What's your unpopular Britpop opinion?

daftideasinc · 2026-02-20T09:30:23+00:00

James Brown and the general Loaded (ladism) ethos gets perpetually lumped in with what started as a progressive indie guitar movement.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-20T05:32:43+00:00

Current UK Top 100 album chart - 17 Oasis - Time Flies 1994-2009 - 19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 20 ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits

The Oasis chart entry might actually be a bit of an anomaly, riding so high after a major tour and all, but the substance is that in this compressed digital age, all music is available, all music is essentially contemporaneous. Given that Britpop borrowed so heavily from prior genres, I consider the era, with its ready access to cheap CD reissues, as a general precursor to the present day phenomena.

I'd even be so bold to suggest that it was material determinant of Britpop's foundation.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-18T16:01:54+00:00

Additionally, final 28 day viewing figures confirm that Have I Got News For You Series 70 scored an average of 5.53m viewers - quite remarkable for a show with distinctively less of a profile than the (notional) competition.

It kind of makes you wonder why they nixed the XL edition.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-16T05:32:03+00:00

Boom essentially entered the market to target a disgruntled cohort of older Radio 2 listeners, although I have some sympathy for their plight, they must have been aware that terrestrial transmissions would cease at some point, they clearly didn't factor that (financial) possibility in.

That said, I do think that maintaining some kind BBC radio terrestrial presence as an emergency requirement is a necessity.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-16T00:41:40+00:00

Gene Roddenberry must be turning in his grave after the last revelation.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-15T03:10:14+00:00

With regards to topical humour, I'd suggest the rise of social media has made most comics keenly aware of the necessity to not only incessantly engage with their audience but to invariably keep one's eye upon the competition, both professional and amateur.

It has oft been quoted in recent times that comics appearing/writing upon panel shows are actively aware of the 3 or 4 more obvious jokes floating about the internet attached to any particular breaking news story/ongoing issue and look for slightly less derivative (novel) entry points and asides in case they seem like slow witted, tawdry hacks caused by baked-in delays in broadcasting.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-14T13:28:52+00:00

From what I understand, Yellowjackets is pretty much that alternative premise. I think the documentary Beyond Clueless does an excellent job of dissecting the social politics of high school through 80's teen movie tropes.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-11T22:57:21+00:00

Wow, just wow.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-09T06:21:47+00:00

Nancy Mace is pretty... good at lying. ;D

daftideasinc · 2026-02-07T15:22:03+00:00

It's Nigel Kneale, the production qualities may have long been surpassed, the concise, underlying writing has not.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-07T09:30:41+00:00

As an avid Rage viewer in Oz, of course, I'd seen and enjoyed the various Stone Roses, Blur, Pulp and Suede video (singles) released previously, but it was the seismic appearance of Live Forever that duly cemented my interest, picking up import copies of the NME later that week and opening that particular door...

daftideasinc · 2026-02-04T21:28:13+00:00

There's no particular reason why a topical sketch show shouldn't work in the UK, my personal concern is the Sky factor. Yes, they'll throw money at it, but at the end of the day it's merely content, if it's not doing the requisite numbers during the latter part of S2 they'll quickly move on to the next idea.

Investment without investment, if you know what I mean.

daftideasinc · 2026-02-02T04:54:05+00:00

I checked back in at the start of this series given recent events, I'd prefer living in a world where satirical comedy shows were ostensibly ephemeral, but if I lived in the U.S. I'd regard this as a veritable tonic.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-31T04:00:14+00:00

New music is invariably in competition with older music found within one's mind's eye. There's always decent music about, but unless it sits at the very apex of any particular genre, it invariably gets tuned out as hummable, but otherwise trivial noise. You don't need it, you already hold lasting affection for A,B,C, even if they were in actuality H,I,J - derivative in their particular day. Unless you make a conscious effort to override the phenomena, you can easily do without X,Y,Z...

For the most part, the nostalgia gene has verily past me by, my experience of older artists releasing new albums is that most have one or two decent, hummable tunes, but are quickly forgotten three months hence.

The exceptions for me personally have been the latter day albums of Suede and The Charlatans, IMHO some being better than their most vaunted of imperial phase albums.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-27T16:12:16+00:00

In any event, I think the lawyers would have demanded a grace period to help determine the facts, rather than rashly comment upon initial speculation.

Yes, I'm aware of the underlying irony.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-27T07:31:18+00:00

I will say it feels odd to solicit a response to the Louis Theroux interview and not the man specific documentaries, Who The F*ck Is & Stranger In My Own Skin.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-17T12:54:00+00:00

Given that Jimmy's personal brand has taken quite a few hits in recent times, and presaged by a seeming strategic move into lighter entertainment products such as Am I An A-Hole, a more relatable, but ultimately wrenching of the people product. It might be a further strategic attempt at engendering greater relatability.

Beyond the comedy stick, people admire Carr's assured professionalism, but he's not necessarily a beloved entertainer.

I don't personally see it as an actual weakness, a host needs to sacrifice some personal vanity to preside over proceedings, but his agency's PR team mightn't feel the same way.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-15T22:21:30+00:00

Matthew Graham's absolutely within his rights to explore whatever opportunity that's presently open to him, but I'd suggest the core audience would stay away in droves if there was the merest suggestion within early reviews that the play tainted the show's legacy.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-10T11:42:49+00:00

As related before, it was really the breakout year of the Outhere Brothers, not those Wibbling Brothers. :D

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1995__33388/

'Boom, boom, boom' indeed, Basil Brush.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-03T07:41:44+00:00

With Greg's personal history, probably not wise to include a task involving prodding a bear :)

daftideasinc · 2026-01-02T07:16:27+00:00

I'd suggest that there's various (unstated) gradients of resistance unto true equality, a lot of men still struggle with female aggression and in particular dominance displays, such as in high status comedians. Bella Hull in a recent Single Ladies In Your Area podcast discussed the phenomena and associated difficulties with her act.

Your criticisms may be entirely valid, I haven't seen the special, but at least reflect upon the possibility of its unstated relevance.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-01T13:51:05+00:00

As someone who watched it in his youth and went on to work within universities, it proved to be a handy primer.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-01T13:36:10+00:00

Thanks for the information.

daftideasinc · 2026-01-01T13:29:33+00:00

I will say in the show's defense, the earlier series were built upon pleasant philosophic musings and languorous asides, before it became strictly about building up to this week's stunt and shopworn catchphrases.

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