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Sleeper (band)
Sleeper are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1992. The group had eight UK top 40 hit singles and three UK top 10 albums during the 1990s. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of the pop cultural hit movie ''Trainspotting (soundtrack), Trainspotting''. The band split up in 1998, but reunited in 2017. History First three albums (1992–1998) Jon Stewart met Louise Wener at Manchester University in 1987 in a political philosophy class. They played in a number of bands at university, including jazz outfit the Lime Street Blues Band, then after graduating in 1988, moved to London to seek gigs. Wener later wrote that "we sounded not unlike the Sundays, but as time went on our music became increasingly influenced by US bands such as Hole (band), Hole, Nirvana (band), Nirvana and, most especially, the Pixies (band), Pixies". They advertised for new band members in ''Melody Maker'' ("Bass player and drummer wanted. Influences The Pixies and The Partridge F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Allen
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolades, including the most nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen was awarded an Golden Lion, Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Palme d'Or, Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Allen began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. He also published several books o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statuesque
"Statuesque" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. "Statuesque" was the fourth and final single to be released from Sleeper's second album '' The It Girl'' and became the group's last top twenty hit on the UK Singles Chart. Background "Statuesque" soundtracked a key scene at the end of the 1996 hit movie '' Trainspotting'', and featured on the additional soundtrack album '' Trainspotting #2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2'' the following year. Sleeper had also covered Blondie's 1980 hit " Atomic", for the movie; a remix of the song backed the single formats, along with a remix of "Statuesque" by then '' Evening Session'' DJ Steve Lamacq. For the b-sides of "Statuesque", Sleeper recorded two new tracks "She's a Sweetheart" and "Spies", as well as a cover of Elvis Costello's " The Other End of the Telescope", after Costello covered their own " What Do I Do Now?". Track listing *UK 7" single Indolent SLEEP 014 ''( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sale Of The Century (song)
"Sale of the Century" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist/guitarist Louise Wener and drummer Andy Maclure. In Europe, "Sale of the Century" was the second single to be released from their second album '' The It Girl'' in 1996 and became the group's first top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. Louise Wener said of the protagonist of "Sale of the Century": "Love makes you a little insane, yet rationality always kicks in. Dreamy persistence fascinates me, but so does powerlessness, ruined lives, and people who can't or don't get what they want." "Sale of the Century" was backed with " Atomic", the band's cover of the Blondie hit single, recorded for the '' Trainspotting'' soundtrack. Single release In the United States, Arista positioned "Sale of the Century" as the lead-off single for the North American release of the album, submitting a radio edit of the track to alternative radio. ''Billboard'' magazine were quick to point out that the single an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nice Guy Eddie
"Nice Guy Eddie" is a song by English Britpop Britpop was a mid-1990s United Kingdom, British-based music culture movement that emphasised Britishness. Musically, Britpop produced bright, catchy alternative rock, with significant influences from British guitar pop of the 1960s and 1970s. B ... band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the third single to be released from their second album, '' The It Girl''. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. While the tracks from '' The It Girl'' were being demoed, several tracks had working titles based on characters from '' Reservoir Dogs''; Nice Guy Eddie is the only one that kept that name. A segment of the song was used by BBC Wales for the intro and outro music for their coverage of the FAW Invitational Cup in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Track listings *UK CD single Indolent SLEEP 013CD *EU CD single BMG 74321 40149-2 #"Nice Guy Eddie" – 3:23 #"Pokerface" – 3:30 #"Blaze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Do I Do Now?
"What Do I Do Now?" is a 1995 song by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the first single to be released from their second album '' The It Girl'' which followed in May 1996. "What Do I Do Now" was covered by Elvis Costello for the 1997 compilation album ''Volume Seventeen'' (and later on the expanded edition of his 2001 album ''All This Useless Beauty''. Sleeper reciprocated by covering " The Other End of the Telescope", which appeared on the b-side of "Statuesque "Statuesque" is a song by Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. "Statuesque" was the fourth and final single to be released from Sleeper's second album '' The It Girl'' and became the group's last top t ...". Track listings *UK cassette single Indolent SLEEP 009MC #"What Do I Do Now?" – 3:41 #"Paint Me"– 3:25 *UK 7-inch single Indolent SLEEP 009 *UK CD1 Indolent SLEEP 009CD1 #"What Do I Do Now?" – 3:41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The It Girl (album)
''The It Girl'' is the second studio album by English Britpop band Sleeper, released in May 1996. It was their most successful album, selling over 300,000 copies in the UK alone and featuring the top-20 singles "What Do I Do Now?", " Sale of the Century", "Nice Guy Eddie", and "Statuesque". The album was released internationally, with the US version having a different track listing and alternative photos in the liner booklet. Background The album was recorded in London over the winter of 1995 and 1996 and production was helmed by Stephen Street. Much of the content of the album is autobiographical. "Lie Detector" was written about Wener's frustration with "how women are stereotyped and put into boxes, and not allowed to escape the way they were originally viewed." Critical reception The album was well received by critics and helped solidify Sleeper's status as a key band in the Britpop movement. Jack Rabid of AllMusic wrote that while "nothing is quite the total knoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Phonographic Industry
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, trading as British Phonographic Industry (BPI), is the British recorded music industry's trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards; is home to the Mercury Prize; co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association; and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Structure Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies, including ( Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK, Warner Music UK), and over 500 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the Chair of BPI, and includes the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Counsel, Chief Strategy Officer and 12 representatives from the recorded music sector: six from major labelstwo each from the three "major" companiesand six from the independent sector, who are selected by voting of all BPI independent label members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart (Sleeper Album)
''Smart'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Sleeper, released on 13 February 1995 by Indolent Records. It was mixed by Stephen Street. The album's sleeve photo is of the Mercury Seven astronauts. A 25th anniversary deluxe edition was released in 2020 on both vinyl and CD. The CD version has 10 extra tracks. Background Vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener came across guitarist Jon Stewart while the pair were attending Manchester University in 1992. The following year, they moved to London and formed a band with bassist Diid Osman and drummer Andy Maclure of the Crawl. The band, christened Surrender Dorothy, started performing live by mid-1993; they signed to Indolent, who were impressed with the track "Stay", and changed their name to Sleeper. Stewart said there were "about a dozen Surrender Dororthys" in the United States. They played a few shows under this new name prior to the release of the "Alice in Vain" single, in November 1993. "Swallow" was then released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parklife
''Parklife'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Blur, released on 25 April 1994, by Food Records. After moderate sales for their previous album '' Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (1993), ''Parklife'' returned Blur to prominence in the UK, helped by its four hit singles: " Girls & Boys", " To the End", " Parklife" and " End of a Century". Certified four times platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the album came to define the emerging Britpop scene in the year following its release, along with the album '' Definitely Maybe'' by future rivals Oasis. Britpop in turn would form the backbone of the broader Cool Britannia movement. ''Parklife'' therefore has attained a cultural significance beyond its considerable sales and critical acclaim, cementing its status as a landmark in British rock music. In 2010, ''Parklife'' was one of ten album covers from British artists commemorated on a UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blur (band)
Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The band consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James, and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album, ''Leisure'' (1991), incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegaze. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles, and XTC, Blur released the albums '' Modern Life Is Rubbish'' (1993), ''Parklife'' (1994), and '' The Great Escape'' (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a widely publicised chart battle with rival band Oasis in 1995 dubbed " The Battle of Britpop". Blur's self-titled fifth album (1997) saw another stylistic shift, influenced by the lo-fi styles of American indie rock groups, and became their third UK chart-topping album. Its single " Song 2" brought the band mainstream success in the US for the first time. Their next album, '' 13'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Winton
Dale Jonathan Winton (22 May 1955 – 18 April 2018) was an English radio DJ and television presenter. He presented the shows '' Supermarket Sweep'' from 1993 until 2001 and again in 2007, the National Lottery game show '' In It to Win It'' between 2002 and 2016 and the 2008 series of '' Hole in the Wall''. Winton also presented '' Pets Win Prizes'' (1995–96) and '' The Other Half'' (1997–2002). Early life Winton was born on 22 May 1955 to a Jewish father, Gary Winton, and actress Sheree Winton, a Jewish convert. Winton's father died on the day of his bar mitzvah and so he was brought up by his mother. Winton's mother died by suicide in 1976 while suffering from depression. Career Radio Winton started DJing in clubs in Richmond in 1972, where he met Steve Allen, the LBC radio presenter. The two remained friends thereafter, and lived together for a period as well as going on holiday together. From there he had a selection of jobs including selling timeshares. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
