Agree. I'd be hard pushed to choose between Graham and Bernard as my favourite from the britpop era. Graham's tone is so recognisable and he can play pretty clean but he's at his best when he's playing like this with the whole disjointed "stupid genius" style, it's really pleasing to the ear. Just so perfectly executed. So many random notes and noises but in reality, each one chosen with purpose and precision. I love Bernie too though, very creative and his impatient noodling that doesn't match the vocal melody really beats a boring riff. Great tone also and a trebley aggression even in the softer songs that gives them a kind of unsettling edge.
@@k-leb4671 Yeah, the same happens If I play Graham's songs. It'd help if I lived in England too and not south America where it is less likely for people to recognize these artists
first song where damon uses a weird old microphone voice filter + first song where damon does his ridiculous falsetto = this is the first song 2D has sang
Dave on drums does his job without delay. Damon continually transforms his voice and accompanies with simple, clean chords; Alex, with his (deliberately out-of-tune) bass lines, covers Damon's gaps. And Graham, histrionic guitarist, touches high peaks by diversifying rhythms and breaks before exploding with fury in the final part...what comes out is a fantastic song that gradually evolves with ‘natural imperfection’. Country Sad Ballad Man should be included in all their live setlists!☺
Glastonbury 98 I was there and this was third song in the set...by which point the river of bodys and mud caused them to stop the gig swiftly....I was right in there at 16, incredible then once it calmed down Graham says "let's just do the end bit"
I love Graham Coxon's guitar style so much. He has that ability to make dischordant playing fit perfectly because he has that instinct. Can't even think of a comparison at the moment. His method too, chords to lead and back in an instant, bending chords to fit into one of his mad solos - at the crescendo at the end of this song you will hear it as it starts and in other places. One of the best in my opinion and this song is a perfect example of what I'm drunkenly trying to say. The song in general though, that lo-fi thing they did on this album. You can definitely hear influences like Pavement in there. Love it man.
Amo a Blur y amo este álbum completo en especial éste tema, aunque analizando las notas, cadencias y sonoridades por ahí algo me recuerda a Sexy Saddie de The Beatles, si no la conocen encuchenla y dejen sus cometarios e impresiones como respuesta...
[Verse 1] Yeah, I found nowhere, it got to know me Let me sleep all day, spent the money I haven't felt my legs since the summer And I don't call my friends, forgot their numbers [Chorus] V.I.P 223 I had my chances, they had me Now I stay up nights, watch TV I'm country sad, I'm a ballad man [Verse 2] I'm on the comeback road, yeah, I'm a blizzard And in my motor home, sweat on my pillow all night [Instrumental break] I'm a ballad man I've gone and fucked it Cos I'm a ballad man And everybody is Cos I'm a ballad man And that's all it is Cos I'm a ballad man I've gone and fucked it Cos I'm a......
Desearia haber nacido en su epoca 😿👋💗 suerte tiene la gente que vivo la epoca de oro de esta genial banda, pero me consuela saber que aun hacen música ❤
Reminds me of, and testing my memory actually is, a tribute to Pavement. The sort of lazy, off-beat country riffs sounds a lot like Range Life and other songs from Slanted and Enchanted and also Beck's (official) debut Mellow Gold. You can also hear them on the solo to You're So Great. I'd deffo check them out if you like this stuff. One of the greatest Blur songs on my favourite Blur album.
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Graham's guitar skills are so underrated...I forgot how much I loved this song
Agree. I'd be hard pushed to choose between Graham and Bernard as my favourite from the britpop era. Graham's tone is so recognisable and he can play pretty clean but he's at his best when he's playing like this with the whole disjointed "stupid genius" style, it's really pleasing to the ear. Just so perfectly executed. So many random notes and noises but in reality, each one chosen with purpose and precision.
I love Bernie too though, very creative and his impatient noodling that doesn't match the vocal melody really beats a boring riff. Great tone also and a trebley aggression even in the softer songs that gives them a kind of unsettling edge.
He's my favourite guitarist ever 🙂
@@ValleyRC Graham's definitely getting more love these days, but Bernie is still majorly under appreciated.
Definition of innovation
@@ValleyRC Those two, and Steve Cradock from Ocean Colour Scene are all mad good at guitar
Blur is definetly one of the greatest experimental pop rock bands of all times.very underrated.
I wish people recognized this song when I play guitar in the streets :(
The only way for them to recognize it is for people to play it more often. So you're partway there.
@@k-leb4671 Yeah, the same happens If I play Graham's songs. It'd help if I lived in England too and not south America where it is less likely for people to recognize these artists
@@WayBetterThanBefore Ooh yeah, living in South America definitely isn't helping.
Its amazing how Critically Acclaimed this band is and I still think they're underrated
I would brotendo
One of their great underrated tracks and an all-time personal fave. This is a song Pavement wished they wrote.
good one 😂😂
@@FC.155 :-)
nah pavement song are much jamming than this still feel's like Wowee Zowee
I came to say the exact same thing!
Put Stephen Malkmus on vocals and it would’ve fit right at home on Wowee Zowee
Graham Coxon is a guitar legend
Graham coxon is a legend
This album is peak Blur.
IMO, Parklife and The Great Escape was, but this has its merits.
@@someoneincognito2070 The Magic Whip was as strong as anything they did. End of!
that's why it's their self-titled one!
this album is peak british music
@@arthurmonzani2395 agreed!
This song is brilliant....this albums brilliant this band was brilliant
I can agree to that
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@@rociomolina9924 fax Damon is still 🔥🔥🔥
is
possibly my favorite blur song
It's like the first Gorillaz song to me in a way, in terms of how Damon wrote and sang
this and fools days are my everything
I agree
This one is my favorite from this album.
Chad take
Imagine making this album after TGE... The diversity of sounds is insane!
What a song! I love the outro ;) well, all the song is a masterpiece
That's what I thought! And yet they made it fantastic! Isn't easy change the music style and get it right
This is their Kid A
This album contain f*****g awesome outros...
Totally agree. And the way Coxon plays in gigs exactly like the studio version (even better sometimes) makes me love more his outros.
Why the censor, this is the Wild West brother
first song where damon uses a weird old microphone voice filter + first song where damon does his ridiculous falsetto = this is the first song 2D has sang
@@johnnyunderscore explain
@BurgerAcid i've had people from 5 years ago reply
@@Zapidom What is there to explain? They're saying the vocal style of this is proto-Gorillaz
Tiny Tim inspiration...and a substance. Brilliant sound.
It does tho!😭
Greatest Blur song ever. There's nothing else quite like it.
Dave on drums does his job without delay. Damon continually transforms his voice and accompanies with simple, clean chords; Alex, with his (deliberately out-of-tune) bass lines, covers Damon's gaps. And Graham, histrionic guitarist, touches high peaks by diversifying rhythms and breaks before exploding with fury in the final part...what comes out is a fantastic song that gradually evolves with ‘natural imperfection’. Country Sad Ballad Man should be included in all their live setlists!☺
Glastonbury 98 I was there and this was third song in the set...by which point the river of bodys and mud caused them to stop the gig swiftly....I was right in there at 16, incredible then once it calmed down Graham says "let's just do the end bit"
seriously? where are the comments?
Every band that has Damon in it is amazing
3/29/23 MY LOVE FOR BLUR BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY!!!
Who else gets pumped at 4:27 to the end?
Meeee it's so good!
@@noursarhan8695 I always pump the volume up when that part plays lol
didn't expect to see you here matey agagagagagagagag
imo the best part starts at 3:32
I was about to post this comment! The final part is so good omg.
one of the best outros ever written
the keys around 1:38
Thats a guitar dumbass
I really love Damon's voice in this one ❤ It's incredible
This at Glastonbury 1998 was legendary.
@Stephan McKinley my first time there. Amazing fun. And then in 99 I got sunburn lol
Yeahhh… That was an epic show!
I can't get enough of the freakin intro
Underrated as hell!
Yeah
whew....never gets old so i repeat
this song's so underrated😭😭😭
I love Graham Coxon's guitar style so much. He has that ability to make dischordant playing fit perfectly because he has that instinct. Can't even think of a comparison at the moment. His method too, chords to lead and back in an instant, bending chords to fit into one of his mad solos - at the crescendo at the end of this song you will hear it as it starts and in other places. One of the best in my opinion and this song is a perfect example of what I'm drunkenly trying to say. The song in general though, that lo-fi thing they did on this album. You can definitely hear influences like Pavement in there. Love it man.
Amo a Blur y amo este álbum completo en especial éste tema, aunque analizando las notas, cadencias y sonoridades por ahí algo me recuerda a Sexy Saddie de The Beatles, si no la conocen encuchenla y dejen sus cometarios e impresiones como respuesta...
This is technically song 3.
So are Slow Down, Colin Zeal, End of a Century, Best Days, Coffee & TV, Crazy Beat (which kinda is Song 3), Go Out and Barbaric.
@TomasLeiteLeite what makes a song "song 3"?
Best song in the album imo
As I listen to this, I realize that Blur and Ween have a lot in common.
Found this in my reccomends...my type of music and starting to love this band!
Love this band and this album
this is like my 2nd time through this album and i love this song omg
Holy shit, this is my theme song.
The most Pavement influenced song on the album.
Such an underrated song man
[Verse 1] Yeah, I found nowhere, it got to know me
Let me sleep all day, spent the money
I haven't felt my legs since the summer
And I don't call my friends, forgot their numbers
[Chorus] V.I.P 223
I had my chances, they had me
Now I stay up nights, watch TV
I'm country sad, I'm a ballad man
[Verse 2] I'm on the comeback road, yeah, I'm a blizzard
And in my motor home, sweat on my pillow all night
[Instrumental break]
I'm a ballad man
I've gone and fucked it
Cos I'm a ballad man
And everybody is
Cos I'm a ballad man
And that's all it is
Cos I'm a ballad man
I've gone and fucked it
Cos I'm a......
Me too...was there..stayed there...lost much...gained little...but was happy then and on..without,.I wouldn't be happy.
This is such a great song, I would say it's my favorite of the album. It really goes well with Damon sleepy hangover vibe
The sad cousin of TOP man
love this song!
25 anniversary of this album
The amount of people that get super-salty whenever they say "can't wait until Song 3 comes out" and I direct them to this song.
my fav song by them :)
I hear this song when I was in college,more than ten years a go..love from jakarta
Great Music Band
very underrated band :(
Diego Canela yes, and very underrated song
Lol
@ wobble pig don't blame him, he grew in a cave ;)
Wrong, very underrated song.
How???
one of my favorites, so underrated!
I luv with all my soul that pauuuu bauuuuu pauuu bauuu from the beginning.
at 15 this was my jam
i haven’t thought about this album in years
I always recognized all of the songs blur is amazing
I hated this song at first but now its my 3rd time coming back today
My favourite blur song 😄
Sounds like 2D singing this one
Desearia haber nacido en su epoca 😿👋💗 suerte tiene la gente que vivo la epoca de oro de esta genial banda, pero me consuela saber que aun hacen música ❤
When Blur was done feeling heavy metal and then was feeling Beck
Gran tema ,excelente álbum
Reminds me of, and testing my memory actually is, a tribute to Pavement. The sort of lazy, off-beat country riffs sounds a lot like Range Life and other songs from Slanted and Enchanted and also Beck's (official) debut Mellow Gold. You can also hear them on the solo to You're So Great. I'd deffo check them out if you like this stuff. One of the greatest Blur songs on my favourite Blur album.
You're So Great is very similar to Peep-Hole by Guided By Voices
so many riffs
Sounds like Gorillaz before the Gorillaz!
Boy do I have a fun fact for you
@@mrjohneeviedean jajajajsjs
Very nice
unas de mis favoritas del disco homonimo
Love the sound of the guitar that sound most the pick
Fantastic
I FUCKING LOVE THISNSOONG
La canción de los veinteañeros que no sabemos que hacer de nuestras vidas.
Country Bad Salad Man
brit-grunge unplugged
The cover art just scream late 90s early 2000
Restano particolarissimi. ❤
4:27 this part sounds like a song by the smiths, I can’t remember which one though
un sentimiento
I❤BLUR
Anyone else disappointed with blurs 2023's album , when you are reminded of how great their previous albums were .
I LISTEN THIS SONG IN AIR PLANE IT WAS ACTALLY LONG LONG LONG AGO 😨😨
VIP 223 would've been a great title for this song.
sgt peppers lonely hearts club band
Blur don't deserve be compared with the monotonues Oasis... ¿Isn't crearly better?
One of the greatest band of 90's.
1:38
So sinister and sketchy sounding
Dope
Modern equivalent of Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Exquisito
Tu =)
Anyone know what brand and model acoustics they used during this era?
I like how the self titled is just an experiment for Gorillaz.
😂Graham Coxon - talk about breaking it down. If he broke it down any further it wouldn't exist! Love the lyrics .. 😂
🎉
Hunc carmen amo
Thanks so much, my best friend turned me into the clear ☆ I was m.i.a
country bad sallad man
Mmm yes love salad
Is 2022 ?;(
idk but it somehow reminds me of On A Plain by Nirvana...and this is not the first time I hear Nirvana in Blur
not song 2?
The Fall ; Dktr Faustus.
At what point did Blur become Pavement?
2-d.
🤗🙋🇵🇭✌️👍
☺😉
This song is underrated and get Gorillaz vibes 😅
시발 좆같다 그냥 시발 내 인생....연애도 어렵고 인간은 어렵고 이해는 하고 싶고 시발 유일한 한국인으로서 일기장처럼 다녀야지 시발.....
더 좆같다 시발
어케 그녀를 이 노래에서 만날 수 있을까 이거...
This sounds like gorillaz