Ms Harmless wrote:I almost wish "Barbaric" had been the closer
I'll be a little pissed if they don't make it a single. It's my song of the year so far, and a banger video would be icing on the cake.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:41 am
by Ello Sailor
Also agree that it would've been an amazing closer.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 7:28 am
by Jorge
"The Narcissist" still kind of reminds me of "Dancing in the Dark." The cadence and vocal melody, somewhat
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 8:17 am
by Ello Sailor
Happy for you but I rejoice in having that song not remind me of Springsteen at all.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 10:40 am
by Ms Harmless
tragabigzanda wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:It feels very Damon-heavy, I guess. Like he brought in songs for the band to add some colour, with middling results.
The Magic Whip feels like a bunch of quirky, cohesive songs arising out of band jams (which is pretty informed by the circumstances in which it was made, of course).
Agreed
every band member is obviously present here and doing cool stuff, even if it's often subtle
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 10:48 am
by Ms Harmless
I'm looking over my old Blur stuff and "I'm Just a Killer for Your Love" is A+ - another love letter to Marc Bolan
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 12:32 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 3:08 pm
by VinylGuy
trag seems mad
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 3:16 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 4:45 pm
by Ello Sailor
Trag will reiterate his opinion 3-5 times in multiple threads before letting it fade into the background of his mind. Standard fart-sniffing main character stuff. Just gotta wait it out.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 5:04 pm
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! THREE! Three fucking Japanese bonus tracks flying around like headless chickens! Rabbi and Swan! The sheer IMPUDENCE! My mind reels! The walls shake! STICKS AND STONES! MAY IT ROT IN HELL! A horrific chimera, reeking of 10CC, a grotesque, shameful leftover of Think Tank! Its weirdness, its funk, like rancid meat to a starving beast! It gnaws and gnaws and DOESN'T STOP! GRAHAM! His VOICE! A rusty chainsaw carving through my sanity! I can't! I JUST CAN'T! This cacophony, this ABSOLUTE DEVIL'S SYMPHONY! It's the catastrophic, brain-melting tempest I BEGGED for, the destruction, the ABSOLUTE APOCALYPSE this abhorrent album was crying out for! I'M SCREAMING! EVERY VEIN THROBBING, EVERY CELL SCREAMING! VOLCANOES? No, that's my rage, ready to DECIMATE EVERYTHING! THE ABSURDITY! I'M DROWNING IN RAGE, A TSUNAMI OF FURY! HOW CAN YOU NOT FEEL IT?! WHY IS NO ONE LISTENING?! IT'S ALL FALLING APART!
Man, settle down
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 5:05 pm
by Jorge
I'm on my third play-through of this album and it might honestly be my favorite Blur album
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 5:07 pm
by Ello Sailor
Based.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 5:31 pm
by dad
Jorge wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! THREE! Three fucking Japanese bonus tracks flying around like headless chickens! Rabbi and Swan! The sheer IMPUDENCE! My mind reels! The walls shake! STICKS AND STONES! MAY IT ROT IN HELL! A horrific chimera, reeking of 10CC, a grotesque, shameful leftover of Think Tank! Its weirdness, its funk, like rancid meat to a starving beast! It gnaws and gnaws and DOESN'T STOP! GRAHAM! His VOICE! A rusty chainsaw carving through my sanity! I can't! I JUST CAN'T! This cacophony, this ABSOLUTE DEVIL'S SYMPHONY! It's the catastrophic, brain-melting tempest I BEGGED for, the destruction, the ABSOLUTE APOCALYPSE this abhorrent album was crying out for! I'M SCREAMING! EVERY VEIN THROBBING, EVERY CELL SCREAMING! VOLCANOES? No, that's my rage, ready to DECIMATE EVERYTHING! THE ABSURDITY! I'M DROWNING IN RAGE, A TSUNAMI OF FURY! HOW CAN YOU NOT FEEL IT?! WHY IS NO ONE LISTENING?! IT'S ALL FALLING APART!
Man, settle down
Great post, Jorge.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:30 pm
by Ello Sailor
I've always considered 13 and self-titled to be their best. Never really caught the Parklife bug, though it has some brilliant highs.
I think their most overlooked album is The Great Escape. The singles alone are astonishing.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:49 pm
by Ms Harmless
"Country Sad Ballad Man" is perfection
I thought I'd find it difficult to listen to the S/T right through because "Song 2" has been so horrendously overplayed, but actually it sits right back into context really nicely
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:52 pm
by Ms Harmless
the riff in the last section alongside "I'M A... BALLAAAAAD MAAAAAAAN" is FANTASTIC
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:55 pm
by Ello Sailor
Yeah, I love the front half of that album. The tail end isn't bad, but side A really do be poppin' off.
Re: Blur
Posted: Sat July 22, 2023 6:55 pm
by Ello Sailor
But all of this is irrelevant. "Bugman" is their most underrated tune. It's a real skull-crusher.