blur - song 2 thread

atsonicpark · 09.15.2009, 04:50 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk

woo hoo.

Brilliant (cliché) grunge parody song, or something, that still rules.

discuss.

atsonicpark · 09.15.2009, 04:52 PM

You know that little slidey bass part at the end of the chorus? Oh man. So good.

The Earl Of Slander · 09.15.2009, 05:32 PM

Hell yeah! Those later Blur records are so fantastic, and never seem to get enough love when compared to, say, Parklife, which in my opinion gets it's ass kicked by 13. Bugman kills! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0VpTc47Uw

Anyway, don't want to sidetrack too much from the whole Song 2 love in. It's a fucking class track, that's for sure.

demonrail666 · 09.15.2009, 05:41 PM

Isn't Song 2 the one where Blur went from being a quite clever band singing quite clever songs about quite stupid people who go on club 18-30 holidays, to a quite clever band singing quite stupid songs for quite stupid people who go to ice hockey games?

Danny · 09.15.2009, 05:47 PM

a chap i work with looks like graham coxon. sometimes i go over to his flat and we watch the simpsons and its like watching tv with graham coxon.

joe11121 · 09.15.2009, 05:56 PM

pretty good song, although I'm not much of a Blur fan

infinitemusic · 09.15.2009, 05:57 PM

"Brilliant" is a little bit of an overstatement

Glice · 09.15.2009, 06:26 PM

Blur have done better songs. I've done better songs. I've shat better songs.

I like Blur. Actually, they're probably the one band I'd have in my actual top 10 bands that, if I were asked to construct a top 10 bands, I'd forget were one of my top 10 bands. But... I mean, there are better songs on Leisure and the Great Escape (their shittest albums).

noisereductions · 09.15.2009, 06:33 PM

1. "Song 2" was the first 7" single I ever bought.
2. The entire album BLUR is brilliant. It's a britpop album in theory only. But really it's a tribute to American Indie rock.
3. Graham Coxon is one of the most unsung guitar players of the 90's.

Glice · 09.15.2009, 06:36 PM

Graham Coxon is unsung on your side of the Atlantic. He's bigger than Bernard Butler over here.

noisereductions · 09.15.2009, 06:37 PM

really? I didn't realize that to be honest. I guess I knew that Blur was big over there, but...

is everyone into his solo records over there? I feel like they're barely known of here.

Glice · 09.15.2009, 06:39 PM

Oh, God no. But there really haven't been that many guitar heroes over here. We don't really make metal and the indie thing will forever be tainted by the Denim/ Sarah records nonsense, so Coxon is basically the best guitarist since... fucking hell, we're absolutely shit at making popular guitarists, I can't think of a one anyone's heard of.

09.15.2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

the Great Escape (their shittest albums).

I like ''The Great Eascape'' a lot, I think it's one of their best. Particularly songs like ''He Thought of Cars''. That ''Country House'' song is vile, though.

Satan · 09.15.2009, 06:46 PM

i hate this song

hate

09.15.2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satan

i hate this song

hate

WHOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!

noisereductions · 09.15.2009, 06:50 PM

Graham does some mind-fucking shit on BLUR. Like the tubeamp-kicking in "On Your Own." O. M. G.

GeneticKiss · 09.15.2009, 07:48 PM

Like many Americans, Song 2 was the first Blur song I ever heard. That whole album is fantastic, and possibly their best. Other faves on that disc are Beetlebum, Theme From Retro, MOR, You're So Great, Death of a Party, I'm Just a Killer for Your Love, Strange News From Another Star, and Essex Dogs...

Yeah, it's been jock-ified in a lot of ways, but it's one jock song I can understand the love for...

noisereductions · 09.15.2009, 08:19 PM

I figured most of us Americans knew Blur initially from "Boys & Girls"... no?

BLUR is amazing. But their best is either MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH or 13. Depending. Blur fucking rule.

infinitemusic · 09.15.2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

Oh, God no. But there really haven't been that many guitar heroes over here. We don't really make metal and the indie thing will forever be tainted by the Denim/ Sarah records nonsense, so Coxon is basically the best guitarist since... fucking hell, we're absolutely shit at making popular guitarists, I can't think of a one anyone's heard of.

I don't GET how Black Sabbath could come from there and you don't fucking make metal? Not that I really care because almost everything after them was shit anyway.

atsonicpark · 07.14.2011, 08:16 PM

for old times' sake...

WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk woo hoo. Brilliant (cliché) grunge parody song, or something, that still rules. discuss. __________________
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Hell yeah! Those later Blur records are so fantastic, and never seem to get enough love when compared to, say, Parklife, which in my opinion gets it's ass kicked by 13. Bugman kills! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0VpTc47Uw Anyway, don't want to sidetrack too much from the whole Song 2 love in. It's a fucking class track, that's for sure. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	Isn't Song 2 the one where Blur went from being a quite clever band singing quite clever songs about quite stupid people who go on club 18-30 holidays, to a quite clever band singing quite stupid songs for quite stupid people who go to ice hockey games?
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Danny bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 197	a chap i work with looks like graham coxon. sometimes i go over to his flat and we watch the simpsons and its like watching tv with graham coxon.
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joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	pretty good song, although I'm not much of a Blur fan
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infinitemusic the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 569	"Brilliant" is a little bit of an overstatement
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	1. "Song 2" was the first 7" single I ever bought. 2. The entire album BLUR is brilliant. It's a britpop album in theory only. But really it's a tribute to American Indie rock. 3. Graham Coxon is one of the most unsung guitar players of the 90's. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	really? I didn't realize that to be honest. I guess I knew that Blur was big over there, but... is everyone into his solo records over there? I feel like they're barely known of here. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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Satan invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: noo yawk Posts: 6,331	i hate this song hate __________________ "I love meth." - batreleaser
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Graham does some mind-fucking shit on BLUR. Like the tubeamp-kicking in "On Your Own." O. M. G. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	Like many Americans, Song 2 was the first Blur song I ever heard. That whole album is fantastic, and possibly their best. Other faves on that disc are Beetlebum, Theme From Retro, MOR, You're So Great, Death of a Party, I'm Just a Killer for Your Love, Strange News From Another Star, and Essex Dogs... Yeah, it's been jock-ified in a lot of ways, but it's one jock song I can understand the love for... __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I figured most of us Americans knew Blur initially from "Boys & Girls"... no? BLUR is amazing. But their best is either MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH or 13. Depending. Blur fucking rule. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	for old times' sake... WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________
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