Blur tonight in Chicago

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Anybody else going?

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Monday, 14 July 2003 20:07 (twenty-three years ago)

A bunch of my friends, but not me.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:41 (twenty-three years ago)

They were suprisingly very, very good when I saw them here in Vancouver. A good set list, bang on performances, lots of energy. I'd just decided to go two days prior, and had no regrets.

I would not be surprised if this were their last tour. They were trotting out the hits like a farewell tour, and finished off with This Is A Low..

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:50 (twenty-three years ago)

My friend/coworker Tom said something similar about the LA show. This ties in with my general belief that Graham was baggage they needed to lose about eight years back.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 July 2003 21:51 (twenty-three years ago)

This ties in with my general belief that Graham was baggage they needed to lose about eight years back.

So you'd called Think Tank a success? The proper step?

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned may not, but I sure will.

― Andrew Frye (paul cox), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 03:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I think that too! Fuck Blur and 13 and anything Graham ever said about being some sort of spiritual avatar of American indie rock slop.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 04:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Think Tank is flawed just like every other Blur album. The good stuff (Ambulance, Out of Time, My White Noise, Battery In My Leg) is really good and the bad stuff (Caravan, Brothers and Sisters, Moraccan People's..., ..To The Club, Jets) is bad.

Not that Mr. Robinson's Quango is anything to write home about, either though. But on Think Tank the bad does seem to outnumber the good. And the bad stuff seems to be just crazy (see:Jets), not mis-execution.

It's really not much worse than s/t or TGE, though, when you think about it.

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 05:22 (twenty-three years ago)

I really like Caravan. Crazy Beat is terrible, though.

Out Of Time has one of my favourite melodies written in recent years.

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 06:02 (twenty-three years ago)

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