Most underrated Blur songs

[rich]

Swallows In The Heatwave and Polished Stone!!

Mega underrated. Noisy, grungy even. Graham excels! Should be played live now - would work very well adjacent to St Charles Square…

[tom_cas1]

Swallows In The Heatwave and Polished Stone!!

Mega underrated. Noisy, grungy even. Graham excels! Should be played live now - would work very well adjacent to St Charles Square…

Could (perhaps should) have been on the album too. Amazing songs. I’d have dropped MOR and On Your Own so these two could have been included.

[Redneck]

To be fair, Swallows wasn’t recorded (or perhaps even written) when the album came out.

[MsMagicAmerica]

Underrated is a tough concept to quantify, but I’m always surprised that barely anyone (including Blur) seems to hold He Thought Of Cars in the same high regard as Beetlebum or This Is A Low.

I always thought He Thought of Cars was very highly rated which is why I didn’t put it in my list.

It is hard to say what is underrated because one sound could be massive in one country but obscure in another.

[Rubi]

High Cool: This really should have been a single instead of Bang. Not that Bang is bad by any means, it's a great track. Just a little repetitive. High Cool has everything. I never really see it mentioned on or off the forum. Probably my favourite track on Leisure.

Agreed! I should have included it as well. Such a good track, very overlooked by most.

Swallows In The Heatwave and Polished Stone!!

Mega underrated. Noisy, grungy even. Graham excels! Should be played live now - would work very well adjacent to St Charles Square…

Could (perhaps should) have been on the album too. Amazing songs. I’d have dropped MOR and On Your Own so these two could have been included.

Pretty sure they were recorded after the album was released.

[Redneck]

Underrated is a tough concept to quantify, but I’m always surprised that barely anyone (including Blur) seems to hold He Thought Of Cars in the same high regard as Beetlebum or This Is A Low.

I always thought He Thought of Cars was very highly rated which is why I didn’t put it in my list.

It is hard to say what is underrated because one sound could be massive in one country but obscure in another.

All true. That’s why it’s hard to quantify - is it underrated to one person, the band or someone else? For me, He Thought Of Cars should have been a setlist staple since 1995 (and especially once Damon started playing guitar live starting in 1997), but they ditched it after summer ‘96 and it took 20 years to get back in the set for a mere six performances.

No justice, I tells ya.

[Rubi]

A bit off topic, but I was just listening to Deja Vu by Gorillaz and I was reminded how fucking underrated that song is. Like, massively. It's so catchy and good on every possible level. I wonder if it's just me, but I am convinced that if it was released as a proper single with a prominent feature artist (e.g. Dua Lipa), it would have topped the charts in many countries.

[Neal Zeal]

Underrated is a tough concept to quantify, but I’m always surprised that barely anyone (including Blur) seems to hold He Thought Of Cars in the same high regard as Beetlebum or This Is A Low.

I always thought He Thought of Cars was very highly rated which is why I didn’t put it in my list.

It is hard to say what is underrated because one sound could be massive in one country but obscure in another.

All true. That’s why it’s hard to quantify - is it underrated to one person, the band or someone else? For me, He Thought Of Cars should have been a setlist staple since 1995 (and especially once Damon started playing guitar live starting in 1997), but they ditched it after summer ‘96 and it took 20 years to get back in the set for a mere six performances.

No justice, I tells ya.

Yep, we need some kind of definition for 'underrated'.
I would suggest a song that wasn't a commercially successful single, rarely gets played live, and rarely gets banged on about round here!

[loveinthe90s]

Underrated is a tough concept to quantify, but I’m always surprised that barely anyone (including Blur) seems to hold He Thought Of Cars in the same high regard as Beetlebum or This Is A Low.

I'm baffled why He Thought Of Cars isn't on every setlist since its release.

[loveinthe90s]

I'm actually quite fond of Ultranol which I don't ever see people mention. Fits in the dystopia described by The Universal quite well.

[101reykjavik]

I was thinking of Ultranol too. I’ve always liked it but no one usually mentions it.

[loveinthe90s]

I was thinking of Ultranol too. I’ve always liked it but no one usually mentions it.

Right? Sarcastic but not judgemental, a lovely little song. And I like the huge Ultranol capsule prop on stage during that era.

[munch]

A bit off topic, but I was just listening to Deja Vu by Gorillaz and I was reminded how fucking underrated that song is. Like, massively. It's so catchy and good on every possible level. I wonder if it's just me, but I am convinced that if it was released as a proper single with a prominent feature artist (e.g. Dua Lipa), it would have topped the charts in many countries.

Was that the one that only came out live with no studio version? I remember liking Meanwhile

[munch]

Swallows In The Heatwave and Polished Stone!!

Mega underrated. Noisy, grungy even. Graham excels! Should be played live now - would work very well adjacent to St Charles Square…

Swallows should be played now yes. brilliant song

[Rubi]

A bit off topic, but I was just listening to Deja Vu by Gorillaz and I was reminded how fucking underrated that song is. Like, massively. It's so catchy and good on every possible level. I wonder if it's just me, but I am convinced that if it was released as a proper single with a prominent feature artist (e.g. Dua Lipa), it would have topped the charts in many countries.

Was that the one that only came out live with no studio version? I remember liking Meanwhile

Yep. The whole Meanwhile EP is Damon at his best. All top notch tracks.