Britpop is going to take over the world. Again.

The reason I choosed to make this blog as a project on English culture is very simple: I love the music. Not only that the most know britpop bands are on the list of my favourite bands, the British music culture has inspired almost all of the music I listen to. I love the British underground culture from the 90s, the "Cool Britannia"-movement, and express it with the music I listen to, the clothes I wear and it's even reflected in my political views. Alternative rock, Indie and Britpop is music that fits me, that fits my way of thinking. I could never have as much feelings for other music, since it's simply not as good.

The alternative rock music goes right into my veins, right into my heart. The drums and bass are pumping with my heartbeats and the guitars are playing melodies that goes straight into my soul and stays there. I love the indie lyrics, even if they're deep and hard to understand. But that's the point, you're not supposed to understand it, you're supposed to fit the lyrics in to your life and your expieriences.

One day I want to write indie music myself, but I know I will never be as good as the really great composers, like Noel Gallagher or Damon Albarn. There's a reason that they are the composers in the greatest britpop bands ever.

Almost all famous Britpop bands was just boys. That was what made Elastica so special, with their four girls, Justine Frischman, Annie Holland, Donna Matthews and Sheila Chipperfield, and male drummer Justin Welch. The singer Justine Frischman was also one of the formers of Suede, were she played the background guitar, and dated their frontman Brett Anderson for a while. When they split up she started Elastica. She also dated Damon Albarn, the singer of Blur for a long while.

Unfortuneately, Youtube wont let me publish the video for this song. But just follow the link! Beautiful Ones was Suedes' biggest hit, not only in the U.K, but in whole Europe and the U.S

Listen to the song!

The big years of Britpop ended in the late 90s, after about seven years of popularity. When Oasis released their third album, Be Here Now,  it was considered the end of the britpop era. Be Here Now may have been loved by their fans, but the critics hated it and said Noel Gallaghers sound was overproduced and unpersonal. Even Noel Gallagher himself said he did'nt like it. 
A lot of famous bands began to split up at this point, like Radiohead and The Verve. Other bands changed their sounds a lot, so that the sounds were more electronic and synth-based.
Another thing that may have had something to do with the dying popularity of Britpop was the rise of another huge British band: The Spice Girls.

Blur and Oasis are the two bands who are considered the greatest in the Britpop genre. Both of the bands have been selected multiple times as Best Britpop by music magazines. So, the question is: Which band is the biggest? Which band defines britpop the most? Well, it's hard to tell.

On the 12th of August 1995 the magazine NME held "The british heavyweight championship". Both Oasis and Blur were about to release a single, ont he same day. The ones with most sold copies were going to win the championship. The battle was a big matter to the people in Britain, and gained big media attention. All of the national newspapers wrote about it and it even went on the BBC news. The singles were released on August the 14th. Blur won the battle, with 274,000 sold copies against Oasis' 216,000 copies.

Country House- Blur

Supersonic was the debut single of Oasis from their first album Definitely Maybe. It was released on the 11 april 1994. Twelve years after it's release, Supersonic had sold 250,000 copies and could be certified as "Silver".

When grunge was at its biggest point it nearly ruled the British underground culture. It was mostly American grunge, like Nirvana, that inspired the British rock fans in the late 80s and early 90s. After a while also British grunge bands, like Suede and especially Blur had their break their break throughs in Britain. The special thing about the British grunge bands was that they had a very British sound, influed by the British 60s bands, particullary The Beatles. They also had lyrics that took up things that concerned Britain only. Suede and Blur after a while were cathegorized as British grunge, which later eveloped to Britpop.

Britpop had it's real breakthrough with the biggest band of the genre; Oasis. Oasis took over the British music scene and Britpop went from being alternative music to become mainstream. The ones who started the genre Britpop for real was however Suede, who 1993 released their self-titled first album. The year later Blur and Oasis released their first albums and the success of Britpop was a fact.

Before Britpop really started, Britain had one of the greatest bands in time: The Beatles.