blur

[mankie]

Originally posted by bungle bud:
  finding your niche and sticking with it......plus your denim jacket with ROCKIN ALL OVER THE WORLD on it    

I know, I know...I was on 270 on the way home when I realized what you meant.
 
 Yank....I never said change was a bad thing...but not changing isn't a bad thing either. As for Universal Hall, I think it's somewhat of a change back to his earlier stuff, especially his two solo albums. Have you heard it yet?

[thirsty moore]

Hey Scientist -- and you thought Sonic Youth was pretentious?  I picked this up from the HFS website.
 
 Crazy Instruments
 
 Blur's Alex James reveals that the band's upcoming album, Think Tank (due Tuesday), finds the British rockers playing some unusual, self-crafted instruments -- including ones made of potatoes and goatskin. "[We used] whatever was at hand, treated in weird ways and made nasty," the bassist says. "I'm amazed more bands don't explore more of the vast possibilities in making a record."

[markie]

I think I just came.
 
 It think I said yesterday. Most bands need to stop making more than three albums.
 
 White Stripes
 Blur
 Radiohead
 Placebo
 
 have all gotten worse.
 
 Blur always were really pretentions art school wankers. Now I just wish they would go away/or perpetually do the parklife tour.

[mjnova]

Originally posted by the scientist:
  I think I just came.
 
 It think I said yesterday. Most bands need to stop making more than three albums.
 
 White Stripes
 Blur
 Radiohead
 Placebo
 
 have all gotten worse.
 
 Blur always were really pretentions art school wankers. Now I just wish they would go away/or perpetually do the parklife tour.

Well I think Blue tend to have a two brilliant albums then a crap one trend (if you ignore leisure).  Great Escape and Think Tank are their "We've run out of steam, need to change our direction" albums.

[poorlulu]

Originally posted by mjnova:
  Well I think Blur tend to have a two brilliant albums then a crap one trend (if you ignore leisure).  Great Escape and Think Tank are their "We've run out of steam, need to change our direction" albums.

Well then you would be wrong
 
 
 1991
 Leisure [UK]
  
 Food/SBK
 
 1993
 Modern Life Is Rubbish
 Food/SBK
 
 1994
 Parklife
 Food/SBK
 
 1995
 The Great Escape
 Food/Virgin
 
 
 1997
 Blur
 Food/Virgin
 
  
 
 
 1999
 13
 Food/Virgin
 
 
 2003
 Think Tank
 
 Blur have one masterpiece, their third album (2+1). The albums before were working up to that. The albums after were all a let downs. Having the guitarist leave means hopefully this will be the deaththrows of the band.
 
 4 years to come up with Think tank.....Counldnt he have mananged some melodies in that time? Oh wait, he gave them all to Gorrillaz.

[mjnova]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
  Blur have one masterpiece, their third album (2+1). The albums before were working up to that. The albums after were all a let downs. Having the guitarist leave means hopefully this will be the deaththrows of the band.
 
 4 years to come up with Think tank.....Counldnt he have mananged some melodies in that time? Oh wait, he gave them all to Gorrillaz.

I'll agree on the second point.  the Gorillaz album might as well have been a blur album.  It actually had tunes.  It'll be interesting to see what the next Gorillaz album is like.  I imagine it'll have loads of great tunes baffling Blur fans further.
 
 I bet they'll be surprisingly decent live.