There was one other thing I forgot to say, which is that I disagree with your claim that most British singers Americanise their voices. The laid back, country-tinged arrangement contrasts nicely with the intensity of “Bank Holiday,” sweetened by gentle harmonies and Graham Coxon’s equally lovely arpeggios. His vague sense of dislocation is repeatedly expressed in his belief that normalcy is “just so overrated,” a feeling that eventually leads to his bulldozing the cherished symbol of middle class pride—his own house. I think Damon Albarn and Jarvis Cocker could have been as good as Ray Davies if they’d stuck with it, but Albarn was too impatient and Cocker too inconsistent. I don’t know why, I could care less about rap and the artists Albarn collaborated with, but I still love the albums. Though I loathe the character, I think the characterization does capture the manipulative aspect . I too miss songs about real stuff, which is why I gave up writing contemporary reviews. . Happy 2019! As far as lyrical content goes, things have been getting very sparse, which I find very odd. Certainly there are some singers who do this (Elton John is a particular offender), but not most. In a Babbel article that neatly summarizes America’s anglophilic tendencies, writer Thomas More Devlin makes an important distinction about British accents: The British accent holds a certain sway over the United States. Or again, Tom Jones doesn’t sound noticeably Welsh when singing. Phil nailed his part with gusto. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. From the tone-setting and rowdy opener "Girls & Boys" onward (the only hint that it's not actually the golden Brit Pop year of 1994 is the subtle, faintly poignant past-tense Albarn sneaks in: "Love in the 90s was paranoid"), the set is heavy on the sort of pop anthems that fit the crowd's celebratory, post-Olympic mood. Genres: Britpop. Much of the credit here should go to the formidable, too-often-unsung rhythm section that is Dave Rowntree and Alex James: They keep even the set's moodiest material here bobbing along with a brisk, agreeable gait. To me, many American singers don’t sound particularly American (except for the rhoticity, which always stands out), and I’m sure they’re not trying to sound British. Blur have spent most of 2012 toying with our heartstrings. Thank you! I first heard of them in an interview on the old Tom Snyder show, “Later,” with Ray Davies in the mid-90’s. Design duo Chris Thomson & Rob O'Connor worked closely with Blur to fashion the sporting-life iamgery that gave 'Parklife' its distinctive visual identity. Blur shifts appropriately to punk for the absolutely frantic tune, “Bank Holiday,” an accurate depiction of the human tendency to spend those holidays attempting to drown yourself in booze before heading back to work a-g-a-i-n. People in the US face a similar challenge, particularly when the appearance of a holiday creates a three-day weekend. FOODCD 10; CD). When you’re alone I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving me house (Parklife!) You’l hear me frequently mention the inherent “singability” of Britpop throughout this series, and what was particularly impressive about that feature was that the lyrics presented were often not the kind of lyrics you’d expect in a pop song. Churchill is quoted as much as any American historical figure despite the fact (or because) he was a racist, imperialistic drunk. Learn how your comment data is processed. Blur - Parklife 20 Years Of Britpop April 25, 2014 8:42 AM By Ryan Leas It was a profoundly strange experience to type out the headline “ Parklife Turns 20.” Blur - Parklife Reviewed by NME, April 1994 THIS WEEK of all weeks it has been easy to forget what a daft, wonderful thing pop music can be; how it can zip into your life and make the world a happier place. Hope you review it, too! Musically, “End of the Century” is brilliantly arranged and tightly played, with Graham Coxon’s contributions standing out—backing vocals, clarinet and guitar combining rough chords, slides and a nice little run at the end. Although it’s one I could never really get into, it’s light years ahead of “Modern Life Is Rubbish”, which I’ve never been able to get to the end of – it’s just quite dull and not very melodic, to my ear. Yeah, I was surprised to learn he’d even touched hip-hop, but hip-hop and rap were weirdly attractive to other British musicians (Joe Strummer for example) for reasons unknown. I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too, it gives me a sense of enormous wellbeing (Parklife!) We used to listen to it to remind us of home. While the year 2000 did in fact turn out to be nothing special (hello Y2K), the line in the context of 1994 underscores the couple’s state of paralyzing ennui that defines what they know as life. “Far Out” is an Alex James number that sounds like a tribute of sorts to Syd Barrett, with spacey sounds and lyrics featuring a string of astronomical objects. Check out the Mike Douglas show with the Kinks (and Tony Bennett!) Gallagher, by contrast, sings like a weaponised sneer, which does. Next up is a song that would have fit nicely into any of the albums from The Kinks’ “golden period,” the character sketch “Tracy Jacks.” It’s a story about a poor bloke facing his mid-life crisis by running around naked on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze. You can find plenty of discussion boards on the Internet devoted to theories about why Blur failed to make much of a dent in the U. S. market. I learned a great deal translating the anglicisms in the first verse, and have become particularly enamored with the phrase “brewer’s droop,” as it vividly describes a penile state that I have struggled to describe concisely (the obvious “he got shit-faced drunk and couldn’t get it up” is uncomfortably wordy and somewhat impolite). Tony Blair and Bill Clinton peddled the same bullshit. “For Tomorrow” is Hunky Dory Bowie (in other words, classic). Parklive showcases Blur in top form, but live albums are about a little more than a band; they document a moment too. This is largely because of the ridiculous torrent of imitators it inspired. Although America clings to the myth of a classless society where anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and become Andrew Carnegie or Jeff Bezos, they love to engage in one-upmanship with each other about social status. There was always crappy popular music, but for a good stretch it was balanced by intelligent, perceptive and well-played music that appealed to the masses. There are a lot of parallels to the Kinks, but the most important one, I think, is that they have some very interesting takes on things they know well; I love groups that actually have something to say. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In addition to the linguistic edification, “Parklife” features plenty of loaded humor as the narrator (with tongue firmly in cheek) attempts to keep up appearances by describing his daily ritual as if here were the richest man on earth, when it’s far more likely that he’s unemployed and on the dole (or, as shown in the video, a piss-poor salesman without a lot of prospects to dial up): I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (Parklife!) Parklife, an Album by Blur. The two most common explanations are a.) For Bill and many others, America was seen a magic place to where one could escape from the limited options dished out by the Tories of the era. I have an Elvis Costello album on the schedule a couple of months from now and I’ll put your theory to the test. The wordplay connecting “low pressure system” to the lows of depression serves as the climactic moment of the journey around the Isles: This is a low All of these Blur special editions are lovingly put together. In a live rendition of “End of a Century” (below), you’ll see the crowd joyfully joining in from the get-go, singing along to these words: She says there’s ants in the carpet, dirty little monsters About the album itself, ive always thought it was very good. Parklife is a … Common sense should have told Blur that “This Is a Low” had to be the closing track—an emotionally impactful tour around the Isles to end an album full of stories about the residents. I don’t know quite why this is, but I suppose that singing distorts a person’s natural voice and forces them to enunciate in a less personal sort of way, or something like that. I don’t think it’s an age thing—I think popular music offerings have become dull bits of programming without a lot of substance. The music is suggestively majestic without going over the top, the grand sweeps in the chorus tempered by the grounding effect of Graham Coxon’s integration of electric and acoustic guitar throughout the verses. With faces glued to the TV day and night, they resist the boob tube’s repeated attempts at stimulation: Sex on the TV, everybody’s at it The news coverage of Princess Di, both before and after her death, bordered on obsessive; both of the relatively recent royal marriages received similar around-the-clock attention from the tabloids and on the networks (I wasn’t sure how the Meghan Markle thing was playing out in the States, not having been there for years, so I called a friend who informed me that “her face welcomes you at every grocery store checkout stand”). Blur's 1994 release, PARKLIFE, is one of the best albums of the 90's. It's unbelievably catchy and the blend of genres … “Lot 105” is a corny music hall tune featuring a cheesy organ that was to be auctioned off anyway. I’m the comments of that thread, someone suggested that I review Modern Life Is Rubbish. As far as jarvis goes I have to agree. right through to a call and response chant of "London!" “Bank Holiday” isn’t a particularly pleasant song, but I suggest you play it before you waste a good day off trying to “unwind” by engaging in manic activity. . And dizzy. Coxon's bluesy refrain, "Oh my babyyyy," has become the "Freebird!" I’m glad you like Blur. A: We Are Devo! Blur’s response hardly qualifies as garden variety anti-Americanism—they wanted to beat the hell out of the Americans. (gasp!) But Parklife succeeds in it. When that happens, they mindlessly jam the highways, spending most of the day getting to their destination; on day two, they eat, drink and cram as much stimulation into the day as possible; on day three, they find themselves stuck in historic traffic jams, bitterly regretting their entire weekend. Talk about cultural programming! . The introductory guitar chords echo the intro to Shocking Blue’s “Venus,” and the music that follows certainly reflects the melodic and harmonic variations common in mid-60’s British pop, as does Alex James’ McCartney-esque bass part and the insertion of a string section. Fuck Brexit! Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore, King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King, Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges – Clube Da Esquina, American English: anxious because you do not feel you can trust others, British English: feeling extremely nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you. It does it to such extent that it's hard to think of Parklife as just a Blur album, a part of one particular band's discography and growth with foundational predecessors and reactionary followups - it's a part of a far larger picture. The reference to “America” had to do with an extensive American tour where Blur, to put it politely, bombed with an American audience still hooked on grunge. Thom would go on to write his commentary on the mindless boozing and fucking common to youth in “Jigsaw Falling into Place,” but he accurately described the mood of that song as “caustic,” whereas “Girls and Boys” is “satirically cheerful.”. He’s terrible! It should be no surprise that “Parklife” has become a football anthem, as it’s just one of those songs that automatically lifts your spirits. How did Tom Snyder get that job? There are a few moments when it doesn't quite work (this comparatively buoyant live version of "No Distance Left to Run" doesn't hold a candle to the original), but overall the affect is positive: Check out the way the band teases out the latent pop sensibility of 13's atmospheric "Trim Trabb" and "Caramel", adding a new dimension to the songs. But in the off chance that this is the last we ever hear from Blur, it's hard to imagine a band going out with a more triumphant victory lap. . The natural temptation on songs with an epic bent is to increase the grandiosity level with an orchestra, and we can thank our lucky stars the Blur never thought of going there. Blur would go on to do somewhat more interesting and in some ways better things in my opinion as they ditched the pop hooks and turned inwards and it's that Blur that would really be what the band is all about to me, but Parklife is Immersing himself in Ray Davies’ work proved to be an inspiration for Albarn, not in the sense of attempting to copy the master but acting upon the realization that stories about British people and British experience was a rich mine for exploration. Snyder thought he said “Blow,” and Ray made some joke about a Freudian slip and Snyder laughed for an uncomfortably long time. As is true for most of the songs on Parklife, the tune immediately imprints itself deeply in your memory center, filling your head for days. Still, thanks to the clear and appropriately bombastic mix, Parklive certainly doesn't sound like a rush job. I think also that the lessening of accents when singing is greater when the singing is louder or more intense, and perhaps this is why, to an American, Damon Albarn sounds more British than Liam Gallagher does. And I look great in leather. Featured peformers: Damon Albarn (aka_text hammond role_id 1050.aka_text, Moog, harpsichord, melodica, vibraphone, recorder, programming, aka_text music role_id 1010.aka_text), Dave Rowntree (drums, percussion, noise, programming, aka_text music role_id 1010.aka_text), Alex James … ( Log Out / It took me a bit to get through the beginning, mainly because it made me pretty fucking sad, but it was interesting to read nonetheless. By the time Parklive sees a full DVD release in November, who knows if they'll have once again changed their tune about this performance being their last; personally (and especially since they're a band that's always thrived amidst a stormy internal dynamic) I believe them about as much as I believed that The Black Album was Jay-Z's retirement record. Reassess your priorities! during the penultimate "For Tomorrow". Anways though, heres to trying to be less depressed, keep on keeping on dude. I know my father was stunned to find out he was British! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Damon albarns last attempts at this; humanz by Gorillaz and the good the bad and the queen, have easily been his worst. My theory is that singing is simply something that tends to obscure accents, whatever they are. I distinctly remember the gasp that emerged from my open mouth. If anything theres more to complain about but not as many people are making music to vent how they feel. The city is described as loving the mystery of a speeding car (the thrill of danger), the way people just fall apart (the destructive cycle), the mystery of a speeding heart (caught in a loop of heightened sensibility) and the way we just don’t stand a chance (those ground to dust by the luck-of-the-draw nature of capitalism). There just isn’t a lot of there there. The band being able to hop from genre to genre while keeping a message intact was incredible to me. The lyrics are economically brilliant and insightful; for me the key line is “Love in the nineties/Is paranoid.” Consider the American English and British English definitions of the word “paranoid,” as presented in the Cambridge Dictionary: Pretty close, with the British definition unsurprisingly featuring more nuance and the American version typically bottom-line. Blur’s Parklife, however, has resonated through my music buying patterns like few others. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I never had a hard time understanding the words to any Oasis song, whether sung by Liam or Noel, but I will admit Damon Albarn takes more effort than most. The rendition with Françoise Hardy (retitled “La Comedie”) is the best of the lot, largely because Françoise Hardy has the talent to transform even the worst piece of tripe into seductive art. It may be my limited imagination, but I can’t picture Radiohead doing anything remotely resembling “Girls and Boys.” The song sounds happy, and while I can apply several adjectives to Radiohead’s diverse offerings, “happy” is not one of them. In music, Americans embraced Beatlemania and the Invasion, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton and even . A few weeks later Albarn backpedaled and said that wasn't necessarily the case ("Some days I feel one way and other days I feel the other."). “Yeah, I’ll take that deal,” the girl never responds. Even though I dont think the lyricism was as good as the kinks or the music as varrying as ween, they were still very good. from 1976; really bizarre stuff including a truncated but great performance of Celluloid Heroes. Parklife was Blur's third album, following on from the previous year's Modern Life Is Rubbish, and the largely forgotten debut album, Leisure. Damon Albarn delegated the spoken lines of the title track to actor Phil Daniels, whose chosen cockney-ish accent and obvious appreciation of the absurd was exceptionally well-suited to commentary on the sometimes nonsensical nature of modern life. And WE LOVE LONDON!") That’s a helluva lot of diversity, and some have accused Blur of being musical butterflies, flitting from one style to the next and never really establishing a consistently identifiable sound. . “Parklife” is clearly a very good album. But it won’t hurt you The result is a musical backdrop that defines “good fun” while simultaneously underscoring how fucking irritating this style of music can get through the endless repetitions of the chorus. Parklife is a genuinely stunning collection. ( Log Out / The beat is disco-sexy, but the richness of the arrangement comes in the form of Graham Coxon’s guitar, featuring bursts of dissonance balanced by intense distortion. Thanks! This the second hot rocker on the album, an absolute bash that reminds you that Blur was one tight band who could rock with the best of them. All in all a great album. His work after that has been mixed at best to my ears though, especially when he went full hip hop on humans. In the end he assumes incorrectly that she has agreed to push him over (and by this time, I’m ready to give the bastard a shove) then launches into histrionics with the line “Don’t bury me, I’m not worth anything.” I’ll second that motion! We’ve already mentioned the movement of Justine Frischmann from Brett Anderson’s bed to Damon Albarn’s, but the who’s-got-the-biggest-dick argument extended to the music as well. Didn’t bother to do even the most basic research in preparation for the interview, and that was a very awkward exchange. It’s very good for a hangover. So if you’re American, most British singers don’t sound particularly British to you, and you think that they sound American, but they don’t – they just sound neutral and you interpret that as “American” because that’s what you automatically think vocal neutrality is, just as I naturally interpret it as British if anything. A big motivation for dumping contemporary reviews for classic reviews was the sheer quality of available music, much of which came out before my time but retained its timelessness. Give her effervescence, she needs a little sparkle But hes never been consistent enough for me to call him one of the greats. I can’t explain it either . Things pick up a bit with “London Loves,” where the destructive-creative-kinetic power of the big city is played out in a deliberately stereotypical character sketch of a man who thrives on its energy. Though the most-remembered competition of the Britpop era was the pitting of Oasis against Blur, the truth is that Britpop bands were all pretty competitive and that the first big row involved Blur and Suede. The Brits have the Russian-manipulated Brexit mess; the yanks have the Russian-controlled Trump mess. “Clover Over Dover” opens with seagulls and harpsichords, soon supported by a lovely intro from Graham Coxon. AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [+] Modern Life Is Rubbish established Blur as the heir to the archly British pop of the Kinks, the Small Faces, and the Jam, but its follow-up, Parklife, revealed the depth of that transformation. This refers only to the posh British accent, because some regional variants, like cockney, have negative connotations because of their association with the working class. Good cure for insomnia, too.”. You’re in serious danger of becoming the 51st state! Some of the biggest goosebump moments, though, come from the songs that fall somewhere between anthemic stadium pop and smudgy mood pieces. But at their best Blur were so inventive, both musically and lyrically, in a way that the other bands of the era just weren’t. Blur, of course, have a back catalog full of songs to fit all sorts of moods, but what makes Parklive a better listening experience than some of their other live recordings is how cohesive the entire set's energy feels. Shop Vinyl and CDs and complete your Blur collection. Certainly I can usually understand most Mississippi blues sung by people who are completely incomprehensible to me when speaking. Trying to mass-market Blur was a serious strategic error that failed to take into account that the United States was already well down the road of dumbing down. The Individualist-Masculine orientation common to the UK and US was clearly manifested in the behavior of the Britpop bands. You made a great decision when you stopped writing contemporary reviews. Although you can go batty playing the game of genre definition, my attempt at classification resulted in the identification of eight different genres for the sixteen tracks on the album. Damon Albarn’s no-doubt-about-it British accent. Blur, and the Parklife album in particular, were the heart of that. Humanz was a terrible hip hop album with the grace of a fucking tank. It’s not bad, but doesn’t seem to fit with the album’s theme. This one appears weird at first because many Americans are passionate anglophiles. I can count the number of modern artists I follow on one hand. Ray’s look from amusement to panic flashed so quickly across his face that I’ll never forget it. Ya call that progress? And then I’m happy for the rest of the day, safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it. Yucky imagery aside, that is a great and memorable opening couplet, and “End of the Century” turns out to be a gorgeous, poignant less-than-three-minute melodic poem about a couple who physically inhabit the same space but do little more to affirm the relationship beyond the occasional cuddle and goodnight kisses with dry lips. Hurried out to iTunes a day after the Closing Ceremony show and following a recent avalanche of archival releases, Parklive comes to us as speedily and inevitably as a Usain Bolt 100-meter victory. 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It’s followed by “Trouble in the Message Centre,” a sort of dialogue between the brain and a seemingly soulless minion numbed by drugs or modern lethargy whose “thoughts are just pissing away” (according to the brain, who should know). The song contains elements of spoken word in the verses, narrated by actor Phil Daniels, who also appears in the song's music video.The choruses are sung by lead singer Damon Albarn. Even an insomniac's obsessive YouTube expedition to listen to every live version of "Beetlebum" ever (trust me) would probably not uncover a version showcasing a better vocal from Albarn, let alone an instrumental finale that rises to the occasion quite like Graham Coxon's squalling solo does here. It would appear that Americans ignored Blur despite their almost complete ignorance of British societal norms because they detected working-class status in Damon Albarn’s voice. You’ve intuitively stumbled onto the proper way to evaluate music: there’s no way a person can form a valid opinion without hearing a piece at least three times through. Backed by gospel singers, Albarn's vocal is powerful, but the audience feels like the frontpeople on this 9-plus-minute rendition as they steer the mantra-like refrain rippling through the park. We can give Thom credit for recognizing brilliant songwriting when he hears it. What naturally follows is objectification of the experience where one chooses a sex partner based on physical attraction and exotic variations of gender play (girls who are boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they’re girls who do girls like they’re boys). When he moves to front-and-center for the solo, weaving together three different guitar parts in the process, the impact is stunning—a thrilling display of disciplined, intentional musicianship. These songs range from energetic and wild on Bank Holiday, to catchy and downright a blast on Tracy Jacks, London Loves and Parklife, to eclectic and eccentric on a … 20 years later, Blur's “Parklife†remains a masterpiece that continues to offer cheeky little surprises in its nooks and crannies. and the song itself is really quite nice. Struggling to write the lyrics for an already-composed instrumental and scheduled to go to hospital for surgery, Damon Albarn took the one line he had (“And into the sea go pretty England and me”) and based the rest of the lyrics on a map of the Shipping Forecast printed on the wrapping paper encasing a present Alex gave him for Christmas. The National Football League plays to sold-out stadiums in London and has announced that they will increase the number of London games in 2019. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Independent music reviewer on altrockchick.com and 50thirdand3rd.com. Either way I couldnt help but agree with alot of the points you brought up about the U.S.A. There was nothing more important in my life.”. The millions-selling, Brit-Award-sweeping Parklife was also the record that made Blur into bona fide pop stars, a role that some members embraced more readily than others. I had never heard of either group, so I went out and bought “What’s the Story Morning Glory” and “Parklife.” I liked both albums and the Oasis album soon hit it big on the radio, but I was drawn to Blur for many of the reasons you mentioned above. Preliminary sessions were underway for a new album; then the album was scrapped. Even the upcoming millennium fails to pique their interest or imagination (“it’s nothing special”). Ive never gotten why americans and the brits fight so often, sure American capitalism sucks and a good 70 percent of the fuckers are morons but at the end of the day, judging people by where they grew up without choice is possibly the dumbest thing ive ever heard. I absolutely abhor far out though, couldve scrapped it. There’s no morality involved, I’m not saying it should or shouldn’t happen.”, Hmm. Blur “were inclined to feel that every record Suede sold was an affront to human decency,” according to David Cavanagh, and in a retrospective interview with Mojo, Damon Albarn described the motivations behind their second album (Modern Life Is Rubbish) thusly, “Suede and America fueled my desire to prove to everyone that Blur were worth it. Blur – Parklife – Classic Music Review (Britpop Series) By altrockchick on January 24, 2019 A Treatise on the Hypothesis that Blur Failed to Achieve Success in the United States Due to Significant Cultural Differences between the United Kingdom and The United States; i. e., Blur … Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. The French version isn’t much better, as much is lost in the translation and in the questionable pronunciation. Anyway, that’s my theory, and I’m sticking to it! He gives her a cuddle, they’re glowing in a huddle I also love the commentary in the truncated last verse about how “it’s got nothing to do with Vorsprung durch Technik,” Audi’s corporate tagline that translates to “progress through technology.” That line took on more meaning later in the decade with the technology boom that fundamentally changed our routines, turning us into 24-hour-a-day workaholics. My father was stunned to find out he was a racist, imperialistic drunk as the album itself ive! 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