11/11/2022 0 Comments Blur parklifeThe title track might be my favorite moment lyrically on the album, as it actually serves as a summary of the album as a whole.Īlmost the entire record is critiquing very aspects of British culture, particularly in its youth, and overall being bored and disillusioned by the life it provides. He has no responsibility and he seems to be proud of it, while Damon speaks about how so many people in England live this way. This matches up perfectly to the character Phil Daniels plays on the title track. Lyrically: Urban dictionary, the most reliable of sources, defines the term Parklife as the act of not having a job or any means of gaining money except for the dole. Everything sounds loud and clear, and made for a mainstream audience while still mai ting the records more rawer moments. The production on this thing sounds absolutely incredible. Production: The producers at the helm for this album were Stephen Street, Stephen Hague, and John Smith with assistance from the band themselves. So what does my dumbass think of it? Well, let’s see. It is even credited as one of the things that started the Cool Britannia movement. This is album that seems to have Blur into a household name in their home country, and it stood the test of time as a beloved artifact of British music and music in general. Given that Damon was really the only one fully behind going Brit pop at first, Modern Life Is Rubbish wasn’t seen as the classic it is yet, and the owner of Food Records David Balfe called the album “a mistake”, the praise this album got and still gets today must’ve caught the band off guard. It is truly a landmark in British music.įrom what I can tell, this album’s success was very unexpected. Most of what Blur talk about in their earlier Brit-pop days is the culture and events of their home country, so I think it’s only fair to just say that I might get things wrong when I talk about their older material.Īnd I felt like I really needed to do that here, as the subject of today’s review, Parklife, is a British classic. When I do this, I don’t do it to brag about my country or whatever, I do it to be completely transparent. So, if you’ve read my Blur reviews before, you’ve probably seen me mention that I’m American.
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