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    Posted: November 05 2005 at 21:15
Oh, Graham Coxon released a good album last year, Happiness in Magazines. I recommend it to everyone that likes Blur and didn't check it yet...
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Sorry Fantomas, but although I generally agree with your views on music Blur just don't do it for  me. The whole Britpop thing was a triumph of hype over content and Damon Allbran's Chelsea shirts and fake cockney accent can't disguise the fact that he's a girly great GIRL.



I must say that I also agree with with most of your musical tastes. Although, I have to disagree on this one. I really like Blur because they know how to make good pop music, and how to create experimental pieces being pop. Also, things like "You're So Great" are great to hear some after heavier stuff...

Think Thank and 13 are experimental albums, in some degree. To me, a pop band doing experimental stuff is the GLORY. They evolved. They gave a f**k you to many fans of their hits. This is a thing that I admire.

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

The only bands of substance in that scene were The Verve (who almost became the new Led Zeppelin) and Pulp, although I like them mainly for Jarvis Cocker's brilliantly written lyrics.



Besides Blur and Suede, these are the bands that I REALLY like on the genre (as I said on another topic. I like other bands, but these are the ones I... love ). Pulp is wonderful because Jarvis Cocker is crazy. I like crazy people. So I like Pulp.

Btw, my favorite 'pop' band is Primal Scream. What do y'all think about 'em?


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Points: 2530 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 17:45
Blur have made many excellent tracks, each TOTALLY different IMHO   
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 17:23
^ I must say thgat I totally disagree with your judgement here. Maybe you should check out their later albums.
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Points: 7142 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 16:29

Sorry Fantomas, but although I generally agree with your views on music Blur just don't do it for  me. The whole Britpop thing was a triumph of hype over content and Damon Allbran's Chelsea shirts and fake cockney accent can't disguise the fact that he's a girly great GIRL.

The only bands of substance in that scene were The Verve (who almost became the new Led Zeppelin) and Pulp, although I like them mainly for Jarvis Cocker's brilliantly written lyrics.



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Points: 1859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 12:25
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I like Blur very much fantomas, and they dod evolve that is most definite! Just compare "parklife" with "13" for example......worllds apart! Great stufff...great band!


Yeah, they could keep on doing the same sound of parklife forever, but they changed their direction. This is surely a thing that I respect.
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Electric Soft Parade is a good band, yes. 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 12:22
I like Blur very much fantomas, and they dod evolve that is most definite! Just compare "parklife" with "13" for example......worllds apart! Great stufff...great band!
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Points: 21816 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 12:07

They wrote some good songs, and their lyrics were funny - that's what I recall spontaneously.

But in retrospect they weren't a brilliant band IMO, and surely neither prog nor prog related. Gorillaz is nice, but also too much focussed on popularity and "compatibility" for my taste.

I really like The Electric Soft Parade ... cool Brit Rock in a really wide sense, I could even imagine adding them to the archives as prog related. They're very avant-garde.
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Points: 1859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 11:35
To me, with the exception of The Verve, no other BritPop band ever got close to it on the 90's (this if you don't count Radiohead as such). The band did what many bands can't do: Evolved. Changed their sound. What do y'all think about the band?
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