― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Smug and Pious (kate), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link
genuine is sometimes overrated, sometimes underrated. in the ironic mid-nineties, it was underrated.
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:19 (eighteen years ago) link
I concur on this.
And yeh, Parklife really is the best one really.
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Ha! I thought maybe it was a b-side I didn't have.
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:26 (eighteen years ago) link
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
"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
B-Roads? What's that?
― the pinefox, Thursday, 24 November 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Late 1995 tour film / documentary, mentioned in the music press as something that was in the works. The band decided they didn't want it to come out and was quietly shelved. There wasn't too much fanfare/hype about it to begin with, but it slowly became something of a holy grail. The version that leaked could be just a rough cut, not sure
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 24 November 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
Wow. Thanks for this. I had Starshaped on video back in the day. It's odd seeing Matt Lucas in the tour party.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
https://vimeo.com/774782708
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 24 November 2022 21:05 (one year 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