Pulp's "Common People" named best britpop song.

[garbon]

I can't stand anything American

We know.

[crazy canuck]

BBC Radio 6 Music's Favourite Britpop Anthem

    Common People by Pulp
    Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
    Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis
    Wonderwall by Oasis
    Parklife by Blur
    Animal Nitrate by Suede
    Girls & Boys by Blur
    Slight Return by The Bluetones
    Disco 2000 by Pulp
    Girl From Mars by Ash

The only band on this list I've heard of is Oasis.

How young are you.

To the OP, good choice. 

[Norgy]

I think the question should be how old are we. 

After flicking through my CD collection (yes, we bought music in a physical format before), I found outrageous amounts of British and American indie and punk.

[crazy canuck]

After flicking through my CD collection (yes, we bought music in a physical format before), I found outrageous amounts of British and American indie and punk.

[Iormlund]

There's also the point that really Europe as a whole got bored with guitar-based music and creative talent seems to go into the electronic genres. So in East London where the exciting stuff happens, it's all about snyths, snyths and more synths. Fucking hipsters.

Huh? Brit electronic music scene pre-dates hipsters by a few decades.

[The Brain]

There's also the point that really Europe as a whole got bored with guitar-based music and creative talent seems to go into the electronic genres. So in East London where the exciting stuff happens, it's all about snyths, snyths and more synths. Fucking hipsters.

Huh? Brit electronic music scene pre-dates hipsters by a few decades.

[Capetan Mihali]

Believe it or not, Tim was a teenager during the mid-late 90s, so of prime age for Britpop.  Not all that much of it made it over to our shores, in my experience, but certainly more than just Oasis.  Blur was big; as garbon said, "Bittersweet Symphony" was in constant FM rotation; I remember seeing that Pulp 'This Is Harcore' promo at every record store I went to for a while...

[Jacob]

But the British have always been the best appreciators of that music.  Of American music generally.  Northern Soul obviously, re: Motown/soul, but also the extreme subcultural devotion to country ("C&W"), Dixieland ("trad jazz"), Chicago house, etc., etc.  Not including the oft-retold tale of the 60s subculture interest in blues, rockabilly, hell even "skiffle."

[Norgy]

The Beatles' first recording was with Tommy Sheridan, who supposedly was a skiffle idol.

[Eddie Teach]

Believe it or not, Tim was a teenager during the mid-late 90s, so of prime age for Britpop.  Not all that much of it made it over to our shores, in my experience, but certainly more than just Oasis.  Blur was big; as garbon said, "Bittersweet Symphony" was in constant FM rotation; I remember seeing that Pulp 'This Is Harcore' promo at every record store I went to for a while...

Tim was too busy listening to 2pac.

[Jacob]

In the mid 90s, in Vancouver at least, Britpop was somewhat subcultural rather than mainstream. I'd say the various techno/house genres were more popular locally. And, of course, it was the time of the first 80s revivals as well.

[LaCroix]

i'd never heard of either the song or the band until just now. verdict: sucks

[Eddie Teach]

i'd never heard of either the song or the band until just now. verdict: sucks

It was on a Nike commercial, but you were probably like 6 years old. /shrug

Err, did you mean Bittersweet Symphony or Common People?

[Liep]

Never heard of Ash or Bluetones before so listened to them on YouTube, and now I know why I've never heard of them.

[Norgy]

  I'll have you know Ash' "Girl from Mars" was excellent pop music.