余光

Q1998

1997 march _men's non no_NO.132

歷年剪報

2001.blur@淘兒pass-1999.4月號

逆寫流行樂的blur-文by黃瀚民

如今一切水到渠成，blur終於在這張最新專輯中徹底背離以往專輯的命運：英倫人物預言。
他們正如那封面上的男子，收起遠挑的視野，把目光重新落在自己的身上，企圖用更巨觀
的音樂野心去玩這場搖滾遊戲;望著他們漸行遠去的背影，我們看到的，已經不是當年
NME刊頭上的明星，而是勇敢逆寫流行的音樂人。

1990年10月13日，英國老牌的流行音樂週刊NME以Seeing Starsx歷史宣告式的聳動標題，
大剌剌地介紹一個來自英國Colchester市，沒沒無聞的新樂團blur，並在該期大篇爐報導
他們發行首支單曲"She's So Hight"的消息，一切彷彿煞有介事般隆重。

當然，對英國音樂媒體澎風習性略有了解的人，並不會因此而對這個樂團萌生太大的興奮
與期待;事實上，這個樂團在半年前才被『food』唱片公司以8萬英鎊的價格簽下，團名從
柪口又不討喜的seymour改成比較順口的blur，在唱片公司的企劃中他們與jesus jones同
款式的系列產品。當時blur，只是趕搭madchester流行風潮最末的一班車，躲在stone roses
這些巨星神像蔽陰下，唱片公司力捧的一個流行樂團罷了。

誰知道呢？十年的時間可以怎樣低改變這個世界，還有這個世界的人們。當時序跳入
1999年的四月，你手上握著的已經是blur的第六章專輯『13』，在仿LP設計的包裝與精巧
的封面上，你看到的是吉他手Graham Coxon繪製地衣服男性人像：赤裸、削瘦、低垂著頭
似乎在沉思或是檢視著什麼。

過去幾年來，blur連續以『Modern Life Is Rubbish』、『Parklife』、『The Great Escape』
三張專輯回應了英國式吉他搖滾的菁華，同時將命題鎖定英倫眾生的浮世繪，用一種四格
漫畫的捉狹趣味去摹寫他們的觀察下的社會現實，也兼得了主流媒體與商業成績上的雙贏。
正當oasis間的戰爭進入最高潮時，他們選擇在第五張同名專輯做出音樂方向的改變，轉向
美式低傳真搖滾美學取經。其後的一連串動作更預告了他們打算一去不回頭的決心：首先
是發行混音專輯『Bustin'+Dronin』，在Thurston Moore、Adrian Sherwood、John McEntire
等樂界大儒的聯合出手下，沖淡了他們身上流行明星的銅臭;接著主唱Damon Albarn又在
『小山田圭吾』的混音專輯『FM』中插花獻藝;去年夏天，他們甚至跟Silver Apples（註1）
同台演出。如今一切水到渠成，blur終於在這張最新專輯中徹底背離以往專輯的命題:英倫
人物寓言。他們正如那封面上的男子，收起了遠眺的視野，把目光重新落在自己身上，企
圖用更巨觀的音樂野心去玩這場搖滾樂遊戲。

主唱Damon Albarn在這張專輯開始大量地談他自己，或說得更精確一點，新專輯是他與他
前女友Justine Frischmann間感情破裂之後心理創傷的治療日記。在"No Distance Left To Run "
這首歌裡，他喃喃地唱道：『一切都結束了/......當我們再相遇/......請轉身離去/我不像在見到
你......』類似的歌詞或主題在專輯中的"1992"、"Trailerpark"、"Caramel "、"Trimm Trabb "
等曲中皆大量供應，看來我們可以靜待Justine小姐在Elastica的新專輯中有何回應了。

不管文字主題的轉變如何，音樂野心的展現才是這張專輯應該注目的焦點，首先他們撤換了
合作八年的製作人Stephen Street(註2)，改由William Orbit操刀製作，這位"怪腳"從80年代
初組三人樂團Torch Song 的流行電子路線（近Eurythmics）起家，到一連三張『』

The Great Escape lyrics

The Great Escape lyrics
Stereotypes
Country House
Best Days
Charmless Man
Fade Away
Top Man
The Universal
Mr. Robinson's Quango
He Thought Of Cars
It Could Be You
Ernold Same
Globe Alone
Dan Abnormal
Entertain Me
Yuko & Hiro

Parklife lyrics

Parklife lyrics

1. Girls & Boys
2. Tracy Jacks
3. End Of A Century
4. Parklife
5. Bank Holiday
6. Badhead
7. The Debt Collector
8. Far Out
9. To The End
10. London Loves
11. Trouble In The Message Centre
12. Clover Over Dover
13. Magic America
14. Jubilee
15. This Is A Low
16. Lot 105

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1.Girls & Boys

Street's like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to Greece
On holiday
Love in the 90's
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances looking for

CHORUS:
Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love (x2)

Avoiding all work
Because there's none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers
Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
Get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schön
But we haven't been introduced

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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2.Tracy Jacks

(Tracy Jacks) works in civil service
(Tracy Jacks) it's steady employment
(Tracy Jacks) is a golfing fanatic
(Tracy Jacks) but his putt is erratic
(Tracy Jacks) saw a Harley Street doctor
(Tracy Jacks) who prescribed healthy living
(Tracy Jacks) but he's getting past forty
(Tracy Jacks) and all the seams are splitting

CHORUS:
Everyday he got closer
He knew in his heart he was over
I'd love to stay here and be normal
But it's just so overrated

(Tracy Jacks) left home without warning
(Tracy Jacks) at five in the morning
(Tracy Jacks) got on the first train to Walton
(Tracy Jacks) and stood on the seafront
(Tracy Jacks) laughing, threw his clothes in the water
(Tracy Jacks) and ran around naked
(Tracy Jacks) got stopped by the police
(Tracy Jacks) and escorted back home

REPEAT CHORUS

Tracy Jacks (x4)

And then it happened on a Tuesday morning
Tracy Jacks bulldozed down the house he lived in
Saying it's just so overrated

Tracy Jacks (x4)

REPEAT CHORUS

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3.End Of A Century

She said there's ants in the carpet
Dirty like monsters
Eating all the morsels
Picking up the rubbish
Give her effervescence
She needs a little sparkle
Good morning TV
You're looking so healthy

CHORUS:
We all say
Don't want to be alone
We wear the same clothes
'Cos we feel the same
And kiss with dry lips
When we say goodnight
End of the century oh, it's nothing special

Sex on the TV
Everybody's at it
And the mind gets dirty
As you get closer to thirty
Gives her a cuddle
Glowing in a huddle
Good night TV
You're all made up
And you know that

REPEAT CHORUS

Can you eat her? Yes you can

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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4.Parklife

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as (parklife)
And morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as (parklife)
John's got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they love a bit of it (parklife)
Who's that gut lord marching... you should cut down on your porklife mate... get some exercise

CHORUS:
All the people
So many people
They all go hand in hand
Hand in hand through their parklife
Know what I mean I get up when I want except on wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (parklife)
I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea and I think about leaving the house (parklife)
I feed the pigeons I sometimes feed the sparrows too it gives me a sense of enormous well being (parklife)
And then I'm happy for the rest of the day safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it (parklife)

REPEAT CHORUS

It's got nothing to do with vorsprung durch technic you know
And it's not about you joggers who go round and round and round
Parklife (parklife)

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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5.Bank Holiday

Grandma's got new dentures
To eat the crust on pizza
Been taken out by her daughter
Because she thought she ought'a
The kids are eating snickers
Because they're so delicious
Then there's sticky fingers
And mother loses her knickers

CHORUS:
Bank holiday comes six times a year
Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers
Bank holiday comes with a six pack of beer, then its back to work A.G.A.I.N.

Bar-b-que is cooking
Sausages and chicken
The patio is buzzing
The neighbours they are looking
John is down the fun pub
Drinking lots of lager
Girls and boys are on the game
And all the high streets look the same

REPEAT CHORUS

Back to work A.G.A.I.N.

REPEAT CHORUS

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6.Badhead

So far
I've not really stayed in touch
Well you knew as much
It's no surprise that today
I'll get up around two from a lack of anything to do

And I might as well just grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument

And you
Not really stayed in touch
Well I knew as much
It's no surprise that today
I get up around two with nothing to do
Except get a touch of flu

And I might as well just grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning

I know

And I might as well grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning
And I might as well grin and bear it
Because it's not worth the trouble of an argument
And in any case I'd rather wear it
It's like a badhead in the morning

I know

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7.The Debt Collector

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8.Far Out

I spy in the night sky don't I
Phoebe Io Elara Leda Callisto Sinope
Janus Dione Portia so many moons
Quiet in the sky at night
Hot in the milky way
Outside in
Vega Capella Hadar Rigel Barnard's Star
Antares Aldebaran Altair Wolf 359 Betelgeuse
Sun sun sun (to fade)

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9.To The End

All these dirty words (Jusqu'a la fin)
They make us look so dumb (En plein soleil)
Been drinking far too much (Jusqu'a la fin)
And neither of us mean what we say (En plein amour)

CHORUS:
Well you and I
Collapsed in love
And it looks like we might have made it, yes
It looks like we've made it to the end

What happened to us (Jusqu'a la fin)
Soon it will be gone forever (En plein soleil)
Infatuated only with ourselves (Jusqu'a la fin)
And neither of us can think straight anymore (En plein amour)

REPEAT CHORUS (x3)

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10.London Loves

A malady has taken him over
Coughing tar in his Japanese motor
The lights are magic
And he feels lucky
And he's got money
Shoots like an arrow

London loves
The mystery of a speeding car
London loves
The misery of a speeding heart

Its love you like, and everyone's at it
And words are cheap when the mind is elastic
He loves the violence
Keeps ticking over
So sleep together
Before today is sold forever

London loves
The way people just fall apart
London loves
The way you just don't stand a chance
London loves
The mystery of a speeding car

London loves
The mystery of a speeding car
London loves
The misery of a speeding heart

London loves
The way people just fall apart
London loves
The way we just don't stand a chance
London loves
A speeding heart

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11.Trouble In The Message Centre

I am the message centre
Local and direct
Room to room an operator
No calls today they'll just have to wait dear
I call and I collect
So just strike him softly away from the body

You're made up too shiny today (it's so much trouble)
Thoughts are just pissing away (it's so much trouble)
So much trouble

I am the manager
I am in control
As the local delegator
No calls today dear they'll just have to wait dear
I offer no guarantee at all
So don't take it lightly you're past your sell by date

You're made up too shiny today (it's so much trouble)
Thoughts are just pissing away (it's so much trouble)
A new type face and new day (it's so much trouble)
You can't remember ten minutes ago (it's so much trouble)
Too much trouble

La la la la la
La la la la (x2)

You're made up too shiny today (it's so much trouble)
Thoughts are just pissing away (it's so much trouble)
A new type face and new day (it's so much trouble)
You can't remember ten minutes ago (it's so much trouble)
It's too much trouble

La la la la la
La la la la (to fade)

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12.Clover Over Dover

I'm on the white cliffs of Dover
Thinking it over and over
But if I jump it's all over
A cautionary tale for you

I'd like to roll in the clover
With you over and over
On the white cliffs of Dover
And then I'd let you push me over

CHORUS:
If that is the fact then in actual fact it's not where it's at and it's over
If that is the fact then in actual fact I'm not where it's at it's all over
Yes it is

And now the bluebirds are over (I floated away)
Over the white cliffs of dover (Spent twenty years upon the sea)
So when you push me over (And when I came back)
Don't bury me I'm not worth anything (I found that you'd turned into me)

La la la la la la la la (x2)

REPEAT CHORUS

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13.Magic America

Bill Barret has a simple dream
He calls it his plan B
Buildings in the sky and the air is sugar free
And everyone is very friendly
Plan B arrived on a holiday
Took a cab to the shopping malls
Bought and ate until he could do neither anymore
Then found love on Channel 44

CHORUS:
La la la la la he wants to go to magic america
La la la la la he'd like to live in magic america
With all the magic people

Bill Barrett sent his postcards home
To everyone he'd ever known they read
Fifty nine cents gets you a good square meal
From the people who care how you feel

REPEAT CHORUS (x3)

With all the magic people (to fade)

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14.Jubilee

Jubilee slouches in the settee
He losing all will to move
He gone divvy too much telly
He watching 24 hours of rubbish
He got butane he got plastic bags
His eyes are going square oh yeah
He no raver just anti social
He not going to cut his hair

He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not keen on being like anyone else

Jubilee's dad, Billy Banker
Thinks his son's a slob
He should get out more stop scabbing
He really should go and get a job

He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him where to go
But he just don't get out enough
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him talk to girls
But he's just too spotty
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not keen on being liked by anyone else
So he just plays on his computer game

He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not mean enough
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him where to go
But he just don't get out enough
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him talk to girls
But he's just too spotty
He dresses incorrectly
No-one told him seventeen
He not keen on being liked
Anyone he's not being like
Anyone jubilee's not like
Anyone else

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15.This Is A Low

And into the sea goes pretty England and me
Around the Bay of Biscay and back for tea
Hit traffic on the Dogger bank
Up the Thames to find a taxi rank
Sail on by with the tide and go asleep
And the radio says

CHORUS:
This is a low
But it won't hurt you
When you're alone it will be there with you
Finding ways to stay solo

On the Tyne Forth and Cromarty
There's a low in the high forties
Saturday's locked away on the pier
Not fast enough dear
And on the Malin Head
Blackpool looks blue and red
And the queen, she's gone round the bend
Jumped off Land's End
And the radio says

REPEAT CHORUS (x3)

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16.Lot 105
18 times a week, girl
Ha ha ha ha ha!

Modern Life Is Rubbish lyrics

Modern Life Is Rubbish lyrics

1. For Tomorrow
2. Advert
3. Colin Zeal
4. Pressure On Julian
5. Starshaped
6. Blue Jeans
7. Chemical World
8. Intermission
9. Sunday Sunday
10. Oily Water
11. Miss America
12. Villa Rosie
13. Coping
14. Turn It Up
15. Resigned
16. Commercial Break

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1.For Tomorrow

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow
London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
So we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

CHORUS:
Singing
La la, la la la
La la la la la la la la (x3)
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make him sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're we're lost on the Westway
So we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

REPEAT CHORUS

Trying not to be sick again
And holding for tomorrow
She's a twentieth century girl
Hanging on for dear life
So we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

REPEAT CHORUS

Jim stops and gets out the car, goes to a house in Emperor's gate, Through the door and to his room, Then he puts the TV on, Turns it off and makes some tea, Says Modern Life Is Rubbish I'm Holding on for tomorrow, Then Susan comes into the room, She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile, Says let's take a drive to Primrose Hill, It's windy there and the view's so nice, London ice can freeze your toes Like anyone I suppose I'm Holding on for tomorrow

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2.Advert

(Food processors are great!)
It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm half way home
I feel foul mouthed as I stand and wait for the underground
And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
I need something to remind me that there's something else

You need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else

Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion
If you stare too long you lose your appetite
A nervous disposition doesn't agree with this
You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains

I need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... 10... 11... 12... 13... 14... 15... 16

You need a holiday, somewhere in the sun
With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else
Say something, say something else

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3.Colin Zeal

Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
He's an affable man with a plausible plan
Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand

CHORUS:
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah ha

While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic
He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor
He's a modern retard with a love of bombast
Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwells on the past

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

He's a modern retard, he's terminal lard
He's an affable man, with a carrotene tan
Because Colin Zeal's ill
Colin Zeal's ill
Colin Zeal's ill

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4.Pressure On Julian

Only the magical transit children, sing sing a lullaby bah, bah, bah
Sitting on a pavement sucking on a long straw
It's colourful, It's colourful, but it washes you out

Here is my violence and here is the excuse
I learnt it all, but only second hand
Falling into walls, well what is it with you
You'd never know, never know, never know

CHORUS:
We planned it all this way, we planned it all this way
Pressure on Julian

Swimming in yellow pissy water, sand getting in between the ears
No blood in head in this bloody weather
Irate people with yellow tongues

Only the magical transit children, sing sing a lullaby bah, bah, bah
Falling into walls, well what is it with you
You'd never know, never know, never know

REPEAT CHORUS

There was pressure on Julian, pushing trolleys in the car park
From B to A then back to B
Pressure on Julian Passing out, precious little snout
The birds are singing at night
The birds are singing at night, Pressure on Julian

REPEAT CHORUS

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5.Intermission

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6.Starshaped

Wash with new soap
Behind the collar
Keeps a clean mental state
Don't usually bother in cold weather
But still I'm getting into work late
And I don't need the practice

CHORUS:
I've been making plans (For the future)
Become an unconscious man (All for the good)
I feel so unecessary (We don't think so, you seem starshaped)

Have a couple at the weekend
Keeps up camaraderie
And my mind boggles in the muddle
At the possibilities

And I don't need the practice

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

I wash with new soap
Behind the collar
Helps keep down the laundry
And now I bother in cold weather
Because it cleans me mentally

And I really don't need the practice

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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7.Blue Jeans

Air cushioned soles
I bought them on the Portbello Road on a Saturday
I stop and stare awhile
A common pastime when conversation goes astray

And don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

Blue, blue jeans
I wear them every day
There's no particular reason to change
My thoughts are getting banal, I can't help it
But I won't pull out hair another day

And don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, Whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever
If you don't mind
Whatever I say, Whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

You know it's to be with you

Don't give up on me yet
Don't think I'm walking out of this
She don't mind
Whatever I say, Whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever
If you don't mind
Whatever I say, Whatever I say
I don't really want to change a thing
I want to stay this way forever

You know it's to be with you

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8.Chemical World

The pay-me girl has had enough of the bleeps
So she takes the bus into the country
Although she got herself rosy cheeks
She didn't leave enough money to pay the rent
The landlord says that she's out in a week
What a shame she was just getting comfy
Now she's eating chocolate to induce sleep
In a chemical world, It's very, very, very cheap

CHORUS:
And I don't know about you
But they're putting the holes in, yes, yes
It's been a hell of a do
They've been putting the holes in, yes, yes

Peeping Thomas has a very nice view
Across the street at the exhibitionist
These townies they never speak to you
Just stick together so they never get lonely
Feeling lead, feeling quite light-headed
Had to sit down and have some sugary tea
In chemical world, in a chemical world
It's very, very, very cheap

REPEAT CHORUS (x3)

Until you can see right through (x3)

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9.Sunday Sunday

Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate
Regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table
To eat enough sleep
Oh, the Sunday sleep

Sunday, Sunday here again a walk in the park
You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
He fought for us in two world wars and
The England he knew is no more
He sings the Songs of Praise every week but always falls asleep
For that Sunday sleep

Oh, the Sunday sleep

Sunday, Sunday here again in tidy attire
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late
You gather the family around the table to eat enough to sleep
And Mother's Pride is your epithet
That extra slice you'll soon regret
So going out is your best bet, then bingo yourself to sleep

Oh, the Sunday sleep

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10.Oily Water

Lead in me and me in water, Dangling in my world
I swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine
In a sense of self in decline, growing fat on sound
It's only an early morning dream, and the whole world will be alright

(CHORUS)

My head is full of suspicion, I'm coming home sometime
I've swallowed too much oily water, it keeps slipping down my spine

In a sense of self in decline, lying on my back
It's only an early morning dream, and the whole world will be alright

(CHORUS)

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11.Miss America

Miss America sits in the shower
She's plucking hours from the sky
Picks up the telephone, into another home
Don't ask me why

CHORUS:
I don't mind
I don't mind at all
I love only you

She's a well wisher and she wishes you well
Wish away, wish away
She no jellybean, she a jemima ho ho
Wish away, wish away

REPEAT CHORUS

Da, do, da, da, do (x2)

Here is here and I am here, where are you?
Far away, far away
She no jellybean, she a jemima ho ho
Wish away, wish away

REPEAT CHORUS

Da, do, da, da, do (x3)

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12.Villa Rosie

Practice doesn't make perfect when you're interbreeding
Speaking drivel can it get confused with heavy breathing
Mixing drinks at water holes get snarled up in the suburbs
Meandering through this and that, you are suspected of vagueness

When work is done, go to Villa Rosie every night
So tasty
Go form a queue at Villa Rosie every night
So tasty

Across the common every day, you come across the fine line
But wearing boots can prevent the leeches in the long grass
Eating between meals stifles the appetite is it healthy
Coming home that nagging doubt there in your belly

And all the while at Villa Rosie every night
You're tasty
A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night
So taste

All losers come to Villa Rosie every night
They're waiting
So form a queue at Villa Rosie every night
So tasty
Don't break your own back at Villa Rosie every night
We're tasting
A sweeter life at Villa Rosie every night
So tasty

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13.Coping

Primal, evil what am I
Tongue-tied 'til the day I die
There's no love made mermaids
It's just distraction or so they

And I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see this in my face, my face

CHORUS:
When I feel this strange can I go through this again? (x2)

It's a sorry state you're getting in
The same excuse is wearing thin
There's no self control left in me
What was not will never will be

And I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see this in my face, my face

REPEAT CHORUS

And I'm too tired to care about it
Can't you see this in my face
The emphisis on coping
Can't you see this in my face, my face

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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14.Turn It Up

Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, kazoo kazoo every time

CHORUS:
Turn it up, turn it off, turn it in (x2)

Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all
Sometimes you get too much, some days it all gets too much

Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, why do you turn your back on me?

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

Anyway you choose, anyway you choose at all
Some days you do too much, some days it all gets too much

Kazoo, kazoo you are mine, kazoo kazoo every time

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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15.Resigned

I think too much
On things I want too much
It makes me hateful
And I say stupid things
Only you can fill my blank heart
And I'm resigned to that

I wish the sun
Could just keep me warm
And I'm resigned to that
I'll forget to breathe someday
I never stop to think why

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16.Commercial Break

Leisure lyrics

Leisure lyrics

1. She's So High
2. Bang
3. Slow Down
4. Repetition
5. Bad Day
6. Sing
7. There's No Other Way
8. Fool
9. Come Together
10. High Cool
11. Birthday
12. Wear Me Down

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1.She's So High

See her face
Everyday
See her face
Doesn't help me
See her face
Everyday
See her face
Doesn't help me

CHORUS:
She's so high
She's so high
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her (x2)

Think of her
Everyday
Think of her
Doesn't help me
Think of her
Everyday
Think of her
Doesn't help me

REPEAT CHORUS

She doesn't help me (x3)

REPEAT CHORUS

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2.Bang

Sitting in an S.D.T.
Waiting for an underground train
To rumble underneath my feet
Bang goes another day
Where it went I could not say
Now I'll have to wait another week
When all is said and all is done
What was said was never done
Don't panic it's not really worth your while
Bang goes another year
In and out of one ear
Everybody's doing it so - do it too

CHORUS:
I don't need anyone
But a little love would make things better (x2)

Sitting on the early bus
Passing through the morning rush
It makes no difference that I'm not
With you
Bang goes another year
In and out of one ear
Everybody's doing it I'll - do it too

REPEAT CHORUS (x3)

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3.Slow Down

It's up to you
You know it is
I can't convince you
All you have to do is slow down
I've always said
It'll never change
All you have to do
Just to be you

Think that's all I want to say

And all the things
I've ever told you
I didn't mean them all
I didn't mean them all, I'd forget you
So if you come here
If you come here
All you have to do
Just to be you

Think that's all I want to say to you

And all those things
That I'd told you
I didn't them all
Didn't mean them all, I'd forget you
So if you come here
If you come here
All you have to do
Just to be you

Think that's all I need to say to you

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4.Bad Day

So sure
So sure you are
Nothing can touch you now
I need to know
Did you think of me
But you're forgetting me now
Slow down
Don't be so
Eager to let me go
Realise it could change you
It could change your mind

CHORUS:
Try, try, try
Try, try, try
All things remain the same
So why try again
Try again

Slow down
Don't be so
Eager to let me go
I need to know
Do you think of me
But you've forgotten me now

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

Try, try again (x2)

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5.Bad Day

Do you do anything you ever do?
No she said
Do you want anything you ever wanted?
No she said

CHORUS:
She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know

Do you have anything you ever had?
No she said
Do you love anyone you ever loved?
Yes she said

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

Listen to the good, that's it for real

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

To know (x2)

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6.Sing

Can't feel
'Cos I'm numb
Can't feel
'Cos I'm numb
So what's the worth
In all of this
What's the worth
In all of this

CHORUS:
Sing to me (x2)

So what's the worth
In all of this
If the child in your head
If the child is dead

REPEAT CHORUS

Sing to me

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7.There's No Other Way

You've taken the fun
Out of everything
You're making me run
When I don't want to think
You've taken the fun
Out of everything
I don't want to think at all

CHORUS:
There's no other way
There's no other way
All that you can do is watch them play

You've taken the fun
Out of everything
You're making it clear
When I don't want to think
You're taking me up
When I don't to go up anymore
I'm just watching it all

REPEAT CHORUS (x6)

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8.Fool

Sorry, but I don't understand
The things you say they make no sense at all
Funny but I think that you mean them all
This time don't you

I know that you think I'm a fool
But couldn't you try to forgive a fool
One more time

Sorry, but I'm not really listening
I've got my mind on something else
If I'm here if I'm here at all

I know that you want me to go don't you
Well it's not as easy as it seems
I know that you think I'm not here at all
But I'm just as fed up as you

I know that you want me to leave
I'm amazed at how cold you can be
Well may my weak and insipid soul grow stronger in your absence

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9.Come Together

I don't understand
Walking all over me
All over me to you
You must be mad
And you know you are
You should have known that I'd do
Anything for you

CHORUS:
So why, why
Don't we come together
Why?
Why, Why
Don't we come together
Why?

Inside my head
There's nothing left
It's all been taken out by you
And do I care?
Well you know I do
You should have known that I'd do
Anything for you

REPEAT CHORUS

Now it's all been said
And you know it all
Then you should have known that I'd do
Anything for you

For you (x4)

REPEAT CHORUS

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10.High Cool

If you come here
Which you sometimes do
Don't really think that I really want you to
And if you come here
Which you always do
Don't think that I expect you to

CHORUS:
Is that all I give you? (x2)

And you talk too much
Which you always do
Don't think that I really want you to
And if you talk too much
Which you always do
Don't think that I really need you to

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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11.Birthday

It's my birthday
No one here day
Very strange day
A think of you day
Go outside day
Sit in park day
Watch the sky day
What a pathetic day

CHORUS:
I don't like this day
It makes me feel too small

REPEAT CHORUS

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12.Wear Me Down

Every time I come here
I'm not sure what to say
I know it should be easy
But it never seems that way
You, you make me feel
Like no-one ever will
So why, why do you bore me
Until my heart is still?

CHORUS:
You, you wear me down
My defences are gone now
And I can't fight
You, you wear me down
My defences are gone now
And I can't fight

I can't say I love you easily
And you wouldn't want me too
So I'd rather just say nothing
And leave it up to you
Then it's easy to forget
You're just as small as me
Then it's easy to forget
You're just as foolish as me

REPEAT CHORUS

You, you make me feel
Like no-one ever will
So why, why do you bore me
Until my heart is still?

REPEAT CHORUS

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關於 blur 布勒

曾於1995年獨領風騷奪得全英音樂獎年度最佳專輯、最佳團體、最佳單曲、最佳音樂錄影帶等大獎的90年代最具代表性英國樂團Blur，自90年代中期英國樂團勢力極為強盛的時期，不論在音樂風格或演奏技巧都極獲好評，在銷售成績獲支持度的表現也都非常耀眼，而他們直接承襲了英國搖滾樂前輩樂團My Bloody Valentine、Stone Roses、Sex Pistol甚至Beatles的血脈，加上獨樹一幟的風格，使Blur成為當今最成功的Brit-pop樂團之一。



Blur由4位個性格鮮明、各有專精的團員Damon Albarn（主唱兼吉他手）、Graham Coxon（吉他手）、Dave Rowntree（鼓手）與Alex James（貝斯手）所組成，出道以來就分別擁有死忠的樂迷忠實支持。Damon十三歲時認識了Blur的吉他手Graham Coxon，兩人一拍即合，成為非常要好的朋友。完成中學學業之後Damon搬回倫敦就讀演藝學院，就讀演藝學院一年之後，Damon發現到自己並沒有辦法成為一名偉大的演員，於是放棄學業在倫敦一家餐廳打工。在這個時候，Damon和Graham以及其他的幾個朋友組了一個名為Circus的樂團，開始了他的樂團生涯。隨後的期間其他的成員離去之後，後來兩人找來Blur現在的鼓手Dave Rowntree及貝司手Alex James並將原本的團名Circus改為Seymour，這就是現在獨領英國Brit-Pop風騷的Blur的前身。


Seymour組成之後在倫敦相當受歡迎並引起唱片公司的注意，在1990年他們改名為Blur並發行第一支單曲She's So High，但並沒有多少人注意到他們，直到他們的第二首單曲There's No Other Way的推出在英國流行音樂界丟下一顆炸彈引起一陣震撼，立即登上英國排行榜首並蟬聯數週之久。而Blur接著在1991年8月發行首張專輯Leisure，其中包括She's So High、There's No Other Way以及Bang三首單曲。Leisure推出之後，英國極具指標性的Q雜誌給予其四顆星的高評價，同時也在Q雜誌1991年年度最佳五十張專輯之列。以一個初出茅廬的新團體而言，首張專輯就有如此耀眼的成績的確不凡，但也證明Blur的音樂確有其獨特之處。



Blur於1992年3月推出單曲Popscene，在這首歌之中可以明顯地看到Blur的轉變。Punk式的吉他和管樂的搭配堪稱一絕，Damon也極力跳出Beatles式的合音方式。1993年5月Blur推出他們的第二張專輯Modern Life Is Rubbish，這張專輯名稱靈感來自於倫敦一面極富盛名的牆上的塗鴉，本專輯在英國專輯榜上排名十五並且分別獲Q雜誌及NME雜誌選為年度最佳五十張專輯之一。



1994年4月Blur發行其冠軍專輯Parklife。這張專即由曾為The Smiths、Morrissey和The Cranberry等知名巨星製作專輯的傳奇性人物Stephen Street親自操刀製作。專輯中包括Girls ＆ Boys、To The End、Parklife以及End Of A Country四首單曲，而其中的前三首均為冠軍曲。英國知名雜誌如Q、NME、Spin、Rolling Stone等均給予極高的評價。這張專輯也徹底改變整個英國青少年的文化，影響極為深遠，在這同時英國所謂的Brit-Pop新浪潮也隨之展開。而Blur與另一樂團Oasis之間的競爭在媒體炒作之下也顯得十分熱烈，甚至有歌迷互相對立的情形出現。儘管競爭激烈，卻彷彿對整個英國流行樂界注入一股新的活力。



繼Parklife之後，1995年9月Blur再度推出新專輯The Great Escape。本專輯延續前一張專輯的魅力，發行首週就擠入排行榜冠軍席次，其中包括有Country House、The Universal、Syereotypes和Charmless Man四首暢銷單曲，專輯銷售量亦十分驚人，本專輯僅在英國本地即突破一百萬銷售量的輝煌記錄。1997年2月Blur推出同名專輯Blur，本張專輯甫一發行就立刻獲得廣大樂迷的支持，迅速竄升至英國排行榜首位，在這張同名專輯之中收錄有四首暢銷單曲，分別為：Beetlebum、Song 2、On Your Own以及M.O.R.。




1999年Blur發行了名稱為13的專輯，依舊維持Blur過去一貫的Brit-Pop風格，卻顯得更加內斂穩重。。這張專輯同時亦請來剛為國際天后大姐大Madonna製作新專輯的大師級製作人Williams Orbit親自操刀製作，果然不同凡響，展現出Blur更為洗鍊的一面。在成軍十年的同時，專輯中融合了這十年先後的不同類型，在經過Blur獨特的處理之後，更顯兼容並蓄。首支單曲Tender對於聽眾朋友們或許有些突兀，融合了民謠、Lo-Fi、福音等極為美式的風格，由Damon一貫的吊兒郎噹似的歌喉中唱出卻顯得有種異樣的協調感。



2000年11月2日Blur意義別具地發行了輯結樂史6張專輯17支單曲作品的首張豪華全紀錄精選大輯，及1支樂迷引頸企盼的全新創作單曲Music Is My Radar，精選輯封面更特別邀請英國當代知名藝術家Julian Opie為團員彩繪肖像，為他們10年奮鬥豐碩有成的結果紀錄。雖然英國Brit-pop音樂界新秀後進不斷進出樂壇，始終屹立不搖的Blur仍按照自己的步調創作出Blur風格的音樂作品，這張精選大碟更讓歌迷們細細品嚐Blur的蛻變與堅持。

影音

歌詞

Leisure lyrics
Modern Life Is Rubbish lyrics
Parklife lyrics

新聞

Damon Albarn

生日: March 23rd 1968,at Whitechapel Hospital in London, England
家庭成員: 父母, 姊妹Jessica, 妻子Hazel , 女兒Keith Albarn
身高:5' 11" (approx. 180 cm)

Graham Coxon

生日: March 12th 1969, in a military hospital in Rinteln, Germany
家庭成員: 父母, 姊妹Hayley, 兄弟Bob and Pauline Coxon
身高:5' 11" (approx. 180 cm)

Alex James

生日: November 21st 1968, at Boscombe Hospital in Bournemouth, England
家庭成員: 父母, 姊妹Deborah
身高: 6' 2" (approx. 188 cm)

Dave Rowntree

生日: May 8th 1964, in Colchester, England
家庭成員: 父母, 姊妹Sarah, 妻子Paula
身高: 5' 10" (approx. 178 cm)

音樂

歷年專輯
Release date發行年份 Album title專輯名稱 Label廠牌
1991 Leisure EMI， 1993 Mordern Life Is Rubbish EMI ，1994 Parklife EMI ，1995 The Great Escape EMI ，1997 Blur EMI ，1998 Bustin'+Dronin' EMI ，1999 13 EMI ，The Best Of EMI， 2003 Think Tank

發行日期2003-05-06，EMI 發行日期2000-11-21，EMI 發行日期1999-03-15，EMI

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發行日期1998-04-07，EMI 發行日期1997-02-10，EMI 發行日期1995-09-11，EMI

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發行日期1994-04-25，EMI 發行日期1993-05-10，EMI 發行日期1991-08-27，EMI

Blur Reunion gig

演出者：blur布勒,
場地：Oxegen Festival
日期：2009-07-12
時間：00:00~00:00
地址：
城市：County Kildare, Ireland
地區：愛爾蘭
相關連結：http://www.oxegen.ie/2008/


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演出者：blur布勒,
場地：T In The Park Festival
日期：2009-07-11
時間：00:00~00:00
地址：
城市：Balado, Scotland
地區：英國
相關連結：http://www.tinthepark.com/


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2009/7/2
2009/7/3
HydePark海德公園>>

演出者：blur布勒,
場地：Hyde Park 海德公園
日期：2009-07-03
時間：16:00~00:00
地址：London, W1Y 3DB
城市：London, UK
地區：英國
票價：£45.00
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Blur will play a live show in Hyde Park in summer 2009.
Graham Coxon will join Alex James, Dave Rowntree and Damon Albarn onstage for this first time since their Royal Festival Hall performance in 2000.
Formed in Colchester in 1989, Blur have recorded seven studio albums and had a string of Top 10 singles including number 1 hit's with Country House and Beetlebum. Their last album, Think Tank was released in 2003.

★Pre-Sale Tickets:
Presale Thu, 11/12 at 9:00 am to Fri, 12/12 at 9:00 am
★General Tickets:
On Sale Fri, 12/12 at 9:00 am

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2009/7/2
2009/7/3
HydePark海德公園>>

演出者：blur布勒,
場地：Hyde Park 海德公園
日期：2009-07-02
時間：16:00~00:00
地址：London, W1Y 3DB
城市：London, UK
地區：英國
票價：£45.00
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演出者：blur布勒,
場地：M.E.N. Arena
日期：2009-06-26
時間：00:00~00:00
地址：
城市：Manchester, UK
地區：英國
相關連結：http://www.men-arena.com/about/?page_id=1550


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