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Summary: DVD review
Review: It's nice to have all of their videos on one disc. There are 22 of them here. The nice thing about this DVD is that it's like having a 22-cut greatest hits collection, just turn off the TV and leave the reciever on and you've got a better collection than the recently released CD collection. I would recommend this to any Blur fan (especially for the Coffee & TV & Tender videos)
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Summary: Buy this for Popscene
Review: Look that's all there is to buying the DVD . You can't get on album here in Ireland so it's needed at all costs . Those guys who get Popscene on Modern Life Is Rubbish ..... I envy you
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Summary: Buy this for Popscene
Review: Look that's all there is to buying the DVD . You can't get on album here in Ireland so it's needed at all costs . Those guys who get Popscene on Modern Life Is Rubbish ..... I envy you
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Summary: Excellent, complete retrospective well packaged...
Review: Perhaps the best enjoyment of this complete video compilation is the 90's britpop nostalgia. These are some of the freshest, catchy tunes from the past decade put over film of variable quality. The bigger gems, 'Parklife', 'The Universal', 'Charmless Man', 'Song 2', 'M.O.R.' and 'Coffee & TV' make this a must have DVD for any Blur fan. The remaining videos are fairly lower peg, but are still great because they allow the viewer to see Blur progress and age as a band. Sure, some reviewers have slagged videos like 'Boys & Girls', but it brings back memories; I can remember what was going on in my life by the Blur videos in rotation at that time. The DVD is excellently packaged with an incredible menu allowing you to get pertinent information about the singles and videos, a video picker disguised as advertisements on brick walls, and the cover of each single prominently displayed before the video. Over all, very inventive and thorogh. If you like Blur this DVD is a must buy.
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Summary: This is an instructional video. "How to make a Blur fan."
Review: Putting aside that the music is fantastic, as you would expect from Blur, the videos are very interesting both individually and collecitvely. It is enthralling to watch this band develop and mature over the 7-year time period encapsulated in this DVD. The confidence displayed in The Universal and To The End is rare and makes one lament even more the current state of American music. I don't think Matchbox 20 has the gumption to emulate Kubrick. Coffee and TV may be the best video ever made and the videos for For Tomorrow, Bang and A Chemical World succeed despite their relative simplicity because the songs are that good. That is why this DVD succeeds. Even when the videos are subpar (compared to others on the disc), the songs are more than enough to carry them and watching Damon Albarn grow into his role as front man for a world class band is one of the more interesting things for a fan to see. This is a fantastic collection of songs and videos from one of the best bands the world produced in the 90's. If you like Blur, you must own it. If you don't like Blur (yet) you must own it, because you will will like Blur. And you should.
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Summary: Lots to keep an eye out for.
Review: The Best of Blur DVD is probably the best Blur compilation out there because not only do you get all the singles from 1990-1999 (unlike the Best of CD), but you get to see Damon, Alex, Graham and Dave in action. Well, as close to genuine action as promotional videos get anyway. In terms of music, Blur are an eclectic bunch. Probably the quintessential britpop band. They've tried so many music styles over the years. They began as shoegazers, before re-inventing themselves as a Kinks-esque band, celebrating British culture (though with much better production than the Kinks ever had). Later, they dropped the britishness and concentrated on alternative music with experimental elements. Some songs will make you laugh, some songs will make you get up and dance, the odd one will touch your heart. (If you want to know more about Blur's music, check out reviews for their CDs) Blur are not the most arty or creative with their videos, compared to bands like Tool and Radiohead, but they sure can entertain with them. For the most part, they light hearted affairs, (particularly the britpop-era ones) that bring out the personality of the band (particularly On Your Own and No Distance Left to Run). There are tributes to movies (To The End, The Universal), videos featuring british scenery (Bang, For Tomorrow, Chemical World) and of course videos where Blur are simply performing and having fun (Popscene, Song 2). We are even lucky enough to get a couple of live performances on tape (End of a Century, Stereotypes)
I won't give too much else away, as that will spoil watching the videos, though as you watch keep an eye out for: *The bandmates getting older, as well as the changing fashions (both in clothing and artistic sense).
*Graham Coxon's Harry Potter look in "She's So High".
*The magic dessert in "There's No Other Way"
*The "influential" albums sitting in the background during "Bang"
*Damon Albarn sitting on a bunny in "Chemical World". *Dave Rowntree dressing in drag in "Parklife".
*The campy style of "Sunday Sunday" and "Country House", in both the audio and the visual.
*The overblown stage set for "Stereotypes"
*The subliminal messages in "The Universal"
*The "blurry" possessions in "Beetlebum"
*Damon's windblown hairline in "Song 2"
*The rocking "Road" version of MOR (well, keep an ear out for that)
*Graham's creepy alien statue in "On Your Own".
*Graham Coxon stuffing up a line in "Tender", laughing, then carrying on.
*The dancing milk carton in "Coffee & TV"
*Damon Albarn after he has just woken up in the morning on "No Distance Left To Run" Yes, there is lots to keep an eye out for. The navigation isn't the best. This disc was made in the relatively early days of DVD, so the menus are very basic. It is made up of walls with posters of the singles on, and you make your way across the wall and select the poster (the song) you want. It's a bit frustrating. The better way is to use the scene forward and scene backward buttons on your remote, and treat the DVD like a CD with pictures. The track numbers are on the back, and you can find the song you want pretty easily this way. The only real special features are some fact files on the songs and their videos, including who the director was, awards that they won, etc. They're pretty interesting. I recommend this to fans of Blur (who will want to watch this again, again, and again) and to fans of britpop. This may be a good purchase for newcomers to Blur, those who have one of their albums and now want to know more about the band. A picture is a thousand words, after all.
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Summary: Blur's DVD a bit Blurry
Review: This being the first Blur video release of any kind, I was excited. Their music is awesome, but not all of their videos are. Some of them, like "Coffee and TV", "The Universal" and "Song 2" are some of the best videos ever created; then there are videos like "There's No Other Way", "She's So High" and "Girls and Boys" which are some of the absolute worst music videos I have ever scene. The only special features there are is chapter selection, and a bit of technical information on each song. While exploring this DVD, it seems like not much effort at all was put into it. However, the music is great to listen to, and the majority of the videos are good. It's just some other things that detract this DVD from being amazing. But if you like Blur, by all means, buy this to add to your collection. I myself, really like it.
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Summary: Blur's DVD a bit Blurry
Review: This being the first Blur video release of any kind, I was excited. Their music is awesome, but not all of their videos are. Some of them, like "Coffee and TV", "The Universal" and "Song 2" are some of the best videos ever created; then there are videos like "There's No Other Way", "She's So High" and "Girls and Boys" which are some of the absolute worst music videos I have ever scene. The only special features there are is chapter selection, and a bit of technical information on each song. While exploring this DVD, it seems like not much effort at all was put into it. However, the music is great to listen to, and the majority of the videos are good. It's just some other things that detract this DVD from being amazing. But if you like Blur, by all means, buy this to add to your collection. I myself, really like it.
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Summary: Jiggy Fresh!
Review: This DVD is actually very keen and very swell. I dig. The video for "She's So High" is awful (dig Alex's hair!), but the rest are just great. Damon is 2 legit 2 quit. Uh-huh. Rock me. To the end.
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Summary: what we are missing
Review: This dvd may be simple, but for $16.99 you can't beat it. All these videos are great, although sometimes corny. I can't believe what people in the U.S. are missing... blur is more than that "woo-hoo" band. My only complaint is that it is missing the 'Music is my Radar" video, and the menus are somewhat confusing.
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