Saturday Sep 09, 2023

The Common People’s POP

NPR did a story 10 years ago on the 20th anniversary of “Britpop”, (https://www.npr.org/2013/09/08/192804290/the-mix-britpop-at-20?fbclid=IwAR0mLlYHR_0ehXQvHNspBfQTiEcyUNiyUD86iNFpFGcsPh_9R51xDUhyDQE), marking the beginning of the era as Sept. 8, 1993 when Suede took home the Mercury Music Prize, Britain and Ireland’s “album of the year” award, for its self-titled debut.
While a valid argument could indeed be made for that, on this afternoon’s Pop Goes The World show I’ll do my own “Britpop” celebration playing some of my favorite Britpop tracks of the era, and also taking it back a few years to show who laid the ground work, and also extending it to see who’s currently picked up the torch.

Pulp "Common People (Full Length Version)" from Different Class (1995)

Richard Hawley "Tonight the Streets Are Ours" from Lady's Bridge (2007)

The Divine Comedy "National Express" from Fin de Siecle (1998)

Space "Female of the Species" from Spiders (1996)

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Suede "Pantomime Horse" from Suede (1993)

Super Furry Animals "Hometown Unicorn" from Fuzzy Logic (1996)

Blur "End of a Century" from Parklife (1994)

Codeine Velvet Club "Hollywood" from Codeine Velvet Club (2009)

The Fratellis "Chelsea Dagger" from Costello Music (2007)

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Menswear "125 West 3rd Street" from Nuisance (1995)

The Dentists "This Is Not My Flag" from Behind the Door I Keep the Universe (1994)

60 Ft Dolls "Pig Valentine" from The Big 3 (1996)

Manic Street Preachers "The Girl Who Wanted to Be God" from Everything Must Go (1996)

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A House "Here Come the Good Times" from Wide Eyed and Ignorant (1994)

The Jam "David Watts" from All Mod Cons (1978)

Supergrass "Alright" from I Should Coco (1995)

The Takeover UK "Don't Wait Up" from It's All Happening (2008)

Belle and Sebastian "We Are the Sleepyheads" from The Life Pursuit (2006)

Temples "Certainty" from Volcano (2017)

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Aztec Camera "Queen's Tattoos" from High Land, Hard Rain (1983

The Smiths "Frankly, Mr. Shankly" from The Queen Is Dead (1986)

The La's "Looking Glass" from The La's (1990)

Badly Drawn Boy "Everybody's Stalking" from The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000)

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The View "Wasted Little DJ's" from Hats Off To the Buskers (2007)

Oasis "Rock 'N' Roll Star" from Definitely Maybe (1994)

Doves "Catch the Sun" from Lost Souls (2000)

The Thrills "The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing" from Let's Bottle Bohemia (2004)

The Common People’s POP

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