Best Blur Song?

Have to be Resigned, closely followed by Sing.

Why? Well some things have to be private!

Yours in milk and fluffy bunnies

Michael

my favourite blur song is The Universal. i actually have a difficult time listening to it because it makes me cry. Sing and Clover Over Dover make me cry too. there was a point in my life when all blur songs made me cry. i went to a blur concert and cried until i couldn't breathe when they played The Universal. and then i started coughing because i was crying too much. and then alex looked concerned. and then i cried some more. *sniff* ...*sniff* excuse me i have something in my eye ... *runs sobbing out of the room*

My favourite song is definitely CHEMICAL WORLD because it was the first song that I heard from them.I fell madly in love with them and vowed to find out more about them.So here I am...2 years later.But honestly, I love them all.I could never hate a song by BLUR and I adore the feeling of new/old songs becoming favourites.It's marvelous.

The Universal and To the End...i don't know..two of Blur's greatest love songs i guess...Blue Jeans gets to me too..i'm a sucker for slow sentimental songs really..and Damon sounds really good in Beetlebum

This is A Low. That song is just the best. its sorta meaningful. popscene and theres no other way also. i just cant help dancing (you make me feel like dancing/gonna dance the night away).i always have to sit on my friends shoulders during this is a low. damon came over and smiled at me during, alex asked me how i was and graham smiled in this is a low. its perfect. all emotions in one. irritatingly so. i just cannot convey how much i love this song! the first blur song i heard was popscene. ace song. 6 years ago!ah, to be there then. im only 14 now.. popscene is the perfect song to dance to. perfect. yeah.

Trouble in the message centre. It's the song that turned me into the slobbering Blur fan that I am, and there is none better.

Mine's definitely you're so great.
The whole 'Blur' too, and Sunday Sunday before.

Best Blur song...hmm..there are so many greats, but it's got to be either "For Tomorrow" or "Beetlebum" ... That lovely chorus on "Beetlebum" just melts my heart every time..Oh yeah, and "Popscene" makes me wanna wreck the joint! Hahaha!

wow, so many good tunes. there's no other way, probably. i just love the melody, and Damon sounds damn cool. popscene is great, and so is Resigned. girls and boys was the first blur song i had heard and so thats cool. Jubilee is an amazing song. and song 2 rocks wonderfully.

BEARD. The best blur song.. y? coz i luv jazz. and blur playing jazz is the best! Second song... hm... This is a low or Popscene... aw, i like so many blur songs... hard to decide...

I have to say the never performed Clover Over Dover is my favourite. I don't know why. Just listen to it as soon as you're off surfin' the net and you'll see what I mean. Also Badhead, the most under-rated of Blur's songs.

definitely This is a Low.

For Tomorrow or this is a low- or perhaps Inertia!!

*********ULTRANOL*************

...it's ecstatic!!

I love all of blur songs but a few of my favorites are 'For Tomorrow'(I could listen to that song all day), 'This is a low', 'Colin Zeal'.

Oh yeah, I forgot to say 'This Is a Low'..how could I ??

Blur have got so much material that it's impossible to say which is their best song. It also depends what mood you're in: like sometimes Sing is great and other times it's crap. I like Threadneedle Street, Peter Panic, Explain, Beetlebum, Fool, Resigned and End of a Century cos' they're all brilliant. Why do I like them? Nice tunes, clever lyrics, the usual reasons...

Mu favorite Blur Song is "Entertain Me" of The Great Escape album. I believe thier best album is the Great Escape, Oh I also like Starshpe from Modern Life is Rubbish...

sing, blue jeans and to the end mmmmmmmmmm....................

My fave Blur song is "You're So Great" definetly, I'm not exactly sure, i think it's because i'm mroe attracted to graham's songwriting style and his voice than Damon's, but it's followed closely by To The End and Sing which are simply amazing songs!

BLUE JEANS
The Universal
She is so High *i want to crawl all over herrrr*
You're so Great and
Entertain me (fab dance song)

This Is A Low and She's So High.

Oh arse, forgot to say why I liked the above songs... eerrm... This Is A Low is one of the
few songs that can bring a tear to my eye,
and She's So High is just gorgeous...reminds me
of a certain girl and a certain time and a certain
place...but that's another story.

My fav Blur song is ......(drumroll) ......
The depressive story of Jubilee....I think it really catches the glimpse of what's it like to be on the outside kinda....."He's not keen on being like anyone else..." That says it all really, and the song has a really great riff too! i just love when they performed the song on MTV's Most Wanted
Definetly my fav Blur moment! Cheers..

Wowie.....

I fell in love with the songs from Parklife when I was deeply depresseda few months ago. Whenever I had no energy for the day, I would listen to "Girls And Boys" and would start dancing around the room. "Parklife" made me smile and feel warm and happy inside when I felt like dying. Nowdays, I have almost all their albums (except Leisure. Out of print here in the U.S), and certain songs help me thru l'il times and certain ones help me thru huge times. I often listen to "Chemical World" and "Popscene" when say I am pissed at my mum, or when I was expecting something I wanted really bad and didn't get it. My mum has this paranoia on holidays, and she wont even take the car out of the driveway coz she thinks she'll get in a crash with a drunk driver, and so on the Fourth Of July when I cannot see fireworks, I just get in my room, cry and listen to "Popscene" and "Chemical World", and it loosens me up. I dunno, lemme wrap this babble of words up and say my favorite songs and least favorites (doesn't mean I hate them, just what I do not care for).....


Favorite Song: Clover Over Dover, Girls And Boys, To The End, Bank Holiday, Song 2, You're So Great, Popscene, Movin' On, Stereotypes, Charmless Man, On Your Own

Least Favorite Song: Sunday Sunday, She's So High, London Loves


Please dont clobber me if I like something you do not or vice versa

hey. a really awesome thing about blur is that they put the guitar chords in their little cd book thingys coz the songs on great escape were the first songs i ever played on guitar. i hope they put the chords in their next album. i really love all the songs but i guess i like ' End of a Century' or could be you as some of the best.
Camille,12,Vancouver

ahh! i didn't mean end of a century, i meant for tomorrow. whoops.

c yu

Favourite song...that really depents on my mood. I always get happy when listening to On Your Own. And I really love This Is A Low, To The End and He Thought Of Cars. Well, I think I don't have a special favourite one- they're all so great...Cheers.

Favourite song...that really depends on my mood. I always get happy when listening to On Your Own. And I really love This Is A Low, To The End and He Thought Of Cars. Well, I think I don't have a special favourite one- they're all so great...Cheers.

I love all their songs but 'Parklife' has a special place in me cause it
was the very 1st song I had heard. I also like 'End of the Century'
and 'To the End' and....oh,shucks, I love every single one of them!!

POPSCENE,JUBILEE

BECAUSE THERE BRILL

my fav blur songs are clover over dover and beetlebum. beetlebum is one of the most beautiful songs of all time and clover is close behind

It is so cool that other fans like some the same as me;
CLOVER OVER DOVER brings tears to my eye
so does SING
ENDOFCENT. and ON YOUR OWN really hit the spot.
SONG2 and POPSCENE both just make me wanna jump around on stage with some drinking dry ginger ale.
PARKLIFE and COUNTRY HOUSE make feel British even though I'm Australian.

THERE'S TOO MANY

even though i love all their songs i'd have to say that i like "End of a Century" the best because it's so grand

I have four favorite Blur songs. The Universal, Best Days, You're so great, and This Is A Low. They are all so beautifully done and they each have hidden meanings. Like Grahms battle with alcoholism in You're so great. I mean they are all so beautiful. I guess I'd have to say that all Blur songs are my favorite, but if I could only have four to listen to, it would be these. Blur is just wonderful themselves.

THIS IS A LOW

never thought much bout it at first but it jus got better after every listen.....

My favorite song? Oh, my god...I never can answer on that question, so I don�t. For I love every song so much. So I can�t choose...

This Is A Low...End Of A Century...Chemical World...Badhead...BeetleBum...You're So Great...For Tomorrow...There's No Other Way...To The End...StereoTypes...Charmless Man...

that's the list of all the one's that I listen to most regularly...but I love virtually all of them.

all of them are brilliant, on evrery album i could listen and listen for ever, but my absolute fave has to be End Of A Century, i love damon

THREADNEEDLE STREET, PETER PANIC, LET'S ALL GO DOWN THE STRAND, POLISHED STONE

Why? Cos they're all brilliant. And I get a bit sick of album tracks every now and then cos' I listen to them so often. But I don't think I could pick a fave off an album. There's so many great songs. And it depends what mood your in. I think Blue Jeans is very good though.

a little of love would make things better

i love alll blur songs.....i love blur....and i don�t love my homesajt (home.swipnet.se/pop_lisa) for my sajt isn�t finish yet....�hhh.....:)

This is a low,basically because lyrically its blurs finest without a doubt their best song

THIS IS A LOW,BUT IT WON'T HURT YOU...

fuck

BLUR IS THE GREAT, AS WE SAY IN FINLAND.
HAKKINEN IS BETTER THAN DAVID.
HAKKINEN IS THE BEST!!!!

You're all wrong.
The best Blur-song EVER is "Magic America"
Who says i'm wrong, send me an e-mail.

[email protected]

Beetlebum! Without a doubt. Closely followed by Tracy Jacks.

I like theme from an Imaginary film, It's so sweet and Damon really has a nice voice! Oh, I think Sing is sad, I cry when I put that on aswell...it is rather sad, but I put all depressing songs on when I'm depressed.
Oh PS I have a new addy!
[email protected]

Far Out - Alex sings it.

Cowboy Song off of the Dead Man on Campus soundtrack. Need I say more?
Song 2. Off of the self titled album. More American, but leaving a lot of the brit pop style. And how many videos do you know to have a guy bouncing off of a wall?

Allison why are you so facinated with "a guy bouncing off of a wall" they can all do it you know. My favourite song is Chemical World because the lyrics really appeal to me.

It's so bloody hard to decide... I suppose i'll have to say TAME is my fav, Blur song. Although i love them ALL!!!!!!! Clover over Dover's so great too!...

My favorite song of Blur is Gils&Boys. When I listen this song, I've a good feeling. It's the same thing with entertain me, on your own, end of a century, to the end, death of a party and sing.

It's kind of difficult to narrow it down to only one favourite song, but I'm not far off the mark with four: The song which made me fall in love with blur was FOR TOMMORROW- words can't describe how much effect it had/still has on me! The song I love when they play live is THE UNIVERSAL, the song I wish I was the subject of is YOU'RE SO GREAT- beautiful... and the song that makes me jive is the simple, but wonderful, I LOVE HER...
Well that's it then. But I have to say I find something I like in every blur song, be it the (wrongly) slagged off new stuff or the classic old stuff- *blur are magic*

woo hoo.......song 2 rules.......blur's only good song

My favourite Blur's songs are GIRLS & BOYS, THIS IS LOW & TO THE END. Girls & Boys is the first song i heard Blur's sound. That's really great!

Well, the best Blur's song?...Mmm...I love END OF A CENTURY, BEETLEBUM, FAR OUT, BADHEAD,YOU'RE SO GREAT and STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR. I guess Damon had to be really (as we say in Mexico) pachuco to be able to write those songs(Yes, I know Graham wrote YOU'RE.. and Alex FAR OUT). Anyway Blur's songs are the best.
*Pachuco means...drugged(Is it well written?).
PAUL

The best blur song?
On your own, I'm not really sure why. I like the text, but there's something more. I'm not sure what, I just love it. It makes me happy.
Bang, Dan Abnormal, Colin Zeal and End of a century are of course some of my faves too. Tricky question...

It's hard to pick one, so I'll list several:
Sing, For Tomorrow, Blue Jeans, End of a Century, Badhead, This is a Low, Country House, The Universal, Beetlebum, Strange News from Another Star

for a truely great"BLUR"experience I highly rcommend the following:Anertia,All your life,Polished stone and This is a low,(an important message to all those smack users out there).I think that any Blur fans who have heard these songs would agree.although I do admit that all Blur songs have thier own magic and special place for every one.I've been a fan for 8 years and i've yet to be disappointed.Cheers!

The live version of popscene on Bustin' and Dronin' is defenetley the best blur song ever. the great guitar makes up for the horns which are Bollix when they are played live anyway. It's also much faster and more energetic.

My favourite Blur songs are the all of 2nd album,
and the others are : There's no other way.
Fade away. End of centry. Ultranol. Country sad
ballad man. I love her.
there're too many...

ey ere's a question for u lot' who own or have atleast seen "Starshaped" a zillion times,, whats the tune damon and co. are singing quite loudy whilst they are drunk in the caravan..one bit goes ..fuck i can't recall something like and "i don't think i'll see her againnnnnn" . that's all i remember for now. if anyone recognizes it mail me cheers

The Universal cos it's brilliant!

Kate....It's a bside called 'explain'

It�s "Song 2" *woo hoo*, "Beetlebum", "Globe Alone", "Entertain Me", "On Your Own", "Resigned" and "Stereotypes" *all your life you�re dreaming...*, because they are just brilliant!!
Greetings from Rael (The Lamb)

Bustin' & Dronin' makes me feel numb
..----..--..-.-..-.-..-.-..-..-.----..-.-.-..-.-.-.-.-..-
The American Solo on Chemical World is like a wailing abimal trapped down a mineshaft
...............................---.-.-.......................
But Popscene's pure energy reigns supreme!!

"Theres no other way"- Without a Doubt!

They're all crap. I hate Blur.

No wait a minute, I've changed my mind...

Peter Panic.

And I like the words to Young and Lovely but I've never heard it.

I like Explain too.
In fact I like loads of b-sides cos' I'm getting sick of playing the albums over and over again.

THERES NO OTHER WAY , ON YOUR OWN , THE UNIVERSAL - DAMON WITH EYELINER.........UM............NICE!!

THERES SO MANY IM GOING CRAZY THINKING ABOUT IT

Threadneedle Street

Why? Because it sounds better than all the others
Duh...

I love all the songs I've heard! How about....'Tracy Jacks' [maybe because that's the one I'm listening to at the moment...] yeh, Tracy Jacks.

this is such a boring subject, probably because (this is going to sound rude...) but I don't really care which songs you like. You probably don't give a shit what I like either, which is fine by me. As long as you are happy with your life, I'm glad for you.

Love Mad, who loves you all.

=o)

I'm actually quite attached to Oily Water at the moment. That is a brilliant chord progression. It's so discordant and weird and I adore that type of sound. Two songs I can never get enough of though: Trouble in the Message Centre and Blue Jeans. But in general, I like every Blur song.

Lemme see here, this is a very difficult question for me. Out of all of their many brilliant songs, I'd have to say me favorites are THERE'S NO OTHER WAY, M.O.R., ENTERTAIN ME, GIRLS AND BOYS, TROUBLE IN THE MESSAGE CENTER, and THE UNIVERSAL.
Threre are'nt any songs I don't like except for THE DEBT COLLECTOR- it puzzles me ???

That is the hardest question I have ever been asked, but it would have to be a track from Parklife because that is the best most amazing album. I love This is a Low, because I crank up the volume and sing so loudly to it it's embarrassing. There's something about Badhead that i really love too. Beetlebum is also rather a brilliant song.

Popscene rocks my frock!

TAME TAME TAME TAME

Well, what's the explaination for?

:*)

*stomps on 'Song 2'* You SUCK Song 2!

My favorite song ever is Sing, it has alot of meaning to me for a reason yet unknown. Then Trouble In The MEssage Center, prolly cause I love everything about it, even the title.

Girls & Boys - since this is the first Blur's song i heard.

Popscene, This is Low & The Strange New from Another Star is also a good choice

FUCK

MR.Fuck why are you being so derogatry... that is gutter language, and I don't wish for you to use it anymore.

FUCK

Oh you're so cool Mr. Fuck. Oh stop it now.. you're killing me. You are just so damn COOL. Even cooler than God. God Damn It, you are a STAR. Do you hear me? You can come up with the most meaningful comments I have ever heard in my whole entire life. Why, it's utterly Brilliant. Say it some more. I love it when people say that word. It makes them so coooooooool... ahhhh...

All right, Mr.Fuck, I'm arresting you on the charges of swearing in a public place...you may or may not say anything, but saying somthing may harm your defence if it is decided to take your case to court.

OK, I don't know The Bill off by heart, but that was a pretty good try!!

FUCK

ok that's enough Weirdo eh? Joke's over. Alright?

Yeah yeah. I'm getting sick of it anyroad. I sound like a sad little sod with nothing better to do than to add stupid, obscene messages to some innocent person's topic. Hey, wait a sec....
Sorry all that've been offended. And Anonymous, I know that's you, Mad. (Yeah, it's a pretty good try.)
Live long and prosper.

:*)
Oh yeah, and I didn't do the "FUCK" after Queen Whatsername arrested me, alright? It was some other little sod with nothing better to blah blah blah blah ....

Parklife is one of the greatest albums ever. My fav's are:
*This is a low
*Trouble in the message centre.
*Clover over Dover.
*There's no other way.
*Colin ZeaL
*Chemical world.
I saw them at Monash Uni in Melbourne (Aust.)in November 97 with a crowd of only about 2000. Ah, the joys of living in a country where fine music is often unappreciated.

I'm not Anonymous, I'm Queen Annabelle, but I'm not Anon.

My all time favorite song would have to be "The Universal". It sounds so beautiful! Some of my other favorites are "You're So Great" because I love Graham's voice, "This Is A Low" , "For Tomorrow" , "There's No Other Way",and..... well there's really too many to list so I'll just leave it at that :)

Oh, and I'm being told I'm boring! I have ethics, I have somthing to live by. My mind has not been overcome with intoxicants. They say wisdom comes with age, that could be a questionable fact due to the lack of intelligent things written here. That is not to say, I don't say completely irrational things here as well, I have said some stupid things, whilst being here, but I am often impersinated by some irksome person, who gets a kick out of irritating me.

Oh, I see. So then anonymous is just some twat who thinks they're soooo cooool by telling me to quit it with the "fucks"? Quit it yourself, mate. Try and find out the meaning of "fun" and possibly "joke" in your spare time. Ah well, I guess THAT one HAD run its course ...

:*)

HEllo, I was going to look up 'fun' and 'joke' in the dictionary, but I would have been up all night typing it in here, so you get my drift!....

Not you, Mad, Anonymous.

:*)

It's really hard to pick one favourite song but 'Blue Jeans' almost brings a tear to my eye, especially when he says " I don't really wanna change a thing." His voice sounds so sincere.I also really like 'On Your Own', 'Starshaped' and 'She's So High.'

WHere are you from Weirdo??

on your own sounds like a mistake

Eh? Stephanie? The only mistake around here is you.

Here Here. Stephanie, you are one angry young woman.

C'mon.....
back to the convo..
SUNDAY SUNDAY has to be the best, not many agree but i think it rocks and it is so superb, way to good to sing along to.
End of a Century is wicked also...means alot to me..
*sniff sniff*

Mars

:*)

By Miss America on Sunday, January 3 , 1999 - 1:45pm.

Best song - without a doubt, Chemical World. Wish they played it in concert more. Actually, maybe not, cos I would just end up crying more than I usually do. Also, This is a Low, - pure genius. But really, I love all the songs.

The hidden track after Essex Dogs. Nice tune, but anyone know the lyrics to it?

Got Yer sucks ass.

Movin' ON is friggin' awesome. Ahhh ah ah ahhh ah ah ahh!

::getting pissed off: why did almost NOBODY post Strange News? I think that it is by far the most under-rated blur song...everyone skips it, to listen to movin on! I can't listen to that song without crying hysterically...something about the way damon sings in it, and what he says, just the fact that it is something of his suicide note...
I love: This Is a Low (solo), Polished Stone (soooooo good), threadneedle street, You're So great (go graham), blue jeans, villa rosie, TNOW, Wear me down, lot 105, beetlebum (everything SINGS), dance hall, and Alex's Song! (it really is good!)

I have a few songs that I can't stand. Theme From Retro, London Loves, Tacy Jacks, Yuko and Hiro, and finally Ernold same. not a huge TGE fan here.

shane.
GO SNFAS!

Peace on Earth!

What's that about a suicide note? Am I the only one who wasn't aware of that? Please tell me more.

I think SNFAS is too much like This Is A Low:

TIAL: And into the sea goes pretty England and me
SNFAS: All I want to be is washed out by the sea

Actually, that's the only line...

You never heard the sybolism? The "death star" is Damon's depression...it's symbolic of how much he wants to escape....just listen to the tone it's sung in. It was all about how he can't stand to cope anymore with the world and his life and unhappiness...haha, see, told you, TIAL is about a LOVE of life. SNFAS is about wanting to kill yourself...
point proven? no?
shane

That's true Shane. The songs are complete opposites. Maybe those two lines are similar in the fact that they present images of the sea, but as a whole, each song conveys an altogether different feeling.

- i like 'repetition' i like to listen to it when i'm in me car..cos it's seems a bit monotomic yet it sounds wicked blared loud.
and the Universal of course..

THe Death Star, is HELL. It's where you go after ODing on Coke. That's what that song is about. I know. Well I don't really. That was a complete guess.

Damon did actually say in some interview that the death star symbolised the depression he was suffering before he went to Iceland, where he felt better. I hope he feels all right now. I wouldn't wish severe depression and panic attacks on anyone...I felt so bad for him, and SNFAS is a beautiful song, I love it too. It was one of the first on the album to really hit me with the depth of emotion. *sob**sob* That song, along with Sing and TIAL, can make me cry. But I agree that TIAL is more hopeful, more of a post-depression song.

Ahhh, depression is a terrible thing. It dissolves your thoughts and any sense you ever had. I don't wish it on any one here either. It saddens the soul. It begins new prejudices. Yes, depression is a state of living death.

I know what you mean, and I totally agree. SNFAS, really does capture the feeling. Does anyone know if it has any relevence to the Hermann Hesse novel of the same name?

i live for SNFAS....it makes me cry every time. it sick how hard i cry through it. yes it's a depression song, it offers almost no hope, just a pathetic plea....TIAL offers hope, more of a "i'm homesick" song than a "i'm ready to leave this world" song....another great sad song is polished stone....just listen to it, i mean what he's saying is really kind of valid....i'm ramblin aren'ti? sorry!
shane

Favourite blur song is Clover Over Dover and also Theme From An Imaginary Film.. and also maybe Magic America, He Thought Of Cars, Mr Robinson's Quango, Strange News From Another Star, Sing, There's No Other Way, All Your Life, End Of A Century... so many more, not enough time to write them all down.

My favourite is THIS Is A LOW!
Though all blur songs are great and brilliant, THIS IS A LOW makes me cry once and once.
the touching lyrics......
when you're alone, it will be there with you

did you know that "this is a low" is about heroin.crazy but true.now who's crying? i too like that song but my favorite blur song is inertia,
"fear of being left behind,can take you over. slowly you will choke..."does anyone else find mild deppresion sort of romantic? maybe i just need help haha.....blur are delicious!

Oh dearie me. Hello. How are you? Oh dearie me. Oh dearie me.

"Hello"

There the only words I know from that happy land song. I know the tune, I just don't know the words so I can't type what it sounds like can I? You get what I mean don't you?

Dear REIN & other blur fans,
Thanks to tell me that the song is about heroin, crazy but true. Everytime, when I am in despair, I like to listen to it. I am from Hong Kong. Here, the pop songs are only the commercial products. They are insincere. Luckily, my friend introduced blur to me. I am obliged to her......
REIN, though I love the song too much, I know little about the song. Can anyone tell me in detail? Each time, I've the strong desire to know more behind the songs. However, it is limited to get the information...Uh! I am so unhappy recently. I need to participate the open Exam in the coming May. Moreover, in 15031999, I will be taking part in the Mock Exam at school. I won't be able to but the new release, "13", at once!!! How disappointed I am?......
Best regards!
Love,
Vinci
p.s. Is there any blur fans from HK? Please contact me.

MAD>You seen the video clip to HELLO? I like it.

Yes, I do like the 'hello' video clip indeed...I like the little rabbit...that's the only thing Quan is good for!! (only kidding!!)

Love Mad.

this is a low is so so good especially the solo which is amazing.I also love led zeppelin and the battle of evermore.At the moment i am listening to dancehall the instrumental chorus is superb.i have written a song like it and have recorded it i play the guitar in it.I know you dont care but i am a brilliant guitarist and the lead singer of my band looks like damon.cheers!

ON YOUR OWN
I have wonderful associations to that one.
Need I say why? No, that's my choice right.
btw, this conversation's managed to stay pretty
much to the topic. My compliments.

I would have to say that my favorite song by Blur is Country Sad Ballad Man. I don't know why but it really sticks with me. She is so High is another one of those songs. Oh well.

MY mate ross is a sad teeeeeny bop buggery boy and likes song 2 best because he is a typical teeeeeny bop ass bandit!!!!!!!!!!

im not really sure theres so many , but here goes
Bang
For Tommorow
Clover over Dover
Sterotypes
Look Inside America
and Tender is shaping up to be another fav
Blur for World Domination

Look inside America, She's alright, she's alright ... Ahhh, lovely

:*)

Yes quite lovely....that's the song I liked when I first got the blur album, but then I decided I liked Essex Dogs.

She's So High
Chemical World
This Is A Low
Best Days
You're So Great! Graham,youre so great really

I love to play " youre so great"
and "wassailing song" too.

YES PUCCI, HE"S SO GREAT!

THE UnIVERSAL song....really good!

BANK HOLIDAY..also that

YES PUCCI, HE"S SO GREAT!

THE UnIVERSAL song....really good!

BANK HOLIDAY..also that

My fave blur songs are:
"Theme from imagonary film" casue its so drreamy
along wiht end of century
your so great
for tomorrow
&popscene
and i could go on but i wont

TIAL never hit me so hard as SN though. i guess i'm not surprisd. anyway, with graham's bitchin' solo, i'm always too busy fingering it to be sad...how about that new song...tender? it's kind of nice....i liek the graham bits...
shane

There's no other way. Cos there isn't.

My favorite song?

ESSEX DOGS!

I'm from the States, and I don't know a damn thing about Essex or whatever. But it reminds me of the town I grew up in. And it's just noisy and scary. I think it is truly cool that a band that can do a song like "The Universal" (my second fav.) can do a noisy piece of sound collage as this. I live for that chainsaw "Here comes that panic attack" part.

My favourite songs are for tommorow and this is a low.

I LOVE ALL OF BLURS SONGS, BUT THE BEST FOR ME IS CHEMICAL WORLD, BECAUSE IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES FOR ME. MEMORIES OF SEEING BLUR FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE HEINEKEN MUSIC FESTIVAL.
GOD I LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY PAUL EDGAR, A HUMUNGOUS BLUR FAN

That's nice Paul. A serious devotie. (haha, yes, I made that up!)

beetlebum badhead, chinese bombs, globe alone

they rock

My favourite Blur-song is probably PARKLIFE. And, what else do I have to write??... =)

hello wingethan.i've always wanted to go to hong hong! anyways,i'm sorry to hear that your feeling down. i wish i could tell you not to feel that way but only you can tell yourself that...i sort of enjoy it myself but i'm wierd.so you found blur....congrats! feeling fresh air in your lungs? good.i've enjoyed blur for almost 8 years.a fun song to listen to is "people in europe".it's on one of the many "girls&boys"e.p.'s. if you can't find it let me know and i'll make you a copy and send it to you. i hope you find a common blur fan in hong kong soon. may i suggest trying "placebo". their a british band...quite good...nothing like blur though...cheers!

Hi ! My favourit Blur-song is "charmless man".
Because , just like me.

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i love how blur can fluctuate from sorta punkyish guitar and arty guitar and then to the synthesizers and whatnot.. thats sooo tight.. i like "girls&boys" and "essex dogs" and every song with america in its title, those are always so nice and NOT bcs im americn and biased, just bcs they're all great songs and you know it.. umm. everything on modern life is fabulous.

can anyone tell me what..."vorsprung durch technic "...means? it's from "parklife".i hate not knowing shit like that. also,also,what is the web site address for jamie's "blurred for life"? i understand that it is quite good.

end of the century.
i don't know maybe it was something i ate?:)

For me I suppose it would be ... Swallows in the heatwave. Ooo-ooo oo oo.

What about albums? My favorites are "Blur" and "The Great Escape". I love how they play "Magical Mystery Tour" and "The White Album" to each other. The most overblown, huge arrangements on one, followed by the noisiest, shattered "sum of all parts" album. Beautiful, and only successful by bands of this caliber.

Lyrically speaking, I like MLIR the best. But I don't like the arrangements as much. Sort of Middle Of the Road compared to the other ones. (In my opinion. I know it's probably the most liked album they've done)

That German bit is a phrase that means "better living through technology" I believe.

I don't really have a favourite song. It depends on my mood. Right now I am obsessed with Colin Zeal, Coping, and Chemical World. Why? Because my work situation reminds me of these 3 songs.
I also loves Clover Over Dover, it makes me cry and I love the reciprocating(I am not sure if I am using the right word) singing style. Badhead, To The End also make me cry. I get somewhat overly excited(not in a sexual way, but kind of rowdy) when I listen to Chinese Bomb, Bank Holiday. Sing and Peaches are brilliant. I can go on about Blur songs, there are so many that are excellent.

My fave Blur songs in order are:

TIAL
Badhead
Country-Sad Ballad Man, um

that's about where I get stuck because so many of their songs are so flipping beautiful!!

For those who like 'You're so Great' try the Graham Coxon album 'The Sky is Too High' it rocks in a lo-fi way!

Blur certainly has something, I think it's the tunes - poppy but not throwaway and the sheer variety of styles they cover. AND THE SENSE OF HUMOUR!!! even when they're being cynical bastards!

Well reading everyone's favourite songs has made me feel like less of a freak for being a huge Blur fan at the age of 25!!

Peace from New Zealand!!! ASH

My favourite blur song has to be M.O.R. it's got a cool tune and the video brings back old memories of The Freat Escape (DA) - bring on the next album!!!!

hate to sound like the wanna be fan but my all time favorite blur song is song#2 its so easy to dance to no matter what yet since its so short you dont get tired after all that jumping around
-wannabe

It's difficult for me to choose my favourite song because I just think that I like all of them.However I believe that YUKO AND HIRO is the one which makes me very moved, mostly by its music.Thanks Blur for having created so wonderful songs.Nat, the french girl.

how come no one really likes strange news from another star????? i love this song, its definitely my fav off 'blur'. picking a fav blur song seems impossible to me. probably why most people list several. its like picking a fav beatles song. all you can do really is pick like 1 or 2 off each album that you like best. some of my other favs are dan abnormal and blue jeans, popscene to get the blood flowing. what a fab song. ooooh, on your own is another of my favs off blur.

I've noticed lots of defenders of "Strange News..." on Coping. Great song.

bang, wear me down, colin zeal, chemical world, villa rosie, trouble in the message centre, clover over dover, charmless man, song 2, death of a party, popscene live

oh yes...advert, blue jeans, coping, end of a century, london loves, mr. robinson's quango, chinese bombs...exhale

My favourite Blur songs? Well, that depends...

every track on "modern life is rubbish" is excellent.

lyrically, I think "Resigned" is a great song, I always listen to "Birthday" on my birthday, that's a great song. "Tracy Jacks" is beyond cool. I love the part in "For Tomorrow", when Damon sings, "...modern life well it's rubbish..."...what else? Well "Beetlebum" has great lyrics, and so does "London Loves", and "Starshaped".

musically speaking, "Girls and Boys" is fab, so is "Country House", and "Sing" and "She's So High", and of course, "Coping"...wow too many to tell!

but the cream of the crop, I'd have to say, if there was only one blur song I could hear for the rest of ym life, it would have to be...."For Tomorrow". Perfect song.

that's not me, by the way

My favorites have to be Beetlebum, Tender, This is a Low, and of course the Universal, oh and BLue Jeans, and She's so High, there I have named one off of every album.
I tend to like there slower songs, because they seem to have more emotional impact on me.
His voice makes quiver, not really, but when I hear some of the songs, my heart sores, and I am not exaggerating there.
Whenever I hear Tender, My heart stops for one beautiful moment, and then I carry on.
Damon has that impact on me.

I'd say he'd be thrilled to read something like that Tam. I know I would be.

argh, this is too hard. I LOVE chinese bomb, ultranol, tender, peter panic, a song, mor, stereotypes...... but y'know I don't like the universal, or miss america. They're so bland. Turn it up isn't much good either... This is a low is one of the sexiest songs ever hmmmmmmmm......

'tender'
simply is their best......just is.

Are you Damon's eight month old nephew Rudi????
(Sorry, just as soon as I saw your name, I made the sad link)

what do you think Aoife?

I didn't know 'yer man' had a nephew, anyway I like sad links.

Oh and by the way, I have a pet fish, Eric, he's an Halibut. Any blur links in that one?...Aoife?

Must get back to work now, my boss ain't a blur fan apparently.
( looks more Tom Jones ish )
Altogether now... Tender is the night...

I accept the challenge. Your fish Eric shares the same name as retired footballer Eric Cantona - ex-Man Utd. player. As we all know, Man Utd. and Chelsea are currently battling it out at the top of The Premier League (I think/hope). And, who's a big Chelsea Fan???? That's right, Damon!!!
Skill, eh?

You possess a great power!

Use it wisely my friend.

1. Oily Water
2. Resigned
3. There's no other way
4. Girls and Boys
5. You're so Great
6. Advert

Why? Same reason fits all - because they're fantastic fucking tunes - say no more!!

My favorite is Parklife, but I always seem to love the newest ones at the moment, my fave will probably change once I hear '13'. Go Blur!!

my favourite song is girls and boys. It says a lot to me about gender equity...we live in such a screwed up male dominated society that it's about time that someone said something. I think the following phrase puts it all into perspective...
love is love, girl is boy..I am you.. I need me

Damon is just soooo sexy on Tender. I can't wait to hear their new album- experimental music doesn't scare me in the least!

I admire their guts and determination. They always do the best for their fans not to get bored with them I think.

LONG LIVE BLUR

I really love "This is a Low" it's fantastic

1. Bugman
2. Popscene
3. Stereotypes
4. Globe Alone
5. Tender
6. For tomorrow
7. There�s no other way
8. Peter Panic
9. M.O.R.
10. Coffee & TV

I�m surprised that very few have listed Oily Water and He Thought Of Cars as their faves.....I love those songs!!!

I said Oily Water - I agree it's a fantastic tune!

Rein,
Thanks for your encouragement. Now in Hong Kong, I feel very excited that I can hear blur's complete tracks offered by the radio. Hmm... I'm having a mock exam. I can't buy 13 at once. bored... can i mail to you?
p.s. why do you want to go Hong Kong? well, weird is attractive ma...

i love the all we want b-side! i've got my own blur site at www.blur99.freeserve.co.uk
anybody up for a chat?

all we want is awsome! they should release it! to bad such a good song is a b-side(in my opinion). I can't wait till the new album is out in the U.S. All of the song clips i've heard are simply brilliant. Trimm Trab, Bugman, and no Distance Left to Run are all soon going to be my favorites. Anyway, Boys and Girls, Strange news from another star, on your own, this is a low, stereotypes, country house, charmless man, fade away, colin zeal, advert, chemical world, intermision, there's no other way, entertain me, dan abnornal, globe alone, peter panic, trouble in the message center, magic america, look inside america, movin' on(the remix by william orbit on B & D), essex dogs, I think that's it, but there's too many to name. Eventhough I'm american, song 2 is far from my list of favorite songs. it isn't that great of a blur song. most of their songs grow on you, but I got sick of song 2 after I heard it for the 10th time.

My favourite have to be "Far out".
I don�t know why I like it so much but it has something that the other songs don�t have

I got '13' yesterday at 4:30 in the afternoon Australian time (15/3), which would make it only 5:30 in the morning in the UK. It has some pretty good songs on it, but my favorite would have to be 'Coffee and TV'. Also, for those that have heard it, am I the only one that thinks there are touches of 'Sing' in '1992'. Probably just me. Here are my favorites from their other 5 albums:

Leisure: 'There's no other way'
Modern Life: 'Chemical World'
Parklife: 'This Is A Low'
Great Escape: 'Charmless Man'
Blur: 'You're So Great'

Lets just hope they take a detour to Melbourne on their next tour......

POPSCENE
COPING
STEREOTYPES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The best Blur song ever is BLUE BLUE JEANS. BLUE BLUE JEANS BLUE BLUE JEANS BLUE BLUE JEANS

On Your Own.
It speaks to me, on a another level.
Fucking Genius.
Blur is a Godfuck.

What's my favorite?... Let me think....
Maybe Swamp song or On your own...
Does anybody agree with me?
I hope there's no mistake in my message...
Cos English is foriegn language for me...

HAHAHA this conversation is no longer Luci free

Charmless man,You're so great and Tenderrrrrrr
I haven't got "13" yet.

My fave. song= Country House
Cos it's the first song I heard from Blur.

Hi Jen!!! I'm on the same time as you!!!

I am quite surprised that nobody is mentoning the songs I KNOW and TAME. That are my all time favorites.

SING and Popscene must be the best around.
Why, that's something only I know

My personal favourites are

On Your Own...few songs can make me this happy

End of a Century...reminds me of my best friend, since it's her favourite

Globe Alone...c'mon!

Battle...a new addition to my favourites

All Your Life...such a great song

Blue Jeans...it makes me cry...back in the good old days with my ex-girlfriend...sigh

This Is A Low...obvious reasons

Country Sad Ballad Man
Movin On.........both for same reasons as ON Yr Own

Best Days..."in hotel cells listening to dial tones" so so sad

No Distance Left To Run ...see Blue Jeans

Repetition...so so good!

others:
tame, mr. robinson's quango (oh I'm a naughty boy!) yuko and hiro, entertain me, stereotypes,
get out of cities, advert, coping, beetlebum, trimm trabb, all we want, coffee and tv

i have to say girls/boys was my first fave, but then song 2, but i highly enjoy the song "blue Jeans" off of Modern Life is...and as for 13? well BATTLE is very cool...you gotta love Sing for all its Trainspotting glory, as well as She's so High because of its simple lyrics and wonderful tune..I could go on forever...but i won't

I think this is the best topic on Coping.

:*)

hey bbc...thanks for the link
the blur songs i like best are the shouty ones. bank holiday, popscene and chinese bombs....ooooh yeah.

i like shes so high too, it reminds me of a time when indie clubs were the thing...and you could be sure of hearing this followed by sally cinnamon before falling over on the dancefloor, lying in a pool of your own vomit...

or was that just me?

My favorite Blur song is definetely their latest one: tender. And of course 'country house' coz it's the first one, I've ever heard from Blur.

no, beezer. it wasn't just you - it's theres no other way that does it for me though...i likes popscenelots too

maybey sing...
but it depends on the mood...
popscene is certainly one of my favs...
because it makes me feel alive and ready to jump in the ring and facing everything...
but i love to many songs too much...

Wow...this is a well answered topic....well my favorite songs are For Tommorow, To The End, blue jeans, parklife and TIAL. my new fave at the moment is Trimm trabb though. Really really lurrrve it!

you're so great, birthday (it seems like I wrote the lyrics)sing, resigned, end of a century, this is a low, far out, best days, ERNOLD SAME, yuko and hiro, the universal, mellow song and no ditance left to run.

Because i weep everytime I listen to such a Song...

Before 13 came out my fav song was Charmless Man, because I know a few people who are exactly like that. I found the lyrics so sarcastic, it's a great song.
Now my favourite one is Trimm Trabb, but don't ask me why, I cannot get it out of my mind anymore.........

Here is my top 10
1.Beetlebum
2.Sing(especially at the astoria gig)
3.End Of A Century
4.Trouble in the message center
5.Chemical World
6.Country House
7.The Universal
8.Look inside America
9.One born every minute
10.Villa Rosie

I don't think 13 is as good as some older stuff,but it's blur and its still amazing.

hi i'm new, and i'd have to say that my favorite song so far is parklife. it's such a happy song. he feeds the birds and enjoys life, wakes up when he wants. it all sounds very good to me.

Too many to mention but I've got this theory that track 3 &/or 7 on any album is always excellent (and usually up there with my favs)
For example:
From Leisure - 7) There's No Other Way
From MLIR - 7) Chemical World
From Parklife - 3) End of a Century
From Great Escape - 3) Best Days 7) The Universal
From blur - 3) Country Sad Ballad Man
From 13 - 3) Coffee and TV
They are just a few of my favs and I just love Tender, its so beautiful

Thanks for all your comments. It is good to hear that you are enjoying all our music- past and present. We hope that you are enjoying the new album. Look out for 'Bugman' in the shops soon! Happy listening and see you all soon.

My Favorite ones are Parklife, Blue Jeans, On your Own, Coffee and TV. The Blur Boys do it for me every time....

Well i think they are great although those words lack really what i think they are. Well i love the songs:END OF A CENTURY, TROUBLE IN THE MESSAGE CENTRE, CLOVER OVER DOVER,SING, and all of them i can't think of a song of theres i don't like.they are all really good they all have a song i can listen to when im sad,happy, annoying,
mad,or just when i need a quick fix.DAMON, is the cutest guy i have ever seen.Just absoultly adorable. Well to be a blur fan there is no if and or buts...they are take it or leave it.They play in a way thats different they play not to set any type of trend just to make music, simple music that can make you dance, sing, hummm, and forgett about it all.

Hmmm... Alex, for some reason you don't seem to know that your new single is actually going to be "Trimm Trabb." Either the others are playing some kind of cruel trick on you, or you're overdoing the champagne...

this is a damn hard question!

lemme see....it'd have to be one of these:

badhead
this is a low
parklife
chemical world
bang
dan abnormal
best days
the universal
clover over dover
jubilee
trouble in the msg centre
beetlebum

ahh! there's heaps more but i think i've said enuff, you just can't pick a favourite!!!

luff,
:) Justine

I think all songs are great...........
But I really Like:
trouble in the message centre
there�s no other way
This is a low
country sad ballad man
sing
she�s do high
.........
and.......FRIED

My favourite song is Swamp Song, it's a differebt style... ( freestyle!) Joke... But I love... like Bugman or Song2... Why? hem, I don't know

Mi tema favorito de Blur es The Univresal, tambi�n There's no other way, Entertain me, y por supuesto, Tender.
UNA MAZA!!!!!!!!

POPSCENE IS THE BEST SONG OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have 10 fave blur songs

1)this is a low
2)chemical world
3)to the end
4)no distance
5)theres no other way
6)inertia
7)trimm trabb
8)girls and boys
9)battle
10)blue jeans

so whats everyones fave songs on 13?

Well, I just can't pick a favourite because all of them are so emotional... Maybe it could be "On Your Own" 'cos when I go happy-day-glo in the discos I want Lord to give me time for I've jumped into space... And "Tender" is the song that uses to heal my mind... And sometimes I feel like I am "Ernold Same"... again and again and again... And All I Want is to feel something... but I feel nothing... 'cos I'm numb... sing, sing to me... it really, really, really could happen... in a chemical world, in a chemical world, it's very,very,very cheap

HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE! HEY HEY COME OUT TONIGHT, POPSCENE!

What song is TIAL?

Definately.... End of a century......first blur song i heard.... BLUREMI and song2 are cool too!!! i like the quick headbangers

adam you are a fluffbrain waht you neeeeeeeeed is a LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...hahhahahauruur

AAAA. This is a low.
A LACK OF NATURAL LUSTRE NOW SEEMS TO BE LOSING ME

me fluff brain???

Bugman is up there too!!!!!
and popscene

Popscene is obviously the best song. Or Sing... Or Beetlebum... Song 2 sends our local crap little nightclub mental at the end of the night, nice change from Steps.

End of a Century...I can't get tired of listening to that song. Notice that Blur puts a lot of ooh's and aaah's in their songs? That's cool.

I love Song 2 because of the film clip here in Australia we don't get everything you guys get by the way, i'm a sixteen yr old aussie chick and now i'm going to the beach to sunbake send me lots of e-mail i promise i'll write back :)

xox abbi

I can't get Caramel out of my head.

I was listening to Clover on the Dover today. That song is so tragic.

It reminds me of this story about a Man who fell in love with a poet during his 20's. He gave her whatever she wanted. He was smitten with love and lust for her. They would go up to the mountains at night and make up stories to tell each other. They made love on the rocks of Dover. Sometimes they would read Shakespere and poetry to each other up on that rock.
She would write him fantastic love letters that he would stick in his pocket. Everyone in the town praised them.

Some years later after they where married. She woke up one morning unhappy. She loved her husband but she knew he could never light her hidden fire. She didn't know how to tell her husband. (She had always thought of him as her best frind.) She knew it would break his heart.
She didn't know how to tell him, but she knew she had to tell him. So, she decided to write him a poem declaring her love for another woman. She gave it to him with a nervous smile as he was leaving for work.

Her husband thought the poem must be a joke. It would break his heart to think otherwise.

Later that evening, he met his wife for dinner. He pretended everthing was normal. She was upset by this and told him that it was indeed true. He was so choked with pain that he ran up to the rocks of Dover. She raced after him but could not catch up because her skirt was getting in the way. The last thing she heard him say was, "Meet me on the rocks of Dover, if you want me." She ran as hard as she could till her lungs felt like they would explode. She stopped to cry and fell asleep in exhaustion.

At dawn she met the sun in her eyes. The shock of yesterday hit her immediately. She raced over to their special rock as fast as she could. She found him dead and covered in blood at the bottum of the rocks. In his hand was the first love letter she had ever sent him. She just sat there and cried.

A couple of days later, some towns people went up to the rocks. They found her body laying right next to his. She had ripped out her heart and laid it on his chest.

<<<Terribly sad, I know. I hope I didn't make anyone cry.>>>>

Clover 'on the' Dover. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.........

i am a 14yr old canadian girl. the first blur song i heard was "boys and girls", but it was "charmless man" that got me hooked. they are my favourite band, but it's very hard to find some of their older stuff, so my faves are "boys and girls" (i'm so happy that i get to hear it almost every night on the radio! it's just not the same when it's from a cd). i also love "yuko and hiro", "you're so great". i listen to "13" 24/7, and from that cd i love tender, no distance left to run, trimm trabb and caramel, but every single blur song is the greatest. like abbi, if you would please e-mail me, i will write back. other bands that i like are: pulp, radiohead, placebo, silverchair, and many more. thank you.

To Michael Connelly,
You must like really sad music mustn't you? Those two are Blur's two WORST EVER songs. Sing is complete bulls**t. Why does everyone like it?!?!?!?

The best Blur songs are definitely Jubilee, Parklife, There's No Other Way, Bang, M.O.R, and basically all the lively songs.

Well, there's a sweeping generalisation if I ever heard one! The best blur songs are "basically all the lively ones." What about "Repetition", "Trimm Trabb" "This is a Low" .....I could go on for ages, and also, the amazing "No Distance Left To Run" would hardly qualify as lively, and that's an extremely moving song.

Liza, how tragic! That was an intriguing story. I think I'll go write a song based on some other story or poem. Tschuss!

ABBI> how are you?

I guess you like the German language. If I'm not mistaken. I'm glad the story grabbed you. I'm thinking about writing a book over the summer.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

What story/poem do you suggest for me, Liza?

Mein Kampf

This is a side of Liza I've never seen and find intriguing. Beautiful story Liza.
Beautifully twisted sense of humour God (this is the Andy I remember from the days of yore...:)

Danke!

Danke? *genuinely baffled*

It's German for, thanks.

Oh.....

my fav's are: badhead, blue jeans, starshaped,
supa shopper
I'm a total sucker for harmonies and kooky lounge music!!
Does anyone else like supa shopper or am I just a sad 60's wannabe gogo dancer? (Please don't attack my comments too savagely, although if you do, I'll understand why - I sound really, really, really lame! SORRY! Please, go ahead, attack all you like!)

yo- i'm new at this but my favourite BLUR songs are...

LEISURE- slow down

MODERN LIFE...- blue jeans,chemical world, turn it up,when the cows come home, peach

GREAT ESCAPE- >>oh, baby! lots here!<<
best days, charmless man, THE UNIVERSAL, he thought of cars, yuko and hiro

PARKLIFE- end of a century, badhead, CLOVER OVER DOVER, THIS IS A LOW

BLUR- >>lots here, too!<< beetlebum, song 2, country sad..., ON YOUR OWN, you're so great, death of a party, LOOK INSIDE AMERICA, strange news from another star

13- >>I LOVE THIS ALBUM!<< tender, bugman,b.l.u.r.e.m.i., BATTLE, mellow song,caramel, TRIMM TRABB, no distance...

My ABSOLUTE favourites are in capitol letters.
These songs have awesome lyrics >>and an awesome lyricist!<< and some of them bring me to tears! Every one of these song reminds me of something special.

The best blur song is Youre So Great followed by coffee and T.V.Graham has the best voice.

My fave songs are
This Is A Low
Clover Over Dover
End of A Century
To The End
BLUREMI
He Thought of Cars
Globe Alone
Coffee and TV
Far Out (ALEX JAMES)
Slow Down
Villa Rosie
I love BLUR

Hoist, you are sad and obviously don't fully apprecite Blur, to say that SING is bulls**t shows that you only like the Blur that the teenybopper twelve year old audience likes (although all blurs lively stuff is excellent) oh I'll just shut up, no offence mate? It's just that Sing is excellent and one of my fav. songs. Anyway has anyone noticed the similarities between Resigned and 1992, well actually I think it's just me! OK so my favourite songs today are (because they change every day) 1. End of A Century, 2. Sing, 3. Sunday Sunday, 4.Peach. I'll check back tommorow 'cos they'll all change!

I just LOVE "Song 2" because I can play it on my guitar. And Damon's voice makes me horny baby!!!

i don't know why, but all of blur's more 'downer' songs are my favs, 'like this is a low' and 'he thought of cars' but most of my favourite blur songs come from my favourite blur album which is 'blur' i think i love all the tracks on that especially 'killer for your love' 'strange news...' 'death of the party' 'bettlebum' 'theme from retro' you must all think i'm really depressing but i'm not! honest! i just have to add that the bass on 'entertain me' is sickeningly brilliant, as is the riff on villa rosie. If you haven't seen starshaped you must, you will fall head over heels in love with graham, trust me!

some people mentioned 'battle' already...
well at the moment i'm pretty much obsessed with that one...i mean if one could have sex with a song...i think battle would be my ideal partner...
sorry. I don't usually say things that way...
some other favourites are:
red necks - makes me laugh
fool - a silly song
wear me down - i love the lyrics and the way it is so hard... :)
bugman - a decent live song
caramel - 'and you are...and you are...'
this is a low - gets my vote as well
hard + slow - off graham's solo album. makes me feel all funny.

so now you know...although no-one really cares...or do they?

oo oo, i almost forgot! Miss America, that's the best!

Coffee and tv
because I like the lyric of this song!!!

i never knew so many people liked Resigned, i'ts my fave as well. i also like Blue Jeans, End Of A Century, You're So Great, Threadneedle Street and For Tomorrow. and many more. from 13 it has to be Battle though Trimm Trabb's brilliant, too.

I LOVE ANY SONG DAMON SUNGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've got too little space to mention all the Blur songs I like...so I'm just telling ypou two of them...EXPLAIN and FOR TOMORROW!

I like Countryhouse best.
I'm from Ukraine.

hi eh mmm eh everyone my name is mmmmm eh mmmmm john and eh i mmmm eh i am just writing to eh say mmm hi to aoife and jen eh thats all eh thaks bye

All the songs on 'Parklife' are excellent both musically and lyrically, 'Coffee and TV' is a great song although it only got to 11th in the UK charts.
PS Phil Daniels should be made 5th member of Blur

I like the follow songs because they are cool. Great explanation, isn't?

There isn't an expecific blur's music that I like, I know in each CD what are the best songs. So...

Leisure:
1- She's so high
2- There's no other way

Modern Life is Rubbish:
1- Villa Roseo
2- Chemical World

Parklife:
1- Tracy Jacks
2- Clover Over Dover

The Great Escape:
1- Charmless Man
2- Entertain Me

Blur:
1- You are so Great
2- Dead of a Party

13:
1- Bugman
2- There is no Distance Left to Run

From Sam London, 16 July.
Trimm Trabb on 13. Please listen to it. It'll make you feel gutted about anyone you've ever loved and lost.

I think mine is Beetlebum, because it first introduced me to Blur and then I became a fan. But after I've listened to almost all Blur songs, all I have to say is that they're all great!!!

battle

ha ha copings fucked. unlucky copers, especially you marvelous original ones like you god, bow bow.

will
blurtalk.com

"Sociability is hard enough for me" I love Coffee and T.V.!!!!
Off the other albums, I love
Leisure: TNOW, Sing
MLIR: For Tomorrow, Star Shaped, Oily Water
Parklife: Girls and Boys, Far Out, To The End, This Is A Low
TGE: Stereotypes, The Universal, Yuko and Hiro
Blur: You're So Great(sorry kids, but I hate the rest of that album)
13: tender, Bugman,Coffee and T.V, Trimm Trabb

Fave b-side: Young and Lovely

Leisure: Sing
MLIR: Miss America, Blue Jeans
Parklife: Far Out, This Is A Low
TGE: The Universal, Best Days
Blur: You're So Great (my favorite), Beetlebum
13: Tender, No Distance Left To Run

B-sides: Theme From An Imaginary Film, I Love Her (OK, it's a fan club release)


Yes, I'm in love.

"She don't care if I live or die, that is why I love her."

My favourite blur songs are B.L.U.R.E.M.I. (great heavy song), Song 2, Coffee & Tv. (I like the clip with the milk carton), Chemical World, Trimm Trabb, No Distance Left To Run, To The End, The Universal, End Of A Century, Sunday Sunday,
-INTERMISSION-
She's So High, There's No Other Way, Badhead, Bank Holiday, This Is A Low, Magic America, Tender, Bugman, Battle, Mellow Song, For Tomorrow, Star Shaped, 1992, Trailerpark, Jubilee, Charmless Man, You're So Great, Strange News From Another Star, On Your Own, M.O.R., Beetlebum, Countrty Sad Ballad Man, Chinese Bombs, Movin' On, Best Days, Globe Alone, It Could Be You.... I think that's all.
I like all those songs because they kick ass so much and blur are a kick ass band!

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Trailerpark is pretty damn good. I think Blur will release it as a single (although I have no idea if it'd get anywhere in the charts!)

ALL THE BLUR SONGS ARE FANTASTIC !!!
THEY ARE ALWAYS EVOLUTING AND ALWAYS DO THAT WELL!
BUT MY FAVOURITES SONGS ARE FROM "PARKLIFE", SPECIALLY PARKLIFE.
I ALSO LIKE VERY MUCH THE SONGS FROM THE LAST ALBUM ! TRIMM TRAB IS FANTASTIC !

although i must admit, i started liking blur cause of song 2. now i hate the song! after hearing blurs earlier albums (and 13 too!) i've come to the conclusion that my fave songs come from modern life is rubbish. i love all the songs from it. but i also like coffee and tv from 13! cute video clip! :)

Song 2 is OK but anyone who likes it above This Is A Low or Beetlebum needs help . . . I've had Song 2 crammed down my throat for over 2 years now, it's even been on The Simpsons f'Christ's sake!

i like tracy jacks, entertain me, yuko an hiro and stereotypes.

my favourite is this is a low, because it's about the only song with an 'uplifting' message (it won't hurt you) to be really moving. also the lyrics are the best in the world and every time i hear the shipping forecast it seems really magical to me. yuko and hiro is good cos its a really original love song. also the universal and to the end are gorgeous, i have to say that blur excel on their emotional numbers. i don't know why everyone thinks of their pre-13 stuff as cheerful/soulless, they've obviously only heard parklife or song 2.

You're So Great is the most beautiful song ever written...(love you Graham)
The Universal, Coffee and TV and No Distance Left to Run are also really moving...
But on a totally diferent note, I also love Swamp Song, On Your Own and B.L.U.R.E.M.I

The band of the 90s?

what is the defining song from each album?

Sing
For Tomorrow (poss Chemcial World)
Parklife
Stereotypes (though not the best)
Strange News . . .
No Distance (or Trailerpark)

Defining songs for me are:

Sing (would anyone disagree with this?)
For Tomorrow (hopeful yet depressing and reminds me of my favourite city)
This is a Low (if you like out-of-season seaside towns)
The Universal (doom-laden, it's this song that makes me miss the old blur)
Essex Dogs (because of the lyrics)
Caramel (it's not my fave, but it's probably the most typical of the album, cos it sounds like they were all stoned when they came up with it) My favourite is Tender.

You know:You're so great!!!

Caramel is great but then they add all that motorbike shit .. if 13 was edited properly it would be ace.

Sing is easily the best song on Leisure, bot Modern Life is harder to define a song for! There's about 5 different contenders :)

"THEME FROM AN IMAGINARY FILM" is a rather lovely little ditty!

TENDER!!! i'm in love with it.

Can you actually-In all fairness now get any better than "To the End" and "parklife"
Parklife is just the most mental THING I have ever heard-I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
ALEX JAMES!!!!!!-Wowser!!!!!
HI Alex-from Alex!hee hee!!!!!

Sing
Luminous
For Tomorrow
Resigned
BlueJeans
This Is A Low
To The End
End Of Century
Badhead
The Universal
Beetlebum
Battle
1992

Hellodillyodilly!
Howdy there partner , my fave songs are :
Charmless man
Country house
Park life
Boys and Girls
There's no other way
BLUREMI
Song 2
Thats all folks ,
Loadsa luv Hagstar

Beetlebum: moody and beautiful.

end of a century because my friend who listens only to rap even loves it. besides that, you're so great. it's good to listen to when you're depressed.

Woohoo! I love The Universal, I thought everyone else hated it. Other 2 greatest songs have gotta be This Is A Low and Advert.

OPTIGAN 1!

My best songs are Bank Holiday, song 2, beetlebum and tender. I have been in love with damon since Parklife came out. And the other day fell in love with Graham aswell while watching him laugh on the o-zone, he has the cutest laugh i have ever seen. BLUR ROCK MY WORLD!!!!! Did anyone go to their singles night concert at the NEC BIrmingham on Dec. 9th? Damon was gorgeous and they were excellent.
I REALLY LOVE THEM ALL
twiggy

Well...um....
okay, i love songs with the harmonizing thing going on. i like This is a Low, Damon, sounds so good in that song! i also like Sing, that is a beautiful song! it's so great! and Beetlebum, who doesn't like that song? it's great! i love every blur song. i'm just killer for your love is just great!! that and Beetlebum are my fave blur songs!

Cooper

my favourite song:
he thought of cars
battle
she so high
theme for retro

As a relative Blur virgin, I'd have to say:

Strange News
Essex Dogs
Death of a Party

Favorite lyric:
"Another night, and I thought, well, well"

http://www.spookypajamas.com

Well, it�s hard to say that this or that is my favourite blur song, because all are really very good. The first song I heard from blur, was Entertain me, and this one made me a big blur fan although I�ve never seen them in live, but I hope some day, they�ll come to Hungary. I could write here all the songs, but I try to write only a few ones: Inertia, Fried, Theme from an imaginary film, One gets born every minute, People in Europe, The Universal, Come together, Advert, Badhead, Look inside America, Trimm trabb, On your own and all the other.
The best sentence: "videod by a buss load of tourist"

ENTERTAIN ME BECAUSE IT HAS ONE HELLUVA BASELINE

MY FAVE BLUR SONG IS TURN IT UP COS IT REMINDS ME OF HOT SUNNY DAYS. I ALSO LOVE FOR TOMORROW LIVE AND TRACEY JACKS FOR A SING A LONG WITH MY MATES

I FORGOT TO SAY CHEMICAL WORLD

The best blur songs are:

fool
chemical world
advert
jubilee
look inside america
and the swamp song

Well most of those are good. But Fool? Fool. Are you sure you didn't mean to type To The End but just muddled all the letters up, then replaced them with other letters and then forgot what all the new letters were except two o's an l and an f and just thought what the fuck I can make those letters into fool so I will just do that.
Does nobody else like To The End? Am I the only hopeless romantic left in the world?
Fool. Tsk.

No, Grumpy, you are certainly not the only person to like To The End, because I adore that song. I love the chick from Stereolab doing her little french thing in the back. What is it that she says? "Jusqu'a le fin" and "En plein soleil" is what is sounds like to me, but my French is kinda rusty. Hmmm, it is a terrifically romantic song, n'est-ce pas?

Country Sad Ballad Man
Jubilee
Tender (Cornelius remix)

Remixes are like giving your dog to someone to take for a walk, and when they bring it back, it's a different dog.

First of all, i would like to thanks by brother in law for introducing me in this marvellous new world which I use to call blur's maniac... it's a great experience... to the point... it's such a difficult question that I just can't never define... I just love their lyrics and the energy that the whole band transmits when singing their tracks (it's actually exceptional...) well i don't want to seem very boring... but they made me change many points of view of my life...
I just listen with all my senses and i can always (to the date)connect myself... from the other hand sometimes it's only the question of enjoying the moment...(I love damon)

Tender - it means something different every time you listen to it. Or possibly Parklife, which is nothing like it really, it just makes you happy. Depends what mood I'm in.

Why is everyone saying Sing, that ain't that good, anyway, anyone heard Sing (To Me) by Seymour?

Tell the truth...

I really like this board with everybody just being honest about their favourite Blur songs. Has anybody checked which song is the official winner? From a rough whizz through it looks like This Is A Low.

grumpy you are certainly not the only romantic left. i love 'to the end'. it makes me feel like life has drama and meaning. and the video is so gorgeously arty!

I agree w/ Grumpy. I've been keeping up w/ it for a while and it's very. My faves: Look Inside America, Battle, Birthday, You're So Great, Chemical World, and the ever catchy girls & boys.

seems i signed this in june of '99, but my tastes have changed a little since then... my current favourites include:
fool
clover over dover (all time favourite)
strange news from another star
trimm trabb
battle

As much as love all of Blur's ablum material, i think that most of my favorite Blur songs may actually be their b-sides and rare stuff. I think that it would be great for Blur to release a double or triple (or whatever) CD set to include all the b-sides and other hard to find songs. Being 18 and not especially wealthy, a $250 box set is a little out of my price range. Judging by a lot of the previous posts, it looks like there are quite a few other fans of the b-sides out there...Let me know what you think...

my favourite b-sides are 'all your life', 'young and lovely', 'theme from an imaginary film' and 'bonebag'. lovely.

leisure:
1-Sing
2-bad day
3-repetition
modern life is rubbish:
1-sunday sunday
2-chemical world
3-advert
parklife:
1-girls & boys
2-parklife
3-badhead
4-london loves
the great escape:
1-charmless man
2-the universal
3-it's could be you
blur:
1-song 2
2-you're so great
3-chinese bomb
4-beetlebum
13:
1-BLUREMI
2-tender
3-battle
4-bugman
5-swamp song
6-coffee & TV
7-no distance left to run

Dammit, I always promised myself I would not do this but just to record it for posterity-
15-She's So High
14-Tender
13-Yuko & Hiro
12-Song 2
11-Sunday Sunday
10-There's No Other Way
9-Popscene
8-Advert
7-Resigned
6-This is a Low
5-Blue Jeans
4-The Universal
3-Girls and Boys
2-Sing
1-For Tomorrow

The others may sometimes shift a bit but the top three usually remain the same.

Fave B-Sides- I Know, Young and Lovely, Magpie and Bustin' and Dronin' (If you don't include live b-sides)

Fave Album- MLIR
Fave Member- Damon
Fave Recording of any song in the world ever- For Tomorrow live at Mile End

You happy now? You pushed and you pushed and now you finally know everything I love about Blur!

this is a question that has kept me up many nights, and i'm no closer now to answering it than any other time. still, as of this point i have to say that tender is my favorite. i guess i'm just a sucker for melancholy songs that make me want to fall into an emotional heap on the floor. some other awesome songs are this is a low, all your life, and clover over dover. (and i know this doesn't count, but i'd just like to express that a day is far too long is a great song too)

Ooh I didn't know we were allowed to nominate a whole album's worth. I am heading off to work on this.
I doubt it will get into my top three but I too love For Tomorrow. Has anyone heard the extended visit to Primrose Hill version with all the brass on it?
Then Susan comes into the room shes a naughty girl (HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING THE LA LA LAs) with a lovely smile, says take...
Singalong.

Of course we have, Grumpy. THATS why its there at
Number 1 for me. Oooh...When they did it at Wembley in December....I threw my shirt towards the stage, convinced I would not need it any more, for it was and shall remain the crowning point in my life.

Mmmmmmmm.....Wembley.

Here's mine:

1-For Tomorrow
2-This is a Low
3-Sunday Sunday
4-Starshaped
5-Supa Shoppa (just for the controversy)

Yeah, For Tomorrow extended is brilliant.

Supa Shoppa???;;;!666����+-$$ Your taking the piss Joe.
Here is the scientifically worked out musicologically sound answer done on the Poscene approved 15 tracks in reverse order answer.
15. Movin On
14. This Is A Low
13. End Of A Century
12. Swamp Song
11. Theme From An Imaginary Film (and just look whose laughing)
10. Stereotypes
9. Beetlebum
8. Chemical World
7. There's No Other Way
6. Advert
5. Death Of A Party
4. For Tomorrow
3. Battle
2. The Universal
1. To The End (Hurrah)
And I reckon if you played that lot to anybody (and ignoring the crappy who is the coolest debate) they would just have to admit that Blur are the most versatile, innovative and talented band well ever really.

What terrible punctuation.

Ooooooh....Theme from an imaginary film??? Ooooohh..I don't think so. Yeah, I was sort of taking the piss with Supa Shopper but I like to rate the likeability of Blur's songs by how mental I would go if they played them live. And...yeah.

caramel

Ooh, there's too many of them..well...This is a low, the universal, he thought of cars, beetlebum, country sad ballad man, death of a party and all songs in "13"....ooh, and sing and and..i love them all!!

I believe that people who don't listen to Blur have a favourite Blur song (usually song 2)...for the rest of us who simply love Blur, choosing one favourite song is just impossible....but then again...Country Sad Ballad Man, This is a Low, End of a Century...Stereoty...nah forget it, i was right the first time, its impossible...

I love battle oooohhhh
Actually I love everything but to really be picky

Battle, trimm trabb, trailerpark, mellow song,
caramel, beetlebum,song 2, you're so great, strange news from another star, essex dogs, universal, country house, mr robinson's quango, top man, tracy jacks, this is a low, jubilee, far out, for tomorrow, oily water, Colin Zeal, miss america, sing, magpie, rednecks, ultranol, a song, french song, cowboy song, woodpigeon song, dancehall...

Yeah I think those are the main ones.

'End of a century'...why!! because it is sooooo english. listne to the lyrics, nothing is more english than that. great stuff!!

"Country sad..." would be one of my favourite (especially in its acoustic version), although as Gut said before, it seems impossible to really pick one or two preferred songs.
It seems every blur fan has a few songs that bears a "special" feeling, for some reason or another.
I like battle, though.

cheers!

Gut Lord makes sense (Fri 14 April), but You're so Great is an anthem with significance for me.

For me my favorite song would have to be either You're so great or sing... maybe a few tracks off their limited edition jap. album....THERE'S LOADS!
The live version of For Tomorrow is a classic.