kalifire Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Don’t waste a headline spot on them, though. They don’t need it and the crowd won’t diminish if they’re not on the Pyramid. You could argue it might be refined and make for a better gig, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuel Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 I just went and Googled it because I was adamant that it wasn’t ten years ago they played. Turns out you’re all correct and I’m just on an ever increasing downhill stumble to the end. As you were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogriff Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 I loved it, and regularly watch bits back on YouTube. It rounded off my favourite ever Glastonbury (out of ten)... But unless they can vary the set list and improve on it from that year I don't see why they would bother... So! Aside from fucking off Trimm Trabb, how do you fix perfection? Blur, 28/6/09, Glastonbury: She's So High Girls & Boys Tracy Jacks There's No Other Way Jubilee Badhead Beetlebum Out of Time Trimm Trabb Coffee & TV Tender Country House Oily Water Chemical World Sunday Sunday Parklife (with Phil Daniels) End of a Century To the End This Is a Low Encore: Popscene Song 2 Encore 2: For Tomorrow The Universal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 37 minutes ago, ogriff said: I loved it, and regularly watch bits back on YouTube. It rounded off my favourite ever Glastonbury (out of ten)... But unless they can vary the set list and improve on it from that year I don't see why they would bother... So! Aside from fucking off Trimm Trabb, how do you fix perfection? Blur, 28/6/09, Glastonbury: She's So High Girls & Boys Tracy Jacks There's No Other Way Jubilee Badhead Beetlebum Out of Time Trimm Trabb Coffee & TV Tender Country House Oily Water Chemical World Sunday Sunday Parklife (with Phil Daniels) End of a Century To the End This Is a Low Encore: Popscene Song 2 Encore 2: For Tomorrow The Universal Take out Trimm Trabb and stick in Under the Westway as something a bit newer. Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 33 minutes ago, Quark said: Take out Trimm Trabb and stick in Under the Westway as something a bit newer. Done. More 13, not less! Get rid of Oily Water and Jubilee, then stick in Battle and a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 The problem with having so many hits and only touring once in a while is that it pushes out some of the less immediately accessible, but ultimately satisfying songs. This Is A Low is the only* one of their more epic, reflective songs that always gets an outing. I want the likes of Essex Dogs, Battle, 1992 and Sing. Along with some of the sweeter, more low-key tunes like Sweet Song and No Distance Left To Run. And Death Of a Party and He Thought of Cars too, although I'm not sure they fit my categorisations above - all I know is that most of them won't feature on the set list of a rarely active band with loads of crowd pleasing hits. I'm really not arsed about hearing Parklife or Boys and Girls - I don't think they work very well live. There's a studio crispness to lots of the songs on Parklife that doesn't really translate to the live band, especially with Damon's more expressive voice. * I'll give you that Tender and Beetlebum are probably similarly epic and reflective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 God, Essex Dogs. That song blew my mind at the tender age of 14. Had never heard anything quite like it. And growing up in Essex and still suffocating in the suburbs the lyrics just resonated so much: "I remember the sunset and the plains of cement And the way the nights seems to turn the color of orangeade." Have they ever played it live?! Would love to see No Distance Left to Run and Sing should be a staple. They need to bin off Country House and most of The Great Escape. That album does not age well. It's their equivalent to If You Tolerate... except that they released good stuff after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 It really really really could happen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said: It really really really could happen... I'm split, if they do it I would go but not fussed if not, it was Hyde Park I saw them last actually with good sound for £2.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Zoo Music Girl said: God, Essex Dogs. That song blew my mind at the tender age of 14. Had never heard anything quite like it. And growing up in Essex and still suffocating in the suburbs the lyrics just resonated so much: "I remember the sunset and the plains of cement And the way the nights seems to turn the color of orangeade." Have they ever played it live?! Yep, at Glastonbury in 1998. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1998/worthy-farm-pilton-england-3d34133.html Edited August 4, 2019 by stuartbert two hats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 26 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Yep, at Glastonbury in 1998. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/blur/1998/worthy-farm-pilton-england-3d34133.html Ah man. No way in hell I could have gone to that. Wondering if I ever saw it live myself at a gig now, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettredmayne Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Could add stereotypes or he thought of cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 They played both of them when they reformed for gigs in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 I’d happily watch a set of rarities and album tracks - Strange News From Another Star, Moving On, Young & Lovely, Magic America,,TOPMAN, Pyongyang, Sing, On Your Own, Star Shaped, Bugman, Battle.... Would never happen in a million years, but a guy can dream. (I know a few of those were singles and/or have been played recently, but I don’t care) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettredmayne Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 46 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said: They played both of them when they reformed for gigs in 2015. I know, was at Blackpool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Sorting some stuff out this morning and i found some old gig tickets. Blur in 97, with SFA supporting. Outstanding gig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Must have seen them a dozen times between 93 and 2012. But don’t want to see them reform again. I don’t want them to become a heritage/nostalgia act. Their time is over. Let it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Gonna throw my hat in the ring say Blur reforming will happen and will happen soon. Gorillaz don’t have as much stock as they used to - their past few albums have received a modest but not major reception. Gorillaz aren’t exactly playing massive gigs anymore either. It does seem ripe for them to return as well. All of Damon’s other projects have been exhausted and he doesn’t like to sit still. I’m still quite surprised that Gorillaz return didn’t smash as hard as I thought it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 23 minutes ago, Mardy said: I don’t want them to become a heritage/nostalgia act. I’ve got some bad news for you Mardy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, dentalplan said: I’ve got some bad news for you Mardy... Hahaha. Fair point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, dentalplan said: I’ve got some bad news for you Mardy... Maybe what i should have said is that I don’t think i’m interested in seeing them again in that role Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt42 Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 90s bands are heritage acts now my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Matt42 said: 90s bands are heritage acts now my friend. Ain’t that the truth. Mind, Blur have been heritage for about a decade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry bear Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 When it was mentioned in 2017 that (IIRC) two acts had already been booked for 2020, I assumed that they were probably friends of the festival and that one of them was probably Blur. I hope so - only ever saw them twice, in 1992 and 1999 at the chronological singles gig at Wembley. The 2009 headline set is probably the one Glasto moment I wished I was at the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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