For the briefest moment in the 1990s, Britpop ruled the airwaves. Suede sighed out a romantically ambiguous soundtrack for elegant wastrels. Blur and Oasis were vying for number one. And everybody wanted to live like Common People. It was music that delighted in Britain’s pop history, taking the best bits […]
The first 500 people to click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE! https://skl.sh/trashtheory2 In 1995 two of the biggest bands in Britain went head to head in one of the biggest chart showdowns of all time. Those bands were Blur and Oasis. The songs were […]
The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/trashtheory5 Despite its influence, the timespan of Britpop was so very brief. From the release of “The Drowners” by Suede and “Popscene” by Blur, through Blur vs Oasis to its death knell with the […]
At first, Blur were a band that prided themselves on their Britishness. They wrote keenly observational pop songs about 18-30 Holidays, The Shipping Forecast, Sunday Lunch and the Quiet Frustrations of Everyday British Life. In Britain, it made them heroes. But in the US they were nobodies. So it was […]
