I rememblur

I rememblur that The Great Escape was the first album I ever bought (1996, aged 10), because my sister liked it

I rememblur that Stereotypes and Charmless Man were my favourite tracks on it

I rememblur listening to their album Blur and turning the volume low on Chinese Bombs because I found the song disturbingly agressive

I rememblur that after that I could not understand how the same band had recorded the Great Escape

I rememblur that I got Parklife for Christmas (1998?) and that I could not see the link between those three albums

I rememblur that it remained obscure for a long time why Girls & Boys and Parklife seemed to be mythical tracks for many older people

I rememblur that my dad bought me 13 on the day of its release

I rememblur that the French newspaper Libération had made a brilliant article about 13 with a full page picture of the band, but I lost it since and it is not in the newspaper compilation book La Musique

I rememblur that my brother had turned the volume all the way down without me noticing and that I first believed my 13 album was blank

I rememblur that I was not so surprised by the band new sound because I was not expecting anything in particular

I rememblur that I did not understand the comparisons with Oasis

I rememblur that the on the first video I saw of them, I was surprised the band did not have the same look as on the back of The Great Escape

I remember that I could not believe Gorillaz and blur were linked, how could the singer rap?

I rememblur I listened to blur a lot less when I started listening to stoner

I rememblur that when I came back listening to blur, I realized Graham Coxon was a genius

I rememblur that I re-listened to all of their records, I was stoked at how good they had been in playing various genres

I rememblur Think Tank failed to impress me on the first listen

I rememblur that after a while I was waiting for the saxophone solo of Jets to arrive

I rememblur discovering on Discogs that the band had a japanese live record and a Japanese rarities record as well

I rememblur when they announced their Hyde Park reunion show and wondering if I could go

I rememblur re-discovering Battle and wanting them to play it live

I rememblur when they announced their Nuits de Fourviere show and when I bought my tickets

I rememblur throwing pillows with thousands of people on Song 2 during that Nuits de Fourviere gig

I rememblur hoping for a new album

I rememblur Fool’s Day now that I think of all this

I rememblur reading Alex Jame’s biography A bit of a blur on a plane to New York

I rememblur when they announced shows in 2012

I rememblur I was sad they did not come to France

I rememblur all this while listening to the demos on their box 21

Thanks to blur,Joe Brainard and Georges Perec. #irememblur