Re: [bomp] re: oasis/britpop

[rsmccull@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I agree about the La's, but there was also the first Stone Roses album and
a couple of decent Blur records from the mid-nineties.  But yeah, pretty
thin gruel for what was supposed to be such a major scene.  The Farm?
Ned's Atomic Dustbin?  Did I used to actually like that stuff?  Rick

>
> i agree about britpop with the exception of the La's.  i don't understand
> how a band that great didn't become huge overnight sensations worldwide.
> maybe (probably) there's other really great britpop stuff i just haven't
> heard.  and yeah, compared to the La's, oasis really does come off as
> lowest
> common denominator.  i get the feeling that if there was a british version
> of hot topic stores in the UK they'd be chock full of oasis stuff the same
> way hot topic stores in malls here are loaded with good charlotte
> merchandise.
>
> i do find oasis to be highly entertaining.  like emperors who have no
> clothes -- fans/press treat them like they're the stones and they've
> completely bought into it.  it does bug me that people compare them to the
> kinks, small faces and other great earlier bands.  ultimately, to me,
> oasis
> is the british equivalent of guns n roses.  average sounding AOR band that
> inexplicably ends up held in the same regard as bands who really were
> great.
>
> joe
>
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>>
>> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:21:32 -0400
>> From: "Brock From The Grave" <moptop66@rogers.com>
>> Subject: Re: [bomp] Re: definitely what the fuck
>>
>> I only heard the first 2 albums. The first one was was played
>> incessantly by
>> one of my idiot drones at the record store and I couldn't stand it from
>> note
>> one (we eventually "lost" it). The second one I heard 2 or 3 times and
>> hated
>> it equally. I also had the misfortune of seeing them live (well, 3 songs
>> and
>> we split)- a potato has more stage presence. It wasn't even worth
>> sticking
>> around for free. I just don't find anything appealing or interesting
>> about
>> anything they do (or 99% of any of that "Britpop stuff). It's really,
>> really
>> boring.
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