There are some hurdles to overcome when putting together a Britpop playlist, the main one being that Britpop bands hate being called Britpop bands and will probably get the right hump that they’ve been put in a list with other Britpop bands, even a list appearing on such an esteemed and hallowed site such as this. Well, with the greatest respect Damon, Jarvis, Justine, Noel, Liam, Louise and Alan – sod off, you make the music, not the rules. I’m also not sure if there was an Alan in Britpop, it just seemed like the right name to end it on.
Then there’s the issue of, what is Britpop exactly? Who is Britpop? If it’s referring to the kaleidoscopic explosion of British music and culture in the mid-90s, then that would also take in the exhilarating punk-rave of The Prodigy and the euphoric uplift of Radiohead’s art-rock brooding – are The Spice Girls Britpop? No, they are not, and neither are the Prodge or the Head, as they should never be known.
