Worst poll ever, but only because it's impossible to pick one. Probably All Your Life.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I was lucky, got the singlebox/zipup thing for £30 thanks to an auction site that tried to set itself up.
It's funny, sets like this always go out of date for 'current' bands, but it was only 2 weeks later the "no distance" single was issued with more b-sides.
After that, the "music is my radar" and then the think tank b-sides, and that's yer lot. Keep thinking I should make additional CDs for to catch up.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 07:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Are the Think Tank B sides as crap as the album? Please say no.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know. A fair few "Gorillaz" b-sides have been elongated doodles, and a couple of the GTBATQ b-sides have been of the "I hope you didn't bother that nice Paul Simonon with this rub?" standard.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 08:31 (sixteen years ago) link
For the catch-up merchants:
1. Good Song 2. Morricone 3. Me, White Noise (Alternate Version)
1. Crazy Beat 2. Don't Be 3. The Outsider
1. Out Of Time (Video) 2. Money Makes Me Crazy (Marrakech Mix) 3. Tune 2
1. Music Is My Radar 2. Black Book 3. Headist / Into Another (Live) 4. Music Is My Radar (Radio Edit) 5. 7 Days (Live) 6. She's So High (Live)
1. No Distance Left To Run 2. Tender (Cornelius Remix) 3. So You 4. Battle (UNKLE Remix) 5. Beagle 2
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I love Think Tank, but I never got particularly into the b-sides I heard... I only own the "Out of Time" CD single and the "Music Is My Radar" 12", though.
"Tender (Cornelius Remix)" is quite good.
A poll of fan club singles next?
― marc h., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I really like Eine Kleine Lift Musik but it's not a b-side it was on Warchild
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Ahh yes - I have to admit I was too lazy to actually go compile my own list and instead took this off of Veikko's Blur site, which I'm pretty sure has been around since 99 or so so I trust the dude!
ESOJ, can I have your Blur boxed set? I never managed to scratch together the cash and was another one of those people relying on casette tape trading, haha. I do have the Special Collector's Edition at least.. but I can't find All Your Life -anywhere- on mp3, it's killing me!
― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Also - so happy to see all the Dizzy love!
― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Young and Lovely. Why this was left of <i>Modern Life is Rubbish</i> I'll never understand.
It was on the Japanese version that I've got. Not that it counts, really.
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Me too.
I also have the US version with that other version of "Chemical World"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Wednesday, 30 April 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Thursday, 1 May 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Breadth of quality of Blur B sides vindicated.
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 1 May 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't vote, but probably would've picked "One Born Every Minute."
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 1 May 2008 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I think this poll could have used a little more time for folks to vote.
― Bimble, Thursday, 1 May 2008 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't vote for "Young and Lovely", but damn if that isn't one of my favorite guitar riffs.
― marc h., Friday, 2 May 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
but I can't find All Your Life -anywhere- on mp3, it's killing me!
-- Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 20:58 (3 days ago) Link
If you're still looking for this I can post it for you this weekend
― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Theme From An Imaginary Film 0
Now, this would have been my second choice....
― Mark G, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I like that one - really epic and silly and overmention of the word "arse". It was going to be the theme of a British sitcom apparently.
― the next grozart, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
All Your Life.
― Billy Pilgrim, Saturday, 3 May 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Billy: thank you thank you thank you!! I'm sorry I missed this thread earlier, how embarassing.
xpost My email address is imaginary film! Love that song.
― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Theme from an Imaginary Film is the shit. I really really wish I'd voted for that instead of the cow song.
― King Boy Panto (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 07:54 (fifteen years ago) link
or All Your Life or whatever it was.
― King Boy Panto (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 07:55 (fifteen years ago) link
If I was to get half a dozen to a dozen of these off my brother to stick on my iPod's massive "b-sides" playlist, which ones should I get?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:21 (fifteen years ago) link
FilmTameMaceLudwigCowsLife
― King Boy Panto (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:26 (fifteen years ago) link
- When the Cows Come Home (Damon is good at this style) - Young and Lovely (Should've been an A-Side) - Swallows In The Heatwave (a well-accomplished Pavement hommage and the title even sounds like "Starlings In The Slipstream) - Theme From An Imaginary Film (this was actually going to be the theme tune from a TV comedy but the word "arse" appeared in it too many times) - St Louis (miserabilist Beatles-y stuff, really lush though) - One Born Every Minute (Camp and silly in the best possible way) - Polished Stones (like "Lazy Old Sun"-era Kinks put through a shoegaze filter) - Peach (Lazy lazy) - Ludwig (Funny instrumental #1) - Supa Shoppa (Funny Instrumental #2)
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
What about Bustin' & Dronin'?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:38 (fifteen years ago) link
For reference, my favourite Blur songs are Beetlebum, Girls & Boys, The Universal, Ambulance, Sing, This Is A Low, and To The End, probably.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Film remains a must, then.
― King Boy Panto (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:43 (fifteen years ago) link
All Your LifeSt LouisYoung & LovelyOne Born Every MinuteSo YouTheme From an Imaginary Song (that or Let's Go Down the Strand)All We WantThe Man Who Left Himself (Country Sad Ballad Man prequel?)Some Glad Morning (if only because it's the last thing recorded with Graham)The Horrors (weird instrumental #1)Beard (weird instrumental #2)
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 10:25 (fifteen years ago) link
i think they kind of sucked at b-sides. they basically gave up and did rubbish 'comedy' ones after MLIR iirc.
― your worst fucking nightmare (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
are there no awesome wacked-out 13-era b-sides worth naming then
― J4gger Dynamic Pentangle (Just got offed), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 10:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I missed this one, would have voted for beachcoma, but there you go.
― i hode interesting bracelet (Pashmina), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 11:02 (fifteen years ago) link
most of the 13-era b-sides were remixes and versions i think.
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 11:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm sad I missed this poll when it happened! Young and Lovely and Woodpigeon are my favorites. Why was Young and Lovely ditched from the album?! itisamystery.jpg
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Monday, 5 January 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
'turn it up' was thrown in y&l's penultimate slot to crack the US market iirc, which the entire band vocally regret
― imago, Monday, 5 January 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
'black book' is my fairly predictable favourite though, as well as one of my favourite blur songs full stop, it's like 'tender' done right & genuinely raises me to catharsis every time. that rhodes piano entrance, shit
― imago, Monday, 5 January 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
No votes for 'Magpie' or 'Get Out Of Cities'?
While Blur were definitely not a great B-sides band like Suede or Oasis were, listening to their B-sides is very different experience. Rather than come across as a series of A-sides that were cruelly buried on flips, the Blur B-sides cover a whole spectrum. One minute you could be listening to a song which is honest to god should-have-made-the-album stuff, the next minute you could be listening to something a little more off-the-cuff and experimental, some of it which is truly inspired and works, and some of it which doesn't. And then there's some out-and-out horrific shite, like the "comedy" tracks on the Parklife B-sides. Picking through the B-sides is an experience in itself.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, 5 January 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
Ah..
About 6 months ago I saw the big cd box for £50 at local char shop.
Couldn't justify it really..
Still, I have all the cd box versions, and managed to Obtain the rarities 3cd and not fussed about the dvds anyway
― Mark G, Monday, 5 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
i still covet that box
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Monday, 5 January 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Found myself on a gloomy January Monday on the platform at Ealing Broadway having to run an equally gloomy errand, so 'Modern Life...' made the perfect soundtrack.
― MaresNest, Monday, 5 January 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link