The Birth and Impact of Britpop
eBook - PDF

The Birth and Impact of Britpop

Mis-Shapes, Scenesters and Insatiable Ones

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Birth and Impact of Britpop

Mis-Shapes, Scenesters and Insatiable Ones

About this book

Remember the ninteties? Of course you do. Cool Britannia, New Labour, Blur vs Oasis, Geri Halliwell's Union Flag dress, TFI Friday, "wasssssuuuuuuppppppp", Opal Fruits turning into Starburst without anyone asking your permission…crazy times. This book doesn't have anything to say about Geri's dress or Opal Fruits but it has lots to say about Britpop. But this isn't a book about the Britpop you think you know about, this is the story of a truly remarkable period of creativity in British guitar music told through the experiences of someone who was there from the first note of "Popscene" through to the run out groove of "This is Hardcore". This is the story of the Britpop that didn't make it onto the evening news or the cover of The Face. This is the story of the bands nobody remembers but that everybody should. This is the story of what it was like to be an outsider in 1991 and be too cool for school by 1994. This is the story of a magnesium flash in British popular music that has, for good or ill, defined British guitar music ever since. Here are Flamingoes and Pimlico, Strangelove and David Devant and His Spirit Wife, The Weekenders and Thurman…and Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Sleeper and Elastica too. These are Britpop memories from someone who was actually there. The definitive story of Britpop…

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Information

Publisher
White Owl
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781399017503
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Modern British History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1 Madchester, So Much To Answer For
  8. Chapter 2 For The Strangers
  9. Chapter 3 British Image #1
  10. Chapter 4 No Wonder You’re Looking Thin
  11. Chapter 5 Waking Up
  12. Chapter 6 Rock ’n’ Roll Stars
  13. Chapter 7 Northern Souls
  14. Chapter 8 We Want to Get Loaded?
  15. Chapter 9 Click Off Gone Return
  16. Plates
  17. Chapter 10 My Home Too
  18. Chapter 11 Get Our Pictures In The Papers
  19. Chapter 12 Are You Happy Now?
  20. Chapter 13 Here Lies Unfenced Existence
  21. Chapter 14 Out of the Shade
  22. Chapter 15 David Devant
  23. Chapter 16 We’ll Get What We Deserve
  24. Chapter 17 The Darkness Inside
  25. Chapter 18 The Baroque Pop of My Life Story
  26. Chapter 19 Wha’s Like Us?
  27. Epilogue
  28. About the Author
  29. Back cover

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