SOURCES - Stuart Maconie's intervention in 'SOUTH BANK SHOW' (episode dedicated to Blur from 1999) (Youtube) - STUART MACONIE, '3862 DAYS – The candid story of Blur' (Arcana) - Edited by Riccardo Bertoncelli, 'BLUR. All the lyrics with facing translations' (Series 'SOUND GARDEN' – Arcana) (translation of the excerpt modified for the occasion) - WIKIPEDIA (en) (en.wikipedia.org) (for the explanation of the places mentioned in the text) - 'DAMON ALBARN & GRAHAM COXON (BLUR) – THIS IS A LOW – NME (2009)' (Youtube) - 'DAMON ALBARN – THIS IS A LOW (LIVE AT MAIDA VALE)' (Youtube) - 'DAMON ALBARN – THIS IS THE LOW (FRANCE 2021)' (Youtube) For those who wish to see the three versions, go to Youtube, return to this page, highlight a title and do 'Copy' on it, return to Youtube, do 'Paste' in the search bar, hit the search button, and then click on the video title. Continue this way with all the other titles. (One more curiosity: the list of weather reporting areas mentioned by a choir of fishermen ['THE POLPERRO FISHERMEN'S CHOIR PERFORMING THE SHIPPING FORECAST' – Youtube]).
"Having listened to so much music from various eras for much of my life, I can say that in international music since the '80s, we don't hear pieces by young artists that are or seem like poetry." I don't know who you are, maybe you're a foreigner and don't speak Italian well, or perhaps you're just mocking us. Whatever the truth is, after conceiving such a period, I can only bow before you.
There is, here with me, the Italian Language that doesn’t stop crying... it says it doesn’t understand why you have to treat it so badly! But what has it done to you? In short, try to clear things up among yourselves.
Having listened to so much music from various eras for much of my life, I can say that in international music since the '80s we don’t hear songs from young artists that are or seem like poems. The opening is extraordinary; I believe they will never be clarified.
Here there's QUALITY in its raw form... Though I must admit that your first comment is (perhaps) better than the emblematic review itself... It's (almost) a shame that Blur have the effect on me of an 11-day-old mascarpone, otherwise I would have dived into listening to the three versions following A CORPO MORTO your enlightening suggestions... Mind-blowing* *in a good way, of course...
"The producer had forced Damon Albarn to write one, due to Albarn's refusal to do so, having admitted it was impossible for him to do it." You are an excellently enigmatic writer; you have shocked Italian syntax (and not only that). You will see that you will be reevaluated by posterity, and if they manage to decipher the avant-garde hieroglyphics, they will look in horror at your misunderstood genius in this era of crude ignorance where language tends increasingly towards a mass simplification.
I am an early Coxonian; he's always been my favorite Blur and the one I've followed since his first solo album. However, it must be said that from a creative standpoint, they are equivalent: they are very different and have shown this in their solo careers, but it's this 'dialectical opposition' that makes Blur, Blur.
<< international since the '80s that we haven't heard pieces from young artists that are or seem like poetry. >> But... Then you turn everything upside down saying "oh no, I was just kidding!", right? I don't have the courage to move on. I'm scared.
For the author: if you are not a native Italian speaker, congratulations for tackling convoluted hypothetical periods. If you are a native Italian speaker, please limit convoluted sentences because there is no need for them; they only weigh down the reading. The review is interesting in its theme and intentions.
Dear Boop07, what can I say... your review is a bit like a school trip: very educational, but there's always someone who gets lost along the way. I'm sorry, though, that you do a disservice to the beautiful Italian language with some twisted syntax and hypothetical sentences worthy of an advanced survival course. Your passion is clear and contagious, even if you could have highlighted more of the psychedelic and nostalgic meaning of the piece. I agree with "ZiOn": your first sentence is truly remarkable... in the sense that it leaves everyone speechless! Perhaps a bit too much on the table for those who appreciate simplicity. Remember, however, that works of art, like the texts that review them, also thrive on little mishaps along the way.
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Boop07
25 apr 24- Stuart Maconie's intervention in 'SOUTH BANK SHOW' (episode dedicated to Blur from 1999) (Youtube)
- STUART MACONIE, '3862 DAYS – The candid story of Blur' (Arcana)
- Edited by Riccardo Bertoncelli, 'BLUR. All the lyrics with facing translations' (Series 'SOUND GARDEN' – Arcana)
(translation of the excerpt modified for the occasion)
- WIKIPEDIA (en) (en.wikipedia.org) (for the explanation of the places mentioned in the text)
- 'DAMON ALBARN & GRAHAM COXON (BLUR) – THIS IS A LOW – NME (2009)' (Youtube)
- 'DAMON ALBARN – THIS IS A LOW (LIVE AT MAIDA VALE)' (Youtube)
- 'DAMON ALBARN – THIS IS THE LOW (FRANCE 2021)' (Youtube)
For those who wish to see the three versions, go to Youtube, return to this page, highlight a title and do 'Copy' on it, return to Youtube, do 'Paste' in the search bar, hit the search button, and then click on the video title. Continue this way with all the other titles.
(One more curiosity: the list of weather reporting areas mentioned by a choir of fishermen ['THE POLPERRO FISHERMEN'S CHOIR PERFORMING THE SHIPPING FORECAST' – Youtube]).
ZiOn
25 apr 24Francesco
30 apr 24ZiOn
25 apr 24I don't know who you are, maybe you're a foreigner and don't speak Italian well, or perhaps you're just mocking us. Whatever the truth is, after conceiving such a period, I can only bow before you.
IlConte
25 apr 24ZiOn
25 apr 24IlConte
25 apr 24IlConte
25 apr 24I'm dying!!!
ZiOn
26 apr 24Valentyna
25 apr 24ZiOn
25 apr 24Valentyna
25 apr 24withor
25 apr 24withor
25 apr 24gaston
25 apr 24I just hope that's all it is.
Boop07
26 apr 24lector
25 apr 24In short, try to clear things up among yourselves.
withor
25 apr 24lector
25 apr 24withor
26 apr 24lector
27 apr 24Poldojackson
1 may 24The opening is extraordinary; I believe they will never be clarified.
Armand
26 apr 24I enjoyed reading.
Hetzer
26 apr 24Though I must admit that your first comment is (perhaps) better than the emblematic review itself...
It's (almost) a shame that Blur have the effect on me of an 11-day-old mascarpone, otherwise I would have dived into listening to the three versions following A CORPO MORTO your enlightening suggestions...
Mind-blowing*
*in a good way, of course...
Boop07
26 apr 24madcat
26 apr 24Onirica
26 apr 24ZiOn
26 apr 24gaston
26 apr 24As of today.
madcat
27 apr 24puntiniCAZpuntini
5 may 24But... Then you turn everything upside down saying "oh no, I was just kidding!", right?
I don't have the courage to move on. I'm scared.
withor
5 may 24puntiniCAZpuntini
5 may 24withor
5 may 24panapp
22 may 24The review is interesting in its theme and intentions.
withor
22 may 24DeBaserBot
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