tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post2560276500192359044..comments2023-08-19T09:35:54.104-04:00Comments on ALPHABET CITY: ShoegazingJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-33319200697261655032008-07-25T11:21:00.000-04:002008-07-25T11:21:00.000-04:00I suspect Lush started to become more "Britpop" in...I suspect Lush started to become more "Britpop" in sound, which is more to my tastes. Probably due to my influences at the end of the Thatcher era, when the music was less wall-of-sound and more of a punk angry youth aesthetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-16168776020119606312008-07-24T12:28:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:28:00.000-04:00I always forget about the Manchester thing but yes...I always forget about the Manchester thing but yes, I was familiar with it. I remember reviewing Inspiral Carpets and Happy Mondays stuff for my radio station. I missed the Stone Roses' first album - I started paying attention probably a year after that, at which point the whole thing was in decline.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't as into that stuff anyway, though I liked some of it. It didn't blow me awayJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-4473111851125641552008-07-24T07:51:00.000-04:002008-07-24T07:51:00.000-04:00Sounds like you caught the tail end of the "Madche...Sounds like you caught the tail end of the "Madchester" movement... <BR/><BR/>Lush! I'd almost forgotten about them. Actually, my favourite songs of theirs are probably less "shoegazing" and more "grrl" - that is, "Hypocrite" off 1994's "Split" and "Single Girl" off 1996's "Lovelife"...<BR/><BR/>Yeah that Ride song is a classic! We didn't get that music video here in Australia; we got a less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com