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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jan 7, 2020 19:24:51 GMT
Modern Life Is Rubbish. Not a single bad track on that album, crowned by the magnificent Chemical World. It wouldn't be long before Parklife (still a great album mind) would surface and suddenly Blur became a band followed by teenage girls. I went to see them live on The Universal Tour (The Great Escape tour basically) in a vast arena full of screaming teenagers. They were superb but you could see that Albarn wasn't impressed with the way that things were going, and I remember saying that the talent on the stage deserves a better audience than this. The first time I saw Blur was supporting a band I knew at the old Marquee. For a band playing in front of about 8 people they certainly put a lot of energy into the set...but were basically crap. As was the case the next few times I saw them in support slots. Then they did the Rollercoaster tour with Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine & Dinosaur Jr. It was a set that included back projection of a band member taking a crap on a carpet...in reverse, and Damon dropping his trousers and treating us to the sight of his member. It was the usual shambolic mess. But then they finished with the latest single Popscene and it was monumental. Only saw them once after that (outside of a festival) headline some X-FM or NME sponsored show. I went to see the supports - Mega City 4 and Suede. But Modern Life... had just been released and at last they finally seemed to get their act together...the new material of course helped, but never seen them so good up til that point. That they had cut down on the drinking may also have helped. Paul Weller said at the time that Modern Life Is Rubbish was the best album he had heard in years. Did you go to the Rollercoaster show? Fecking love The Mary Chain.
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Post by sostie on Jan 7, 2020 19:33:22 GMT
The first time I saw Blur was supporting a band I knew at the old Marquee. For a band playing in front of about 8 people they certainly put a lot of energy into the set...but were basically crap. As was the case the next few times I saw them in support slots. Then they did the Rollercoaster tour with Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine & Dinosaur Jr. It was a set that included back projection of a band member taking a crap on a carpet...in reverse, and Damon dropping his trousers and treating us to the sight of his member. It was the usual shambolic mess. But then they finished with the latest single Popscene and it was monumental. Only saw them once after that (outside of a festival) headline some X-FM or NME sponsored show. I went to see the supports - Mega City 4 and Suede. But Modern Life... had just been released and at last they finally seemed to get their act together...the new material of course helped, but never seen them so good up til that point. That they had cut down on the drinking may also have helped. Paul Weller said at the time that Modern Life Is Rubbish was the best album he had heard in years. Did you go to the Rollercoaster show? Fecking love The Mary Chain. Yeah, it was a great show. Mary Chain were the main reason to go. Love them. Seeing them again in March
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