Clips #2: Blur - This Is A Low + Death of a Party (Live)

Blur - This a Low + Death of a Party(Live)

Outro momento video musical, porque eu realmente gosto deste género de coisas.
Os Blur, em 1994, no festival de Glastonbury (um dos maiores do Reino Unido), 2000 no festival de Meltdown tocam a This Is A Low e a Death of a Party, uma bela dupla de canções dos Blur!
Algumas palavras sobre a This is a Low e a história da sua criação:

This was a troublesome song to record and was in danger of been left off of 'Parklife' as recording for the album was coming to an end. It began as life as "We are the low" - four words, nothing more. According to Alex, it was about "People taking smack". Mid-sessions for 'Parklife' - still with only four words to go on - Blur recorded the backing track in its entirety. This song was clearly going to be an epic, a finale, but Damon couldn't come up with a lyric, or even a melody for the verse. The other band members - and even Street - kept on at him to write a lyric. The 'Parklife' sessions then broke up for Christmas and over the holidays, Damon stayed in a cottage in Cornwall with his parents, playing the backing track of the song repeatedly on his Walkman as he strolled around the Cornwall cliffs at night. On February 4, 1994 - the penultimate day of official recording - Damon was due to go into hospital for a hernia operation. Street bullied him, telling him he had to come up with a lyric. Damon cameup with the lyric between midnight and 1am on the night before he entered hospital. It was written from a Christmas present given to him by Alex - of a handkerchief showing a map of Britain and its shipping regions. "We always found the shipping forecast soothing," Alex explains. "We used to listen to it in America to remind us of home. It's very good for a hangover. Good cure for insomnia, too." Damon began the lyrics at one corner of the handkerchief - the Bay of Biscay - and worked his way around, quoting names as the mood struck him and the rhyme demanded. Instantly, 'This Is A Low' was back on 'Parklife', with Damon as enthusiastic as the others. Street was thrilled by the lyric and also his vocal. Even though 'This Is A Low' nearly never made it to 'Parklife', it is impossible to envisage an alternative climax. The song is five minutes and four seconds of bliss. 'This Is A Low' was planned to be released around the time of the Brits but was only released on promo. It was also considered for release instead of 'End Of A Century' but that song was popular live so that was released instead.

Copy/Paste feito carinhosamente de:
Blur - High Cool FAQ: ALBUMS: PARKLIFE.