I'm from the UK too. But I don't know that much about the UK pop scene. What did you have in mind? UK pop to me is Girls Aloud, Sugarbabes, Westlife? etc and the bands that came before them like S Club 7 and Steps.
How about you?
Posts: 44 | Location: Oxford | Registered: 08 July 2007
Originally posted by PRG: How does UK Pop differ from Britpop?
I'm not totally sure but I think Britpop is a *type* of UK Pop. Britpop was big at the end of the '90s with bands like 'Blur', 'Oasis' and 'Pulp' and their music was a rock/pop blend. UK Pop covers ALL types of pop from Britain. At the moment UK Pop bands that are 'popular' are stuff like Girls Aloud, Sugarbabes, Westlife etc. I'm not sure if the sub-genre Britpop is still going. To me the rise of Britpop in the late '90s was synonymous with the rise of New Labour in Government. But I don't think politics had much to do with Britpop's message. (or maybe it did?)
Posts: 44 | Location: Oxford | Registered: 08 July 2007
Anyone here who listened to the UK Network Chart? I am not from the UK. But i have been following the UK charts since I was 13 or 14 since the late 80s.
My earliest memories were listening to the Network Chart Show hosted by David Kid Jensen, Black Box vying for the top spot with Ride on Time. Watching Lisa Stansfield, NKOTB on Chart Attack.
All through the 90's I religiously followed the Network Chart. I loved David Jensen's presentation. Until he quit and Dr Fox took over.
Now I catch the top 40 on BBC's radio one online. And use www.everyhit.com to refresh my memory of hits from the past.
Posts: 11 | Location: Gurgaon | Registered: 17 January 2008
