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Blur — There's No Other Way
Album: Leisure
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Released: 1991
Length: 3:19
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You're taking the fun
Out of everything
Making me run
When I don't want to think
You're taking the fun
Out of everything
I don't want to think at all

There's no other way
There's no other way
All that you can do
Is watch them play

You're taking the fun
Out of everything
You're making it clear
When I don't want to think
You're taking me up when
I don't want to go up anymore
I'm just watching it all

There's no other way
There's no other way
All that you can do
Is watch them play

I'll watch you play
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I had this album when it was released… bangers - each and every tune
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:

Last comment on this song was really a year ago? Wow! I've never heard of this band, but I'm enjoying the sound.


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Posted 2 years ago by cscashby    [ Reply ]
I remember discovering this song in late 1996 in a promotional CD that was included with a music discography book at Hastings.  It had some other good tracks on it.  In retrospect I think it was promoting a mid-1990s British rock label.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
This sounds like a Stone Roses song.
Posted 2 years ago by Javelina    [ Reply ]
Apparently there is no other way
Posted 2 years ago by Stetsonman    [ Reply ]
Dance break!
Posted 3 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
Sweet little combination of melody, lyrics, vocals, and reverb.  Permanently on my party playlist!

edit:  Jeez!  Is this really twenty years old?!!
 
Jeez! Is this really 30 years old?!!
Posted 3 years ago by Ullrskid    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
You have never heard of Blur?? You are kidding right??


 

Why do people feel the need to say this. People live different lives and listen to different kinds of music.  I never heard of Blur until tuning into RP.  Just like the hundreds of other artists that I've heard here that were once new to me. I honestly think I can name one Blur song off the top of my head. And it isn't this one.  There were way better bands to listen to back in 91. (in my opinion)
Posted 3 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
That riff tho.
Posted 4 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
is that Laura Linney in the swim cap?
Posted 4 years ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Should I rate this a 9 or a 10? Please reply!

9 in the meantime 


I would give it a 10 if it was an original Madchester tune. It was only a homage, or am I wrong? Still have to watch 24 Hour Party People
 

By your rationale, it's a 10. It is a proper Madchester tune. They weren't a Madchester band, since most of their songs weren't that style, but this song ticks off every box for the Baggy genre IMO.
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Still great after all the years.
Posted 5 years ago by kozelek    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Should I rate this a 9 or a 10? Please reply!

9 in the meantime 


I would give it a 10 if it was an original Madchester tune. It was only a homage, or am I wrong? Still have to watch 24 Hour Party People
 

When this came out the madchester baggy scene was still in full effect. It' kinda died out around '97.

Source: Me I'm from UK and lived through this period.
Posted 5 years ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Should I rate this a 9 or a 10? Please reply!

9 in the meantime 


I would give it a 10 if it was an original Madchester tune. It was only a homage, or am I wrong? Still have to watch 24 Hour Party People
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Brings me back....
Posted 5 years ago by samantha.tracy    [ Reply ]
 All day long!!! What a band!
Posted 5 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 5 years ago by sjmorrison2    [ Reply ]
This is a very underrated album - good from beginning to end! 
Posted 7 years ago by cmcisaac    [ Reply ]
Stone Roses clone. Or brother. Cousin. Emulator. Equivalent. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:

Thanks for the link, kcar. 

I found this quote from Patsy after the split the most satisfying:

>>Hinting at his famed dislike for rival band Blur, she added: "I can put Blur on if I want, and I don't have to dodge Jack Daniels bottles. It's liberating."<<

Rock stars...They're just like you and me, except when they get pissed off at "The Mrs.", they chuck an empty bottle of JD at 'em!
 
It's always interesting to see the non-public side of celebrities like rock stars. They're often pretty limited and emotionally stunted. Liam was and is a complete dick, but Patsy doesn't come across as terribly strong or self-assured ("But she said that she was "terrified of going out" because of the shame of people knowing how she was abandoned"  after Liam moved out of their home). 

Britney Spears takes the cake, though. I caught a bit of the TV reality special "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" and this segment still scares me: people can be famous, accomplished and incredibly stupid:

"With heartbreaking and hilarious earnestness, she asks Federline if he’s seen Back To The Future and consequently can tell her conclusively whether people can actually time-travel in real life. She’s not joking. When Federline assures her that they can’t, Spears says that maybe they can but haven’t quite gotten around to telling her yet."

Sure you can read this snarky description of a stoned Britney babbling as Kevin films her, or watch the clip of this timeless nadir of humanity, but please don't. You will feel dirty, ashamed and angry for wasting precious moments of your life. Stupidity can be contagious, so protect yourself.
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
The chords at the beginning are so weird.

 
They're not that weird, they sound good though.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
The chords at the beginning are so weird.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
I'm always so impressed how clever they were referencing See Emily Play by Floyd in this tune!  
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Sounds like "Happy Mondays" and "Jesus Jones". Didn't realize until now that there was an early '90s sound.
Posted 8 years ago by agkagk    [ Reply ]
The "Incense & Peppermints" of the 90s.

This song is like crack for me. Loaded with great hooks. 9. 
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
. 

Has Patsy Kensit dried her tears? 
 
Thanks for the link, kcar. 

I found this quote from Patsy after the split the most satisfying:

>>Hinting at his famed dislike for rival band Blur, she added: "I can put Blur on if I want, and I don't have to dodge Jack Daniels bottles. It's liberating."<<

Rock stars...They're just like you and me, except when they get pissed off at "The Mrs.", they chuck an empty bottle of JD at 'em!

Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Damon Albarn when 'e was a wee lad.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
me Likey like, NOT!
{#Crashcomp} 
{#Moon}{#Ass}
Posted 10 years ago by ljoergen    [ Reply ]
 EssexTex wrote:
There's hate both ways....it's far less one way then that...the North's full of great people and idiots just like the South is.
That whole Blur Oasis thing was just a media thing...The Beatles and the Stones did it years ago.
 
I barely remember hearing about that back then--supposedly a serious debate about which band was truly great, with Blur getting slagged mostly. These days Oasis seems like it was really overrated at the time.

Does anyone care about the Gallaghers these days? Has Patsy Kensit dried her tears? 

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit in photo--Liam looks like he's about to cry!
Crying? Singing? Stoned? Or just sick of each other? 


Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my churches loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Flash back!  Thanks!
 
Posted 11 years ago by Glassguyvt    [ Reply ]
Damn, man, I'd forgotten this entirely, and am, of course, now dancing. 
Posted 11 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Uber-groovy.
Posted 12 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
Sweet little combination of melody, lyrics, vocals, and reverb.  Permanently on my party playlist!

edit:  Jeez!  Is this really twenty years old?!!
Posted 12 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I'm not crazy about some of Blur's music, but I like this piece.  Very 60's retro.
Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
They were a nice little pop band, I have nothing bad to say about them.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
This Android widget is awesome! Now I can take Radio Paradise with me everywhere. Blur's cool too.
Posted 13 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Lovely bit of melody and atmosphere, isn't it? 
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 salice wrote:


I take issue with your chronology and your assessment!
 
it's definitely madchestery tho.  Midmadchester madness perhaps?  {#Bounce}


Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 jjjss20 wrote:
Post madchester drivel, their later albums are so much better.
 

I take issue with your chronology and your assessment!
Posted 14 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
Post madchester drivel, their later albums are so much better.
Posted 14 years ago by jjjss20    [ Reply ]
Daaaaaaaannnng man, these guys really DID define the way music would sound for years afterward, didn't they? And Damon Albarn (and the other guys too) have all continued to produce nothing but awesome.
Posted 15 years ago by forge    [ Reply ]
I have this cd - it's the first release from Blur, not an outstanding cd but it has it's moments. This is one of the better songs off it. Brings back memories from the early 90s - when shoegazer bands ruled {#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
Last comment on this song was really a year ago? Wow! I've never heard of this band, but I'm enjoying the sound.
  You have never heard of Blur?? You are kidding right??


Posted 15 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Last comment on this song was really a year ago? Wow! I've never heard of this band, but I'm enjoying the sound.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Dave_B wrote:
Having lived in Manchester for a while I can assure you the amount of dumb and incomprehensible residents is no greater than can be encountered in other major cities. Being 'northern' though, they do have to put up with quite a bit of ignorant derision from snotty, self important idiots from London.
There's hate both ways....it's far less one way then that...the North's full of great people and idiots just like the South is. That whole Blur Oasis thing was just a media thing...The Beatles and the Stones did it years ago.
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Dave_B wrote:
Having lived in Manchester for a while I can assure you the amount of dumb and incomprehensible residents is no greater than can be encountered in other major cities. Being 'northern' though, they do have to put up with quite a bit of ignorant derision from snotty, self important idiots from London.
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
I could listen to this song for hours.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Dave_B wrote:
Having lived in Manchester for a while I can assure you the amount of dumb and incomprehensible residents is no greater than can be encountered in other major cities. Being 'northern' though, they do have to put up with quite a bit of ignorant derision from snotty, self important idiots from London.
Londoners v Northern England in an insult fest. Hmmmm. I like it!
Posted 17 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
Always a song to prevent me from working.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Dave_B wrote:
Having lived in Manchester for a while I can assure you the amount of dumb and incomprehensible residents is no greater than can be encountered in other major cities. Being 'northern' though, they do have to put up with quite a bit of ignorant derision from snotty, self important idiots from London.
Ouch
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
brighthue wrote:
Do I hear an echo of Syd Barrett here?
I was about to write the very same thing. But it's Syd without the playfulness, insight, genius and LSD.
Posted 17 years ago by daveturnley    [ Reply ]
Do I hear an echo of Syd Barrett here?
Posted 17 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
peter75 wrote:
Jesus, what an asshole you are.
peter75 wrote:
Life is too short to put up with the moronic ramblings of some of the people who crawl out of the woodwork on to this site......
Posted 17 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
Ja300Mes wrote:
WAY cool guitar riff! I feel like burning this song onto a disc and blasting it out of my car windows! I would drive fast, but I have a really slow car...
Burn your car.
Posted 17 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
Excellent groove.
Posted 17 years ago by snowcat    [ Reply ]
djinnthespazz wrote:
But can YOU tell the difference between Detroit and Chicago? Huh? I thought not.
Detroit - Techno Chicago - House
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
great tuney
Posted 17 years ago by JerseeeGirl    [ Reply ]
WAY cool guitar riff! I feel like burning this song onto a disc and blasting it out of my car windows! I would drive fast, but I have a really slow car...
Posted 17 years ago by Ja300Mes    [ Reply ]
Tireux_De_Roche wrote:
Simple. Detroit has the Red Wings and Chicago has the Blackhawks. Duh.
*grins*
Posted 18 years ago by djinnthespazz    [ Reply ]
djinnthespazz wrote:
But can YOU tell the difference between Detroit and Chicago? Huh? I thought not.
Simple. Detroit has the Red Wings and Chicago has the Blackhawks. Duh.
Posted 18 years ago by Tireux_De_Roche    [ Reply ]
This sure sounds different from most of the Blur songs I know.
Posted 18 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
peter75 wrote:
Jesus, what an asshole you are. You only have to listen to the fucking accents. Of course Blur are from London, Oasis, Stone Roses from Manchester (ie. dumb, incomprehenszible and northern).
But can YOU tell the difference between Detroit and Chicago? Huh? I thought not.
Posted 18 years ago by djinnthespazz    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this album cover.
Posted 18 years ago by Tireux_De_Roche    [ Reply ]
peter75 wrote:
Jesus, what an asshole you are. You only have to listen to the fucking accents. Of course Blur are from London, Oasis, Stone Roses from Manchester (ie. dumb, incomprehenszible and northern).
Having lived in Manchester for a while I can assure you the amount of dumb and incomprehensible residents is no greater than can be encountered in other major cities. Being 'northern' though, they do have to put up with quite a bit of ignorant derision from snotty, self important idiots from London.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_B    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
Rotown... Of elders vaak gehoord?
Posted 18 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
Blur's best here!
Posted 18 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
randomprime wrote:
Wikipedia says Stone Roses and Blur were both part of the very same genre: Manchester Baggy or some such. And we know the wiki is never wrong.
Jesus, what an asshole you are. You only have to listen to the fucking accents. Of course Blur are from London, Oasis, Stone Roses from Manchester (ie. dumb, incomprehenszible and northern).
Posted 18 years ago by peter75    [ Reply ]
I still can't believe these guys played Ziggy's in Winston-Salem. That place is a dump, but Blur made it all good in the hood.
Posted 18 years ago by pedro    [ Reply ]
back to school..... back to brit pop.....back to blur vs. oasis and vice versa..... great fun, great years, no much more than this in this tune.
Posted 18 years ago by exciter76    [ Reply ]
They suffer severely from the 'cool paradox'. They just try too hard to be clever and 'cool'. Not that I particularly hate them either.
Posted 18 years ago by dapower    [ Reply ]
this album is way more brilliant than "Definitely Maybe".... I think.
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
Paul_in_Australia wrote:
As a London band, Blur were the antithesis to all things Manchester. The Oasis / Blur thing was partly a class thing, partly a geographical thing.
Wikipedia says Stone Roses and Blur were both part of the very same genre: Manchester Baggy or some such. And we know the wiki is never wrong.
Posted 18 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
Anyone else hear the Stone Roses?
Posted 18 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to STAND in the place where I work, then face west.
Posted 18 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
DjThirteenP wrote:
Sort of channeling the Kinks a little bit, vocally, or am I imagining things again?
You are definately imagining things.
Posted 18 years ago by wondertoofar    [ Reply ]
Ah it's all coming into focus now.
Posted 18 years ago by wondertoofar    [ Reply ]
Sort of channeling the Kinks a little bit, vocally, or am I imagining things again?
Posted 18 years ago by DjThirteenP    [ Reply ]
randomprime wrote:
Wow, 1992 Manchesteresque flashback!
As a London band, Blur were the antithesis to all things Manchester. The Oasis / Blur thing was partly a class thing, partly a geographical thing.
Posted 18 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
Major upswing in quality from Clap Your Hands.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
amazing to track albarn's musical evolution from this to now... a man of his times at all times. and on a second note, i can remember looking at the album cover way back then, and wondering what that girl's eyebrows would look like after she got out of the pool...
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
I'm a big fan of Blur... especially their early stuff. Blur makes me happy.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Tux wrote:
Sorry, it doesn't move me. In any direction. This is an example of a 5. You don't even notice the song is over. Doesn't bother me and doesn't grab my attention. More like void. Maybe it needs some alohomora or flipendo
How about cowbell??
Posted 18 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
If this doesn't get you moving, then rigor mortis must have set in.
Sorry, it doesn't move me. In any direction. This is an example of a 5. You don't even notice the song is over. Doesn't bother me and doesn't grab my attention. More like void. Maybe it needs some alohomora or flipendo
Posted 19 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
If this doesn't get you moving, then rigor mortis must have set in.
Posted 19 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Platypus wrote:
so awesome to finally hear something from their first and greatest album on RP. bravo.
I agree! I'm thrilled it was uploaded and that it gets "airtime."
Posted 19 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
Schmackdown wrote:
Great album. "Bang" is a stellar track from this disc.
"Repetition" is my fave. Followed closely by this one.
Posted 19 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
Wow, 1992 Manchesteresque flashback!
Posted 19 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
so awesome to finally hear something from their first and greatest album on RP. bravo.
Posted 19 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Great album. "Bang" is a stellar track from this disc.
Posted 19 years ago by Schmackdown    [ Reply ]
Wow, I just had a flashback to the early 90's! Madchester rave on! :propeller.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Fun!!!
Posted 19 years ago by Bootsy    [ Reply ]
Because of the intro I was thinking of the way the Stones approach Funk/Soul music, which I can often relate to very much. Well, it appears to be British so in that respect the link is quite obvious. Good sound, though I got my doubts about the song.
Posted 19 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
That bass groove... that little nod to 'Lucifer Sam.' Thank goodness for Britpop!
Posted 19 years ago by whump    [ Reply ]
faramir wrote:
anyone else think the opening guitar is very reminiscient of The Cure's Never Enough?
Not so much. I think it's just plain groovy. Baby. :)
Posted 20 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
anyone else think the opening guitar is very reminiscient of The Cure's Never Enough?
Posted 20 years ago by faramir    [ Reply ]
Early Blur having that 'Manchester' sound... and like the Stone Roses too this one... First Blur song I heard and bought...
Posted 20 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]