en-gbhttp://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/vip/profile/jackmanfred/blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss jackmanfred's blog posts on the Absolute Radio website http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/vip/profile/jackmanfred/blog/34219/90_s_Britpop.html?pid=1005082?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=xml&utm_campaign=rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:26:05 +0100 jackmanfred http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/vip/profile/jackmanfred/blog/34219/90_s_Britpop.html?pid=1005082 It was so far ahead of its time that we still listen to it, and it's still a part of the zeitgeist, influencing the newer acts like Amy Macdonald, Hard-Fi and Arctic Monkeys. While so much of pop in the US in the same period was crap and no one listens to it anymore, a lot of the UK/IRL's output in the same period has become classic and quintessential. I guess I just want to give kudos from across the pond, with a tinge of nostalgia. Cheers.