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Gene - I liked 'em

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MrsSprat · 04/08/2008 00:54

I'm fessing up to this one like it's a guilty pleasure. I still do like their stuff. So did John Peel.

At the time they were criticised a lot for being Smiths wannabes. I still love Sleep Well Tonight and Olympian

Don't think they really got the success they deserved. Who's with me?

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frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 10:50

And another

Insomniac

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 10:53

Dadada that's my favourite Supergrass song, not so keen on all the fake 'smoke a fag, put it out' business.

Great change of tempo... love that!

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 11:04

Must stop obsessively posting on this thread.

Not really one to dance to but

Oh Yeah

schneebly · 06/08/2008 11:34

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S7HpkTEUMPw&feature=related

UnquietDad · 06/08/2008 11:39

Who remembers

Geneva

My Life Story

Kenickie

Hurricane #1

Salad

Ballroom

??

schneebly · 06/08/2008 11:40

Oh UD - more downloads for me now!

UnquietDad · 06/08/2008 11:43

I once did an interview with the promoter who runs the Here & Now revival tours. I asked him if, having done 70s and 80s tours, he had any plans for anything similar along 90s lines, and he was lukewarm about it - said he and his colleague had sat down and between them had only been able to come up with 2 or 3 names people would remember! This thread would seem to give the lie to that.

I think the problem may be that a lot of these bands are recent enough to be able to do a revival tour on their own without the Here & Now label - Pulp and Suede for example.

schneebly · 06/08/2008 11:43

that guy from Geneva could really sing! Loved No-one speaks!

schneebly · 06/08/2008 11:44

I would die of excitement at the prospect of such a tour

UnquietDad · 06/08/2008 11:47

I actually bought the Ballroom single. I thought they were going to be huge. Mind you, I thought "Chelsea" by Stefy was going to be Number One last year, and said so in writing, and it bombed. So don't listen to me!!

schneebly · 06/08/2008 11:49
Grin
UnquietDad · 06/08/2008 11:49

The Dandys, anyone?

And this really is a lost classic:

The Dylans

taliac · 06/08/2008 12:42

The Longpigs were great and should have been huge, shame about the name. I reckon that was what stood between them and stardom.

I loved Geneva and My Life Story too.

Bands I did not love: Mansun, Marion, Menswear.

UnquietDad · 06/08/2008 12:49

Richard Hawley has done all right for himself since, though!

I agree about some bands and their names putting you off their music. No matter how good the songs might be I could not bear to own an album by Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, or Stinkfinger, or Limp Bizkit, or Hoobastank.

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 13:35

Loved your last link,Schneebly

And Kenickie too, UQD, I still love Lauren Laverne. Especially this

Seahorses underrated, I think, only the one LP probably due to sulky John Squire flouncing off.

Schneebly, one of my James favourites

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 13:38

I quite liked Marion, taliac, saw them supporting Morrissey at Bradford I think.

But I just found Sleep on youtube, and you're right, they are shit.

Bronze · 06/08/2008 13:40

I always class the longpigs with travis and the like. I think they were a bit later than most of the bands mentioned. We love the longpigs in this house as it was what we were istening to when we met. I think a lot of the one smentioned are the predecessors to thing slike Ash and Supergrass. I have a few NME and melody maker tapes with all this kind of thing on. I'll have to hunt them out and hope the tape deck still works.

I've been trying to remember that Geneva tune. Couldn't remember th band or the tune name.

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 13:43

Ooh, my favourite indie disco song ever, I think.

Good Times

Bronze · 06/08/2008 14:00

Are we allowed to mention non cheesy really good bands then because the roses and james are my two favourite-tist bands ever. Elephant stone always always gets me hyper.

Bronze · 06/08/2008 14:01

Forgot wooo

Bronze · 06/08/2008 14:02

oh crap wrong link I'm hopeless here

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 14:04

Mention what you like, Bronze

Travis and Coldplay where it all started to go downhill imo.

Before the whole mid nineties britpop thing I was mainly listening to stuff like Verve(Storm in Heaven LP), Adorable, Curve, 'shoegazer' bands.

And some American stuff,too, like Pavement, The Breeders, Mazzy Star and Veruca Salt.

frankiesbestfriend · 06/08/2008 14:10

Just had that on in the car this morning, Bronze.

Quite partial to The Charlatans too, here

Bronze · 06/08/2008 14:13

Anyone know the cranes? For some reason I lump them with curve in my head. i can't remember enough about them to find them on you tube. ahh just found them

Of course with James and the stone roses there were also the charlatans, happy mondays oh and the farm, emf, jesus jones, the pixies, teenage fanclub, klf, oh I could go on and on

How about mega city four
the lemonheads

I'm enjoying this