Modern indie- the result of the influences from britpop in the rest of the world.

Britpop is known as one of the influences that inspires modern indie and alternative rock music. Many swedish indie bands for example sounds a lot like the 90s britpop, like Mando Diao and Sugarplum Fairy. Indie may have started before the britpop phenomena, but the modern indie is still influed by the big bands Oasis and Blur.
Sweden is one of the greatest countries when it comes to delievering Indie to the rest of the world. Swedish indie bands are actually often more known and established in the rest of the world than in Sweden.

Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Manic Street Preachers and U2 are examples on british alternative rock bands that are influed by and sounds like britpop.
Swedish indie rock/pop bands are for example Mando Diao, Sugarplum Fairy, Kent, I'm From Barcelona and The Hives. Mando Diao and The Hives are also examples of bands that are more known in the rest of the world than in Sweden. Mando Diao are big in Asia, mostly Japan, and The Hives have recently been on tour in the US, where they are a well known alternative rock band.
2008-12-09 @ 18:51:08 Permalink Random Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Blur VS. Oasis

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



Roll With It- Oasis
2008-12-09 @ 09:46:11 Permalink Random Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

What is Britpop?

Britpop is a type of music that was big in the 90s. It's mostly inspired by the simple british guitar pop from the 60s and 70s, such as The Beatles and The Kinks. It sounds a bit like alternative rock, indie and grunge. Typical instruments for britpop are vocals, guitar, bass, drums and keyboard, and the songs are simple melodies with characteristic riffs and deep lyrics. Britpop comes from the United Kingdom, of couse, and typical bands are for example Oasis, Pulp and Elastica. Modern bands that are influenced by, and can be cathegorized as britpop is among others U2 and Coldplay.

The sound of Britpop is mostly based on guitar, like the old time British pop music, but with more distortion and drums. The songs often have easy melodies, but more complicated riffs on guitar and bass. The lyrics of Britpop is often about problems in the society, a bit like punk. Drugs were often a part of the Britpop, which reflected in the lyrics. A part from that the lyrics are about being young in Britain and not fitting in. Britpop was aiming at the youth of Britain, and it was mostly teenagers that took the music to their hearts.
2008-11-26 @ 19:29:04 Permalink Random Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

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