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Welsh Megaman

Saxon have never looked so attractive

Welsh Megaman

MOTÖRHEAD!!

HeidiHeidi

Mike Skinner in a Synge Street school uniform

Harry Palmr

Ace of Spades...................! KILL! (yes I'm about two minutes behind)

HeidiHeidi

Adam Ant is looking fierce well after all these years. As is the Madness fella whose name escapes me right now.

Was trying to figure out who the two middle-aged, middle-ranking banker-type geezers were - can't believe they were OMD!!!

Very few people look better 35 years later, but Kelly Marie surely does..... :eek:

Skid X

Eventually, Lemmy kept singing "The Eight of Spades", but nobody noticed for years.

. I sang "Eight of Spades" for five years and nobody noticed. That will show you how much attention people pay to the bloody lyrics

Harry Palmr

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Adam Ant is looking fierce well after all these years. As is the Madness fella whose name escapes me right now.

Was trying to figure out who the two middle-aged, middle-ranking banker-type geezers were - can't believe they were OMD!!!

Very few people look better 35 years later, but Kelly Marie surely does..... :eek:

Suggs

Skid X

Everyone on the dancefloor for The Earth Dies Screaming! :eek:

Welsh Megaman

The first time I've paid attention to the lyrics of 'Tom Hark'

Been spending too much time watching the darts!

Skid X

Peel, ya fecking curmudgeon. That was miserable.

Welsh Megaman

Celebrities...plus Little and Large :pac:

Welsh Megaman

A Gary Numan song not called 'Cars' :eek:

HeidiHeidi

AT last, a bit of a choon!

God bless Abba.

Welsh Megaman

'Ant Music' still sounds great

HeidiHeidi

Gawd, he (Adam Ant, that is) is/was a fine thing!

Welsh Megaman

St. Winifred's

*shudder*

Skid X

That piece by Richard Skinner about how John Lennon should have been recording with Paul McCartney when he was murdered was poignant.

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

St. Winifred's

*shudder*

This is what happens in countries which don't have Late Late Toy Shows!

Welsh Megaman

No Judas Priest

HeidiHeidi

Skid X wrote: »

That piece by Richard Skinner about how John Lennon should have been recording with Paul McCartney when he was murdered was poignant.

I was slightly appalled to hear that Paul McCartney heard from a journo looking for an interview that Lennon had died.

He put it (both in the interview for the programme and - according to him - at the time) fairly tactfully - but still. Shudder.

Harry Palmr

The first two Pretenders albums are new wave gold.

HeidiHeidi

Has anyone ever actually seen Chrissie Hynde's eyes?

Welsh Megaman

Guilty pleasure :O

Welsh Megaman

A song about Japan :pac:

HeidiHeidi

WTF :eek:

Welsh Megaman

Hooray!

*on-the-spot dancing*

HeidiHeidi

I'd forgotten all about Bad Manners! (Probably for a good reason )

Is that the most unlikely vision of a reggae singer ever to appear on telly, ever?

Welsh Megaman

Dennis Waterman! :eek: :eek:

HeidiHeidi

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Dennis Waterman! :eek: :eek:

He's not bad, in fairness to him!

efb

TOTP 1980 cool

Skid X

There be a Britpop night on Sky Arts 1 tonight

http://www.sky.com/tv/show/pulp-live?dcmp=emc-ARTS02WEB/BritPopNight

7.30pm - Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy

8.30pm - Discovering: Pulp

9pm - Pulp Live

10pm - Oasis: Live At The Barrowlands

11.30pm - Oasis: Video Killed The Radio Star



And there is a Fleetwood Mac night tomorrow

http://www.sky.com/tv/show/fleetwood-mac?dcmp=emc-ARTS02WEB/FleetwoodMacNight

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Classic Albums - 7.40pm

Fleetwood Mac: Live In Boston Part 1 - 9pm

Fleetwood Mac: Live In Boston Part 1 - 10pm

Harry Palmr

Did they show Silver Dream Machine? Boo-urns if they didn't.

Ol' Donie

Mentioned on here a few times for its soundtrack...

The Sting started a few mins ago on ITV4.

Brilliant film.

Go Harvey Go

efb wrote: »

TOTP 1980 cool

Would I be spoiling it if I said that there's a strike coming up...?

Would anybody post here, kindly,if you hear about any programmes featuring my current favourite, Richard Hawley? Many thanks.

Skid X

zorro2566 wrote: »

Would anybody post here, kindly,if you hear about any programmes featuring my current favourite, Richard Hawley? Many thanks.

Will do, no bother.

Welsh Megaman

Hawley joined Pulp as guitarist for their final gig to date, as documented in last year's 'A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets'

The Brixton Academy show on Sky Arts now.

Welsh Megaman

I miss Britpop

Go Harvey Go

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I miss Britpop

Can't believe it was two decades ago now... :eek: :eek:

-=al=-

Don't say it like that! It was 10 years ago!

Welsh Megaman

-=al=- wrote: »

Don't say it like that! It was 10 years ago!

A bit further back, maybe...

1992 (Suede's first singles on Nude) to Autumn 1997/Spring 1998 (Oasis release 'Be Here Now', Pulp release 'This Is Hardcore').

mzungu

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

A bit further back, maybe...

1992 (Suede's first singles on Nude) to Autumn 1997/Spring 1998 (Oasis release 'Be Here Now', Pulp release 'This Is Hardcore').

For me personally, I have always felt that Summer 1996 , and in particular Oasis at Knebworth was both the peak and start of the rapid demise of Britpop. That was as big as it ever could have gotten. IIRC Oasis would mess up a US tour soon after and by the time they returned the next summer with Be Here Now, the magic was gone.

In that time, Blur had grown up somewhat and had released their finest single (IMO) Beetlebum. Very different from their early sound aswell.

Fun times though....I do miss the 90s.

Go Harvey Go

-=al=- wrote: »

Don't say it like that! It was 10 years ago!

Have we suddenly gone back to 2005? :eek:

mzungu wrote: »

For me personally, I have always felt that Summer 1996 , and in particular Oasis at Knebworth was both the peak and start of the rapid demise of Britpop. That was as big as it ever could have gotten. IIRC Oasis would mess up a US tour soon after and by the time they returned the next summer with Be Here Now, the magic was gone.

Summer '96, of course, was when everything changed again thanks to five young ladies - two of whom had the same first name, and came from Leeds and Liverpool respectively...

Welsh Megaman

For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).

So much happened within that time period...

Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker .

Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar .

The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.

'TFI Friday' launches.

'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.

Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.

Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.

Oasis play Maine Road.

And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

Skid X

It ran out of steam very quickly, and what was left of Britpop died on 31 August 1997 with Diana. After that, Robbie Williams and unthreatening Pop took over.

Symbolically, the late night ITV Chart Show was playing the Sleeper/Supergrass rip-off Bingo by Catch when they went to the Newsflash. (1 min 32)

Still, It was great while it lasted. Every week you could hear exciting new bands on TFI, TOTP, CD:UK and other shows. Happy Days.

evilivor

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar .

Her out of Echobelly came up to me in the bar before one of their shows (which I wasn't there for) and told me my t-shirt was very cool.

She was right.

Ol' Donie

Aye, it was very exciting for a while. I was very much an Oasis feller (ignoring a brief period when I hated them because my mate told me Liam was quoted as saying "Macca can f*** off" in some interview at some stage. Didn't take much to set me off back then.), but I loved Blur too. Seemed like everything was good for a year or two (does Alisha's Attic count as Britpop? :-D ).

Welsh Megaman

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Seemed like everything was good for a year or two (does Alisha's Attic count as Britpop? :-D ).

A lot of 'pop' acts certainly jumped on the bandwagon...take it away, Sean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5mfm1fp7w

mzungu

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Have we suddenly gone back to 2005? :eek:

Summer '96, of course, was when everything changed again thanks to five young ladies - two of whom had the same first name, and came from Leeds and Liverpool respectively...

Less said about that the better eh !

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).

So much happened within that time period...

Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker .

Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar .

The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.

'TFI Friday' launches.

'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.

Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.

Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.

Oasis play Maine Road.

And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

Always liked Kula Shaker. They were given a rough time of it by the critics and generally thought of as a bit of a joke. But by god I still throw on 'K' every now and again, some absolute belters on that album. Love the britpop meets the east vibe. Granted it had been done before, but they did it well IMO.

Northern Uproar, I read about them a few weeks back in an online article. It appeared their guitarist Jeff Fletcher, was killed recently in a car accident. RIP.

Skid X wrote: »

It ran out of steam very quickly, and what was left of Britpop died on 31 August 1997 with Diana. After that, Robbie Williams and unthreatening Pop took over.

Symbolically, the late night ITV Chart Show was playing the Sleeper/Supergrass rip-off Bingo by Catch when they went to the Newsflash. (1 min 32)

Still, It was great while it lasted. Every week you could hear exciting new bands on TFI, TOTP, CD:UK and other shows. Happy Days.

TFI was where it was at. Who can forget that infamous Shaun Ryder appearance....my god they sure don't have shows like that anymore

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

A lot of 'pop' acts certainly jumped on the bandwagon...take it away, Sean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju5mfm1fp7w

Crikey....1997 he was a bit late to the party though eh! I wonder was he purposefully doing a Robbie / Damon hybrid of a performance there in that video. Woeful tune either way !!

Go Harvey Go

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

For many, the golden period of Britpop was between October 1995 (Oasis release 'Wonderwall' as a single) to August 1996 (Oasis play Knebworth).

So much happened within that time period...

Several British guitar bands scored their first UK Top 10 single - Dodgy, Sleeper, The Bluetones, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, Menswear...oh, and Kula Shaker .

Plus UK Top 20 singles for The Divine Comedy, Echobelly, Gene, Longpigs, Marion, McAlmont And Butler, Dubstar, Mansun, Space, Super Furry Animals :cool:...oh, and Northern Uproar .

The Jarvis/Michael Jackson incident at the Brit Awards.

'TFI Friday' launches.

'The Help Album' is released, in aid of the War Child charity - featured Blur, Oasis, Salad and Suede.

Take That split, giving guitar bands more coverage in 'tween' magazines such as Smash Hits.

Blur's Alex James scores a Top 20 single with his 'supergroup' Me Me Me.

Oasis play Maine Road.

And Noel Gallagher is considered so powerful in the music industry, he has a genre named after him - Noelrock :rolleyes: :rolleyes: .

And among the #1 singles during this period were...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG4NP8bldJg

and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

By the time of that Knebworth concert, however, the aforementioned five young ladies were entering their fourth week at the top, and would remain there for a further three.

And before '96 was out, they'd visit the #1 spot twice more, including at Christmas.

mzungu wrote: »

Less said about that the better eh !

But I've always liked Mel C... uh, I mean, the Liverpool one.