Trash Theory
Trash Theory
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"Smalltown Boy", Bronski Beat & Being Openly Gay in Eighties Pop | New British Canon
1984 was a particularly flamboyant year for British Pop. “Relax” overcame its radio ban to spend five weeks at UK number one. George Michael alluded to his future solo aspirations with “Careless Whisper.” Pete Burns’ Dead Or Alive proved the combination of Hi NRG and Stock Aitken Waterman equalled chart-success. And Freddie Mercury dressed in drag for the “I Want to Break Free” video. But aside from the two core members of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, most of these men were living some kind of closeted existence.
However, also debuting in 1984 were Bronski Beat. Fronted by Jimmy Somerville, a Scottish socialist with the voice of a disco diva packed within his buzz cut 5 foot 4 frame, they w...
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Woo-hoo!: How Blur Mocked Grunge & Destroyed Britpop ["Song 2"] | New British Canon
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At first, Blur were a band that prided themselves on their Britishness. They wrote keenly observational pop songs about 18-30 Holidays, The Shipping Forecast, Sunday Lunch and the Quiet Frustrations of Everyday British Life. In Britain, it made them heroes. But in the US they were nobodies. So it was quite the surprise that midway through the 90s, they made an about-face and unleashed a screami...
Before Limp Bizkit: How Nu Metal Became Pop - Revisited
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For a brief moment in the late 90s and early 2000s, Nu Metal ruled the airwaves. With releases such as KoRn's Follow the Leader, Limp Bizkit's Significant Other and Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, the genre had commercial clout, but critically fared less well. However if you were a teenager at the time, nothing else felt like its white-knuckled throat-shredding catharsis. Not only that but the gen...
The Critical Kicking of Slowdive ("When The Sun Hits") | New British Canon
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There was a time when the British Music Press had absolute power. Punk, C86, Madchester, Grunge, Britpop, and The New Rock Revolution were all invented and made famous within the pages of NME, Sounds and Melody Maker. But trends are fickle. Once the press got bored of a certain sound or scene, they quickly moved on to the next one, viciously mocking what they were promoting weeks before. Many b...
The Unlikely Career of Pet Shop Boys & "It's a Sin" I New British Canon
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On paper, Pet Shop Boys are an unlikely pop behemoth. A former pop journalist and an architecture student, their first hit, “West End Girls,” had their thirty-year-old middle-class British frontman embodying Grandmaster Flash. Starting off as what could’ve quite easily remained a one-hit wonder, they defined British synth pop in the late 1980s, combining the cutting edge of dance music with the...
Everything You Know About “Blue Monday” is Probably Wrong I New British Canon
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Emerging out of the embers of Joy Division, New Order spent the 1980s smashing together the worlds of punk and disco. In 1983 they gave the world a shuddering party starter that took elements from Black Gay club music, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Spaghetti Westerns and British melancholy. Such a revolution in sound that “Blue Monday” perhaps became the biggest selling 12 inch single of all time...
The Blasphemous Story of XTC & "Dear God" I New British Canon
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XTC burst out of late 1970s Britain with hooks for days. While many of the punk bands around them proudly ignored anything before 1976, they took notes from The Beatles, Kinks, and Beach Boys and reformed them into pugnacious state-of-the-art pop. “Making Plans For Nigel,” “Generals and Majors” and “Senses Working Overtime” made their unique stamp on the UK Charts. But when XTC stopped playing ...
12 Iconic Top of the Pops Performances That Reshaped British Music
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In January 1964, the BBC saw that for the first time ever the national singles chart was overflowing with British acts. Due to this, they created a weekly music chart rundown programme called Top Of The Pops. From then on, every Thursday evening Britain’s youth would be delighted by the latest UK chart goings-on, while being the only place to see their favourite artists and discover exciting ne...
Alternative Rock's Most Unexpected Pop Stars: Therapy? & "Screamager"
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You know the story. Nirvana released “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in late 1991, and alternative rock broke into the mainstream. But how alternative can a band be and still succeed, however briefly, in the pop charts. Enter Therapy? Ripping their way out of Northern Ireland in 1989, they absorbed metal, punk and industrial and mangled it into glorious globs of mutant-rock noise. With jagged early t...
You're Not Punk and I'm Telling Everyone: The Jawbreaker Story
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The early 90s was a boom time for getting rich off Alternative Rock. Due to the breakout commercial success of REM, Nirvana and Green Day, major labels grabbed any band that could approximate their sounds in the hopes of them becoming the next big thing. If there was one band that felt primed to succeed in this landscape it was Jawbreaker. Formed in New York before transplanting themselves to C...
The Explosive Story of The Breeders & Last Splash
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1993 was quite the year for Alternative Rock. Still in the afterglow of Nevermind changing everything, weird and wonderful music that only a couple of years prior would’ve gone unheard, then a product of the underground, now controlling the airwaves and taking over MTV. [“Start Choppin’,” “Today,” “Creep,” “No Rain,” “Low,” “Loser”] But perhaps the best and most unexpected example of subterrane...
How For the Briefest Moment No Doubt & Ska Took Over Everything
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In 1995, rock radio needed a change after four years of Grunge. And that change came in the form of Ska. Invented in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s, before being repackaged with punk and soul elements as Two Tone in the UK in the late 70s, it was an upbeat dance music characterised by its walking basslines, accented rhythms and blasts of horns. Third wave ska originated in California in th...
Games Without Frontiers: When Peter Gabriel Went Political I New British Canon
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Peter Gabriel has inhabited many roles. From a costumed prog poet in Genesis to a conservationist balladeer on the Wall-E soundtrack. However his run of self-titled albums are where he found himself as a musician. On his third album in 1980, he took all the post punk, synth pop and world music happening around him and blended it into his twitchy lopsided art rock. Gabriel spun tales of mental h...
"Cruel Summer" & Bananarama: How the New Wave Ronettes Dominated The 80s I New British Canon
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As a sub-genre, girl groups have gifted us with so many moments of pop perfection. For the most part these were groups assembled by a producer for the purpose of creating chart hits with little musical input from the performers. But formed in 1981, Bananarama were different. Spurred on by the DIY ethos of punk and the out-there fashion of the New Romantics, they hit the scene in Doc Martens, du...
Before Nine Inch Nails: How Industrial Became Pop
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What is Industrial? In its original form it was an aggressively mechanistic and uncompromising sound formed of tape-loops, samples, often self-made synths and electronics. Bands like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Nurse With Wound and Einstürzende Neubauten produced avant garde noise that thumbed its nose at pop music as a production line and made sounds from the literal tools of producti...
The KLF: Beyond The Band That Burnt £1,000,000 I New British Canon
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The KLF: Beyond The Band That Burnt £1,000,000 I New British Canon
Sweet Dreams: How Eurythmics Shocked America and Made MTV I New British Canon
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Sweet Dreams: How Eurythmics Shocked America and Made MTV I New British Canon
How Pixies & Doolittle Launched The 90s
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How Pixies & Doolittle Launched The 90s
CHAISE LONGUE or: How Wet Leg Buttered The Indie World's Muffin I New British Canon
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CHAISE LONGUE or: How Wet Leg Buttered The Indie World's Muffin I New British Canon
The Fear: How Lily Allen Took Down the Pop Machine From the Inside I New British Canon
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The Fear: How Lily Allen Took Down the Pop Machine From the Inside I New British Canon
The Overlooked First Punk Rock Christmas Song (The Kinks "Father Christmas") | New Christmas Canon
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The Overlooked First Punk Rock Christmas Song (The Kinks "Father Christmas") | New Christmas Canon
Before My Chemical Romance: How Emo Became Emo
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Before My Chemical Romance: How Emo Became Emo
Paramore & Hayley Williams' Love-Hate Relationship with “Misery Business”
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Paramore & Hayley Williams' Love-Hate Relationship with “Misery Business”
How The Damned Beat the Pistols at Their Own Game | New British Canon
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How The Damned Beat the Pistols at Their Own Game | New British Canon
Before 1989: How Manchester Became MADchester
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Before 1989: How Manchester Became MADchester
How Aphex Twin Spurned the 90s Dance Mainstream ("Windowlicker") | New British Canon
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How Aphex Twin Spurned the 90s Dance Mainstream ("Windowlicker") | New British Canon
“Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne and the Many Imaginary Hits of Adam Schlesinger
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“Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne and the Many Imaginary Hits of Adam Schlesinger
Bloc Party, Banquet & The Second Battle of Britpop | New British Canon
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Bloc Party, Banquet & The Second Battle of Britpop | New British Canon
How Björk & Post Infused Heart into Electronic Music
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How Björk & Post Infused Heart into Electronic Music
Exploring Ian Dury, The Blockheads & HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK | New British Canon
Просмотров 205 тыс.2 года назад
Exploring Ian Dury, The Blockheads & HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK | New British Canon

Комментарии

  • @ronnieblanchet4072
    @ronnieblanchet4072 Час назад

    Great work cat! God bless you! SOLI DEO GLORIA (To The Glory Of God Alone) Father, Son & Holy Spirit -Ronnie

  • @Mcfreddo
    @Mcfreddo 2 часа назад

    Maggot thatcher was truly a horrendous and vile person.

  • @Mcfreddo
    @Mcfreddo 2 часа назад

    I never knew how much of a wonderfully strong, take no shit, force for good, Jimmy Summerville is. A truly true and genuine person he is.

  • @scrunts666
    @scrunts666 4 часа назад

    They both made such a little go a very long way.

  • @Tubluer
    @Tubluer 4 часа назад

    I survived disco, and somewhere on the other side Annie Lennox was waiting for me. Didn't like her at first, and it took a decade for me tor realize how good she was. To this day I'm still realizing how good she was.

  • @andrewmaitland445
    @andrewmaitland445 4 часа назад

    Not to mention how they ripped "Song 2" off a German band called Ton,Steine, Scherben ruclips.net/video/eV9leh-mtKc/видео.html Anyone recognise that riff?

  • @philipconnell2214
    @philipconnell2214 5 часов назад

    visit our graves on holidays at best

  • @roo2127
    @roo2127 6 часов назад

    Song 2, originally named your sister's ass. The attention it got not only changed the title but some of the words to the song.

  • @javierquirogacl
    @javierquirogacl 7 часов назад

    The quality of this historical research is absolutely bomb. thanks!

  • @SmashedGlass
    @SmashedGlass 8 часов назад

    Love his music, have since the early 90s. But this video brought up the background of him being quite a bit of a prick. You may have some good songs, but don't shit on basically the rest of the musical world, and in the press no less. Dick was good, but he was no Messiah.

  • @juhaj.5616
    @juhaj.5616 8 часов назад

    Ty for the video. Portishead is one of greatest things in my life.

  • @JessieI
    @JessieI 8 часов назад

    Meanwhile, those of us who LOVED ALL THIS MUSIC, could not possibly have cared less about what was in their pants. Really people? What a bunch of bull shite this all is. We just want to listen and sing and dance. Leave the music alone, would ya?? I'm in my mid 60's, I did not care then and I was a christian. I don't believe in god anymore and I still don't give a shite about who's rocking with what pink bits in their pants! Just leave it alone and let us ROCK N' ROLL!

  • @timnotbrianmay
    @timnotbrianmay 9 часов назад

    Really awesome! Thanks, so much! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT SONG, THE VERY FIRST TIME I HEARD IT!... AND STILL DO!!!

  • @OfficialBurrow
    @OfficialBurrow 10 часов назад

    So are we gonna ignore Syd Barrett Era Pink Floyd?

  • @atomicbarbarian7372
    @atomicbarbarian7372 10 часов назад

    If Albarn didn't have anything to sneer or turn his nose up at he'd have no ideas.

  • @jw6588
    @jw6588 11 часов назад

    There is a set of Replacement-like kids in every high school. There is nothing special or rare about them.

  • @GregCurtin45
    @GregCurtin45 12 часов назад

    Thanks for the enlightening video. I always thought of Bronski Beat (and more so of Jimmy Somerville) as artists who put the message ahead of the music. Their music will always be timeless and relevant. On a personal note... I consider 'You Are My World" to be one of the greatest loves songs ever recorded. Every single piece of that song is combines to make a perfect song. Jimmy's light will burn for a millennium. Thank you again for your time given to compiling and sharing this video with all of us.

  • @timujin1000
    @timujin1000 13 часов назад

    All brit pop was utter shit

  • @vecnejhipik5349
    @vecnejhipik5349 14 часов назад

    I do remember loading into FIFA 98 for the first time and hearing Song 2 as it was its title song, its was fucking great :)

  • @absentwithconcept
    @absentwithconcept 14 часов назад

    This was great - always wonderful to see stuff about T? Troublegum has never been one of my favourites of theirs, I always revert to the noisier stuff for some reason - the one-two of Crooked Timber and A Brief Crack of Light is my favourite period of theirs, still waiting for them to knock out at least one bonkers album like that again.

  • @dimitrivleminckx3288
    @dimitrivleminckx3288 16 часов назад

    I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore from 1999 is SO GOOD. Also their entire Electric album from 2013 is hypnotizing.

  • @andreaslermen2008
    @andreaslermen2008 17 часов назад

    You didn't had to be gay to enjoy this song. I lived in a small, mostly catholic, city. My parents weren't married, I had so many interest in things, I cannot learn there and no one to talk to. I know in 1984, that I will move to a bigger city soon, were I can have a fresh start. That's why I loved this song the first moment I heard it. The eighties had so many great music, but this is one of my top three songs. I listen regular to it for last 40 years. To use ABBA's words "Thank you for the Music" Mr. Somerville

  • @PuppetMastersTheatre
    @PuppetMastersTheatre 18 часов назад

    Never new albarn was 2d, nice bit of trivia

  • @44holmez
    @44holmez 19 часов назад

    That totp appearance….😂

  • @andrewanderson1988
    @andrewanderson1988 20 часов назад

    Hilarious tha DrukQs was a throw away album because it is one of my favorites of his.

  • @nylesglynn8727
    @nylesglynn8727 20 часов назад

    Biggest lesson of this video (which most of us already know) is that the US Billboard charts is pretty hopeless at recognising great music. Blondie, as just one example, had to achieve recognition in the UK first.

  • @browntabproductions
    @browntabproductions 21 час назад

    Thoroughly enjoying ALL of these Segments. Just pissed I’m discovering them so late. Awesome writing, editing, research, and, vo. Keep up the good work. Thank you. 🤘😎🤘 LOVE to see you take a deep dive into “Punk 1977-1980: London vs. New York City vs. Los Angeles”.

  • @patrickross5509
    @patrickross5509 21 час назад

    Love this channel. Always inspiring. Thank you!

  • @DrMaiXiang
    @DrMaiXiang 22 часа назад

    Everyone look up a music video from Misty's Big Adventure called Fashion Parade.

  • @daffyduk77
    @daffyduk77 День назад

    Neat Neat Neat was their most accomplished punk thrash, max. cred IMO

  • @leodf1
    @leodf1 День назад

    Do a canon on Elastica please

  • @jcwoodstl
    @jcwoodstl День назад

    Write a silly song that becomes more popular than your serious work then pretentiously pretend that it was a satirical commentary on what was popular music at the time. How very British

  • @RightTurnClyde
    @RightTurnClyde День назад

    Shame you introduced Jamie Hewlett with some Rufus Dayglo art

  • @danwilson1040
    @danwilson1040 День назад

    I’ve got blur signed artwork,the four cartoonish faces with corresponding signatures,possibly for sale,if the price is right in order for me to part with it .

  • @danwilson1040
    @danwilson1040 День назад

    Blur and thirteen were two brilliant albums

  • @zardoz7900
    @zardoz7900 День назад

    Oasis🤢

  • @AchillesEconomou
    @AchillesEconomou День назад

    overrated bollocks

    • @AlexHerlan
      @AlexHerlan День назад

      Nah, he's a real deal genius and innovator. But yea... this doc really does shine a light on just how pretentious he is. Its just part of his edgy realness tho, and I dig it.

  • @KurtPope-cd7se
    @KurtPope-cd7se День назад

    That was me then. rest in peace poly.

  • @KurtPope-cd7se
    @KurtPope-cd7se День назад

    Look at the black dude in the video trying to block face , from the camera.

  • @nightly_builds
    @nightly_builds День назад

    Scrolled 5 minutes in to skip the add and i have to say this: stop naming songs you like, stop talking... Metal is darkness. Just google 'Vivaldi Storm' to hear some metal or 'Bach Fuga' for psychedellic. No royalties, so you can play more than 3 seconds. Stop creating media for clicks, you ruin the internet. Thanks for understanding. Bye (sorry, I just saw now this literally is called trash theory. I accept. Bye)

  • @jw6588
    @jw6588 День назад

    Lovely that nowadays instead of being mocked for your "gender-fluidity", you get mocked and censored if you believe in reality.

  • @KurtPope-cd7se
    @KurtPope-cd7se День назад

    I met poly in are mental health institution in the UK and fell in love with her and we became lovers

    • @KurtPope-cd7se
      @KurtPope-cd7se День назад

      The song G free ad I wrote and told her don't use it , it to personal and she did anyway.

  • @lancergt1000
    @lancergt1000 День назад

    Blur, or Oasis?

  • @georgeaghimien3234
    @georgeaghimien3234 День назад

    I miss the 2000s man🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

  • @alexalfaro1101
    @alexalfaro1101 День назад

    This song is horrible . The lyrics . The way it’s put together . but it’s about the memories people have that is connected to this song .

  • @sos10
    @sos10 День назад

    I was a small-town boy who danced as a madmen when WHY was played.

  • @rubberplantsandwich
    @rubberplantsandwich День назад

    I don't care what it stood for or what kind of anthem it was, it was simply a stonking good tune. Not to be repeated unfortunately (by the group)

  • @budweiser600
    @budweiser600 День назад

    This has a lesbian energy to it (back when there weren't millions of lesbians on live sex channels).

  • @ismaelrodriguez6420
    @ismaelrodriguez6420 День назад

    I love love love the Pet Shop Boys! Seen them twice in concert back in the 90's in Puerto Rico and once in the early 2000's here in St. Louis. To this day I jam in my car with their music as much as I can!