspired by something Lennon said in an interview
I think you would like Kula Shaker's album called 'K', it's eastern mysticism themed psychedelic rock. It's pretty much the only album from this list I still listen to.
I went to see them live about 10 years ago and listened to K to see if it still held up. I was really surprised how good it was, as I hadn't heard it since I was about 17. It's really derivative, so you can point to a track and say 'that's the beatles one' 'that's the pink floyd one' but the songs are still great.
@@U2031 Yeah I think you've nailed it there as to why it has stood the test of time and aged well, it's because there are plenty of nods to a lot of classic pop and rock. 👍
Govinda was a decent track, obviously went to India like the Beatles and got influenced by some shaman or at least that's what he said🤔 but I read he did know George Harrison from his family connections.
BTW you should check out Bjork, yes she's Icelandic but her most famous tunes were made in the UK during the Britpop era. Play Dead is a particular favourite of mine.
JJ, if you like strings incorporated in rock... Are you familiar with E. L. O.? The Electric Light Orchestra marry the two together with ease. Very funky
Glad you liked Suede. Bernard Butler is a great guitarist, genius level. Animal Nitrate was off their first Album - their second, Dog Man Star is probably my favourite album, really worth a proper listen in the right order.
Suede were HUGE for a few years - Brett (the singer) getting his haircut was considered 'news'! Bernard Butler is a superb guitarist and was largely responsible for their sound back in the day. When he left, the band were a bit lost for a while, but they regrouped and are still going strong, albeit a bit more low-key these days. I believe Butler is in demand for collabs and producing.
guys, the original video has sound. if you want to hear the songs better, watch that. he's probably messing with the sound to avoid copyright issues and whatnot
An interesting thing to note about uk music is that you can follow the progression between genres and sub genre over time from the 60s onwards, even over the course of a few years you would see someone experimenting the n combining and creating new sub genres then others would copy then experiment and the cycle repeat. For example blur drew influence from xtc and some gary numan splicing to rock in order to experiment and eventualky the Gorillaz would come out the end. Radiohead drew on grunge but wanted to experiment drew from Blur but also pink floyd and Xtc with some REM then reinvented themselves, in turn radiohead inspired coldplay
"The working class like this?" I think you need to understand that the working classes in the UK have been the driver of the best of innovation and invention in music in this country (UK).
Check out the Bittersweet Symphony retake by Ren. His retakes are remixed instrumentals from the original track with Ren's amazing vocals on top. This one is a tribute to British working class culture & its so good, the bassist from The Verve sent him a guitar. Hi Ren is also an amazing live performance that gives an insight into mental health struggles, which are relatable for most people.
Massive Attack are a great production British group from Bristol, they made some classic hit tunes from the same era from the early 90s onwards, especially Unfinished Sympathy from 1991, not sure if I can call them Britpop but they had hits during this time!
Is there something about women in bands that put the compilers off No mention of the wonderful Eurythmics or Blondie Florence and the machine to name but three
Some great bands there. My music taste hasn't changed much since the 90's and I'm very excited to be seeing Kula Shaker at a festival this summer. Best band of the 90's was Carter USM, but their lyrics were so topical and UK specific that they never made it big in the states!
Blurs lead guitarist Graham Coxon formed his own band when leaving Blur, quite punky. Great album called Love Travels at illegal speeds,absolutely amazing album,you should definitely listen to it, one of my all time favourites 👌👍
The 90s in the UK was a very very special time, we came out of the teeny bopper produced music of the 80s into a whole new World. And we went raving a lot, hehe. BTW Bittersweet symphony is basically a rewrite of a previous tune, it even replicates the original video. Also, I think James "sit down" should be an honourable mention as it's the mostest ear wormingest song from the 90s.
I adore the Beatles and am Scouse - I also love Oasis. We can love both hahaha. We probably wouldn’t have oasis without the Beatles because they were such an inspiration to so many bands
in reference to the oasis/beetles i often refer to the term over influenced! love most the songs on this list. Love the day we caught the train. love the top pick. One group and album that i loved during this period of the decade (which was when i was a mid to late teenager) which wasn't as popular as most of these artists in Britton its self was Mansun (never to be confused with Marylin) album Attack of the grey lantern. with my favourite being wide open space and Taxloss.
Fully agree on the classical chord progressions (I’m a sucker for harmonic rhythm). I think the thing that makes the chromaticism stand out is that it’s combined with a line cliche. It gives this wonderful ‘tumbling down’ feeling that matches the message of a lot of these songs (as well as making my ears happy).
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Interesting fact, Kula Shaker's lead Crispian Mills comes from a really famous English acting family, his mother is Hayley Mills who starred in classic films like The Parent Trap, Whistle Down the Wind and Tiger Bay, his Grandfather was Oscar winner Sir John Mills who made unforgettable films like Ice Cold in Alex, The Swiss Family Robinson, Ryans Daughter, Dunkirk and The Colditz Story.
Great guitar player too
I'd like to add Great Expectations, This Happy Breed, Hobson's Choice and The Way to The Stars to that John Mills list. Definitely one of my favourite actors. 👍
@@TheRowlandstone73 Great Expectations is one of my favourite films and is up there with Alistair Sim's Scrooge as excellent adaptions of Dickens work....A John Mills film that always stuck with me, was 'The Long Memory' where he plays a man wrongly imprisoned for 12 years and when released goes to find the people who set him up, while under surveillance of the police. The filming locations were a dreary affair, Kent marshes that seemed to be constantly stuck in the Autumn and areas of London that were still being rebuilt after the war, and I still have no idea why the film stuck with me, maybe I was home from school ill decades ago and stumbled onto it (This happened with the brilliant 'Man Hunt' from 1941 with Walter Pidgeon) or it's because for a few years in the early 90s I travelled in the area it was filmed, god knows?? It was good a film though. :-D
@@TheRowlandstone73 I absolutely love This Happy Breed, definitely one of my favourite films…along with A matter of Life and Death…and my Mum used to tell me every time that it was on the TV, that it was on the day that she brought me home from the maternity hospital.
talentless posh boy... thinks he is Pink Floyd 😂
Suede are a rabbit hole well worth falling down. I loved all the bands here when I was late teen early 20's from 1990 to 1998 time
Couldn’t agree more
Managed by Ricky Gervais too, before they made it.
For those unaware, these songs weren’t just huge hits on the indie charts, they were huge hits on the mainstream charts too. They were the songs being played in pubs, shops, factories, offices, cabs. Your parents and workmates knew the bands and their members, even if they were old and weren’t into music; they were on mainstream TV shows, in the newspapers, everywhere you looked. As a dyed in the wool indie kid from before the Britpop thing appeared, it was all a bit mad suddenly seeing your favourite bands on Breakfast TV and on the side of buses.
If you listen to Pulp’s Common People, ensure that you are listening to the LP/Album version. They are mostly the same but the LP version has an additional verse that makes it stand out.
William Shatner did a passable collab/ cover of this song, albeit his part was all spoken word. Please check it out.
You are bang on the money, the 7 inch version is a bit nondescript, a bit rushed sounding if you like but the full length version is one of the best social commentaries ever recorded in music.
Underwear is my preferred Pulp track, but I get why it’s not as popular.
James Dean Bradfield was always the lead singer of the Manics, not Richey Edwards. So they never lost their singer. He was more rhythm guitar and lyricist, I think
More lyricist than guitarist, I think he's only recorded on 2 songs one of which was after he disappeared. They used an old demo recording.
I believe he had a disagreement or debt with underworld figures and laid low. He won't be back. If he is, it'll be for his funeral.
Possibly " main lyricist " like Roger Waters in Floyd main song Writer but Gilmore has a more tuneful voice, although I'm more into Walters material.
Richard James Edwards was their rhythm guitarist/lyricist.
He went missing in early 1995 and has NEVER been found. His lyrical content on the stunning masterpiece The Holy Bible is of an extremely high quality. Him and Nicky Wire (Jones) shared writing duties and Sean Moore and James Dean Bradfield did pretty much all the music. Amazing band.
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@@heywoodjablome5630Utter bull 💩 😂
As a kid in the 90s, Blur's Parklife was one of my favourite songs! :) As for Radiohead - they were alternative, same as Muse. Love your videos :)
Parklife is a lot better when you replace parklife with wanking
Radiohead definitely crossed into britpop a few times though, a decent chunk of The Bends and Ok Computer have bits of Britpop stylings
Radiohead,first 3 albums@@CohenDavis-zy1ph
@@user-lo7es6gw1x yeah, I’d argue Pablo Honey is a grunge album though.
Song 2 all the way for me :)
There's a song called Chasing Rainbows by Shed Seven.. Amazing song.. The band are actually from York but they were around at the time of the Stone Roses etc.. If you've never heard it then I recommend it.. You won't regret it 😊
Chasing Rainbows is a classic!
@@Johnhallatt10 It's a beautiful song! There were so many great songs that were shaded by the light of the Stone Roses ... Ride -Twisterella, Pale Saints - Sight of You, Longpigs - Lost Myself being just a few. Such great times and great memories 🙂
Not hearing it is slightly upsetting
British music in the 1990s was massive, we spoiled for choice, and the brilliance of them all was astounding. And here we have not touched on the other fantastic generas. I think at its heart was this was a demotic working class movement in music. And had real authenticity. I was so into it all.
The verve were one of my favourite bands however I’ve seen their lead singer Richard Ashcroft perform live as a solo artist around 10 times… amazing performer❤. He is headlining one of our local festivals this September and can’t wait to see him again. In 2019 The stones signed all the royalty’s of Bitter sweet back to the verve.
After more than 20 years, the Rolling Stones and The Verve have resolved a sour dispute over the authorship of the song "Bitter Sweet Symphony." The Verve's frontman and co-founder, Richard Ashcroft, announced on Wednesday that the situation has finally been laid to rest.
Ashcroft explained the change as he received a lifetime achievement honor - an Ivor Novello Award, a British prize for songwriting and composition. "As of last month," Ashcroft said in comments reported by the BBC, "Mick Jagger and Keith Richards signed over all their publishing for 'Bitter Sweet Symphony,' which was a truly kind and magnanimous thing for them to do." A rep for the Rolling Stones confirmed the change to NPR.
I'm happy for them
As Britpop was the soundtrack to my early 20's, I'd like to throw you a couple of suggestions for your listening pleasure: Echobelly "King of the Kerb" and Sleeper "Inbetweener" 🩵
Yes, this list is very male vocalist heavy. At least Elastica got in there.
You’ve got to check out ocean colour scene, vast catalog to go though. Their clip was blanked out on this upload. Get away, hundred mile high city, the riverboat song, the day we caught the train. Endless list of absolutely fabulous music
One of the best lead guitars about
I found Ocean Colour Scene through my Grade 5 Drums, which contains Riverboat Song, and it has become one of my favourite songs!
I'd love to see you react to the full video for Pulp's 'Common People' - quite possibly one of my most favourite songs of all time and an absolute banger, one can't help but get swept up in this anthem for the working people. :D
Not the music video though, the actual full version of the song is so much better, the MV inexplicably omits the second verse which is probably the most important part of the whole song!
The dancing makes me laugh so much, it fits perfectly
It's so interesting to realise that Americans know Oasis, but barely know Blur and have never heard of most of the other Britpop bands - being British, it was such a phenomenon at the time that we kind of presumed it was all world famous! It was so significant for us culturally that Oasis vs Blur ended up as the main news headline on the BBC, and the leading Britpop folks all went to 10 Downing Street to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997. I don't think we've had anything like it since.
If you want to do a deep dive, I recommend looking at the really 60's influenced stuff that came out at the time:
Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall (great Oasis cover)
McAlmont & Butler - Yes (amazing duo featuring Bernard Butler from Suede)
Divine Comedy - National Express or Something for the Weekend
Saint Etienne - You're in a Bad Way
Space - Female of the Species
Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me (great cover of a 60s song)
Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever (my favourite Beatles cover, by a band local to me in Stoke-on-Trent)
This all culminated with Austin Powers coming out - the 60s had a real revival in the UK that I don't think crossed the Atlantic in the same way!
Love the lightening seeds. Think I'll have to get my albums back out
@@clairecalton2116 the life of Riley a fav
Divine Comedy and Space yasssss
I think they know the Gorillaz which Damon Albarn of Blur was/is the lead singer their album Demon Days went double platinum in the US
Sleeper - Sale of the centuary is a top tune and quality band
Wow. Forgot all about that song. Loved it.
Music from my formative years. Great reaction vid... Loved this one 👍
The version of Brimful of Asher by Cornershop you're likely to have heard was remixed by Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook.
So much of Britpop/British indie music at the time, was very retro & Beatles inspired. Dodgy, The Bluetones, The Seahorses, Ocean Colour Scene... As a student in the mid nineties, I had the pleasure of seeing many of them live.
The Bluetones and OCS were so good!
@@mariannetuite7411OCS gig at Wolverhampton last Friday 15.12 .23
As someone who was there when the Beatles first came out, I say it's good that these younger bands were influenced by the Beatles. Imagine not knowing Parklife by Blur! It was everywhere at the time. Reminded me of the Small Faces from the 1960s.
The Seahorses - good call! Saw them live in Slane in '98. Side note- "strap-on Sally" scared the bejesus out of me.... Man, the wasps were bad that day.
@AnneDowson-vp8lg Oh absolutely. I grew up on my dad's Beatles records. So I was always going to be drawn to that type of sound.
Cornershop were definitely British, I was in the same class at school for five years with Nick Simms, their drummer! He actually learned to play the drums at school, but went into IT when he left. But realising that what he really wanted to be was a professional drummer, he gave IT up and ended up in Cornershop. He still works with some of the top artists to this day.
"Common People" It's a commentary on the social divide in the Uk. Jarvis Cocker meets 'posh' girl who wants to meet the 'Common People' . He, being a member of the common people finds it amusing and worthy of a song!
You appreciation for Suede’s guitar sound is appreciated. Bernard Butler is incredible. Spidery guitar lines mixed with big thrashy chords and fuzzed up solos. And when he and the band split, they recruited a 17 yr old who was a revelation as well. Another epically inventive player, Richard Oakes.
Pulps Common people is well worth a listen to on its own but listen to the full original version as it has an extra verse that really hits the message home
Brimful of Asha is about indian singer Asha Bhosle who was featured in tons of indian cinema and the songs from those movies, hence why the 45s were brimful of her.
And the name Cornershop was a play on the stereotype of the Indian-run (or Pakistani-run) local newsagents/convenience store. Think Apu from The Simpsons.
BRITPOP. You obviously haven't heard "LUCKY YOU" by The Lightening Seeds. You'll love it! Crispian Mills is son of Hayley Mills. Damian Albarn and Jarvis Cocker were very trendy heartthrobs. There is only one record chart in England, so all were mainstream hits. Nothing is divided. Jane Hook, Surrey.
You should listen to the Manic Street Preacher version of the Mash theme 'Suicide is painless', it was rarely off my record player in the 90's. I saw Pulp, Blur and Radiohead live at Glastonbury back in the mid-90's, all great live sets.
3:05 Justine Frischmann from Elastica dated both Brett Anderson from Suede and, later, Damon Albarn from Blur. The lyrics to Elastica’s ‘Never Here’ likely are referencing Brett. Damon Albarn also plays keyboards on the Elastica album where he's credited as 'Dan Abnormal' (an anagram of his name). There's also a song on Blur's 'The Great Escape' called 'Dan Abormal'. The Blur song 'No Distance Left to Run' is widely believed to be about their break up.
13:24 William Shatner did a, er, noteworthy, spoken word version of Common People: th-cam.com/video/St8FtbzH_JE/w-d-xo.html
15:32 It's anti-grunge in terms of the lyrical content - Live Forever was consciously written against the nihilism of grunge, Cobain's suicide etc "Maybe I just want to fly, want to live, don't want to die... etc."
19:49 'Britpop' was a term coined by a journalist (Stuart Maconie) that not everyone really bought into or wanted to be labelled as. It went from being a general descriptor for a bunch of British indie guitar bands, to being rather formulaic in only a few years.
Radiohead kind of transcended the movement, especially post-OK Computer. Some other British rock bands like Ash and Feeder who were around at the time didn't completely fit into the mould either, having a slightly more American influenced sound. Same with later Blur records in the run-up to Damon 'forming' Gorillaz.
Arguably Suede were kind of adjacent to it over most of the period. If you like Animal Nitrate you'd probably like a lot of their stuff tbh - and yeah the innuendo wasn't some sort of secret, just check the lyrics lol. BTW Suede are still going strong, and regularly play in the US if you ever wanted to catch them live: th-cam.com/video/4bW1uJDKdBE/w-d-xo.html
Enjoyed your good honest reaction to this one JJ! and as a brit here at the time I maybe enjoyed 3 of those 10 bands on that list! good job, keep up the good work!
I agree with your comment on stringed instruments. Ages ago I knew one of the guys who played violin on Eleanor Rigby and A Day in the Life plus various other Beatles songs.
As briefly touched on in the honourable mentions, you should definitely check out The Bluetones. Best band you’ve never heard of!
So good!
She bangs the drums is my all time favourite song
Sit down by James, Babies by Pulp, Ladykillers by Lush, Echobelly- dark therapy. All recommendations for britpop/indie from the 90s. Oh and Geneva- into the blue 😊
Great suggestions, Echobelly's debut album was on permanent rotation in my first term at uni, also saw Lush and James (twice) around the same time. Would also add Garbage (Queer), Longpigs (She Said), Rialto (Monday Morning 5.19) and Menswear (Daydreamer) as Britpop adjacent 90s bands.
It’s hard to describe how big Tattva was when it was released. I listened to BBC Radio 1 in the garden centre I worked at in the summer of 1996, and it was played several times a day. Kula Shaker were quite low-key pre-Tattva; we went to the Phoenix Festival in the middle of July, and Kula Shaker were scheduled in the smallest tent in the arena (the Dr Marten’s Tent) with all the other low-key indie bands. Three weeks earlier, Tattva had come out, and taken over the country. The crowd was about 100 deep **outside** the tent, it was insane. Everyone lost their shit when they played Tattva.
Have you seen Ren's homage to Bittersweet Symphony? Guy from The Verve liked it so much he gifted him his guitar! Ren is amazing, sweeps through the genres with his stuff. My favourites are The Hunger, Chalk Outlines (with Chinchilla), Losing It and Hi Ren. Well worth a listen if you haven't heard him yet, start with Hi Ren it will blow your mind..... xxx Also Crispian Mills from Kula Shaker is the son of actress Hayley Mills
The stone roses are fun, in York we have a "stone roses bar". They keep music fixed around the indie / rock vibe
The idea of calling Blur a "working class" band is hysterical. Google them as a band or as individuals, a more middle class bunch of guys you wont meet!!
In other words - they read books
@@Mikados_Advark12 their parents were all well educated. Blur came from relatively well off families.
@@philjones45well you can hardly call Crispin Mills, working class, although I HATE the very word.
Nothing wrong with reading and education,seems he had a blast growing up travelling the world hanging out with all sorts.
Sure some great born into better opportunities but anyone can pull themselves up into someone , knowing the right people helps.
But people like Liam Gallagher calling him a " posh twat " because he's not from a northern estate is just childish.
If someone's genuine down to earth doesn't matter if they went to the Mall School or even Charter House or some Comprehensive up north 🤔✌️. .
@@rikaardyyz3039 bollocks, it makes a huge difference where you were born. If you believe in society being equal, your euther naieve, stupid or rich.
I think lower middle class is a fair description, if they were northern and from the same kind of background no-one would say they were middle class
Manic Street Preacher - start with Design for life and Motorcycle Emptiness easily there most accessible songs. Design for life is my fave and most personally important song ever - Suede check out Beautiful ones - Ash check out practically anything from 1977 (album) So what instrument do you play??
Chords that wish to resolve themselves, yet we hold them longer or send them further into minor key, yep a LOT of Brit Pop classics that way, so if your ear pricks up at that, you have a gold-mine of Brit music to discover!
Wonderful video, thank you as always Sir!
Watch more Suede especially live - Brett Anderson an amazing front man- saw them last week they were astonioshingly good!
I've got to say, I've been enjoying your videos more and more lately. I don't know if it's that your content has changed or I'm just paying more attention, but keep up the good work!
The fun thing about British music in the 90s was how much of a melting pot it was with different sounds and styles coming together to make something new. This was already going on in the 80s I guess with 2 Tone and later bands like Pop Will Eat Itself and The KLF, but it really defined the sound of the 90s for me: bands like The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Asian Dub Foundation, Space were all in different ways bringing together different cultures and influences and pushing creative boundaries. One of the biggest criticisms of Britpop at the time was that so much of it was retro and backwards looking, but there was a lot of forward thinking music about in Britain at that time too.
Had the whole trip-hop movement going on too.
When you're remembering Brim full of Asher you're probably remembering the Norman Cook remix which was everywhere. Corner Shop are one of the UK's most underrated bands so I have always thought it was a shame their biggest hit was a remix.
Was the Norman Cook remix big in the US? Huge in the UK but I don't know whether it crossed the Atlantic.
@@140cabins number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart according to wiki . The original US release had "sleep on the left side" as the b side which is up there with my favourite Corner Shop tracks so it even more of a shame the remix eclipsed it.
Republica ready to go I use that when I work out cardio it's very intense.
I loved their album but I was sorely disappointed when I saw them live. Idk if they were just having an off day or what but they were completely static and had zero energy. The music was great but it was a very odd vibe.
Cornershop were absolute brown stained underpants.
The debut album of Embrace (The good will out) is maybe the best Britpop album which came out in the nineties. Very underrated band, and definitely worth listening.
Very much agree, if only from a personal perspective.
The stone roses are NOT a Brit pop band, and they definitely would not appreciate being called one. They are part of the "madchester" movement. Early nineties indie/dance fusion, it was massive. Britpop was way more sellout/mainstream and came much later. ❤ Other madchester bands are happy mondays, inspiral carpets, the charlatans, james, etc.
The Madchester scene really started in the late eighties. But you’re right, none of the bands that were part of that scene would be happy to be lumped in with Britpop and although I’d say that Britpop in general wasn’t as heavy a sound and were certainly more mainstream (and covered bands from the whole of the UK instead of just Manchester), I wouldn’t necessarily call them sellouts and would say that it’s worth keeping in mind that in the years between and the Britpop era, there were concessions having to be made due to the dying out of truly independent record labels…which obviously offered the artists greater freedom of expression in their music.
And the bands accoioated with Madchester but not actually from Manchester like; Primal Scream, The Farm, Soup Dragons etc
"Baggy"
Can you imagine Shaun and Baz’s reaction to being called ‘Brit pop.’ Ian Brown is menacing enough without that nomenclature.
@@primalengland I take it you mean Bez?
The bands in that honorable mentions section that you hadn't heard of are all well worth checking out!
So the Suede video draws elements from twin peaks and the shining emphasizing a sort of urban horror feel. The lead singer had a particular range and their songs varied from fast and hard to slow and melancholy.
I was at Uni from 93-97, and these songs are absolute classics from my many many nights out.
Definitely check out more from all of these bands. They have so many good songs. The Manic Street Preachers and Ash are two of my favourite bands ever. I've been lucky enough to see Ash and The Bluetones live and both were awesome! I was a teen in the 90's and it was a great time
Same re. Being a teen back then. Lived all those bands too
I loved the disclaimer at the end of the comments on suede- animal nitrate 😂😂 most people don’t know what it means… then quickly adding “I’m not even 100% sure myself” before we all thought you had too much knowledge on the subject 😂
There’s a song called undercover of darkness by the strokes I think you might like 😎👍
Manic Street Preachers are absolutely fantastic, I highly recommend them!
The verve copyright royalties thing has been resolved. The verve did have permission from the copyright holder of the orchestral version they sampled but Allen Klein sued. After he died his son and Jagger/Richards signed over all rights to Richard Ashcroft (verve singer songwriter).
Also, you can’t have watched Hot Fuzz if you’ve never heard caught by the Fuzz. Go watch it.
Suede is such a great band, Animal Nitrate was such a great hit! you should check out some of their other big songs like Beautiful Ones, The Wild Ones, Trash ...
This was my world in the mid 90s, living in North London & mixing with these people. The best time & the best music.
Love to see you react to William Shatner’s version of Pulps Common People!!
Or the version by The Wurzels!
The thing that always messes with my brain is that crispian Mills (lead singer of kula shaker) is hayley Mills' son. His mum is pollyanna/the twins in the original parent trap and his grandfather was John Mills, an absolute legend!
There are are a few more well know actors in that family, his aunt, Juliet Mills is most known in the US as Tabitha in the soap opera Passions, and is married to actor Maxwell Caulfield from Grease 2 and UK soap Emmerdale.
For another video, how about listening to a few of these bands that you were unfamiliar with and reporting back on which ones you like the most and/or favourite song on each album:
The most iconic/accessible/popular albums of some of the 10 which were generally around the peak of Britpop are...
Pulp - Different Class
Kula Shaker - K (was the iconic first album) Peasants Pigs & Astronauts had some good stuff on too
Manics - This is my Truth Tell me Yours
Dodgy - Free Piece Suite or Homegrown
Verve - Urban Hymns
Blur - Parklife & The Great Escape
I'll leave others to suggest best intros to the ones I've left out
Also they didn't mention 'Cast' - All Change & Mother Nature Calls which had a some really catchy anthems on them.
Riverboat Song by Ocean Colour Scene is great
Suggesting that a song would be suitable for the opening of a film or Tv programme points up the difference between UK and US music. In America music is monetised and exploited by other media. In Britain it is appreciated for its musical excellence in its own terms.
the intro to don't look back in anger isn't 'stolen' from imagine, noel purposely did it as a tribute to Lennon, as well as the lyric 'brains I had went to my head' being a quote from Lennon
Would love to hear the music
You should know that the reason the intro to Don’t look back in Anger sounds like Imagine is because Noel purposely put it in there as a nod to Lennon because the line “I’m gonna start a revolution from my bed because you said the brains I had went to my head” was inspired by something Lennon said in an interview
I think you would like Kula Shaker's album called 'K', it's eastern mysticism themed psychedelic rock. It's pretty much the only album from this list I still listen to.
I concur.
I went to see them live about 10 years ago and listened to K to see if it still held up. I was really surprised how good it was, as I hadn't heard it since I was about 17. It's really derivative, so you can point to a track and say 'that's the beatles one' 'that's the pink floyd one' but the songs are still great.
@@U2031 Yeah I think you've nailed it there as to why it has stood the test of time and aged well, it's because there are plenty of nods to a lot of classic pop and rock. 👍
Govinda was a decent track, obviously went to India like the Beatles and got influenced by some shaman or at least that's what he said🤔 but I read he did know George Harrison from his family connections.
BTW you should check out Bjork, yes she's Icelandic but her most famous tunes were made in the UK during the Britpop era. Play Dead is a particular favourite of mine.
JJ, if you like strings incorporated in rock... Are you familiar with E. L. O.? The Electric Light Orchestra marry the two together with ease. Very funky
Glad you liked Suede. Bernard Butler is a great guitarist, genius level. Animal Nitrate was off their first Album - their second, Dog Man Star is probably my favourite album, really worth a proper listen in the right order.
Suede were HUGE for a few years - Brett (the singer) getting his haircut was considered 'news'! Bernard Butler is a superb guitarist and was largely responsible for their sound back in the day. When he left, the band were a bit lost for a while, but they regrouped and are still going strong, albeit a bit more low-key these days. I believe Butler is in demand for collabs and producing.
Yes by McAlmont and Butler is still a favourite of mine
I loved James. The drums on laid gets me every time.
That song made me pick up a guitar. ❤
Animal Nitrate is a pun on Amyl Nitrate. It isn't called "anal nitrate" over here... despite what it is used for. :)
Richie Edwards works at the chippie in our village.
Have you been listening to Kirsty McColl?😅
guys, the original video has sound. if you want to hear the songs better, watch that. he's probably messing with the sound to avoid copyright issues and whatnot
An interesting thing to note about uk music is that you can follow the progression between genres and sub genre over time from the 60s onwards, even over the course of a few years you would see someone experimenting the n combining and creating new sub genres then others would copy then experiment and the cycle repeat. For example blur drew influence from xtc and some gary numan splicing to rock in order to experiment and eventualky the Gorillaz would come out the end. Radiohead drew on grunge but wanted to experiment drew from Blur but also pink floyd and Xtc with some REM then reinvented themselves, in turn radiohead inspired coldplay
Animal Nitrate is about Amyl Nitrate - Suede had great songs - Trash, She's in Fashion - look at their other stuff!
blurs first album would shock you. its more radical than the hits.
Not to mention ‘13’ from 1999
I've seen most of the bands on the list live... pulp, Ash, manic Street preachers and supergrass were all amazingly good love bands
“I don’t know what I’m talking about.” The statement you refer to shows you know exactly what you’re talking about. 👍
"The working class like this?" I think you need to understand that the working classes in the UK have been the driver of the best of innovation and invention in music in this country (UK).
I totally agree although an awful lot of prog rock isn’t really 😊
Check out the Bittersweet Symphony retake by Ren. His retakes are remixed instrumentals from the original track with Ren's amazing vocals on top. This one is a tribute to British working class culture & its so good, the bassist from The Verve sent him a guitar.
Hi Ren is also an amazing live performance that gives an insight into mental health struggles, which are relatable for most people.
Massive Attack are a great production British group from Bristol, they made some classic hit tunes from the same era from the early 90s onwards, especially Unfinished Sympathy from 1991, not sure if I can call them Britpop but they had hits during this time!
Massive Attack are 100% def. not Britpop. They are fantastic live, like listing to the CD.
If you want to see an amazing "hairs on end" performance. Search for 1000 musicians play "bitter sweet symphony" (rockin 1000). Its amazing ❤
I'm surprised that Sleeper didn't get a mention, Statuesque was probably their biggest hit.
Common People is such a good song , even William Shatner's cover ain't bad
Is there something about women in bands that put the compilers off No mention of the wonderful Eurythmics or Blondie Florence and the machine to name but three
Such a good moment when you finally find that song youve missed and wanted to know what it was called after some years
Also the song ‘Sandstorm’ by the band Cast was Brit pop classic beauty xxxx
Some great bands there. My music taste hasn't changed much since the 90's and I'm very excited to be seeing Kula Shaker at a festival this summer.
Best band of the 90's was Carter USM, but their lyrics were so topical and UK specific that they never made it big in the states!
Elasticas Justine Frischman left Suedes Brett Anderson for Blurs Damon Albarn. It was the Britpop version of Dynasty..
Manic street preachers will be furious to be called Britpop. They're a rock band, with a twist and were playing long before Britpop was anything.
Love Richard Ashcroft and the Verve, ❤
The Holy Bible album by Manic Street Preachers is one of the best British albums of the nineties. Absolute beast of album
A video about songs that you can't hear on the video is less than optimal.
Thank goodness! I thought I was t6only deaf person trying to listen.
I was a student in Edinburgh in the middle of the 9ts and I love everything. Clubbing it till 4 am on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
I would 100% not lump Radiohead in with Britpop, they were a thing of thier own.
Agreed.
Blurs lead guitarist Graham Coxon formed his own band when leaving Blur, quite punky. Great album called Love Travels at illegal speeds,absolutely amazing album,you should definitely listen to it, one of my all time favourites 👌👍
Suede song "stay together" always takes me back to my teens.
I always thought the Bluetones were much underrated
The 90s in the UK was a very very special time, we came out of the teeny bopper produced music of the 80s into a whole new World. And we went raving a lot, hehe. BTW Bittersweet symphony is basically a rewrite of a previous tune, it even replicates the original video. Also, I think James "sit down" should be an honourable mention as it's the mostest ear wormingest song from the 90s.
I adore the Beatles and am Scouse - I also love Oasis. We can love both hahaha. We probably wouldn’t have oasis without the Beatles because they were such an inspiration to so many bands
in reference to the oasis/beetles i often refer to the term over influenced! love most the songs on this list. Love the day we caught the train. love the top pick. One group and album that i loved during this period of the decade (which was when i was a mid to late teenager) which wasn't as popular as most of these artists in Britton its self was Mansun (never to be confused with Marylin) album Attack of the grey lantern. with my favourite being wide open space and Taxloss.
The intro of don’t look back in anger was meant to be just like imagine but the main song sounds nothing like the Beatles.
The guitar riff in Elastica's "Connection" is stolen from Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" from their 1977 album "Pink Flag"!
Fully agree on the classical chord progressions (I’m a sucker for harmonic rhythm). I think the thing that makes the chromaticism stand out is that it’s combined with a line cliche. It gives this wonderful ‘tumbling down’ feeling that matches the message of a lot of these songs (as well as making my ears happy).