Yeah I even gave sold all my Blur CDs to the secondhand shop at the time because I'd become so disenchanted by them immediately following TGE. Bought them all back again of course.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:27 (seven years ago) link
I remember there being a lot of talk of Blur being their attempt to scare away their audience, but large portions of that record was actually quite melodic and even poppy in hindsight, I think, just in a different way to the two or three records before. I don't recall have any difficulty with that record at all.
13 was the real challenge, I thought. I hated that record at first.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I liked it a lot and thought it was a significant improvement on the Great Escape stuff. Just dug up the Blur poll from 2011 to see where it was in my ballot (third).
Edit: 'it' = 'Beetlebum', not '13'
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
It was the right thing for them to do after the 'Life' trilogy. I think it's probably their most bearable album nowadays. And yeah, things like 'Look Inside America' aren't that radically different from what came previously. 'On Your Own' is the secret gem of course. I think everyone likes that one.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
The three way tie of R. Kelly, Olive and Hanson is just weird
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
x-post:
'On Your Own' and, weirdly, 'Death of a Party' kinda point the way to Gorillaz.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
The non-remix version of Professional Widow is.. strange.
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:34 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i got the clear vinyl release of 'boys for pele' on launch and played it to death assuming i was in a tiny minority, so imagine my surprise when suddenly everyone's listening to a barely-recognisable boppy remix of this song, complete with brand new video featuring tori herself doing some jazzercise and having a bath
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Beetlebum has (probably) my favourite Blur track as its b-side, All Your Life.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
But I voted for White Town. I think.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 22:50 (seven years ago) link
White Town - Your Woman 18Blur - Beetlebum 13
you people are sick
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link
There aren't all that many Blur B-sides that could have been album tracks, but 'All Your Life' definitely one of 'em, even if it is yet another one of Damon's Bowie rips.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
There is only four years between the self-titled Blur and the self-titled Gorillaz. That somehow seems weird now.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:36 (seven years ago) link
"Damon Albarn: the smackhead years"
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 23:41 (seven years ago) link
Crazy.
― orientmammal, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link