#black british pop

[ladylucck]

bree runway, New York 2022

[world-of-celebs]

Frankie Bridge

[i-should-be-so-lucky]

Kylie Minogue photographed by Michel Haddi for British Vogue , 1990

[enbysiriusblack]

i cannot for the life of me remember who made that post with the headcanon about the black family losing a lot of their wealth.

but i've been thinking about it a lot. and in england from early to mid 1900s, the aristocracy changed fundamentally as a class, they lost a lot of their previous held power as well as a lot of their money. and because of this, they either had to get a job (the aristocracy is the leisure class. they don't work), which means leaving behind the traditions of your class and your family in order to modernise and keep your money/power, or they could sell off their large estates/lands/artworks in order to keep tradition of the aristocracy as much as they could, but it meant losing a lot of money/power.

there's this quote describing this change in the aristocracy actually- "less power, more prestige". in staying with the traditions of old money, they lose the power they had in government/economy/whatever, but gain lots of admiration and respect from society- like they still have honour and integrity despite losing their money and power, which then becomes their primary tool in still being seen as an influential family.

and with the black family being known as "the noble and most ancient house of black", that definitely could show they chose that pathway. they're clinging onto their lineage of nobility in a time when the aristocracy as a class and the idea of high society is very much falling apart. and unlike quite a lot of these families, they don't modernise but instead keep their heads high and very much make it known that they are nobility and an ancient family, and have no intentions of disrupting this and losing the meaning of what being an aristocrat and a noble used to mean.

[cherrybby0923]

im just a girl ❥❥

[j-tillow]

Marillion - Cover My Eyes

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 19, 2020, Guns Akimbo debuted in Singapore.

Here's some new Daniel Radcliffe art!

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Song of the Day - “Anyone Who Had A Heart”

60 Years Ago Today, Cilla Black, the coatroom attendant at Liverpool’s now-famous Cavern Club, had her single, “Anyone Who Had A Heart” hit #1 on the British charts. This was Cilla Black’s first hit, and at 60 years and counting, this track is still the biggest selling single by a British female singer. Cilla Black was truly the girl next-door and was beloved by everybody who crossed her path. A protege of the Beatles, who were the regular band at the Cavern Club, Cilla worked her way out of the coatroom and got signed by Brian Epstein. George Martin produced her. This song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, and her version had already been released when Cilla made hers. Shirley Bassey had been the chosen one for the British version, but Bacharach wanted Cilla. He really felt her voice was right, and he felt that her being a Liverpool girl in that moment was a thing, saying, “It was late in 1963 and Liverpool was taking over popular music with some great songs and great people. There was an awareness that things would never be quite the same again—and Cilla Black was part of that." While Dionne’s version was a US hit, Black’s rendition found greater success in the UK, where it remained at the top of the chart for three weeks. This was and remains a sore subject for Dionne. Cilla would go on to have a long career and to capture the hearts of the British people. She was truly a favorite daughter. And maybe Britain’s best local-girl-makes-it-big story

[virtualharmonybeliever]

[tygerland]

[lightspeedhunter]

Michel Jackson and Kim Wilde attending the BRIT Awards in 1983.

[cvriosities]

*insert 'right in front of my salad' meme*

[janinamari]

My favourite black and white scans of young Kate Bush from John Carder Bush’s book Kate: Inside the Rainbow.

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Watch "Depeche Mode - Stripped (Alternate Cut) (Official Video)" on YouTube

[marklikely]

i think as time goes on itll be easier to like the beatles as long as we keep up the trend of younger people not liking them.

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 66th Birthday to Academy Award Winning, 3x BAFTA Winning, Emmy Nominated, Golden Globe Winning, SAG Award Winning actor Gary Oldman! ^__^