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 bands 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 remember 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
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Originally Posted by swim
America does folk, hardcore and mathrock better and that's 90% of what I give 2 shits on.
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sweet nothing openly flaunts the fact that he is merely the empty shell of an even more unadmirable member. his loneliness and need for attention bleeds through every letter he types. edit: i would just like to add that i'm ashamed that he's from texas. surely you didn't grow up in texas, did you sweet nothing?
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