[Glice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fcWvFloiw - one of the first demos (I think) which might appeal to the lo-fi inclined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYDsWKSbuA - an impossibly young Seymour live.

[dazedcola]

Blur can be either hit or miss i never liked an album by them but there are certain songs i absolutely love like this one -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpuh1WE-RVw&ob=av2e

[E. Noisefield]

Originally Posted by Glice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1fcWvFloiw - one of the first demos (I think) which might appeal to the lo-fi inclined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYDsWKSbuA - an impossibly young Seymour live.

Whoah... Guided by Voices much?

(Jesus I hate it when people say "(something somethig) much". I just did it.)

[choc e-Claire]

Parklife -> S/T -> 13 -> haven't listened to any of the others in a while so I can't properly judge.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Parklife -> S/T -> 13 -> haven't listened to any of the others in a while so I can't properly judge.

13 > Blur > rest

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by Severian

13 > Blur > rest

The S/T was the first one that I got. All I knew of Blur beforehand was a particular song* and the other band involving Damon Albarn. Those $8 were absolutely worth it.

That said, I do love Parklife more on average (although it really depends on whichever one I've listened to more recently). My thoughts are swung by the stretch from 'London Loves' to 'Jubilee', including my completely irrational love of 'Trouble in the Message Centre'.

*If you didn't know what song it was before you clicked it, I'm very disappointed in you.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Severian

13 > Blur > rest

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Parklife -> S/T -> 13

Definitely Maybe > the lot of 'em.

[evollove]

"Battery in Your Leg">99.768% of everything ever recorded

[Severian]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Definitely Maybe > the lot of 'em.

Oh dude get the fuck outta here with that shit

Like comparing “Come on Eileen” to “Walk on the Wild Side.” One might be more fun, but the other is fucking better.

[choc e-Claire]

I'm exploring the special editions that were in the Blur 21 box set (they're on Spotify, for the poors among us). There's actually a lot of good material in the vaults, as well as all the stuff that's on the albums.

Death of a Party - completely underrated.

[Kuhb]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Death of a Party - completely underrated.

100% agree. Every Blur album has a whole bunch of outstanding non-single tracks.

Also, The Magic Whip was a really enjoyable album which I find myself consistently returning to. Go Out, I Thought I Was a Spaceman, Lonesome Street and Mirrorball are fantastic.

[Kuhb]

Originally Posted by noisereductions

again, I'm telling you to listen to MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH !!

Yep, it's brilliant from start to finish.

La la la la la! La la la la la la lalala!

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by Kuhb

Also, The Magic Whip was a really enjoyable album which I find myself consistently returning to. Go Out, I Thought I Was a Spaceman, Lonesome Street and Mirrorball are fantastic.

It helps that they'd all been keeping themselves fresh with other music. But yeah, it'd be one of the few post-reunion albums that have a solid part in a band's canon.

[Kuhb]

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

It helps that they'd all been keeping themselves fresh with other music. But yeah, it'd be one of the few post-reunion albums that have a solid part in a band's canon.

Did they ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbqWv78Ha-s

[Severian]

“Death of a Party” is amazing.

I’m not big on the early, super-Brit-poppy Blur, but oddly enough when they went “grunge” (lulz) and used feedback on “Song 2” to shoehorn in a warped and weirdass album like their self-titled one with tracks like “Country Sad Ballad Man” and “Essex Dogs,” I started to appreciate them.

Then “13” came out, and I’m pretty sure that album is as adventurous as anything Radiohead ever made. Goddamn glorious, that record. Warped, experimental fucking masterpiece.

[choc e-Claire]

Originally Posted by Severian

Then “13” came out, and I’m pretty sure that album is as adventurous as anything Radiohead ever made.

It's insane how much ground they covered in their career. Radiohead get credit for their transition from regular alt-rock to electro-art weirdness, but Blur had that plus a huge pop stage.

[Diesel]

Blur eww! Who's next, Ash? Mansun? Shed Seven? Menswear?..

[_slavo_]

Ocean Colour Scene?

[Diesel]

I feel sick. Hold on Salvsey, let me just grab some opioid.

[_slavo_]

Ok Dsielkel