Comments on: Bernard Butler: Blur Reunion More Embarrassing Than The Black Kids Album

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:59:22 +0000

Yeah, trust me, I'm a faithful and forgiving concert goer, too (understand bands have up and downs bands while on the road) ...

With that said, I'm VERY excited for this reunion. Especially after seeing the effort Albarn put into Gorillaz.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:43:10 +0000

@Ned Raggett: What happened when you met them? Do tell...

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:01:49 +0000

@the rich girls are weeping: See, I'm all anti reunion too, but I seriously reconsidered that for Blur. I do wish it was going to be an actual new Blur album instead of a greatest hits thing though. I really love Blur's b-sides and non-single tracks best...probably won't hear those. Eh, I'll obviously still try really hard to see them though.

Anyhoo, it's kinda hard for me to be snarky to Bernard, Suede (with him in it) were pretty damn perfect.

By: kityglitr

kityglitr — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:38:00 +0000

That was really your experience? Every time I’ve seen them (always indoors) they were terrific. As good as the CD, even… weird.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:51:44 +0000

re: Blur- love them on record but every time I saw them (4 times) - they were absolutely terrible. Maybe now that they're older, it'll better this time?

@Ned Raggett:
Was that at a Sony college radio lunch in Irvine, before KROQ Weenie Roast way back when? A few of my friends and I showed up uninvited, as we were mad about the band. LOL.

By: kajsa

kajsa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:39:06 +0000

Obviously the Blur we are going to see this summer is going to be lesser in comparison to that of fifteen years ago, but that doesn’t make me any less excited for Hyde Park.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:19:33 +0000

My opinion, which doesn't matter: it shows a dire lacking of imagination to be unable to tell the difference between a performance now and a record 15 years ago. Not that I could possibly afford a Blur reunion.
And, to jettison any credibility I may still have; I love the Black Kids record. It's always more fun to show up to the party late.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:41:31 +0000

@eriq78: I kinda love "Apollo 13"

By: janine

janine — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:14:05 +0000

anti-reunion? not a knee jerk position at all…

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:34:03 +0000

@kajsa: Lesser? What if they improve on what they did fifteen years ago? Damon and Graham have both become more musically adept since the "split". Not saying it's impossible that they'll just do a regular run through of hits, but I'm interested to hear Damon's 2009 vocal ability do "The Universal" and "This is a Low".

By: Thierry

Thierry — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:15:21 +0000

Oh, and I'd be perfectly fine with Bernard not doing the reunion thing if he'd release another People Move On.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:39:53 +0000

@moomintroll: and terribly boring. horrible latter day suede lyrics, and short on the fancy guitar wank that made suede interesting.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:14:15 +0000

@Nicolars: Only four tracks (to make it easy, it's the ones that sound like McAlmont and Butler).

By: T'Challa

T'Challa — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:57:07 +0000

@Ned Raggett: I still treasure an autographed promo pic of Suede from their first (only?) U.S. tour back in the day. They were all really cool, especially Brett. I know Bernie's all anti-nostalgia, but those were good times indeed.

By: T'Challa

T'Challa — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:57:07 +0000

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:40:06 +0000

Well they did form The Tears…sort of nostalgic and reuniony.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:44:33 +0000

Rock on, Bernard.

I think the sticking point here is nostalgia for one's own past vs. cultural nostalgia. I get that.

And for the record, I severely hate band reunions of all stripes. But I'd seriously consider revising that opinion in the case of a Suede reunion.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:39:08 +0000

Between that and giving the Libertines a helping hand earlier on, he has a lot to answer for.

By: Nicolars

Nicolars — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:34:55 +0000

Wait, hold the phone, he produced Rockferry? I had no idea.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:59:27 +0000

I made great records - I love them. My kids play them now.

Thinking back to when I met him and the rest of the band back in 1993 before he had kids is...weird.

Anyway, his odd choice in productions aside, it's a damn good sentiment he has. (Now here's hoping he'll stick to it -- I admit I've been a little annoyed at the Jane's reunion because it meant Eric A. finally gave in, when he was the one I admired the most for not doing anything like that until now!)