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Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

gerhard — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 20:50:48 GMT

Author: gerhard

Posted: 04/27/2015 00:50

Yo I saw the Gorillaz back in 2012. Ol Davie was fat as shit, they had him in this sort-of sailor outfit that was too small for him so his belly button kept popping out the whole show, he was just constantly trying to tuck it back into his pants. then, he tripped over one of the wires and his ass was hanging out for the whole audience to see, the funniest thing i've ever seen and a decidedly mediocre performance over all

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

shoopadoowop — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:11:49 GMT

Author: shoopadoowop

Posted: 04/24/2015 23:11

HazeyTwilight wrote:

I can now confirm some important news: Blur has definitely come back. The Magic Whip is a triumphant comeback.

😮

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

HazeyTwilight — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:02:17 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 04/24/2015 23:02

I can now confirm some important news: Blur has definitely come back. The Magic Whip is a triumphant comeback.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

shoopadoowop — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:42:17 GMT

Author: shoopadoowop

Posted: 04/24/2015 22:42

Why the hate on Coxon? I've only listened to Happiness in Magazines but I thought it was pretty decent.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:12:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/24/2015 20:12

meccalecca wrote:

I love what he brought to Blur, and he's a big reason that 13 is one of my all time favorite records, but his solo records are a bit sad, especially compared to what Damon has done since Blur originally disbanded

Eh, I haven't been into much of Albarn's post-Blur stuff, either. It seems like he's a good bandleader, and that's something, but I've always found his songwriting to be very hit-or-miss.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

meccalecca — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:06:35 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 04/24/2015 19:06

sp4cetiger wrote:

Well, I can't speak for zdwyatt, but Coxon's guitar playing was by far my favorite part of several of Blur's albums. Haven't heard much of his solo stuff, though.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

zdwyatt — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:54:08 GMT

Author: zdwyatt

Posted: 04/24/2015 18:54

sp4cetiger wrote:

Well, I can't speak for zdwyatt, but Coxon's guitar playing was by far my favorite part of several of Blur's albums. Haven't heard much of his solo stuff, though.

I didn't even know he had solo work. I was just musing on what made Blur so good.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:49:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/24/2015 18:49

Well, I can't speak for zdwyatt, but Coxon's guitar playing was by far my favorite part of several of Blur's albums. Haven't heard much of his solo stuff, though.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Secondsoul — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:34:18 GMT

Author: Secondsoul

Posted: 04/24/2015 18:34

zdwyatt wrote:

So, to answer your question: Damon Albarn is a man. Graham Coxon is god.

Surely you are joking!! I actually deleted one of his albums from my itunes the other day as there isn't a single decent tune on it. Regrettably too, Mr Albarn is also no deity. The new album is decent though!

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

meccalecca — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:31:08 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 04/24/2015 16:31

zdwyatt wrote:

So, to answer your question: Damon Albarn is a man. Graham Coxon is god.

Coxon's solo albums would have to respectfully disagree with you.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

zdwyatt — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:23:31 GMT

Author: zdwyatt

Posted: 04/24/2015 16:23

Everyday Robots is the best of his solo work, but that's not a very high bar. Gorillaz is more interesting, but each album is worse than the one before it. Albarn's best work, by far, is with Blur, and Blur's best work came in the mid 90s.

So, to answer your question: Damon Albarn is a man. Graham Coxon is god.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

shoopadoowop — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:08:04 GMT

Author: shoopadoowop

Posted: 04/24/2015 15:08

Pavement415 wrote:

I'm definitely a fan of just about everything Blur's put out, though I haven't really taken interest to anything else in Damon's catalogue.. He's like one of those all-in-one printer/scanner/copiers; he can do all sorts of stuff, yet isn't particularly good at any one thing in particular.

You should definitely try Demon Days then. Arguably one of the best of it's decade IMHO.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:30:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/24/2015 09:30

meccalecca wrote:

Please tell me more. Do you spend a lot of time with 13 year old boys?

Anyways isn't he technically a homo sapien?

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:18:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/24/2015 09:18

I'm more of a Graham Coxon guy.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

TracyJacks — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 05:12:48 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 04/24/2015 09:12

He's one of my favourite musician and singer-songwriter from the past twenty years. I think he made both musically and virtually something very different and new with Gorillaz, although I'm more into his music with Blur.
Blur is amongst the rare groups with five or more albums, which are all great in my opinion (the only exception is maybe Leisure, but hey, not every band can make a groundbreaking debut album). Plus not many groups are capable of returning with a great album after more than ten years of break.

Not only Blur as a group but also Albarn could reinvent himself from time to time, his solo projects/albums, especially Everyday Robots are also good.

I don't think he isn't good enough in any particular thing. Blur was an era defining group in the 1990s and Gorillaz was also great.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Pavement415 — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:25:32 GMT

Author: Pavement415

Posted: 04/24/2015 06:25

I'm definitely a fan of just about everything Blur's put out, though I haven't really taken interest to anything else in Damon's catalogue.. He's like one of those all-in-one printer/scanner/copiers; he can do all sorts of stuff, yet isn't particularly good at any one thing in particular.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:45:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/23/2015 22:45

I'm not a huge fan of Matt Damon, but he was great in Good Will Hunting.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:33:42 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/23/2015 22:33

meccalecca wrote:

Please tell me more. Do you spend a lot of time with 13 year old boys?

No but on the skype group there was a lot of 15 year olds.

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

meccalecca — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:29:32 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 04/23/2015 22:29

Applerill wrote:

He's alright, but all the anglophilia amongst 13-year-old boys have ruined much of his work for me.

Please tell me more. Do you spend a lot of time with 13 year old boys?

Re: Damon Albarn. Man or God?

HazeyTwilight — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:59:00 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 04/23/2015 21:59

shoopadoowop wrote:

Have you tried The Good, The Bad, and The Queen?

Yes, I really like it. It's like a contemporary Parklife, slightly eccentric, but works in its favour.