MrHoatzin Posted August 10, 2004 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! I lost my Blur: The Best Of CD!! :\ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salka Posted August 10, 2004 Good. Now you can replace it with Scissor Sisters. What happened to it? Did you leave it in your car again? Haha! Texas must kick ass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted August 10, 2004 Good. Now you can replace it with Scissor Sisters. What happened to it? Did you leave it in your car again? Haha! Texas must kick ass. Crap. I may have left it my father's car... he took all the cds out of his car and put them over... which means... AHA! I have found my Blur: The Best Of CD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pappa Posted August 10, 2004 Too bad, otherwise you could have replaced it with something by Captain Beefheart or Godspeed You Black Emperor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 10, 2004 Two wonderfully relevant replacement suggestions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted August 10, 2004 Consider it a blessing. Now, instead of the Blur DEMO, you can focus on getting the full experience and pick-up their proper albums like Park Life and The Great Escape. "Best of" albums are Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 10, 2004 At least that I can agree with. Actually I don't know the slightest thing about Blur, but I always frown on Best Of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intrepid Homoludens Posted August 11, 2004 Blur's good, yeah. I was royally pissed off at my brother once when he borrowed my London Suede cd and it vanished for months. Turned up in his car (I stumbled on it), scratched and sticky. I had to get a new one, gawddamn thing was a pricey import, too! Thank god he never found out about my Luna disc (Penthouse), I would have had a cow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted August 11, 2004 At least that I can agree with. Actually I don't know the slightest thing about Blur, but I always frown on Best Of.I thought the same before I heard it, when actually the album is impressively cohesive for a Best Of CD. It features a tasty collection of studio music and an extra CD in concert. I bought it on 9.11.2001, together with Bob Dylan's newest album which came out on that day. Funny, I was actually looking forward to the eleventh of September so that I may buy it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 11, 2004 What are you, a terrorist!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intrepid Homoludens Posted August 11, 2004 Among other things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormsie Posted August 11, 2004 "So give me coffee and tv" You know, I tried to find those lyrics. And the second line is either "peacefully", "history" or "please hurry". I don't know what they really sing in that point. Does anybody else know? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted August 11, 2004 "So give me coffee and tv"You know, I tried to find those lyrics. And the second line is either "peacefully", "history" or "please hurry". I don't know what they really sing in that point. Does anybody else know? According to the handy booklet in the case that contains the lyrics, the word is "easily" but they say "eeeeaaaaassilyyyy". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pappa Posted August 11, 2004 Two wonderfully relevant replacement suggestions... Ah, but awesome nonetheless, don't you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted August 11, 2004 Too bad, otherwise you could have replaced it with something by Captain Beefheart or Godspeed You Black Emperor. What songs/albums are worth listening to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pappa Posted August 11, 2004 What songs/albums are worth listening to? By Godspeed... you should definitely try Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven. It's actually the only one of their (four?) releases I've heard, yet, but it's a complete masterpiece. It's basically the only record I've been listening to for the last days. Incredible. Two CD's, four tracks, 90 minutes of awesomeness. Captain Beefheart one the other hand... he's interesting enough. Not one of my favourites (mentioned him since I've been trying to get into some of his stuff about now), but interesting and, apparently, hugely influential. I'd say his debut, Safe As Milk, is the best way to get into it, and then you've got Trout Mask Replica which probably is the most inaccessible album, ever (and supposedly his masterpiece, although I don't really get that, yet). A song suggestion might be Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on my Knee - I haven't heard it yet, though, but I like the title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 11, 2004 Honestly, for Godspeed, I'd pick up either Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (a shorter EP) or F#A#(infinity) (their debut album) before Lift Your Skinny Fists. They're both cheaper (or if you're going to obtain them illegally, they take less time to download) and I think they're better introductory works for the band. I do not recommend their latest release, Yanqui U.X.O,, unless you've heard and enjoyed their other stuff. (For the record, though Skinny Fists is their best album) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted August 11, 2004 Honestly, for Godspeed, I'd pick up either Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (a shorter EP) or F#A#(infinity) (their debut album) before Lift Your Skinny Fists. They're both cheaper (or if you're going to obtain them illegally, they take less time to download) and I think they're better introductory works for the band. I do not recommend their latest release, Yanqui U.X.O,, unless you've heard and enjoyed their other stuff.(For the record, though Skinny Fists is their best album) My willpower has been weakening lately, I download less, I just go for a sampler before I buy anything unknown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angella Posted August 11, 2004 I had no idea that Blur had a greatest hits CD (god I really must be getting old). I should pick that up. I have to back up what Pappa said about GYBE. That's an awesome album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pappa Posted August 11, 2004 Chris, so for me that love Lift yr..., do you still recommend me to listen to their earlier stuff before progressing to the lastest one, or might I just as well head directly for Yanqui U.X.O., which I've heard good things about..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OftenK Posted August 12, 2004 (ah-hem) Sorry. Couldn't help myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 12, 2004 Chris, so for me that love Lift yr..., do you still recommend me to listen to their earlier stuff before progressing to the lastest one, or might I just as well head directly for Yanqui U.X.O., which I've heard good things about..? I'd still go for the earlier stuff first. The thing about U.X.O is that it's made up of material recorded between 1998 and 2003, and it's good, but it just doesn't feel like an album in the same sense that their other ones do. It's more varied than most of their albums but it just doesn't feel as solid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormsie Posted August 12, 2004 What struck me as odd about this thread, is that someone admits that they listen to Blur. In Finland that would be a strict no-no. Basically, if you are a male and you listen to other music than death metal, you are considered to be gay. I hate death metal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kolzig Posted August 12, 2004 Basically, if you are a male and you listen to other music than death metal, you are considered to be gay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
