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A BILINK TV PRODUCTION
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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It was really fortuitous.
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It might as well not have happened.
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It just happened
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exactly in the right place,
when we had the right spirit.
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I mean, I was just
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got off the plane,
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totally drunk since the
end of the tour party,
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and immediately we started
to write and resume
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and was obviously trying to avoid
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to be a member of Blur.
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The idea of building an album
around it was actually born as a joke.
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It is ridiculous to think that you can
put together an album in five days.
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Is giving to someone
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a second,
a third opportunity and then see
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waste it and drop it again.
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Makes you say, "My God, I can't
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I can't do this, enough, again? "
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Well, yes, you know how it is...
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Interpersonal relationships are
scary and people do strange things,
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no? And, just when you
think everything is going
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smooth as oil,
suddenly something unexpected happens.
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Well, they will always be there
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times when you don't do the right thing.
That's how you grow up and learn what it is
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the right thing.
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Good.
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And now
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we'll play songs about your city.
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Thank you!
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In 2009, there was a
kind of reconciliation.
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I don't think any of us did
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because I was short of money or homesick.
It would have been awful.
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In many ways,
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I had accepted the fact
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that I would never do
anything with Blur again.
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And then the Olympics came.
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It was thanks to the Olympics.
Who they have
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asked to do a great
show on the last day
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at Hyde Park.
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The atmosphere was right,
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it seemed like a very
special occasion.
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IS
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I think that
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we had a great show.
We all think
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- that hadn't been bad at all!
- And then we thought, "Well,
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if we have to get together for that
show, we can also go to places
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where we've never played before.
And I think that's why
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we met in Hong Kong.
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Right now we’re
all calm and no one
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he feels obliged to be part of the Blur.
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You understand?
We touch God only know how much now
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and we have the golden opportunity to be able
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do what interests us most.
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I remember...
I remember when you were just starting.
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IS
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And now it's more fun?
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Making music is always special.
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It is true. When the four of us are together, in
the studio or on stage, it's something special.
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And we still have to
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do a series of shows, big and small
and that's what makes it interesting.
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Why do you still remember
the first shows, right?
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- Well, just a few.
- Only a few, yes. Of the best.
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We went to Hong Kong and shared.
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After that, we should go to Taipei.
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Damon will say for sure that it was
another city, but it was Taipei, Damon.
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We were actually going to
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Tokyo,
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but the show was canceled.
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They shot the organizer or something,
I don't know, but they canceled.
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"OK."
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We spent five days in Hong Kong.
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The opportunity presented itself
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to create music.
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It happened like this... "We are
in Hong Kong, we have nothing to do.
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Let's go to the recording studio!
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You know, I would have
preferred to stay calm and
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relax for a few days and
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improvising in the studio can be
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an unpleasant, claustrophobic,
smelly and exhausting experience,
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compared, for example,
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in a hotel pool.
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Therefore...
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That week, we could have
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spend time on board an open bus,
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to admire the view.
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But you know how it is...
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when musicians get bored, it's easy
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to remove the tools.
It's more or less
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that's how it works.
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We might as well have
taken a vacation.
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But on the one hand there was a work ethic,
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in the other
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I was courteous. I wanted to find
out if there was something there
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differently,
we could do instead of continuing
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being in a band called Blur until
we couldn't do that anymore.
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It was like the first tests.
that was
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so much fun spending
time like that.
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It was nothing too elaborate.
We were feeling something,
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if it didn't work, we tried something else.
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And then there were a lot of ideas,
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and you don't need anything else.
So the rest just
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it comes naturally as a result.
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Better not really,
because you know what it is...
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is
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- Well, there are many different things.
- Yes.
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But this is...
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Truth?
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It doesn't change anything.
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You have to approach it with the
idea of trying something different,
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and it seemed like a very
exciting thing to do,
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making music in Hong Kong.
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And in a way they were not there
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pressures of any kind. We feel
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to be part of a band that
did something vaguely
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transgressive.
Record music without anyone knowing.
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It was a very anonymous building,
it was called the Acme building.
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It had no windows.
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It was very small, it was tight.
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I think if we were in one of
those big superchic rooms with
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Pharrell Williams,
to record our return record, none of us
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there would be,
but as everything was fine between us
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and we had fun playing together,
we thought "Well, come on
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let's go to the living room to make music!
Because we like it! Why
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that's what we like to
do and we're good at it!
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I didn't want this album to escape us.
I thought it would be...
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It would have been
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sad, because the
sensations were perfect,
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while recording those sessions.
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- Hey, we have something here! - Yes!
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We were all stuck in Hong
Kong, outside
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of the complicated lives that each of us
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he built for himself.
I think that was very important.
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There were no distractions.
We missed our families.
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And I think the album
also carries that.
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To hell with the record company and
all these people. That kind of pressure
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is something you can
try to rebel against,
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but you can never
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rebel against the path
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where you are seen from
a musical point of view.
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Hour after hour,
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day by day,
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along with your friends.
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Because they know when you suck.
You feel yourself sucking.
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You feel very vulnerable.
You are in a very difficult situation
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unstable. Even if you're
kidding and laughing.
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I think we made an effort to go somewhere.
You have to go somewhere.
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You must feel that you are
on some kind of journey,
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when you're playing jam sessions.
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The good thing is that
there were no distractions.
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It was just some kind of thing
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paramount, because we all had to
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we took the subway
together every day and
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and we went to work, and then
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we were going out together.
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Every day, when we took the
subway, we said things like:
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"Hey! Yes! It was great!"
But none of us really wanted
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admits. Maybe we still think...
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"Yes, it went well, but let's try"
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don't let us get too excited.
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- He was cool! - OK.
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It is the system that was used
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in the 1950s to make records,
before cinemas became so big
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large and bulky
technological machines.
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You take a group of musicians who really
know how to play and put them in a room
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and see what happens.
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We used the same approach that
we used in the early days.
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In just five days, we bake
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any ideas that we could.
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It is important to feel free to
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be able to set your mind free.
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Dave started in the
recording booth,
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but he felt he was
too far away from us.
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So is
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he came to the room where we were playing.
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But he did not bring all the equipment
and was not properly microphoned.
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It was just putting ideas down,
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but it was the most spontaneous session
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that we received from...
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I believe that from Modern Life Is Rubbish, or
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Parklife.
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Five days later, we had
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about 20 songs. And it felt like
the best thing we've ever done.
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It was a creative impulse,
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a relief. I felt very happy.
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All the basic atmospheres
were practically in place.
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There were a whole series of
visions, ideas and things like that.
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The lyrics have always
been a problem for me.
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I can't go down
and write all day.
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So, I hadn't written the lyrics.
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Yes, we're done and then...
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Do you know...
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Steve Sedgewick came,
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the Studio 13 engineer, and he
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he must have put everything in his bag,
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then he ran away home.
And that's how it ended.
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I don't know if it ended up in a box or
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on a flash drive or...
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Not where it was
placed, but somewhere.
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It was filed somewhere.
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In my mind,
it was a failed experiment,
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because we weren't done.
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After those five days in Hong
Kong, we resumed the tour
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and put everything aside.
It must be said.
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- Thanks, Vicky. - See you later.
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- Hey, thanks, honey.
- See you in Jakarta.
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- I'll pick you up tomorrow
at half past one. - Thank you.
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See you.
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Well, we should be fine then.
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- Come here.
- Closer. Stay here.
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I experienced a moment of true tranquility
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is calm,
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on here.
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And suddenly
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the phone rings.
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"Ah, you play at Hyde Park
tonight and it's sold out."
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"Graham made a new album for you."
It was like reliving a story with
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an ex, in a situation
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completely confused,
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and then be spit back
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in my normal life.
When everything is over, it is said:
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"What happened?"
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We were like a bubble,
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each on their own.
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You know, we were creating
something, with these sessions,
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and I think we forgot
that when we got back
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we would be finished
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in our different
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professional,
domestic and geographical situations.
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Damon made a beautiful metaphor.
It's like
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didn't wash the dishes
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for one day.
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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?
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Six months have passed.
And nothing happened.
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Another six months passed and nothing
happened. And then another six months passed.
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And nothing happened.
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And then I remembered that I had a
video camera in the recording room.
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And I thought, "Oh, now I'm
watching these videos." And even if
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there was a big microphone
on the camera, you could
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you could feel, feel.
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I woke up with the New
World Tower in my head,
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that song, for some
reason, haunted me.
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Do you prefer the four to the floor?
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There was something good
about those four on the floor.
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It was terrible to know that
I did something very good
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that
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he would probably never
see the light of day.
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I poured myself a good glass of wine,
watched all those videos and thought
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to pour me another glass.
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I looked at them
and found it a pity.
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It is a great privilege
to be part of Blur and
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I try to have fun
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at most when I'm
involved in the project,
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and when it’s all over,
I move away from it again.
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I don't expect anything, understand?
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In doing so,
whatever happens is great and
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positive.
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We can play some instruments
in a small room too
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or play for 80,000 people,
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we are not the ones
who make this change,
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but what happens
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around us.
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There is a cause and effect relationship.
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When I play a big show
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the important thing is to have the necessary security,
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to know
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almost innately
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that it is essential to be
explosive during the first few
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five minutes.
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You have to seduce the
audience, in a way.
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There are many positive aspects
to playing close to home.
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Playing Hyde Park is not easy
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it's a huge park and i love it.
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It's Hyde Park and it really is
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quintessential.
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But it is not easy. Going on stage
once doesn't make things any easier.
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It is the fourth time that I play
and every time it is difficult.
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I always feel some kind of...
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horror.
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It was of great importance for Blur.
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The concert
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for the Olympics it was absurd,
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because London couldn't
be more ready than that.
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Therefore
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I hope tonight is
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equally special.
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It is very difficult to define the
elements that make a show magical.
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For Blur, it's about getting
in tune with the audience.
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It’s a pretty overwhelming experience,
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take the stage in front of 65,000 people.
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It always has this incredible feeling,
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that kidnaps not only us,
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but also the public.
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It is like a feeling of total
liberation and communion.
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It is the union of four different
people, each with...
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characters, mentality,
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lives, concerns,
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different problems.
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And they all try to have the
same bizarre experience together
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together.
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Now we all just think about
having fun and nothing else.
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There is no duty, none
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pressure is just
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an incredible thing!
Let's do a great rock show!
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I thought about money and children,
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and it was good that
Graham called me saying:
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"Do you know those songs
we wrote in Hong Kong?"
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And I said, "Yes!"
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"I can see what we can do with this."
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There is a standard, but strange
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doing things,
not a hierarchy, but a way
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do the things you usually do
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there is Damon saying, "Hi,
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what if we do that? "
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You are not sure if Damon likes
to have that responsibility.
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So I tested it
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and I took the initiative, saying to him:
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"I would like to take everything"
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and take a look at it.
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It was not easy to prepare
for this conversation,
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00:33:54,424 --> 00:33:58,387
interestingly,
but I shouldn't have worried about that.
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I've known him for
longer than anyone else.
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I think they are quite rude.
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00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:11,347
- Then that's it.
- Damon's mom gave it to me.
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When I was in the hospital, with anemia.
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When I was 18 years old.
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I lost control, what a pity.
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But the cup remained,
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with some beads, the remains of the
necklace Damon made for me at the hospital.
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They still have every
reason to think that
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I could add a lot of
guitars or make a big mess.
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Send Graham
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in the studio with the experts is a little bit
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00:34:41,192 --> 00:34:43,602
how to send my 11 year
old son to the supermarket
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00:34:43,652 --> 00:34:45,608
supermarket shopping.
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"Did you use distortion for everything?"
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"You used"
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the flanger of everything?
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- OK.
- I was excited, it's great
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not having to think about everything.
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00:34:57,751 --> 00:35:00,190
In short, on several
occasions I said to myself:
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"Why am I doing everything here?"
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00:35:04,262 --> 00:35:06,831
And for me it was, well, it was
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it was really a surprise
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very good it
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was prepared and ready for it.
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00:35:13,296 --> 00:35:16,262
And that he was capable of that too.
It really made me
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00:35:16,312 --> 00:35:20,595
good that my oldest
friend felt again
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so optimistic and self-confident.
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It's fantastic.
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00:35:26,707 --> 00:35:28,765
I didn't know if it would work
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00:35:28,815 --> 00:35:31,447
but I didn't have much to lose and
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00:35:32,847 --> 00:35:35,132
I put it in those terms. I said
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people are confused, we are confused
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00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:41,172
for what happened
to Think Tank and
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is...
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so long ago
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we avoid confusing
and do something
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great, and he replied,
"Okay, let's go!"
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Are you ready?
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I WANT TO BE WITH YOU
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I WANT TO BE WITH YOU
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00:38:54,038 --> 00:38:59,408
You know, in old friendships there are
always difficulties, there will always be
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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
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00:39:03,999 --> 00:39:07,957
the right thing.
I was wrong and admitted it, more or less.
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00:39:08,007 --> 00:39:11,308
But it wasn't my fault,
it actually is...
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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.
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00:39:18,264 --> 00:39:21,016
And when I was 21, 22, it was like
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00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:22,900
if I was 10.
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00:39:23,135 --> 00:39:25,321
I had no idea, it was distant.
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00:39:25,371 --> 00:39:27,754
At 19, I had just left the house.
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00:39:27,804 --> 00:39:31,296
Two years later, on my 21st
birthday, I was playing for Marque.
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00:39:31,346 --> 00:39:33,596
So we signed and then we went
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00:39:34,036 --> 00:39:37,558
on tour in America.
It's a strange thing to metabolize.
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00:39:37,663 --> 00:39:39,145
Is weird.
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00:39:39,195 --> 00:39:43,106
At this age, you don't know
your limits when you party.
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You just know
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00:39:44,748 --> 00:39:48,124
this is granted to you. And it's mind-blowing.
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00:39:48,202 --> 00:39:51,274
You enter a room where
there is a lot of alcohol
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00:39:51,324 --> 00:39:53,067
and they say to you, "Drink!"
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00:39:53,117 --> 00:39:57,249
You do, and you become a fool.
Then, the next day, another show
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00:39:57,299 --> 00:40:00,475
and another room with a pile of spirits.
"Beverage!"
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00:40:00,827 --> 00:40:03,721
And then you start to try a little.
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00:40:04,278 --> 00:40:06,621
I thought, you know, if
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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...
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00:40:11,282 --> 00:40:15,096
in other words, a recovery of balance
after the shame of those years.
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00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:17,110
I think it is
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00:40:17,525 --> 00:40:20,187
The masterstroke was
having Steven Street
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00:40:20,779 --> 00:40:24,246
as an aid. Because Steven
is incredibly meticulous
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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,
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00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,696
having produced
most of our records.
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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:
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00:40:41,697 --> 00:40:45,774
"Steven, I have an idea, I want to
do something with these recordings"
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00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:49,211
we did in Hong Kong.
They are ready for production.
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00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,064
When you go to the studio with Steven,
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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.
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00:41:29,788 --> 00:41:30,741
is
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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
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00:42:01,613 --> 00:42:05,212
and keep most
things in Hong Kong.
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00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:07,820
We make it very presentable,
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00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:09,437
but I was anyway
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00:42:09,504 --> 00:42:13,407
aware that I should have made
it feel for Damon and had to be
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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:
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00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:22,757
"Listen to her, listen to her" and he was...
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00:42:23,693 --> 00:42:26,049
It couldn't be,
I didn't think that
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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:
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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
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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
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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
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00:43:41,608 --> 00:43:44,715
as in the chorus of Go Out,
at the end, to give more rhythm.
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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.
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00:43:57,475 --> 00:43:58,914
You know, I think
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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.
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00:44:04,513 --> 00:44:06,302
I think we are now
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00:44:06,579 --> 00:44:08,718
we are equal, but
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00:44:09,450 --> 00:44:13,014
I had to fight and recover
for many years to achieve
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00:44:13,139 --> 00:44:14,870
level, I think.
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00:44:15,482 --> 00:44:16,785
Graham and Steven
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00:44:16,835 --> 00:44:18,005
they arrived,
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00:44:18,259 --> 00:44:20,170
we sit
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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...
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00:44:33,407 --> 00:44:34,929
"Does that mean I have to...
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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,
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00:44:51,455 --> 00:44:54,656
for molding
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00:44:54,793 --> 00:44:56,419
The magic whip.
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00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,371
Your turn!
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00:47:21,426 --> 00:47:23,620
It is not enough!
485
00:47:32,793 --> 00:47:34,291
More difficult!
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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
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00:48:07,750 --> 00:48:09,131
completely
491
00:48:10,844 --> 00:48:12,054
Working.
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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
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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!
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