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Board olds tell me about the Britpop invasion of the mid 90s

Between Oasis, Blur, Spice Girls, The Verve, Radiohead
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basically the pop version of grunge
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"i should coco" by the band "supergrass"...
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i dont think ppl even thought of it as britpop
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this. british invasion. more like London is now a cool place
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im saying it was so common ppl didnt even think of U2, Oasi...
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this. i think my HS girlfriend legitimately thought Oasis an...
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spice girls had a lot of union jack stuff
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yea they were the one that maybe was more like a brit invasi...
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they were overtly brit. as was Pulp, which I loved in HS as ...
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Fair point. I did lift clothed yesterday afternoon.
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Pulp is 180 you seem low iq
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Pulp is trash and no one remembers them (unlike Michael Jack...
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Def Leppard had Brit flags everywhere too IIRC American s...
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It was really just Oasis and then everyone else. Blur’...
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there were a bunch of 'alt-rock' bands from england like 'sp...
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Spacehog was out of NYC
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CR but the Langdons were British Spacehog and Bush were t...
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very heady times, my brother
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really garbage, third-rate music, for the most part. the br...
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there were several waves of varying quality. the first was ...
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cr, this "first wave" was 180 and some of my favor...
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" this wave had crossover with US genres like "col...
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Lmao tell me about these “GOAT” British bands fr...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpwPT9l8nR0
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Beatles, stones, zeppelin, sabbath
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It was great. Lots of solid music and a nice alternative to ...
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hilarious that this export was HUGE in the UK in the 90s - h...
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They loved Fun Lovin Criminals and Bloodhound Gang too We...
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fucking bloodhound gang. ha.
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eels was also pretty big in the uk
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Ha I saw Eels in London in 2000 people were going nuts
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This was known as the 'cool Britannia' era. In addition to ...
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Super Furry Animals were 180
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Date: March 16th, 2021 3:24 AM
Author: soul-stirring flatulent faggotry

Between Oasis, Blur, Spice Girls, The Verve, Radiohead

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Date: March 16th, 2021 3:25 AM
Author: gold comical field weed whacker



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Date: March 16th, 2021 3:26 AM
Author: soul-stirring flatulent faggotry

Huge cope following Cobain’s death

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42111976)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 5:42 AM
Author: pale set selfie

basically the pop version of grunge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112063)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:02 AM
Author: spectacular dead sandwich church

"i should coco" by the band "supergrass" was pretty good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42111998)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:22 AM
Author: mischievous titillating casino

i dont think ppl even thought of it as britpop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112013)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:30 AM
Author: Mahogany orchestra pit travel guidebook

this. british invasion. more like London is now a cool place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112017)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:38 AM
Author: mischievous titillating casino

im saying it was so common ppl didnt even think of U2, Oasis, Blur, Spice Girls, The Verve, Radiohead as brit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112024)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:47 AM
Author: Mahogany orchestra pit travel guidebook

this. i think my HS girlfriend legitimately thought Oasis and Radiohead were American

U2 was a different era. everyone knew they were originally Irish, though by the late 80s they were multinational megastars

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112026)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:49 AM
Author: self-centered laughsome corner

spice girls had a lot of union jack stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112029)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:50 AM
Author: mischievous titillating casino

yea they were the one that maybe was more like a brit invasion cause i dont think the US had girl band bullshit like that before really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112031)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:53 AM
Author: Mahogany orchestra pit travel guidebook

they were overtly brit. as was Pulp, which I loved in HS as well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112033)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:57 AM
Author: mischievous titillating casino

(gay guy)

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Date: March 16th, 2021 4:59 AM
Author: Mahogany orchestra pit travel guidebook

Fair point. I did lift clothed yesterday afternoon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112043)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 11:52 AM
Author: Big theater macaca

Pulp is 180 you seem low iq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112992)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 11:53 AM
Author: sooty potus church building



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Date: March 16th, 2021 12:06 PM
Author: wild thriller lettuce cruise ship

Pulp is trash and no one remembers them (unlike Michael Jackson).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42113069)



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Date: March 22nd, 2021 9:25 PM
Author: Pungent cruel-hearted electric furnace crackhouse



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Date: May 24th, 2024 10:30 AM
Author: Glassy Range Coffee Pot

Def Leppard had Brit flags everywhere too

IIRC American skinheads in the “punk scene” often had union jacks on their jackets - skinhead dude at my school had this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#47688190)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 6:01 AM
Author: Vivacious domesticated garrison clown

It was really just Oasis and then everyone else. Blur’s impact (stateside) was very minor compared to Oasis. Also radiohead quickly made a very sharp turn into more avant-garde stuff. Outside of Creep they really didn’t have many radio friendly songs and iirc Creep came out a good 2-3 years before the supposed British Invasion.

Spice Girls had way more in common w NSync or Brittney Spears than they did post grunge British rock, they just happened to be from England

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112076)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 6:09 AM
Author: spectacular dead sandwich church

there were a bunch of 'alt-rock' bands from england like 'spacehog' (and, of course, bush) which were popular for a while.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112080)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:00 AM
Author: Vivacious domesticated garrison clown

Spacehog was out of NYC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112121)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:15 AM
Author: Big theater macaca

CR but the Langdons were British

Spacehog and Bush were the rare reverse exports that were bigger in the US than the UK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112510)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 6:10 AM
Author: Hilarious Nofapping Cuck Boiling Water

very heady times, my brother

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112082)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:06 AM
Author: flushed idiot

really garbage, third-rate music, for the most part.

the british bands of the 60s, 70s, and 80s were GOAT, light years ahead of American bands. but the 90s wave of 'britpop' was just nakedly derivative, sub-mediocre music hyped to death by nostalgia-obsessed brit rock press.

the entire era did not produce a single undeniably great track.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112125)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:32 AM
Author: spectacular dead sandwich church

there were several waves of varying quality. the first was in the late-80's/early-90's with rave music and shoegaze. bands like the happy mondays, suede, ride, the shamen, kitchens of distinction, curve, KLF, etc. this wave had crossover with US genres like "college rock" and "club music."

once 'alt-rock' took off in the US, labels began looking for UK acts to plug into their playlists. this is what caused Bush.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112158)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:19 AM
Author: Nubile bat-shit-crazy space

cr, this "first wave" was 180 and some of my favorite music to this day. But by 1997 or so it was all shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112533)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:06 PM
Author: racy stock car giraffe

" this wave had crossover with US genres like "college rock" and "club music."

that's exactly it. i consider shoegaze and late 80s/early 90s post-postpunk/proto-britpop a species of 'indie' rock.

while i love indie rock, shoegaze, etc, the standards of those genres are undeniably different, more relaxed, than those of mainstream pop/rock. it's 'mood' music, ultimately experimental and anti-formal.

i hold any band that achieves mass-audience/Top 40 status to a stricter standard. a pop band must uphold the grand tradition of the Pop/Rock form by producing disciplined, preferably three-minute singles that have that 'x-factor', of melodic singularity, of 'catchiness', of arresting production/performance, and also artistic merit -- from 'Satisfaction' to 'Blue Monday', all the great singles have this x-factor. you must deliver the goods.

none of those 1990s Britpop bands produced any truly great pop singles that will stand the test of time. the music was objectively inferior even to what the late-entry British Invasion bands of the 1980s produced (standards like 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police, or even 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', etc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42115721)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:37 AM
Author: Vivacious domesticated garrison clown

Lmao tell me about these “GOAT” British bands from the 60s and 70s?

Fucking boomer trash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112164)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:38 AM
Author: spectacular dead sandwich church

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpwPT9l8nR0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112165)



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Date: May 24th, 2024 10:32 AM
Author: Glassy Range Coffee Pot

Beatles, stones, zeppelin, sabbath

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#47688200)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:15 AM
Author: olive crawly twinkling uncleanness sweet tailpipe

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112512)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:27 AM
Author: learning disabled vengeful therapy

It was great. Lots of solid music and a nice alternative to what was going on here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112151)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:28 AM
Author: greedy maize goal in life

travis, kaiser chiefs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112152)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 7:39 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle yarmulke menage

hilarious that this export was HUGE in the UK in the 90s - https://youtu.be/FC3y9llDXuM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112166)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:14 AM
Author: Big theater macaca

They loved Fun Lovin Criminals and Bloodhound Gang too

We really weren't sending our best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112506)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:20 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle yarmulke menage

fucking bloodhound gang. ha.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112542)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 11:53 AM
Author: sooty potus church building

eels was also pretty big in the uk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42113000)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 12:13 PM
Author: Big theater macaca

Ha I saw Eels in London in 2000 people were going nuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42113116)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 8:03 AM
Author: wild thriller lettuce cruise ship

This was known as the 'cool Britannia' era. In addition to music, British movies like Trainspotting, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Lock, Stock and Barrels were popular in the US.

Never cared for any of this although ironically at the time I was listening to a lot of UK IDM music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112204)



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Date: March 16th, 2021 10:33 AM
Author: soul-stirring flatulent faggotry

Hugh Grant

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Date: March 16th, 2021 12:06 PM
Author: pale set selfie

some of those movies are 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42113068)



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Date: March 22nd, 2021 9:19 PM
Author: Mahogany orchestra pit travel guidebook



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Date: March 16th, 2021 11:52 AM
Author: Big theater macaca

Super Furry Animals were 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#42112996)



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Date: May 24th, 2024 8:35 AM
Author: wild thriller lettuce cruise ship

.

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Date: May 24th, 2024 10:21 AM
Author: Canary center pozpig

It was a force meme. Normal people have no idea what Oasis or Radiohead is aside from their very biggest hits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4788515&forum_id=2#47688167)