Just so Rock Revival is not accussed of being "Boomer Triumphalists" or " Rock Curmudgeon's" we are going to demonstrate that we have actually listened to music made after 1975. From post-punk to post-rock,
shoegazing to Brit-pop, there has actually been some pretty astounding music made since the sketchy decade of the 80's, in what is known as the indie field.
Rock Revival is not quite as enthusuastic as the NME: that would involve thinking that every group of four kids with Northern accents were as good as the Beatles, or that the Arctic Monkeys are as important as the Kinks.
Here is our list of twenty incredible songs that have come out of the UK in the past 10 years or so:
1. The Verve : Bittersweet Symphony
Coolest video ever, written by Jagger and Richards
2. Starsailor: Alchoholic
Acoustic, better than the souped up Four on the Floor
3. Jack Panate: Torn on the Platform
In love with London
4. The Futureheads: Decent Days and Decent Nights
Brilliant hacking guitars
5. Athlete: Vehicles and Animals
Everything Athlete does is exquisite
6. Richard Ashcroft: A Song For the Lovers
Lead singer of the Verve, with a taste of Gram Parsons
7. Handbags and Gladrags: Stereophonics
Homage to Rod Stewart, with a voice to match
8. Bloc Party: Helicopter
Brilliant, actually heard this one in a shopping mall in hicksville, USA
9. Elbow: New Born
10. Ian Brown: Forever and a day
Great guitar solos
11. Blur: Parklife
Quintissentally English
12. Jane She Got Excavated: Ocean Color Scene
13. Kaiser Chiefs: I Predict a Riot
Needs to be on every list
14. Oasis: Champagne Supernova
Wonderwall is like Stairway to Heaven, great, never to be played again
15. The La's" There She Goes
Sing-a-long heaven
16. Pulp: Disco 2000
17. Travis: Driftwood
18. Pulp: Common People
19. Nizlopi: The JCB Song
I am afraid I tear up every time I hear this one
20. The Streets: Dry Your Eyes
Not really indie rock and roll, but Mike Skinner is one of the best around
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