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Post by laura333 on Apr 5, 2011 9:13:14 GMT -5
Hello, I am a final year University student and my final project is going to be on the mainstream popularity of Britpop.
I am hoping some people here would be able to help give me fans view of one the most important bands within Britpop, Oasis. Therefore, it would be great to have some feedback on why you liked and supported Oasis. I have four questions below, which you can answer as detailed or briefly as you like. I would be really grateful for any feedback and any infomation will be confidential. If you want to message me for any details, please feel free. As I said any help would be great, as I'm sick of reading books by journalists and would love to hear actual fans thought on the bands.
Here are the Questions
1. What was it about Oasis that first made you a fan?
2. Were there any style features (i.e. clothing, haircuts ect) that you associated with Oasis, and if so, did you engage with these styles?
3. Did you sense a overtly British philosophy within the bands music and attitude?
4. Did press coverage influence your thoughts on the band?
Thanks again
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Post by Iliad ♣ on Apr 5, 2011 16:44:10 GMT -5
I'm writing my university bachelor's degree on Britpop and Cool Britannia, if you need literature I can give you a list of the books/articles that have helped me out (even though you're sick of them  ) |
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Post by drifter on Apr 5, 2011 18:58:18 GMT -5
1. What was it about Oasis that first made you a fan?
their not giving a fuck attitude and their sound of course,modern day beatles,what more could i want.
2. Were there any style features (i.e. clothing, haircuts ect) that you associated with Oasis, and if so, did you engage with these styles?
never really bothered with the same clothing or haircuts but always does the swagger when drunk.
3. Did you sense a overtly British philosophy within the bands music and attitude?
yes,their a true british band.
4. Did press coverage influence your thoughts on the band?
no not really,never really bothered with what the press have to say about anything really.
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Post by NYR on Apr 5, 2011 21:21:31 GMT -5
Here are the Questions 1. What was it about Oasis that first made you a fan? it was their music. i was a big beatles fan, and a friend popped in "(what's the story) morning glory" and played "don't look back in anger." the "imagine" sounding intro caught my attention, and loved the rest of the song. listened to the rest of the cd and i was hooked. i didn't know anything about them outside of their music, so it was strictly due to the music for me. 2. Were there any style features (i.e. clothing, haircuts ect) that you associated with Oasis, and if so, did you engage with these styles? not in their heyday. to quote supersonic, "i need to be myself, i can't be no one else." (and i sure as hell am not wearing liam's leopard print loafers.) 3. Did you sense a overtly British philosophy within the bands music and attitude? yes, musically. not back then, but definitely now as i look back. you hear much more british music in them than, say, american. now, attitude-wise? that i don't know for sure, as any band in the world can act the way they did at the height of their success. (you know, arrogant twats. nothing against that, but there's no denying that's what they were.) they never seemed as anglophilic as, say, the who or the kinks. their lyrics were never really british in nature, either. 4. Did press coverage influence your thoughts on the band? i live in america, so i must ask... what press coverage?  (but seriously, no.) good luck! |
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Post by BlueJay on Apr 6, 2011 6:34:08 GMT -5
1. The re-assurance and wide populist appeal of their music with general optimistic vibes on life (Live Forever, Supersonic, Some Might Say) and the depth and melancholy that could be found in their most bittersweet tunes (Talk Tonight, Half the World Away) - I related to these songs because they speak directly to your soul with perfect precision and structure.
2. I do/did try to engage in the haircut and sunglasses look that Liam had at Knebworth Park. And I took on their nonchalant answers to interviewers questions. And I loved Liam's flan-shirt at Maine Road, which I take on sometimes.
3. I sense a British philosophy in the first album but not necessarily the second - as it was more universal.
4. Yes and No. At first my image of them was fully constructed by the press as arrogant and bland thugs - but when I started to like their music I found that this was far from the truth and my image of them changed completely, the press no longer influenced me at all.
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Post by laura333 on Apr 6, 2011 12:14:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies so far guys, really interesting stuff.
Iliad, If you don't mind sharing that would be great thank you.
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Post by Iliad ♣ on Apr 6, 2011 14:04:21 GMT -5
I’m looking at the interaction between the bands, the media and politics, and how it created a new sense of British identity. So a lot of the stuff I’m reading is more about general sociology (looking at how they influence each other) than Britpop. Maybe some ‘non-sociology’ articles/books you can use however (although you probably read most of them):
D. Hesmondhalgh, ‘Indie: The institutional politics and aesthetics of a popular music genre’, in: Cultural Studies 13 vol. 1 (1999) 34-61
J. Harris, Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the spectacular demise of English rock (Cambridge 2004).
A. Bennet, J. Stratton, Britpop and the English music tradition (Farnham 2010).
M. Storry, P. Childs, British Cultural Identities (London 1997).
A. Blake, The land without music: music, culture, and society in twentieth-century Britain (Manchester 1997).
M. Cloonan, Pop and the Nation-State: Towards a Theorisation, in: Popular Music 18 vol. 2 (1999) 193-207.
Documentaries:
Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop, BBC (2003).
The Britpop Story, BBC (2005).
A few New Statesman articles might be handy:
H. Aldersey-Williams, ‘Cool Britannia’s big chill’, in: New Statesman 127 vol. 4380 (1998) 12-13.
M. Bracewell, ‘Britpop’s coming home, it’s coming home. Not only that, it’s buying the house. And it’s a very big house, in the country’, in: New Statesman 126 vol. 4322 (1997) 36-37.
M. Fisher, ‘Indie Reactionaries’, in: New Statesman & Society 8 vol. 360 (1995) 31.
M. Hann, ‘Britpop’, in: New Statesman 126 vol. 4322 (1997) 38.
M. Leonard, ‘It’s not just ice-cream’, in: New Statesman 127 vol. 4392 (1998) 15-16.
J. Lloyd, ‘Cool Britannia warms up’, in: New Statesman 127 vol. 4376 (1998) 10-11.
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Dunno if this helps, good luck!
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Post by laura333 on Apr 7, 2011 4:59:42 GMT -5
Thanks, some of those articles look brilliant. Hope your stuff goes well, sounds like it would be a really interesting read.
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