There have been a lot of different music genes over the years in my life from Glam rock, Punk, Mods Two-tone/Ska and too many others to list but at the moment I am listening mainly to Brit Pop the likes of Blur and Oasis.
Its 20 years since Brit Pop burst on to the scene with the name being given to a rash of bands that were deemed to be cool. Brit Pop bands had a distinct style attitude and clothing with very British lyrics.
Now nailing my colours to the fence over this big Blur/Oasis thing from back in the time. I liked both bands but if pushed I would side with Blur.
There was a lot of good music around the mid-nineties some could be dyer mainly stuff coming from across the pond, America. Bands played instruments although boy/girl so called bands were around they didn’t dominate the charts has Simon Cowell had not fully risen from his coffin. It was British made and exported around the world but it had to end sometime. A mixture of in fighting and the rise of hip-hop and R&B done for the UK music scene as young fans looked across the Atlantic.
I may have been a married dad with three young lads and the wrong side of 30 but I knew what I like when it came to music and this I liked. When they is not much in the way of good music around today the past is a great place to hangout. So I spent time blasting my ears out on a trip down memory lane to find out the classics still do it for me so here are my top 10, well top 8 two come under special dispensation. In no particular order,
- Pulp – Common People
- The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Oasis – Wonderwall
- Blur – Girls and Boys
- Space – Female of the Species
- The Bluetones - Slight Return
- Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught the Train
- Supergrass - Alright
The next to could be place in the Britpop gene but is better suited to Cool Cymru
- Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life
- Catatonia – Road Rage
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