BLURILLAZ

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

With "Clint Eastwood" a front-runner in the Now poll, much recent talk of Britpop, and the daughter of Fat Les about to explode onto the national chart scene, what better time for the Canon to turn its fire on Blur, Gorillaz, and assorted side projects? Pick THIRTEEN of these singles and we'll see what wins. NB Graham Coxon's solo records have not been included because they're atrocious because the only hits were after he left the band so they don't count, plus I got bored of typing.




[Poll #739939]


If you are The Lex you are probably horrified by the exclusion of Coxon, no wait I mean by the indieness of it all, so here are the results of last week's Britney canon to soothe you:


1. ...BABY ONE MORE TIME (45 votes)
2. Toxic (44 votes)
3. Oops I Did It Again (41)
4. I'm A Slave 4 U (31)
5. (You Drive Me) Crazy (25)
6. Stronger (16)
7=. Born To Make You Happy (13)
7=. Boys (13)
9. Overprotected (11)
10. Everytime (10)

Worst song: Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know, which got one figleaf of a tick - well done kuutis!

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This was a surprisingly elaborate poll to set up.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Plus I should really have put "what is the worst" as there are many candidates. "No Distance Left To Run" is the right answer though.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Music Is My Radar, surely? Though Tender runs it close. And Parklife makes me want to inflict violence on pigeons.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

You really should have! Us hataz gotta hate.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'Vindaloo' beats all comers apart from maybe 'Parklife'

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

A tick = I don't utterly despise it. Blur were one of the worst bands of the nineties and it's still a surprise to me how listenable some of the Gorillaz stuff is.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

It's weird, isn't it? Gorillaz don't bother me the way Blur did.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

they were not one of the worst bands of the nineties. They made Girls and Boys and Song 2. Quit yr whining mr "missing generation" early 90s man

Q

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

WHERE IS MALI MUSIC?

Re: Q

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

NO SINGLES MISTER M

Lil Dub Chefin

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Is Lil Dub Chefin the one with Terry Hall blurting "M1, A1" a lot?

Re: Lil Dub Chefin

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

eff knows! I only write what I see!

Re: Lil Dub Chefin

[zenith.livejournal.com]

No that's called M1 A1!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I have several times heard a song I like and asked someone "What's this? It's got a good beat!" only to have them respond "It's off Gorillaz second album, it's called (name blocked out by passing train/trumpeting elephant/increasingly poor memory). So match these songs to those guest singers:

Feel Good Inc
DARE
Dirty Harry
El Manana/Kids With Guns

Shaun Ryder, Bizarre off D7, ???, ???

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Feel Good Inc - De La Soul
DARE - Shaunona Ryder
Dirty Harry - some rapper
El Manana/Kids With Guns - is there a guest rapper on these?

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

People picking Beetlebum = absolute indiests!

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

the britney canon made me buy that britney CD where she is collaged into an ill-fitting bearskin

nothing on earth would make me buy blur stuff

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Owning each of Britney's albums >>>> owning her Greatest Hits

The Greatest Hits has 'Do Somethin' which is fab BUT she has a ridiculously high number of amazing album tracks. Even the first album, which is entirely rubbish apart from the singles, is worth owning for the comedy of 'Email My Heart'.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There is surely no earthly way anyone could reach 13? I don't even mind Blur that much and my 10 ended with some severe barrel-scraping.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I had a hard time of it, but I just ticked the least offensive.

Five Reasons To Like "Bang!"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. It was written very quickly to order to provide a hit - reliable source of thrill-power.

2. It has a good chorus.

3. Cardboard chicken head dance on TOTP

4. It's the sole inhabitant of the "bubblebaggy" genre (perhaps some Candy Flip tracks also count)

5. Damon and the band absolutely hate it and refuse to let it on hits albums etc i.e. THIS rather than rub old "Popscene" is the cult Blur classik.

Re: Five Reasons To Like "Bang!"

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Plus, the lyrics!

Bang goes another day
Where it went I could not say

I don't think I voted for it though.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I bought Vindaloo on single.

I was trying to be patriotic.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Is there any other band who when they are bad are really, really, REALLY vile and awful and disgusting - but who nevertheless have made some very good songs dotted seemingly at random amidst the HORROR of the rest?

Of course there is.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oasis.

Five Reasons To Like "Naughty Christmas (Goblin In The Office)"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

...

...

.

I still ticked it though.

Re: Five Reasons To Like "Naughty Christmas (Goblin In The Office)"

[zenith.livejournal.com]

I wondered who that was.

The title is quite good. I've never heard it, but I can't help imagine it's three and a half minutes of three beer-gutted men snorting coke and being "un-PC".

UNDERPERFORMING

[zenith.livejournal.com]

'19-2000', probably because of silly nindie (or hip hop!) habit of not naming songs after the chorus - it is the one with the girl going "get the cool! get the cool shoeshine! na na na na na!"

Re: UNDERPERFORMING

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

*remembers, goes to erase all ticks for it*

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I voted for 'Graham Coxon solo records' purely on the basis of Freaking Out which is better than any Blurillaz songs and also conveniently the only one I've heard.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I don't see how it's possible to like his solo stuff and NOT like anything else (unless you really REALLY hate Damon). It's really not that different from grunge-era Blur.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Arse, I just realised that in a frenzy of glee, I probably picked way over 13 and therefore have broken the whole idea of statistics. :( Sorry!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Well, other people ticked less than 13, it all works out in the end, we'll just pretend The Lex ticked "Vindaloo".

I'm interested in why you think they're important to pop as a whole, though. I dunno how many would-be polymaths like Damon A have followed in his footsteps, and I think Britpop would probably have happened without them (though its specific touchstones and flavours might have been different).