Blur hated themselves during that period and wrestling with some demons. They were just jerky prep school boys acting out. I'd bet this isn't a moment they're proud of, like a lot of their press from that time. They could be jerks.

elephant said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

Militant said:

Selling out stadiums in the UK, dominating the press here, selling a shit ton of merch, and sending his fans into a frenzy waiting for a new album.

Seriously. If we're talking Prince VS Blur right now, he's been kicking their ass in their own country this year.

Delusional tosh.

Let's see:

Stadiums in the UK: Do you mean the 2000 seater Manchester Academy, the dance club that is the Electric ballroom, or the Guardian newspaper office which is, well, an office?

Dominating the press: Do you want to change your mind on that statement?

Selling "shit ton of merch": You're referring to the 30+ year old Purple Rain movie coffee mugs, right?

This just keeps getting better. And, finally ladies and gentlemen....

Fans into a frenzy: is this the 100-odd habitual prince.orgers that have you leading the way?

As for Blur...they're not even a band anymore (they knew when to give up) but if you think Prince gets more coverage than Damon Albarn then I can't belive you live in that country...

Non delusional facts.

Birmingham LG Arena : 15,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Manchester Phones4U Arena : 21,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Leeds First Direct Arena : 14,000 capacity. Sold out.

This was less than 4 months ago. Where have you been?

Also - both nights at the LG Arena - the merch booths (2 large booths) were sold out within 40 minutes of the show ending, and anyone who saw the booths beforehand knows there was a LOT of stock. 4-6 different designs of t-shirts. Tote bags. Posters. Mugs (3EG ones, not PR ones). Tour books.

Sorry, you lose again.

Militant said:

Whilst Prince did create a bit of hype in the UK this year, his time ended a long time ago. He's a touring nostalgia act now. But does that matter? Not at all, he's still one of the best live performers.

The new mod is the funniest one indeed, I would thought his post is ironic but, sadly, it isn't. Damon Albarn is widely recognized as one of the most relevant musicians at the moment, his album Everyday Robots a serious candidate in the 2014 polls; on the contrary, Prince, four years after his last album and a bunch of mediocre songs inbetween, is nothing until he releases a great album, which may never happen. Sorry, I love Prince as much as anyone here, but that's the way I see it.

I agree regarding Prince's relevance as a live musician, though. But as a recording artist, nothing. As a creative musician, nothing. And selling mugs doesn't increase his significance.

Javi said:

The new mod is the funniest one indeed, I would thought his post is ironic but, sadly, it isn't. Damon Albarn is widely recognized as one of the most relevant musicians at the moment, his album Everyday Robots a serious candidate in the 2014 polls; on the contrary, Prince, four years after his last album and a bunch of mediocre songs inbetween, is nothing until he releases a great album, which may never happen. Sorry, I love Prince as much as anyone here, but that's the way I see it.

Exactly. But what would you expect in a forum where Janet Jackson/Mariah Carey/Beyonce get all the attention?

LoL..........the Jackson family fans took over this place years ago. They had no place else to go.

elephant said:

Militant said:

Non delusional facts.

Birmingham LG Arena : 15,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Manchester Phones4U Arena : 21,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Leeds First Direct Arena : 14,000 capacity. Sold out.

This was less than 4 months ago. Where have you been?

Also - both nights at the LG Arena - the merch booths (2 large booths) were sold out within 40 minutes of the show ending, and anyone who saw the booths beforehand knows there was a LOT of stock. 4-6 different designs of t-shirts. Tote bags. Posters. Mugs (3EG ones, not PR ones). Tour books.

Sorry, you lose again.

Dude, you do sound a bit dilusional to be fair. Those are arenas by the way, stadiums tend to be way bigger. Off the top of my head Prince hasn't sold one (stadium)out in a long time, Stade de France a few tears ago was a substantially reduced capacity. He has never really been a Stadium act like Sprinsteen or U2 or whoever anyway. Surely you must understand that only complete FANATICS could be described as in a'frenzy' about a new album. Even most people on this fan site seem pretty indifferent to the new material. I for one am more excited by the delux version of a 30 year old album that we also await - hopefully with lots of bonus material. I don't mean to appear like I am being deliberately contrary to you, hey we all have a level of obsession with Prince which is why we are on this site - but get some perspective.

Militant is just wearing his Prince glasses, so he can be excused.

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Blur probably did all of the above on their farewell tour a few years back.

And Damon's Gorillaz stuff is WAY more exciting than anything that P has brought out this century.

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And tbh, if either were to tour Aust tomorrow, I'd want a Blur show, by a mile!

But thats only cause P's shows havent changed this century either!

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Oh.... and that "dominating the press" line WAS pretty funny.

Gorillaz are crap. Prince concert any day over that cartoon crap.

This thread is about Blur, what Albarn does separately is hardly the same thing.

And there was a TON of press when he was here - both in London in Feb and across the country in May.

Militant said:

Militant said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

Delusional tosh.

Let's see:

Stadiums in the UK: Do you mean the 2000 seater Manchester Academy, the dance club that is the Electric ballroom, or the Guardian newspaper office which is, well, an office?

Dominating the press: Do you want to change your mind on that statement?

Selling "shit ton of merch": You're referring to the 30+ year old Purple Rain movie coffee mugs, right?

This just keeps getting better. And, finally ladies and gentlemen....

Fans into a frenzy: is this the 100-odd habitual prince.orgers that have you leading the way?

As for Blur...they're not even a band anymore (they knew when to give up) but if you think Prince gets more coverage than Damon Albarn then I can't belive you live in that country...

Non delusional facts.

Birmingham LG Arena : 15,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Manchester Phones4U Arena : 21,000 capacity. Sold out, twice.
Leeds First Direct Arena : 14,000 capacity. Sold out.

This was less than 4 months ago. Where have you been?

Also - both nights at the LG Arena - the merch booths (2 large booths) were sold out within 40 minutes of the show ending, and anyone who saw the booths beforehand knows there was a LOT of stock. 4-6 different designs of t-shirts. Tote bags. Posters. Mugs (3EG ones, not PR ones). Tour books.

Sorry, you lose again.

Do you ever, actually, yunno, moderate? Maybe I don't even need to answer. Just refer you to all the other responses undermining your silly views? In any event, I accept that those Arena figures are impressive. See what I did there? I was reasonable. Of course, as a fanatic, that's something you simply cannot do. Try it for second...nope. Not possible is it? Perspective is not your friend.

Ppenguin said:

Militant said:

This thread is about Blur, what Albarn does separately is hardly the same thing.

And there was a TON of press when he was here - both in London in Feb and across the country in May.

Ok...but this thread is about and since he quit in 2000 and was replaced by Prince I guess we can only refer to Prince recording career in the last 14 years # tumbleweed Oh, and the LG arena wasn't sold out...they were giving tickets away and STILL it wasn't full.

Th LG arena was sold out i was there on the 15th of May , but not the 19th of may which you might be talking about. Sowhat the second show was not sold out , don;t think Prince was crying , he was selling out all is other shows.

Brits don't really go along with rich megalomaniac popstars taking themselves too seriously so we poke fun at them in the best way possible - stick two fingers up and show 'em yer arse.

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See also: Jarvis Cocker and Michael Jackson.

filthyrichyuppie said:

In any event, I accept that those Arena figures are impressive.

There we go. That's all you needed to say.

It's just semantics anyway. A quick Google search suggests that the words "stadium" and "arena" are interchangeable, except stadiums are open air and arenas are not.

There's certainly stadiums that are smaller capacity than some arenas.

And yes, I moderate. Now I'm gonna moderate myself right out of this thread, with a hop, a skip, and a moonwalk.

hopefularranger said:

who is Blur?

Militant said:

This thread is about Blur, what Albarn does separately is hardly the same thing.

And there was a TON of press when he was here - both in London in Feb and across the country in May.

Yeah--well, actually, it's about a member of Blur (not even Albarn) making fun of something Prince was doing 20 years ago. That everyone else was also making fun of at the time.

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As to how I reacted--I didn't. I was only slightly aware of Blur at the time, and didn't hear about the "DAVE" thing. If I had known about it, I would have laughed. It's kind of funny. Not as funny as the "SLAVE" thing, but kind of funny.

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Loved the music and shows then, but I wasn't horribly impressed by his writing on his face. Was I supposed to be? Maybe if he'd changed the message every day, like in Charlotte's Web.

NouveauDance said:

Brits don't really go along with rich megalomaniac popstars taking themselves too seriously so we poke fun at them in the best way possible - stick two fingers up and show 'em yer arse.

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See also: Jarvis Cocker and Michael Jackson.

Britpop.

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Meanwhile in 'Merica............. "who's Blur!!??"

Blur were a fantastic band who changed tack and left the Britpop sound and got all serious in the late 90's. Blur the album and 13 are strokes of genius. And these songs especially are absolute gems:

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Beetlebum, Tender, Trimm Trabb, Bugman, Country Sad Ballad Man, Death of a Party.

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I thought Think Tank was a step too far and they should have retired before that. But all in all, a great band that actually had some real talent. They quit while they were ahead, and that was a good thing. If they released another album now, they would easily outsell any new album from Prince (in the UK at least).

Ppenguin said:

...plus we're talking 20 years ago. Who cares?

I care, I have never forgot about that.

It made Blur look cool,


and it made Prince (The Artist Formerly Known...) look like a fool.

I don't think I can forgive that:

Blur sucks.

Ppenguin said:

...plus we're talking 20 years ago Who cares? What's next...Rick James, Rolling Stones,Little Richard..?

Exactly. Number me among the "Who the hell is Blur?" camp.

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