Bad news for Blur fans

[Gibson486]

I don't know if this subject has been posted yet, but I have bad news for Blur fans. Graham Coxon, the guitarist, has left Blur. Appearently, fatboy slim, who is the music producer for the next album, asked Graham to leave the band, and Graham did so. This is very unfortunate news since Graham's guitar playing was a huge portion of Blur's dynamic style.

 

[KingNothing]

I've never actually heard any of their songs besides "Song 2"...any recommendations?

 

[Yomicron]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
I've never actually heard any of their songs besides "Song 2"...any recommendations?

they made a song other than "Song 2"??

 

[Gibson486]

This just shows how ignorant Americans are to good music. America is just about the only country that Blur has not made some sort of mark on besides song 2. Despite raving reviews of all their albums, they never can seem to get the recogintion they deserve in the states. Maybe it wasbetter that way, who knows. Blur defined what a true pop/rock (though 13 is far from pop/rock) band was before bands like Weezer could truely capitalize on it.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
This just shows how ignorant Americans are to good music. America is just about the only country that Blur has not made some sort of mark on besides song 2. Despite raving reviews of all their albums, they never can seem to get the recogintion they deserve in the states. Maybe it wasbetter that way, who knows. Blur defined what a true pop/rock (though 13 is far from pop/rock) band was before bands like Weezer could truely capitalize on it.

Well educated us and share some good song titles or we'll flame you out of existence.

 

[Gibson486]

13 is great album.
Death of a Party is a good song
park life is another good song
Just go to a store like Amazon.com and smaple their albums.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
This just shows how ignorant Americans are to good music.

And all this time I thought I WAS listening to good music.

Please enlighten us "ignorant Americans" to what you would deem GOOD music.

 

[Gibson486]

Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

 

[KingNothing]

Just listened to Park Life. It's good as a funny song, I guess, but good music? Hardly. I guess it depends on what you're exposed to for a long time, that song sounded very British and if you're from the UK, I can see why you'd like it.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

Nothing like some broad generalizations to back an arguement.

Here are some facts for you:

I am an American
I can't stand Creed
I can't stand Korn
I like Blur
I like Ash

Your statement about how we deem Creed and Korn excellent music would be like me saying that all the people of the UK deem Robbie Williams and the Spice Girls excellent music.

As for Weezer's "new flavor", I like it, but I would take their first record over any of them. You can argue over which is "better" all you want.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Just listened to Park Life. It's good as a funny song, I guess, but good music? Hardly. I guess it depends on what you're exposed to for a long time, that song sounded very British and if you're from the UK, I can see why you'd like it.

<sarcasm>

Yeah, but what do you know? You are just an ignorant American like me.

</sarcasm>

 

[weezergirl]

I'm american, i loooove blur. (saddened by the news btw ) and i know who fountains of wayne, ash, and many other "unheard of bands" are. also, i hate creed..but i love OLD korn.

and i agree, old weezer was a lot better. i have kind of lost faith in weezer. they still put on a great live show though.

check out phantom planet! my new favorite band

and back on the topic, i can't believe graham would just leave like that...what's the full story??? sounds stupid to me.

 

[SpongeBob]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

Umm...actually, I've probably been listening to some of those bands(like BRMC) a lot longer than you have. Please don't generalize. I don't understand how you think as a country we can deem Creed or Korn good music. I am an American and I hate those bands. You're nothing but an elitist snob who thinks he is better than everyone else because he listens to "indie" music. If BRMC or FoW were mainstream you'd probably say they sucked too. Why don't you just mind your own business and let people listen to whatever they want to?

Now a bit more on topic...I'm sad to hear of the departure of Coxon, he was a large part of the band, although I haven't been too impressed with their recent work so maybe this will shake things up a little and we'll get some cool new Blur.

 

[Aceshigh]

I am American. I like Blur, as well as Radiohead and Oasis, but my favorite genre is really metal. Metal is pretty much dead in America now due to the prevailing music scene so I can see what you mean by saying how ignorant MOST Americans are about music. About the only place metal still has true mainstream popularity now is Europe. There will always be dedicated metalheads out there but most of America just buys into what the media shovels them.


Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Helloween, Rainbow, Dio, Queensryche, Scorpions.... These are some truely awesome bands.

 

[hdeck]

i'd just like to say, radiohead sucks. thank you and goodnight.

 

[Maleficus]

Originally posted by: hdeck
i'd just like to say, radiohead sucks. thank you and goodnight.

I dont like radiohead much either

BTW chevelle = greatest band ever

 

[SludgeFactory]

Coxon is a big part of their sound, hopefully they can work it out.

For anybody interested in checking them out, all of their later albums are solid, but Parklife and Great Escape are my favorites. Parklife has a few quirky songs but it all fits together perfectly. To me, Blur was always more Beatle-like than Oasis. Song 2 doesn't really reflect the rest of their music, but that's the one the beer companies and sports stadiums decided to play ad naseum.

Originally posted by: Gibson486
This just shows how ignorant Americans are to good music. America is just about the only country that Blur has not made some sort of mark on besides song 2. Despite raving reviews of all their albums, they never can seem to get the recogintion they deserve in the states. Maybe it wasbetter that way, who knows. Blur defined what a true pop/rock (though 13 is far from pop/rock) band was before bands like Weezer could truely capitalize on it.

No doubt, Blur was a great band that slipped under the radar in the US. But that's more to blame on the lack of promotion. I probably never would have bought any of their albums either if my brother hadn't left a copy of Parklife in my car. Anyway, take a look at the British charts over the last 3 or 4 years, they have their share of boy bands, throwaway pop, and nu-metal too

 

[hans007]

i've heard some of their songs like "boys and girls" and "the end of a century " i have on mp3.

hard to understand what the heck they are saying in song 2.



i still have no idea what a chambotchae is

 

[Gunbuster]

My fav album is Great Escape, the other ones just dont have the same sound

 

[cricky]

I'll have to chime in and say that I thought Great Escape was one of their weakest albums. It had a few good spots here and there, but on a whole, it sounded as if they tried TOO hard to follow up Parklife with more of the same. Parklife was a masterpiece, but OF IT'S TIME. It couldn't be re-created and the band needed desperately to adapt to that.

Personally, I'd say that Modern Life is Rubbish is their second best album after Parklife, with the Self-Titled coming next, and a toss-up between Leisure and 13. 13 had some REALLY strong stuff in there, but it was just too schizophrenic of an album.

I don't really expect another album out of them. Each of them have sort of gone on to other things. Damon with Gorillaz and movie scores. Graham has some solo stuff out. If they do, I'd be happy with another album. But I don't think they can reach the peaks they have in the past.

Anyone hear that new Suede album? What crap. Now there is a brit band that fell apart after Bernard Butler left. Dog Man Star was a masterpiece never to be realized again.

--Christopher

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

I think your broad generalizations of America exemplefy your own narrow view.

 

[Shantanu]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
This just shows how ignorant Americans are to good music. America is just about the only country that Blur has not made some sort of mark on besides song 2. Despite raving reviews of all their albums, they never can seem to get the recogintion they deserve in the states. Maybe it wasbetter that way, who knows. Blur defined what a true pop/rock (though 13 is far from pop/rock) band was before bands like Weezer could truely capitalize on it.

I bought the album that had Blur's Song 2 on it. The rest of the songs on there were garbage. Most of them weren't even hard rock; just soft, lame Euro-pop.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

Heh...I don't consider Creed or Korn to be anything other than drivel...

 

[yellowperil]

Nooooo.....

I thought they had a new album coming out? Even though I think Damon Albarn was the real creative force behind the group, Coxon's guitar made their sound. I wonder if this had anything to do with Albarn and Gorillaz.

Blur is Britpop, not a punk band. A lot of people seem to be misled because of all the airplay MTV gave one song. They are much more musically talented than just playing power chords and singing 'woohoo', and were a legit band long before their '97 album came out.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Oh please, America has the narrowest view when it comes to music. The sad thing is tha this narrow view is seeping into other nations such as the UK. America deems bands like Creed and Korn as exellent music. They think that Weezer's "new" flavor is a good thing, even though their past music was so much better. No one knows bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle club, Fountains of Wayne, and Ash. It's a shame too.

Yeah well you are a flippin retard. "America" hasn't deamed ANYTHING as excellent music(cd sales doesn't verify that a band is good). It just shows how ignorant YOU ARE. And I think that Blur sucks so there . I own two of their albums(Great Escape and Blur) and there isn't a damn good song on either. They were a total waste of money. I especially hate song 2.

Do I listen to ANYTHING on the radio? Nope. Do I listen to much of anything you have even heard of most likely? Nope. I stay away from mainstream stuff because there is only about 1% or 2% of music that is quality original music. The other 98% are just trying to copy it. I also tend to stick to local music scenes because money hasn't corrupted the music. Can bands make money and be good? Hell yeah but money seems to screw up some damn good bands.