ooh, burn!

Big words from a guy who couldn't sell-out a stadium outside of England even if Jesus was playing drums in his band.

It's a tough life being irrelevent, eh Damon?

Since when is selling out a stadium = relevant?

I would say that Gorillaz are extremely relevant.

while i will retain that the gorillaz are irrelevant and a total novelty, stadium shows are truly impersonal and its tough to argue that. but it certainly validates radiohead's relevancy.

by the way,
relevant.

oh yeah,
irrelevant.

uhmmm,
RELEVANCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

agreed. since when did selling out a stadium = relevant? anyone reading bklynvegan should know that.

Personally, I like when platinum bands play small venues, so that way I can offer up an organ or two to see them because of opportunistic scalpers.

Id rather have a good chance to see a band 'impersonally', then have a one in a million chance of seeing them personally.

how precious, one rockstar (or at least, former rockstar) calling out another rockstar. look, i like some of damon's work with both blur and gorillaz but it's hard to not see this as bratty jealousy - back in the heyday of blur popularity, where do you think he was playing?

maybe he's pissed that liam and noel stopped caring about what he was saying and he needs a new sparring partner. whatever..

i wouldnt say stadium gigs are THAT impersonal. y'all just don't like it when your SUPERFAVE bands play gigs with 1000 closer to the stage than you

i wouldnt say stadium gigs are that impersonal. mannerisms don't change that much. y'all just don't like it when your SUPERFAVE bands play gigs with 1000 people closer to the stage than you and your expert friends

yeh, something like that. frickin delete the 12:41 one. and this one.

mogwai was right

blur = shite

Radiohead didn't ask to be as popular as they are. In order to please all their fans they have to play stadium tours. If they played smaller venues many true fans would be left out. (see current tour) It's hard enough as it is to get a ticket when they play msg.

I saw Blur live once.

At Giant Stadium.

...opening for Radiohead?

this limey should stick to talking about the things he knows well:
1. hair product
2. denim
3. anus lubrication

Hey Damon, remember when people gave a shit about your shite remarks? Why not go start another rowe with the Oasis brothers. Nobody gives a shit about them now either.

one could argue that not showing oneself onstage and hiding behind animated cartoon characters is impersonal.

very impersonal indeed, as opposed to performing hidden behind a
screen showing cartoons for 2 hours, right?

i dont know guys, i feel like blur could TOTALLY sell out a stadium in the UK if jesus was truly playing drums. have you even heard of the da vinci code?!?!? people really love that guy!

whats with all this talk of Damon hiding behind the screen, he was onstage the whole time at the apollo.

This is actually a pretty moot point as most people are shying away from stadiums anyway. Those massive shows might fly in Europe and South American but Americans aren't going for it anymore. 2,500 to 7,500 space venues are the ticket now..

Oh well, I love Damon forever and ever anyway... I wish there was more shit talking on the American indie scene.

99% of musicians signed to major labels and trying to stand for something else are hypocrites, whether it's Coldplay or Neil Young. In that aspect Gorillaz isn't really that different from Radiohead either. I personally take Gorillaz's music to Radiohead's increasingly annoying material any day. Still I think musicians should stop badmouthing other musicians and concentrate on their music.

radiohead isn't doing a stadium tour...

the real hypocrite talks about what a human being should do in every situation, although they have never been in those situations... I could care less about gorillaz, or blur... they've never inspired me more than to get up and find the remote or realize once again... I am a sheep listening to the radio.... If radiohead doesnt sell tickets and make money, they may not make more albums... there is a fine line between art and business. These guys(radiohead) whether they are saints or demons have inspired some and isn't that what music is for??? Whether you like them or not, that is what is irrelevant... we should stop telling the people we put on a pedestal what the f**k to do... and either support their craft or stop buying into it... we are so self righteous, it's funny really. So thats what you should do cause I have never made a mistake in my life and you should follow me.... baaaaa...

You are all cunts, blur is the best!

i agree with the person above me. blur is the best along with radiohead!!!

Blur are a great band, and so are Radiohead. Radiohead tendto be more informative about the human condition...they question what it means to be a human being living in the post 21st/21st century where everything is screwed up. I can't think of a more origional act to come outta Britain in the last decade since Radioheed. I do however think they are a little overated at times- Ok Computer was okay...it wasn't the greatest album like everyone said it was... The Bends is a much better album.

There seems to be this thing with Thom Yorke, that he is the ultimate weirdo of all time. And he can't dress himself up and say 'I'm a weirdo.' His 'head' is self explanatory of his weirdness, and that he can't escape...NOONE on this earth looks like Yorke. He's tried to keep low key since 1998, but it's actually worked the opposite, and more and more interest into the singer that is 'Thom Yorke' has been cited. Everyone seems to stick up for Radiohead, and defend them to the death...they have made some good songs, but have become somewhta egocentric since Ok Computer...releasing an album without any promos or press coverage...

The only irrelevent blur album has been Leisure, which just reeks of acid house circa 1990. Song 2 wasn't irrelevent, it was a parody of grunge. Coffee & Tv is all about being an 18 year old weirdo in the country side before you leave home, and 13 was just an amazing album, right before the genius of the group burnt out.

Blur wouldn't be able to hold a stadium tour...they played at Fuji Rock Festival 2003 with Radiohead, that was a stadium, but the blur has gone into disintegration since the release of their greatest hits. Graham Coxon is a head f uck now...nearing 40, he releases his own brand of indie durge that doesn't breach the top 40. Alex James is now a coke totting cunt who doesn't give a f uck (never liked the basist anyways, he's always been a cunt), and the drummer is too envolved with his own projects now.

The only decent bands to have come out of America since 1990 have been Nirvana, The RHCP, and to a lesser extent, KoRn. Other bands in America are just pale copies of these bands, and the ones that aren't are just inspired by Radiohead. Anyone can play guitar...doesn't mean to say you're any good though, and those who make it are destined. If you'e 38 and still not had your top ten hit, then you have never been destined to become a rock star period

blur are the best band! you are all cunts! :D and by the way one guy said nobody gives a shit bout damon albarns comments, well noone gives a shit about his!

i agree with dave because i am a fan of both bands as well. i am, and always will be, a diehard radiohead fan - absolutely love them; however, i would agree with albarn that their live shows have become a bit impersonal especially considering how clever thom yorke is and has been at capturing those angst ridden feelings we've all had in our lives both lyrically and vocally: his songs reach inside and pull you out of yourself. have they been putting on those dirty passionate crazy live shows, not really.

it's like what martin chambers - from the pretenders - said: i don't like music that is too good or perfect, i like music that is down and dirty because that music allows you to just give it all you've got.

the thing is, it is great to have such a wide range of bands to choose from, you go see the bands that cater to that dirty rock thang when you want, and then you go and see bands that cater to that more intellectual side when you want, etc., etc. i mean, it's like when your deciding to go out to dinner - are you in the mood for thai or italian.

people really should lighten up and not take things to such extremes.

i think albarn provided some entertaining music, nothing too deep lyrically, but still pretty entertaining none the less. but, knocking someone else in order to feel bigger is just trite and sad.

i agree with dave because i am a fan of both bands as well. i am, and always will be, a diehard radiohead fan - absolutely love them; however, i would agree with albarn that their live shows have become a bit impersonal especially considering how clever thom yorke is and has been at capturing those angst ridden feelings we've all had in our lives both lyrically and vocally: his songs reach inside and pull you out of yourself. have they been putting on those dirty passionate crazy live shows, not really.

it's like what martin chambers - from the pretenders - said: i don't like music that is too good or perfect, i like music that is down and dirty because that music allows you to just give it all you've got.

the thing is, it is great to have such a wide range of bands to choose from, you go see the bands that cater to that dirty rock thang when you want, and then you go and see bands that cater to that more intellectual side when you want, etc., etc. i mean, it's like when your deciding to go out to dinner - are you in the mood for thai or italian.

people really should lighten up and not take things to such extremes.

i think albarn provided some entertaining music, nothing too deep lyrically, but still pretty entertaining none the less. but, knocking someone else in order to feel bigger is just trite and sad.

i agree with dave because i am a fan of both bands as well. i am, and always will be, a diehard radiohead fan - absolutely love them; however, i would agree with albarn that their live shows have become a bit impersonal especially considering how clever thom yorke is and has been at capturing those angst ridden feelings we've all had in our lives both lyrically and vocally: his songs reach inside and pull you out of yourself. have they been putting on those dirty passionate crazy live shows, not really.

it's like what martin chambers - from the pretenders - said: i don't like music that is too good or perfect, i like music that is down and dirty because that music allows you to just give it all you've got.

the thing is, it is great to have such a wide range of bands to choose from, you go see the bands that cater to that dirty rock thang when you want, and then you go and see bands that cater to that more intellectual side when you want, etc., etc. i mean, it's like when you're deciding to go out to dinner - are you in the mood for thai or italian.

people really should lighten up and not take things to such extremes.

i think albarn provided some entertaining music, nothing too deep lyrically, but still pretty entertaining none the less. but, knocking someone else in order to feel bigger is just trite and sad.

|albarn not right anyway
|he might to take care of himself now and stop throwin shit to other|
|what does damon now?|
|he just left blur then started a lot of new projects...n loose his power|
|and for now he chews his own brain for a dinnner while radiohead still alive and recordin new album|

Why....Damon...Why? wel thats goodbye for my Gorillaz Albums...¬¬

does he always have to say something irritating and stupid? it isnt radiohead's fault that they have a huge fanbase, if they played smaller gigs, alot of fans would loose out over getting a ticket! this doesnt make thom yorke and radiohead impersonal, it just means alot of people like their music!

camille... "shit talking on the indie scene"? This is between a band signed to Virgin and another signed to Capitol.

I guess we could say there has been some great "shit talk" on the American Indie scene... between David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and Van Halen.

Dolt.

Thom's response.

'I'm not really bothered about what Damon thinks, but the whole thing about doing big shows does bother me. Do you just do the small shows and keep selling them out so everyone gets really, really cross [because they can't get tickets]? But at the same time the whole apparatus of big festivals is not cool. If we could go to them and say, you can only use paper cups, you can't use generators, you have to use solar panels... The trouble is you can't do a show at the moment with solar panels. You technically can't make it happen.'

there are some very petty people here. to be honest it was probably an off the cuff remark that has been blown out of proportion. and if you think albarn hasn't been very busy with stuff outside gorillaz (who are brilliant beyond their novelty) then you are painfully nieve.

oh shit, don't mess with radiohead, or the fans will bring the shit... man that is kinda inhuman... still like both blur and radiohead though

Wait... KORN is a decent band?

There was korn in my stool last night..

not too bad