Coldplay are clearly very sharp operators but they have world class management and business brains in the background. I'm not sure Damon has always benefitted from the same calibre of advice. Coldplay took the U2 route, they relentlessly toured, especially the US, to take advantage of their success...

I think there was definitely a feeling they might go a bit Radiohead around this time. But generally I feel as if they had wide open vistas ahead of them and what stopped them pursuing them as a 4 piece was that they needed a break from each other rather than the creative wellspring of the band runn...

In terms of Blur Don't bomb stands out for being a real curio in a body of work full of curios. It's similar to Music is My Radar in that respect. But within the context of work Damon's done with Gorillaz it doesn't sound that out of place. At the time it still seemed possible that Blur would contin...

I seem to be in a bit of a minority in preferring the second album to the first. I think it's really strong album from start to finish with not a weak track on it. I consider a good half dozen of the songs to be up there with Damon's very best work in the last decade easily.

I tend to regard Damon's non Blur projects in the same way I regard the various solo albums of the members of the Beatles. Arguably , Demon Days, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass are as good as anything Damon, John and George released with Blur and the Beatles - they are least w...

I've always found Mr Robinson's like blur trying to be too much britpop. Like, "we need another character for another song". It's not their worst song, but I skip it a lot when I'm listening TGE. I agree. I think it strays into self-parody. It's certainly less subtle and nuanced than some of the ot...

I'm also fairly ambivalent about Entertain Me but it does have some nice features particularly Alex's bass line.

In hindight it's also quite an interesting track given the dancey feel of it and the work Damon would go on to do with Gorillaz in the following decade.

Agreed, few who are not keen Blur fans already will be interested in watching a 25 year old documentary about the band. A band that too all intents and purposes ceased being a working band (bar reunions every few years) nearly 20 years ago. It would barely register a ripple (relatively speaking) if ...

I would say the dark, and at points vaguely dystopian theme on TGE is developed in a more subtle way on S/T. I think songs like Fade Away, Top Man, He Thought of Cars could quite comfortably sit along side songs like Death of a Party, Theme from Retro, Strange News from Another Star, Essex Dogs, es...

Haha, yes, I think the fact the albums sound so different stylistically masks some of their similarities. They're definitely both Blur albums! I wonder what marks out Yuko and Hiro for the band? I mean like the ones I've mentioned above I could certainly hear it on the s/t if the production was tone...

I would say the dark, and at points vaguely dystopian theme on TGE is developed in a more subtle way on S/T. I think songs like Fade Away, Top Man, He Thought of Cars could quite comfortably sit along side songs like Death of a Party, Theme from Retro, Strange News from Another Star, Essex Dogs, esp...

I think the fact it is so ironic is one of the main reasons people who do dislike it dislike it. Ironic can also sound aloof, it can come across as being derisory, mocking, cold. Interestingly, whilst a lot of the songs on Parklife seem to concern ordinary (in inverted commas) people, the songs on t...

I think it's probably the hardest Blur album to listen to in its entirety. Personally I don't very much care for Stereotypes. And I find it, Country House, Charmless Man, Mr. Robinson's Quango, It Could Be You, Globe Alone, and Dan Abnormal a bit of a sensory onslaught being sequestered all onto the...

Well I imagine, like all songs the idea was that it appeared on an album No, I think some of the songs are thought of as B-sides. Wasn't it that I'm Just A Killer For Your Love was recorded during a B-side session, and eventually made its way to the album? I'm not sure about that song specifically ...

Yeah, looking at some of the setlists Oily Water and Turn it Up were already being played in 91 (as was Popscene) and by early 92 Colin Zeal and Pressure on Julian were being played. Coping and Sunday Sunday were played at Glastonbury 92. I think Sunday Sunday in particular points hints at the direc...