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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 12:07:42 GMT
got high as a kite to this back in the day. the last time i took LSD. i DO get flashbacks when it comes on.
there are some great songs on it. britpop is a dirty word these days but for me, this represented a utopian peak.
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Post by rayge on Feb 15, 2019 12:28:26 GMT
The Boos were better by far than any of the 'Britpop' bands, although I think all the vinyl records I had of theirs have gone now. Giant Steps, I agree, is their masterpiece, but Learning to Walk and Everything's All Right Forever are often, unfairly in my opinion, overlooked. It seems that getting the hits went to their heads a bit, and there's a bit of a dip between Wake Up! and C'Mon Kids: I don't think I bought anything after that.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Feb 15, 2019 12:49:49 GMT
Listening again now. I've always really liked Giant Steps even if I think the lead singer doesn't have the strongest voice. There's a real ambition and melodicism to the record that made it soar.
They became Britpop with Wake Up Boo, didn't they? I know it's been fashionable for years now to slag off Britpop but if you look at that period of British music in general, roughly speaking, the first half of the 90s there was some really great records.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Feb 15, 2019 15:41:43 GMT
Actually feeling quite nostalgic listening to this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 16:46:09 GMT
The Boos were better by far than any of the 'Britpop' bands Agreed - I wouldn't lump them into britpop just because they happened to make their records around the same time. I've been thinking about doing a "grunge" vs. "britpop" thread - but I'd be pretty safe in guessing which way votes would fall. With a few exceptions, I think britpop sucked. But I get why folks in the UK liked it. It was contrived as fuck and harkened back to the glory days you guys long for in so many ways.  |
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Feb 15, 2019 16:57:07 GMT
They weren't far better than Blur or Pulp or Supergrass or, truthfully, the best moments of Oasis. That's nonsense.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 17:11:36 GMT
They weren't far better than Blur or Pulp or Supergrass or, truthfully, the best moments of Oasis. That's nonsense. Not much better than Supergrass, I'll give you that. Way better than the others you mention. |
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Post by rankingted on Feb 15, 2019 17:29:15 GMT
Giant Steps really was exactly that - a massive leap forward from their fairly anonymous post-MBV shoegaze into a genuinely psychedelic melting pot of influences, vivid and still heady. They never got near it again either - although I love the odd moment like From The Bench At Belvedere. Latter albums were queasy or downright unpleasant - the one about the intestinal worm in particular.
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Post by quaco on Apr 4, 2024 7:13:08 GMT
I heard this album in a record store listening station and I couldn't believe my ears. One of those great moments. "Thinking of Ways" was the one that got me first. The whole thing is fabulous, truly inspirational.
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