Tag: Britpop
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New Pet Shop Boys
Obviously if you’re going to cash in on the current 90’s nostalgia boom, then Pet Shop Boys are the best people to do it. I liked Inner Sanctum, from their new album Super, but Kirk directed me to this song especially towards the lyrics! Yes, a lot of feels and deja vu there, not at…
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Where were you? An imperfect list for misplaced fake nostalgia
Really only posting Imperfect List by Big Hard Excellent Fish here for two reasons 1) it’s ace, and has been played twice on Radio Clash, and still is the best thing both Robin Guthrie and Pete Wylie has done – yes including their ‘day jobs’ and 2) all the lyrics for this track on the…
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RC 259: Pop Is Dead #4 – We Hate The Kids (And Rock and Roll)
Fourth in the Pop is Dead series, and it’s all about hate – hating rock and roll, hating the kids, hating the hangers on, hating the Spice Girls, hating the fakers, hating music even. Oh and a little bit about Britpop False Memory Syndrome / Fake Nostalgia. The cover features as well as the classic…
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Know Your History part 3: Parkspliced Blur remix project
The final part of this journey down bootleg history lane is probably the biggest project, covering all tracks from Blur’s legendary Parklife album, A-sides and B-sides in 2 CD set to honour it’s 10 year anniversary of release. Conceived by McSleazy and helped out by RadioQuita then from Strangely Familiar and created as with London…