Say it under your breath, whisper it if you can bear to. Britpop. Now if you can dare to say it loud: BRITPOP. The final insurection of the twentieth century. the century of Dada, the surrealists….William Burroughs, the beats, Gene Vincent…..Jean Luc Goddard, Fritz Lang……the Doors, Punk Rock, Poly Styrene, and now, the last great millennial hurrah, Britpop. Scream it from the pit of your fuciking stomach till you can scream no more. Thought not……
A fairy tale
Once upon a time, in the faraway land of Britannia, there where two popular singing groups. The first group was called suede; they were the more popular of the two singing groups. All the little girls and boys of the kingdom of Britannia loved the suede group and their singer called Brett. He sang songs to them of his life lived in council houses and sniffing glue, and when he sang he swished his floppy hair around and pulled funny faces. All the children laughed and dance and swooned. The other group was called the Authers. They where not as popular as the Suede group, although they had better songs. One of the songs was called “American guitars”. Some of the lance corporals of the kingdom of Britannia thought they heard a story in the song about an ancient mythical war between Britannia and the old kingdom of America. In their excitement the lance corporals hadn’t listened to the words in the song properly. Nevertheless, it gave them an idea about a new kind of music for the music of Britannia. They announced their idea in Select magazine in april 1993. On the cover of the magazine the singer called Brett pulled one of his funny faces in front of the stripy flag of Britannia. The lance corporals had written the commandment “Yanks go home” in crayon above the popular singers funny faces. Inside, the less popular singer from the Authers said some things about the kingdom of Britannia, as did some older groups with names like Saint Etienne and Denim. The lance corporals realised that the children of Britannia were never going to love the two older groups so they banished them from the kingdom. What they really needed were lots of more younger groups like Suede and The Authers to sing to the children of Britannia.
But over in the old kingdom of America there was an ogre, an ogre that could not be banished, for he was to talented and blessed with the evangelical primal spirit of rock ‘n’ roll through the ages. All the children of the hole world loved Kurt the ogre, for he was kind and gentle. However the lance corporals knew that Kurt was depressed and addicted to heroin, and were sure that one day he would take his own life. It would only be after that sad day that the lance corporals would be allowed to unleash their new music for the children of Britannia: they would call it Britpop.
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Say it under your breath, whisper it if you can bear to. Britpop. Now if you can dare to say it loud: BRITPOP. The final insurection of the twentieth century. the century of Dada, the surrealists….William Burroughs, the beats, Gene Vincent…..Jean Luc Goddard, Fritz Lang……the Doors, Punk Rock, Poly Styrene, and now, the last great millennial hurrah, Britpop. Scream it from the pit of your fuciking stomach till you can scream no more. Thought not……
A fairy tale
Once upon a time, in the faraway land of Britannia, there where two popular singing groups. The first group was called suede; they were the more popular of the two singing groups. All the little girls and boys of the kingdom of Britannia loved the suede group and their singer called Brett. He sang songs to them of his life lived in council houses and sniffing glue, and when he sang he swished his floppy hair around and pulled funny faces. All the children laughed and dance and swooned. The other group was called the Authers. They where not as popular as the Suede group, although they had better songs. One of the songs was called “American guitars”. Some of the lance corporals of the kingdom of Britannia thought they heard a story in the song about an ancient mythical war between Britannia and the old kingdom of America. In their excitement the lance corporals hadn’t listened to the words in the song properly. Nevertheless, it gave them an idea about a new kind of music for the music of Britannia. They announced their idea in Select magazine in april 1993. On the cover of the magazine the singer called Brett pulled one of his funny faces in front of the stripy flag of Britannia. The lance corporals had written the commandment “Yanks go home” in crayon above the popular singers funny faces. Inside, the less popular singer from the Authers said some things about the kingdom of Britannia, as did some older groups with names like Saint Etienne and Denim. The lance corporals realised that the children of Britannia were never going to love the two older groups so they banished them from the kingdom. What they really needed were lots of more younger groups like Suede and The Authers to sing to the children of Britannia.
But over in the old kingdom of America there was an ogre, an ogre that could not be banished, for he was to talented and blessed with the evangelical primal spirit of rock ‘n’ roll through the ages. All the children of the hole world loved Kurt the ogre, for he was kind and gentle. However the lance corporals knew that Kurt was depressed and addicted to heroin, and were sure that one day he would take his own life. It would only be after that sad day that the lance corporals would be allowed to unleash their new music for the children of Britannia: they would call it Britpop.