It’s the incuriousness of the average Brit that really puts me out. You’re not worth talking to if every conversation has to massage your ego and you can be earnest and genuine about nothing.
They’re a nation of perpetual 12 year olds
@alfie_t8 Joy Division and New Order probably come closest with the whole post punk thing and being one of the first to fuse indie guitar music with dance music but I’m not sure I would put either on par with being the first proper heavy metal band
I sometimes ponder the materialist explanation for why Manchester has a much bigger cultural impact upon Britain, given that it is almost half the size of Birmingham in terms of population.
Just on the basis of music, Manchester has Joy Division, New Order, the Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses, Elbow, Oasis, The Fall, Buzzcocks, the Chemical Brothers, A Certain Ratio, The Verve, the list goes on.
What does Birmingham have? UB40 and Black Sabbath?
It's probably partly down to the fact that Manchester was a big student city in the post-war period, through to today.
And Manchester/the North West in general seems to have a stronger regional identity and civic pride than the Midlands, perhaps due to its relatively higher demographic concentration. I haven't come up with many other reasons beyond that.
We can't be including European trophies won when you're playing 'Freiburg' in the final and 'Nottingham Forest' in the semis, almost as bad as ifpeople claimed the intertoto cup as a major trophy
Meanwhile in England, if you dare mutter the name of your rivals you’re called obsessed for the rest of time. Proper footy. Proper reaction. Hate watching is fucking class.
LOUIS THEROUX: (shouting at ceiling) Hi Wallace, it's Louis. Are you coming down?
V.O.: I'd been told to expect the unexpected when Wallace came down for breakfast.
WALLACE: Be there in a minute! Enjoy the show!
LOUIS: (to Gromit) Is this normal?