Indie bands standing about in oilseed rape #1: The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Indie bands standing about in oilseed rape #2: The Charlatans.

Indie bands standing about in oilseed rape #3: Cud.

Indie bands standing about in oilseed rape #4: Slowdive.

Close but no cigar.

Not really an indie band standing around in oilseed rape, but Erasure were on Mute so I’m allowing it.

Careful now.

Who cares about quality, it bumps the numbers up. #indiebandsstandingaboutinoilseedrape

Indie bands standing about in oilseed rape: The Wedding Present. (Thanks @serial_miller)

Modfathers running about in oilseed rape: Paul Weller. (thanks @pollybirkbeck)

Julian Cope standing about in oilseed rape. (thanks @ErnstScribbler)

Okay, this is mad: @martin_j_wilson has pointed out that in addition to the original photo, there are also The-Charlatans-standing-about-in-oilseed-rape photo sessions from 1995 and 2009! What's the obsession with trampling crops, @Tim_Burgess?

Hats off to Larkins - it's good to see that the modern generation of indie bands are maintaining the noble tradition of standing about in oilseed rape. (thanks @hinge_xanderl)

The craze has spread down under too. Courtney Barnett probably doesn't even know why she's standing about in oilseed rape, but just feels mysteriously compelled to. (thanks @mjgelder)

Starting to think there's a @guardian article in this. I am available for commissions, guys.

Kudos to @JonDennis for outing himself as one of the members of Blab Happy standing about in a field of oilseed rape in 1991. Hope you're not still brushing pollen off, Jon.

Partial sighting of Radiohead standing about in a field of oilseed rape. Bonus points for roping in Adam Buxton - and maybe Thom Yorke has hay fever or something - but try harder lads. (thanks @hinge_xanderl)

I've just been made aware of the pioneering work by @Gargarin into this field of (oilseed rape) research, back in 2017. Hat doffed.
We've unearthed lots more though, so my thread is still the best and I'm still the cleverest. https://twitter.com/Gargarin/status/858761938121240576?s=19

Can't find any pics of Supergrass standing about in oilseed rape, but at least bassist Mick Quinn had the decency too correct this oversight with his next outfit, the DB Band. (thanks @TrishJweb)

Fields Of The Nephilim standing about in field of the oilseed rape. (Thanks @inner_strings)

MASSIVE PLOT TWIST: did Donny Osmond kickstart the whole standing about in oilseed rape trend?!? (Ta @SarahMakepeace)

Neil Tennant, Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner standing about in oilseed rape. (Thanks @blackan93181643)

Further heartening evidence of the continuing passion for standing around in oilseed rape from Alphabeat, The Night Café, The Loungs, and Social Room. (Thanks, er, lots of people, can’t keep track anymore)

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It's slowly dawning on me I may be updating this thread for the rest of my life as I tell you that Hurricane #1 can't get enough of standing about in oilseed rape either. (Thanks @BigIainS)

"Spiritualized standing field" was one of the first things I googled as, frankly, they seem the type, and YES, do they stand about in oilseed rape in the "Anyway That You Want Me" video. (thanks @LLB_xBC)

No Bruce, you cannot join the indie bands standing about in oilseed rape club, you are too metal.
Sorry, them's the rules.

I'm squinting at this photo of Eels comparing the blooms to closeups of oilseed rape, and worrying that the growth is maybe a bit too sparse to really make the grade, but then it's probably just been trampled by The Charlatans. This is what my life has come to.

And now I feel guilty about polluting the purity of this thread with an indie band standing about in what's probably just a meadow with some yellow flowers in it. Let it go, Ian. Relax.

He’s at it again! https://twitter.com/Tim_Burgess/status/1388205181867864064

Three textbook examples from the 1988-90 glory days of indie bands standing about in oilseed rape: Salisbury's The Mayfields (1988), San Francisco Bay's Crimson Ivy (circa 1988) & Sweden's The Sinners (1990) - ta @crikeyblimey7 @parramaterial @jorgenmahler

Sadly, Nina Persson of The Cardigans has let down all of Sweden by failing to really commit to standing about in a field of oilseed rape. A half-hearted effort, 5/10. (Thanks again @jorgenmahler)

The phrase "Standing About In Oilseed Rape World Cup 2021" just popped into my mind.

BRACE YOURSELVES EVERYONE:
Bjork standing about in a field of oilseed rape, with pink conjoined-twins teddy bear.
Good lord. 11/10

Sweet Jesus.

Bjork silently judging all other musicians' inferior standard of standing about in oilseed rape.

Modest Mouse standing about in oilseed rape, but also toying with sunflowers and corn in the same video. For me, this is a little disrespectful of oilseed rape. 6/10

I forgot to credit @erikhormes for Modest Mouse. Clearly still a bit disorientated by Bjork.

Hull’s finest*, The Housemartins, standing about in oilseed rape. They won’t be getting on fine with the farmer if he sees this. Nicely composed, decent height of crop, a solid 8/10. (* sorry Kingmaker)

Ladytron singer Helen Marnie standing about in oilseed rape, and apparently getting high just from touching a bit of it. Hang on, maybe that explains this whole phenomena? 7/10

*Side-effects may include pain in one eye.

The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft standing about in oilseed rape, apparently having just crashed into it on his motorbike, while telling a farmer off-camera to calm down about it. An intriguing if confusing tableau 7/10. (Thanks @gray)

The Cooper Temple Clause standing about in oilseed rape, pictured shortly before two members sadly died after walking off in opposite directions. -3 points for the accordion -7 for the comedy keyboard. Absolutely bellendery. 0/10 (ta @gray again)

Echobelly’s Sonya Badan standing about in oilseed rape. Anonymous Sleeperblokes ( the NME) nowhere to be seen. 7/10