Miss Kitty’s Jammy Dodger (Brit Pop)
On today’s show, Miss Kitty is taking us across the pond to when times were simpler, and attitudes were cheekier–the 1990s era of Britpop.
Britpop was a British music and cultural movement. Its leading bands shared influences from 1960s British pop, 1970s glam, and 1980s punk. Britpop marked the rise of bands emerging from the independent music scene of the early 1990s. Musically, it produced bright, catchy alternative rock with lyrics that emphasised national identity and offered commentary on British culture and society. It helped bring British alternative rock into the mainstream and became a key part of the broader Cool Britannia phenomenon, which echoed the spirit of the Swinging Sixties.
The acts most frequently labelled by the UK music press as Britpop’s “big four” were Oasis, Blur, Suede, and Pulp. The period of Britpop’s popularity is generally considered to have lasted from 1993 to 1997, with its peak years between 1995 and 1996. A chart rivalry between Blur and Oasis in August 1995, dubbed “The Battle of Britpop”, brought the movement to the forefront of the British press. Oasis’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is among the UK’s all-time best-selling albums, illustrating the movement’s mainstream reach.[1] While primarily a music-based phenomenon, Britpop also influenced fashion, art, and politics, with Prime Minister Tony Blair and New Labour aligning themselves with the movement. During the late 1990s, many Britpop acts began to decline commercially, disband, or shift towards new musical styles.
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Ocean Colour Scene, “The Day We Caught the Train”
from Moseley Shoals
Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1996
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![England Made Me [25th Anniversary Edition]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/d5/2c/28/d52c286b-75b7-bece-8597-9f7f237c2113/0810098509916.png/150x150bb.jpg)
Black Box Recorder, “Seasons in the Sun (2023 Remaster)”
from England Made Me [25th Anniversary Edition]
Chrysalis Records - 1997
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