Pop Could Never Save Us BONUS – Shamrock Supernova – On the Kneecap film & the Oasis Reunion

With the release of the incendiary biopic of the radical Northern Irish hip hop group, Kneecap, Holly & James take a brief look at Hibernian rap, the slow choking of non-English languages, party drugs, and the Tumblr brain that will never let its owner be.

They also spend twenty minutes trying hard to be fair about the Oasis reunion that had been announced on the day of recording, but struggle as that band is the Gothic return of the unkillable 1990s and everything that has made Britain what it now is. Where was I when you were getting high? I was there, mate. I was with you, I brought the stuff. You’re worrying me, we’ve been together all day.

Songs extracted in this episode include:

The Shiznit – Snoop Doggy Dogg

The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Scroobius Pip

AI (Save Yourself) – Kid Bookie

Salt Coast – Kae Tempest

Punk’s Dead – Soft Play

Equal Rights – The Lonely Island

Salonika – Lankum

Belfast Brigade – Christy Moore

Better Way to Live – Kneecap feat. Grian Chatten

Guilty Conscience – Kneecap

Fuck RTE – TPM

Death to the Landlord – Meryl Streek

Forgive the Cnts – Jinx Lennon feat. Miss Paula Flynn

Gates of Heaven – The Mary Wallopers

Mr. Wells – The Fast Show

Peter and the Wolf Remix – DJ Slam

Horse Outside – the Rubber Bandits

Jobseeker – Sleaford Mods

He’s a Man – Bob Vylan

Smarties – Skonezy

All About Eve – Marxman

The Man From the Daily Mail – Blackthorn