Yes it has put politicians of all parties on the backfoot.

Pleased to hear that Ronnie.

Good luck to him. Many other 90s acts are having a second wind in recent times.

I don't think that politicians from any party, in any country, are comfortable about 'Brexit'. They see themselves as the power that decides things. It has pulled the rug from under their feet - they didn't expect the UK electorate to vote out. The EU will want the French protests kept quiet - they ...

Yes and I thank Talk Talk leading me onto Blur and the indie scene as I bought the best of Talk Talk in 1990 (my first time I discovered them) and it led me away from mainstream pop (I bought Jive Bunny in 1989!)... A lot of people bought Jive Bunny in 1989, and their records got played to death on...

Yes, the amount of records he played on was quite something.

They were playing some on BBC 6Music yesterday. At the time I was listening, these included the 'Batman' TV theme, and 5th Dimension 'Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In'.

James blunt's tweet was brilliant. Ouch!! https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesBlunt/status/1102642930207113216 Yes, I didn't care for James Blunt's hit singles (apart from one) but that it is an enlightening quote from him. He represented 'shopping mall' music which is probably why the Gallaghers, Damo...

Yes, all very valid points.

A really sad day. I remember 'Charly' being released whilst I was at college and starting the whole 'Toytown Techno' scene - of course, nothing else came near it (apart from 'Summers Magic). :? I don't think I've heard the genre name 'Toytown Techno' before - was it used at the time? However, I lik...

Well, in theory I was more into EMF, Blur, Primal Scream, The Shamen etc in that period, but I also bought the first two Prodigy albums. I liked them, and they remain evocative of their period. 'Charly' was interesting, but by and large a typical rave record, but the immediacy of the single 'Everybo...

Good points Sledge Hammer - I also think their music was at the wrong time in the later 80s.

The melodic, thoughtful songs would have fitted in better with e.g. the mid 90s-early 2000s.

I liked them a lot. The singles were immediate for the time, though the album tracks could be a less invigorating listen - as dparrot mentions, they could slip into a kind of generic indie, but so did many other acts. As with Neal Zeal, I overlooked the third album - indie/Britpop was taking a sudde...

I must admit it passed me by at the time, even though I was following Blur's musical activities.

It is notable that Damon was not a front person of the project, which retrospectively seems unusual.

Caitlin - you must have been waiting years for this....

Yes I never bought the albums, but I liked the best known hit singles. And they have had a longevity - you still hear them now. The band always struck me as on the cusp of greater things. Again, was it a case of the indifferent late 80s music scene being wrong for them? Though they also had a litigi...