Genie Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, bickster said: Portishead Pulp The Verve Supergrass Garbage Suede Radiohead Primal Scream Electronic Travis, Stereophonics, The Foo Fighters Edit: just realised we were talking British so obviously The Foo Fighters don’t meet that criteria. Edited January 16, 2023 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 13 hours ago, bickster said: Nonsense, Marquee Moon (Best debut album ever?) wasn't released until 1977. The NME had been championing punk and decided that everything that went before it was crap a good two years before Marquee Moon was released So from that I assume that you were born in the early 1960s, as musical epiphanies usually occur in the early teenage years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 45 minutes ago, Tegis said: Amazing how some stuff just goes by without one noticing. I recognise and have heard all of the artists in the lists above by yourself, Bicks and Maqroll but that one, totally blank. Googled and still none the wiser. They were a duo of actors from a TV show doing cover versions. I think they were the housewives' favourite and kept Wonderwall off number 1 from what I remember, which is all a bit crazy looking back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 56 minutes ago, Tegis said: Amazing how some stuff just goes by without one noticing. I recognise and have heard all of the artists in the lists above by yourself, Bicks and Maqroll but that one, totally blank. Googled and still none the wiser. Lucky you. I think they were most famous for starting in the TV show Londons burning as (you guessed it), Firemen. Horny housewives seemed to by their cover versions in the millions. I think their main hit was Unchained Melody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tegis said: Amazing how some stuff just goes by without one noticing. I recognise and have heard all of the artists in the lists above by yourself, Bicks and Maqroll but that one, totally blank. Googled and still none the wiser. This fella has done OK for himself since... Edited January 16, 2023 by Designer1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Genie said: Lucky you. I think they were most famous for starting in the TV show Londons burning as (you guessed it), Firemen. Horny housewives seemed to by their cover versions in the millions. I think their main hit was Unchained Melody. Not wanting to ungrease your pole but was it Soldier Soldier, not London's burning Enjoyed Robson Green in Northern lights with that fat bloke Edited January 16, 2023 by Follyfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted January 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Designer1 said: This fella has done OK for himself since... "There's no cure for being a word removed." Funnily enough, that sums up my feelings on Oasis quite neatly too. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Not wanting to ungrease your pole but was it not Soldier Soldier, not London's burning Enjoyed Robson Green in Northern lights with that fat bloke Oh yeah, you’re right. I’d forgotten about Soldier Soldier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, Genie said: Oh yeah, you’re right. I’d forgotten about Soldier Soldier! I wish I had 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Tegis said: Amazing how some stuff just goes by without one noticing. I recognise and have heard all of the artists in the lists above by yourself, Bicks and Maqroll but that one, totally blank. Googled and still none the wiser. Amazing isn’t it, 4th biggest selling album of the decade in the UK by a UK artist. 2.3 million UK album sales, another 2 million across europe. People tend to remember what they are told was cool back at the time. You’ll remember 1981 being Ghost Town by The Specials. Massive massive year defining piece of music. Except of course Shakin Stevens, Bucks Fizz, Adam and the Ants, and Joe Dolce all had bigger selling hits. Ghost Town was out sold by The Birdie Song (The Tweets). This is a bit off topic, I’ll stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 16, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2023 13 hours ago, maqroll said: Trying to recall the big British musical acts of the 90s... Massive Attack Stone Roses Oasis Spice Girls Blur Jamiroquai I'm sure I'm missing some sitters.. Shampoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 16, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 16, 2023 5 hours ago, chrisp65 said: [...] The Birdie Song (The Tweets). This is a bit off topic, I’ll stop. No, I think you're in the right ballpark tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) So much for the Oasis thread. Edited January 16, 2023 by Xela 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 After oasis is went on to the phonics in my circle and then RHCP Other than that it was urban hymns and a smattering of songs rather than bands, bit of bluetones, sleeper, embrace, James and OCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Looks like Noel is drawing up his terms to fund his divorce settlement. Quote Noel Gallagher says he will "never say never" about an Oasis reunion. He left the band in August 2009, saying he could no longer work with his younger brother Liam. While both have gone on to enjoy much success in their own right, questions about a reunion have never gone away. "You should never say never," Gallagher told BBC Radio Manchester ahead of the release of his latest High Flying Birds album, but "it would have to take an extraordinary set of circumstances." He added: "That's not to say that those circumstances would never come about." Link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 On 17/01/2023 at 12:18, Genie said: Looks like Noel is drawing up his terms to fund his divorce settlement. Link Won’t quote it here (because F-bombs) but Liam suggesting on Twitter that Noel has been on the phone begging forgiveness. Here it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 1 hour ago, choffer said: Won’t quote it here (because F-bombs) but Liam suggesting on Twitter that Noel has been on the phone begging forgiveness. Here it comes. That’s 100% Liam trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 On 14/01/2023 at 17:25, Genie said: He might fancy a bit of a blow out as a singleton. World tour, shag a load of 20 somethings one last time. This going on the pull business doesn't seem to be working out as well as he'd hoped... Quote Noel Gallagher has said he was left “gobsmacked” recently after a girl asked him what he does for a living. At one point in the conversation, Gallagher talked about how going out and socialising is still a big part of his life. “Every Thursday you can catch me in the West End – not on stage – usually in the Firehouse, talking nonsense to somebody. “Somebody asked me in the Firehouse the other night, ‘What do you do?’ And I was like… I didn’t know what to say.” Gallagher continued: “Well, I didn’t know what to say because I’d never been asked before. I was like, ‘Really?'” He then gestured to his face and sang the chorus to Oasis’ classic hit ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. “[The girl said], ‘So what is it you do?’ and I was like, ‘I change people’s lives for the better’. She was like, ‘Oh, what – you’re in the medical profession?’ I was like, ‘Of sorts’.” The musician went on to say that the interaction left him “genuinely gobsmacked”, adding: “I was like, ‘Look, Google it, love… just put in ‘Noel Gallagher’, ‘High Flying Birds’… owt you want. ‘Oasis”. “Put in Liam Gallagher, you’ll probably see a picture of me.” NME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 19, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 19, 2023 Don't you know who i am The amusing answer would have been, "I used to be a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 19, 2023 I read an interview with Noel once and he was saying he was at a lunch meeting with some industry executive. Noel was complaining about something and the exec interjects by saying “Do you know who you remind me of?”. Noel makes several guesses. Dylan? McCartney? Springsteen? “No. Anastacia.” comes the reply. Unsurprisingly the meeting doesn’t end well and Noel jumps in a taxi and is greeted with “Alright Liam!” by the driver. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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