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<blockquote data-quote="Mayfly" data-source="post: 1987326442" data-attributes="member: 28509">Got your point. Reflecting on the term now, it was probably a marketing term used to draw attention on a bunch of exciting new young British bands that were taking their inspiration from the British pop, rock and glam-rock tradition: the Beatles for Oasis, glam-rock for Suede....and Gene was a good copycat of the Smiths and Morrissey. By that time, Morrissey was already an established artist, so he wouldn't qualify. And no, the styles of the albums he released did not exactly chime in with the predominant style of Britpop, typical Moz of course. But up to 1997 (Maladjusted), Morrissey was the greatest British icon of his time. I couldn't think of him in any other way then.And whatever we think of the label &quot;Britpop&quot;, it really was a fantastic time for British music, with several timeless albums released. Oasis' Morning Glory (25th anniversary today) sold most copies, but my favorites are Pulp (A different class) and the first 3 albums by Suede.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mayfly, post: 1987326442, member: 28509"] Got your point. Reflecting on the term now, it was probably a marketing term used to draw attention on a bunch of exciting new young British bands that were taking their inspiration from the British pop, rock and glam-rock tradition: the Beatles for Oasis, glam-rock for Suede....and Gene was a good copycat of the Smiths and Morrissey. By that time, Morrissey was already an established artist, so he wouldn't qualify. And no, the styles of the albums he released did not exactly chime in with the predominant style of Britpop, typical Moz of course. But up to 1997 (Maladjusted), Morrissey was the greatest British icon of his time. I couldn't think of him in any other way then. And whatever we think of the label "Britpop", it really was a fantastic time for British music, with several timeless albums released. Oasis' Morning Glory (25th anniversary today) sold most copies, but my favorites are Pulp (A different class) and the first 3 albums by Suede. [/QUOTE]

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