Comments on: News Flash: Suede Weren’t “Britpop”

By: MrStarhead

MrStarhead — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:19:50 +0000

They also came before all those bands. A few months before, but Suede was largely done by the time Blur and Oasis got huge in ’94/’95.

By: the earl grey

the earl grey — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:55:46 +0000

well they were always better than blur, pulp, oasis, cast, la's , elastica, dodgy, echobelly, and all the other cuunts you wanna name.

except mozza.

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:16:59 +0000

@Lapinot:
Thanks, classes starting today has had me a bit frazzled/brain-dead.

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:13:56 +0000

@Ned Raggett:
Yeah, it was supposed to be them and Adorable and fuckifIcanrecallwhoelse...think the NME was to blame for that particular gem.

By: ghostyhead

ghostyhead — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:36:05 +0000

@Michaelangelo Matos: Y'know, SOMEBODY had to say it. I just hate you beat me to it.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:24:14 +0000

@Dick Laurent is dead.: Yeah, 'cause 'New-Glam' was SUCH a better term...

Anyway, Sweet Jesus, then.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:41:35 +0000

Suede needs to do something for Suede, and if Suede needs to stop being Britpop for a while, that's just what Suede will do.

Oh, sorry, wrong Suede. Never mind.

By: Lapinot

Lapinot — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:30:03 +0000

@Ned Raggett: Sorry! I somehow missed that until after I'd pressed 'submit comment'.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:15:50 +0000

@Lapinot: And Sweet Jesus,

Hey, I said them already, darn it! [/petty complaint]

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:58:28 +0000

There are a lot of descriptive words that can be bestowed upon Suede and their “legacy.” Britpop is actually a compliment for the band so I’d advise Mr. Anderson to keep quiet because the alternatives aren’t great.

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:37:30 +0000

Weren’t Suede supposed to be the originators? The reason the U.K embraced the sounds of London, Manchester and everywhere in between over the imported dirge of grunge? Beating out Blur by, um well, weeks. I’m pretty sure Brett claimed to be the true genius behind the return of British themes and concerns in popular music in Great Britain? Hmm that’s a lot to say, if only there was a shorter way to say “British” and “popular”…

By: Lapinot

Lapinot — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:14:16 +0000

@Lapinot: And I think it was Paul Lester at Melody Maker who came up with the name New Glam Association.

By: Lapinot

Lapinot — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:13:24 +0000

@Dick Laurent is dead.: And Sweet Jesus, the Bardots and (the) Verve.

Also, Brett has a point and even at the time I remember people saying that Suede were apart from all that. Dog Man Star was quite a distance from the Blur-Oasis battle.

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:00:58 +0000

Also, if they’re not a Britpop band…then they’re either an indie rock band or an alternative rock band which despite being my favorite genres of music are just as meaningless as the term “Britpop”.

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:59:53 +0000

This won’t stop “The Drowners” and “Animal Nitrate” from appearing on Britpop compelations and nightclub’s Britpop theme night playlists until the universe collapses in on itself.

By: alec_baldwin

alec_baldwin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:39:40 +0000

@Clevertrousers: A devastatingly bad Britney Spears dance.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:25:51 +0000

What’s Britpop?

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:54:55 +0000

Yeah, ’cause ‘New-Glam’ was SUCH a better term…

By: Thierry

Thierry — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:25:30 +0000

@DJorn: Does that mean McAlmont & Butler aren't brown-eyed Britpop?

By: DJorn

DJorn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:09:23 +0000

Does that mean the Tears aren’t nu-Britpop?