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...avoid these impossible angles and focus on the real problem in what you’re saying: your claim of high-mindedness. I’m not sure exactly what you mean by that, but there’s no way that you can possibly believe that Blur??s art-pop pedigree schtick is less high-minded than Oasis’s “tough guys with a sneer” schtick...
...talking here as much about “Wonderwall”—which is ultimately a departure song in the same way “Song 2” is for Blur??as I am about their first effort, 1994’s Definitely Maybe. When Nigel Tufnel turned his amp up to 11, we laughed at him. When Noel Gallagher cranked his, he laughed at us, not because it was “just a little bit louder,” but because it was both a little louder and really freaking good...
...heard. In order to keep up, I hardly ever listen to any one song or album more than a few times before moving on. (My iPod informs me I haven’t listened to any song more than 10 times…one of the juicy tracks off Blur??s recent Think Tank). But in the last week, I’ve managed to listen to a new album nearly nine times. I’ve fallen in love...
Upon hearing the first notes of Blur??s now-ubiquitous new single “Crazy Beat,” it’s clear that the bouncy pop of early albums Parklife and The Great Escape is long gone...
...level of excellence, some tracks still manage to stand out. Redman and Gorrilaz put forth “Gorillaz On My Mind,” a playful track melding ape noises, Damon Albarn’s self-mocking “La-la-la-la”s off Blur??s “Charmless Man” and Redman’s charming lyrics like “Full of whiskey/ Looking for Lewinsky/ So I can get head.” Ever-captivating spastic Busta Rhymes joins Silkk the Shocker and a catchy bass riff courtesy...