Good band.

Tender
Beetlebum
Song 2
The Universal
Charmless Man
For Tomorrow
Tracy Jacks
End Of A Century

They're my favourites and even Noel acknowledges that Blur were better than a lot of the shite coming out today.

Fantastic band - I don't think there's a general consensus that Blur are better because its down to a matter of opinion. Blur were more consistent, more innovative with every album release and such, although I don't think their high points and best albums compare to Oasis' best albums. I do agree with the original poster that Girls & Boys is pretty shit along with their other odd poppy tune like The Great Escape's Country House, but apart from this minor occurrence, it doesn't take anything away from their more accomplished work on such albums like Parklife.

I also like the influences of the bands they have taken from, and like Oasis it's based on the classic British bands of previous decades who most of them I love anyway. I'm not keen though on the influences they took for their self titled album 'Blur' - i.e. grunge was an influence. I think that took away a lot of the charm and wit that was ever present on their previous albums. That said, 13 was very different also but I loved that one because the influences were more to my taste and ,for example, the gospel touch on Tender seemed to work very well with them. Also, maybe to understand them better, their Britpop work is heavily anglo-centric, music wise and lyrically.

Modern Life Is Rubbish, Parklife and 13 are all great great albums personally. The only albums I'm not keen on is their first one and Blur.

The reason I prefer Oasis though is that their tunes were euphoric and optimistic, while their heartfelt poignant moments were equally amazing also. If it was Blur vs early Oasis - Oasis would win hands down without a doubt. If it were Blur versus late Oasis, then Blur would win most definitely.

But hey, I'm not complaining, two truly great bands from one era is pretty special.

This surprises me. I was sure you'd prefer the last 3 albums actually. For me it's the self titled. The early albums sound like they just want to sell as many records as possible (and Damon initially cam across that way IMO) while the later albums sound like they just want to be Radiohead. The self titled is them trying to shy away from Britpop and there's some nice guitar work.



Song 2 is still a steaming pile of shite though and I've always wondered if it was actually a piss take on oasis...

The three Britpop era albums are great! Modern Life Is Rubbish was pretty much the first real Britpop album and it starts off with For Tomorrow, one of their best tunes. Pop perfection. And a nice semi-patriotic video.

My favourite is The Great Escape, though. It is far from being as good as WTSMG, but still one of the highlights of Britpop. All those three albums are quite consistent, but there are more highlights on The Great Escape. And also the end of the album, as well as the "filler" is a bit more intriguing than the counterparts on Modern Life and Parklife.

Also their epinymous album is good, although I prefer their 93-95 style.

Blur tunes to check out if you're new to them:
For Tomorrow (MLIR)
Chemical World (MLIR)
Star Shaped (MLIR)
End Of A Century (PL)
Badhead (PL)
To The End (PL)
Stereotypes (TGE)
Best Days (TGE)
The Universal (TGE)
It Could Be You (TGE)
Yuko & Hiro (TGE)
You're So Great (Blur)
Look Inside America (Blur)
Strange News From Another Star (Blur)
Coffee & TV (13)

Genuinely don't mind Song 2.

Anything they played on their 2009 tour was massive, wish I could of been there. Everything single crowd looked insane!

Blur is good, lots of nice music, Leisure and TGS are shit, MLIR and Parklife are great, Blur and 13 are good but too inconsistent and pretentious in some ways, TT is average IMO.

The problem with them is that their discography is very inconsistent, even their best album Parklife has some fillers on it, and there are some annoyances like too much na na na and la la la over the songs. On later carrer their started to make more serious music, but the funny thing is that no one took them serious.

Oasis is on another level, their anthems, live performances, hystorical gigs, b-sides, charismatic members, cultural impact and albums are more memorable. Blur could never touch that.

Blur also should be thankfull to Oasis, many people started to hear blur because of the Gallaghers and their feud.

I've heard bad things about the festival itself. The footage from their other high profile gigs: Glasto, Hyde Park, T In the Park, etc are all amazing from start to finish.

They were actually voted the best glasto set ever on the guardian or some site like that. Then again, that was right after it.

Listen to 13.