...to 1993
In tribute to the BBC's recent airing of the excellent Blur documentary 'No Distance Left to Run' I felt it was neccessary to feature a 'Taking it back...' special on the Essex Britpop heroes. The film not only features rare unseen footage of the band from their early club shows and early TV performances right until last years comeback shows including London's Rough Trade East record store and at Colchester's East Anglian Railway Museum. But also frank and honest interviews with each member of the band, describing their individual stories behind the groups formation, their emotional break-up, and reunion which I half expected the film to be based upon. Of course it does glorify the Hyde Park/Glastonbury 2009 performances at the beginning and end but it needed to touch upon this slightly and there is more to the documentary than meets the eye.
Now I was going to show a video clip of 'Chemical World' from their second LP 'Modern Life is Rubbish' which for me is their strongest album, just edging their 1997 self titled release. But insead I found this awesomely epic live performance of the track 'Sing' from a 1993 gig in Kilburn, North London. The track features on their debut 1991 release 'Leisure'(and yes, it does feature in 'Trainspotting' also).
If you like Blur and havn't seen 'Blur: No Distance Left to Run' I suggest you watch it here on BBC iplayer, but you'll have to watch it before next Monday (22nd March) otherwise your other choice is to buy the dvd... or you can download it via the link.
Freddy Rothman
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