The Bluetones- "Slight Return": Classic or Dud.

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The last big Britpop single? Held off number one by Babylon Zoo. It's weird to think nowadays, when The Bluetones seem like a punchline, that at one point it looked like they could become the biggest band in the UK. Anyway, this is a really good single. Discuss.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Liking it's a bit embarassing now, but it sounded nice at the time. Now, "Solomon Bites The Worm" and "If", they were better.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

This is ILM Jeopardy and you should phrase your answer in the form of a C-Mang question e.g.

This is a fantastic, poignant, jaunty Britpop classic whereas 'Intergalactic' by the Beastie Boys is just a load of old shit isn't it.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

It's pleasant enough.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Well Intergalactic IS just a load of old shit.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

it was classic. so was the album. their downfall was that they came at exactly the right time.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway, it came out.. 1996? Despite that, it used to come on the radio every day while I was at work ca. 1999 and I used to dance around to it while cleaning counters and restocking fridges.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

their tunes summed up all that there was about the summer of '96, they were truly the best band in the world ever, and I like to listen to them on stereo headphones while carefully contemplating pictures of ms par|s h|lton, who everybody in the whole world fancies, and if you say you don't, your a liar.

Nirvana, on the other hand, were a bunch of whining losers

Bluetones win, yuo gaylords.

― C-MANg (Pashmina), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Will that do, Stevem?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

titter.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought 'marblehead johnson' was alright. it's about having an erection. we've all been there, eh lads...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

huh. nice album. beautiful cover. nice summery byrds-like tunes. if they never did anything else they could have been massive in a cult-lite way. but yeah, this is good stuff.

― doomie x, Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

'after hours' is also good

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

that was supposed to be in very small font

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway i prefer Shack's 'Natalie's Party' and Supergrass 'Moving' - haha, 1999 was the real best year for Britpop...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

loved blutones back in britpop times when i was an early-mid teen. i still like them, but until recently i figured that my liking of them was just nostalgic fondness, and the music was probably rub. alas, this song has recently appeared on the easy-listening comp at work, and i decided that the 'tones are actually just *good* (not great, though) in their own right. this is gorgeous summery indie-pop - i will have a look through my old cassettes to see if i still have a copy.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Their Xmas party at the Leadmill in 1995 was just brilliant /sigh

― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Killian's about right, though my nostalgic fondness for the song might be a little higher, so I'll say semi-great at best and very good at worst. I miss that summer.

― Barima, Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Don't Stand Me Down" on the b-side was better.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I am slowly realising that I never actually was indie to start with. What the fuck am I then?
-- Sick Mouthy (sickmouth...), August 10th, 2004.

Aha!

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

classic - if only for whenever Mark and Lard played it on their show.

― carson dial (carson dial), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

That was deliberate, Ed!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 13:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i would rather listen to death metal/hip hop mashups than this turd of a record ever again.

― purple patch (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 August 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Quite good. But 'Bluetonic' is actual proper classic.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Are You Blue Or Are You Blind is better bkz handclaps innit.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

TS: "Slight Return" or the end of "After Murder Park". Same tune, dudes.

― Gribowitz (Lynskey), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 11:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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