Don't need to 'forget' Parklife, just watch the official video and view it in the context that Parklife was meant to be considered when Blur created it. If you're going to try more Blur then defo check out For Tomorrow, The Universal and Charmless Man.

I prefer Blur than Oasis because they're more diverse and Damon still rocks with Gorillaz. But i appreciate both.

@carafeeley

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my opinions. Blur were much more open to diversity than oasis, which I can always respect.

@williamandres1042

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you, I love both bands but I like Blur a bit more cause their music is much more versatile I think.

@leslyotero9262

6 ай бұрын

Completely agree

Paul Weller on the drums is a huge character in British rock n roll, a pioneer and phenomenal lyricist. His band, The Jam, were one of the most influential bands in British music, one of Noel Gallagher's favourites as well.

@chazk7530

11 ай бұрын

The modfather himself

Noel and Damon singing together was a pretty big deal at the time. Shout out to Paul weller on drums!

Glad to see you gave them a second chance. They were a very eclectic group, you can’t judge them on any one song. Noel once said he wished he had written Beetlebum.

@nancydavies6446

2 жыл бұрын

Love that song

Lads don’t apologise. You did an honest reaction Park life was the wrong first song to react to and it’s satire and it was a shit live version tbf. Blur were Oasis’ main rival at the time but, as you say, the feud between them was media based. Blur did fantastic tracks. Beetlebum, Charmless man, The Universal, Country house and a few more. This is from a die hard Oasis fan btw

@EEmB

3 жыл бұрын

100% of all of this!

@zeitok8

3 жыл бұрын

few more...even their b sides are amazing.

@goldboy150

2 жыл бұрын

There’s no other way. What a track. Love the guitar work. Coffee & TV too.

I suggest watching the official music videos instead of live versions. They were superb! A few examples: Song 2 (1997) The Universal (1995) Country House (1995) - there's an Oasis reference in the song.%) Charmless Man (1995) There's No Other Way (1991) - early stuff, different style

@balintkelen666

2 жыл бұрын

agreed. they started with shitty drunk live versions. not the real stuff.

Another great blur song is "the universal"

The 'Modfather' on drums. How cool is that! Park life was really popular more or less because it had Phil Daniels (An actor) as the lead vocalist. the vid for Park Life with Phil walking through a London park taking the piss is iconic. The rubbish live clip you saw shouldn't sway you from that. One of the most memorable performances from this period is actually Pulp, 'Common People' live from the Reading Festival. That was Brit Pop at it's magnificent best. Radiohead, 'Creep' also live at Reading, was in my opinion ,one of the most important songs of the 90's.

Beetlebum is worth a listen lads ✌❤

@igallagher4

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely 👍

@ccon2656

3 жыл бұрын

100%

@mydogiscalledoscar

3 жыл бұрын

If you're gonna do a live version, try Top of the pops. They nailed it, and the number of thirsty comments from women in the comments, about Damon biting his thumb is also worth a giggle.

@ARIASofthenations

3 жыл бұрын

It is going on the list guys!!! Much love to ALL of you.

The rivalry was real. Liam threatening to beat Damon up, Damon pushing back Blur's song to coincide with the Oasis release, Liam aggressively confronting Graham in a nightclub bathroom, Noel and Liam shouting abuse across tables at the Brit Awards after Blur said their award should have been shared with Oasis etc. Noel bumped into Damon around 2010 or something and apologised to him and said he was just high out of his mind back then and now they are friends. Liam doesn't care about mending fences.

“For tomorrow” at Glastonbury is a true representation of blur. "parklife" was a joke track basically they had a song and damon couldn't get the vocals right so he got an actor to do the voice over for it.

Paul Weller on drums, you guys should check out his catalog, next.

@StayBlur

3 жыл бұрын

Those poor lads wont survive... :-D

@ShawnGBR

3 жыл бұрын

Give them one of his songs in the Jam (Down In The Tube Station At Midnight), and then a solo one (Peacock Suit, maybe).

@neilsun2521

3 жыл бұрын

The Jam's catalogue would be best to start with. 'Dreams of Children', 'Absolute Beginners'.

@dellafenton2417

3 жыл бұрын

@@neilsun2521 Butterfly collecter

@andy0liver

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. There's a video on KZread somewhere of Weller and Noel performing That's Entertainment which is a great place for these guys to dip their toes into

Parklife is a decent song but the version you reacted to was horrendous. Try the album version. Miles better. As for other blur songs, try The Universal

Check out Blur's There's No Other Way. It actually was very popular on alternative music stations here in the States. It was their breakthrough song, from what I remember. lol

Need to listen to The Universal, Coffee and TV, Beetlebum and End of A Century. These are great songs from them.

@richardcarter5082

3 жыл бұрын

You just nailed the four best songs...impeccable taste my man ;)

@andrewshepherd3669

3 жыл бұрын

Universal, what an incredible song!

@neilsun2521

3 жыл бұрын

'Blue Jeans', too

This Is A Low and To The End (especially the duet with French singer Françoise Hardy) are also good songs.

Parklife is too far away from your culture, I think. We may speak the same language and be allies and all that but we are well different.... in a good way. Love your channel. Damon has a super band called The Good, The Bad and the Queen with Paul Simonon from The Clash!! And a guitarist from The Verve and a drummer from a less known band. They are great live.

@EEmB

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

They had 2 mainly comedic songs which were best life and always got a great reaction from the crowd. Parklife girls and boys The rest is more their usual sound

@HighlandMike325

3 жыл бұрын

A few more too, Sunday Sunday was pretty comedic.

@lewisb85

3 жыл бұрын

@@HighlandMike325 and "lets all go down the strand"

@milkyrafael5860

2 жыл бұрын

​@@HighlandMike325 Mostly their singles, Country House and Charmeless man are more into the comedic side as well.

@chazk7530

11 ай бұрын

Girls and boys was so ahead of its time. Always should be someone you really love

Must watch blur playing beetlebum live at Glastonbury 2009!

@oafcmod

3 жыл бұрын

Tender at Glastonbury 2009 is the greatest moment of my life.

@martinlewis6371

3 жыл бұрын

@@oafcmod just as blur started their set in 2009 all my mates went to watch the Prodigy. So it was my friends or blur. Naturally I stayed for blur. To this day I have never felt as angry as I was when after the band had done their encore they had not played THE UNIVERSAL. But I have never felt so so so happy as they came out for a second encore just to play that one song. One of my favourite musical experiences ever

Guys, check out the studio album version, and some of their earlier stuff, There’s no other way! for example.. Bring back the early 90’s 👍😎

Best Blur song The Universal

@pameladevlin8309

3 жыл бұрын

And the video! Ooft

This is a low -live at glastonbury- this song is biblical

Beetlebum and No Distance Left To Run are both great Blur songs!

Beetlebum Chemical World Sing There’s no Other Way This is a Low Coffee and TV (sung and composed by the “guitar guy”) The Universal are some of my favorites!

@rafaelhashimoto2817

3 жыл бұрын

Popscene and No Distance Left to Run too

The Jam lads. Liked by punks to two tones types at the time. Down in the tube station at midnight, Eton rifles, strange town,.....could go on and on. Saw then live Sheffield Top Rank next week The Clash at the Lyceum. Dead Kennedys at Leadmill also excellent.

Coffee and TV is my personal favourite Blur song, would love to hear your thoughts

The universal and to the end are my favourite blur songs

I find Blur quite difficult to pin down. Lyrically and musically they do vary quite a lot, and you have to be understand that that satirical edge is a big part of what they do. I hope you react to some more from them as it'll be interesting to see how you feel about them after listening to a bigger range of their songs.

Also Song 2 was also a parody, he wrote the song as a parody of American Rock that got played on the radio all the time, then it got played on American radio all the time...

Parklife is SOOOO British in its lyrics, video and style. It would be difficult for you guys to appreciate it. I'm not surprised it wasn't your cup of tea (as they say in the UK - mug of Joe in the US for your coffee I suppose is the closest I suppose.)

Charmless mans ok so is the universal it’s class actually, I love she’s so high and there’s no other way as well

Understood your reaction to Parklife, really it needs to be heard in context of the full Parklife album, one of the themes of the album is the americanisation of UK culture, but it’s not only that. It’s a genius set of songs though, it is also as british as an album could sound

Blur- The Universal , Girls & Boys, you need them in your life

Graham Coxon, the Blur guitarist is very talented with loadsa solo stuff. Freakin Out would be up your street I think, Spence and Danny boy, haha. Kings of Maryland YouTubing!!!

My favourite Blur song is For Tomorrow, please react to more Blur, I love them!

The song is about Damon's break up with his girlfriend. Beautiful song.

👏🏼👏🏼There we go😌 Have to say yous react to a wide range of amazing stuff.. yous always seem to have a reaction to everything I look for🙌🏼Top class yous😉😁💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Girls who do boys who do girls like their boys!!!! That's a classic blur song! Please react to that. Also a classic 90's band that's summed up the feeling of the 90's for me was jarvis cocker.

You should do some Libertines. Band that bridged the gap from the 90s britpop era of Oasis and Blur to the indie explosion of the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian in the early 2000s. Highly influential band.

As an Oasis fan from the very start I did appreciate Blur, and some of their songs, not all, but some. Oasis were more rock whereas Blur were more pop, and probably more diverse in the kind of songs. Oasis mainly had their heavy hitting electric guitar based sound, with some ballads. With Blur you got some out and out pop songs like Country House and Parklife (which I think probably doesn't travel well), along with less pop, but also I think your expectations were based on Song 2 and I don't really see that as a typical Blur song. Please do There's No Other Way, The Universal, Charmless Man, End of The Century, Girls & Boys, and even Country House (it's a bit poppy, but very catchy). Please do some other Britpop band line Pulp, Suede, and even more post Britpop band, so more Stereophonics and maybe bands like Feeder, Franz Ferdinand, the Manic Street Preachers. Also check out Embrace (more anthemic songs), Shed Seven, Snow Patrol. Those are the bands that I was also into, they have some amazing songs I think you'll really love and I'd bet you've never heard any of them!!! I'd say Blur are more like Radiohead then Oasis in they're more eclectic and can change styles more. I love Oasis, but I think they ran out of steam because they couldn't evolve their style like other bands did and after a while ago the songs started sounding samey, which wasn't the case in the first 2 or 3 albums. That and they lived the rock n roll lifestyle, toured a lot and it took a lot out of them and didn't give them enough time to come up with new amazing songs to match what had come before, it happens to many bands. Great video though guys!!! Love the fact that you give second chances. When I saw you were doing this one I wasn't quite sure it'd land. They do have better songs though imo.

@BassBanj0

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say Blur was more pop atall, they were definitely way more experementative, I mean that's Damon's whole thing

The Universal live at Hyde Park deserves a reaction!

Stone Roses - Love Spreads please dudes

the modfather on the drums paul weller, check out the jam, one of noels great influences, start with down in the tube station at midnight!

Tender is epic live. A real crowd sing along moment. Especially Grahams part.

Paul weller on the drums legend lead singer from the JAM one of noels hero's

Blur's best album is 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. 'For Tomorrow'; 'Blue Jeans'; etc. Also 'End of A Century's not bad.

@TheWizardOfEgo

2 жыл бұрын

13 was a good album

@neilsun2521

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWizardOfEgo Yeah it had an interesting selection of styles. I preferred it to 'Blur' (1998).

@TheWizardOfEgo

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilsun2521 but Albarn’s Gorillas project was his best work. He has earned his respect

Just come across your channel today and binge watched most of your Britpop videos...really enjoyed them, it took my back to my teens. Subbed

she’s so high is my favourite song of them

React to blur the universal at Hyde park 2012 it’s absolutely brilliant yous would love it👍🏻

I would say look at Blur not live for their best. Take from that what you will. I like oasis more sheerly for they live stuff but Blur are definitely more suited to studio, similar to Gorillaz

i was there for this, massive hangover the next day

For some really good Blur songs spanning their years: There's No Other Way / Chemical World / Bank Holiday / The Universal / Coffee & TV / Crazy Beat.

@MrMattybatty8

3 жыл бұрын

All rise to this comment

@blurkid33

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy Beat is probably their worst song IMO

@dellafenton2417

11 ай бұрын

​@MrMattybatty8 2 years down the line and I'm the first to appreciate your comment 😂😂

Surprisingly my favourite version of this song was with Jimmy fallon (he actually performed with them) on the tonight show

@gustoaudio8711

3 жыл бұрын

Yes good performance, this version missed the gospel choir backing

Stick the gospel choir back into the mix, and it just transforms it.

I think Blur's studio/album versions are way better than their live stuff.

@neilsun2521

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. In terms of studio creativity, they were lightyears ahead of Oasis. But live, Oasis often sounded better (in the '90s).

@lewisb85

3 жыл бұрын

@@neilsun2521 Its something they share in common with their main influence xtc.

The rivalry was definitely real, but the papers had fun pouring petrol on the fire. Also, this is only half of Blur if I recall correctly. NG organised the TCT gig every year and asked Blur to play, but the band had split at that point, but Graham (pronounced Gray-am) and Damon played anyway.

Beetlebum or Coffee and TV I reckon are Blur you will like , too. Good Song aswell!! Yes, that is Paul Weller. The Jam are influences of both Blur and Oasis. Weller's 1st band....... yes do more Blur!!

The album this is is off is a dark brilliant ride, I've read comments suggesting Weller and gallagher are better lyricist but I disagree, neither their music or their words have the complexity Albarn creates.

I'd like to remember that the "feud" between the two groups was something created and, most important, pushed by the british media and the records label, so they could sell many more copies of magazines and LPs. They "pulluted" the air of those years only for economic reasons, for greediness, you need to get this...

Paul welder on the drums aka the mod father you guys really need to check out some of the stuff he's done. The jam, the style council and some of his solo stuff is mega. But the jam for me is where his best stuff is

Even Song 2 is a satirical song😂 like, half of their discography is making fun of stuff, that's why oasis used to hate them Edit: and the other half of their discography is very serious songs with genius lyrics in it

The Stone Roses- Fools Gold (studio version and SHORT version) is a must

'Beetlebum' live at Glastonbury or 'Battle'

lol, the best singer and song writer there is playing the drums

The Universal, Coffee and TV, Blue Jeans and End of A Century, they need to be next.

The trouble with reviewing live versions of Blur songs, is that Damon Albarn isn’t a particularly strong or consistent singer live. They really are one of the few Britpop bands that you kind of have stick with the studio versions. I saw them live at Glastonbury in ‘92 (they played the NME stage mid afternoon on the Saturday, I think) and Damon trying to sing She’s So High was almost painful to hear. While I’m typing this, I’m actually watching your reaction to Parklife and it was a terrible choice to react to…especially live. I’m sure this has already been pointed out to you but the guy taking the lead on the vocals, Phil Daniels, is an actor…and a rather good one (if you’ve never seen it, you should watch the film Quadrophenia, where he plays the lead character Jimmy, the film was the brainchild of Pete Townsend and is based around the rock opera album of the same name). I saw Oasis live for the first time before they released their first single (about 5/6 months before) at The Plaza in Glasgow and they were the support act for another great Britpop band called St. Etienne and as good as they were, there was not a single person out in front of the stage, everyone was hanging around the sides and by the bar. The next time I saw them was less than a year later in Kilburn in London. Ocean Colour Scene were the support act, Paul Weller was stood just in front of us and the crowd was massive for this, the first of two nights. I suppose, the point I’m trying to make, is that none of the fans that I encountered back then liked one and not the other, they probably had a preference but would still be buying all the singles and albums from both bands (and most probably from Paul Weller, St. Etienne and Ocean Colour Scene too). If anything, I would probably say that Blur attracted a slightly older audience than Oasis, possibly because there would be less trouble expected at a Blur gig and that Blur had been around a few years longer) You should definitely check out the long and outstanding career of Paul Weller, encapsulating The Jam, The Style Council, The Paul Weller Movement and Paul Weller as a solo act, you will not be disappointed with either the live or studio versions. You might also like St. Etienne doing You’re In A Bad Way or their cover of Neil Young’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Sorry this was a bit long 😊

I didn't know until this that Paul Weller (The Jam) plays drums so Thanks for that alone.

Hyde Park 2009, Blur. Aside from the birth of my kids and grandchildren the greatest day of my life. This song in particular was astounding ❤

Noel arse kissing blur people think liam starts all the trouble but noel went at blur,Robbie,starsailor,sting, Ed sheeran, Phil Collins,junior s club 7, first liam just get involves and wants to fight.

Blur are a great band.

Yeah it was all the media but both bands had digs at each other, most notably Noel said to Damon that he hoped he wouid die of aids!! Damon’s bodyguard gave Noel a black eye for the comment! 😂

Hey guys regular viewer here. Made me happy you did tender :)

I’m an oasis fan through and throughout but I’ve always thought this was a class tune

Try listening to Beetlebum, Coffee&TV, Advert, End of a Century, Stereotypes and He thought of cars

Glad you are giving Blur another chance but still not a great choice. Maybe try This is a Low, For Tomorrow, The Universal, End of A Century, Beetlebum, There’s No Other Way. The Glastonbury performances are usually great. Also give the studio version of Parklife a chance, you might even like it...

Blur is fantastic.

Parklife is not for everyone. Try Popscene, For Tomorrow, Beetlebum, or Trimm Trabb - all sound different. If you like how Graham sang, try Coffee & TV or You're So Great. He has side projects, which sound very different from Blur. He is also in Jaded Hearts Club w/ Matt Bellamy.

I seen oasis,prodigy and kasabian at slane castle in Ireland in 2009 at same concert. What a day I was out of my mind for whole day but I can remember every bit of it lol

Paul Weller on drums! The mod father!

@whitehartlane7240

3 жыл бұрын

His cover of Oasis song 'One Way Road' is beautiful. Great voice.

Just move onto Pulp already.

@redimp79

3 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s a must

@richardcarter5082

3 жыл бұрын

@@redimp79 Start with "Sorted out for E's and Whizz"

@levivalentinovideos

3 жыл бұрын

Live at Reading - Common People! Get on it!

@ARIASofthenations

3 жыл бұрын

Trust me guys pulp has made the list. Our list is a mile long cause there has been a ton of great music coming out across the pond that we had no idea about. I can’t wait to hear pulp along with the other great bands that have been suggested

No Distance Left to Run is another great song. It’s quiet a sad song & very personal for Damon.

The whole rivalry thing was marketing genius. Damon Albarn is incredibly talented and very intelligent guy

Update on supersonic doc: As of today when I went to go watch it, it's no longer on Netflix but it is on Showtime. Also if you want to see Noel looking cool as fuck while playing with other bands I suggest: The Corals - kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWimtqadiaWtdqQ.html And U2- ( I think this is particularly good because Noel vocals has alot of passion in it. Also it's funny when noel acknowledges that they failed doing "All you need is love" at 6:18. I mean I dont think it was that bad but it definitely wasn't great.) kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqClqNSJks64hsY.html

I LOVE PARKLIFE!!!! Blur went through so many changes. But were always great. There earlier stuff had a lot of social commentary.

Beetlebum, This is a low live at glastonbury 1994, The universal, shes so high, theres no other way, to the end, girls and boys, coffee and Tv all blur classics

Damon was a better musician IMO, and Blur had more natural talent. Oasis just knew how to pull my stings every time.

@milkyrafael5860

2 жыл бұрын

Damon and Grahan.

You guys should react to Noel rating things as "underrated" and "overrated" Its hillarious

A couple of suggestions for future videos: imho the two best solo performances from Noel and Liam post-Oasis are Liam performing 'All Your Dreaming of' on Jonathan Ross in 2020 (I think) and Noel performing both 'Dying of the Light' and 'Dead in the Water' on RTE in 2017 Also you might want to check out the self titled album by 'The La's' from 1990 which Noel has gone on record to say Oasis finished what the La's started with that album. TBF the La's were simply standing on the shoulders of 60s bands like the Beatles and The Kinks etc and obviously Oasis were heavily influenced by those 60s bands too along with The Stone Roses, The Charlatans etc... Other suggestions for you would have to include the album 'Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in Space' by 'Spiritualized' released in 1997. The song 'Dakota' from the Stereophonics who I know you have recently just come across. Lastly, check out some of Ian Browns solo stuff...Highlights for me include 'Fear' and 'Keep What you Got' (which features Noel Gallagher on guitar).

come on guys park life is a "great" British song love that song

Thank you!

Thank you for listening to my recommendation, lads.

Great reaction!!! you should react to beetlebum, Liam’s favorite song from blur 🙌🏼

check out blurs performance of 'the universal' live from hyde park

There was more to Blur than what you see. With Oasis, what you see is what they were.

Do more Blur. Graham Coxon is an AMAZING GUITARIST!

I think you'd like Swamp Song (the studio version), that song exudes raw energy

I always thought blur were a studio band where as oasis were more a live band

We just gonna ignore the fact the MODFATHER is banging the pots and pans in the background ... Paul weller, if you don't go down that rabbit hole Noel himself would be disappointed lads 😂

there are some good live versions of The universal by blur on youtube