Blur - Popscene

[VermontConnection]

I always feel like banging and throwing my head around whenever I listen to this song.

[DigitalBoyTV]

thumbs up if you think this song is too slow

[musicloversz1]

The opening song to a whole decade of Britpop.

[nfitzgerald74]

This came out 20 years ago, where has the time gone? Wish I could be 17 again..........

[notakike]

wtf is with that shit-tier gibson

[TheBlurLover]

Я хочу прыгать как Дэймон!

(Want to jump like Damon Albarn, God save him, aha)

[FedererJulio]

YOU GO DAMON

[doritho538]

always those weird video clips :S

[chchchcherrybomb37]

nom nom nom

a nom for them all (sorry dave, you're not really nom worthy)

[Headmasterritual92]

@chchchcherrybomb37 u twat

[chchchcherrybomb37]

@Headmasterritual92 why?!?!?! I was kidding!

[chchchcherrybomb37]

wow before I saw this I thought there was no way I could love them more..

[ILOVESUPERWAFFLES]

It was nice of them to put the lyrics on the video, now I don't have to spend time looking for a good lyric video :)

[22Phantasm]

My favourite Blur song, and it wasn't even on an original album, only their greatest hits. Festive, fast and fizzing with fun. And the title... Popscene... just says it all, really. I think they may have used the back drop for their Song 2 video as well. A reminder of how good music used to be before Simon Cowell & Co.

[MrBlueees]

discovered this song and video this morning on VH1 Classic....since then this tune is all around my mind.

[TheBlurLover]

Nobody jumps like Damon, ahha)

[SIMONHOYOS]

I really like blur but I think this song is shit

[blueStingger]

this vid is totally, CRAZY~!! love it!! HAHAHAHAH~!!

~ hey! HEY~!! xD

[placebo150]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa

[markus1312]

i'm gonna repeat this again and again... and again.

[anstrofonstik]

damooon :)

[Malkmusianful]

Did Gaspar Noe dry hump the film elements?

[IBloomBlaum42]

The guy who edited this should be given a medal 8-|

[Gavrek]

Alex James has got the moves

[TheLudmi]

stop video, click "5" wait 0,5 .. and omg it looks into your soul... nah just kidding I love damon :D

[JoyGarratt]

damon is perfect.

[MultiSOFTKILLER]

COOL

[KitsSuperRocker]

Blur have recorded tons of better songs than this one

[lxtrmblthmyrkgrhmcxn]

best song ever........... sad isnt on any blur album

[42guide42]

@lxtrmblthmyrkgrhmcxn If you don't live in America, you can probably find a US edition of "Modern Life is Rubbish" somewhere if you look around the internet. That is, if you really want to spend money on an alternate album you probably already have just for one song...

[animatorguy2]

fuck u big shaun polluting my eyes with ur shitty ads

[mariokars]

perfect ....ok  ..blur

[meeksify96]

Damon was so cute. Now he's all old and pedo-ish. LOL. He's still awesome with Gorillaz.

[JoyGarratt]

@meeksify96 shut up damon will always be perfect.

[TheFriendlyfinger]

modern life is awesome

[MattHatter]

For me and many others, Blur was like our Beatles for the '90s. They were endlessly creative and entertaining with every song, every album! If you're a big fan of both The Beatles and Blur, you know what I mean. Great videos too, like this one!

[eyeballtickler7]

@MattHatter oh yeah, im a massive fan of the Beatles, Blur and especially Oasis, and even i can tell they ARE the closest thing to the beatles. yes Oasis may have been massively influenced by them, but out of the two Blur are much closer for the reasons you've stated.

[Benjamite]

@MattHatter Really? 'Some Might Say' Oasis had more in common with the Beatles. I thrived on both Blur and Oasis during the 90's, as a teen in England, both emerged at precisely the right time to impact my life with their music. It brought back floods of memories 10 years on listening to their [Blur's] stuff on here. I got goose bumps and realised just how big of a part of my life both Oasis and Blur's music was. Some of my most formative moments in my life had these two bands as the soundtrack.

[DigitalBoyTV]

@MattHatter I know what you mean. To everyone else, d'you know what I mean?

[needmusic4live]

in this video damon is an animaniacs! hahahaah ... sooo funny :D

[sunmoonstars415]

Somebody please make gifs of this video.

[hannaALBARN]

@sunmoonstars415 im on it

[SempreOnesti]

0:07

ahahahahhahaha

[pezzot5]

What album is this song from?

[IBloomBlaum42]

@pezzot5

It's a single I think, no album. Check wikipedia? 

[thedaft95]

@pezzot5 Modern Life is Rubbish.

[indejcriptible]

@thedaft95 That´s only the US version, in UK was released as an EP

[xXgorillazboosh11Xx]

Damon has always reminded me of Alex from clockwork orange........and im not quite sure why....

[Eeli2008]

@xXgorillazboosh11Xx

go see The Universal music video!

[xsweetxthluverx]

@xXgorillazboosh11Xx The Universal is a good way to start answering that question!

[richievegas01]

@xXgorillazboosh11Xx Probably cos of the video for The Universal. It's a Stanley Kubrick homage. Damon does the same curled lip expression at the camera Alex does in A Clockwork Orange. It also references 2001: A Space Odessey.

[pezzot5]

I looove this song! And i love Damon <3

[DeckardA1A1]

damon looks like a younger tim roth

[TheNiko005]

modern life is rubish....and blur is modern so....is rubish too

[MrCactusdude]

how can you not like this

well, justin bieber fans do

[rquille]

POPSCENE-----ALLRIGHHHTT !!!. LOVE BLUR, EVER SINCE THEY WER'NT EVEN CALLED BLUR -SEYMOOR I SEEM TO REMEMBER. ANYHOWSE, AT THE THAMES ROOM, WINDSOR - I WAS THERE. BEEN ON YOU EVER SINCE AND LOVING IT.

[ramejkisp]

great tune, great video

[damonalbarnismylife]

Oh Damon... ♥

[beanpunk]

my fave Blur tune !!! Makes me bounce off the walls!

[death5ter]

bored ?

copy your friends

copy what's on TV

copy the trend !

its the POPULAR SCENE !

[MyDormantSoul]

DAMON'S BEAUTIFUL.

[sourpunchfan74]

SO MUCH ENERGY!!!!!! IT'S CONTAGOUIS!!!!!!!!!

[CaCatoe]

I had to buy the U.S. version, just so I could have Popscene on Modern Life is Rubbish! Great song!

[avinabacca]

Fuck sitting through an advert to watch this. VEVO can suck my cock.

And so can Thomas cunting Cook, and their shitty advert.

[davesmith7891]

@avinabacca

Thomas Cook only does that if you complain about the hotel.

[fergusmcfail]

Damon Albarn at 1:32 lol

[EatingABombs]

I wish my room looked like that,lol.

[joewas]

THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF INDIE MUSIC

[GelGsound]

Blur are great. Top tune.

[LPCJC]

0:45, HOOT <3

[rocksinoo]

They are so sexy that I feel like I'm watching porn

[Jenn131088]

@rocksinoo you're right should be ilegal hehe loveeeee blur!!!!!!!!

[kirika20]

@rocksinoo

LMAO!!!!

[MPSAdesign]

the great cornholio lol

[keiwa11]

I saw the beggining of this song when I wasn´t a Blur fan. I thought that it´s terrible and now Im really big fan and I think it´s perfect Blur is the best. At least I realized that ,not like people who will never know what is good music and still listen to today´s rubbish.

[birthofmumble]

I'm getting sick of listening to blur, but they're the only good music on youtube :(

[Meekseek]

@birthofmumble ha... hardly!

[puppy14678]

@birthofmumble Gorillaz are another project of Damon Albarn...

[birthofmumble]

@puppy14678 oh true say, cant believe i forgot about them, i actually went to the plastic beach concert this year. i like blur better though, its a different side

[alluneedslove]

lo podria ver 40 veces seguidas loco

blur es ♥

[GreatFlamingPoop]

Its like a youtube poop but good >_>

[GalyRicardo]

Great Song!!!!!

[LostInWonderland]

This video is such a trip, holy shit.

[chendomaniaco10]

Song 2 ?

lol

[ubertomadachi]

I love thiz song! But, I laughed at what Damon's wearing, so 90s!

[dam80n]

@ubertomadachi

nowadays in 2011 i'm still wearing like Damon,cotton tshirts, sport jacket, squared shirts, jeans and adidas canvas... i prefer his style, than to be an emo or hip hop star XD

[polvochunk]

懐かしい

[HarnesX]

song 2 house?

[xxAlchemistressxx]

@HarnesX Back in the days where multiple vids were shot at the same place (in other words: wouldn't surprise me if it were so ;))

[NeebsLucas11]

Damon Albarn kinda reminds me of Johnny Rotten or a young teenager w/ ADD haha

I love them both though so it's a good thing.( Damon Albarn and Johnny Rotten nnot Damon and ADD XD)

[GallagherWellerBrown]

@NeebsLucas11 Damon Albarn Johnny Rotten... Fuck sake.

[NeebsLucas11]

@GallagherWellerBrown

wait...what?

btw Paul Weller kicks ass

[GallagherWellerBrown]

@NeebsLucas11 Good call.

It's just that Rotten and Albarn are very, very different.

[NeebsLucas11]

@GallagherWellerBrown

oh yah totally, they basically have no differences at all, except being british and what not, but this reminds me of Johnny a little bit.

[teethgrinder07]

i always thought radiohead were a grunge wannabe band, until it died out. listen to creep, iron lung, and even just...full of grunge influence

[AOCRkid]

@teethgrinder07 just is a stretch, it just has a quiet verse.

[thedisease1981]

what the fuck are you assholes talkin about.



[Videospawn]

This is very similair to the the clip from Song 2.

Still a great song, it's a shame that it wasn't on their first album cuz it definetly deserved to be one there.

[iriswigle]

They look pretty good. They were among the 1st to come out of the closet. Twenty years later, the old folks would define these as the ones to associate with as they had short hair cuts and no runs in their pants. My kids, would be the ones, "don't go over there...they are the worse grunge". They had a name for themselves, "The Mallmaggots." They didn't even sing. Just hung out at malls smoking, walking around in circles...buying any where but Sears. "Don't throw those away? That's so grunge!!!"

[iriswigle]

Hey? Didn't I say that like way back in 1968? Yeah?! Cause there had to be a reason I had a bloody nose....right? Was it France? Possibly Ireland? My kids loved grunge. My son would come walking through Zellers with his long bush hair and jeans faded and tattered and I would say, "Don't look. He is not my son." My daughter added white longjohns to the look instead of nylons. There is a market for grunge.

[iriswigle]

THIS IS GRUNGE!!! These maggots swim grunge. These maggots define grunge! They maggots breathe & drink grunge! It goes to show that there is a market for just about anyone. Bikers go with Motorhead and Motley Crue. Country with Patsy/TammyWynette/Gaye/and both Dolly Partons. Circus with Kate Bush, Non defined with Kate Nash, Hop with Black eyed peas with or without the blond, Sad people with Bonnie(greeneyed doning blue), Rock & Roll Elvis, Blues/Janis Joplin, Sinead? In a class of her own.

[roleset]

@iriswigle this is punk, not grunge...and this is about anti-grunge

[w1llyr1ch]

@iriswigle this is anti grunge, britpop or whatever it is

blur were just an pseudo indie band

[iriswigle]

@w1llyr1ch pseudo indie band? explanation please

Whatever...grunge or anti grunge...it is one of my grandsons favourite bands. He just became a teenager and as far as he is concerned Blur is like "SO TODAY!!!"

[iriswigle]

@w1llyr1ch explain pseudo indie band. Whether grunge or anti grunge. It is my grandson's favourite band. He just became a teenager and to him Blur is like, "SO TOTALLY AWESOME," "SO TODAY!"

But, then again, he awakes to grunge everyday when looking at his mother who resembles very much Kate Nash knitting away after borrowing her one of her daughter's videos on bowling and knitting. Is knitting dresses grunge? Maybe it is the whole outfit!?!

[AOCRkid]

@w1llyr1ch psuedo indie means what? I remember when indie meant independent...blur was never independent of a label.

[IONCannon82]

they need to record together again, gorillaz cant even come close to this

[jebus150]

and britpop was born...

[SavannanoH]

I'm not an expert, but this *song* at least, is not grunge! I can guarrantee that. I'm glad I was born in the 90's, too bad I was too young to remember it! Oh well, great band anyways.

[xXTouchMyToxicXx]

I'm drooling over Damon right now. X3

[CFFDan]

me too <3

[radioheadmx2009]

yeah!

blur has been one of the best bands i've ever heard...

popscene! ooaaaaaaaaaaa AaaAaAaaAaA!

lalalaaaaaaaaaaaa

lalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

=D

[Arianasarah866]

hey hey come out tonight.

blur FTW :) Seriously love it, makes me feel old now tho!

[BagpipeHustler]

i live for 90s. i've never seen this but i definitely WOULD have...

essential britpop.

[sneakazz]

@BagpipeHustler

People often dismiss the 90s. For me it was the start of the modern age. Music became more democratic, technology started to become mainstream, the death of the Thatcher years etc etc.

More importantly, I was a teenager to being in my early twenties. :)

[DeathMayhemCrush17]

Very grundgy to me, I don't understand why Damon hated the Grundge scene in the early days but on ST i think he started to like it ;)

[birdy47]

more Punky then Grunge to me but i can sence abit of Grunge, Song 2 was VERY Grunge tho :)

[Toshmeister153]

In what way is this song grungy?,cause they look a bit untidy or something.

This song is pure indie/pop at its best and easily in my Blur top three.

[KristinaBrooker]

Rock and Roll the meaning:

1) REACT

2) COMFORT RANK

(pension/credit, laugh, prof kid, bit00, 3000 days celibate)

ans:safe engineering (maple graphing)

[Ismayil23]

i love Damon's voice in this song

[blacktopaz8]

they make so much different music.  Amazing.

[derris]

Especially because he was young ^^.

[beaglehsdawlz]

People forgetting about Blur- Just another reason why modern life is rubbish

[Luger911]

@beaglehsdawlz i saw what you make there! asuhsuahsaushus

[feelingsupersonic90]

WHAT A GREAT TUNE!! *.*

[TheCoz87]

killer punk bassline

[sroofcika]

damon is very crazy but funny....nice song

[ilikebananas27]

man if it wasn't for Oxegen, i wouldn't be here now listening to these genius music! Im into every song they have now!

[LorcanDMeath]

ye people in ireland were forgetting about them in recent years

[emeraldstar12]

Oxegen was amazing!Me and my mate only went for the day on Friday just to see Blur. Best concert ever..Damon walking past me best moment ever :O :L

[ilikebananas27]

fair play to ya, id get a heart attack! what a legend!

[wachipatolanda]

no me agrada mucho el video ciento que me mareo pero la cancion está muy buena

larga vida a blur y gorillaz!!!

[cristoinhumano]

They really sound like The Buzzcocks is this song.

[heidehutte]

i agree

[negranomiks]

i concur with your agreement sir

[Reycullen]

MAN! this song makes me want to jump around and scream. :D

[gorillazpikapoop]

Damon is so cute i agree

[therampantbookworm]

wow i got dizzy watcing this video. ahh damon is so hot! and graham definatly makes nerdieness hot. i want his glasses!

[belsnickles]

I think I could watch Damon Albarn all day long.

[Tofu0Kitty]

Agreed. He's oh so sexy.

[busybeeson]

Yes, and Graham Coxon is not so bad either, in a dorky way.

[belsnickles]

Actually, when you get right down to it, they're all not so bad... and, yeah, Graham Coxon makes nerdiness hot.

[thebobbseytwins]

@belsnickles

That's not all I could do to him all day...

[sapush29]

Damon is so much hotter with short and messy hair... here hes just a little boy although he is 25 in that video

Can't wait for theres comebackkkk! Yeyyy :D

[DieSchwartzmann]

God I love this song.

Given that we've seen a lot of cancelled albums finally released recently, perhaps the lost 1992 album will finally be released. It would be ideal for new fans who can't get this song without paying bucketloads for it, as well as Never Clever.

[Moderator141]

What cancelled albums have been released recently?

[Chacha5678]

@Moderator141 LOL

[mod4life1964]

they make it seem lik damon is a spaz