Britpop and Cool Britannia Part 2 | 103

History of the 90s

Kathy Kenzora

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of History of the 90s, part two of our look back at the rise and fall of Brit Pop and Cool Britannia. In the 1990s all areas of British culture underwent a massive re-birth. A new wave of pop music swept the nation, the film industry was booming, the fashion world was alive with fresh new talent and a group of non-conformist Young British Artists was taking the art world by storm. Even a younger, cooler Prime Minister had moved in to 10 Downing Street.

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Guest Info:

Daniel Rachel, 90s musician turned award-winning author. His book is called: Don’t Look Back in Anger: The Rise and Fall of Cool Britannia Told by Those Who Were There. www.danielrachel.com

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s
0:04.7	early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime.
0:09.2	Ever wondered what power is. Power is transforming the sun into your own energy source.
0:16.0	Power is getting energy companies to pay you. Power is enjoying your morning coffee, knowing you created the energy to make it.
0:25.3	Well, you and the colossal ball of fire in the sky.
0:28.4	Because with solar panels from Hive, the sun works for you.
0:32.2	Hive, know your power.
0:34.2	May not cover all electricity usage, roof and weather dependent.
0:36.8	Paid for surplus requires eligible
0:38.2	SEC tariff. In March 1997, Vanity Fair magazine published a 25-page special report on how London,
0:49.2	England got its groove back. Just like in the swinging 60s, Britain's capital was once again a cultural
0:56.0	epicenter, teeming with new and youthful icons. According to the magazine, even its politicians
1:02.3	were cool, or at least coolish. Vanity Fair wasn't the only North American publication to notice
1:08.9	what was going on across the pond. Four months earlier in
1:12.3	November 1996, Newsweek ran an article that deemed London the coolest city on the planet. So what
1:19.7	exactly was going on? What was all the fuss about? I'm Kathy Kinsora, and this is History of the 90s, a podcast
1:27.3	about a decade that changed the world.
1:29.6	On this episode, part two of our look back at the rise and fall of Britpop, a wave of new music that mostly began in 1994 with blur and oasis.
1:58.9	It swept up dozens of other bands like pulp, su Swade, Echo Belly, and Elastika,
2:04.3	taking them along for a ride that peaked in 1996,
2:08.2	when Oasis performed in front of 250,000 ecstatic fans over two days
2:13.1	at the Nebworth Music Festival.
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