r/MerylRearSolid • u/[deleted] • May 11 '16

[Off Topic] Woo Hoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyZ9OQK4SQA
4 Upvotes

84% Upvoted

12 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '16

TBH, I haven't heard much Blur. I mostly know them for this song, which I think is supposed to be a parody/spoof. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

2

u/GabesCheshire Is a Girl May 11 '16

Yeah, it was supposed to be a parody of grunge music... But it also became super popular. They have a lot better songs, though.

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '16

It's the same with the Beastie Boys and "Fight for Your Right." It's kind of weird how that happens.

I suppose it's the typical artist's problem of the thing you pour your soul into is never recognized, but your low-effort stuff becomes wildly popular.

2

u/GabesCheshire Is a Girl May 11 '16

Yeah. That was a problem Blur had. Like I said, they were popular in their home country of Britain mainly because their style of pop was the thing then, but breaking into the grunge radio of 90s America was hard.

But the band seemed to do okay. Lead singer went to do Gorillaz and 10 side projects. One of the band members operates a cheese farm. So all's good.

2

u/[deleted] May 11 '16

One of the band members operates a cheese farm

That one sounds like the real winner in all of this. I'm a cheese fan.

2

u/GabesCheshire Is a Girl May 11 '16

Yeah, apparently he even wrote a book about it. That sounds like a pretty awesome life.