Artist	Song
Sex Pistols	God Save the Queen
Buzzcocks	Ever Fallen in Love
Stranglers	No More Heroes
The Jam	To Be Someone
Wire	Three Girl Rhumba
The Fall	Music Scene
Joy Division	Isolation
New Order	Blue Monday
The Smiths	How Soon is Now?
The Cure	In Between Days
James	Sit Down
Happy Mondays	Hallelujah
XTC	Grass
Stone Roses	I Wanna Be Adored

Comment:

To me, punk and post punk are the immediate parents of Britpop- punk is the 'daddy' giving Britpop it's sneering attitude, its swagger- and besides, listen to Wire or the Stranglers and tell me you don't hear Elastica. Or notice that Paul Weller of The Jam plays lead guitar on Oasis's instrumental 'Swamp Song.' Or compare the Buzzcocks to Ash. The list goes on and on.

Post-punk meanwhile was Britpop's mommy, giving it some melodic beat, catchy hooks and was perhaps the most immediate influence on the shining lights of the movement, Blur and Oasis. Both Damon and Noel decided they wanted to be in a band after seeing the Smiths, and one can't help but compare the Mondays' drug-addled lead singer/hooligan Shaun Ryder with Liam Gallagher. Meanwhile, Blur's smart poppy music from the early '90s wouldn't sound out-of-place on an XTC record

Notice I have avoided The Kinks, Beatles, Small Faces, etc. as well as Massive Attack, Portishead and Primal Scream; they are part of future planned mixes that I hope to get around to soon.

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