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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZBRITPOPA retro movement in British pop in the mid- '90s, recapturing the joy of three-guitars-and-drums and the mod era of the '60s: Beatles, Small Faces etc. One of the new bands even copied the Beatles' 'I Am The Walrus' down to the beat, the sound, the arrangement for string orchestra, everything but the title. Summer concerts '96 were a big buzz for a whole generation of kids, but the movement did not result in a new British Invasion: in the USA rock is the new MOR, and Britpop's success there was iffy. Critics said that Britpop had occurred only in the absence of anything more interesting in pop (a lot of people disliking 'dance' music), and Blur's new album early '97 seemed to veer off the path, but they couldn't all keep mining the past for ever. See entries for Blur, Oasis, Pulp, Suede. |