: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. The Resource Britpop! I loved this book! Britpop: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. These songs were played on national radio (for Ma. There is also some fawning over Elastica but what I remember from the 90’s was no one liking them!! Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Britpop! I have to say I was a bit daunted when I picked up this book - I don't normally read non-fiction, plus it was 400 pages of densely packed, TINY writing. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Britpop! ISBN 0-306-81367-X. Doesn't over-analyze, just tells the story. John Harris (Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings. Britpop! But it was absolutely fantastic! Theres a desire for change. Britain is exporting pop music again. The movement brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British popular cultural movement, Cool Britannia, which evoked the Swinging Sixties and the British guitar pop of that decade. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. Then The Spice Girls came along and ruined everything until 2001 when The Strokes gave music balls again but that's another story. Britpop! Britpop! Harris argues that the high point of British music's cultural impact also signaled its effective demise. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2016. This book is absolutely essential reading for even the casual Britpop fan. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2016. One day in March 1994, I saw Blur's Girls and Boys on television. 10+ copies available online - Usually despatched within 7 days. Oasis – Wikipedia. Britpop! Book Review: Britpop, Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Records sold in the millions, a new celebrity elite emerged, and Tony Blair's Labour Party found itself returned to government. Unable to add item to Wish List. : Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock by Harris John (2004-10-13) Paperback on Amazon.com. Britpop — Wikipédia. Till, Rupert. : Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Britpop: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock at Amazon.com. Particularly interesting, to me, was the side story of New Labour's rise: I'd be interested in a volume on the subject in the same tone. It was a revelation and weirdly I started to notice a ton of British bands started to creep into my life: Pulp, Oasis, Supergrass, Radiohead, Sleeper, Terrorvision, Reef, Echobelly, Suede, Cast, Shed 7 (yeah I now they are joke but they did have a couple of great tunes) and so many more. : Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock, I've had to restart this review several times, because it keeps turning into a sort of personal playlist of my favourite tracks of the 90s. Britpop! Having seen most of the bands mentioned in the book it was a bit of an eye opener learning about what was actually going on behind the scenes of the music business at the time. For one of the only times since the 1950's the UK had a musical culture all its own - different from that in the USA (which was at the time, as I understood, dominated by college rock - or else rudderless). I recently read the book "Everyone Loves Our Town", an oral history of Grunge music. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics, and fleeting political optimism, this was "Cool Britannia." It was still a hell of a party though and now that the smoke has cleared and most players have gone home to bed, this account offers great perspective on the whole scene and some of the remaining hea. I was lucky enough to remember the battle of the bands, Oasis vs Blur. You have remained in right site to begin getting this info. Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop. 4.5 out of 5 stars. Listen free to The Verve – Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. 作者: John Harris 出版社: Da Capo Press 副标题: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock 出版年: 2004-10-13 页数: 426 定价: USD 18.95 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780306813672 An exhaustive history of four frantic years in British culture - the rise of Britpop, the end of 18 years of Tory rule and the coronation of Tony Blair. Records sold in the millions, a new celebrity elite emerged, and Tony Blair's Labour Party found itself returned to government. [John Harris] -- A look at what happens when English music, celebrity, and politics co-mingle. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Pulp and Blur come out very well. But this book certainly did Britpop justice. Refresh and try again. Brilliant overview of the leading players in the Britpop era. : cool Britannia and the spectacular demise of English rock, John Harris . An interesting account of the struggles in the rise to fame of many of my favourite Britpop bands, their ensuing achievements, and in many cases, decline. I think this is a brilliant account of the major players of Britpop, an inside look at how they got there. He lives in Hay-on-Wye, England. 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