Pop Buzz UK

Carrying on the attempt at educating anyone who thinks British music ended with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, here is another selection of great music from the UK. It’s all handpicked by me, and whether you think it’s great, OK, or downright unlistenable, just let me know by using ye olde comment box down there!
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The Who were British pioneers of the the new rock scene during the Swinging Sixties, and inspired generations of musicians with their sound, energy on stage, and general awesomeness. What I never expected to hapen though, was for them to inspire a bunch of wrinkly old age pensioners to team up and form a band, but that’s exactly what has happened.

The Zimmers - My Generation

No, that isn’t Roger Daltrey singing, or Pete Townshend playing the guitar, instead it’s some oldies singing ‘My Generation’. The Zimmers have covered the classic Who track as part of a documentary which will be shown on BBC2 in May.
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Carrying on the attempt at educating anyone who thinks British music ended with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, here is another selection of great music from the UK. It’s all handpicked by me, and whether you think it’s great, OK, or downright unlistenable, just let me know by using ye olde comment box down there!
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I thought it was time to take a leaf out of the YouTube Digger’s book… he’s a great guy, funny, devilishly handsome, and also very modest! So I’m going to start trawling the archives for some clips which will fit on Pop Buzz UK, and show some funny, clever, and downright genius moments from British pop culture.

We start with a clip combining one of the great American sci-fi shows with probably the daddy of classic alternative comedy, as I present to you Star Trek meets Monty Python! Dun dun dunhhhhhh…
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Carrying on the attempt at educating anyone who thinks British music ended with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, here is another selection of great music from the UK. It’s all handpicked by me, and whether you think it’s great, OK, or downright unlistenable, just let me know by using ye olde comment box down there!
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After posting my review of the Arctic Monkeys new single ‘Brianstorm’ on Tuesday, I was shocked by the amount of non-British people whose response was “Who are the Arctic Monkeys?” or “Great song, but I’ve never heard of them before“. So, in response I thought I’d better start educating those of you who may not be completely au fait with British music by sharing and recommending a few songs.
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This isn’t brand new but it’s so good, and I’ve only just found it on YouTube so thought I’d post. The clip shows Pearl Heanen, an old lady from Australia who started diving once she hit OAP status and does it in a really funny way.
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Now, before all of you of a female persuasion kick off with me for being a sexist pig, take a minute to hear me out. I was searching You Tube for something or other the other day when I remembered a particular clip from Harry Enfield And Chums, a great comedy programme from the 90s starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. I found it and I had to share, it still makes me laugh even now, and just remember they don’t mean it, they are taking the mick out of the old public information films of the 40s and 50s. Enjoy…

Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Women, Public Information, UK, British

I recently found this article billed as ‘The 50 worst artists in music history’ on Digg and after reading it I had to share it with my readers. Not because it’s excellent, essential reading, not because it got it all spot on. No but rather because it is atrocious, there are so many mistakes it’s unbelievable. I suppose I shouldn’t say that because music and our taste in it are personal and individual so what is one man’s Nirvana is another man’s Kenny G. Following that train of thought though, they shouldn’t have even printed such an article or set about trying to tell us who are the “50 worst artists in music history�. It might be their choice of such but it’s certainly not mine.

So what do I agree with and what do I think is an insult to some great bands? (more…)

I’m a massive fan of Friends… I felt I should get that out of the way first. Yes, I’m male, no I’m not gay, but yes I do love Friends. I’ve probably seen all 250 odd episodes at least 3 times each. The British Cable channel E4 basically show them on a loop from start to finish, 2 episodes a day, twice a day, I blame them entirely. So when I saw the following clip on the popular charts on You Tube, I didn’t know whether to be offended or to laugh. I watched it and laughed, so I’m sharing it with all of you. (more…)