Blur - Best Days ( live MTV 1995)

Song from The Great Escape. Live at MTV 1995.

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[pulsaball889]

back when mtv was music television

[shopgirl157]

Amazing. I love this song so much.

[CaCatoe]

D must have been sick. Sounding terrible :O

[robster1423]

I can see why you could think that. But I don't think he's been patronising about people stuck in dead-end jobs. He's talking about people in their 20s who are trying to find their way in life, through desperate nights out in London/Soho etc, and reflecting on the sadness and uncertainty that mixes with the lust for life. The 'London Yo-Yos' are the people out in the West End trying to find thrills, who usually end up in a come down cab or bus ride back home across the river.

[Paolo Pavez Flores]

Gracias Radio Horizonte.

[Jamie Oreilly]

i agree with that lisa b cos oasis didnt evolve and blur did .therefor oasis are just a beatles tribute band.

[tamaravel]

It is striking how much this song and UTW have in common, musically and thematically. I like to think of UTW as a sequel to Best Days, Essentially, the same person (Damon) standing in the same place, but older, wiser and with a slightly different outlook. Both him and the world around him changed dramatically, yet everything somehow remains the same.

[Lisa B]

@lotsoftea what are u on about he writes straight from his heart n soul! Always has and still does now , if u listen to later stuff u will know that! This was the britpop era which ended with a battle with Oasis then Damon says he wrote very differently! Thank god cause the last 2 albums were the best! He's a genius

[lotsoftea]

But you might not have the option to stop - he would have had it, he could have retired comfortably at 25 I´m sure - but the people he´s singing about have to stick to the jobs they hate, they don´t have any songwriting royalties to fall back on.

[MrLxndrrhr]

Dunno, I guess I see it as someone (Blur) getting the message out to people. It's not just a song about the regular life, it's a critique of that life and maybe even a wake-up call - if you realize you're stuck going in circles, you now atleast have the option to stop or keep going.

Going out on a limb, the tone of the song is mournful which might indicate he's not glad that these people are people stuck in a rut of their 'best days'. Possibly even a warning to the future generation? Who knows.

[Mario Maneri]

love this ballad!