Reading ’93 was the moment cited by many as the time where it was certain that something different was happening, a movement was starting. Murmurings, intimations of what was to come gleamed into view. They even tried out a few new songs that they’d demoed live in the summer (even after the release of Modern life is Rubbish, they continued writing new material almost immediately). Mods invaded their gigs (brushing aside the teenyboppers that previously filled the front row), they had 3 singles at No.28, got on their first front cover since 1991 and word was spreading of their ambitious new output. It was only after Modern Life Is Rubbish’s release was when momentum really started to build. Their idea didn’t impress the press either as not one review of their show in which they debuted the songs from Modern Life was published. Parklife was actually Blur’s second attempt at staging a British popular culture renaissance, their first was with their album Modern Life Is Rubbish, released in May 1993. If you ask anyone to do with Blur, it was Damon Albans idea, but given their current musical climate, it was a hard sell to their record label. Returning home to London, they were greeted by a brief period of quiet in British music and were acutely aware of what they wanted to kick against, none more so than lead singer Damon Albarn.īritpop was not an accident. A review of Leisure stated that it was very much in the present, not pushing any boundaries, so now, it was in the distant past. Being aboard on tour, Blur were complete bystanders to this and suddenly yesterday’s news. Nirvana’s Nevermind sparked the fire that was Grunge, which quickly started building traction in the UK. Although they were received relatively well, the scene was rapidly changing right underneath their feet. To set the scene, I’m going to give a brief history of Blur’s experience of the leadup to the album’s release.įollowing the success of their first real hit (There’s no other way) and the release of Leisure, their first album in 1991, Blur were shipped off to America to help them get out of debt by selling t-shirts on tour. Blur’s 1994 album is a proclamation of British defiance, a reaction to the Americanisation of British pop culture. You might know some of the songs, ‘Aaaall the people’ and all that, but perhaps, like I didn’t, you don’t know it that well. I intend to write it in 1994." Blur’s frontman Damon Albarn in 1990 prophesising what would become Parklife. Confidence isa preference for the habitual voyeur for what is known as (parklife) and morning soupcan be avoided if you take a root straight through what is known as (parlife)john's got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons they love a bit of it (parklife) who's that gut lord marchin you should cut down on your parklife mate get some exercise all the people so many people they all go hand in hand hand in hand through their parklife know what i mean i get upwhen i want except on wednesdays when i get rudely awaken by the dustmen (parklife) i put on my trousers on, have a cup of tea and then think about leaving the house (parklife) i feed the pigeons i sometimes feed th 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 (parklife) parklife(parklife) its got nothing to do with the vorsprung durch technique you know and its not about you joggers who go round and round and round.“When our third album comes out, our place as the quintessential English band of the '90s will be assured.
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