sammynb 3869 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 11 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Suppose you could earmark Britpop as “British guitar bands in the 90s who took influence from and sounded like all the different British guitar bands of the 60s” So the Jam? Blur's first album, Leisure was regarded as shoegaze, they were even the first support for The Jesus and Mary Chain's Rollercoaster show I saw at the Brixton academy in 1991 or 92. Shoegazing Blur, followed by My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr and JMC what a gig. Wasn't the crap called Reef also lumped in with britpop? And Ride's move from shoegaze to britpop, fuck me what a horror. Shoegaze, then trip hop - the shite inbetween doesn't exist in my world. Talking of Supergrass @PaddockLad did you know Micky Quinn is now bass player for Swervedriver? 9 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: By the way @Meenzer, those Finnish chaps Sammy recommended to me in the music thread ( Gentlemen Losers), are gloriously melancholic in an a way only Scandinavians can be. I can totally picture them sitting in the sauna, whipping themselves with birch twigs, just after finishing another album. “ Well Stig, thåts another album done” ” Joo” ” Would you like some pickled fish” ”Joo” ” Shall we watch Pingu?” ” Nøot Nøot!” So you're a fan @Monkeys Fist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 16303 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 2 minutes ago, sammynb said: Wasn't the crap called Reef also lumped in with britpop? You can probably blame Chris Evans for that, like for so many things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22494 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Some serious thread derailment here FFS meezerpoopi! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12332 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Meenzer said: The whole boyband thing is traditionally built on exploitation by older blokes with varying degrees of dodginess about them. Walsh, Lou Pearlman, all the way back to Tam Paton with the Bay City Rollers. It's pretty grim. Finally a band TP has heard of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 101 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Gemmill said: I haven't watched it but I got the impression the doc was going to be largely about what a fucking weird creep Walsh is. It really is and he doesn't care about people thinking any different. Shocking stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14554 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) What did The Jam release in the 90s? Edited February 13 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36543 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Renton said: No, exactly. I was and still am a massive fan of the so called founders of Brit Pop, Suede, and they have fuck all to do with this movement in reality. Why weren't bands like Radiohead and the Manics classed as Brit Pop? It's not a musical movement, there is no coherence here. But for me the time did have a zeitgeist feel to it which I miss. Whether it was genuinely better or just because I was young I don't know. Also coincided with the best NUFC team ever. If I had to distil the whole feeling into a single song it would be Arab Strap's "First Big Weekend of Summer" which is identifiably set 14th to 16th June 1996. Never liked Blur or Oasis. Loved Pulp, though I I'd be amazed if there are not some dodgy skeletons in Cocker's wardrobe that will one day fall out. Talking of zeitgeist's though, Albarn perfectly captured the feeling of Brexit in the Good, the Bad, and the Queen in "Merrieland". A feeling of insularity, decay, nostalgia, undertones of racism. He's one artist that has become more relevant with increasing age. It was fucking brilliant musically and from social pov for me. I just thought a lot of stuff championed by the NME etc was very bland. Which was more my point. Even back then I felt that way. It was like there was a completely separate parallel world which they chose to ignore. Just their own little bubble. Odd when you consider what was happening in hip hop, electronic music and so on but even to the exclusion of better guitar bands a lot of the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23385 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Alex said: It was fucking brilliant musically and from social pov for me. I just thought a lot of stuff championed by the NME etc was very bland. Which was more my point. Even back then I felt that way. It was like there was a completely separate parallel world which they chose to ignore. Just their own little bubble. Odd when you consider what was happening in hip hop, electronic music and so on but even to the exclusion of better guitar bands a lot of the time Good music is good music. Music journalists are paid to invent genres to build hype. That was particularly the case back in the 90s when music hacks were more relevant than they are today. The thing that fucked me off about NME and Melody Maker was they built bands up then shot them down. But that’s the British way. We don’t like to see people enjoying success too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 32821 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 11/02/2025 at 14:34, PaddockLad said: Confirmed 4.30pm kickoff. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3661 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) Lads I'm sorry for mentioming the smug bassist from Blur. Can we move on . FFS Edited February 13 by Dougle 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3869 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 7 hours ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: What did The Jam release in the 90s? AH you know i was being cheeky and refering to that is what The Jam did in the 70s, trying to sound like 60s British bands (well the Who) but Weller is responsible for a couple of shite britpop releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36543 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 6 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: The thing that fucked me off about NME and Melody Maker was they built bands up then shot them down. But that’s the British way. We don’t like to see people enjoying success too much. That and largely ignoring any artists who weren’t white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18795 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 (edited) Brighton 1345 on Sunday 2nd March Edited February 14 by PaddockLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23385 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Zero fucks given for the travelling Brighton fans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7411 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 21 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Zero fucks given for the travelling Brighton fans suppose it’s better than a later kick off. The last train home is 6pm from Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LondonBlue 1019 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Got the missus shoes and taking the family out dinner and a movie. I'm safe for another year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 101 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Family shouldn't be included in a valentines meal mate, she'll be spewing with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 44848 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, LondonBlue said: Got the missus shoes and taking the family out dinner and a movie. I'm safe for another year. Wrong thread mate, unless they’re NUFC branded Louboutins? In which case, crack on… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49253 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Any chance he's polishing his head up in the stands for the cup final? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 11155 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 35 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Any chance he's polishing his head up in the stands for the cup final? Bans for league offences (yellow card tot ups) don't transfer into the cup competition, but reds do, and his was a red, plus an FA charge, so could be, that'd be so fucking funny. If banned from the touchline are they not also forbidden to contact the team/touchline during the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 12332 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, Toonpack said: Bans for league offences (yellow card tot ups) don't transfer into the cup competition, but reds do, and his was a red, plus an FA charge, so could be, that'd be so fucking funny. If banned from the touchline are they not also forbidden to contact the team/touchline during the game. I think they're only banned during the game but can take warm up and go into the rooms. Have to pass messages through an intermediary during play. Of course he could get a stadium ban like Pardew. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 3048 Posted Sunday at 23:34 Share Posted Sunday at 23:34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49253 Posted Monday at 04:48 Share Posted Monday at 04:48 Nice of Miggy to continue to show his support. No hard feelings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 36145 Posted Monday at 07:26 Share Posted Monday at 07:26 To almost quote Don King, the chances of me watching that video are slim to none and Slim's just left town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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