Blur - "Popscene" and "Song 2" Live at Peel Acres

[hoobool]

on the original performance which i had a bootleg cassette recorded from radio 1 they also did country sad ballad man but another live version that was used as a b-side on another single so it never got released does anyone have it . i have a great session from the mark radcliffe show

[Capuano231]

Song 2 wasn't a parody of grunge... Blur started to love grunge in late 90's

[roryphelan]

Song 2 a parody of grunge?

how so?

[EuchridEucrow1]

"Song 2 a parody of grunge?"

Well that's how I always intrepreted it.

It's a catchy damn song, to be sure, but something that always struck me about it was how intentionally self-pitying the lyrics were.

It also helps to know that Albarn really hated the over-exposure Nirvana had at its height.

So, I tend to interpret lines like "Well, I feel heavy metal/ and I'm pins and I'm needles" as somewhat parodic.

Plus sonically, it's so simple compared to other Blur songs.

[roryphelan]

to be honest, and with respect to your musical taste and everything because u seem to be very in2 music, from the reasons u've given there I still see the label of 'grunge parody' as a bit of a stretch. I don't think it sounds that grungey or like Nirvana at all. And even if you argue that it does sound/mimic that oeuvre because of its simplicity, its still far too enjoyable in its embodyment of that genre (or whatever you want to call it)to be parody, for me anyway.The lyrics apply to grunge?

[EuchridEucrow1]

Well, again, that's my take on it.

Doesn't mean it's right.