Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish (Full Album)

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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
  • I do not own any of the music shown in this video, all rights belong to Blur
    1- For Tomorrow 0:00
    2- Advert 4:19
    3- Colin Zeal 8:04
    4- Pressure On Julian 11:21
    5- Star Shaped 14:53
    6- Blue Jeans 18:20
    7- Chemical World + Intermission 22:14
    8- Sunday Sunday 28:48
    9- Oily Water 31:26
    10- Miss America 36:27
    11- Villa Rosie 42:02
    12- Coping 45:57
    13- Turn It Up 49:22
    14- Resigned + Commercial Break 52:44

Komentáře • 572

  • @saigonpete
    @saigonpete Před 4 měsíci +23

    They drank in my pub every night during the recording of this album. The night they had finished, Dave and Alex took me into the studio to play me a couple of tracks.

    • @bitten1406
      @bitten1406 Před měsícem +1

      this is so fuckin amazing. I hope it's true

    • @saigonpete
      @saigonpete Před měsícem +1

      @@bitten1406 not the kinda thing I could post on here if it were a lie - though I guess there are plenty of people on the internet who would, I guess! Sure it's true - it was the Plough in Bloomsbury and they were working in Matrix studios next door. I almost walked straight into Paul Weller there one day, but was too starstruck to speak - he was going in to visit Dr. Robert from the Blow Monkeys, the staff told me later! All 4 Blur lads were really sound!

    • @bitten1406
      @bitten1406 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@saigonpete wooow :) that's really cool! you must be an interesting fella

  • @joanlluistobaruelamaldonad2872
    @joanlluistobaruelamaldonad2872 Před 2 měsíci +8

    Mi hijo nació en 2012 y es un fan de Blur. No puede parar de saltar, imitando a Damon Albarn.
    Ya tengo 49 años, y parece que fue ayer que compré PARKLIFE gracias a End of a Century y Parklife. Entonces yo tenía 19. Me recordaban a Ray Davies y a The Kinks.
    Qué época aquella. Ya pasó. Pero la ha descubierto mi hijo.❤❤❤

  • @kattee2459
    @kattee2459 Před 2 lety +54

    I remember buying this from HMV in my nearest town, after saving up my pocket money for weeks, along with a silver Sony Walkman, and just feeling so happy. I can still remember the exact spot I was standing when For Tomorrow started, and listening to it now, 30 years later, I am right back there.

    • @therealMolochko
      @therealMolochko Před 11 měsíci

      30 years ago, cheez and rice

    • @Daniel-nh3qr
      @Daniel-nh3qr Před 10 měsíci

      Bootiful

    • @needleseupins
      @needleseupins Před 10 měsíci

      The kind of memories I love (and had myself) about many of my "britpop" years.

  • @eugeneaxe
    @eugeneaxe Před 5 lety +350

    One of the most underrated albums of the 90's. Pure genius.

    • @anotheropinion8638
      @anotheropinion8638 Před 3 lety +16

      This would be true except it’s not. Because it’s not underrated. It’s held in quite high esteem.

    • @Girlsplaybass
      @Girlsplaybass Před 3 lety +2

      @@anotheropinion8638 👜

    • @mahmoodrizi7536
      @mahmoodrizi7536 Před 3 lety +3

      Have you heard the good bad and the Queen.....pure magic

    • @franciscocampossolis6878
      @franciscocampossolis6878 Před 2 lety +4

      Underrated?,oh boy 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @75harg
      @75harg Před rokem +2

      This and parklife are masterpieces!! I remember when I got my hands on this CD feel in love forever with blur!! That like 30 years ago😂

  • @marcomarquez1368
    @marcomarquez1368 Před 4 lety +28

    My brother passed away this year and Blur was his favorite band. I grew up listening this songs with him. Darn so many memories! I miss him so

  • @DanielaGarridou
    @DanielaGarridou Před 6 lety +317

    Every song on this album is frigging brilliant.

  • @AlanTaylormusic
    @AlanTaylormusic Před 3 lety +93

    Oasis were great at the time but Noel Gallagher didn't have the sophistication that Albarn/Coxon had in spades.

    • @lennjohnsonjudedude1889
      @lennjohnsonjudedude1889 Před rokem +4

      My friend you have it so wrong I can't believe what I am reading the Gallagher brothers have more class and are a lot more sophisticated than everyone involved in blur. Simple as that and time is now showing just how good we had it because I actually like blur but buddy how could 2 brothers from a council estate get as important to the people, they didn't have private education like the blur boys had they had no chance of making it if noels lyrics where not timeless classics and Liam was probably the last I don't give a furk,front man there will be just enjoy it and stop complaining about things you know absolutely nothing about. 🎉chin chin

    • @jboy9336
      @jboy9336 Před rokem +12

      Oasis is great, but Blur will always be the greatest in Brit pop

    • @seanadamson280
      @seanadamson280 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Spot on Alan

    • @andylane3739
      @andylane3739 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​​@@lennjohnsonjudedude1889 Those brothers got in drunken fights with each other. How the kcuf is that "class"?

    • @mikeadams7904
      @mikeadams7904 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Why do people always compare with oasis

  • @herringgoering6428
    @herringgoering6428 Před 6 lety +85

    My cousin gave me this on cassette in sept '95 while I was in intensive care after horror car crash..that helped me immensely,still have it on cd in the car now..I recovered thankfully

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski Před 2 měsíci

      95... yeah I figured you survived. It was just a hunch

    • @Darrenski
      @Darrenski Před 2 měsíci

      And I wasn't being a tw@. I've been in intensive care twice, once with cardiac arrest. I was only making light of it. Don't take it to heart

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 5 lety +190

    This is the best Blur album in my humble opinion ! Probably their most under the radar. A very 🇬🇧 sound. 😎

    • @kooldoc8464
      @kooldoc8464 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree, excellent album

    • @3cs3hs
      @3cs3hs Před 4 lety +4

      i used to think leisure was the best and i listened to that album so much, i never gave this one a chance till today, but i think you may be right. Leisure is heavier, more distortion which i like, she's so high and sing are amzing, 13 is really good too, but pressure on julian is my new fav song, so fucking good

    • @laborlart
      @laborlart Před 4 lety +4

      I discovered Blur in the late 90s with Song 2, so the selftitled album was naturally the first I encountered. I then found Parklife in the library and was surprised how different it was. The first one I bought myself was The Great Escape and to be honest, I was a little disappointed at first, but now I love it. It's hard for me to say which ones the best - they are all fantastic - but if I had to choose my least favorites I would say Leisure - because it was veeery quite mastered and a bit too calm for my taste - and Think Tank, simply because Graham Coxon left.

    • @mar15115
      @mar15115 Před 3 lety +5

      Their discography is so unique its hard to really choose just one

    • @rafaelsantosx
      @rafaelsantosx Před 3 lety +2

      @@3cs3hs The guitars on Leisure are pretty good.

  • @Yamikylie
    @Yamikylie Před 2 lety +17

    Blue Jeans destroys my heart ♡

  • @SonnyBurnett85
    @SonnyBurnett85 Před 7 lety +70

    Such an underatted album.

  • @charmlessnerd8582
    @charmlessnerd8582 Před 7 lety +153

    For Tomorrow 0:00
    Advert 4:19
    Colin Zeal 8:04
    Pressure On Julian 11:21
    Star Shaped 14:53
    Blue Jeans 18:20
    Chemical World+Intermission 22:14
    Sunday Sunday 28:48
    Oily Water 31:26
    Miss America 36:27
    Villa Rosie 42:02
    Coping 45:57
    Turn It Up 49:22
    Resigned+Commercial Break 52:44

  • @barbedwirekisses79
    @barbedwirekisses79 Před 8 lety +46

    Bought on tape in a record shop in Rennes on holiday,summer 94...expensive but worth it!!!!

    • @unzie1215
      @unzie1215 Před 4 lety

      Bolly love how you in Rennes an bought this album on cassette vinyl would have been ? The Best

  • @tickedoffnow
    @tickedoffnow Před 7 lety +345

    Blur are to Britpop what Nirvana was to Grunge

    • @oranginator
      @oranginator Před 7 lety +8

      Very True

    • @guedezz
      @guedezz Před 7 lety +43

      Trying to figure out if you are mocking Blur or praising them.

    • @cinemaslut9034
      @cinemaslut9034 Před 6 lety +31

      Rafael Guedes To be fair, Grunge was not a good genre to begin with. There were many bands in America that were doing much more interesting things in the 90s. Ween and Fugazi for example.

    • @guedezz
      @guedezz Před 6 lety +20

      BrandNewww Even in grunge there were much better bands than Nirvana. Soundgarden and Screaming Trees, for example.

    • @cinemaslut9034
      @cinemaslut9034 Před 6 lety +24

      Rafael Guedes I went through a huge grunge phase in 9th grade about 6 or 7 years ago. I always felt Alice in Chains was the best band out of all the "grunge" bands. Ironically enough, I wouldn't even call them grunge. Just sludge/alt metal. Soundgarden had some good tracks and so did Screaming Trees but overall I always felt they sounded pretty run of the mill to me and kinda uninspired creatively. (Despite Soundgarden being one of the first grunge bands) I dont know. Pearl Jam had some of the best written and structured singles of the genre. (Jeremy and Black) But they were bogged down by such a generic and tbh almost meme worthy lead singer. Eddie Vedder has been ripped off vocally so many times that his voice is basically a meme at this point. Then you're just left with Nirvana which have been overplayed and overpraised to fucking death. But if there's one thing I can commend Nirvana on that very few bands have ever done, is combine pop appeal with hard rock in such a natural way I still think In Utero is a fantastic record. Other than that, I've been gravitating towards the british music scenes lately. It still blows my mind how a band as versitile and almost experimental at times like Blur, could be one of the biggest British bands of the 90s. Even if you looks to the 70s, weird ass bands like Sparks were huge in the UK. It seemed the UK was much more accepting to artsy and creative music moreso than America.

  • @debbieturner6194
    @debbieturner6194 Před 7 lety +97

    Never sick of this album - one of the best ever made and still sounds so good today

  • @reniisgod
    @reniisgod Před 3 lety +47

    The best Blur album by a mile. Masterpiece

  • @poogedys8505
    @poogedys8505 Před 5 lety +40

    These guys wrote some kickass, memorable melodies; so, so much more than “Girls and Boys” and “Song 2” (as likeable and classic as those tunes still are). Great stuff that has gotten me through tough times!!

    • @jnnx
      @jnnx Před 4 lety +2

      This was before their “top 40” days

    • @theyellowlightsaber3193
      @theyellowlightsaber3193 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jnnx Thats how brilliant Blur were, they werent even charting yet and this album is ten times more ingenius than Parklife which is pretty bland in comparison, this has so much energy that the next album lacks.

    • @CaptainSensibleIII
      @CaptainSensibleIII Před rokem

      Two incredibly annoying songs

  • @juancamacho5746
    @juancamacho5746 Před 2 lety +9

    *Sunday, Sunday* 28:48
    Sunday, Sunday, here again in tidy attire
    You read the color supplement, the TV guide
    You dream of protein on a plate
    Regret you left it quite so late
    To gather the family round the table to eat enough to sleep
    Oh, the Sunday sleep
    Sunday, Sunday here again, a walk in the park
    You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
    He fought for us in two world wars
    And says the England he knew is no more
    He sings the Songs of Praise every week but always falls asleep
    For the Sunday sleep...
    And Mother's Pride is your epithet
    That extra slice you will soon regret
    So going out is your best bet
    Then bingo yourself to sleep
    Oh, the Sunday sleep
    *Oily water* 31:26
    Lead in me and me in water
    Dangling in my world
    I swallowed too much oily water
    Now it's slipping down my spine
    In a sense of self in decline
    Growing fat on sound
    It's only an early morning dream
    And the whole world will be alright
    My heads hurts with suspicion
    I'm coming home sometime
    I've swallowed too much oily water
    It's slipping down my spine
    A sense of self in decline
    I'm lying on my back
    It's only an early morning dream
    And the whole world will be alright
    *Miss America* 36:27
    Miss America sits in the shower
    She's plucking hours from the sky
    Picks up the telephone, into another home
    Don't ask me why
    I don't mind
    I don't mind at all
    I love only you
    She's a well wisher and she wishes you well
    Wish away, wish away
    She no jellybean, she a Jemima ho ho
    Wish away, wish away
    I don't mind
    I don't mind at all
    I love only you
    Here is here and I am here, where are you?
    Far away, far away
    She no jellybean, she a Jemima ho ho
    Wish away, wish away
    *Villa Rosie* 42:02
    Practice doesn't make perfect when you're interbreeding
    Speaking drivel, can it get confused with heavy breathing?
    Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs
    Meandering through this and that, you're suspected of vagueness
    When work is done, go to Villa Rosie every night
    (So tasty)
    Go form a queue at Villa Rosie every night
    (So tasty)
    Across the common every day, you come across the fine line
    But wearing boots can prevent the leeches in the long grass
    Eating between meals stifles the appetite; is it healthy?
    Coming home, that nagging doubt there in your belly
    And all the while, at Villa Rosie every night
    (You're tasting)
    A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night
    (So tasty)
    All losers come to Villa Rosie every night
    (They're waiting)
    So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night
    (So tasty)
    Don't break your back at Villa Rosie every night
    (We're tasting)
    A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night
    (So tasty)

  • @harveykilgarriff7304
    @harveykilgarriff7304 Před 7 lety +99

    Happy 49th birthday Damon Albarn (also my 12th birthday today) love your music your awesome

  • @juancamacho5746
    @juancamacho5746 Před 2 lety +11

    *For tomorrow* 0:01
    He's a twentieth century boy
    With his hands on the rails
    Trying not to be sick again
    And holding on for tomorrow
    London ice cracks on a seamless line
    He's hanging on for dear life
    And so we hold each other tightly
    And hold on for tomorrow
    Singing la, la, la...
    Holding on for tomorrow
    She's a twentieth century girl
    With her hands on the wheel
    Trying not to make you sick again
    Seeing what she can borrow
    London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
    But we're lost on the West way
    So we hold each other tightly
    And we can wait until tomorrow
    Singing la, la, la...
    Holding on for tomorrow
    We're trying not to be sick again
    And holding on for tomorrow
    She's a twentieth century girl
    Holding on for dear life
    And so we hold each other tightly
    And hold on for tomorrow
    Singing la, la, la...
    Holding on for tomorrow
    Jim stops and gets out of the car
    Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
    Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
    Turns it off and makes some tea
    Says modern life is rubbish
    I'm holding on for tomorrow
    Then Susan comes into the room
    She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
    Says, "let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
    It's windy there, and the view's so nice"
    London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose
    You're holding on for tomorrow
    *Advert* 4:19
    It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm half way home
    I feel foul mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground
    And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
    I need something to remind me that there's something else
    You need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
    With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
    Say something, say something else...
    Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion
    If you stare too long you lose your appetite
    A nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
    You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains
    I need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
    With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
    Say something, say something else...
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    (You can have it on the rates
    Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a one week only special offer)
    *Colin Zeal* 8:04
    Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
    He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
    He's an affable man with a plausible plan
    Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand
    Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again...
    He's pleased with himself...
    While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic
    He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor
    Colin's the modern retard with a love of bombast
    Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwells on the past
    (He's a modern retard, he's terminal lard
    He's an affable man, with a carrotene tan
    Because Colin Zeal's ill)
    *Pressure on Julian* 11:21
    Only the magical transit children
    sing, sing the lullaby, bah bah bah
    Sitting on the pavement, sucking on a long straw
    It's colorful, it's colorful, but it washes you out
    Here is my violence, and here is the excuse
    I learned it all, but only second hand
    Falling into walls, well what is it with you
    You never know, never know, never know
    We planned it all this way..
    Pressure on Julian
    Swimming in yellow pissy water
    Sand getting in between their ears
    No blood in head in this bloddy weather
    Irate people with yellow tounges
    (There was pressure on Julian, pushing trolleys in the car park
    from B to A, then back to B
    Pressure on Julian, he keeps passing out,
    Poor, precious little snout, the birds are singing at night
    Pressure on Julian)
    *Star shaped* 14:53
    Wash with new soap, behind the collar
    Keeps a clean mental state
    Don't usually bother, in cold weather
    But, still, I'm getting into work late
    And I don't need the practice
    I've been making plans (for the future)
    Become an unconscious man (all for the good)
    I feel so unnecessary
    (We don't think so, you seem star shaped)
    Have a couple at the weekend
    Keeps up camaraderie
    And my mind boggles in the middle
    At the possibilities
    I wash with new soap, behind the collar
    Helps keep down the laundry
    And, now I bother in cold weather
    Because it cleans me mentally
    *Blue jeans* 18:20
    Air cushioned soles
    I bought them on the Portobello Road on a Saturday
    I stop and stare awhile
    A common pastime when conversation goes astray
    And don't think I'm walking out of this
    She don't mind
    Whatever I say, whatever I say
    I don't really want to change a thing
    I want to stay this way forever
    Blue, blue jeans I wear them every day
    There's no particular reason to change
    My thoughts are getting banal, I can't help it
    But I won't pull out hair another day
    You know it's to be with you
    Don't give up on me yet
    I want to stay this way forever
    You know it's to be with you
    *Chemical world* 22:14
    The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
    So she takes the bus into the country
    Although she got herself rosy cheeks
    She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent
    The landlord says that she's out in a week
    What a shame she was just getting comfy
    Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep
    In a chemical world, it's very, very, very cheap
    And I don't know about you
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    It's been a hell of a do
    But they're been putting the holes in, yes, yes
    Peeping Thomas has a very nice view
    Across the street at the exhibitionist
    These townies they never speak to you
    Just stick together so they never get lonely
    Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed
    Had to sit down and have some sugary tea
    In a chemical world, in a chemical world
    It's very, very, very cheap
    And I don't know about you
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    It's been a hell of a do
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    I don't know about you
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    It's been a hell of a do
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    And now she's right out of view
    They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes
    I don't talk about you
    But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
    Until you can see right through

  • @rossh7186
    @rossh7186 Před 3 lety +36

    I'm just so pleased to find some many people coming on here and finding out about this album who weren't there at the time, just like I went back from the 90s. Plus people who aren't British appreciating it! It's just nice to see 90s guitar music making such an impact.

    • @poppyjasper1944
      @poppyjasper1944 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm Australian and at the same time as the brit pop 'explosion' was the grunge movement. I like grunge, but to this very day, my listening choices are still full of blur, Pulp, Lush, Supergrass, space, Suede etc. it was a great time for music all round.

  • @tonyosborne3924
    @tonyosborne3924 Před rokem +17

    listened to this album for the first time in years. It was like meeting an old friend . My favourite of all the Blur albums.

    • @gdub999tub.
      @gdub999tub. Před 10 měsíci +1

      Just heard this album for the first time -- like meeting a new friend!

  • @liamtao9687
    @liamtao9687 Před 7 lety +157

    This album takes me straight back to being a teenager in my bedroom writing essays for Eng Lit class. I think we are all time travellers in the sense that as we get older we can remember different worlds and the present world of smart phones and self driving cars seems alien. Pop music is an important medium. I believe it contains coded and prophetic messages.

    • @stvbrsn
      @stvbrsn Před 7 lety +7

      Liam Tao you said it!

    • @garden2571
      @garden2571 Před 6 lety +6

      megaDudeMegaDude Did u have a traumatizing childhood or something? Why so salty?

    • @violetfirth4334
      @violetfirth4334 Před 6 lety +7

      i know you're a mega dude but it's ok to feel things bro

    • @salvomondello6088
      @salvomondello6088 Před 6 lety +2

      megaDudeMegaDude what is wrong with you?

    • @willmcmahon7491
      @willmcmahon7491 Před 6 lety +5

      Oops, went too far down the comments again

  • @TheBeezusjones
    @TheBeezusjones Před měsícem +2

    "She's hangin on for dear life.. so we hold eachother tightly.. and hold on for tomorrow.." ❣️😭

    • @Wolfdragon92584
      @Wolfdragon92584 Před 22 dny

      I think Damon had begun dating Justine just before this record. Those romantic lyrics reflect that natural high of love.

  • @dennisvogt1193
    @dennisvogt1193 Před 2 lety +11

    When i worked at mcdonalds in the 90s, one of my coworkers said I might like blur. I had no idea who they were and was like, "yeah, whatver." one of my biggest regrets was not following up on her statement. I gave blur a try about 10 or so years later and loved them.

  • @firstbornuk
    @firstbornuk Před 4 lety +22

    This is Blur's true masterpiece. One of the best albums ever.

    • @areader2253
      @areader2253 Před 4 lety +4

      I would say they have many masterpieces!

    • @catsanda3907
      @catsanda3907 Před 4 lety +3

      @@areader2253 13, blur, parklife and modern life is rubbish are the ones i consider masterpieces

    • @noursarhan8695
      @noursarhan8695 Před 4 lety +7

      @@catsanda3907 Agreed! Not that the other ones aren't good, but these four are just something else...Modern Life's urban, nostalgic feel with a touch of youth anger, Parklife's combination of tasty pop melodies with sarcastic commentaries, Blur's melancholic rawness and 13's crazy experimentation, at times emotional and dreamy and at times leaving you uncomfortable and alienated.
      What do you think, summed them up well?

  • @ytb460
    @ytb460 Před 2 lety +21

    Graham was an incredible guitarist.

    • @Mr_R10T
      @Mr_R10T Před 2 lety

      No i think alex is better [this is a joke i know both them are the best]

    • @robsdianten1
      @robsdianten1 Před 2 lety +11

      And he still is

    • @garydixon6315
      @garydixon6315 Před rokem

      Is he dead ?😂

    • @spacey9707
      @spacey9707 Před měsícem

      one of my guitar heroes, listen to his solo album golden d, pure distortion bliss

  • @firzen3697
    @firzen3697 Před 5 lety +29

    This always was very unique album, none of Blur albums can beat this one. Props.

  • @michaelhoskins6579
    @michaelhoskins6579 Před 3 lety +5

    I got into Blur around the time of Glastonbury '94 when I was 17. I was still into a lot of American rock and grunge, listening to hip hop, and those sort of bootleg rave tapes like Fantazia and Universe. I bought MLIR and Parklife at almost the same time. I just couldn't get enough of it. This was music that was so completely different to anything I'd listened to before. At the time the Englishness of it all seemed so strange to me, but it was a breath of fresh air. Almost immediately after that I got into Buzzcocks, The Jam, The Smiths, Wire, Magazine, Joy Division/New Order, Post Punk, Syd Barrett and loads of contemporary indie bands that were around at the time. Blur got a lot of stick once they got big for perhaps being too poppy, and for me after Parklife they lost their spark, but they opened loads of doors for me to stuff I wouldn't have even considered listening to before. For that reason I still regard them as one of the best British bands of the 90s.

    • @birjarq
      @birjarq Před 2 lety

      It was somehow similar to me in a sense when discovering bands through blur in 2015, when I was 17. How did you perceive their late 90s albums, s/t and 13?

  • @hanshotfirst8927
    @hanshotfirst8927 Před 6 lety +25

    I just discovered Blur a few months ago and this has become one of my favorite albums. Only wish I'd found them earlier, but better late than never. It's better than Parklife, IMO. If only just a bit.

    • @hanshotfirst8927
      @hanshotfirst8927 Před 6 lety +1

      Jewgleare Freedomhatingscum
      Yeah, I was like 3 or 4 when this came out, I was always into music but didn't start buying my own CD's until I was like 10 and and Blur weren't too well known in America so I'd never have known them without the Internet (except for Song 2). Feel I missed out too on a lot of great stuff from the 90's which I'm just barely discovering now.

    • @3cs3hs
      @3cs3hs Před 4 lety +2

      Leisure is really good to, maybe better than this, but this album is way better than Parklife,

    • @theyellowlightsaber3193
      @theyellowlightsaber3193 Před 2 lety

      No youre right its better than Parklife and by a mile really.

  • @poppyjasper1944
    @poppyjasper1944 Před 2 lety +4

    so when I was 18, growing up in Australia, Triple J (radio station) was playing 'for tomorrow' a lot, and I was hooked instantly. Around that time was my birthday and my parents bought me a CD player, they were still pretty new to the market, and this album was the very first CD I ever bought. And still love it to this day, and still one of my fave albums ever. and it's been...ooh nearly 30 years.. damn how time flies..

    • @seanadamson280
      @seanadamson280 Před rokem

      Me too Poppy love this album. Listened to triple j when in Oz 25 years ago good station 😜

  • @rustyfynn
    @rustyfynn Před 2 lety +10

    I remember being massively into Blur and having the album’s: Leisure, Parklife, The Great Escape and (back then) the newly released Blur album. But for some reason I never knew about Modern Life is Rubbish!?! But then one day I heard Chemical World on the radio and I was like “what the fuck? Why have I never heard this song before?” Next day went to Our Price and got the album. Personally think it’s one of their strongest albums. Never gets old for me.

  • @selfhelpgroup8750
    @selfhelpgroup8750 Před 3 lety +25

    Blur's masterpiece.

    • @oranjoe69
      @oranjoe69 Před 2 lety +2

      13

    • @selfhelpgroup8750
      @selfhelpgroup8750 Před 2 lety

      @@oranjoe69 Undoubtedly fantastic, but arguably more of a William Orbit record than a blur record.

    • @lautarozarate2540
      @lautarozarate2540 Před 2 lety

      same

    • @TheHawaiianEngine
      @TheHawaiianEngine Před rokem

      Blur's masterpiece with Gresley's finest engine on the front cover!

    • @JosefRosam
      @JosefRosam Před měsícem

      @@selfhelpgroup8750 nah, it's blur just not "britpop" blur

  • @barreto1010
    @barreto1010 Před 7 lety +35

    blur makes me happy since 2006. there in my 16 years

  • @mrotaveria
    @mrotaveria Před 4 lety +34

    Best Blur album, it didn't have the recognition it deserves.

  • @TheCragerGuy
    @TheCragerGuy Před 4 lety +26

    The Whole album is great. However, the Intermission to Chemical World is so absurdly excellent that Blur is punching so far over their weight it is unbelievable. This is among the best ever in the Art Rock/ Punk/ Alternative/ I could go on. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Blur!

  • @drewsturgeon9511
    @drewsturgeon9511 Před rokem +13

    Their best album still ❤️

  • @CircunferenciaPunga
    @CircunferenciaPunga Před rokem +16

    grata compañia en mi adolescencia, sigo creyendo que es el mejor disco de Blur y que se merece mayores aplausos.

  • @straightfaya7765
    @straightfaya7765 Před rokem +5

    Graham is the man !!

  • @joaoabbud
    @joaoabbud Před 7 lety +65

    one of the best from the 90's!! so fucking sick until now!!! best blur album for sure! cheers from Brasil

    • @giovanidavi4186
      @giovanidavi4186 Před 6 lety

      That's alright Jonny!!!

    • @beepuke8679
      @beepuke8679 Před 5 lety

      Aew brasil!

    • @KD-yy5gu
      @KD-yy5gu Před 4 lety

      If you were buying this in the 90's, you must be one of the oldest people ever to say it was sick. Leave the stupid lingo to the kids who know no better. I'm embarrassed for you.

  • @franciscateofilobittencour2484

    What I love the most is the "Intermission" betwee tracks 7 and 8!

  • @nickjohnson3619
    @nickjohnson3619 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Man I didnt know there was this much depth to blur. I only knew them for that one song that went woohoo

    • @neoviez
      @neoviez Před 11 měsíci +1

      have you listened to 13?

    • @nickjohnson3619
      @nickjohnson3619 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@neoviez have not but I'll check it out. This was a pretty pleasant surprise

    • @neoviez
      @neoviez Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@nickjohnson3619 13 is their most experimental album by far and a fan favourite! i definitely reccomend it

  • @Mijitas
    @Mijitas Před 7 lety +20

    This was the first Blur album I ever got. at a huge virgin records store. I was very happy because I got this around gorillaz coming out. Needless to say, I fell in love more with this style. Always going to be on my top albums, oddly it reminds me a lot of 90s Lush. I think the extreme quirky British accent is what makes it that way lol.

  • @Mozzermarr10
    @Mozzermarr10 Před 6 lety +17

    Blur's best album.

  • @garydixon6315
    @garydixon6315 Před 2 lety +6

    Blurs best album...

  • @kikiswirline4569
    @kikiswirline4569 Před 6 lety +64

    I am a HUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of Gorillaz so I decided to check out Blur since I loved most of the songs that Damon wrote for that project. But THIS......THIS IS JUST MIND-BLOWING!!!! I still love Gorillaz very very much but this puts ALL of the Gorillaz albums to shame. My respect for Damon Albarn as a song writer is growing everyday!!!! !

    • @caribmaz
      @caribmaz Před 6 lety +4

      damn right

    • @therealdonaldtrump6119
      @therealdonaldtrump6119 Před 5 lety +8

      Toni Langella gorillaz albums are on the same level they're really good and so is this

    • @charlatan65
      @charlatan65 Před 5 lety +11

      Gorillaz dont have Graham!

    • @therealdonaldtrump6119
      @therealdonaldtrump6119 Před 5 lety +1

      Robert Todd they're both good and fairly equal gorillaz has animation which is really good and fluid with really well written music and blur has well written music too

    • @therealdonaldtrump6119
      @therealdonaldtrump6119 Před 5 lety +2

      Robert Todd I like how gorillaz is a side project and the music for gorillaz is just better to me

  • @markr7121
    @markr7121 Před 2 lety +5

    I love all of Blur and Gorillaz's work and music. I'm grateful to have discover the greatness of each group..
    MER Chesapeake Va.

    • @TheBeezusjones
      @TheBeezusjones Před měsícem

      Have u heard "the Good , the Bad and the Queen "? Damon AND badass drummer Tony Scott AND Paul Simonon from the Clash on bass!!??? That album BLEW. ME. AWAY... It's like a haunted carnival..

  • @calebkendrick5571
    @calebkendrick5571 Před 7 lety +17

    I hate how whenever I'm reading some sort of list or whatever to do with Blur albums, critics and a lot of people just gloss over this album as if it's rubbish. Like the most folk ever say about it is "this album is when blur started their brit pop sound, a warm up for parklife the album in which they perfected this sound". Seriously man it's only ever mentioned as if it was only a warm up for parklife, and other than that it's pointless to mention apparently. Me being a millennial didn't grow up around Blurs Britain albums, the only albums I really used to dig by blur where the self titled, but mainly 13. However when I started backtracking through their discography, I actually found it hard to stomach Blurs three brit pop albums, as I loved the Madchester sounds of leisure (if you think it's derivative or not, to me it doesn't matter, because its just an enjoyable and jamming wee listen for me) and I also loved their more experimental and very graham Coxon driven later albums, so to me the Brit pop albums where just kinds way too strange for me, but in the end it was actually this album that got me into the sound and led to me falling in love with Brit pop, this album doesn't get enough credit, cause I mean I don't care how much you love parklife, realistically that albums sound is very very dated in some parts, same with great escape, however this albums could have came out yesterday, its fucking brilliant. Don't get me wrong, I love parklife, I'm just saying

    • @hexonatapeloop
      @hexonatapeloop Před 6 lety

      Parklife was when I stopped liking Blur...

    • @garethhopkins8742
      @garethhopkins8742 Před 6 lety +1

      So much better than Parklife. The odd thing is that even growing up around the time (approaching 40 now), Parklife somehow took over this album. I haven't heard it in years - literally years - & I'm surprised I'm liking it as much as I do. Still, I've always found it odd that this gets mentioned in so few reviews of the 90s. Then again, I genuinely think that Six by Mansun is one of the best unheard (by the majority) albums of the 90s (or ever), so maybe my perception is skewed?

    • @theo6525
      @theo6525 Před 6 lety +1

      I maybe understand dated on Parklife, but man, people give The Great Escape no credit, it's amazing

    • @raycroal
      @raycroal Před 5 lety +2

      critics are all just a con,with no real in depth knowledge of the things they talk about and thats why they come away with comments like MLIR is a warm up, just laziness really

    • @NowhereMan7
      @NowhereMan7 Před 4 lety

      @@raycroal Whats "just laziness really" is lumping every music critic thats ever existed together and labelling them all cons. Some might be talking through their ass about stuff they know nothing about and others might know far more than you.

  • @kens.5095
    @kens.5095 Před rokem +2

    Just finished listening to this album for the first time. Whoa.

  • @stevejauncey3086
    @stevejauncey3086 Před 3 lety +3

    Advert makes me want to jump up and down in my room 😊 xxxxxx

  • @florian8020
    @florian8020 Před 6 lety +5

    This was one of the very first albums I bought in my life at age 10 in the year of 2001 or 02. Takes my straight back to this wonderful feeling of good music, deep friendship, my first love... A great soundtrack from back then bacame timeless, found its place in my heart and spreads its spirit also when I don't notice.. Sometimes I listen to it and just feel happy :) Blur is just so great.

  • @stuffwithsoph8264
    @stuffwithsoph8264 Před 5 lety +6

    Brilliant album. All songs are absolute jams. I reckon it's Blur's most underrated, overshadowed by Parklife and 13.

    • @firzen3697
      @firzen3697 Před 5 lety +1

      I don't like parklife but this album is a masterpiece.

    • @NowhereMan7
      @NowhereMan7 Před 4 lety

      Why did you say Parklife and then skip all the way to 13 leaving out The Great Escape - the album they made at the height of "Britpop" and self titled - the first album to crack America? 13 didnt even come out till the end of the decade. Random comment

  • @juaneliuplomozovaldez8170
    @juaneliuplomozovaldez8170 Před 6 lety +32

    Se nota todo el peso de la tradición musical británica en este album. Aquí hay remanentes de The Kinks, Small Faces, The Who, The Smiths, Stone Roses y un largo etcétera.

    • @reiniergamboa
      @reiniergamboa Před 4 lety +3

      especialmente David Bowie

    • @Aeroblus
      @Aeroblus Před 3 lety

      Madness y The Beatles también :)

    • @corkscrewfoley
      @corkscrewfoley Před 3 lety

      I hear some ELO in Coping.

    • @r-d3440
      @r-d3440 Před 2 lety +1

      Y también cositas medias progresivas, te diré.

  • @boydwebb864
    @boydwebb864 Před 3 lety +2

    Never get tired of listening to any blur or anything damon has done. Proper feel good tunes.

  • @JamienautMark2
    @JamienautMark2 Před 4 lety +11

    I can't decide if this or Magic Whip is my favorite Blur album. They're both very relaxing music with something more behind it to me.

  • @andyhodgson7692
    @andyhodgson7692 Před 6 lety +12

    Great album and I love the Paul Gribble cover art.

    • @beav1221
      @beav1221 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah and big up The Mallard

  • @danielpayne500
    @danielpayne500 Před 6 lety +9

    Best Blur album under rated

  • @sarahc561
    @sarahc561 Před 3 lety +6

    Staying at my best mates house, sleeping in her Mum's double bed both drunk on cheap cider at 14. God did she love blur, still does! She met Damon too.

    • @sarahc561
      @sarahc561 Před 3 lety +2

      @maripicelli Ha, the meeting didn't happen that day. She met him a couple of years ago. She texted me at nearly midnight going mental about it. I was so happy for her.

  • @robjones2408
    @robjones2408 Před 7 lety +16

    A great, great album. Been following the lads since their debut back in 1991, still
    can't believe I never went see them live. Irony of ironies, I went to see Oasis at
    Earls Court in 1995, at a time when both were embroiled in the "battle of the bands". Ultimately, each group made brilliant music.
    Personally this is my favourite of all of their albums, especially "Colin Zeal" and "Advert". The special edition has the magnificent "Popscene", their finest moment which incredibly was a major flop when it was originally released.
    Thanks for uploading it. Blur were a national treasure.

    • @donnydarka3095
      @donnydarka3095 Před 7 lety

      Rob Jones

    • @retrored8051
      @retrored8051 Před 7 měsíci

      Blur ARE a national treasure. Funny that cos I did the same thing went to see oasis a Finsbury Park, but my mates didn't really want to se blur so never see them. I hope you put that right at Wembley. If you didn't next chance you get do it.

  • @andyp123456
    @andyp123456 Před 3 lety +4

    I got this back when I used to buy music based on what posters my mate's older brother had on his walls. He had good taste in music, and I got this, Suede's first two albums and Radiohead's The Bends without having heard any music by any of the bands.

  • @T.scamber
    @T.scamber Před rokem +4

    I've only recently got back into blur.
    They stood up to Liam Gallagher and that was enough for me.
    The fact the music is bloody awesome is just a bonus.
    Best britpop band in the 90s full stop.
    Unlike oasis the lyrics don't dirty and contradict the melody.
    But I must be honest I never understood the love for this album.
    Maybe in time I will learn to like it but leisure is more vital to me.
    But again that's just my view.
    Great band

  • @jlande6
    @jlande6 Před 2 lety +3

    Just reading through comments, listening and thinking...been into these brilliant fellows since bought Leisure from the first listen in a Sound Warehouse listening station, tape of course ha. This follow up was such an amazing feat for a sophomore release, much props! Just pondering as scrolling through comments and thinking wow these chaps really had a Kinks influenced since of humor and ironic satire, especially this album. COOL!!!

    • @warwickmiller9371
      @warwickmiller9371 Před rokem

      Try and track down Waterloo Sunset performed by Damon and Ray Davies on ‘the white room’ in 95 I think? It’s probably on CZcams. Lovely stuff!

  • @gp6746
    @gp6746 Před 2 lety +4

    Still Blurs finest album by a country mile!

  • @cancano833
    @cancano833 Před rokem +7

    This album will always hold a special place in my heart. :)

  • @bigjay539
    @bigjay539 Před 2 lety +8

    Absolute class this Album.

  • @jamesanderson8159
    @jamesanderson8159 Před 3 lety +9

    The difference between leisure and this album is astonishing

    • @theyellowlightsaber3193
      @theyellowlightsaber3193 Před 2 lety

      This was their last chance to make an impact is why, Leisure was a legacy of the grunge era, once they realised they needed to be more original thats what this created which is the kind of music they wanted to do in the first place probably.

  • @spagelsmegal
    @spagelsmegal Před 11 měsíci +1

    The album cover is that of the LNER 4-6-2 A4 Mallard has the speed record for the fast steam locomotive as in 1936 it went 126 mph

  • @gerardbuesa4618
    @gerardbuesa4618 Před 7 lety +8

    I love you blur this was my first blur album I bought earned from my high school allowance saving 1peso a day just to have it luckily I am the first palawenyo to have this ...#proudblurfollower

  • @ssdivizion
    @ssdivizion Před 6 lety +4

    This LP is fantastic,a new revelation for me...

  • @ceebee491
    @ceebee491 Před 3 lety +7

    Why is this album not held up as a Masterpiece? And they put the chords in the sleeve notes so you can play along at home, perfect!

  • @zephyrsky__
    @zephyrsky__ Před 4 lety +3

    Remember buying the cassette with my saved up pocket money. You didn't know what you'd get back then... God i'm old. Loved it anyway as an 8 year old.

  • @chelseaacidcasual2825
    @chelseaacidcasual2825 Před rokem +4

    Blur were a better band than Oasis and it has showed over time......talent rises...

  • @jesjes6142
    @jesjes6142 Před 7 lety +105

    Modern Life is Rubbish > Parklife. (Sand comes to me)

    • @andres4395
      @andres4395 Před 6 lety +2

      Termite BMRSTY Agree

    • @ssdivizion
      @ssdivizion Před 6 lety +4

      Your comment is Rubbish and you are troll

    • @theo6525
      @theo6525 Před 6 lety +13

      I honestly prefer the Great Escape

    • @johnborowski4235
      @johnborowski4235 Před 4 lety +3

      all the Blur's stuff is unique.

    • @japonsubtitulado
      @japonsubtitulado Před 3 lety +1

      "Sand comes to me" astonish how times has changed up

  • @klausscherbarth7862
    @klausscherbarth7862 Před 2 lety +3

    They are the blueprint for so many bands. but nothing goes without humor. strong ideas and so catchy.

  • @alisonyemm2559
    @alisonyemm2559 Před 4 lety +5

    One of there best albums. Of the 90s.

  • @loken5907
    @loken5907 Před 7 lety +12

    I love this album so much

  • @powerofpop8747
    @powerofpop8747 Před měsícem

    One of my favourite albums of the 90s.

  • @ayertambienfuehoy-9598
    @ayertambienfuehoy-9598 Před 2 lety +4

    Star shaped 🙏

  • @Thomas-bg3fp
    @Thomas-bg3fp Před 2 lety +2

    The Album B-Sides from "Modern Life" are better if not more experimental than the album tracks. a FEW I'd imagine put down in a single take at Matrix Studios, just in time for Tea, or another round in Camden.

  • @jamespwalter13
    @jamespwalter13 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Intermission might be my favorite snippet of music

  • @keithlennox44
    @keithlennox44 Před 6 lety +7

    One of the few albums that brush against perfection....... love every fucking note.

  • @riquiffer
    @riquiffer Před 2 lety +4

    Resigned has a very VERY unique nostalgic sound, you can tell why it's the closer... If you don't count commercial break

  • @MarcoConradie10
    @MarcoConradie10 Před 7 lety +56

    I always listen to this album and admire the balls it took to pretty much start off Britpop in the midst of grunge being 'the' genre of the time

    • @stvbrsn
      @stvbrsn Před 7 lety +9

      Marco Conradie yes, but as it happens, this album right here is head and shoulders above the vast majority of what fell under the "britpop" umbrella. I like most of what Blur has done, but Modern Life in particular completely transcends genre.
      Songwriting, instrumentalism, engineering, production, and (as you mentioned) balls. Has it all. One of the best albums ever released. Any decade. Any genre.

    • @MarcoConradie10
      @MarcoConradie10 Před 7 lety +5

      stvbrsn I agree with you. Parklife is a layman's Modern Life, which made it more successful commercially, but the true genius is in the latter

    • @tickedoffnow
      @tickedoffnow Před 7 lety +8

      Britpop wouldn't exist without Grunge, they're both equally Important Movements, if you believe they didn't like each other you're brainwashed by the media, there was never a competition

    • @deckofcards87
      @deckofcards87 Před 6 lety +2

      Jamie Hellfire very true. Turns out Kurt Cobain really liked Oasis' Definitely Maybe, for example. Good music is just good music.

    • @Kenpo624
      @Kenpo624 Před 6 lety +1

      I would argue Britpop began with the baggy scene, grunge supplanted it for a few years but without Nirvana grunge was dirge crap, and has nothing to do with Britpop

  • @TheBeezusjones
    @TheBeezusjones Před měsícem

    I loved when the "Intermission" was busted out in " Baby Driver" !!!! 🤘🤘🤘 so effing perfect..

  • @mertnnatzpage7314
    @mertnnatzpage7314 Před 7 lety +6

    the music of my youth ahhhh those were the days

  • @karltoontv
    @karltoontv Před 7 lety +7

    Love this album.

  • @H.C.Q.
    @H.C.Q. Před 4 lety +5

    This is the absolute best Blur album ever put out! It brings back college memories.

  • @fgodonoghue2282
    @fgodonoghue2282 Před rokem +4

    Remember when NME and Melody Maker were saying Blur were finished after Leisure then they came out with this masterpiece album and put them all back in their box.

    • @dylanhal
      @dylanhal Před rokem +2

      And thirty years later they can still sell out tours.

  • @omarmickelson1204
    @omarmickelson1204 Před 7 lety +12

    Found a CD of this at a Half Price Books store for only about $4. After listening to this album, I'm seriously considering going back there to buy it.

  • @geraldteplan7904
    @geraldteplan7904 Před 6 lety +4

    Their best Album, thank you!

  • @yes72nuciari30
    @yes72nuciari30 Před 7 lety +5

    muy buen disco, uno de los mejores de blur

  • @PhilInsane
    @PhilInsane Před 6 lety +5

    The ultimate blur album!

  • @markboyd1696
    @markboyd1696 Před rokem +14

    I still cannot believe this album didn't get the recognition it deserved. Wow. Brilliant. I'll take Blur over phoned-in-Oasis any day. After Definitely Maybe, Oasis was on autopilot. Blur continued to evolve. Damn, this is a great album.

    • @harrypascoe5789
      @harrypascoe5789 Před rokem +2

      oasis definitely evolved over definitely maybe, their three biggest songs of all time feature on the very next album after it

    • @misterbonzoid5623
      @misterbonzoid5623 Před rokem +1

      Oasis merely existed at the same time; they weren't any competition.

  • @user-ig9lj2ws3o
    @user-ig9lj2ws3o Před 2 lety +1

    懐かしい。ブラー大好き💕

  • @AlanTaylormusic
    @AlanTaylormusic Před 3 lety +1

    I was in the mens in the Good Mixer in camden on the night Graham Coxon bought the car coat off of one of the members of menswear.

  • @TheCragerGuy
    @TheCragerGuy Před 4 lety +2

    I reviewed my comment and I didn't come close to saying how wildly excellent this is. Words escape me.

  • @Irene-nq5qm
    @Irene-nq5qm Před 7 lety +20

    Not a single bad song on this album!

    • @calebkendrick5571
      @calebkendrick5571 Před 7 lety +3

      Honey except for that stupid fucking piano song half way through the album. Jesus when was that shitty song made, 1872?!?!?!
      I'm kidding it's actual one of my favourite songs or the album, TUNES

    • @Anglovox
      @Anglovox Před 6 lety

      One could argue that this was the case on EVERY single song....at least all songs up until "Thinktank."

    • @TRey-ly4vx
      @TRey-ly4vx Před 6 lety +4

      I still think Think Tank is a great album except crazy beat.

    • @florian8020
      @florian8020 Před 6 lety

      I would like to know what the majority of Blur Fans think about the latest album...?

    • @CMONCMON007
      @CMONCMON007 Před 5 lety +2

      @@florian8020 i loved it so much.....i want more Blur!

  • @spiritualopportunism4585
    @spiritualopportunism4585 Před 7 lety +1

    Title equals instant greatness. And what do you know?! 🎶🎶🎶😁

  • @vodaploda
    @vodaploda Před 7 lety +2

    just amazing

  • @Alice-my4zj
    @Alice-my4zj Před 10 měsíci +1

    Magnifique Album!!!❤❤❤