Does anyone know what songs Blur have been playing on this tour? Anyone have a typical setlist? I'm curious to know what I'll be hearing or (more likely what I WON'T get to hear). I'm listening to "Modern Life is Rubbish" and have a strong feeling they won't play anything from it, except maybe "Popscene" if I'm lucky.
Blur setlist?
Never mind…just found one for their Seattle gig, and it's pretty OK actually. Lots of new stuff though:
ambulance
beetle bum
girls and boys
badhead
gene by gene
for tomorrow
sweet song
moroccan peoples revolutionary bowls club
tender
caravan
out of time
crazy beat
brothers and sisters
to the end
song 2
trimm trabb
battery in you leg
popscene
on the way to the club
we've got a file on you
this is a low
ambulance
beetle bum
girls and boys
badhead
gene by gene
for tomorrow
sweet song
moroccan peoples revolutionary bowls club
tender
caravan
out of time
crazy beat
brothers and sisters
to the end
song 2
trimm trabb
battery in you leg
popscene
on the way to the club
we've got a file on you
this is a low
that looks like a pretty good set, quite generous in its amount of old singles.
I saw set lists from the London Astoria gigs and feeling like it would have been terrible.
I might actually start looking forward to this show now, maybe.
I saw set lists from the London Astoria gigs and feeling like it would have been terrible.
I might actually start looking forward to this show now, maybe.
why aren't they playing CLINT EASTWOOD anymore?
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why aren't they playing CLINT EASTWOOD anymore?
I'm honestly really surprised to see Badhead and To the End in there. Of course being the U.S., I'm not surprised to see Song 2 and Girls & Boys. However, it's good to see they are still doing For Tomorrow, Popscene, and This Is a Low. Beetlebum is also another favorite of mine. It should be a decent show, I'm glad that they're playing at the 9:30 though and not Nation.
Well i listened to the new CD last night and it was just plain awful. Please tell me their old stuff isnt incredibly boring and slow……I'd hate to think i spent money to listen to Starsailor all over again!!!!!!!!! :confused:
Originally posted by Guiny:the new album is much worse than starsailor.
I'd hate to think i spent money to listen to Starsailor all over again!!!!!!!!! :confused:
The new album is very different than a lot of their previous material. I wouldn't say it's awful, but I prefer to listen to their happier, Brit-pop stuff like "Modern Life is Rubbish" and "Parklife". And people will scoff, but I honestly love "Leisure", their first LP. Once upon a time, Blur wrote some good pop songs. This last LP isn't the worst I've heard, but I think it's my least favorite. I've finally grown into "13", so maybe this one will make more sense once I've seen the songs performed live. I still think it will be worth going to, but I doubt it will be as good as when I saw them in 1996.
well if anyone has extra tickets, or tickets they'd like to get rid off let me know… cos Im going to the show and get some outside since its sold out…
Hmmm. This topic really is too subjective. IMHO Think Tank is the best cd they've done, but has it's valleys. I brushed off Parklife recently after some years and what I remembered is far better than what I heard. 13 was certainly different and Think Tank is nowhere near that "out there" but has flashes of brilliance far exceeding any of their earlier work. I saw them at field day and thought they performed the new stuff rather charmingly.
BLUR ARE SHITE.
sorry, just a mogwai die hard. i saw blur at st andrews years ago, and if they play any pre-"whoo-hoo" stuff it should be fun.
sorry, just a mogwai die hard. i saw blur at st andrews years ago, and if they play any pre-"whoo-hoo" stuff it should be fun.
I'm surprised that nobody else has posted about last night's Blur show (unless I missed it somewhere). I thought it was absolutely phenomenal. 21 songs total, plenty of oldies, something from every album except "Leisure". When they played "The Universal" I just about wet myself. What a great song. And the version of "Tender" they did was just sublime. All in all, I thought it was a fantastic gig. THey looked and sounded great, and all the new songs from "Think Tank" translated well live. I am really glad I didn't miss that one. The only other time I saw them that was better was the last night of their tour in 1996 at the Capitol Boiler Room…and maybe in 1994 at the Vic Theater in Chicago when Pulp opened. But it was a fun night.
I was at the gig last night and I was impressed. Think Tank took a while to grow on me, but I like it for the most part. I could've done without "on the way to the club" and "brothers and sisters." For whatever reason, those songs don't do it for me. I'd have preferred "Sweet Song" as that's one of the best on the album, along with "Good Song." And "Battery In Your Leg" is amazing, gives me chills like "Sing" always did. The "Universal" was quite a surprise, dug it when Damon gave Alex a peck on the cheek at the end. It was a real good time,
I was there last night and even though i know nothing about Blur except for the obvious two songs i was quite impressed. They were great, I have a feeling they are a better live band then cd band. Anyways i was glad i didnt miss it and would definetely see them again, of course i would buy some of their old stuff so i'd know more about them.
I was impressed as well. I honestly thought "on the way to the club" was worth what all the rest of the songs combined were… but funny how opinions go.. anyhow, I thought Damon started out sort of slow, but built with enthusiasm throughout… must have been that cig. Just a rock star observation: one would think an article of clothing such as a sport jacket would come off before 10 lbs. of water was lost through sweat, but then again, that is the same logic that puts me in the audience and him on stage.
I was pleasantly surprised by the show last nite. I had seen them on Conan last week and they didn't really inspire me, so i was kind of worried about how the show would be..but it was awesome! I wish i had been on the floor tho instead of the balcony, it looked like tons of fun down there. However, due to a 20 mile run yesterday morning and then dropping a dresser on my foot 2 hours later, i wasn't in the best mood and figured that i'd be better off in the balcony.
that show was so much fun last night. again, like most of you, i didn't know what to expect but was more than pleasantly surprised. and no talking idiots around me this time too!
David Segal apparantly didn't have as good of a time as we did:
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 21, 2003; Page C01
Have we offended Blur? Did one of you lift the band's wallet, or short its sheets? Is there a joker among us who gave lead singer Damon Albarn a wedgie?
These are fair questions, given the punishment Blur inflicted on fans at the 9:30 club on Friday night. Ordinarily, the search for what motivates rockers starts with money and sex. With Blur, on this tour anyway, one possibility seems to be revenge.
Nearly half the show was unwatchable. Literally unwatchable, as in, you couldn't look at it. For some catastrophic reason, Blur decided that simply illuminating the band wouldn't cut it. Instead, nearly all the wattage for this show came from the stage, much of it from eight rectangular high beams, parked behind the musicians and pointed at the audience, flickering and changing color to eye-withering effect. Occasionally, a set of Technicolor kliegs were thrown in, sweeping the crowd in slow and menacing circles, like search lights at a disco prison. Imagine being interrogated at the Vegas Flamingo, only louder and without the possibility of blackjack.
Most fans did their best to ignore the visuals, while others squinted or closed their eyes or looked at the side walls. The lights flickered faster and brighter whenever the band sprang into an upbeat number, like the stadium classic "Song 2" – known better as "the woo hoo song" – or "We've Got a File on You," a Ramones-like track from Blur's latest album, "Think Tank." The effect was perverse: Visually the show hurt most when the band rocked hardest, so you couldn't help hoping the group would keep things dull.
And for long stretches, they did. Beneath the fatally distracting surface were a dozen-plus old favorites and a handful of new cuts, a 100-minute set that pleased the faithful but won't win over newcomers. For years, Blur has been panning for album gold in the United States, though with less success than Oasis, their main rivals in England. Oasis flourished here for a while, but aside from "Song 2" Blur never had a high radio profile.
"Think Tank" hasn't helped. The album dabbles in the world beats that have fascinated Albarn in recent years, and for this show, the group was augmented with an extra percussionist, three backup singers and guitarist Simon Tong, who was brought along to replace Graham Coxon, who has quit the group.
The new stuff, such as "Ambulance," which opened the show, and "Battery in Your Leg" and "Caravan," relies more on soul than momentum, but these songs plod self-indulgently. Albarn has a voice that can do just about anything – soul, disco, Johnny Rotten punk – and never lose its adolescent sense of wonder or its velvety finish. But his attempts to reinvent Blur flounder whenever he forgets that he's not as interesting as his music, or as interesting as the band once it wraps both hands around a beat. It did just that on "Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club," one of the most overtly African-sounding tracks on "Think."
It'd be easier to forgive Albarn's occasional streak of narcissism if he expended more effort wooing fans. The guy's idea of a transition on Friday night was to mumble incomprehensibly to his band mates, then announce to the crowd, "I just wanted to pause between that song and this one." To Albarn's everlasting credit, he plunged headfirst into the audience toward the end of the set, a dive that was all the more impressive because it seemed utterly spontaneous, as though even he wasn't told about it in advance.
Blinded as they were, the audience never saw it coming.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 21, 2003; Page C01
Have we offended Blur? Did one of you lift the band's wallet, or short its sheets? Is there a joker among us who gave lead singer Damon Albarn a wedgie?
These are fair questions, given the punishment Blur inflicted on fans at the 9:30 club on Friday night. Ordinarily, the search for what motivates rockers starts with money and sex. With Blur, on this tour anyway, one possibility seems to be revenge.
Nearly half the show was unwatchable. Literally unwatchable, as in, you couldn't look at it. For some catastrophic reason, Blur decided that simply illuminating the band wouldn't cut it. Instead, nearly all the wattage for this show came from the stage, much of it from eight rectangular high beams, parked behind the musicians and pointed at the audience, flickering and changing color to eye-withering effect. Occasionally, a set of Technicolor kliegs were thrown in, sweeping the crowd in slow and menacing circles, like search lights at a disco prison. Imagine being interrogated at the Vegas Flamingo, only louder and without the possibility of blackjack.
Most fans did their best to ignore the visuals, while others squinted or closed their eyes or looked at the side walls. The lights flickered faster and brighter whenever the band sprang into an upbeat number, like the stadium classic "Song 2" – known better as "the woo hoo song" – or "We've Got a File on You," a Ramones-like track from Blur's latest album, "Think Tank." The effect was perverse: Visually the show hurt most when the band rocked hardest, so you couldn't help hoping the group would keep things dull.
And for long stretches, they did. Beneath the fatally distracting surface were a dozen-plus old favorites and a handful of new cuts, a 100-minute set that pleased the faithful but won't win over newcomers. For years, Blur has been panning for album gold in the United States, though with less success than Oasis, their main rivals in England. Oasis flourished here for a while, but aside from "Song 2" Blur never had a high radio profile.
"Think Tank" hasn't helped. The album dabbles in the world beats that have fascinated Albarn in recent years, and for this show, the group was augmented with an extra percussionist, three backup singers and guitarist Simon Tong, who was brought along to replace Graham Coxon, who has quit the group.
The new stuff, such as "Ambulance," which opened the show, and "Battery in Your Leg" and "Caravan," relies more on soul than momentum, but these songs plod self-indulgently. Albarn has a voice that can do just about anything – soul, disco, Johnny Rotten punk – and never lose its adolescent sense of wonder or its velvety finish. But his attempts to reinvent Blur flounder whenever he forgets that he's not as interesting as his music, or as interesting as the band once it wraps both hands around a beat. It did just that on "Moroccan Peoples Revolutionary Bowls Club," one of the most overtly African-sounding tracks on "Think."
It'd be easier to forgive Albarn's occasional streak of narcissism if he expended more effort wooing fans. The guy's idea of a transition on Friday night was to mumble incomprehensibly to his band mates, then announce to the crowd, "I just wanted to pause between that song and this one." To Albarn's everlasting credit, he plunged headfirst into the audience toward the end of the set, a dive that was all the more impressive because it seemed utterly spontaneous, as though even he wasn't told about it in advance.
Blinded as they were, the audience never saw it coming.
Originally posted by MaLo:Wasnt the show on Saturday night? I suppose a little crack never hurt nobody, but maybe this guy doesnt have a fucking clue what he's talking about. haha.
These are fair questions, given the punishment Blur inflicted on fans at the 9:30 club on Friday night.