Blur are using their established popularity to push a political message. thats pretty clear and good for them for doing it. Its probably the only thing thats ever made me like them. Apart from that tune 'the end' which was 'quite nice'. Its really good that some bands who have fans of all walks of life, use their platform to try and make the word a better place. Its a shame all the famous people dont do this. Madonna for example, what the fuck is she doing on those GAP adverts? Aint some people rich enough already? I mean like why dont david beckham come out and tell loads of kids not to buy Adidas or Nike trainers, or to lobby the makers and demand better working conditions and wages in the sweat shops where they are made. He doesnt need the cash so why does he give a shit if anyones offended? It must be 1 of 2 things with these dicks. They are either ignorant and just evil. simple as that. So good on blur and blacksmoke and massive attack and chris eubank and any other celebrity for taking their fingers out of their asses. I does make me wonder why only now they are saying stuff, i mean its not like the world was really nice 5 years ago is it? Maybe they are going for the 'political dollar' or is that a bit synical? Notice though how them doing that gets much less headlines than 'damon vs ugly bloke in oasis'. fucking stupid eh but someones buying these papers. Im well surprised you dont like bill hicks, he is the funniest comedian i've ever heard. I suppose he is abit extreme for some people going on about Jimi Hendrix cutting Debbie Gibson in half with his machine gun guitar cock or whatever. You gotta be careful though cos loads of his tapes has him telling the same jokes. 'Sane Man' is the best one i've seen, the bloke is nasty but he tells it like it is and you cant deny that. I think at one point before his shows he was screening some rare cam corder footage from Waco showing the ATF using tanks on the compound where all those people were murdered. Joe Rogan is also in the same vien and is well funny, he does this thing about Hugh Heffner and he just rips it out of the old fart, a bit like Dennis Leary but less of a total bill hicks rip off. flibididibididob

Umm, wait a second. So you're saying that Blur are just using their established popularity to push a political message?

I don't know whether I agree with this or not, but oh well.

Ugh. I also can't stand Bill Hicks (or anyone whose on the extreme left for that matter [or extreme right too])

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:27:30PM +0100, Martin Bradbury wrote:

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Its more effective though, Blur having a political slant (albeit a politically correct one) for 3 reasons:

A) More people have heard of Blur than some body like Discharge so therefore the message is heard by more people. B) Blur arent a relentless political band. The majority of their songs say nothing, and there fore the message sticks out more. The problem with a band like Rage Against The Machine is that every song is political, too much of it in a preachy way doesnt work. Even the greatest comedian of our time, Bill Hicks, used dick jokes to give people a bit of variety, a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. C) They are releasing singles with political messages or videos. More people will hear them because of the radio or MTV. If all of the political stuff is only on the album, only your fans will hear it. Preaching to the converted.

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