― 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
"Best Days" is an obscenely fantastic song, I will say that much. There is some rather slight stuff on the album as well, though.
― Freedom, Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Country House seems to define a moment; in the middle of all this ironic Benny Hill 90s lads comedy, and that great scribble of a guitar solo, it all stops while the singer tells us how depressed he really is. Then its back to the page 3 girls and the coke...
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 18 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty much every track has something going on musically, a great riff, killer hook, good idea in the arrangement, to recommend it, and almost every song is catchy as hell. But there are some awful, awful, hateful lyrics and vocals.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^ yep
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone ever hated humanity as much as Damon did on this album?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 26 November 2015 07:33 (eight years ago) link
Damn, twenty years old.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 26 November 2015 07:57 (eight years ago) link
xpost, yes, Damon Albarn now.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2015 10:33 (eight years ago) link
Pretty much every track has something going on musically, a great riff, killer hook, good idea in the arrangement, to recommend it, and almost every song is catchy as hell. But there are some awful, awful, hateful lyrics and vocals.― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:37 (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:37 (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
100x yes. It would be such a great record if it hadn't been for the lyrics.
In a weird sequence of events, we decided to watch The Krays movie the other night, which promptly lodged the lyrics to 'Charmless Man' in my head. The next day, we sang it as we walked up the hill to a pub quiz where, during the music round they played 'Charmless Man' in reverse. To add to the coincidence, just as I was writing this post, I went to Google something completely unrelated and the first result was about the Kray Twins, but not what I was looking for.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2015 10:54 (eight years ago) link
Did anyone see B-Roads *finally* leaked yesterday? Maybe it was a private obsession for us Blur forum vets but it's rather like Carnival of Light has come out.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 24 November 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
People were very weird about this. Mods demanding it must not be discussed. Show-offs who had somehow seen it informed the rest that it wasn't much cop and no one else needs to see it, yet describing every scene in great detail
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:51 (one year ago) link