Thursday February 01, 2007

Five days.

Last part of this excellent five parter series is on tonight. Who is going to be the person responsible for Leanne's death ? My money I am afraid is on pretty Sarah who has been befriending the family since the events unfolded.

Blur

I got to know this band's music by way of a Best of album. Hooked I then bought two others which are:

Parklife which amazingly came out in 1994. I don't think there is a bad track on the album but here are the ones I really enjoy -

Tracy Jacks - the civil servant who is a golfing fanatic who's put is erratic who I think then has a Reginald Perrin moment..

End of Century, - more clever lyrics by Albern in fact each line seems to cleverly roll into the next almost seamless. The music is however almost 1960's in its style.

Parklife - at the start in the background a sound of breaking glass and a howl of anger. More brilliant lyrics I get up when I want except on Wednesday when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen...

Badhead - a ballad with a picture in the insert of the Graduate film with a very young looking Dustin Hoffman. Some crititise Albern vocals being a bit two dimensional but thats part of the attraction of Blur's music.

Clover over Dover - with a nice harpsichord line with very subtle lyrics but a clever track. The track ends with the sounds of the sea on the shore.

This is a low - an excellent ballad with some very interesting lyrics that don't make much sense - but in any case a great track.

The cd cover notes has what looks like 'draft' ideas of songs with various scribbles on the them, including the music itself. At sixteen tracks the album is very good value.

Think Tank is a much later cd 2003 with an odd cd cover. It features two divers whom we can assume are male/female the reverse cover has the female holding a baby diving helmet in place. The transition of the band between Parklife and Think Tank to me follows the way the Beatles music transformed over the years. There is a hidden track Me, White Noise track zero that I have not worked out how to get to.

The first track Ambulance is a spooky track that starts with drums, then bass I know I am not all there, But I am getting getting getting there...

Crazy beat is a stupendous track fast noisy and fun.

After the pace of Crazy Beat the band settle down to a pleasant ballad Good Song.

Brothers and sisters - quite likely to be the best track on the album - an interesting perspective on drug taking both legal and illegal: Cocaine is for murderers, codeine is for jurors...

We have got a file on you - a nice rowdy punk track the words simply the title nothing else. It starts with an Indian music theme before the punk section cuts in.

Jets another strong contender for the best track on the album a mainly instrumental track which starts with a simple series of notes followed in by bass and drums

There are plenty of other cd's the band have produced and it is possible they might get back together again I suppose. Any favourites folks ?