A very memorable quote comes to mind when I hear mention of Blur: "the war
with Oasis may be over, but Blur have fired their nukes anyway."
So happens it comes from a review of "13"
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_03.18.99/music/ondisc.html
Peace,
Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan! [mailto:j.moesen@student.unimaas.nl]
> Sent: February 28, 2002 2:07 PM
> To: idm-l
> Subject: [idm] [1/2 OT] Blur - 13
>
>
> In one of the many threads here that keep droning on and on and on,
> someone wrote:
> >I fucking got tired of the same boring guitar + drums + some drugged up
> >singer combo.
> I suppose most of you (at least those from Europe) know the brit-pop
> band Blur. They've had a number of rather successful songs, and were
> well-known for their neverending verbal battle with the boys from Oasis.
> Anyway, my girlfriend introduced me to their album "13", which, quite
> frankly, I find amazing. It's a few years old already, but has some of
> the best songs ever made by a pop band (*please* don't start the "What
> is POP?"-flames). First half of the CD is your plain old radio-friendly
> stuff, pretty good in their own genre, but the second half is some weird
> yet very melodic music. Definitely hear their drugged-uppiness, and I
> might even say this could be called brit-pop-idm. :-) (Please don't take
> that seriously, either. It's just a bunch of very decent tracks)
>
> --Jan!
>
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