Posted May 6, 201114 yr BBC4 have been showing a programme tonight devoted to early 90s indie including classics from the likes of Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, The Shamen. Wonderful stuff which should be on iPlayer for the next week.
May 7, 201114 yr I was a great time for music which gets overshadowed by Britpop a lot. I have a compilation called Precious with this track listing - love it to bits 1. Inspiral Carpets - Dragging Me Down 2. The Charlatans - Weirdo 3. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold 4. Ride - Twisterella 5. Suede - The Drowners 6. Primal Scream - Loaded 7. Blur - There's No Other Way 8. The House Of Love - Shine On 9. James - Sit Down 10. Jesus Jones - Real Real Real 11. The Shamen - Make It Mine 12. The Sugarcubes - Hit 13. Lush - For Love 14. Voice Of The Beehive - Monsters And Angels 15. The Wonderstuff - Size Of A Cow 16. Pixies - Planet Of Sound 17. Pale Saints - Kinky Love 18. Spaghetti Head - Glad [smiley Mix] 19. My Bloody Valentine - Soon 20. Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money
May 9, 201114 yr Nice compilation there Tony - must have come out in '92 as there's a lot from that year on it. As for this show, I watched it on Friday and was texting my pals like crazy every time a new song came on. My one gripe? How could they not feature Carter USM? They were quite literally unstoppable that year...they should have kicked that awful REM live version off and finished with them! Otherwise a brilliant piece of retro television.
May 10, 201114 yr This was bloody great and brought the memories flooding back. Rewatched it on iplayer tonight and since then been indulging in a little late 80s/early 90s playlist: Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television PWEI - Can U Dig It? Ride - Like A Daydream The Real People - Open Up Your Mind (Let Me In) The High - Box Set Go Spiritualized - Anyway That You Want Me The Fall - Telephone Thing Chapterhouse - Falling Down Slowdive - Slowdive Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized My Bloody Valentine - Soon Moonflowers - Get Higher Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Spirea X - Speed Reaction The Soup Dragons - Mother Universe Blur - She's So High World of Twist - The Storm Flowered Up - Weekender Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix) Happy Mondays - W.F.L. That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal Sultans of Ping F.C. - Where's Me Jumper? The Wedding Present - Kennedy The Wonder Stuff - Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More Senseless Things - Too Much Kissing
May 11, 201114 yr This was bloody great and brought the memories flooding back. Rewatched it on iplayer tonight and since then been indulging in a little late 80s/early 90s playlist: Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television PWEI - Can U Dig It? Ride - Like A Daydream The Real People - Open Up Your Mind (Let Me In) The High - Box Set Go Spiritualized - Anyway That You Want Me The Fall - Telephone Thing Chapterhouse - Falling Down Slowdive - Slowdive Spacemen 3 - Hypnotized My Bloody Valentine - Soon Moonflowers - Get Higher Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Spirea X - Speed Reaction The Soup Dragons - Mother Universe Blur - She's So High World of Twist - The Storm Flowered Up - Weekender Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix) Happy Mondays - W.F.L. That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus Silverfish - Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal Sultans of Ping F.C. - Where's Me Jumper? The Wedding Present - Kennedy The Wonder Stuff - Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More Senseless Things - Too Much Kissing Some great tunes there dude... Yeah, the early 90s gets short-shrift.. Everyone goes on about "Britpop", but to me, that's really when proper Indie died...
May 11, 201114 yr Well Britpop was when indie went mainstream and corporate and I don't think it ever really recovered. It just became pop with guitars, not that I don't like a lot of britpop but it meant that there was no real alternative for a while.
June 10, 201114 yr Saint Etienne's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' remains one of the few cover versions that's miles better than the original. Another for me is Siouxsie's 'The Passenger' (although I know many prefer Iggy's version). The early 90s produced some truly stellar music - 'Weirdo' is still my favourite Charlatans track. Lush were a brilliant band that were on the verge of truly huge things when they lost a member.... very sad, as they produced some of my favourite singles of this period. And Daisy Chainsaw - brilliant - Love Your Money is a brilliantly bonkers slab of thrashy noisy pop that's hard not to love.
June 13, 201114 yr Was watching this show again on Saturday night - we downloaded it especially. I think for me the era between C86 and immediately before Britpop was the greatest musical age of any time. I'm actually looking to put together an online encyclopaedia of indie (proper indie, on indie labels) of the era. Anyone want to contribute? If so drop me a PM.
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