Higher Than The Sun

It was the era of cool Britannia – a get-dancing, get-wasted, go-mad-for-it moment that lifted the nation for a few magic years in the Nineties. And it went beyond the dancefloor, taking that arrogant, anything-goes energy all the way into Downing Street. A time when anything was possible, nothing was taboo, and British music ruled the world.

Elgar Johnson

NINETEEN-NINETY-FOUR. The term Britpop was ubiquitous, encompassing a sound and style that projected cool Britannia in a major way for the first time since Carnaby Street was the centre of the world in the Sixties. Oasis, Blur, Suede and Elastica dominated the airwaves. Songs about sitting at home and having a cup of tea and going shopping for food like common people had never been so essential. And it wasn’t just the everyday Joe who wanted to be in a band and drink at The Good Mixer in Camden. Even politicians fancied themselves as rock’n’roll stars. Labour’s Spinal Tap-style leader Tony Blair decided this was the moment to remind everyone that he once played an instrument, in sharp contrast to the not-so-rock’n’roll John Major. It was very much a case…

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