Years back, I read this really well written article about how Justine Frischmann from Elastica actually ended up responsible for some of Britpop's best albums in the 90s... mostly by breaking up horribly with the people who went on to write them. Suede's "Dog Man Star" and some of Blur's songs were cited. Fascinatingly written, and I've never been able to find it since.
It seems like she is always playing the same one but I can't figure out the year.
Gorillaz is the eponymous debut studio album by virtual band Gorillaz. It was released on 26 March 2001 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone and in the United States by Virgin Records. The album reached number three in the UK and number fourteen in the US and has sold over seven million copies worldwide. The album's success earned the group an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Most Successful Virtual Band", and spawned the singles "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000", "Rock the House", and "Tomorrow Comes Today".
#Background
Musician Damon Albarn and comic book creator Jamie Hewlett met in 1990 when guitarist Graham Coxon, a fan of Hewlett's work, asked him to interview Blur, a band Albarn and Coxon had recently formed. The interview was published in Deadline magazine, home of Hewlett's comic strip, Tank Girl. Hewlett initially thought Albarn was "arsey, a wanker"; despite becoming acquaintances with the band, they often did not get on, especially after Hewlett began seeing Coxon's ex-girlfriend Jane Olliver. Despite this, Albarn and Hewlett started sharing a flat on Westbourne Grove in London in 1997. Hewlett had recently broken up with Olliver and Albarn was at the end of his highly publicised relationship with Justine Frischmann of Elastica.
The idea to create Gorillaz came about when Albarn and Hewlett were watching MTV. Hewlett said, "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that." The band originally identified themselves as "Gorilla" and the first song they recorded was "Ghost Train" which was later released as a B-side on their single "Rock the House" and the B-side compilation G Sides. The musicians behind Gorillaz' first incarnation included Albarn, Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator and Kid Koala, who had previously worked together on the track "Time Keeps on Slipping" for Deltron 3030's eponymous debut album.
#Composition
Throughout the album, the band combines a variety of musical genres including alternative rock, lo-fi, dub, hip hop, trip hop, punk rock, rap rock, art rock, Britpop, electronica, Latin, psychedelia, bubblegum pop, and art pop. The album's first single "Clint Eastwood", is named after the famous movie actor. The theme from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly can be heard periodically throughout the song; this was one of several Sergio Leone-directed Italian westerns of the late 1960s i
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Not to Stereotype ( that's an intentional corny reference), but I feel like most people who are into Blur at this point are those who began in the 90's or current teenagers/university students first discovering them. I'm somewhere in the middle.
I liked songs by Gorillaz and was familiar with Song 2 like most people but for some reason the band escaped me over the years. So yeah, I've had the privilege recently of hearing these songs and albums for the first time and it's been such a rush.
I already was a big fan of a lot of Blur's influences (Bowie, The Kinks/Beatles/Stones/early Who, XTC, Stone Roses, etc.) and can hear a lot of that in their songs. To me, they're the perfect synthesis of everything I liked about those bands: Very catchy but deceptively smart music with deeper subtext and British as hell. I've had the pleasure of visiting the UK a few times and I've tried as an outsider to understand and appreciate the culture (the reality of it both good and bad) and obviously that's such a big part of the band's sound and charm.
Like all other great bands it's truly the sum of its parts that elevate them amongst the rest. Damon's singing is excellent and his lyrics are extremely clever and observant just like Ray Davies. Graham's riffs, chord sequences, and solos are so brilliant and as someone who's into more avant-garde noisy rock the texture of his tone is so good. Alex is a great player with interesting bass lines and Dave is a killer groove drummer but can do the more punk stuff equally as well. To me, the Blur vs Oasis competition is a no-brainer, but I get why a song like "Wonderwall" would have broader appeal. It's not in the same universe musically or lyrically though personally.
Right now my tracks on repeat are "Charmless Man," "Tracy Jacks" and "Country House" but I could replace those with countless others.
Bonus Side Note: When I was a teenager, I was very into Pavement, the American sort-of equivalent to Blur in terms of vibe and smart songwriting as a band but definitely not popularity. There's obviously the Justine Frischmann connection there and it was rumored "Song 2" was inspired by Pavement member Bob Nastanovitch's screaming during their live shows.
And yes, as a very heterosexual male Damon and Alex were total hotties in the 90's.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
It was about a weak back.
You take away their little brooms
