GROOO (Get Rid of Only One): Blur

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The antithesis of POO. Choose one song by Blur to remove from this planet forever.

I'll say "Country House" before anyone else does.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:16 (twenty-four years ago)

the one where he screams and the wind blows stuff around in the room and they play it at hockey games.
that's also the only one i know, i think.

― dk, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:50 (twenty-four years ago)

There's something about "Beetlebum" that I've never liked, and I can't exactly put my finger on it, either. But get rid of it!

― paul cox, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:52 (twenty-four years ago)

I won't stand for Country-house bashing. Blur's move into artier territories has been a creative failure. 13 is really laboured and shallow. Every track is weighed down with effects that announce their presence, but show no joy in the CREATION OF SOUND. I'll go for "Battle" or maybe B.L.U.R.E.M.I, the most horrid of all Blur's misadventures.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:53 (twenty-four years ago)

The one they started playing in 1991 and as of last report were still writing and playing rather too often

(snottiness aside GROOO is a total genius idea Dom)

― J0hn Darn1elle, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 19:59 (twenty-four years ago)

It'd be more apt to pick one bandmember, I think.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:17 (twenty-four years ago)

Although I sort of agree with "Beetlebum" being annoying in a way I can't specify, I think I would have to say that short, annoying, instrumental interlude about halfway through Parklife.

J0hn is OTM about geniousness of GROOO.

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:20 (twenty-four years ago)

GROOO is great but on the other hand it just makes me think of this:

http://www.groo.com/gfx/death_taxes_4.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:22 (twenty-four years ago)

Who was GREAT. Having lost his swords up in the mountains at night: "It's so dark up here. I'll never find them. I know! I'll search down in the city instead, where there are lights!"

But you probably wouldn't see the humour in that, being so slow of mind. :)

― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 20:34 (twenty-four years ago)

Parklife. and preferably Phil Daniels along with it.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 21:40 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, Parklife for me too.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 27 August 2002 21:46 (twenty-four years ago)

Notch up another one for "Parklife" and that irritating oy-oy-saveloy video too.

― Michael Bourke, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 21:52 (twenty-four years ago)

"Tender" is such a spectacular failure of a song you have to admire it.

― My name is Kenny, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 23:07 (twenty-four years ago)

parklife is fantastic, maybe americans have a different view since it was not nearly so ubiquitous here?

i'd get rid of damon's copy of crooked rain, crooked rain.

― keith, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 23:27 (twenty-four years ago)

why is there so much specific hating on damon?

― naked as sin, Tuesday, 27 August 2002 23:33 (twenty-four years ago)

because there's at least something likeable about the other three.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 03:34 (twenty-four years ago)

Not Alex. ohno.

― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 03:45 (twenty-four years ago)

Alex might be a bit (a lot) of a wanker but it's in a very unpretentious way.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 04:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Both of their songs with "America" in the title. The one that buries it and the one that praises it, both terrible

― dave q, Wednesday, 28 August 2002 05:04 (twenty-four years ago)

Country house is actually pretty good - especially compared to roll with it.
I've never seen the pavement connection either - can anyone name a single blur song that sounds like pavement? What's so great about pavement anyway - the last album was about 50% filler and Stephen Malkmus' solo album was pretty tedious.
If I had to ge rid of a blur song it'd have to be one of the B-sides or music is my radar.

― Nick N, Wednesday, 28 August 2002 13:04 (twenty-four years ago)

theres no other way. or possibly advert. tender is certainly a strong contender for badness. music is my radar is pretty bad too, and beetlebum is irritating yes (i do actually quite like a couple of blur songs, but many are irritating in a variety of different ways)

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 13:08 (twenty-four years ago)

Song 2

oh, and Masonic Boom to thread.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 13:10 (twenty-four years ago)

That one that mentions Sugary Tea. "Chemical World"? I think. They'd found the style they'd get big with but they hadn't learned to write non-bad songs in it just yet. And the tea thing is just so oh-ho-we're-English-mods, ugh ugh ugh. I'm also tempted by "Popscene" which is a duff song that people keep bigging up just because it's rare - GET A GRIP it's the MP3 era, nothing's rare anymore. But it's not *that* duff.

― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 28 August 2002 21:59 (twenty-four years ago)

i'm with mr noodles re: song 2. and if i had to pick one member to get rid of, the bass player, easy.

― di smith (lucylurex), Thursday, 29 August 2002 02:33 (twenty-four years ago)

Can't we just trash an entire album of theirs? I'm not listening to it again to pick the worst song off of it.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 29 August 2002 02:53 (twenty-four years ago)

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