https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n We’ll consider different political aspects of the music, both in terms of identity politics, and in terms of governmental politics. en-us 2021-03-02 14:05:05 UTC 2026-01-03 13:55:21 UTC hello@padlet.com zfwm073 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276396455 In 1998, New Labour was desperate to associate itself with Cool Britannia, so much so that Deputy Prime minister John Prescott and his wife attended the Brit awards at London Arena. As he sat down, Danbert Nobacon, of anarchy punk-band Chumbawamba, ran over and threw a bucket of water over him https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2014/sep/24/john-prescott-brit-awards-chumbawamba-1988 ]]> 2021-03-06 09:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276396455 zfwm073 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276407106 'Chris Smith, New Labour's new culture secretary in that 1997 spring, tells me that actually no, that wasn't what happened: "I would point out that the words Cool Britannia were used by Virginia Bottomley [his Tory predecessor] in five different press releases in 1996 and 1997. I defy you to find a reference to Cool Britannia in a press release I released. I hated it!"' https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/02/politicsandthearts.artsfunding1 ]]> 2021-03-06 10:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276407106 zfwm073 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276408619 - Tony Blair invited Noel Gallagher to Downing Street in the run up to the 1997 election
- this image was viewed as a defining image of the Cool Britannia era ]]> 2021-03-06 10:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276408619 zfwm073 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276422753 Labour Party used this song (D:Ream) as part of their campaign for the 1997 general election (the theme of their campaign was that things "cannot get worse" after 18 years of Tory government) ]]> 2021-03-06 10:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276422753 zfwm073 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276442449 - not typically viewed as a Britpop band
- however in 1996 they released A Design for Life which explores themes of class conflict and working class identity
- the band were very vocal about their socialist convictions
- the video features subtle video clips of class privilege (fox hunting, Royal Ascot, polo match, and the Last Night of the Proms) 
- at one point it says 'violence for equality' in the background]]> 2021-03-06 10:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1276442449 muddyduck27 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1283723788 Many of the Britpop bands used their working class background as a way of relating to their audiences. Bands like Oasis used these experiences as a muse for their lyrics, building revolutions and harsh realities. However, bands like Pulp and Manic Street Pearchers wouldn't shy away from the fact that they were still intellectuals. ]]> 2021-03-08 18:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1283723788 muddyduck27 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284131304 The biggest rivalry in Britpop was between the two bands, Blur and Oasis. They had an ongoing competition on who will get number 1 and Blur one in 1995 when both albums were released on the same day.]]> 2021-03-08 19:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284131304 muddyduck27 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284376083 Oasis won the best album and the best band award and this was their response.]]> 2021-03-08 20:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284376083 muddyduck27 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284458784 “I think Charles Dickens might well have summed it up best in 1859 when he wrote: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’." Noel Gallagher

]]> 2021-03-08 20:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284458784 muddyduck27 https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284527132 Many of the lyrics and the bands were catered towards a male audience and much misogyny and sexism is within the lyrics, the interviews and the "culture of Britpop"]]> 2021-03-08 21:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/muddyduck27/nqyto37mzmh0qp8n/wish/1284527132