I actually witnessed Albarn recording the intro to that song. he was standing in front of JA Spirits in Goldhawk Road next door to the Townhouse Studios hammering the door and yelling. This was about 7:15 on a Tuesday morning. I passed him by and said for shame alkie Albarn etc. but he explained it was only sound effects for the album. I still think that Peter Wyngarde would have narrated it better than "Red" Ken, mind you ("Neville Thumbcatch" etc.).
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:40 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Girls And Boys - Entertain Me2. Tracy Jacks - Mr Robinson's Quango3. End Of A Century - He Thought of Cars4. Parklife - 5. Bank Holiday - Globe Alone6. Debt Collector - Ernold Same7. Far Out - Fade Away8. To The End - The Universal9. London Loves - Top Man10. Trouble In The Message Centre - It Could Be You11. Clover Over Dover - Best Days12. Magic America - Country House13. Jubilee - Dan Abnormal14. This Is A Low - Yuko And Hiro
Fair enough?
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I always remember thinking that song was dumb from the opening line "Oh Mr Robinson... And his quango..." etc... It pissed me off because this line was basically the title of the song and I found it so devoid of imagination that as a 15 year old I could have written better lyrics. Also the line about herpes. And "ooooh ah'm a naughtay boyyy/Owwww ah'm a naughtay naughtay boooy" is SO annoying.
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost blummin TIMING!
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link
What are the lyrics to the backing vocals during the last verse of Clover Over Dover?
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Sheffield (Alex in Doncaster), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Coffee and Tv is great, but 'world of rubbish' is a bit harsh. Most of the songs on there are great, they just go on twice as long as they ought to.
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Citypark, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link
boy, i must hear that track again.
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― D. Bachyrycz, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
I can't remember the exact details, but IIRC they were a load of regional semi official organistations, many of which were shut down by thatcher in the eraly '80's as a kind of populist move, b/c qango had become synonymous w/profigat govt spending at that point.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes. Three times, like St. Peter.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:13 (eighteen years ago) link
This is also true.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/news/blur--2/59677
― piscesx, Sunday, 9 October 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
This may well be the best Blur album ever.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 9 October 2011 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
nice to hear about that! man, I love this album so much, though I can understand why people find it too obnoxious, over-the-top etc. Damon Albarn at his most sarcastic, I guess.
― V79, Sunday, 9 October 2011 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
'The Great Escape' is a good album. I don't think Blur ever made a great one - the closest that they came was 'Parklife' IMHO. Most of their albums suffer from being at least quarter of an hour/three or four songs too long. Tracks which, if they were cut, would have made the albums just that little bit stronger. I've never had a problem with the 'The Great Escape' though. When it's 'on' (which it is most of the time), it's fabulous. When it's 'off', it's the pits.
― Turrican, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
on YouTube toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYX7s_5MnTY
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
Links seem to keep getting yanked all the time. At least it's out there now
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
Oh wow you couldn’t even *mention* it on the old Blur forum without the mods getting their knickers in a twist. It’s meant to be really boring.
― piscesx, Friday, 25 November 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
It’s a fun piece of fluff. I like the scene with Alex James splayed out on the floor of their green room and Damon’s deadpan encounter with a local news reporter. It veers into some Song Remains the Same territory, but it doesn’t feel like a real glimpse into their minds a la True Stories or Return to Waterloo
― beamish13, Friday, 25 November 2022 04:52 (one year ago) link
I really quite love it, it's a real curate's egg. The Best Days bit is genuinely quite poignant.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 25 November 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
Pretty good tbh. Refreshing actually, after all the hyper-curated retrospective docs of recent years, to see a contemporaneous effort like this, warts and all.
― everything, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:08 (one year ago) link
I found the endless aestheticised poverty kind of gross, but the lack of easy Camden/London-stuff is quite appealing. It’s a lovely document of “what things looked like”.
Graham is the good looking one it turns out (when he’s not wearing his glasses)
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 25 November 2022 07:23 (one year ago) link
Wow yeah I was expecting it to be pretty lairy but this is really quite sweet, especially considering what a collective headfuck they must have been experiencing at the time. The interviews with the public remind me a bit of Pulp’s mini documentary about the making of the This Is Hardcore video, that was also shot on film, possibly by the same people. The Best Days bandstand bit is great yeah, I love that song, and Damon’s bit about the rings at the hotel was a bit of an unexpected choker. Baffling this was blocked/banned for so long.
― piscesx, Friday, 25 November 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
This film sounds interesting. I know nothing about it but hope to watch some time.
― the pinefox, Friday, 25 November 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link