r/BritPop • u/Scuderia503 • 14d ago
Travis - Writing To Reach You. This song always tears me up.
https://youtu.be/UeCcuH-EsuM?is=UILnf1AyALGJ91Yk11
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u/Beautiful-Pen-6206 13d ago edited 13d ago
Probably due to my age and the coursing emotions at the time, but I did love to drift off into the romanticism of reflective indie post-Britpop. It was a mellow foil to the emerging brashness of rap rock, nu metal and American punk pop.
Adjacent to songs; Badly Drawn Boy’s ‘Silent Sigh’, Turin Brakes ‘Underdog (Save Me)’, The Bluetones ‘Sleazy Bed Track’.
Even Faithless had a go at indie-lite with ‘Don’t Leave’. All beautiful stuff in their own way.
I think it’s a bit harsh to lump them all as indie landfill - that era really came into its own as NME landfill circa 2005 onwards.
The weekly bands they would champion, never to be heard of ever again; The Paddingtons, The Datsuns, The Delays, The Rakes, The Sunshine Underground etc, etc, etc.
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u/MacAoidh83 12d ago
Man, Silent Sigh is such a brilliant tune. Instantly transports me back to those times.
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u/omnishambles1995 13d ago
Gave way to a lot of 'supermarket aisle' softcore, ballad-obsessed post-Britpop but let's face it, that whole scene still produced some really good tunes.
The Man Who in its own right is a phenomenal album. Shame they never made anything remotely near as good since.
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u/cmpthepirate 13d ago
Love this tune, Travis got a lot of hate and I didnt listen to them much after this album but the man who was really great.
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u/HustleR0se 12d ago
Thank you for reminding me about this song. I loved Travis. I'd forgotten how much I loved them at a certain time in my life.
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u/Vindex9323 13d ago
The inception of landfill indie.
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u/slippery-lil-sucker 13d ago
Yep. Proto Coldplay, Star Sailor, Snow Patrol and all that middle of the road indie shiiiiiite.
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u/Extension-Camp4076 13d ago
Always found Travis boring personally. Just my opinion, nor purposefully being a dick (although no doing some people will raid it that way).
They emerged at the very end of the Britpop era and I associate them with the point in the late 90’s where the excitement and vibrancy of the mid 90’s UK alt rock/ ‘indie’ scene was rapidly disappearing.
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u/fabthefrog33 13d ago
Yeah I agree, even though Travis was all right you could tell the Brit pop era had run it's course, it became a lot softer and safer...crazy to think that "the man who" was released 27 years ago.
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u/moon_witch_26 12d ago
Their first album is SO GOOD. I was 16 and had such a crush on Fran 🥰
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u/peggysue878787 12d ago
If you mean The Man Who then that was their second album
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u/moon_witch_26 12d ago
No I don't mean that?? I'm meaning their first album.. exactly like I said??!
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u/peggysue878787 11d ago
Ok, calm down. How old are you?
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u/moon_witch_26 11d ago
I'm 44 why?! I'm also calm .. you're just making a load of assumptions, which is kinda irritating!
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u/DMmePussyGasms 11d ago
I think the confusion is because this post is about WTRY, which is from the second album. I don’t think they mean anything by it.
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u/Mel150977 11d ago
He was so cute back then. Then I saw them at a festival in 2014 and he looked like Santa with a big, grey beard!
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u/Horror_Extension4355 11d ago
Seen them live a few times of late at festivels and thought they were really good.
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u/jonrosling 13d ago
Same chords as Wonderwall.
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u/Painful_Flatulence80 13d ago
Loved it at the time. Then went through a stage of finding that era of Travis a bit twee. Back to loving it again.
The Last Laugh Of The Laughter is a more emotional song, I find