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" think tank"
due out may 5th

. ambulance
. out of time
. crazy beat
. good song
. on the way to the club
. brothers and sisters
. caravan
. we've got a file on you
. morrocan people's revolutionary bowling club
. sweet song
. jets
. gene by gene
. battery in your leg

...so what's become of 'dont bomb...' then ?
those titles ! sounds like radiohead.

― piscesboy, Friday, 21 February 2003 13:35 (twenty-three years ago)

they recorded a cover of a coldplay-song...?

― willem (willem), Friday, 21 February 2003 13:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Donut Bomb? Bwah ha ha hah hah...

OK, just looking at those titles, how shit is this going to be? I mean, why are they BOTHERING?!?!? And I *am* a Blur fan.

Sigh. But maybe, with the guitar gone, they might bother turning the bass up or something...

― kate, Friday, 21 February 2003 13:51 (twenty-three years ago)

im looking forward to crazy beat - i wonder if it will have a 'crazy beat'

and what if sweet song is better than good song!

― james (james), Friday, 21 February 2003 13:58 (twenty-three years ago)

If you have to convince people a song is good by calling it "good song", it must be cack.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm with kate on this one. i'm also a blur fan, but i don't hold out much hope for this.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:06 (twenty-three years ago)

An album and song list that defines the phrase 'desperate but not serious.'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:18 (twenty-three years ago)

has to be said that i was a massive fan (modern life, parflife) then hated them (great escape) then liked them again ('blur',tender)and now...dunno. glastonbury 98 was f*cking amazing, as they were live
just about each time i saw them (except warrington in 1991 !).

can't be any worse than '100th window' which, mark it,
history will judge to be a cack-sack.

― piscesboy, Friday, 21 February 2003 14:20 (twenty-three years ago)

unappreciated classic more likely!

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:22 (twenty-three years ago)

I want a battery in my leg.

Do you think it would enable me to run faster?

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:35 (twenty-three years ago)

The more self-important and desperate Blur becomes, the more I like them; so far, I think "Music Is My Radar" and "Don't Bomb...." are the best tracks they've put out since "This Is A Low".

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 14:50 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm wondering if 'Caravan' is a cover of Inspiral Carpets...more likely it will sound very much like Timo Maas/Finley Quaye's 'Caravan'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 21 February 2003 15:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm guessing I will dig this rekkid, as Damon supposedly did all the geetaring on it (as was the case with the much-hated-on-by-ILM-but-much-loved-by-nickalicious Gorillaz), and I like the way that guy thinks.

And how much can we really get from song-titles anyway?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 February 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the way that guy thinks

Beware walking down this primrose path. It leads to bad hats and neoStingism.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 February 2003 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Not to mention hair plugs!

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 21 February 2003 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Hating "Music Is My Radar" is completely incomprehensible to me. It's too much fun to hate.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

BLURILLAZ!!!! er... Wrong thread.

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Friday, 21 February 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

It's too much fun to hate.

But it's been long established that one can hate fun, apparently.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 February 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think it's humanly possible to hate THAT much fun. Come on now.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe if fun involved the destruction of Mr. Albarn as the song was being recorded...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:30 (twenty-three years ago)

If by "destruction" you mean "fellation", I think you should get a new dictionary.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:37 (twenty-three years ago)

That darn Webster's!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Emmanuel Lewis is a scamp, isn't he?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

'don't bomb' is a bag of shite. absolutely pathetic

― Barnaby (Barnaby), Friday, 21 February 2003 19:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"Don't Bomb..." is fucking great. Absolutely demented.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 21 February 2003 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

so it's cool to like blur again this month eh?

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 22 February 2003 01:11 (twenty-three years ago)

sure why not

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 22 February 2003 03:38 (twenty-three years ago)

i liked Coffee And TV best off of 13. A definite shame about Graham.

― derrick (derrick), Saturday, 22 February 2003 08:24 (twenty-three years ago)

You mean Mothersky Is My Radar by Damo Albarni and Can't? Come off it!

― kate, Saturday, 22 February 2003 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

But Can weren't that catchy, damnit!!

― Adam A. (Keiko), Saturday, 22 February 2003 16:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Can were MUCH catchier! What Can have you been listening to?

― kate, Saturday, 22 February 2003 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

So we're reviewing an album based on the names of the songs ?
Oh alright then.
BEST ALBUM EVER !

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Saturday, 22 February 2003 16:39 (twenty-three years ago)

("...the much-hated-on-by-ILM-but-much-loved-by-nickalicious Gorillaz..." -- yr not quite alone, nickalicious; i really liked much of that alb too. and am seriously curious 'bout how the new blur sounds (tho i never've been a fan (or've ever given a frozen fk 'bout most of 'brit pop' (loathe oasis; and "don't get" pulp, for the most part))))

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 22 February 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I think it will be an album.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:08 (twenty-three years ago)

must repeat my conviction that "Don't Bomb When You Are the Bomb" is, bar none, the worst song title of all time, and sets back English cool at least forty years

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

maybe fifty

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

J0hn, what if they had changed it to "Don' Bomb w'en UDAB0MB!!!"

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

...or to just "Bum" ?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:44 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

Midlife.

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Brit Pop legends Blur reunite summer 2009, marking their 20th anniversary by playing their first shows with Graham Coxon since 2000. To celebrate the reunion, 'Midlife: A Beginners Guide To Blur' presents a unique collection of the band’s career. Standing separate from Blur’s previous Best Of, 'Midlife' represents a comprehensive collection of their biggest hits and favourite album tracks. The tracklist has been handpicked by the band and offers a deeper look at the group’s entire musical output across a single stand-alone 2CD format.
'Midlife' includes album tracks Sing (Leisure), 'Strange News From Another Star' (Blur), 'Badhead' and 'This Is A Low' (Parklife), which all sit alongside hit singles 'Girls & Boys' (Parklife), 'Parklife' (Parklife), 'The Universal' (Great Escape), and 'Beetlebum' (Blur). The collection will also include 'Popscene' which was originally released in 1992 as a non-album single and has not been available since.
Tracklisting
Disc One
1. Beetlebum
2. Girls And Boys
3. For Tomorrow
4. Coffee And TV
5. Out Of Time
6. Blue Jeans
7. Song 2
8. Bugman
9. He Thought Of Cars
10. Death Of A Party
11. The Universal
12. Sing
13. This Is A Low
Disc Two
1. Tender
2. She's So High
3. Chemical World
4. Good Song
5. Parklife
6. Advert
7. Popscene
8. Stereotypes
9. Trimm Trabb
10. Bad Head
11. Strange News From Another Star
12. Battery In Your Leg

― Mark G, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:34 (seventeen years ago)

1) Still no raised profile for "Young and Lovely"
2) EMI desperate to rack in the coins?
3) and given up on Damon re-signing?

― Mark G, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

'Popscene' which was originally released in 1992 as a non-album single and has not been available since.

except, of course, in the easily found and very cheap on ebay singles box set. you idiots.

― comedy cafe at the toxteth hotel (electricsound), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

Haha I was thinking the same thing. And there's the video as well.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:44 (seventeen years ago)

Aww, I was hoping "Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" would finally turn up on cd.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:54 (seventeen years ago)

Yes, cheap. Last time on ebay, £77 (xpost)

(notXpost), there's a bunch of stuff that could be made into a "rarities" CD set. Like the "wassail" 7", for example.

― Mark G, Friday, 12 June 2009 14:55 (seventeen years ago)

i'll sell mine now for 20 quid

― comedy cafe at the toxteth hotel (electricsound), Friday, 12 June 2009 14:56 (seventeen years ago)

More to the point and cheaper, is "Modern Life is Rub" US edition, which has "Popscene" on it.

― Mark G, Friday, 12 June 2009 15:01 (seventeen years ago)

I was going to mention that.

Still, I do wish I could find a cheap singles box set here in the US somewhere.

― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 12 June 2009 15:02 (seventeen years ago)

I will buy your boxed set for 20 quid! I am sure shipping to Canada will cost 3x as much but I'd still love to have it. Also yes, please to someone please giving/selling me a Wassailing Song pressing!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 12 June 2009 15:29 (seventeen years ago)

ten months pass...

...I still want the boxed set and Wassailing song please ;)

Blur have released a new song called Fool's Day, which I can't hear at work but someone might be able to:
http://bit.ly/brGL9d

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 19 April 2010 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

Oh, somebody sold their Wassailing song on ebay some time ago, and was good enough to post an MP3 link for the whole song on the ad.

― Mark G, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:28 (sixteen years ago)

fool's day is kinda boring and tossed-off but coxon squeals admirably

― maybe rabbits feel the need to play up their 'lynchian' qualities (acoleuthic), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

It does sound kind of tossed-off, but it sounds like a toss-off from 1993 and that I can really get behind.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 19 April 2010 16:42 (sixteen years ago)

I love this song. The guitar at the end gives me chills.

― Davey D, Monday, 19 April 2010 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

its so great to hear albarn's voice and coxon's guitar together again. those two are more than the sum of their parts imo.

― cajunsunday, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:37 (sixteen years ago)

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