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Madchester vs. Britpop
Posted:
Sun Jul 18, 2004 5:37 pmby Quite Life
Madchester with the likes of:
Happy Mondays (losers)
Stone Roses (great band)
The Farm
Inspiral Carpets
The Charletons UK
St. Entienne (my faves of the bunch and may not belong on this list)
Soup Dragons
or
Brit Pop with the Likes of:
Blur (best band of the 90's)
Oasis
Pulp
Space
Elastica
Republica
Ocean Colour Sceen
Supergrass
Kula Shaker
Ride
You Make the Call...
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Posted:
Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:27 pmby 1981baby
madchester hands down! oasis and space have great material but the vs happr mondays, stone roses, paris angels, hollowmen, the high, emf, my jealous god, etc is no competition. happy mondays losers? good lord their one of the top bands of the 80's. maybe
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:16 amby ebbhead
More a fan of the bands you mentioned, but when you look at ALL of the Brit pop options, probably more a Brit pop person.
Agree that the Happy Mondays were losers. What a steaming bag of horsecrap they were except for Bob's Yer Uncle, Hallelujah and m
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:24 amby unguarded moment
Another band that merits mention is Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
The Soup Dragons, BTW, started out a bit earlier than most of the bands listed, and only later jumped on the dance bandwagon.
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:56 amby KYYX4ever
Madchester !
LOVE the Stone Roses, and the Happy Mondays ( I did not know any of this gossip you guys know) made some FUN music with an edge. And i LOVE LOVE LOVE St. Etienne ! Not to mention 80's faves Human League and 70's faves Joy Division.....
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:22 amby 1981baby
[quote]Originally posted by ebbhead
Agree that the Happy Mondays were losers. What a steaming bag of horsecrap they were except for
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:54 amby pikeprof
gotta go with britpop-to me it's the true descendent of the hippy-trippy british music of the 60s for reference go to Rhino's Nuggets II comp-and I like guitar-driven pop
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:15 amby ghosty
I'm torn because I got a promo copy of that first Stone Roses album on cassette back in 1989 and it changed my life. Yeah, in the interest of nostalgia I gotta go with the Manchester scene. It seemed to liven music up for a while.
...and it sometimes p
Posted:
Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:27 pmby Quite Life
I am going to have to go with Brit Pop it has a dash of Mod in it plus Blur my 6th favorite band ever had the main character from Quadraphinia guest volcals in "Park Life" and Brit Pop did less drugs also. Madchester consumed the whole chemist shop while
Posted:
Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:51 amby ebbhead
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Posted:
Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:34 amby KYYX4ever
Quite Life,
Fox Base Alpha is amazing ! I, too, have my days with it. It was the 1st cassette I heard from them, after hearing "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" on a mixed tape from a friend.
Posted:
Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:15 pmby Quite Life
1981: True observation... [?] though,....about the Soup Dragons....What are the Scots doing with a surf sound do they really surf in Scotland? I know they do in Brighton and all those other places in the southern UK.
KYYX: Was'nt the Human Legue from S
Posted:
Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:46 pmby Marilyn
[quote][i]Originally posted by Quite Life[/i]
<br>Madchester with the likes of:
Happy Mondays (losers)
Stone Roses (great band)
The Farm
Posted:
Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:08 amby devildog
Probably side with Madchester. Inspiral Carpets "Commercial Rain" is a fantastic song. Charlatans UK album "Some Friendly" is a classic.