Dodgy were just about the only Britpop band my dad enjoyed. He was particularly fond of the drumming of frequent Never Mind The Buzzcocks contestant, Matthew Priest, which he likened to Keith Moon. I made a copy of the album for him and after listening to it, he made a clunky joke about dodgy homegrown.
Homegrown was maybe the second or third album I bought, if you exclude “Shine - 20 brilliant indie hits”. I AM THE GRASSMAAAAAAN now that’s an album I reckon I could listen to the when way through.
Coach flyers of the 90s with memories of flying coach in the 90s might remember the hour long, looping, loosely genre based playlists they provided as in-flight entertainment. In Many 1997, on one long haul flight from LHR to LAX I listened to Found You once an hour for 10 hours. Other artists 9n the playlist included Skunk Anansie and Shola Ama.
I really, really loved them when I was younger. So much so that although this has changed, old times sake will probably have me going to the gig for this.
Still think you can fashion a cracking best of from their albums and their early B sides. Terrible, terrible name for a band and they made some awful videos. But I find myself remembering how much of a fan I was.
