Blur Girls And Boys Live

[adamcrookedsmile]

the bass line is the special thing about this song.

[matiasguitar1988]

very good, but Oasis is better much :)

[GryffinPhwoar]

Brilliant song! Only watching this particular video for Alex James' ass, however :)

[MrCosmos69]

daemons, deamons, damon's rule !!! I am geeky it shows ?

[decgar07]

Damon Albarn's a great song-writer. He can write a song in any genre whatsoever.

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

they always sturggled to carry it off live. bit like simple minds.

[Pepper6464]

This is a gay song. Literally. 

[lukeashmoore]

@Pepper6464 ... Its Straight, Gay, Bi, Trans and WHATEVER. Love everyone, that's what they are saying. This is more Beatles than the Beatles.

[MrSKINFLICK]

@lukeashmoore:

I´m more "worried" about the "contents" than "gay" here:

"Following the herd, down to Greece, it´s paranoid....."

Damon Albarn & Blur,

real prophets already in the 90s ! ? 

[fishqueen77]

i wanna make out with Damon right now!

[FrerardBigFan]

LOL

[ChatLeNoire]

Blur used to be great, and Damon is a music genius...and a very sexy man, of course :D

[RobcsiMobcsi]

so fuckin metal

[MyJulio99]

this is video is the best song for me of the blur,because it is rare and stranger,that´s why there is room in my repertory!

[donbest24]

thats hylaroius

[Erim483]

yes Damon is so funny !!, i love this song !! i love blur

[YurzAndMyne]

Alex and Damon are hilarious.

From bum shaking to crossing eyes and fluttering their eyelashes.

Bands should always be this animated when live

[pipegt45]

ALEX`S  BASS IS MAX POWER

[TREFATNI]

WTF ! 2:50 AJAJAJA = VERYGOOD CANCION

[keyserdurden]

What a bassline! shame about the quality though.

[sauciesedgwick]

This is a bold guitar part from Graham.

[ColoredPig]

Why does it sound all compressed, like they're underwater? o.o

[MegaMuseFreak]

Alex dumb ~~

[vicprobey]

Fucking shit, Alex doesn't get enough credit as a bassist.

[kingraisin]

if you want to learn how to play this song on the bass guitar, please check out the tutorial on my channel!

[dwajt]

It´s absolutely amazing!!Thanks

[youcanthackthis]

bubbles hates this song

[Gmoneydog360]

LOVE THE BLUR BEST BASS LINE EVER

[arsenalkid47]

I heard damon hated playing live.

[SuperXena3]

envoy.hu

[WolfFan1999]

Cool song.But not wat I was looking 4.Does anybody no the song where it goes"girls don't like boys:girls like cars and money"?Srry 4 bothering you guys.

[Igloboo]

@WolfFan1999 You are looking for the Good Charlotte song with the same name.

[lgop2nopz]

The drummer reminds me of Simon Kirke from Free. =)

[yukies21]

i find them like the beatles....

[reversetriangle]

time flies

[theburningfestival]

bassist ass

[violeta0304]

hahaha Alex James' ass shaking at 2:50 is the coolest part ever

[theguais01]

jodidamente grandiosa esta cancion Grande Blur !!!!! saludos desde el Sul del Mundo =)

[zackpliskin]

@deathfromabove77: I'm sorry, I was too busy getting on with my life to reply to your comment a few minutes after I posted mine.

I wanted to have a proper intelligent debate with you away from this video where the limit isn't 500 characters, but I notice you didn't bother replying to the PM I sent you. Doesn't that make YOU the one brushing this off?

Anyway your comments are hilarious, keep 'em coming! Guys like you are sheer entertainment. Can't get enough of your holier-than-thou attitude!

[lulzfactor59]

Blur are not responsible for creating this sound, but this song has quality and wit that Franz Ferdinand would kill for.

[zackpliskin]

What amuses me is that Blur did this song as a throwaway disco-rock thing, and it's brilliant, then about five years later there's loads of bands like Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs making their whole careers out of this one sound.

[deathfromabove77]

@zackpliskin: You say Blur are responsible for that "sound" as you say, when, obviously (like most of Blurs music) 'girls & boys" pays homage if anything to the disco, "new wave" so-called sound of the early 80s, just as "Parklife" is an obvious musical nod to the Jam, Clash Kinks..If anything Franz Ferdinand & to a lesser extent, Kaiser Chiefs take more from the "dancey" post punk , early 80s sound of bands like Gang of Four, Orange Juice etc...Blur are NOT the great innovators your imply.

[zackpliskin]

@deathfromabove77: My last comment didn't imply that Blur are innovators, it pointed out that Blur did this disco/rock revival song years before the latest crop of bands did. "No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand sounds pretty similar to this song for example - it's even in the same key, G minor!

For me personally though, Blur have been innovators. I wouldn't be into a diverse range of music and write songs like I do without hearing certain styles for the first time while listening to them.

[deathfromabove77]

@zackpliskin : Well , the fact that you say Blur did this " disco/rock/ revival" song years ago before contradicts what you might think about them being innovators. Your taste is your own, but Albarn and co have spent most of their career ( and i've already given you 2 examples) of making fairly obvious homages ( to the point of parody) to a period of music (late 70s early 80s) you have little knowledge of. I also write/play music and there are plenty of songs in G minor. Not a great example.

[zackpliskin]

@deathfromabove77: It was a revival of an unpopular genre. It didn't really become popular until the turn of the millenium, so my comment is accurate.

I'm fully aware of the myriad of influences Blur have: that is the definition of Britpop, a homage/reference to past pop of English heritage.

There are lots of songs in any keys, what's your point? The Franz Ferdinand song I mentioned also has similar drum patterns, tempos and keyboard tones.

If you want to discuss this further, PM is better.

[deathfromabove77]

@zackpliskin:" It was a revival of an unpopular genre"when did popularity or lack of it, in any art form,determine a work of art's importance or influence?..If that's what you base your statement on, then you REALLY have no idea what you're talking about.Go back to your initial post..What I take offense to ( & the fact that you consider it trivial is an easy copout) is your OBVIOUS, arrogant implication that Blur are responsible for that "sound" as you are say. You are WRONG and I've proved it.

[candygameengine]

@deathfromabove77 "when did popularity or lack of it, in any art form,determine a work of art's importance or influence" There are plenty of art movements throughout history that were a result of an attempt at reviving an old form. Just look at Neoclassicism or the Pre-Raphaelites.

zackpliskin is right. Blur did revive an unpopular genre before everybody else started doing. They didn't invent these things, but they had a huge influence in mining old culture and making it popular again.

[deathfromabove77]

@zackpliskin : " If you want to discuss further. PM is better"..lol..for your information Mr "make big statement bout popular music but have no knowledge of pop music history", I'll 'discuss this further" at a time that suits ME. Got it?..lol.."PM is better"..what an asshole

[zackpliskin]

@deathfromabove77: I didn't make a particularly big statement about pop music. You're just reading things into it because you're presumptuous, one of those dickheads who has to be "right" no matter what. Is your self-esteem really that low, that you have to put people down on YouTube? I'm laughing... :D

There's no rationalising with people like you so I'll quit while I'm ahead. Thanks for the laugh though, I can always use a good chuckle.

[deathfromabove77]

zackpliskin: once again resorting to vague pontification and then a lame "brushoff" without answering the question..you're embarrassed that someone with more knowledge and understanding than you about the aforementioned subject has exposed your vagueness and stupidity,,,game, set and match to me, i believe..lol..you'll think twice before posting baseless comments on subjects you know nothing about..my work is done..lol

[theykilledthemusic]

god i love them.

[Granada28]

Drunk, and fu**ing good!

[iwish4it]

@Granada28 high maybe? xD

[Kaaaaaattiiee]

Blur Are God...

[nebexos]

Absolutely true.

[angelray45]

Arghh!! stupid cameraman!He should've zoom in on Alex James here

[RauruV]

totally agree, i still wanna see how he does his bassline on here

[joaopapas]

yep, epic silly dudes :)

[bonbon1995]

lol at 1:27!

[r66chs]

love Alex's basslines!

[flenost]

haha this is a silly fucking song!

[bonbon1995]

they're a silly fucking band! But you gotta luv em ;)

[mikmikals]

They should've stuck the dude on keyboards behind the AMPS. He's cramping their style.

[unionjacksupernova]

gays

[profeteus]

I'm guessing you are latin

[mrwrangler92]

alex james ftw

[worldofrorcraft]

Epic bassline...

[Rouliane1]

yes ! Bassline fucking kickass !

I'm not a big fan of Blur but bassist has really awesome basslines.

[gorillazpikapoop]

nice ass at 2:50 reply if you agree

[violeta0304]

funniest ass shaking ever..

[usuagain]

@gorillazpikapoop lol

[MultiSkull97]

@gorillazpikapoop What the hell...

[MrSKINFLICK]

@gorillazpikapoop:

if ya want real ass i could share some nice porn asses with u via windows 7, but i

WON´T !

[recklessroad86]

1:26 - yeaah

haha love this song!

[littlebuster2323]

Graham always looks so bored whenever they play live

[Timmyntc]

lovely

[hallamhal]

very cheeky!

[Inmyclothes]

so hot. Mmm. ahhaha

[54spiritedwill54]

Alex at 2:50 hahaha! Great performance

[tavorocker666]

ke chido mueve las nalguitas jajaja 2:49 what a great move lol.... arriba blur

[adictsan]

jajajajaja por lo menos hubieran sido las de damon

[GenericInsect1979]

Who's playing the keyboards here?

[edurov]

Muy buenooo

[liduseniatko]

согласитесь, надо быть весьма талантливым артистом, чтоб уметь так дурачиться на сцене!!!=)) его харизма перекрывает всю поверхностность и попсовость данной композиции

[4tehlulzzz]

wat

[alleyloveshayley]

i love what a brat damon is in this, haha

[abby123zzx]

glastonbury 09 :)

cant wait!

[vampire891208]

OASIS SUCKSSSS

[jayfey77]

nobody has put up blur doing this song live on the brit awards i guess im gonna have to do it.

[delongebarker]

top notch.

i love both oasis and blur..

i think there both better in there own individual way.

bollocks about oasis, sound like the beatles, there nothing like them !

[onafridaynight]

Blur over Oasis any day.

[maurolinga]

@onafridaynight no way bud, blur is a good band but Oasis is the fucking british rock and roll, thats a fact

[realvisceralista13]

Blur maduro de manera casi animal,con el favor de la madre naturaleza de su lado,en sus orígenes no eran más que una banda de brit-pop descente,una unión de simples adolescentes con las ansias de plantear una buena propuesta,pero con un paso mínimo de tiempo Blur paso de los pañales a ser un adulto hecho y derecho,para su 2do album Albarn,Coxon,James y Rowntree demostrarian la virtud y el talento musical que poseían,visionaria,potente,ext­ravagante,etc.

[blrgrl]

In the words of Alex James, "We are Gorgeous!" - Yes, you all are.

[desasterz]

In the NME it said Oasis Blur the last round or something. Now I dunno, I love both bands... This song is just so cool!!!

[realvisceralista13]

Parklife marcó un hito en la música británica de aquel anciano 1994,Blur dio la pauta de un buen rock-pop estableciendo conexiones alrededor del mundo,deleito a Inglaterra mostrando que Morrissey se equivocaba al afirmar que el pop había muerto,lo demás...es historia.

[blackaristofon]

great!

[LyfAdeo]

2:50

"Bass guitar !"

Then Alex's little movement, hmm so sexy xD

[beatle3000]

Gracias por lo de guapo ci4nyde,y eso q no me he afeitado.Grande Blur!

[TroyPepper]

Even an Oasis fan would have to admit that Alex is a pretty sick bassist, haha. The bassline for this song is great. You can't hear it too well on this recording, but if you check out the music vid... Man. haha

[LukaaaasMusic]

yes, its a great bassline!

[LozJBell]

didnt graham write it?

[airsunlight]

cuando salio esto yo era niña XD

damon!!!!!o.o

[LuvAu]

I remember i like to listen to this song when I was about 12

[Ci4nyde]

QUÉ GUAPO

[topex777]

no need to compare. let's just enjoy the music. :)

[5452583]

blur is a pop band!!oasis is a rock n roll genre!!!!why oasis vs blur?

[figocooldude]

Blur a pop band? WTf, sure, 13 sounds a lot like justine timberlake albums

[imanegativecreep]

Yeah, Blur are my favourite band but I've not heard of this 'Justine Timberlake' you speak of, please, tell me more......

[figocooldude]

I was being sarcastic, 5452583 dared to call blur pop, the band who was baggy, mod, britpop, indie, and whaterver category fits 13

[dickhead6315]

Blur was pop you idiot. Pop=popular. that covers the mainstream and the charts. They're fuckin brilliant.

I know pop's associated with all that manufactured garbage, but this is pop!

[figocooldude]

there were only 2 blur pop albums, parklife and the great escape, modern life wasn't popular when it came out, and the rest was well, as they put it once, "as the beatles became more beatlesque through time, we became more blurry"

[AllenJNR]

i only realised a few days ago how awesome the bass in this is, its addictive

[RocKerqlo]

greath bass

[imanegativecreep]

Indeedy. Great face from them all too, while we're kinda on the subject. Ahhhhhh, if Damon could only know how much I adore him. Blur are the best band ever. Anyone who doesn't appriciate this fact are blind, deaf or both.

[dannyhowell]

Cheers for uploading this. Wasn't this TV spot for the Mercury Music Prize. If I remember Blur were tipped to win it, but M People ended up winning it insead!

[ybot1983]

a few words oasis are rock and roll like the stones blur are art like the beatles

[unionjacksupernova]

Just one word: O A S I S!

[phonicfred]

2 words, O A S I S SUCK!

[imanegativecreep]

Oasis have one mediocre idea. Blur can go from popscene to parklife to coffe and tv to girls and boys to tender to song 2 to beetlebum. Variety mate. Plus there's Graham's solo stuff, the good the bad and the queen from damon, not to mention a little band called gorillaz. Even fat les if you like that kinda thing.... I don't but whatever, blur rule. This rules.

[davesmith7891]

On every Blur clip I watch, there's an anti-Oasis tirade (or several) from you. You REALLY hate Oasis - it's hilarious!

[TheSPT]

I have to say that I like Blur better (mainly because I think they had a lot more musical depth and talent), but I'm a pretty big Oasis fan as well. They have pretty different sounds; I never saw why fans always divided themselves into the Blur vs. Oasis camps the way they have.

[Fressix]

Because of the media.

[ThuSkyline]

Albarn certainly is enthusiastic on-stage. A really great quality, I think.

[RabbitAttack]

Alex at 2:50 hahaha

Great performance

[zizzou23]

OMG i'm in love with damon albarn in this video but thank you for putting this video.