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Britpop, a. and n.
Brit. |ˈbrɪtpɒp|, U.S. |ˈbrɪtˌpɑp|
Forms: 19– BritPop, 19– Britpop, 19– Brit-Pop, 19– Brit-pop, 19– Brit Pop, 19– Brit pop
[‹ Brit- comb. form + pop n.8]
A. adj. Designating or characteristic of British pop music or a British pop group; (now usually) spec. designating bands or music within the genre of Britpop (see sense B.).
1977New Musical Express 6 Aug. 23/2 At home The Sex Pistols are public enemies. In Sweden, they're an important visiting Britpop group. 1986San Diego Union 21 May c8 You would think it tough to call a group ‘obscure’ but until recently that described Level 42, a Brit-pop group that plays at Mony Mony's. 1991Utne Reader July–Aug. 133/2 (advt.) Mouth Music's fine-spun fusion of traditional Gaelic folksong and a blend of Afro-dance and Brit-pop rhythm sensibilities is a bewitching success. 1995Melody Maker 25 Mar. 9/1 It's a dead cert that 1995 will be characterised by huge numbers of dodgy combos desperately waving the Brit Pop banner. Also guaranteed..is that 1996 will see the vast majority make their farewell appearances in The Maker's own AWOL column. 2000Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Nov. 54 Only with the second disc's back-to-back trawl through the Britpop classics..does it come to life.
B. n. British pop music; (now usually) spec. the music of a number of British guitar-led groups, first popular in the early to mid 1990s, drawing on specifically British influences (such as the Beatles, mod, glam rock, etc.); this music as a genre.
1986Playboy Apr. 26/3 Sharkey became quite a big deal in England with a sound square in the middle of Eighties Brit pop. 1990S. Reynolds Blissed Out 91 Britpop always lags far behind black American pop. 1994Guardian (Nexis) 15 Apr. 8 This Sheffield group's first major-label album is a different kettle of kitsch from anything else in Brit-pop. 1996Independent on Sunday 4 Feb. (Real Lives Suppl.) 3/5 Everyone's sick to death of smiley Britpop. 2001Birmingham Post (Electronic ed.) 16 Jan. How is it other graduates of the Class of 96—the year of Britpop—have failed to continue their success in the 21st Century? |