Watch our live cover version of The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene filmed live at Silverstone festival. Everyone loves singing along to the chorus with us “Ooh la-la, Ooh la-la, Ooh la-la, Ooh la” with their hands in the air. ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are a Britpop and 90’s cover band. To book a Brit pop tribute band for your live event contact bass player Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability. We’ll perform this song and many more nineties bangers too.
The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene Cover Version Live Video
B-Sides of the various singles:
The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago
I Need a Love Song
Chicken Bones and Stones
Travellers Tune
Justine
The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene Cover Version Live Video
Live at Silverstone Festival
Live at a festival in Leeds in 2024
Live at Wonderwolves Festival September 2025
Lyrics to The Day We Caught The Train
I never saw it as the start, it’s more a change of heart.
Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney pot.
Blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot.
I laid my plans in solid rock.
Stepping through the door like a troubadour,
whiling just an hour away.
Looking at the trees on the roadside, feeling it’s a holiday.
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats
just miles away.
Roll a number, write another song like, Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
He sips another rum and coke, told a dirty joke.
Walking like Groucho, sucking on a number 10.
Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in.
I’ll miss the crush and I’m home again.
Stepping through the door with the night in store,
whiling just an hour away.
Step into the sky in the starbright, feeling it’s a brighter day.
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away.
Roll a number, write another song like, Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
Ooh lala, ooh lala
You and I should ride the tracks and find ourselves just wading through tomorrow.
And you and I, when we’re coming down, we’re only getting back
And you know I feel no sorrow.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you want days like these.
Ooh lala, ooh lala.
Most of the songs lyrics are inspired by the 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia written by rock band The Who. Which then became a film in 1979 starring Phil Daniels (Later of Blur Parklife fame) in the lead roll as Mod ‘Jimmy Cooper’. Lyrics like “Jimmy heard the day he caught the train” and “Ride the coast” (referring to Jimmy riding his Lambretta mod scooter to Brighton at weekends to get into fights with Rockers) make this obviously so.
Even the official video for the single features Quadrophenia esque mod scooters being driven around paying homage back once again.
Ocean Colour Scene were based in Moseley Birmingham (B13 postcode) and even named their second album “Moseley Shoals”
Moseley Shoals singles:
You’ve Got It Bad
The Riverboat Song
The Day We Caught the Train
The Circle
The Day We Caught the Train was released 3rd June 1996 and entered the charts at number 4 in the UK charts on 9th June 1996 which was its highest position. Ocean Colour Scene were a part of the mod revival and Britpop scene in the mid 1990’s along side Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, Pulp, Sleeper, Elastica etc.
The band supported Oasis on part of their 1995 tour. OCS performed at Balloch Castle Country Park in August 1996 with Oasis, Cast (Featuring John Power from The La’s), Heavy Stereo (Gem Archer would later go on to join Oasis as guitarist) Black Grape (Featuring Shaun Ryder from The Happy Mondays, Manic Street Preachers and The Bootleg Beatles.
Ocean Colour Scene became a household name in the mid 90’s when their song ‘The Riverboat Song’ was used whenever celebrities walked through the audience on ‘TFI Friday’ to be interviewed by Chris Evans
Hire a 90s cover band for your nineteen nineties themed event such as a 90’s wedding, 90’s festival, 90’s birthday party. And have the UK’s best and most authentic 90’s cover band handle all your 1990’s live entertainment. If your after massive 90’s music numbers by bands like Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, The Rembrandts, EMF, The Stone Roses, Alanis Morissette and more then ‘Britpop Reunion‘ are the 90s covers band for you. Don’t be shy, get in contact with band leader Andy Starkey to check on availability and price.
90s Cover Band
Book a 90s Cover Band
Depending on how large an event you’re planning on holding can depend on whether we will supply our own PA system and lighting or whether you’ll need to supply it yourself. Read more about what you get. Generally for weddings and birthday parties up to about 150 people (Depending on room size) we can bring along everything required for live music at your event. Events with much larger numbers of guests, larger room sizes, corporate events and festivals you need to hire in your own professional sound company. We can put you in touch with other professional companies who can supply you with such things if you require. It’s all very simple to organise.
About ‘Britpop Reunion’
‘Britpop Reunion‘ set up shop in 2014 and instantly became the number one 90’s cover band in the UK. We play the types of gigs and venues other bands can only dream of. 90’s Festivals to 4000+ punters and lavish 90’s weddings in wonderfully posh tipi’s and country manors. Also we’ve supported huge bands from the 1990’s and performed at massive 90’s themed university parties. That said though, we do enjoy a nice little low key wedding or party too. They’re just as much fun for us and you. Whatever the size of your event if you want to book a nineties covers band then choose Britpop Reunion. Just like hundreds of previous clients have done previously.
90’s Cover Band Songs
We’ll perform covers of live 1990’s music like Don’t Look Back In Anger, Parklife, Alright, Disco 2000, Baby One More Time and more 90’s hits. Therefore all your guests, clients and ticket paying punters of all ages will enjoy our nostalgic 90’s performances. We’ll give you all one hell of a 90’s inspired show dressed in period 1990s clothing. Also with with a big nineties on-stage swagger. Contact Andrew Starkey to check on price and availability. If you love the ninties then book a professional 90’s cover band for an event.
The size of your event may dictate what sound and lighting equipment we’ll being with us. When you hire last minute musicians. Read our dedicated page of what you get, but in a nutshell for events smaller than approx 150 people we’ll bring everything needed to handle your whole party. Thats the entire state of the art PA system, lighting and full band backline. We’ll tune your room to perfection and you’ll never hear any screaming feedback with 1990’s cover band ‘Britpop Reunion’. We know exactly what we’re doing with live sound reproduction as we’ve been around since 2014. We can perform at any sized venue or outdoor festival. 90s band Britpop Reunion have the know-how to handle crowds from double figures to many thousands.
Hire Last Minute Musicians who can prove their credentials.
Our Britpop tribute band has masses of previous live experience and skills to make sure your event is enjoyed by all ages. Book last minute musicians who can bring the house down with huge singalong anthems. Massive hits like Wonderwall, Sit Down, There She Goes, Common People and more. As well as huge 90’s Britpop cover band songs we’ll also perform massive nineteen nineties numbers. Artists like Chumbawamba, The Cure, James, The La’s, The Stone Roses, The Wannadies and more. Everyone will be singing and dancing along when you book last minute musicians.
Need more proof of what we can bring to your live event? Firstly check out the below videos then contact Andy Starkey for a quote. Then do the right thing and book a professional live Britpop cover band for your event. Don’t leave it up to chance.
Listen to Friday Im In Love by The Cure cover version by a 90’s tribute band ‘Britpop Reunion‘. Formed in 2014 our Brit pop and 90s cover band have amassed a huge amount of live videos over the year proving our credentials as the UK’s best 90’s cover band. We’ll give you all the hits from Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, The Cure, Pulp, James, The Stone Roses and more. All your guests will be bouncing along to Friday I’m In Love, Wonderwall, Country House, Alright, Sit Down and more. Put your trust a band with all the provable Facebook and Google reviews that Britpop Reunion have and don’t leave it up to chance. ContactBritpop artist Andy Starkey to check on price and availability for your live event.
Friday Im In Love by The Cure Cover Version by 90s Tribute Band
Friday Im In Love by The Cure cover
The song “Friday I’m In Love” was released in 1992 by The Cure and was taken from their ninth studio album ‘Wish’. It reached number 6 in the UK charts and number 18 in the USA Billboard Hot 100. As well as The Forest, Boys Don’t Cry and Love Cats this is one of The Cure’s most easily recognisable songs. . The Cure are often categorised as a ‘Goth Band’ due to the way lead singer Robert Smith dresses. Also due to the sadness of lyrics and minor chords in the songs. But this tune for once is definitely on the poppier side of their singles and songs.
“Friday I’m In Love” is one of those songs that goes through each day of the week. “I don’t care if Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too. Thursday I don’t care about you its Friday I’m in love…… Saturday wait, Sunday always comes to late. But Friday never hesitates. “
The original recording is every so slightly out of tune, so if you want to play along to it you will need to tune your strings up a few cents. Then it will be perfectly in tune to D major. The chords to Friday I’m In Love are:
‘Britpop Reunion‘ are a British 90s band like no other. No honestly we really are, just look over our website and you’ll soon see why. An amazing sounding band utilising the best of period instruments and amplifiers with the latest in sound reinforcement. Britpop Reunion dress exactly like a nineties band and perform with the swagger of a nineties band. We’ve got the 90’s perfected to the absolute minuscule degree for your live event. Head back to the 1990’s with us performing mega chart hits by Oasis, Blur, The Mavericks, The Verve, Pulp, Britney Spears, James, Supergrass and more from our 90’s tribute band repertoire. You can book ‘Britpop Reunion‘ for your wedding band, birthday party band, corporate event band, festival band and more. Hire a band throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Contact band leader Andy Starkey as soon as possible to check on price and availability for your event. We look forward to hearing from you.
British 90s Band
Book a British 90s band who can prove why they’re worth booking.
We spend a lot of our time producing high end quality live videos of our performances. There is no other British 90’s band or Britpop tribute band out there doing what we do. A crummy “shot on a phone video with trashy audio” is simply not good enough to ask you to part with your hard earned cash. All of our 1990’s band videos are professionally shot with high end cameras taking audio from our state of the art digital mixing desk. What you see and hear is exactly what we’re like live. Why settle for anything less?
As well as our amazing high energy performances you’ll get to see clients and guests reactions too. As far as Britpop musician Andy Starkey & his Britpop band are concerned thats what really counts. That YOU LOT are enjoying yourselves. It’s not about us at all, it’s all about you and your guests. Entertaining you every second of our perfromance is our number one priority as is your satisfaction.
Nineties Band Wedding Video
90’s themed weddings? We’ve got you covered. We’re experts in weddings. We perform at many, many weddings every single year and have many, many satisfied bride & groom customers. We’ll perform lots of classic indie songs by Britpop bands as well as fantastic 90’s chart pop music. 90’s band Britpop Reunion are the only professional nineties wedding band in the UK.
Having a corporate dinner awards party, corporate event or conference? Yep, we perform at these too. You don’t always have to book a disco, soul or funk band playing 70’s music. Step forward two decades and book a British 90s band and hear all the best 90’s chart pop songs once again.
Book a Festival band
Of course we perform at festivals too. Festivals are some of the most fun we have on stage ourselves. Andy (Lead singer & bass player) loves whipping festival crowds up in a frenzy. He says “Most of the time I don’t even need to bother singing as the crowd are singing it back to me. I can just jump around enjoying them enjoying us”.
Book Britpop band ‘Britpop Reunion’ all over the UK, Europe and across the World. Or hire a British 90’s Band for a live event. Also contact us over on Facebook and let us know how we can help you with live entertainment.
‘Britpop Reunion‘ live performance of Britney Spears ‘Baby One More Time” in our very own rock cover version style. This song was performed as well as another ninety minutes of nineties chart topping songs in front of two thousand plus screaming students at University of Exeter, Penryn Campus. Back in 2017 Britpop Reunion were hired by the university for their ‘Back to The 90’s’ event. Consequently we headlined the Saturday night. As you’ll see from the video below the students and faculty all massively enjoyed themselves dancing and crowd surfing along all night to songs by Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, and more from our 90’s tribute band repertoire. ContactBritpop artist Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire a 90’s cover band for a University event or ball.
Baby One More Time Rock Cover Version
This really was an amazing gig for us with professional 90’s band Britpop Reunion put on an amazing performance. The Top Of The Pops stage dressing really was the icing on the cake for pure 90’s authenticity. Penryn Campus venue had hired in a huge PA system and their own dedicated sound engineer and lighting engineer. 90’s cover band Britpop Reunion were then able to just purely concentrate on performing and entertaining the crowd. We soundcheck, chilled out for a bit and then got changed into our on stage clothing. Then all of a sudden we were walking onto the stage and boy oh boy did we perform well. The whole crowd instantly joined in “Oh Baby baby, how was I supposed to know…”. This really was one of the best gigs of our lives.
Baby One More Time Rock Cover Version video
Live to 6000+ festival punters at RAF Brizefest, Brize Norton
And then live at a festival to 4000+ festival goers
‘Baby One More Time’ was released by Britney Spears in September 1998 and topped the charts at number one in the UK and in many other countries around the world. It was written by Max Martin also known for the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” (released in 1999). This was Britney’s debut single and instantly made her a household name. Her success continued through the 90’s into the Naughties and still to this very day. Most recently from 2019 onwards she was in the news disputing her conservatorship with her father Jamie Spears. And there was even a hashtag for it #FreeBritney
Check out the photos from the university event below and afterwards contact for price and availability for a 90’s themed event or University ball.
I, Andy Starkey, lead singer/bass player of Britpop Reunion do make the odd appearance from time to time on radio, podcasts and TV but it was very interesting to be called up the BBC to give my thoughts on tribute bands. I was also asked for my opinion on how ABBA are set to sue ABBA Mania tribute band for the BBC Radio 4 Today Program with Nick Robinson. The best thing about this was that I also got to discuss these topics with famous Britpop Pulp drummer Nick Banks. I’m a huge Pulp fan so this was a great fun for me. The interview was done live on BBC Radio 2 on 8th December 2021.
You can watch a “Fonejacker’ style video I produced to go along with the program below. (It took me 11 long hours to create this video by the way). Now that’s some serious effort don’t you think? Before we get into the ins and outs of it all though if you want to hire a Britpop tribute band then contact me to hire Britpop Reunion for your next live event.
Tribute Bands BBC Radio show featuring Britpop Pulp drummer Nick Banks.
Being a member of a 90’s tribute band I of course had more thoughts on the matter so thought I’d take the time to write them up below…..
I was called up by a researcher from BBC Radio 4 The Today Program and asked if I wouldn’t mind being interviewed the following morning on the show. The researcher stated that we’d be discussing tribute bands with Nick Banks from Pulp so how could I say no being a massive Pulp fan?
Even though the researcher was looking for a Pulp Tribute Band she still thought it was a great idea to speak to myself about tribute bands in general. I explained that we’re not officially a ‘Tribute to Pulp” but we do play a number of their songs including Common People (A superb encore song) and Disco 2000. On occasion I will don my brown Jarvis Cocker suit for live performances which I purchased from a charity shop back in the mid 90’s. Britpop Reunion are a tribute to a music scene in the 90’s based around lad culture and indie pop music. Therefore we perform music by artists such as Oasis, Blur, Supergrass, James and other famous Brit pop bands. We also play music by other 90’s artists like Alanis Morissette, Britney Spears, The Rembrandts, Robbie Williams and more.
Tribute bands verses the original band.
It’s worth noting that during the interview I had no idea that they would be comparing Britpop Reunion’s LIVE version of ‘Common People‘ against the actual STUDIO version by Pulp. I think it sounded pretty decent though, don’t you? What other Britpop tribute band have had their songs directly compared to the originals on national radio like this?
Tribute Bands BBC Radio show featuring Britpop Pulp drummer Nick Banks
Suing tribute bands
I had to look up the subject matter “ABBA to sue tribute band ABBA Mania” as I hadn’t heard about it. I am slightly in two minds about Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad suing the tribute band called ABBA Mania. The main issue seems to be that the tribute group had been using the term “Official” in their blurbs. Which for me is pushing it a little too far. Wording it like this makes it sound as if it’s an endorsement from the ABBA band members themselves. When this is clearly not the case.
But having since been contacted by a member of ABBA Mania he tells me the only reason they use the term “Official” is in relation to their own tribute band, NOT ABBA. It seems that other ABBA tributes have turned up calling themselves the exact same tribute band name ‘ABBA Mania’ trying to win work of the back of “The Original ABBA Mania” name. Thus an imitation of imitation of imitation has been created. Very bizarre eh.
Defending Tribute Bands
In defence of ABBA Mania, they have been together since the late 90’s. So why have ABBA chosen to take this legal action only now and not 21 years ago? Does it have something to do with the fact that after 41 years of NOT touring live themselves they have suddenly come up with this ridiculous and very expensive “Virtual” “Hologram” tour and feel it will impact their own ticket sales? Surely not right? When bands stop touring live, break up, quit or even members die it’s tribute bands that keep the legacy and music of the band alive. Tribute acts can keep solid interest in bands over many, many decades as shown by all the Beatles and Rolling Stones tributes out there.
There are probably as many ABBA tribute bands on the scene as there are Oasis tributes and Queen tributes. If ABBA have decided to take this kind of action then are all other tributes to various artists up for the chop next? To an extent I say good on ABBA Mania for sticking to their guns. All these articles online really are some fantastic promo for this ABBA tribute. As they say “No publicity is bad publicity”. I bet their agents phone is ringing off the hook now with theatres trying to book them.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
The cynical side of me just thinks this is probably designed to get ABBA back in the news again. It’s the PR machine there to freely advertise help sell tickets for their ridiculous virtual live show. There’s also a good chance it’s probably just some lawyer who has contacted ABBAs lawyer and said “I can do this for you” and they’ve just run with it.
To quote Oscar Wilde ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can play to greatness’. So surely this applies here? Of course he never stated whether retribution should be received for “Copying” someone else’s work though did he.
Not the first instance of an original band suing a tribute band.
It is not the first time ABBA lawyers have been on the prowl and it won’t be the last either. I personally know someone who played in an ABBA tribute who were forced to change their name and even had their Facebook page completely removed. She is now in a completely different theatre touring ABBA tribute so I hope they are not plagued by this sort of thing any time soon.
Pulp Tribute Band
Buying tickets for and seeing a tribute band live.
No person buying a ticket to see a tribute act thinks they are seeing the real band/group. Most of the time no intellectual property is being stolen by a tribute band performing music and dressing up like a successful original band. No one is being fooled into buying tickets. Who on earth would think they are going to see “The Real Beatles”? Nearly 60 years after they stopped touring AND still dressed in Shea Stadium outfits?
Buying tickets to see a tribute band is not like going to see “Dodgy Dave” on the market stall selling counterfeit goods like Fred Perry and Adidas Originals. You’re not being fooled into paying only £15 for something that usually retails at £60.
Tribute bands are an opportunity to see your favourite bands you missed out on. Either because you were too young at the time or just because life got in the way. There’s also a good chance you just couldn’t afford the “Real Thing”. Sure you COULD go and see Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr (If you sold a kidney). But you’re not really seeing “The Beatles” are you. When punters go and see tribute bands like “The Bootleg Beatles” or “Britpop Reunion” it’s the next best thing. And all at a very reasonable price too.
Who is earning money by tribute bands performing at theatres?
I’m sure that 99.99999% of none musical folks out there don’t even realise that when a tribute act plays a theatre they have to list every artists and song they play. The venue then takes a cut from the bands pay which gets paid to the actual original artists as royalties. So tribute bands like ABBA, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Queen , Tina Turner, Oasis etc must be raking it in while sitting comfortably on their bums at home.
Theatres employ a large amount of staff and revenue is generated for the venue not just from ticket sales. But also sales from food, drink and a percentage cut of the merchandise being sold. All of which are taxable and go back into the economy.
Tribute band “Endorsements”
Unfortunately fake endorsements are rife in the tribute industry (Except for ‘Britpop Reunion’) with claims of musicians being:
The Number One Tribute to Britpop
The UK’s Best Tribute to Britpop
The UK’s Premiere Britpop Tribute Band
Of course though, none of these claims can ever be backed up with evidence. What do these statements even mean? WHO has decided these bands are ‘Number One/The Best’ etc? It’s usually just someone in the band giving themselves that monocle. Maybe they have been ‘Voted’ that endorsement by some ‘Industry Awards’? Ha!!!!! Industry awards are an utter scam and mean absolutely nothing. You pay to be entered into a category. Then you pay to attend the awards ceremony. Afterwards you pay for your award. Ergo YOU BUY THE AWARD. In some cases it’s even more ridiculous when an artist states they are “The Best tribute to Oasis”. Yet they’re just a one man show singing along to karaoke tracks.
A funny story about tribute bands and more legal action.
‘The Karpets’ are a tribute to the late 80’s/Early 90’s indie band ‘Inspiral Carpets’ . Nowadays this tribute band actually features the original singer of Inspiral Carpets ‘Tom Hingley’ fronting the tribute band. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of another similar case to this in musical history.
Recently 90’s grunge artists ‘Pearl Jam’ threatened to sue a tribute to them and made them change their band name. Looking back at their website and social media this was no doubt due to the tribute band being stupid. They had used the original artists logo and graphics from their single ‘Alive’. But, again in this tribute bands defence, Pearl Jam actually encouraged their fans to Bootleg (Record the audio from) their live performances. Of which Pearl Jam have sold nearly 14 million copies of various shows from across the world. So them threatening legal action really doesn’t sit well with me either. Considering Pearl Jam make money from these recordings.
In conclusion I firmly believe that tribute bands have the right to exist. They have the right to make money and in turn have the right to make money for the original artists. I really enjoyed my time speaking live on the radio and you can hire me speak about similar things and Britpop/The 90’s in general too. To hire a 90’s tribute bandcontact Britpop Reunion.
A little information on Nick Banks from Pulp.
Nick Banks was the drummer in Britpop band Pulp from 1986 until the band split up in 2002. He then joined them once again for the Pulp reunion from 2011 to 2013. He is still drumming in a few bands around his home town of Sheffield. Also he runs the family pottery business.
Book a Blur Tribute Band ‘Blurred’ for a festival, wedding, party, birthday, corporate event or charity fundraiser. Blurred a tribute to Blur will perform the biggest hits by Blur including Parklife, Country House, Song 2, Girls & Boys, There’s No Other Way. Also Beetlebum, Stereotypes, Chemical World, Sunday Sunday, For Tomorrow and more. All your guests will be singing and shouting along with us “All the people, so many people. And they all go hand in hand, hand in hand through their Parklife“. “Street’s like a jungle, so call the police. Following the herd, down to Greece“. Also “Wow-hoo, well I feel heavy metal” from Song 2. Look forward to a massive nineties knees up with ‘Blurred’ Blur cover band. No other Blur tribute band has the amount of quality live video that Blurred have. Contact Damon Albarn lookalike Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to book a Blur cover band.
Book a Blur tribute band.
You’ll be screaming “Woo-Hoo” at the top of your lungs while jumping around in the mosh pit to Song 2. Dancing around while chanting with us “He lives in a house, very big house in the country“. Blurred are your number one tribute band for Blur cover versions. You can hire a Blur wedding band. Or you can hire a Blur festival band. Similarly you can book a Blur birthday party band or corporate event band throughout the UK and beyond.
Blur Tribute Band Blurred
A tribute to the best 90’s indie band ever featuring Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.
Blurred Blur tribute band can also combine the best of Blur with the best or Britpop and the 1990’s. Giving you a whole night of 90’s themed music. Perfect to hire a wedding band or book a birthday party band. Andy and his professional 90’s band know the nineteen nineties like the back of their hands. So you can hire professional musician with full confidence.
Blur the band were first known at ‘Circus’ then ‘Seymour’. Frontman singer Damon Albarn and the members changed the name of the band to ‘Blur’ at the request of their record company ‘Food’. Blur’s first chart success was with the hit single ‘She’s So High‘ and then ‘There’s No Other Way‘. Initially falling somewhere between the Madchester and Shoegaze sounds Blur performed moderately well in the UK charts. But indie band Blur eventually found their greatest success during the mid 90’s changing their sound to a very ‘British’ style. Big brash horn sections, post punk angular guitars and postmodern humour coupled with lyrics about the every day lives British people. Blur really are where Britpop all started.
With the release of the single ‘Popscene’ Blur pretty much created the sound and music genre known as ‘Britpop’. After Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur delved even further into questioning what was Britishness and created the Brit pop classic album Parklife. Blur tribute band Blurred can be hired for live events across the UK, Europe, USA and beyond.
Blurred Blur Tribute Band
Members of Blur
Damon Albarn – Lead Vocals
Graham Coxon – Guitarist
Alex James – Bass Player
Dave Rowntree – Drummer
Graham Coxon is most well known for playing a 1952 blonde Fender Telecaster. Also Alex James plays a Fender American Vintage 1958 Precision Bass guitar.
Hire a UK Britpop Cover Band……In “Friends” the 90’s TV show Phoebe Buffay’s (Portrayed by Lisa Kudrow) most well known song was “Smelly Cat”. Below in the video you will learn Smelly Cat and how to play it on acoustic guitar. A somewhat hippy style character, masseuse and self-taught “Amateur Musician” (With heavily inverted commas) Phoebe Buffay performs her eccentric self written songs about random everyday things at ‘Central Perk’ coffee shop in New York. She performed the classic song Smelly Cat on multiple occasions live throughout the 10 seasons and 236 episodes. To hire Britpop Reunion 90’s tribute band who perform the theme tune from Friends “I’ll Be There For You” by The Rembrandts and many more 90’s songs. Contact band leader Andy Starkey for more information, price and availability.
Smelly Cat How To Play On Acoustic Guitar Friends TV Show Phoebe Buffay
How to play Smelly Cat on acoustic guitar by Phoebe Buffay
Smelly Cat is a quite simple song to play even for beginners learning how to play acoustic guitar. There are only three chords throughout the entire song, with a chorus, single verse and repeat chorus (With the same lyrics as the first chorus). To be honest it’s one of those songs where the worse you play and sing it the funnier it is really. So you can just enjoy learning and performing the song Smelly Cat Friends with no pressure and then perform it to your friends and family.
Video tutorial of how to play Smelly Cat on acoustic guitar (Chords and lyrics)
Band leader Andy Starkey from professional 90’s party band ‘Britpop Reunion’ took time out of his busy schedule to put together this tutorial video of how to play Smelly Cat on acoustic guitar. He shows you the chords and lyrics and breaks down when to play each chord at what moment in the song. Its all very simple really so you should be able to pick it up in no time.
The strumming pattern is also very simple with just two downstrokes per chord for the first E and A, one down stroke for the D, then one downstroke back to the A. Then back to the E and just repeat. Smelly Cat chords are the same for the verse as for the chorus. All chords are major chords and the finger positioning is shown on the below image.
Smelly Cat Chords From Friends TV Show 90s
Lyrics for Smelly Cat
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat,
What are they feeding you?
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat,
It’s not your fault.
They won’t take you to the vet,
You’re obviously not their favourite pet,
You may not be a bed of roses,
And you’re no friend to those with noses.
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat,
What are they feeding you?
Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat,
It’s not your fault.
Other songs performed by Phoebe Buffay on Friends include:
The Cow in the Meadow Goes Moo.
Sticky Shoes.
Sixty-Six Colours of My Bedroom.
Emma.
and more.
Performed live by Britpop Reunion I’ll Be There For You by The Rembrandts
About the song Smelly Cat.
Smelly Cat written by Friends writers Adam Chase and Betsy Borns first appeared in season two, episode six entitled “The One with the Baby on the Bus” and can be found on the soundtrack album “Friends Again” released 1999. The song is about a poor feline who has been mistreated by its owners and has ended up with a pungent odour possibly due to the type of nourishment it’s been receiving.
Throughout the 1990’s TV show various stars have covered the song Smelly Cat including Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders who was actually featured in the show itself. Noted cover versions of Smelly Cat have been by famous artists Taylor Swift and Chris Isaak. Most recently during “Friends: The Reunion” aka “The One Where They Get Back Together” Lady Gaga performed Smelly Cat on guitar with Phoebe Buffay.
In the Friends episode entitled “The One Where Eddie Moves In” (Season 2 – Episode 17) a record company asks Phoebe to make a Smelly Cat music video but it ends up rerecording another woman’s voice singing the song instead of Phoebe’s. At the end of the episode as the credits role the main characters of friends, Rachel Greene, Ross Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Monica Geller and Chandler Bing all perform the song live with her at Central Perk.
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Britpop musician Andy Starkey recorded and shot this Laid James Cover Version video for his 90’s tribute band Britpop Reunion. To hire a live Britpop cover band then book the UK’s only professional band ‘Britpop Reunion’. Contact Andy to also hire a professional nineties cover band for a party or festival. Enjoy our James Laid cover song below and ask yourself if any other Brit pop tribute band have bothered (Or could even begin to know how) to produce anything of this magnitude. (The answer’s “No” by the way).
Laid James Cover Version Video Britpop Tribute Band
Laid James Cover Version Video
With this James Laid song Andy worked on the idea of the band trying to keep the audio as close to the original recording as possible. Therefore Britpop Reunion faithfully replicated every guitar lick, bass note, exact drum pattern and keyboard part. Andy then also went on to direct and star in this self produced music video for James Laid cover version. It was filmed on the abandoned train track at Lichfield Staffordshire on the South Staffordshire Line. Is the video below not loading? Then why not view it on our 90’s YouTube channel. Imagine the effort this kind of audio and video takes to faithfully reproduce. It took many, many weeks to record, mix, film and edit.
James tribute band?
Britpop Reunion also perform a number of songs by James the band. So perhaps you could even call us a James Tribute Band of sorts. We also perform Sit Down (released numerous times by the band) and from time to time occasionally perform She’s A Star from Whiplash released 1997.
Laid was released November 1993 from the album of the same name ‘Laid’ peaking at number 25 in the UK charts. But it gained the band huge success in the USA on college radio also being featured towards the end of the nineties in the film ‘American Pie’. Can you believe that there are three official videos by the band for this song? Laid Album (Produced by Brian Eno) also features the singles Sometimes and Say Something / Jam J. The album sounds as Fresh As A Daisy today as when it was released in the 1990’s. The song Laid by James is a very easy to master featuring only three different chords played as:
Chords for Laid by James
C – Csus4 – G – F – G
Lyrics for Laid by James.
Verse 1
This bed is on fire with passionate love,
The neighbours complain about the noises above,
But she only comes when she’s on top.
Verse 2
My therapist said not to see you no more,
She said you’re like a disease without any cure,
She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no,
Ah, you think you’re so pretty.
Chorus
E-e-ee
Bridge
Caught your hand inside the till, Slammed your fingers in the door,
Fought with kitchen knives and skewers,
Dressed me up in women’s clothes, Messed around with gender roles,
Line my eyes and call me pretty.
Chorus
E-e-ee
Verse 3
Moved out of the house so you moved next door
I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall
I found you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone
You’re driving me crazy, When are you coming home?
Laid, Laid
Chorus
E-e-ee
Laid James Cover Song – List of James musicians who recorded Laid were:
Tim Booth – Lead Vocals
Saul Davies – Violin & Guitar
Larry Gott – Guitar
Mark Hunter- Keyboards
Jim Glennie – Bass Guitar
David Baynton-Power – drums
James Mike – Drums
Who sang Laid?
Laid was sang by Tim Booth by the band James.
Who wrote Laid?
Laid was written by Tim Booth, Larry Gott and also Jim Glennie for the Manchester band James. As with a number of James albums it was produced by Brian Eno. Did you know there is also a “Clean radio edit” of Laid by James too? The lyrics “She only comes when she’s on top” are changed to “She only SINGS when she’s on top”.
What is Laid about?
The song Laid by James tells the story of a couple who annoy the neighbours with their loud love making. Tim Booth sings about the domestic violence between the two and their hatred of each. But (As with most relationships) it turns out the couple can’t actually live with, or without each other. Maybe this was set in mid 90’s Moss Side, Manchester? If not there then where do you think possibly?
James also continue to tour live in 2022 and 2023 for their 16th studio album “All the Colours of You”.
James Laid Cover Version Video
Subtitles for Laid.
Some lovely folks have translated Laid into various different languages for us including Portuguese, German, Mexican Spanish and English of course. So hopefully you’ll be able to sing along in your preferred language too. If you’d like to add a language to our cover song then please contact Andy and he’ll add them onto the video.
Other musings about the band called James cover song.
Tim Booth (Full name Timothy John Booth born 4th February 1960) portrayed the minor villain character Victor Zsasz in Batman Begins – The first Christopher Nolan directed reboot Batman film in 2005.
