All language subtitles for Blur.New.World.Towers.2015.WEBRip.x264-VXT-English

af Afrikaans
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bn Bengali
bs Bosnian
bg Bulgarian
ca Catalan
ceb Cebuano
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
nl Dutch
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
tl Filipino
fi Finnish
fr French
fy Frisian
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German
el Greek
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hmn Hmong
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
km Khmer
ko Korean
ku Kurdish (Kurmanji)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Lao
la Latin
lv Latvian
lt Lithuanian
lb Luxembourgish
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mn Mongolian
my Myanmar (Burmese)
ne Nepali
no Norwegian
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt Portuguese
pa Punjabi
ro Romanian
ru Russian
sm Samoan
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
st Sesotho
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhala
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es Spanish Download
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
te Telugu
th Thai
tr Turkish
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
or Odia (Oriya)
rw Kinyarwanda
tk Turkmen
tt Tatar
ug Uyghur
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:07,044 --> 00:00:10,838 A BILINK TV PRODUCTION 2 00:00:12,442 --> 00:00:17,285 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 3 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:46,678 It was really fortuitous. 4 00:00:47,319 --> 00:00:49,382 It might as well not have happened. 5 00:00:50,224 --> 00:00:51,601 It just happened 6 00:00:52,575 --> 00:00:56,698 exactly in the right place, when we had the right spirit. 7 00:01:00,211 --> 00:01:02,019 I mean, I was just 8 00:01:02,726 --> 00:01:04,144 got off the plane, 9 00:01:04,465 --> 00:01:07,282 totally drunk since the end of the tour party, 10 00:01:07,332 --> 00:01:09,521 and immediately we started to write and resume 11 00:01:09,571 --> 00:01:12,231 and was obviously trying to avoid 12 00:01:12,818 --> 00:01:14,404 to be a member of Blur. 13 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:20,528 The idea of ​​building an album around it was actually born as a joke. 14 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:24,448 It is ridiculous to think that you can put together an album in five days. 15 00:01:28,324 --> 00:01:29,762 Is giving to someone 16 00:01:29,812 --> 00:01:32,371 a second, a third opportunity and then see 17 00:01:32,504 --> 00:01:35,899 waste it and drop it again. 18 00:01:35,949 --> 00:01:38,451 Makes you say, "My God, I can't 19 00:01:38,501 --> 00:01:40,519 I can't do this, enough, again? " 20 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:42,981 Well, yes, you know how it is... 21 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:46,353 Interpersonal relationships are scary and people do strange things, 22 00:01:46,858 --> 00:01:49,618 no? And, just when you think everything is going 23 00:01:49,668 --> 00:01:53,735 smooth as oil, suddenly something unexpected happens. 24 00:01:57,220 --> 00:01:58,522 Well, they will always be there 25 00:01:58,572 --> 00:02:03,030 times when you don't do the right thing. That's how you grow up and learn what it is 26 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,391 the right thing. 27 00:02:08,088 --> 00:02:09,088 Good. 28 00:02:09,632 --> 00:02:11,061 And now 29 00:02:11,449 --> 00:02:13,666 we'll play songs about your city. 30 00:04:28,883 --> 00:04:29,986 Thank you! 31 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,485 In 2009, there was a kind of reconciliation. 32 00:04:55,635 --> 00:04:57,622 I don't think any of us did 33 00:04:57,672 --> 00:05:02,366 because I was short of money or homesick. It would have been awful. 34 00:05:02,949 --> 00:05:04,515 In many ways, 35 00:05:05,949 --> 00:05:08,394 I had accepted the fact 36 00:05:09,244 --> 00:05:11,130 that I would never do anything with Blur again. 37 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,851 And then the Olympics came. 38 00:05:14,148 --> 00:05:16,269 It was thanks to the Olympics. Who they have 39 00:05:16,319 --> 00:05:18,694 asked to do a great show on the last day 40 00:05:18,744 --> 00:05:19,870 at Hyde Park. 41 00:05:20,953 --> 00:05:22,639 The atmosphere was right, 42 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:25,138 it seemed like a very special occasion. 43 00:05:25,188 --> 00:05:26,188 IS 44 00:05:26,829 --> 00:05:28,643 I think that 45 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:33,404 we had a great show. We all think 46 00:05:33,621 --> 00:05:36,575 - that hadn't been bad at all! - And then we thought, "Well, 47 00:05:36,625 --> 00:05:39,912 if we have to get together for that show, we can also go to places 48 00:05:39,962 --> 00:05:44,194 where we've never played before. And I think that's why 49 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:46,718 we met in Hong Kong. 50 00:05:48,355 --> 00:05:52,245 Right now we’re all calm and no one 51 00:05:52,696 --> 00:05:54,967 he feels obliged to be part of the Blur. 52 00:05:55,659 --> 00:05:59,203 You understand? We touch God only know how much now 53 00:05:59,253 --> 00:06:01,796 and we have the golden opportunity to be able 54 00:06:01,846 --> 00:06:04,562 do what interests us most. 55 00:06:04,629 --> 00:06:08,051 I remember... I remember when you were just starting. 56 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:09,101 IS 57 00:06:09,735 --> 00:06:11,727 And now it's more fun? 58 00:06:12,466 --> 00:06:15,577 Making music is always special. 59 00:06:15,824 --> 00:06:20,868 It is true. When the four of us are together, in the studio or on stage, it's something special. 60 00:06:21,226 --> 00:06:22,734 And we still have to 61 00:06:22,784 --> 00:06:27,030 do a series of shows, big and small and that's what makes it interesting. 62 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,180 Why do you still remember the first shows, right? 63 00:06:30,230 --> 00:06:33,281 - Well, just a few. - Only a few, yes. Of the best. 64 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,170 We went to Hong Kong and shared. 65 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:41,899 After that, we should go to Taipei. 66 00:06:41,949 --> 00:06:45,050 Damon will say for sure that it was another city, but it was Taipei, Damon. 67 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,251 We were actually going to 68 00:06:48,168 --> 00:06:49,168 Tokyo, 69 00:06:50,012 --> 00:06:53,199 but the show was canceled. 70 00:06:53,249 --> 00:06:57,428 They shot the organizer or something, I don't know, but they canceled. 71 00:06:57,478 --> 00:06:58,478 "OK." 72 00:07:06,087 --> 00:07:08,181 We spent five days in Hong Kong. 73 00:07:08,231 --> 00:07:10,169 The opportunity presented itself 74 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:11,926 to create music. 75 00:07:12,519 --> 00:07:16,306 It happened like this... "We are in Hong Kong, we have nothing to do. 76 00:07:16,391 --> 00:07:18,183 Let's go to the recording studio! 77 00:07:33,181 --> 00:07:36,677 You know, I would have preferred to stay calm and 78 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:39,026 relax for a few days and 79 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:41,318 improvising in the studio can be 80 00:07:41,368 --> 00:07:45,246 an unpleasant, claustrophobic, smelly and exhausting experience, 81 00:07:45,296 --> 00:07:46,940 compared, for example, 82 00:07:47,161 --> 00:07:48,877 in a hotel pool. 83 00:07:49,666 --> 00:07:50,686 Therefore... 84 00:07:51,299 --> 00:07:53,142 That week, we could have 85 00:07:53,192 --> 00:07:55,102 spend time on board an open bus, 86 00:07:55,729 --> 00:07:57,204 to admire the view. 87 00:07:57,444 --> 00:07:58,544 But you know how it is... 88 00:07:58,793 --> 00:08:00,960 when musicians get bored, it's easy 89 00:08:01,010 --> 00:08:03,460 to remove the tools. It's more or less 90 00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:05,158 that's how it works. 91 00:08:05,317 --> 00:08:07,757 We might as well have taken a vacation. 92 00:08:07,807 --> 00:08:10,279 But on the one hand there was a work ethic, 93 00:08:10,329 --> 00:08:11,731 in the other 94 00:08:11,781 --> 00:08:14,790 I was courteous. I wanted to find out if there was something there 95 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,303 differently, we could do instead of continuing 96 00:08:18,353 --> 00:08:22,311 being in a band called Blur until we couldn't do that anymore. 97 00:08:23,684 --> 00:08:26,996 It was like the first tests. that was 98 00:08:27,118 --> 00:08:29,392 so much fun spending time like that. 99 00:08:41,647 --> 00:08:44,390 It was nothing too elaborate. We were feeling something, 100 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,902 if it didn't work, we tried something else. 101 00:08:46,952 --> 00:08:49,645 And then there were a lot of ideas, 102 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:51,937 and you don't need anything else. So the rest just 103 00:08:51,987 --> 00:08:54,096 it comes naturally as a result. 104 00:09:09,942 --> 00:09:12,127 Better not really, because you know what it is... 105 00:09:13,941 --> 00:09:14,941 is 106 00:09:15,608 --> 00:09:17,472 - Well, there are many different things. - Yes. 107 00:09:17,833 --> 00:09:20,699 But this is... 108 00:09:27,220 --> 00:09:28,220 Truth? 109 00:09:29,506 --> 00:09:31,050 It doesn't change anything. 110 00:09:34,831 --> 00:09:38,431 You have to approach it with the idea of ​​trying something different, 111 00:09:38,481 --> 00:09:40,961 and it seemed like a very exciting thing to do, 112 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:42,847 making music in Hong Kong. 113 00:09:48,408 --> 00:09:50,124 And in a way they were not there 114 00:09:50,174 --> 00:09:52,553 pressures of any kind. We feel 115 00:09:52,603 --> 00:09:55,825 to be part of a band that did something vaguely 116 00:09:55,964 --> 00:09:59,551 transgressive. Record music without anyone knowing. 117 00:10:21,086 --> 00:10:25,234 It was a very anonymous building, it was called the Acme building. 118 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,372 It had no windows. 119 00:10:27,422 --> 00:10:30,601 It was very small, it was tight. 120 00:10:31,105 --> 00:10:34,301 I think if we were in one of those big superchic rooms with 121 00:10:34,351 --> 00:10:38,496 Pharrell Williams, to record our return record, none of us 122 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,683 there would be, but as everything was fine between us 123 00:10:41,733 --> 00:10:43,911 and we had fun playing together, we thought "Well, come on 124 00:10:43,961 --> 00:10:47,716 let's go to the living room to make music! Because we like it! Why 125 00:10:48,363 --> 00:10:50,877 that's what we like to do and we're good at it! 126 00:10:55,950 --> 00:10:59,000 I didn't want this album to escape us. I thought it would be... 127 00:10:59,451 --> 00:11:00,503 It would have been 128 00:11:00,553 --> 00:11:02,864 sad, because the sensations were perfect, 129 00:11:02,914 --> 00:11:04,874 while recording those sessions. 130 00:11:06,555 --> 00:11:08,745 - Hey, we have something here! - Yes! 131 00:11:12,035 --> 00:11:16,431 We were all stuck in Hong Kong, outside 132 00:11:17,092 --> 00:11:19,108 of the complicated lives that each of us 133 00:11:19,158 --> 00:11:22,401 he built for himself. I think that was very important. 134 00:11:23,001 --> 00:11:26,047 There were no distractions. We missed our families. 135 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:29,115 And I think the album also carries that. 136 00:14:01,814 --> 00:14:05,342 To hell with the record company and all these people. That kind of pressure 137 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:08,155 is something you can try to rebel against, 138 00:14:08,442 --> 00:14:09,997 but you can never 139 00:14:10,047 --> 00:14:11,548 rebel against the path 140 00:14:12,649 --> 00:14:15,290 where you are seen from a musical point of view. 141 00:14:15,340 --> 00:14:17,282 Hour after hour, 142 00:14:17,332 --> 00:14:18,806 day by day, 143 00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:20,759 along with your friends. 144 00:14:20,946 --> 00:14:24,237 Because they know when you suck. You feel yourself sucking. 145 00:14:24,287 --> 00:14:27,482 You feel very vulnerable. You are in a very difficult situation 146 00:14:28,092 --> 00:14:30,997 unstable. Even if you're kidding and laughing. 147 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:40,654 I think we made an effort to go somewhere. You have to go somewhere. 148 00:14:40,704 --> 00:14:43,742 You must feel that you are on some kind of journey, 149 00:14:43,792 --> 00:14:47,087 when you're playing jam sessions. 150 00:14:47,348 --> 00:14:49,906 The good thing is that there were no distractions. 151 00:14:50,398 --> 00:14:53,278 It was just some kind of thing 152 00:14:53,328 --> 00:14:56,057 paramount, because we all had to 153 00:14:56,107 --> 00:14:58,736 we took the subway together every day and 154 00:14:58,786 --> 00:15:00,597 and we went to work, and then 155 00:15:00,937 --> 00:15:02,498 we were going out together. 156 00:15:11,691 --> 00:15:14,942 Every day, when we took the subway, we said things like: 157 00:15:14,992 --> 00:15:19,023 "Hey! Yes! It was great!" But none of us really wanted 158 00:15:19,336 --> 00:15:21,699 admits. Maybe we still think... 159 00:15:22,409 --> 00:15:24,507 "Yes, it went well, but let's try" 160 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,074 don't let us get too excited. 161 00:15:28,609 --> 00:15:29,679 - He was cool! - OK. 162 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:31,348 It is the system that was used 163 00:15:31,398 --> 00:15:34,984 in the 1950s to make records, before cinemas became so big 164 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,943 large and bulky technological machines. 165 00:15:38,501 --> 00:15:41,826 You take a group of musicians who really know how to play and put them in a room 166 00:15:41,876 --> 00:15:43,390 and see what happens. 167 00:15:49,387 --> 00:15:51,928 We used the same approach that we used in the early days. 168 00:15:51,978 --> 00:15:55,407 In just five days, we bake 169 00:15:55,632 --> 00:15:58,504 any ideas that we could. 170 00:15:59,341 --> 00:16:01,175 It is important to feel free to 171 00:16:01,824 --> 00:16:03,769 be able to set your mind free. 172 00:16:05,588 --> 00:16:07,713 Dave started in the recording booth, 173 00:16:07,763 --> 00:16:10,407 but he felt he was too far away from us. 174 00:16:10,457 --> 00:16:11,623 So is 175 00:16:12,407 --> 00:16:15,426 he came to the room where we were playing. 176 00:16:15,476 --> 00:16:18,917 But he did not bring all the equipment and was not properly microphoned. 177 00:16:18,967 --> 00:16:21,063 It was just putting ideas down, 178 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:24,159 but it was the most spontaneous session 179 00:16:24,209 --> 00:16:26,648 that we received from... 180 00:16:27,288 --> 00:16:29,019 I believe that from Modern Life Is Rubbish, or 181 00:16:29,069 --> 00:16:30,328 Parklife. 182 00:16:31,813 --> 00:16:33,405 Five days later, we had 183 00:16:33,455 --> 00:16:36,933 about 20 songs. And it felt like the best thing we've ever done. 184 00:16:36,983 --> 00:16:38,640 It was a creative impulse, 185 00:16:38,690 --> 00:16:42,758 a relief. I felt very happy. 186 00:16:42,933 --> 00:16:45,391 All the basic atmospheres were practically in place. 187 00:16:45,441 --> 00:16:48,705 There were a whole series of visions, ideas and things like that. 188 00:16:49,951 --> 00:16:52,843 The lyrics have always been a problem for me. 189 00:16:52,893 --> 00:16:55,449 I can't go down and write all day. 190 00:16:56,603 --> 00:16:58,836 So, I hadn't written the lyrics. 191 00:16:59,693 --> 00:17:01,694 Yes, we're done and then... 192 00:17:02,577 --> 00:17:03,577 Do you know... 193 00:17:04,209 --> 00:17:06,025 Steve Sedgewick came, 194 00:17:07,418 --> 00:17:09,760 the Studio 13 engineer, and he 195 00:17:09,810 --> 00:17:13,222 he must have put everything in his bag, 196 00:17:13,272 --> 00:17:16,193 then he ran away home. And that's how it ended. 197 00:17:17,025 --> 00:17:19,497 I don't know if it ended up in a box or 198 00:17:19,547 --> 00:17:21,690 on a flash drive or... 199 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:25,781 Not where it was placed, but somewhere. 200 00:17:26,201 --> 00:17:28,262 It was filed somewhere. 201 00:17:30,897 --> 00:17:34,459 In my mind, it was a failed experiment, 202 00:17:34,832 --> 00:17:36,643 because we weren't done. 203 00:17:45,334 --> 00:17:48,540 After those five days in Hong Kong, we resumed the tour 204 00:17:48,590 --> 00:17:51,239 and put everything aside. It must be said. 205 00:17:55,235 --> 00:17:56,928 - Thanks, Vicky. - See you later. 206 00:17:56,978 --> 00:17:59,471 - Hey, thanks, honey. - See you in Jakarta. 207 00:18:03,671 --> 00:18:07,045 - I'll pick you up tomorrow at half past one. - Thank you. 208 00:18:08,072 --> 00:18:09,218 See you. 209 00:18:23,343 --> 00:18:25,298 Well, we should be fine then. 210 00:18:26,691 --> 00:18:28,793 - Come here. - Closer. Stay here. 211 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,522 I experienced a moment of true tranquility 212 00:18:42,942 --> 00:18:44,237 is calm, 213 00:18:44,611 --> 00:18:45,840 on here. 214 00:18:47,646 --> 00:18:49,147 And suddenly 215 00:18:49,537 --> 00:18:50,860 the phone rings. 216 00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:54,592 "Ah, you play at Hyde Park tonight and it's sold out." 217 00:18:54,642 --> 00:18:58,134 "Graham made a new album for you." It was like reliving a story with 218 00:18:58,184 --> 00:19:00,797 an ex, in a situation 219 00:19:01,736 --> 00:19:03,271 completely confused, 220 00:19:04,157 --> 00:19:05,962 and then be spit back 221 00:19:06,012 --> 00:19:08,614 in my normal life. When everything is over, it is said: 222 00:19:08,664 --> 00:19:09,980 "What happened?" 223 00:19:10,448 --> 00:19:12,252 We were like a bubble, 224 00:19:12,302 --> 00:19:13,979 each on their own. 225 00:19:14,713 --> 00:19:18,244 You know, we were creating something, with these sessions, 226 00:19:18,536 --> 00:19:21,396 and I think we forgot that when we got back 227 00:19:21,446 --> 00:19:23,009 we would be finished 228 00:19:23,059 --> 00:19:24,524 in our different 229 00:19:24,844 --> 00:19:29,366 professional, domestic and geographical situations. 230 00:19:29,416 --> 00:19:32,992 Damon made a beautiful metaphor. It's like 231 00:19:33,042 --> 00:19:35,006 didn't wash the dishes 232 00:19:35,314 --> 00:19:36,546 for one day. 233 00:19:37,114 --> 00:19:42,600 They start to bother you. And if you don't wash for several days, you don't want to go back to the kitchen, right? 234 00:19:42,650 --> 00:19:45,758 Six months have passed. And nothing happened. 235 00:19:45,808 --> 00:19:49,745 Another six months passed and nothing happened. And then another six months passed. 236 00:19:49,795 --> 00:19:51,122 And nothing happened. 237 00:19:51,172 --> 00:19:54,365 And then I remembered that I had a video camera in the recording room. 238 00:19:54,464 --> 00:19:58,711 And I thought, "Oh, now I'm watching these videos." And even if 239 00:19:58,761 --> 00:20:02,359 there was a big microphone on the camera, you could 240 00:20:02,409 --> 00:20:04,770 you could feel, feel. 241 00:20:11,541 --> 00:20:13,887 I woke up with the New World Tower in my head, 242 00:20:13,937 --> 00:20:16,475 that song, for some reason, haunted me. 243 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:33,041 Do you prefer the four to the floor? 244 00:20:34,597 --> 00:20:37,358 There was something good about those four on the floor. 245 00:20:53,538 --> 00:20:58,076 It was terrible to know that I did something very good 246 00:20:58,810 --> 00:20:59,830 that 247 00:21:01,168 --> 00:21:04,769 he would probably never see the light of day. 248 00:21:07,735 --> 00:21:12,350 I poured myself a good glass of wine, watched all those videos and thought 249 00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:14,890 to pour me another glass. 250 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:17,681 I looked at them and found it a pity. 251 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:30,865 It is a great privilege to be part of Blur and 252 00:21:30,915 --> 00:21:32,398 I try to have fun 253 00:21:32,866 --> 00:21:35,272 at most when I'm involved in the project, 254 00:21:35,322 --> 00:21:38,793 and when it’s all over, I move away from it again. 255 00:21:38,843 --> 00:21:42,566 I don't expect anything, understand? 256 00:21:42,616 --> 00:21:46,017 In doing so, whatever happens is great and 257 00:21:46,067 --> 00:21:47,163 positive. 258 00:21:56,659 --> 00:22:00,504 We can play some instruments in a small room too 259 00:22:00,554 --> 00:22:03,756 or play for 80,000 people, 260 00:22:04,362 --> 00:22:07,665 we are not the ones who make this change, 261 00:22:07,715 --> 00:22:10,656 but what happens 262 00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:12,217 around us. 263 00:22:12,267 --> 00:22:14,649 There is a cause and effect relationship. 264 00:22:26,194 --> 00:22:29,200 When I play a big show 265 00:22:29,278 --> 00:22:31,778 the important thing is to have the necessary security, 266 00:22:31,961 --> 00:22:33,547 to know 267 00:22:34,750 --> 00:22:36,844 almost innately 268 00:22:36,945 --> 00:22:41,938 that it is essential to be explosive during the first few 269 00:22:42,655 --> 00:22:44,133 five minutes. 270 00:22:44,183 --> 00:22:46,260 You have to seduce the audience, in a way. 271 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:51,606 There are many positive aspects to playing close to home. 272 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:54,503 Playing Hyde Park is not easy 273 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:56,712 it's a huge park and i love it. 274 00:22:56,762 --> 00:22:59,334 It's Hyde Park and it really is 275 00:22:59,649 --> 00:23:00,990 quintessential. 276 00:23:02,316 --> 00:23:06,338 But it is not easy. Going on stage once doesn't make things any easier. 277 00:23:06,388 --> 00:23:09,630 It is the fourth time that I play and every time it is difficult. 278 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,251 I always feel some kind of... 279 00:23:12,423 --> 00:23:13,445 horror. 280 00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:16,998 It was of great importance for Blur. 281 00:23:17,048 --> 00:23:18,419 The concert 282 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:21,059 for the Olympics it was absurd, 283 00:23:21,109 --> 00:23:23,329 because London couldn't be more ready than that. 284 00:23:25,190 --> 00:23:26,261 Therefore 285 00:23:26,628 --> 00:23:29,014 I hope tonight is 286 00:23:29,609 --> 00:23:31,280 equally special. 287 00:23:32,463 --> 00:23:36,437 It is very difficult to define the elements that make a show magical. 288 00:23:36,487 --> 00:23:40,577 For Blur, it's about getting in tune with the audience. 289 00:23:40,869 --> 00:23:42,927 It’s a pretty overwhelming experience, 290 00:23:42,977 --> 00:23:47,419 take the stage in front of 65,000 people. 291 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:49,426 It always has this incredible feeling, 292 00:23:49,476 --> 00:23:52,690 that kidnaps not only us, 293 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:54,094 but also the public. 294 00:23:54,144 --> 00:23:58,223 It is like a feeling of total liberation and communion. 295 00:26:42,650 --> 00:26:47,367 It is the union of four different people, each with... 296 00:26:47,417 --> 00:26:49,904 characters, mentality, 297 00:26:51,312 --> 00:26:53,434 lives, concerns, 298 00:26:53,927 --> 00:26:55,255 different problems. 299 00:26:55,674 --> 00:26:59,552 And they all try to have the same bizarre experience together 300 00:27:00,248 --> 00:27:01,320 together. 301 00:27:01,961 --> 00:27:05,105 Now we all just think about having fun and nothing else. 302 00:27:05,155 --> 00:27:07,886 There is no duty, none 303 00:27:07,936 --> 00:27:10,074 pressure is just 304 00:27:10,515 --> 00:27:13,126 an incredible thing! Let's do a great rock show! 305 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,872 I thought about money and children, 306 00:33:09,922 --> 00:33:12,303 and it was good that Graham called me saying: 307 00:33:12,353 --> 00:33:15,551 "Do you know those songs we wrote in Hong Kong?" 308 00:33:15,673 --> 00:33:16,869 And I said, "Yes!" 309 00:33:16,919 --> 00:33:19,748 "I can see what we can do with this." 310 00:33:20,394 --> 00:33:23,209 There is a standard, but strange 311 00:33:23,525 --> 00:33:27,303 doing things, not a hierarchy, but a way 312 00:33:27,377 --> 00:33:29,740 do the things you usually do 313 00:33:29,790 --> 00:33:32,021 there is Damon saying, "Hi, 314 00:33:32,312 --> 00:33:34,675 what if we do that? " 315 00:33:37,310 --> 00:33:41,476 You are not sure if Damon likes to have that responsibility. 316 00:33:42,313 --> 00:33:43,972 So I tested it 317 00:33:44,038 --> 00:33:47,088 and I took the initiative, saying to him: 318 00:33:47,516 --> 00:33:49,126 "I would like to take everything" 319 00:33:50,105 --> 00:33:51,623 and take a look at it. 320 00:33:51,673 --> 00:33:54,374 It was not easy to prepare for this conversation, 321 00:33:54,424 --> 00:33:58,387 interestingly, but I shouldn't have worried about that. 322 00:33:58,525 --> 00:34:01,017 I've known him for longer than anyone else. 323 00:34:03,056 --> 00:34:04,710 I think they are quite rude. 324 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:11,347 - Then that's it. - Damon's mom gave it to me. 325 00:34:11,594 --> 00:34:13,693 When I was in the hospital, with anemia. 326 00:34:13,743 --> 00:34:15,462 When I was 18 years old. 327 00:34:16,085 --> 00:34:18,572 I lost control, what a pity. 328 00:34:20,274 --> 00:34:22,409 But the cup remained, 329 00:34:22,459 --> 00:34:27,426 with some beads, the remains of the necklace Damon made for me at the hospital. 330 00:34:28,621 --> 00:34:31,917 They still have every reason to think that 331 00:34:32,580 --> 00:34:37,407 I could add a lot of guitars or make a big mess. 332 00:34:37,457 --> 00:34:38,790 Send Graham 333 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:41,142 in the studio with the experts is a little bit 334 00:34:41,192 --> 00:34:43,602 how to send my 11 year old son to the supermarket 335 00:34:43,652 --> 00:34:45,608 supermarket shopping. 336 00:34:46,003 --> 00:34:48,900 "Did you use distortion for everything?" 337 00:34:49,293 --> 00:34:50,750 "You used" 338 00:34:51,163 --> 00:34:52,762 the flanger of everything? 339 00:34:52,812 --> 00:34:55,506 - OK. - I was excited, it's great 340 00:34:55,556 --> 00:34:57,347 not having to think about everything. 341 00:34:57,751 --> 00:35:00,190 In short, on several occasions I said to myself: 342 00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:03,664 "Why am I doing everything here?" 343 00:35:04,262 --> 00:35:06,831 And for me it was, well, it was 344 00:35:06,881 --> 00:35:09,087 it was really a surprise 345 00:35:09,137 --> 00:35:10,868 very good it 346 00:35:10,918 --> 00:35:13,246 was prepared and ready for it. 347 00:35:13,296 --> 00:35:16,262 And that he was capable of that too. It really made me 348 00:35:16,312 --> 00:35:20,595 good that my oldest friend felt again 349 00:35:21,268 --> 00:35:25,275 so optimistic and self-confident. 350 00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:26,657 It's fantastic. 351 00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:28,765 I didn't know if it would work 352 00:35:28,815 --> 00:35:31,447 but I didn't have much to lose and 353 00:35:32,847 --> 00:35:35,132 I put it in those terms. I said 354 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,019 people are confused, we are confused 355 00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:41,172 for what happened to Think Tank and 356 00:35:42,009 --> 00:35:43,499 is... 357 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,934 so long ago 358 00:35:46,351 --> 00:35:49,553 we avoid confusing and do something 359 00:35:49,603 --> 00:35:52,776 great, and he replied, "Okay, let's go!" 360 00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:54,399 Are you ready? 361 00:38:15,391 --> 00:38:16,814 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU 362 00:38:22,552 --> 00:38:24,734 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU 363 00:38:54,038 --> 00:38:59,408 You know, in old friendships there are always difficulties, there will always be 364 00:38:59,458 --> 00:39:03,949 times when you don't do the right thing. But this is how you grow and learn to do 365 00:39:03,999 --> 00:39:07,957 the right thing. I was wrong and admitted it, more or less. 366 00:39:08,007 --> 00:39:11,308 But it wasn't my fault, it actually is... 367 00:39:11,358 --> 00:39:13,799 I mean, it was hard for me to react. 368 00:39:14,092 --> 00:39:17,911 I was a spoiled brat and neighing in the 90s. 369 00:39:18,264 --> 00:39:21,016 And when I was 21, 22, it was like 370 00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:22,900 if I was 10. 371 00:39:23,135 --> 00:39:25,321 I had no idea, it was distant. 372 00:39:25,371 --> 00:39:27,754 At 19, I had just left the house. 373 00:39:27,804 --> 00:39:31,296 Two years later, on my 21st birthday, I was playing for Marque. 374 00:39:31,346 --> 00:39:33,596 So we signed and then we went 375 00:39:34,036 --> 00:39:37,558 on tour in America. It's a strange thing to metabolize. 376 00:39:37,663 --> 00:39:39,145 Is weird. 377 00:39:39,195 --> 00:39:43,106 At this age, you don't know your limits when you party. 378 00:39:43,219 --> 00:39:44,679 You just know 379 00:39:44,748 --> 00:39:48,124 this is granted to you. And it's mind-blowing. 380 00:39:48,202 --> 00:39:51,274 You enter a room where there is a lot of alcohol 381 00:39:51,324 --> 00:39:53,067 and they say to you, "Drink!" 382 00:39:53,117 --> 00:39:57,249 You do, and you become a fool. Then, the next day, another show 383 00:39:57,299 --> 00:40:00,475 and another room with a pile of spirits. "Beverage!" 384 00:40:00,827 --> 00:40:03,721 And then you start to try a little. 385 00:40:04,278 --> 00:40:06,621 I thought, you know, if 386 00:40:06,671 --> 00:40:08,749 about your stuff and something comes out, 387 00:40:08,977 --> 00:40:11,232 it would be kind of... 388 00:40:11,282 --> 00:40:15,096 in other words, a recovery of balance after the shame of those years. 389 00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:17,110 I think it is 390 00:40:17,525 --> 00:40:20,187 The masterstroke was having Steven Street 391 00:40:20,779 --> 00:40:24,246 as an aid. Because Steven is incredibly meticulous 392 00:40:24,296 --> 00:40:26,668 and patient, really, 393 00:40:26,718 --> 00:40:29,470 and he knows the dynamics of Blur better than anyone, 394 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,696 having produced most of our records. 395 00:40:31,746 --> 00:40:35,329 It is always a pleasure to talk to the crowd, I feel very close to them. 396 00:40:35,379 --> 00:40:38,466 But that news came suddenly, I haven't heard from them in a while. 397 00:40:38,516 --> 00:40:41,470 Graham picked up the phone, like this, and said to me: 398 00:40:41,697 --> 00:40:45,774 "Steven, I have an idea, I want to do something with these recordings" 399 00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:49,211 we did in Hong Kong. They are ready for production. 400 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,064 When you go to the studio with Steven, 401 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:54,689 it never happens that you go to him one day and he gets hysterical. 402 00:40:55,550 --> 00:40:59,102 Or you never go to him and find him crying at your desk. 403 00:40:59,974 --> 00:41:02,696 Go to him and find everything ready 404 00:41:02,746 --> 00:41:06,111 and have a coffee and it will be Steven Street. 405 00:41:06,365 --> 00:41:09,882 It’s so easy to try several things, 406 00:41:10,378 --> 00:41:11,397 no? 407 00:41:13,110 --> 00:41:16,755 With technology, if something doesn't work, you start from scratch. 408 00:41:17,090 --> 00:41:19,125 I think it's a beautiful thing. 409 00:41:21,074 --> 00:41:22,886 Great sound, right? 410 00:41:23,082 --> 00:41:25,449 After two days, we knew we were working on this album 411 00:41:25,499 --> 00:41:28,174 it would have been very worth it. 412 00:41:29,788 --> 00:41:30,741 is 413 00:41:30,791 --> 00:41:33,818 but we work a lot on it, we keep working on it. 414 00:41:34,982 --> 00:41:37,103 It was very intense, but very fun. 415 00:41:37,153 --> 00:41:41,207 I would go home, sit with the guitar and continue rehearsing the chords. 416 00:41:41,752 --> 00:41:45,477 But I was basically going home in a really good mood, you know? 417 00:41:47,198 --> 00:41:49,570 I love longer and more contemplative things 418 00:41:49,987 --> 00:41:52,652 and I love that sometimes it doesn't sound familiar 419 00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:56,284 compared to other Blur albums. 420 00:41:57,913 --> 00:42:01,563 My idea, my attitude was to be very sensitive 421 00:42:01,613 --> 00:42:05,212 and keep most things in Hong Kong. 422 00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:07,820 We make it very presentable, 423 00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:09,437 but I was anyway 424 00:42:09,504 --> 00:42:13,407 aware that I should have made it feel for Damon and had to be 425 00:42:14,291 --> 00:42:15,619 a striking thing, 426 00:42:15,669 --> 00:42:18,759 something that should have attracted you. 427 00:42:18,809 --> 00:42:20,779 We sat next to him and said: 428 00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:22,757 "Listen to her, listen to her" and he was... 429 00:42:23,693 --> 00:42:26,049 It couldn't be, I didn't think that 430 00:42:26,099 --> 00:42:30,069 can be very embarrassing or stressful 431 00:42:30,579 --> 00:42:31,603 Do you know. 432 00:42:31,653 --> 00:42:34,505 We were listening to Lonesome Street and he didn't look convinced, 433 00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:38,112 so Go Out... He was very fond of Go Out. 434 00:42:38,179 --> 00:42:41,252 And suddenly he says, "Wow!" And then he said: 435 00:42:41,856 --> 00:42:45,624 "Yeah, fucking brilliant," and started jumping and spinning 436 00:42:45,674 --> 00:42:47,216 swear, and... 437 00:42:48,672 --> 00:42:49,830 It was just like that. 438 00:42:50,166 --> 00:42:52,480 Damon is like that. Or behaves that way, 439 00:42:53,224 --> 00:42:56,559 or suddenly he realizes 440 00:42:56,609 --> 00:43:00,103 be very convinced and very expansive, 441 00:43:00,153 --> 00:43:02,152 but it was really a relief. 442 00:43:02,616 --> 00:43:04,289 It was a relief. 443 00:43:04,624 --> 00:43:07,020 But it was a very good sound, anyway. 444 00:43:07,268 --> 00:43:11,188 You could make an entire album with some of those songs. 445 00:43:16,275 --> 00:43:18,099 It's the first thing I heard about music 446 00:43:18,149 --> 00:43:20,370 I thought I was an astronaut, and they were all... 447 00:43:21,206 --> 00:43:22,412 Yes well... 448 00:43:23,341 --> 00:43:25,270 It was like this or... 449 00:43:31,372 --> 00:43:32,940 Maybe I had 450 00:43:33,195 --> 00:43:34,893 sang a melody as a chorus, 451 00:43:34,943 --> 00:43:37,876 and I didn't know if there was a melody or not, 452 00:43:38,024 --> 00:43:41,558 or I entered a middle eighth or changed the chord sequence 453 00:43:41,608 --> 00:43:44,715 as in the chorus of Go Out, at the end, to give more rhythm. 454 00:43:44,765 --> 00:43:48,419 There were many creative decisions, many writing moments, 455 00:43:48,469 --> 00:43:51,846 I didn't know how Damon would react. 456 00:43:52,041 --> 00:43:54,023 He would have been honest, he would have said 457 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,603 - what he thought. - He was always good. 458 00:43:57,475 --> 00:43:58,914 You know, I think 459 00:43:59,062 --> 00:44:00,337 he was 460 00:44:00,708 --> 00:44:04,031 definitely a better musician than I was at the time. 461 00:44:04,513 --> 00:44:06,302 I think we are now 462 00:44:06,579 --> 00:44:08,718 we are equal, but 463 00:44:09,450 --> 00:44:13,014 I had to fight and recover for many years to achieve 464 00:44:13,139 --> 00:44:14,870 level, I think. 465 00:44:15,482 --> 00:44:16,785 Graham and Steven 466 00:44:16,835 --> 00:44:18,005 they arrived, 467 00:44:18,259 --> 00:44:20,170 we sit 468 00:44:20,220 --> 00:44:22,131 and we hear everything. 469 00:44:22,181 --> 00:44:25,079 I had totally forgotten about some things. 470 00:44:25,415 --> 00:44:27,017 But in the end, I thought: 471 00:44:27,103 --> 00:44:29,601 "Oh, wow. This is great." 472 00:44:30,465 --> 00:44:31,799 And then... 473 00:44:33,407 --> 00:44:34,929 "Does that mean I have to... 474 00:44:35,146 --> 00:44:36,246 Oh God." 475 00:44:37,929 --> 00:44:40,763 We launch in the future 476 00:44:40,813 --> 00:44:42,327 and I was back at Blur. 477 00:44:42,377 --> 00:44:43,419 Again! 478 00:44:45,564 --> 00:44:47,541 I just want to say... 479 00:44:47,591 --> 00:44:49,922 i really wanted 480 00:44:49,972 --> 00:44:51,329 thank you Graham, 481 00:44:51,455 --> 00:44:54,656 for molding 482 00:44:54,793 --> 00:44:56,419 The magic whip. 483 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,371 Your turn! 484 00:47:21,426 --> 00:47:23,620 It is not enough! 485 00:47:32,793 --> 00:47:34,291 More difficult! 486 00:47:56,230 --> 00:47:58,578 I think one of my strongest emotions was 487 00:47:58,682 --> 00:48:01,218 when they came back with the album. 488 00:48:01,460 --> 00:48:03,949 I felt like we were back 489 00:48:05,112 --> 00:48:06,633 a set 490 00:48:07,750 --> 00:48:09,131 completely 491 00:48:10,844 --> 00:48:12,054 Working. 492 00:48:12,104 --> 00:48:14,659 It was beautifully articulated, 493 00:48:14,709 --> 00:48:18,816 and everything really had the essence of Graham, 494 00:48:18,866 --> 00:48:22,393 which was great. I was really really proud of your work. 495 00:48:25,373 --> 00:48:29,234 For me, the most interesting thing about the lyrics on this album was asking me 496 00:48:29,284 --> 00:48:30,723 "What am I singing about?" 497 00:48:31,058 --> 00:48:34,347 All fragments of lyrics that were on the album 498 00:48:34,397 --> 00:48:37,540 that Graham returned to me, so to speak, 499 00:48:37,590 --> 00:48:42,052 they were taken from experiences we had while working in Hong Kong. 500 00:48:42,563 --> 00:48:45,874 I completely dived, retraced my steps, 501 00:48:45,924 --> 00:48:50,246 I thought about all the emotional experiences I’ve ever had, 502 00:48:50,308 --> 00:48:51,887 about Hong Kong. 503 00:49:02,062 --> 00:49:04,913 In Hong Kong, I managed 504 00:49:04,963 --> 00:49:07,703 dystopian levels of 505 00:49:08,401 --> 00:49:11,875 personal isolation and 506 00:49:11,925 --> 00:49:14,142 anguish and fear. 507 00:49:14,373 --> 00:49:17,458 The spirit of these 508 00:49:17,653 --> 00:49:20,493 crazy and claustrophobic cities throwing you 509 00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,860 in a dream state that takes you out of your mind. 510 00:49:47,333 --> 00:49:49,875 Despite being an incredibly busy place, 511 00:49:49,925 --> 00:49:52,070 everything goes so fast 512 00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,661 that somehow decreases 513 00:49:54,711 --> 00:49:57,734 and it’s really interesting. 514 00:49:59,568 --> 00:50:03,437 There were a lot of escalators, so you no longer have to climb steep hills. 515 00:50:03,487 --> 00:50:05,650 You can live... 516 00:50:05,752 --> 00:50:07,825 in a completely static way, 517 00:50:07,897 --> 00:50:09,743 like you're in a dream. 518 00:50:22,810 --> 00:50:26,113 You always have a chance to escape. 519 00:50:26,474 --> 00:50:29,830 You can just take the ferry and go to these 520 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,561 divine islands. There are hundreds of them. 521 00:50:55,896 --> 00:50:58,586 All the songs I really like 522 00:50:59,036 --> 00:51:01,113 they have a geographical connotation. 523 00:51:01,204 --> 00:51:05,851 Songs like Waterloo Sunset or the Beatles in general. 524 00:51:05,901 --> 00:51:08,989 I like songs that meditate 525 00:51:09,326 --> 00:51:12,717 in somewhat prosaic things, how to say. 526 00:51:26,213 --> 00:51:28,985 A story that had a noticeable effect on me as a young man is 527 00:51:29,060 --> 00:51:30,946 Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square 528 00:51:31,267 --> 00:51:33,067 with its juxtaposition 529 00:51:33,661 --> 00:51:35,240 of a hangover in the square. 530 00:51:36,727 --> 00:51:41,128 I've always been fascinated by that kind of idea. 531 00:51:50,671 --> 00:51:53,021 There are also strong links with Britain 532 00:51:53,105 --> 00:51:56,202 with British culture, but at the same time it is 533 00:51:56,415 --> 00:52:00,045 is within something totally incomprehensible. 534 00:52:00,095 --> 00:52:02,207 It's very exciting, very modern. 535 00:52:02,279 --> 00:52:04,775 It's beautiful, busy, crazy. 536 00:52:05,407 --> 00:52:06,860 The food is crazy. 537 00:52:07,510 --> 00:52:10,004 I mean, thank God we are not stuck in Düsseldorf. 538 00:52:22,596 --> 00:52:25,655 Keeping a secret is very difficult 539 00:52:25,705 --> 00:52:28,836 in the 21st century, and 540 00:52:28,917 --> 00:52:30,966 as the fateful date approached, 541 00:52:31,016 --> 00:52:34,077 and we had to share the secret with other people, 542 00:52:34,127 --> 00:52:37,250 everything became very difficult. 543 00:52:37,442 --> 00:52:39,301 We put the finishing touches on the day before 544 00:52:40,119 --> 00:52:42,294 of the press conference in Chinatown. 545 00:52:43,095 --> 00:52:45,419 Live, right now, anywhere in the world. 546 00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:49,471 - And we are in a room with... - We welcome you... 547 00:52:49,614 --> 00:52:51,559 Here we are again with Blur. 548 00:52:51,609 --> 00:52:53,620 - Who would have believed it? - Who would have believed it? 549 00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:57,290 Come and go this afternoon: there will be a new Blur album 550 00:52:57,352 --> 00:53:00,051 A beautiful new album called The Magic Whip. 551 00:53:00,326 --> 00:53:03,137 During today's press conference in London, 552 00:53:03,187 --> 00:53:06,792 the British band has revealed that it will come out of a long hiatus 553 00:53:06,842 --> 00:53:09,735 with the new album The Magic Whip. 554 00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:12,609 - How are you? - We met to announce to the world 555 00:53:12,673 --> 00:53:14,480 that we had made a new record. 556 00:53:14,578 --> 00:53:17,855 It's been 16 years since his last album as a quartet, 557 00:53:17,905 --> 00:53:19,762 twelve years since his last album 558 00:53:20,107 --> 00:53:21,808 in three, like Blur. 559 00:53:21,858 --> 00:53:24,257 And today they join us with some news. 560 00:53:24,307 --> 00:53:28,085 I remember noting, five minutes after the press conference started, 561 00:53:28,366 --> 00:53:32,510 seeing Graham restless, Damon bragging, 562 00:53:33,852 --> 00:53:36,869 Dave sucking his finger, I thought: 563 00:53:37,101 --> 00:53:40,006 - "I remember this." - The whole thing is his fault. 564 00:53:40,056 --> 00:53:42,056 Ladies and gentlemen, Graham Coxon. 565 00:53:47,521 --> 00:53:49,815 I thought I played my last final. 566 00:53:49,865 --> 00:53:52,010 What do you think, Graham, do you think it's all over? 567 00:53:54,376 --> 00:54:00,016 No, I would say no. I think something was missing, period at the end of the sentence. 568 00:54:00,066 --> 00:54:04,355 And that’s why we should put this album together. 569 00:54:07,103 --> 00:54:12,795 You know, after what was a gradual process on Graham’s part, 570 00:54:12,845 --> 00:54:17,542 he felt comfortable becoming Graham of the Blur again. 571 00:54:17,592 --> 00:54:21,797 He said, "I want to do something with this." You know, something big. 572 00:54:21,847 --> 00:54:23,866 Because that was how the band was born. 573 00:54:23,916 --> 00:54:28,628 So, in that sense, he tied the whole thing up 574 00:54:28,698 --> 00:54:31,891 to be together again in a band, and then 575 00:54:31,950 --> 00:54:36,578 brought the narrative, the metaphor 576 00:54:36,651 --> 00:54:40,039 back to the point of creation. 577 00:54:40,089 --> 00:54:41,799 It will be a fascinating thing. 578 00:54:43,905 --> 00:54:46,033 And here we are in Hong Kong again, 579 00:54:46,205 --> 00:54:48,205 for such a short period 580 00:54:48,281 --> 00:54:50,049 to play these songs that were 581 00:54:50,423 --> 00:54:52,423 designed here. This is strange. 582 00:54:58,933 --> 00:55:01,389 You know clearly 583 00:55:01,446 --> 00:55:04,552 there is a long story about how 584 00:55:04,602 --> 00:55:09,993 we ended up doing The Magic Whip, but it's all true. 585 00:55:10,132 --> 00:55:13,064 And this city was the inspiration for that. 586 00:55:30,724 --> 00:55:32,724 This is a song about Happy Valley. 587 01:01:12,432 --> 01:01:14,255 It's the audience 588 01:01:14,305 --> 01:01:16,460 to be in control 589 01:01:16,765 --> 01:01:17,765 of everything. 590 01:01:19,254 --> 01:01:22,866 You can establish some kind of understanding with the front rows. 591 01:01:23,385 --> 01:01:26,328 I love going to watch people 592 01:01:27,125 --> 01:01:29,985 in the eyes, to touch your hand, 593 01:01:30,575 --> 01:01:33,046 feel that warm feeling that literally increases 594 01:01:33,096 --> 01:01:34,509 of the public. 595 01:01:36,326 --> 01:01:38,890 Are we feeding them? We are 596 01:01:39,045 --> 01:01:42,176 to feed us, or is it just the opposite? 597 01:01:42,226 --> 01:01:45,552 Are we the ones who feed on the public or is it the public that feeds on us? 598 01:02:45,685 --> 01:02:48,135 It is very intense to be there with 599 01:02:48,185 --> 01:02:50,360 thousands of people who 600 01:02:50,505 --> 01:02:51,686 they crowd. 601 01:02:51,736 --> 01:02:55,375 You start to think that, with any luck, 602 01:02:55,425 --> 01:02:58,748 you have the right spirit within you and you know how to express it. 603 01:02:59,935 --> 01:03:01,386 The coolest thing 604 01:03:01,436 --> 01:03:05,525 is that kind of strange alchemy between the band and the audience, 605 01:03:05,575 --> 01:03:07,840 and what happens at that moment... 606 01:03:08,386 --> 01:03:11,363 You cannot follow a pattern, it cannot be forced. 607 01:06:27,273 --> 01:06:28,944 If we hadn't made a record now... 608 01:06:28,994 --> 01:06:32,441 Hong Kong was our chance. I don't think we would have another one. 609 01:06:33,646 --> 01:06:35,655 And, if we hadn't produced another album, 610 01:06:35,705 --> 01:06:37,361 I believe that no one... 611 01:06:37,555 --> 01:06:39,255 It would have been 612 01:06:39,574 --> 01:06:41,396 a little absurd 613 01:06:41,806 --> 01:06:44,305 walk down the avenue of memories and that's it. 614 01:06:50,176 --> 01:06:51,176 Thank you! 615 01:06:55,225 --> 01:06:58,365 One of the characteristics of this record is that despite 616 01:06:58,715 --> 01:07:01,395 used Hong Kong as a metaphor, 617 01:07:02,111 --> 01:07:05,145 I talk a lot about our relationship, 618 01:07:05,195 --> 01:07:07,835 especially about the relationship between me and Graham. 619 01:07:08,175 --> 01:07:10,782 Because this seemed to be the very essence of the album, 620 01:07:11,751 --> 01:07:14,230 follow me? If there is any kind of 621 01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:18,478 sentimental truth, has to do with rapprochement 622 01:07:18,736 --> 01:07:20,068 between us. 623 01:08:08,101 --> 01:08:10,633 My Terracotta Heart is all about 624 01:08:10,683 --> 01:08:12,323 about the relationship between me and Graham. 625 01:08:12,373 --> 01:08:13,669 He... 626 01:08:14,676 --> 01:08:17,045 he had some insecurity at the end 627 01:08:17,095 --> 01:08:19,955 five days of enrollment and I thought: 628 01:08:20,005 --> 01:08:21,119 "Here we go." 629 01:09:16,233 --> 01:09:20,843 Because sometimes getting to know each other for a long time and having faced so many together is 630 01:09:21,125 --> 01:09:24,864 a little embarrassing, because you have so many memories, 631 01:09:25,136 --> 01:09:28,505 and you think, "I did this to them," 632 01:09:28,555 --> 01:09:34,066 we went crazy, we found ourselves in certain 633 01:09:34,283 --> 01:09:38,845 situations, absurd moments, particular periods and everything. 634 01:09:38,895 --> 01:09:40,203 Sometimes... 635 01:09:40,253 --> 01:09:44,173 My God, it's like we're carrying a huge baggage with us. 636 01:10:03,526 --> 01:10:05,741 It's always there and I think 637 01:10:05,791 --> 01:10:10,086 that we will never get rid of it. But maybe it will help us 638 01:10:10,136 --> 01:10:11,651 to play better together. 639 01:11:09,205 --> 01:11:10,697 Everything happens 640 01:11:10,776 --> 01:11:12,536 within two hours. 641 01:11:13,415 --> 01:11:17,566 We love each other again, we think: "God, if you can play that drums!" 642 01:11:17,616 --> 01:11:19,785 Or things like "What you did was great!" 643 01:11:19,835 --> 01:11:22,823 Or like, "You were phenomenal!" 644 01:11:22,873 --> 01:11:24,457 "Oh, really? Thank you." 645 01:11:24,507 --> 01:11:28,465 And other things like, "You are an idiot." 646 01:11:28,515 --> 01:11:31,674 Etc, et cetera, but, yes, 647 01:11:31,784 --> 01:11:34,986 everything happens in those two hours. 648 01:11:35,395 --> 01:11:37,375 There are for sure 649 01:11:37,436 --> 01:11:41,665 a logic that guides us when we play a piece. 650 01:11:41,953 --> 01:11:44,125 The music that the four of us make together comes 651 01:11:44,175 --> 01:11:46,996 the fact that we all like it and we are all 652 01:11:47,046 --> 01:11:49,115 involved, 653 01:11:49,334 --> 01:11:52,613 and that’s what has kept us together all these years. 654 01:11:53,475 --> 01:11:55,596 It is an element that goes beyond 655 01:11:55,646 --> 01:11:58,586 each band member. 656 01:11:59,116 --> 01:12:00,410 But then, 657 01:12:01,214 --> 01:12:04,797 normally, everything is set aside when you step on stage. 658 01:12:04,856 --> 01:12:07,835 I believe that each of us becomes 659 01:12:07,885 --> 01:12:10,717 Blur, when we're on stage. 660 01:12:11,249 --> 01:12:13,606 We leave our identities 661 01:12:13,656 --> 01:12:15,249 off the stage, 662 01:12:15,927 --> 01:12:19,496 and then take them back when we leave the stage. 663 01:12:19,985 --> 01:12:21,785 While we're on stage, we're 664 01:12:21,835 --> 01:12:22,835 i Blur. 665 01:12:23,356 --> 01:12:25,338 We are the Blur! 666 01:12:56,516 --> 01:13:00,145 As we’ve known each other since we were 19, 667 01:13:00,446 --> 01:13:03,756 something almost magical is created between us. 668 01:13:03,838 --> 01:13:05,946 The rest of the world disappears. 669 01:13:05,996 --> 01:13:08,602 And there is nothing else 670 01:13:08,925 --> 01:13:12,182 the music. It is a unique exaltation. 671 01:13:53,986 --> 01:13:56,245 Well, I feel very comfortable these days. 672 01:13:56,295 --> 01:14:00,566 I think that after Glastonbury in 2009, I no longer have 673 01:14:00,704 --> 01:14:03,686 looking forward to doing important shows. 674 01:14:03,736 --> 01:14:05,953 And then I ask myself, "Have I done enough" 675 01:14:06,003 --> 01:14:10,285 being able to share this experience 676 01:14:10,504 --> 01:14:14,176 with such a large audience? And I think that’s what we all think. 677 01:14:14,226 --> 01:14:16,336 It is not all about us. 678 01:14:16,386 --> 01:14:19,163 Blur is both the audience and the band. 679 01:14:19,376 --> 01:14:21,657 It wouldn't be us, without our fans. 680 01:14:41,658 --> 01:14:45,805 Playing together, whether in the studio or live, is always special, 681 01:14:45,855 --> 01:14:48,608 and I think that's what still keeps us together as a band. 682 01:14:54,636 --> 01:14:56,806 Why we spend so much 683 01:14:56,856 --> 01:14:59,551 years together, looking for our sound, 684 01:14:59,967 --> 01:15:02,466 do nothing but play, 685 01:15:02,516 --> 01:15:06,571 we are completely immersed in what we do, each one 686 01:15:07,004 --> 01:15:11,803 single gram of our being is expressed 687 01:15:11,853 --> 01:15:13,918 what we play. 688 01:16:02,387 --> 01:16:05,153 The pathos keeps growing, during the show, 689 01:16:05,203 --> 01:16:07,866 to the point that you are amazed at how much 690 01:16:08,345 --> 01:16:10,695 this common experience 691 01:16:10,855 --> 01:16:12,987 it became powerful. 692 01:16:13,037 --> 01:16:16,020 It always gets me excited, a little bit because 693 01:16:17,017 --> 01:16:21,350 it's like you're in a bubble when you're on stage 694 01:16:21,714 --> 01:16:23,852 and it looks like a dream. 695 01:17:01,677 --> 01:17:03,217 Thank you all! 696 01:17:04,065 --> 01:17:05,065 You are fantastic! 697 01:17:09,517 --> 01:17:11,586 It's great, I get off the stage and listen 698 01:17:12,219 --> 01:17:15,585 to know why I love being part of this band. I know why 699 01:17:17,005 --> 01:17:20,457 I love these guys. I am proud and honored 700 01:17:20,985 --> 01:17:22,496 be where I am. 701 01:17:24,415 --> 01:17:26,798 I don't know if it's a habit or if 702 01:17:26,848 --> 01:17:30,133 I was too old to be affected. 703 01:17:31,082 --> 01:17:33,850 They are far from 704 01:17:34,944 --> 01:17:37,125 agitated as he was before, with these things. 705 01:17:37,175 --> 01:17:39,223 It's not like you can do much about it 706 01:17:39,273 --> 01:17:42,191 about what's going to happen. You have to search 707 01:17:43,642 --> 01:17:46,758 to see it as fun, not as 708 01:17:46,808 --> 01:17:48,627 a potential disaster. 709 01:17:52,775 --> 01:17:56,354 I believe that when you are at a new stage, you still have to 710 01:17:57,162 --> 01:17:59,773 try to solve this 711 01:18:00,057 --> 01:18:01,368 and in the end, 712 01:18:01,812 --> 01:18:06,569 you can go automatic with the parts and everything, but... 713 01:18:09,975 --> 01:18:11,167 I enjoyed that! 714 01:18:12,225 --> 01:18:16,249 But you can relax after a while and that's it 715 01:18:17,216 --> 01:18:20,520 something beautiful comes out and is a surprise for everyone. 716 01:18:21,076 --> 01:18:23,482 What came out is what I wanted to leave, 717 01:18:23,933 --> 01:18:25,386 what? 718 01:18:26,415 --> 01:18:28,061 In my dreams 719 01:18:28,577 --> 01:18:30,244 I wanted you to leave. 720 01:18:30,775 --> 01:18:33,769 Another Blur album 721 01:18:33,884 --> 01:18:37,169 came out and looked great. 722 01:18:38,121 --> 01:18:40,497 And the four of us 723 01:18:41,265 --> 01:18:45,222 we created beautiful pieces and did beautiful shows, 724 01:18:45,425 --> 01:18:46,653 is 725 01:18:47,426 --> 01:18:49,629 and that was what we had to do. 726 01:18:50,645 --> 01:18:52,154 is 727 01:18:52,427 --> 01:18:55,520 I think I was fundamental and it is fantastic. 728 01:18:55,775 --> 01:18:57,586 And that was what mattered to me. 729 01:18:57,636 --> 01:19:00,793 None of us need to stay on Blur, we all have our lives, 730 01:19:01,276 --> 01:19:02,556 Therefore 731 01:19:02,784 --> 01:19:05,594 is something that each of us chooses to do, and that undoubtedly 732 01:19:05,644 --> 01:19:07,647 makes everything special. 733 01:19:08,786 --> 01:19:09,786 But 734 01:19:10,286 --> 01:19:12,807 the spark, for me, was clear 735 01:19:12,857 --> 01:19:15,509 since the first time the four of us met. 736 01:19:15,559 --> 01:19:19,986 That spark... who knows if they will understand what it is, why 737 01:19:20,036 --> 01:19:22,647 put four people together 738 01:19:22,697 --> 01:19:24,653 and all of this immediately goes well... 739 01:19:26,005 --> 01:19:28,439 Is it just luck? Were they just lucky? 740 01:19:28,489 --> 01:19:31,957 It’s that kind of inexplicable chemistry that 741 01:19:32,697 --> 01:19:36,559 all human relationships are based, right? Why do you like your friends? 742 01:19:37,295 --> 01:19:38,982 In fact, I don't like them. 743 01:19:39,295 --> 01:19:41,974 Friendship, all the emphasis on friendship, 744 01:19:42,024 --> 01:19:44,633 This "we're all friends again" thing... 745 01:19:44,926 --> 01:19:46,579 Yes that's not it 746 01:19:47,085 --> 01:19:49,074 we are all like 747 01:19:49,124 --> 01:19:51,063 Dick Van Dyke! 748 01:19:52,157 --> 01:19:53,793 We are not close friends, 749 01:19:53,843 --> 01:19:57,847 we are still human beings and we are older, stranger, ruder. 750 01:19:57,897 --> 01:20:01,438 We don't feel obligated to each other, or we wouldn't. 751 01:20:01,729 --> 01:20:05,026 We don't even have to worry about our friendship. 752 01:20:05,076 --> 01:20:08,248 If we want to work together, we do it, otherwise we don't. 753 01:20:08,298 --> 01:20:10,226 For me, each show is the last, 754 01:20:10,276 --> 01:20:14,003 because you never know. Graham can freak out, Damon can get pissed, 755 01:20:14,260 --> 01:20:15,608 Dave can 756 01:20:16,510 --> 01:20:17,673 lose temper. 757 01:20:17,774 --> 01:20:21,454 It's just... being alone in Hong Kong for five days was right 758 01:20:22,918 --> 01:20:24,469 what had to happen. 759 01:20:24,836 --> 01:20:29,336 The favorite moment of the week was on the bus, from Scotland 760 01:20:29,386 --> 01:20:32,628 to Wales, with Graham, sitting looking out the window 761 01:20:32,903 --> 01:20:34,554 laughing at our jokes. 762 01:20:35,010 --> 01:20:36,179 IS, 763 01:20:38,118 --> 01:20:39,337 yes, 764 01:20:41,637 --> 01:20:43,429 They are my best friends. 765 01:20:44,343 --> 01:20:45,359 Those idiots! 766 01:20:56,433 --> 01:20:59,905 Here we are, here we are, here we are, damn it! 767 01:20:59,955 --> 01:21:03,120 Here we are, here we are, here we are, damn it! 768 01:21:03,170 --> 01:21:05,625 There’s something really special, 769 01:21:05,938 --> 01:21:07,043 FIG, 770 01:21:07,195 --> 01:21:11,019 carefree, almost scary, in a rock band that plays ball. 771 01:21:11,069 --> 01:21:13,602 Here we are, here we are, here we are, damn it! 772 01:23:21,337 --> 01:23:24,622 The good thing is that the disc is very good! 773 01:23:24,680 --> 01:23:28,358 If we didn't have this strange and long time, if we had 774 01:23:28,471 --> 01:23:32,026 yielding to pressure, etc., would be great nonsense. 775 01:23:32,734 --> 01:23:35,353 I'm glad we didn't do that. 776 01:23:35,622 --> 01:23:39,513 It's all very unstable, actually. It might as well not have happened. 777 01:23:40,244 --> 01:23:41,641 It happened 778 01:23:42,623 --> 01:23:46,551 in the right place in the world, in the right mood 779 01:23:47,948 --> 01:23:50,108 for five incredible days. 780 01:23:50,417 --> 01:23:52,512 I think Damon got it right. 781 01:23:53,086 --> 01:23:56,914 All of these lyrics express what I feel. 782 01:23:57,539 --> 01:24:00,619 I think he's a genius. It is someone who 783 01:24:00,669 --> 01:24:04,015 expresses exactly what you always thought, without knowing it. 784 01:24:04,258 --> 01:24:06,253 It’s a huge privilege to be able 785 01:24:06,889 --> 01:24:09,932 play these songs and have that kind of reaction. 786 01:24:11,329 --> 01:24:13,346 I certainly don't take it for granted. 787 01:24:14,337 --> 01:24:19,444 I was afraid to be there without being able to understand if it was 788 01:24:20,449 --> 01:24:23,328 it went well or not. I couldn't have endured this. 789 01:24:23,378 --> 01:24:25,935 Pretending that nothing would have been easier. 790 01:24:26,472 --> 01:24:29,011 Instead, it was so good 791 01:24:29,410 --> 01:24:31,601 make the last record and tour 792 01:24:31,651 --> 01:24:35,520 so that we can be tempted to try again. 793 01:24:37,797 --> 01:24:40,776 Part of me thinks, "How can I live without all of this?" 794 01:24:40,914 --> 01:24:43,041 And another part of me: 795 01:24:43,968 --> 01:24:45,940 "I can't think of doing this forever." 796 01:24:46,352 --> 01:24:48,065 And it makes me sad, because 797 01:24:48,115 --> 01:24:51,387 "forever" sounds much better than 798 01:24:51,607 --> 01:24:52,808 "not forever." 799 01:24:59,964 --> 01:25:01,336 What happens next? 800 01:25:01,812 --> 01:25:03,952 I don't know the answer to this question. 801 01:25:08,831 --> 01:25:12,259 It is a splendid chapter. 802 01:25:12,421 --> 01:25:14,965 Whether it is the most recent or not, I have no idea. 803 01:25:17,805 --> 01:25:20,979 The relationship between the four of us is the most important thing, and if 804 01:25:21,029 --> 01:25:25,158 maintaining this relationship means "arrive with Blur", then "arrive with Blur". 805 01:25:27,828 --> 01:25:31,097 I like everything, as long as it's an adventure, and 806 01:25:31,285 --> 01:25:32,985 there is still a lot of adventure 807 01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:34,895 in Blur. 808 01:27:31,819 --> 01:27:34,705 Hyde Park, thank you! 809 01:28:24,230 --> 01:28:26,236 Good return home! 810 01:28:26,676 --> 01:28:28,098 We love you! 61924

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.