Blur: Classic Or Dud

Haha, so I totally picked bad examples.

Anyway, back on topic, I'm pretty ambivalent about this since I knew it was bound to happen sooner rather than later. I would like another decent Blur album though.

I think Blur are boring too... not without merit/ideas/execution obviously, but if I subtract the feeling that nothing they have ever done has felt even remotely exciting to me personally, that is actually what's left.

and no I DON'T CARE about listening to their post-Britpop lost albums AT ALL. They still have Damon on so not even going there.

Gorillaz > Blur.

rationally it makes no sense 'cos Blur... loads of pop tunes, in loads of different styles.. zeitgeisty I dunno but just MEEEEH x 10 always really.

Coffee and TV though. That was alright. And that anti-war song off Think Tank was kind of touching in a minor way.

think tank is really good! it's the only blur album i've heard, but it makes me interested in hearing a new one.

HEAR ANOTHER ONE HEAR ANOTHER ONE

IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHICH ONE JUST ANY ONE BUT THAT ONE

Used to be a lot more into them, but always more into selected songs/singles than entire albums. Modern Life is their best all around, and even that is spotty. Maybe being from the States, I never really got all the Britishisms and character songs. I'm still more into Oasis even now. They've really faded for me in the past few years, I haven't really liked anything they've done since Coffee and TV.

Between this and the Goth Box Poll thread, Kate seems to be on a major truthbomb/OTM roll on ILX today.

Why does Mogwai hate Blur with such inordinate passion. I mean, the original batch of T-shirts was a clever, if overly mean-spirited, one-off gimmick (I still own mine). But to espouse the kind of vitriol posted above, especially after their own uncomfortable transition into Senior Band years, seems more than a little pathetic.

In essence - Blur: Who Really Gives a Shite; Just Go To the Shows If You Feel So Inclined

ilx is doing a crap job of the lx part lately

i find this sweet:

http://www.nme.com/news/blur/41563

my good friend is flying out to this show from missouri o_O

she's got a blur tattoo tho

I'm probably going, tbh.

The thing is, if it were halfway around the world, I would probably buy a ticket and book a flight and make it AN EVENT. Because it's happening so close to home, it's like... nah, can't be bothered.

that's silly kate, let's make it an event anyway

fancy dress

etc

If you come to London again, Roxy, it will be an EVENT TO END ALL EVENTS!!!!

(Let's form our own ILX supergroup that will put Blur's reformation in the shade. I'll let you be Alex if I can be Graham...)

time to get a new haircut

Time to get new glasses!

What fancy dress will you wear? Something like this maybe?

http://www.manze.co.uk/images/people.jpg

theyd love that

i find this sweet:

http://www.nme.com/news/blur/41563

― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 12 December 2008 09:29 (1 hour ago)

I saw a similar thing on Primrose Hill about a year and a half ago, someone had written half the lyrics to 'For Tomorrow' across the path on the way up.

yeah, i saw that too

"and the view's so nice"

That Primrose Hill graffiti has been there for at least 10 years now!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/blurdate.jpg

Oh fuck it, I was only like 19 or 20 years old or some shit:

Look how long Damon's hair is! LOLOLOL

I was in England when that was a hit. My friend and I traveled down from Manchester to see them in London. I remember a cab ride afterwards and that's about all. Damon used to climb on all the monitors and stuff. It was a great show.

Great song, great video, my first memory of Blur either

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-blur-rough-trade-east-1706909.html

I wanna know if they played anything from 13...(other than Tender, Coffee And TV or No Distance Left To Run)

they played a 13-song set that included all the hits plus a handful of rarely heard, firm fan favourites

...doesn't sound like it

Blur @ Rough Trade East, London.
Setlist for June 15th, 2009

She's So High
Girls And Boys
Advert
For Tomorrow
End Of A Century
Beetlebum
Coffee And TV
Tender
Out Of Time
Popscene
Song 2
Parklife
This Is A Low

Blur @ East Anglian Railway Museum
Setlist for June 13th, 2009

She's So High
Girls And Boys
Tracy Jacks
There's No Other Way
Jubilee
Badhead
Beetlebum
Trimm Trabb
Coffee & TV
Tender
Country House
Charmless Man
Colin Zeal
Oily Water
Chemical World
Sunday Sunday
Parklife
End Of A Century
To The End
This Is A Low
Popscene
Advert
Song 2
Out Of Time
Battery In Your Leg
Essex Dogs
For Tomorrow
The Universal

They were probably under orders for the Rough Trade one. Encouraging to see Essex Dogs and Trimm Trabb on the rota. Not encouraging to see Bugman, Swamp Song, 1992, Battle and Caramel all off it :(

Also a real and present lack of the good Great Escape material, of which there is much.

Given how fucked they were meant to be when making TGE, they may not look back in it with that much affection.

But they're playing all the boring big obvious singles like The Universal and Countryhouse and Charmless Man, and not the awesome melancholy stuff like Best Days, Fade Away, He Thought Of Cars, Entertain Me, Dan Abnormal or Yuko & Hiro!

They should do "Ernold Same," Ken L.'s got the time.

But they're playing all the boring big obvious singles like The Universal and Countryhouse and Charmless Man,

..and look! they're promoting a singles comp!

It needs promoting. I didn't even know it was out until I saw a microscopic ad for it in Saturday's Guardian Guide! Probably why it'll be lucky to sneak into the Top 30 if the midweeks are anything to go by. Still, "Popscene" is on there and it's good to have that back in UK CD circulation after 17 years' absence.

They should have re-released Popscene as a single to promote the concerts (or vice versa), since most casual fans would think it to be a new song.

Actually, that's not a bad idea:

CD Single:

a) Popscene
b) Don't bomb when yr the bomb
c) Wassail song

Not encouraging to see Bugman, Swamp Song, 1992, Battle and Caramel all off it :(

― gosh I actually dig this shit (country matters), Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dude, i know you'll take this the wrong way but... just no. no.

Oh, by the way, they really should do "Out of Time", it's damn good. Graham can have a rest if he feels strongly...

xpost Totally, Blur are a business now, not a band. Won't stop me foregoing PRodigy to see them at Glasto this year.

I also object to their compilation being called "MidLife" - ugh!

anybody see that video they did with david shrigley? funneh stuff!

Is there any band who isn't, by definition, a business?

yeah, was gonna say.