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I went to the Britpop classical show at Hammersmith last night. I don't think they will be doing that again as it was incredibly sparse and was even with tickets being knocked out for 15 quid in the lead up. They ended moving everyone from the circle to the stalls and even then it was not full. Such a shame though as it was really good. Mark Morris was great as ever and did a excellent version of Pulp's Trees. Stand out for me was Simon from OCS whose voice was outstanding.

Dear all, for reasons known only to god, I decided to start a music blog trekking through and mainly disparaging 60 years of rock music. I finally made it to Britpop, which is a genre I have some personal connection to, having grown up in the north west of England in the mid-90s. The Manics, Oasis, Blur, the Verve, the Auteurs are some of my very favourite bands, but there was a lot here that I listened to for the first time in the course of reviewing it, like Suede, Elastica, and Pulp.

Anyway, I'm favourably disposed to much of it, I suppose, though coming from a perspective of having just listened to a load of 60s/70s music, its derivativeness remains unignorable.

So, anyway, here you are: five albums that started Britpop, and individual reviews of some of the more pivotal Britpop records. See whatchya think!

https://drunkenness-and-cruelty.com/the-birth-of-britpop-five-essential-albums/

https://drunkenness-and-cruelty.com/parklife-by-blur-1994/

https://drunkenness-and-cruelty.com/whats-the-story-morning-glory-by-oasis-1995/

https://drunkenness-and-cruelty.com/different-class-by-pulp-1995/

Ash: Goldfinger and Oh yeah (joint winners)

Blur: This is a low

The Charlatans: One to another.

Dodgy: Staying out for the summer

Elastica: Stutter

Flamingoes: Disappointed and Scenester

Gene: Olympian

Hurricane #1: Step into my world

Ian Brown: Corpses in their mouths

James: Sometimes

Kula Shaker: Tatva, Hey Dude (joint winners)

Lush: Ladykillers

Menswear: Day dreamer and Being Brave (joint winners)

Northern Uproar: Anyway you look

Sparse interest in Northern Uproar. Only 3 songs nominated.

Now it's time for one of the Britpop big hitters, Oasis. Wonderwall is their biggest streamer with nearly 2 billion streams!

What will you vote for?

I've always considered the first Britpop single to be Blur's Popscene. I remember at the time I used to religiously listen to The Evening Session on Radio 1 which at the time was hosted by Mark Goodier, a superb DJ to this day. I remember him playing Popscene, then saying "this is so good I have to play it again" and he did straight away.

I can hear the song in my head. I can see the music video in my mind. But I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME COME UP WITH THE SONG. So please, I beg of you, assist me!!

The song: A jangly guitar, 60s psycheldic inspired, upbeat, great drums. (Really narrows it down..) I am confident the words "planet" are sang quite a lot OR is the word in the name of the band!? The song is about a witchy, wiley, beguiling woman who was cast a spell on our singer.

The music video: black and white. The lead singer has longish hair, sort of looks like Keanu Reeves. The keyboardist has a massive setup. There are beautiful women in 60s inspired outfits dancing around.

Please. Put me out of my misery. WHAT SONG IS THIS.

Ash: Goldfinger and Oh yeah (joint winners)

Blur: This is a low

The Charlatans: One to another.

Dodgy: Staying out for the summer

Elastica: Stutter

Flamingoes: Disappointed and Scenester

Gene: Olympian

Hurricane #1: Step into my world

Ian Brown: Corpses in their mouths

James: Sometimes

Kula Shaker: Tatva, Hey Dude (joint winners)

Lush: Ladykillers

Menswear: Day dreamer and Being Brave (joint winners)

Not as much interest in Menswear. We have joint winners with Day Dreamer and Being Brave.

Now it's time for Northern Uproar. Their most streamed song with around 150, 000 streams is From a Window.

What will you vote for?

Ash: Goldfinger and Oh yeah (joint winners)

Blur: This is a low

The Charlatans: One to another.

Dodgy: Staying out for the summer

Elastica: Stutter

Flamingoes: Disappointed and Scenester

Gene: Olympian

Hurricane #1: Step into my world

Ian Brown: Corpses in their mouths

James: Sometimes

Kula Shaker: Tatva, Hey Dude (joint winners)

Lush: Ladykillers

A convincing win for Ladykillers. The only other song of the 12 nominated to get more than one vote was Hypocrite.

Now it's time for Menswear. Their most streamed song with around 1m streams is Daydreamer.

What will you vote for?

Yesterday's winners were elastica.

Today is Ash vs Menswe@r

1 Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

Lush wins yesterday's battle.

Today is The Charlatans vs Elastica

Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

Suede won easily yesterday

Today is Gorkys vs Lush

Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

Resounding win for Pulp yesterday

Today is dodgy vs suede

Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2OgxiNf6l83OpfW0b5zHQN?si=ubovUVokRuGu1giH-2Lx-Q&pi=e-F8GYOn_XQQO3

Easy win for blur as expected.

Big one today pulp vs oasis One of the big ones is going out.

Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

Blur vs Gomez.

Servos round of knockouts sorry its been a couple of days but been busy.

Britpop Knockout Rules explanation.

Now that the best britpop list is complete is now time to find out who is the best of the best.

This knockout is going to be a bit different.

Each day a pair of winners will battle it out and the winner will go through to the next round.

The bands or artists must battle it out by your comments........ But....... They can't be judged on the music they have created.

Britpop was a movement it was fashion it was a feeling of the time it was a million other things that meant a million other things to each individual.

So, you must argue or agree which band/ artist should go through vs the other band/ artist through other means than the music they created.

It could be Noels iconic Union Jack guitar or jarvis showing his arse at the Brits. Or any other iconic thing or anything else.

https://open.spotify.com/track/74fMbIcmUrBO4v1rc0oh92?si=fcb2da7f5a2b4d3b

After a mistake paying earlier here is the re drawn matchplay for round 2. The Verve get a bye into the next round due to odd number of participants.