BLUR NEWS: Damon Albarn had an interview with The Quietus two days ago and a chat about Blur's future plans - or shall we say, Blur's non-existent plans. Damon Albarn has exclaimed that Blur's current reunion
for the London 2012 Olympics gig in Hyde Park does not mean "a
rejuvenated, long-term return for the band".
“FunnilyenoughI’ve
done a new tune for Blur, I don’t know if it will ever see the light of day but
it’s really traditional… it’s something I’ve had knocking about for years and
didn’t know what to do with it," he said.
Damon through the years
"Initially I wrote it as a slightly wistful national
anthem for my house, I had this idea of getting it made intoan old 78 record
andmaking a flagand then justplayingit-justbeing reallysilly. ButI hadthesechordsand Iended up writingthistune aroundit…"
Albarn went on to say that although the bandare back
together for this summer's live appearances, "I don’t really do anything
with Blur any more - there’s thisconcert this yearbutitsnotafulltime thingat all. Maybe this tune’salast littlecodato the whole story.”
Blur holding The Great Escape records
The Quietus had previouslyreviewed Mr Albarn'sDr Deemusicalup in Manchester, and had found it
rather lacking, something Albarn has taken squarely on the chin. “Oh it
certainly lacked narrative! No shit Sherlock! Ha ha! But I mean, you know, what
do you do… ? I’m quite comfortable with presenting a work in progress and I
know we made some stinkers as decisions, but you can’t really move forwardsunless you make those mistakes. Hopefully it will be a more rounded and
satisfactory piece, narrative wise, this time around. I sincerely hope so,
otherwise I’ll be very disappointed."
Damon has been quite contradictory about Blur in recent years. Before their 2009 reunion, he has said that Blur are definitely over, but then the reunion happened and Damon and the boys have all said different things. Graham and Alex says maybe, Dave says maybe not.
Damon's new supergroup Rocket Juice and the Moon released their album today. Listen HERE.
Guess we will have to wait and see what's next.
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Exclusively brought to you by BlurBalls.com, now you can listen to Blur's new track "Under The Westway" with lyrics in an experiential, experimental video we made. This was requested many times to us, and what came out of it was a grainy, washy, and best of all - a moving video instead of the usual lyrics-on-screen-with-a-typewriter.
Check out the full lyrics and the video for the song below.
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Blur has gone back to their old ways, old days and old looks - Graham Coxon sported a Leisure-esque hair cut with a thick mop of hair, and Damon Albarn wore a parklife-esque zip up, complete with stripes, and was clean-shaven and clean-cut, and stepped on stage way over scheduled time (due to 35 minute delays) and sang.
These two musicians, only one half of Blur, looked the part -the seemed like they were ready to perform and give us some tunes from the Britpop era, or at least, their signature songs about all things British, London and little Britain.
The piano was rolled in, and Graham's guitar was checked several times. Then the two appeared on stage and said a few words; Damon was at his piano, and Graham stood in the center of the stage, where he and Damon exchanged looks, smiled at each other and began. All throughout the performances, smiles were exchanged, and the two seemed to really have renewed their friendship after a long time hiatus.
Alex James watched from the balcony above, hidden in the blue hazy spotlights and the generally dim seating area. The atmosphere was great, but hushed, somehow it seems like we're all waiting for something to happen.
The "War Child" sign shone at the background. Damon and Graham sang, with Damon doing the leads, and Graham doing backups. Some of the tunes sounded a little off, but for the most part, it was enjoyable purely because of the two presence on stage. There was a moment when Graham's voice slipped and he played a wrong chord - but then everything went smoothly afterwards.
We filmed all 3 songs that they performed on stage - they were on there a mere 15 minutes or so, and performed 3 acoustic songs, one of them a brand new track called "Under the Westway". The track is melodic, with no bass and drums it sounds almost like a ballad. Fans cheered and Damon sang.
Shortly after their third and final song - the new track "Under the Westway", Damon and Graham cleared the stage fast - ran and scooted away. Fans shouted "Encore" but soon it was time for the next act. They left the stage like a bullet speeding away.
Overall: 3.5 / 5 stars - for the short performance time but kudos for the new track.
Listen to all three performances below:
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Blur's Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon has debuted their new song "Under the Westway" at the War Child Charity Gig just an hour ago, 19th February 2012. The song was written "a few weeks ago". You can listen below to this acoustic number, filmed by Blurballs live at the stage:
We've filmed the video and it also cut it so its just audio. It will be up shortly. Watch and share the FULL LIVE PERFORMANCE!
The song's very similar to Fool's Day in style, and the main topic is the scenery whilst travelling back under the Westway in London, probably inspired by Damon's travels to and fro the city. He sings about the skies, the clouds, and the colours, and talks about the pollution and his feelings to a special somebody.
"It's got a lot of words, not as many as Ed Sheeran" said Damon Albarn, "It's got a lot of words. I'll try to remember all of them", as he smiled at Coxon from across the piano.
Graham and Damon performed 3 songs in total for the Pre-Brits gig - Graham looked like something out of Leisure, with his big uncut hair, and Damon was clean shaven and clean-cut, wearing a parklife-esque zip up. The setlist are as follows:
1) He Thought of Cars (The Great Escape)
2) Strange News from Another Star (from Blur)
3) Under the Westway - New song!
Blur recently revealed they will be working on a new album, enlisting William Orbit (who produced their 1999 album "13") on board. The War Child gig only featured the guitarist and the singer, but not Alex James (bassist) or Dave Rowntree (drummer).
Blur will perform live again in the Brit Awards 2012 - stay tuned for that!
It was a great gig, full of promise for something new from the Britpop mega-band. Blur have a long-standing relationship with Warchild, contributing the track Eine Kleine Lift Musik to the charity’s legendary 1993 album Help.
A special shout out to Katie and Hannah and their awesome dad for dropping me off after the exciting night of music, exchanges, sprints, chases and close encounters (wink wink).
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