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Below you can view number one 90’s tribute Britpop Reunion live rendition of Country House by Blur cover version video to a few thousand guests at a large music festival. To book a Britpop tribute band contact band leader Andy Starkey to check on price and availability to hire a band for a live event. We’d love to perform britpop and 90’s covers for you and all your guests. And we know they’ll love to hear music from the “Last sane decade” too. 

Watch Country House by Blur Cover Version Video

City dweller successful fella, thought to himself whoops I’ve got a lot of money. Caught in a rat race terminally…..He lives in a house, very big house in the country. 

This song reached number one in the UK charts during the “Battle Of Britpop” beating Oasis “Roll With It” on 20th August 1995. 

The single was released on 14th August 1995 by Food Records. The front cover of the song features a photo of Neuschwanstein Castle in Southern Bavaria, Germany.

Below is a live performance of Country House by Blur at Silverstone Festival by Britpop Reunion. 

 

and then another live version at one of our many 90s Party Night events

 

 

B-Sides for Country House over cassette singles and various CD singles are:

• One Born Every Minute
• To The End (la comedie) featuring Françoise Hardy
• Girls & Boys – Live at Mile End Stadium
• Parklife – Live at Mile End Stadium
• For Tomorrow – Live at Mile End Stadium
• Charmless Man (Japan CD single only) 

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. 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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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.

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. 

Andy Starkey from Britpop Reunion the UK’s best Britpop & 90’s tribute band performs Cast No Shadow by Oasis on his Epiphone EJ-200SCE jumbo acoustic guitar.  To hire Andrew or Britpop Reunion tribute band contact Andy and advise of event type, date and venue name and postcode and he’ll get back to you ASAP. 

 

Cast No Shadow (Oasis) acoustic cover by Andy Starkey

Noel Gallagher wrote this song sung by Liam Gallagher about Richard Ashcroft from The Verve who had a hit with Bitter Sweet Symphony from their album Urban Hymns back in the 1990’s. 

 

 

The song only contains a small number of chords and is a nice accompaniment to perform live as well as Wonderwall. 

Chords in Cast No Shadow by Oasis are:

• Verse: Asus4  G
• Bridge: Em D Cadd9 G – Em D Cadd9
• Chorus G Asus4 Cadd9 Em D – Em D Cadd9

Note: The Asus4 in this song also has your little finger on the top E string on the third fret ringing a G note.

 

Lyrics to Cast No Shadow by Oasis

Here’s a thought for every man
Who tries to understand what is in his hands (what’s in his hands)
He walks along the open road of love and life
Surviving if he can (surviving if he can) (Second time around: But only if he can)

Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow

As they took his soul they stole his pride x 3
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow

 

As you will see the entire song is simply repeated from the start again with the exact same lyrics apart from Noel’s call back changes from “Surviving if he can” to “But only if he can” second time around.