Hit Parade: Champagne Supernova Edition Part 2
b'In the \\u201990s, U.K. rock was by Britons, for Britons. The music of the U.K. indie, Madchester and shoegaze scenes fused together into a new wave of guitar bands with punk energy, laddish lyrics and danceable grooves. They called it Britpop.\\n\\nIn the motherland, Britpop set the charts alight: Blur faced off against Oasis. Pulp poked fun at the class system. Suede sold androgyny, and Elastica repackaged \\u201970s art-punk as \\u201990s pop. But with rare exception, these hits didn\\u2019t translate in America. There was no Third British Invasion in the \\u201990s\\u2014with the exception of that one inscrutable Oasis song about a \\u201cWonderwall.\\u201d\\n\\nWhy did Britpop fire up Old Blighty and flop with the Yanks? Join Chris Molanphy as he tries to define Britppop\\u2014was it a scene? a sound? a movement?\\u2014and explains how the music boomed and busted faster than a cannonball.\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\n\\n\\nMake an impact this Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month by helping Macy\\u2019s on their mission to fund APIA Scholars. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'