Blur

Think Tank is much more interesting. Their last album, recorded without Coxon just showed how creative a musician Damon Albarn is. Basically is like Blur (2) listening to that album.
 
Props to Lucifer Sam for helping me find this thread.

I first came across Blur while watching a documentary on British indie, at first I thought they were nothing special then I watched it again got Girls & Boys stuck in my head, I downloaded Parklife and instantly became a fan. I love how they managed to break away from Britpop and into a more lofi alternative sound mixed into other genre's unlike Oasis. I'd also they were they best British band of the 90's, how many other banRAB managed to release that many great albums during the decade? I'm really happy to see that they are getting back together again and i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a new album. Graham Coxon is one of my favorite guitarists, I feel he's abit underrated. I remeraber Stephen Street once said "I had the great pleasure of working with the Smiths and working with someone as amazing as Johnny Marr and I never thought I'd meet anyone as good until I met Graham." And Damon Albarn is one of my musical hero's he has a great voice and lyrics, also his work outside of Blur alone proves that he's more than a pretty face. I find it pretty sad that they are not really known in America considering most of what America loves are good pop songs and that's what their first 4 albums are nothing but ****ing great pop.


My fav Blur albums in order:
Modern Life is Rubbish
Parklife
Blur
13
The Great Escape
Leisure
Think Tank

My top 20 Blur tracks:
1.For Tomorrow
2.Tender
3.Chemical World
4.Parklife
5.Youre So Great
6.Girls & Boys
7.Popscene
8.On Your Own
9.Tracy Jacks
10.Coffee & TV
11.Wear Me Down
12.Beetlebum
13.The Universal
14.Music Is My Radar
15.Top Man
16.End of a Century
17.To the End
18.Best Days
19.She's So High
20.Sunday Sunday
 
I hardly think Bernard Butler is in any postition to lecture anybody about it. Yes he formed The Tears with Brett Anderson rather that them calling it Suede , but it just sounded like a bad Suede album anyway.

Blur never spilt up & always said they'd get back together sometime , so I don't see it as a reunion. I only hope that the rest of the band reign in Albarns ego so it doesn't sound like some sub par Gorillaz crap , which was why Coxon left in the first place.
 
I recently got a 4 dics version of Parklife and I must say the acoustic version of For Tomorrow is just a giant eargasm. Anyone else seen Starshaped? Its a must watch for a Blur fan
 
controversially pants, I would say :p:
I've said this already but I grew up with the band and finally got to see the live!!... on the Think Tank tour :mad:

Albarn is doing great behind the scenes, he is far too porky for his on-stage theatrics now, especially when you are playing songs like 'Caravan'.

I am not too bothered about the reunion business (I stress that word), they were really savvy with the banners on Last.fm and ludicrous ticket prices.
It's a shame Graham Coxon went soft in his solo work and his label Transcopic folded too, they put out some good albums.

I just don't see how a new album could possibly be anything but horrible, they will have to work miracles and not let Albarn dominate the recording process.
 
I think their most experimental period was after Coxon left. Ah well, so long as somebody enjoys Think Tank I suppose, i listened to it in full last night and it really is excellent. #

As for Glastonbury, I saw Neil Young's play an epic version of 'Rockin In The Free World'. Must have gone on for like 10 mins lol feedback all over the place as usual. Had this crowd wave thing going on at one point.

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Also so as not to totally spam your thread with 'crap about Neil Young', heres a video of one of the tracks from Damon Albarns record label album.

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what i meant really was that they sowed the seeRAB of rebellion against American dross (their worRAB) and wrote some really cool songs about hating supermarkets and portabello road. That was their peak for me, although I like plenty of the later stuff musically, I think it got more eclectic simply because the group splintered, like Urban says I don't want another album of Albarn songs with some Coxon songs thrown in and a couple of proper collabs, I want an old school Blur album. And don't let Alex James write a cute ditty about... writing for a liberal paper and wearing a jumper
 
All of Think Tank's songs drag on way too long though, and Albarn becomes the lead guitarist (gag). No hooks either.

Their most interesting album is the S/T imo.
 
I never said he was better than Graham, but I do admire some his solo's most notably his stuff on Champagne Supernova (which I know Paul Weller played on in the recoding of their second album) but to write Noel off as a just another 'guitar strummer' is idiocy.

I think 13 does alos drag on a bit too much but atleast you had Graham's guitar parts other than Damon's power chorRAB.
 
I absolutely love Think Tank, and I've never understood why people dislike it. Obviously it's more Albarn than Blur as a band, but I don't think that necessarily makes it awful. Crazy Beat was just pure silliness though.
 
i think that's mainly what i remeraber that album for, not good.

Favourite Blur song? Mine is (not just being a smart arse) the B-side Mixed Up. Oh and Chemical World. If you haven't got the B-side thing I posted Wolf go back a couple of pages it's there somewhere
 
anyone know where I can get Modern Life Is Rubbish?
I cant find it anywhere... 13 is my fav btw..

I feel so proud to be a brit due to all the amazing music that comes out of our country... the Montreal music scene is brill too tho
 
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