Comments on: Feature: IPC Sub Editors Dictated Our Youth http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/ Dancing About Architecture Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:15:15 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-28 I was a drunken 24 hour garage attendant, serving wotsits pissed in the dead of night. If that helps. I was a drunken 24 hour garage attendant, serving wotsits pissed in the dead of night. If that helps.

]]> By: Vones http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Vones Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:23:46 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-27 The snooty record store guy is a lost figure in many a teenagers life. (I was one for a while too...) I think there should be something on iTunes that yells at you whenever you are about to download something shit... The snooty record store guy is a lost figure in many a teenagers life. (I was one for a while too…)

I think there should be something on iTunes that yells at you whenever you are about to download something shit…

]]> By: joewhitenoise http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-26 joewhitenoise Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:55:23 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-26 Oh, great article btw. It is easy to forget how much great music was around at the time, and how shit much of the music under the Britpop umbrella was. *tips hat* Oh, great article btw. It is easy to forget how much great music was around at the time, and how shit much of the music under the Britpop umbrella was.
*tips hat*

]]> By: joewhitenoise http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-25 joewhitenoise Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:45:58 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-25 As I can't access Spotify at work (fascists) I am unable to disagree/agree with your alternate Britpop playlist. I fought the Britpop wars single-handedly from behind the counter of the good ship Our Price Bath, making sure Country House triumphed by pretending we'd sold out of Roll With It. I WON! Plus, I deterred many an uneducated prole from purchasing music by Kula Shaker, Dodgy, Echobelly et al by rolling my eyes and sighing heavily if they tried, leading to many a shamefaced customer to return said CD to the shelves and scurrying away, apologising for their miserable existence. In secret though I quite liked Shed Seven. Especially Getting Better... As I can’t access Spotify at work (fascists) I am unable to disagree/agree with your alternate Britpop playlist.

I fought the Britpop wars single-handedly from behind the counter of the good ship Our Price Bath, making sure Country House triumphed by pretending we’d sold out of Roll With It. I WON!

Plus, I deterred many an uneducated prole from purchasing music by Kula Shaker, Dodgy, Echobelly et al by rolling my eyes and sighing heavily if they tried, leading to many a shamefaced customer to return said CD to the shelves and scurrying away, apologising for their miserable existence.

In secret though I quite liked Shed Seven. Especially Getting Better…

]]> By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:36:51 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-22 Yes. Yes, it was. Yes. Yes, it was.

]]> By: Graham Clarke http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Graham Clarke Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:23:33 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-21 Yes, I remember it well. It was on the O-Zone, wasn't it? Yes, I remember it well. It was on the O-Zone, wasn’t it?

]]> By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:02:53 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-20 Imagine Richard Ashcrofts anus gently contracting around a bolus of faeces, pinching the cylinder's surface until it breaks away from the mothership, falling in slow motion on to the astonished face of Louise Wener. That is genuinely what happened, in 1997. Imagine Richard Ashcrofts anus gently contracting around a bolus of faeces, pinching the cylinder’s surface until it breaks away from the mothership, falling in slow motion on to the astonished face of Louise Wener.

That is genuinely what happened, in 1997.

]]> By: Vones http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Vones Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:54:17 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-19 - GC - yes. - GC – yes.

]]> By: Vones http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Vones Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:54:01 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-18 Even as someone who was more interested in Slayer during the britpop era, it was a rather good read. Massive ammounts of Kenickie fandom too, and anything involving Lauren Laverne is good in my book. Even as someone who was more interested in Slayer during the britpop era, it was a rather good read. Massive ammounts of Kenickie fandom too, and anything involving Lauren Laverne is good in my book.

]]> By: Graham Clarke http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Graham Clarke Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:47:09 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-17 'They shat on Sleeper.' An arresting mental image, one which I will now consider in depth for half of an hour. Phonogram the graphic novel? It does look good. ‘They shat on Sleeper.’

An arresting mental image, one which I will now consider in depth for half of an hour.

Phonogram the graphic novel? It does look good.

]]> By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:35:33 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-16 Vones, sounds interesting... GC - The Verve had good lyrics. Biblical size tunes with quasi-religious word moments... and the guitarist was ace. They shat on Sleeper. Vones, sounds interesting…

GC – The Verve had good lyrics. Biblical size tunes with quasi-religious word moments… and the guitarist was ace.

They shat on Sleeper.

]]> By: Vones http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Vones Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:27:46 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-15 Lovely piece. Anyone read Phonogram by McKelvie and Gillen? Basicaly a britpop retrospective with added anthopomorpisation of musical genres and magic. Is quite good. Lovely piece.

Anyone read Phonogram by McKelvie and Gillen? Basicaly a britpop retrospective with added anthopomorpisation of musical genres and magic. Is quite good.

]]> By: Graham Clarke http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Graham Clarke Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:02:34 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-14 I suppose we all have our favourites. I like a lot of the second Sleeper album, but to include them would probably undermine the point. I think the Verve were just a big jam band in search of a tune, and when they weren't they were kind of overly-sincere 'rock fantasy' Clapton-esque nightmare proposition. But that's just my view, and I preferred Bis anyway. Plus, The Mac was a proper breath of fresh air in '96, as I recall. I suppose we all have our favourites. I like a lot of the second Sleeper album, but to include them would probably undermine the point.

I think the Verve were just a big jam band in search of a tune, and when they weren’t they were kind of overly-sincere ‘rock fantasy’ Clapton-esque nightmare proposition. But that’s just my view, and I preferred Bis anyway.

Plus, The Mac was a proper breath of fresh air in ‘96, as I recall.

]]> By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:19:17 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-11 Breaking down the two melded abbreviations 'Brit' and 'Pop' we're left with 'British Popular' - which would apply to stuff like The Lighthouse Family, Robson & Jerome and Mark Morrisson. Which is quite depressing. There should maybe be some Verve (Northern Soul) era on your compilation? Watching Kasabian at Glastonbury on the TV, it struck me that it can't hurt to be nostalgic about them, in their prime... (let's forget last year's comeback for the moment)... Breaking down the two melded abbreviations ‘Brit’ and ‘Pop’ we’re left with ‘British Popular’ – which would apply to stuff like The Lighthouse Family, Robson & Jerome and Mark Morrisson.

Which is quite depressing.

There should maybe be some Verve (Northern Soul) era on your compilation?

Watching Kasabian at Glastonbury on the TV, it struck me that it can’t hurt to be nostalgic about them, in their prime… (let’s forget last year’s comeback for the moment)…

]]> By: Graham Clarke http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Graham Clarke Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:36 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-7 No space for pretend Morrissey. No space for pretend Morrissey.

]]> By: Matt http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Matt Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:56:32 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-6 No Gene? Madness! No Gene? Madness!

]]> By: Swineshead http://downtuned.net/2009/06/29/feature-ipc-sub-editors-dictated-our-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Swineshead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:11:12 +0000 http://downtuned.net/?p=148#comment-5 Mulder & Scully remains one of the most irritating songs I have ever heard. Mulder & Scully remains one of the most irritating songs I have ever heard.

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