This is such an amazing piece Lisa! I can really relate to a lot of it, although I hit the scene just a little too late to enjoy its heyday. Seeing Pulp at Glastonbury triggered so many memories in me too — I bet the Co-op Live show was great.
This is so good; I love “Nostalgia is only whatever you compare it to.” I loved Pulp too, and my big bands of the early to mid nineties were Lush, Sleeper and Elastica, but Oasis were always up there, and my 34 year old son is an Oasis obsessive (he said he has never loved me more than when I bought a tiny Oasis tee shirt for his little baby son… 😬
I like how you explore the fact that you can embrace nostalgia whilst also recognising its limitations, and the fact that nostalgia does not have to mean a denial of the positives in the present.
Great piece (I always love reading your Substack!!)
Thank you so much! That means the world! I wondered if I was writing into the void, even though I could have written so much more about what music I have loved since and now. I also loved lush, sleeper and elastica, so cool. I think I saw all of them at festivals and Sleeper came to the Tiv in north Wales too.
This is such an amazing piece Lisa! I can really relate to a lot of it, although I hit the scene just a little too late to enjoy its heyday. Seeing Pulp at Glastonbury triggered so many memories in me too — I bet the Co-op Live show was great.
This is so good; I love “Nostalgia is only whatever you compare it to.” I loved Pulp too, and my big bands of the early to mid nineties were Lush, Sleeper and Elastica, but Oasis were always up there, and my 34 year old son is an Oasis obsessive (he said he has never loved me more than when I bought a tiny Oasis tee shirt for his little baby son… 😬
I like how you explore the fact that you can embrace nostalgia whilst also recognising its limitations, and the fact that nostalgia does not have to mean a denial of the positives in the present.
Great piece (I always love reading your Substack!!)
Thank you so much! That means the world! I wondered if I was writing into the void, even though I could have written so much more about what music I have loved since and now. I also loved lush, sleeper and elastica, so cool. I think I saw all of them at festivals and Sleeper came to the Tiv in north Wales too.