Good Time Boys III – Part 2

These days, the best of Britpop takes me back to my younger days, especially the turn of the century when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria and music videos on MTV Europe by Britpop heavies like Kula Shaker, Travis, Richard Ashcroft, and Oasis gradually seduced me. Britpop really was the last big musical movement I can remember and now we have very little in the way of good (forget great) popular music. Decades used to have a feel- now most days I can’t even remember in which decade I’m living. But, fortunately, joy and inspiration do not have a shelf life and music is a spiritual enterprise. All I have to do is play the music and it’s happening- here and now (even if I can’t remember what day it is). Here are more of my favorite Britpop songs. Enjoy!

The Stone Roses

01. Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)

02. Shack – “Re-Instated” (1999)

03. Maximo Park – “Going Missing” (2005)

04. Snow Patrol – “Chocolate” (2003)

05. Blur – “Song 2” (1997)

06. Keane – “Silenced by the Night (Live)” (2019)

07. Radiohead – “Karma Police” (1997)

08. The Boo Radleys – “There She Goes” (1993)

09. Travis – “Writing to Reach You” (1999)

10. Richard Ashcroft – “A Song for the Lovers” (2000)

11. Kaiser Chiefs – “I Predict a Riot” (2004)

12. World Party – “Ship of Fools” (1987)

13. Travis – “Flowers in the Window” (2001)

14. Oasis – “Lyla” (2005)

15. The Stone Roses – “Elephant Stone” (1988)

16. U2 – “Vertigo” (2004)

17. Arctic Monkeys – “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” (2006)

Radiohead

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Oasis – “Don’t Look Back in Anger”

Travis - 8. River (Joni Mitchell cover)