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Post by webm@ster on Jan 31, 2008 15:29:22 GMT -5
Albums Of The '90sFour- Basildon boys conquered America, indie rock discovered ecstasy and Britpop reigned.
The 20th Century went out with a bang.
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Picking up where The Stone Roses left off, Definitely Maybe was the sound of provincial dreams becoming reality. "You're the outcast,you're the underclass, but you don't care, cos you're living fast," sang Liam Gallagher on Bring It On Down, articulating the realities of the downtrodden everywhere.
The biggest-selling debut album at that point, it proved that if you sang, "Tonight, I'm a rock 'n' roll star" loud enough, then you really could be.
Hail From: - Burnage, Greater Manchester Most British Moment: Gallagher's brilliantly untutored drawl - one part John Lennon, one part John Lydon. See Also: Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
Other albums mentioned
Violator - Depeche Mode Blue Lines - Massive Attack Screamadelcia - Primal Scream Parklife - Blur Music For The Jilted Generation - Prodigy Dummy - Portishead OK Computer - Radiohead Urban Hymns - The Verve Different Class - Pulp
Tracks Of The '90s
Enter Britpop, big ballads and - oh yes! Bollywood
Live Forever - Oasis
Noel Gallagher penned this hymn to communality in 1991, a bleak year in John Major's recession - hit Britain, while working alone in a builders yard storeroom.
Live Forever forged a vision of transcendence that was both universal and homegrown: it's key line, "We'll see things they'll never see," was rooted in the great British phenomenon of ecstasy culture.
Most British Moment: The opening line, inspired by Gallagher's childhood memories of waiting around, bored, on his dad's allotment.
Other tracks mentioned
Angels - Robbie Williams Unfinished Symphany - Massive Attack Park Life - Blur Common People - Pulp Firestarter - The Prodigy A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve Brimfull Of Asha - Cornershop Born Slippy (Nuxx) - Underworld
Source: Q Magazine tks SCYHO
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