Blur tracks poll - the RESULTS thread

The French version is so good.

Plus I think this was the one that kind of pushed me over the brink of tears when I saw their reunion tour.

Someone said here or on the other thread that Damon can't do sincerity & this one proves it for me. 'End of a Century' has a layer of irony and is lovely and quite affecting cos, I don't know, the real feeling of ennui is something shared with the characters in it. This one's striving for real feeling unfiltered and I just don't buy it, it seems like an exercise.

I dunno, it's been claimed to be about him and Justine, and I don't think he's sharing it with the characters in the song as much as he *is* one of them...

Ah forget about the sentiment and listen to the lovely arrangements, particularly in the final verse/chorus and coda.

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13. On Your Own
(11 votes, 251 points)

the sound of magic music in his ears
particularly love the first 35 secs of this

Like this one a lot. I'm rarely taken with Coxon tbh but there's some great guitar here. It wasn't as I remembered it either - a lot more chanty.

I was also always fond of the video, some very nice half-assed b-boy action there as I recall.

So only 12 to go. Stuff that I voted for that won't appear now i shouldn't think - mr briggs, luminous, i know, tame, uncle love, and no monster in me.

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12. Coffee & TV
(10 votes, 1 first place, 255 points)

Great, great, great song. I very nearly made it my number one.

I'll call it now:

1. This is a low
2. Beetlebum
3. For Tomorrow

I'm kind of getting nervous about Blue Jeans not making it at all. It's my number one pick but I don't know how much love it actually gets over here.

I'm sure Blue Jeans will place. I'm surprised that Out of Time is either (a) Top 10 or (b) not in it at all.

I mean, I love it, but I wasn't sure how many other people did.

I didn't vote because I'm not *that* into Blur, but if I had, I'd have put "Out of Time" top 5.

Low, For Tomorrow, G&B imo - no idea what #4 might be

I only voted for one of them but I'm pretty sure both Blue Jeans and Out of Time will be in the top ten. Also Sing - that hasn't shown up yet right?

yeah i assume 'sing' will make it also

If I had voted "Don't Bomb..." and "Money Makes Me Crazy" would have been near the top of my list. Would love to see 'em here but I'd be surprised to say the least.

If I had voted, "Music Is My Radar" would have been near the top of my list

I gave it some but not enough I fear

"Music Is My Radar" is tops too. I shoulda got off my ass to vote in this.

Yay On Your Own! Yay Coffee & TV!

Pleased people are voting On Your Own - that was, like, the fifth single off the album, no? It's really good - possibly my favourite track on Blur(?)

Coffee & TV - This was my number 1. I have some very particular memories of the summer before I left for university absolutely loving this track and the video too. Loved Graham's too-quietly-mixed vocals (which he also used on The Sky Is Too High). It seemed so strange and fresh at the time, but these days is almost par for the course.

Also, while Coffee & TV is about alcoholism, it could easily be attributed to comedowns and worked very well in the context of me seeing them at Glasto.

Shit - does this mean Peach won't place?

blue jeans is my number 1 too. i'm sure it will make it.

Well if it's your number 1 too then it will definitely place. I knew you guys wouldn't let me down.

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Tracy Jacks?

11. Tracy Jacks
(11 votes, 264 points)

Never got the popularity of this one. I mean, it's nice enough, but people utterly adored it bitd.

Debating whether to save the top ten for tomorrow or to the rest of the chart later this evening...

^or to *do* the rest....

This was never a favourite, but for some reason I really like it now. It's placed very high all the same. Maybe it's the quintessential Parklife track?

Reminds me of that thread (which I can't find now) about isolating the quintessence of an album - not the best song but the most representative. TJ fits the bill on Parklife.

The thread was something about 'pure essence' rather than 'quintessence' - iirc it got stuck after I removed 'Over & Over' from Tusk, which I hugely regret now.

the pure essence of an album

I'm with you on Tracy Jacks.... it encapsulates the sound Parklife and at that a huge chunk of the mid-90s rock scene rather well. Also it's one of the few songs in their catalogue where the peppiness doesn't sound too cynical or self-concious.

Re: my earlier point, it's a song where satire and empathy coexist. He's creating a cartoonish character but he cares about him too. Hard to do.

Save it for tomorrow imo - I'm planning an early night tonight, would be nice to actually succeed for once.

Actually, I'm pretty busy tomorrow, so maybe I'll just go for it...

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10. The Universal
(10 votes, 1 first place, 264 points)

Oh noes! That's another tie. Strict application of the Johnny Fever principle would have Tracy Jacks above The Universal with 11 votes as opposed to 10. But if I invoke the just invented Face Saving principle, The Universal nicks it because it has a first place vote.

That's the way I've done it on my polls fwiw

top tune

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