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Britpop was a mid-1990s British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness.Musically, Britpop produced bright, catchy alternative rock, in reaction to the darker lyrical themes and soundscapes of the US-led grunge music and the UK's own shoegaze music scene.
The focus of the piece is the main movement in British popular music during that time, which came under strong media attention and was dubbed Britpop. [1] [2] The political landscape of the time also features. Much is made of Tony Blair and New Labour's efforts to align themselves with the distinctly British cultural resurgence that was underway.
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
Jarvis Cocker, Steve Lamacq, Jo Whiley and Damon Albarn share their opinions on the end of an era.
Britpop is back – and so is Blur. The reunited mainstay of the ‘90s movement that ruled the U.K. charts and led to the wider “Cool Britannia” movement — ahem, with Oasis, of course ...
British pop music is popular music, produced commercially in the United Kingdom.It emerged in the mid-to late 1950s as a softer alternative to American rock 'n' roll.Like American pop music it has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, as well as that of the Singles Chart usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs.
Tom Jones’ song ‘Delilah’ has been banned by the Welsh rugby union. Some songs were written to provoke, while others have fallen foul of misinterpretation. Lizzy Cooney picks some of the ...
Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s. It was known for covering the indie rock and Britpop genres, [2] but featured a wide array of music. [3] In 2003, The Guardian called Select "the magazine that not only coined the word Britpop, but soon came to define it."