Blur's 1st TV apparence - There's No Other Way (Eggs And Baker, 1991)

[@themichael3105]

I saw them on this first tour of Leisure. Damon refused to autograph my shirt cause it was of The Charlatans. He said he liked them too much to write on it. Class act.

[@Br1tp0pp]

lol lucky

[@laine033]

Omg

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

And Graham hasn't aged or changed a bit since, even now in 2014 he still looks the same

[@perrosolar4743]

2018 and still looks adorable

[@victormokocchi5123]

Like the baterist

[@incredibleuniverse]

like Eric Clapton?

[@robsdianten1]

2022 and still looks adorable

[@sendersnivy6698]

2023 and looks like Gravel Coxon

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Damon now says about "Leisure" that he wasn't quite ready to be a songwriter, so when the record company told him "make a song like 'Fools gold' because that's what's selling and will get you guys airplay." He basically went "Okay" But the title is very sarcastic, if you consider the song's genesis.

[@areader2253]

It's a good song though.

[@ChainNonSmoker]

Graham's riffs + bands intense groove made the alright Damon's forced baggy baby a great song.

[@mattiemclean9882]

@@T4TipsGuides 🤣

[@brendanquigley8400]

Graham Coxon, one of the very best guitarists of his generation 👌🏼👍🏼

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

Absolutely he was! Very original approach!

[@tpfang56]

Wow, they were absolute babies here. Look at Albarn in all his floppy haired glory.

[@xanaxala4043]

Brian Jones hair. Very 1960's.

[@EvilFaceEye]

They're. so. fucking. pretty. Damon's hair

[@3JAC3KiE3]

4 VERY attractive men who make awesome music and look younger than they really are....Love these people.

[@themilkyway1761]

Damon looks really cute with that hair cut😙

[@mrwiths26]

i remember watching this, very unaware of what i was witnessing, around the age of 9 not knowing what an impacted this band would have on my early teens. funny the things you remember the most.

[@HarryPotterfan22222]

aw they're so cute here!

[@anth00000]

0:17 don't ever designate Blur as a boyband ever again for fuck's sake!

[@ilovealexturner.]

they all look so young here gosh 💛 i miss the 1991 vibes

[@VIDS2013]

Such a great bass line, on top of the phenomenal guitar part.

[@Zvarkov]

Blur 1st TV appearance. Cameraman: Graham playing guitar, Damon being cool at the mic stand, a red-shirted guy with face covered by a hi-hat.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Drummer’s lot in life. I know from experience. 🤷🏻‍♂️🥲🥁

[@booopdooop]

Looks like Liam modeled himself on this early performance, even down to the way Damon looks into the camera from head-tilted angles.

[@roy5k2]

More like both of them modelled their early careers on the stone roses and the madchester scene

[@daniel79tj]

Ian Brown

[@areader2253]

Both Oasis and Blur were influenced by the Stone Roses a lot.

[@moreodat479]

@@daniel79tj it is our cultures styles since childhood

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

Naaa. They both liked punk / post punk and Stone Roses

[@cLiverbird]

I was here in the studio of eggs and baker with my school and remember it so clear ❤

[@iluvmichaelclifford]

the way i absolutely adore his bowlcut!!!! such a cutie :c

[@FishpondsLady]

I used to love Eggs and Baker and I remember this. I was a heavy metal fan (still am) but Blur blew me away. Thank you.

[@TobcioccLeyton]

saw them live in 91 at Food records christmas party, they were brilliant.

[@gavross1023]

I. Was in the audience watching that being filmed I was next door filming 8:15 from Manchester with mi.mam I was about 13. I said to r kid watch out for these their goin to be big

[@Leo-gu5ml]

then you started Bush?

[@jemmasmithson8715]

This is the song that got me listening to Blur :)

[@mslindsay563]

the 3 dislikes were from oasis

[@ffy0000]

wow!! sounds just like the studio version!!! damon totally sounds like this live!!

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

The vocal sounds off, probably they were singing live to the backing track.

[@SlinkiestTortoise23]

It is the studio version! They are miming! There’s no live drums on the original recording, they used a drum loop Stephen Street created.

[@trent7567]

is playback duh

[@pyenapple]

Well yeah most UK tv studios weren’t set up to mix live music, so NO bands performed live on most tv shows. TOTP is nearly all mimed.

[@ffy0000]

@@pyenapple skill issue on their part

[@emmaelizabeth3652]

This is just Gold ❤ The best era of Blur.

[@AtomBom8]

I was in the audience for this.

[@pared1986]

wow, is really sad to read comments as this : "Hey its that dude from Gorillaz! "

[@elektroshop3388]

Leisure is still my favourite album from them

[@marianascorpion4722]

6 dislikes is from Oasis Lol

[@richm711]

It is about time Liam Gallagher recently grants a bit of credit to Blur. However, what is with Gorillaz? Ride, Slowdive are making great comebacks. Your turn Blur.

[@lisazoria2709]

Blur already released their comeback album, the Magic Whip.

[@sf5823]

No need for a come back, they work well together so 'm sure they'll be another album at some point, they did the magic whip and released a couple of other songs including Under the Westway. Damon has lots of musical projects so it'll depends on what he feels like doing I guess.

[@bookwormgal1996]

They look so cute! Great song!

[@20centurygirl21]

best band

[@anthonymitrow476]

That doesn't sound 'live' to me.. sounds exactly like the album version with layer harmonies etc..??

[@paulsmartialarts]

That's because they mimed. It was a kids TV show.

[@leomullaney1035]

TMATMATMA I don’t get why they mime tho, they have the mics and instruments and everything, why not use them?

[@lolazokekk6765]

@@leomullaney1035 "Why rehearse for a show kids only watch? If we lip-sync they won't notice" it was probably their thought.

[@tylertree4939]

@@leomullaney1035 it was a very common thing in the 80s to mime for TV? It was strange

[@maxcruickshank77]

You guys see when nirvana messed up their song on purpose because MTV only let the vocals live.

[@rubencastaneda7113]

no hay otra manera

[@TaAviram]

They were playing real Madchester back then

[@angelceballos9385]

Ohh yeaaahh

[@Britpop-Tribute-Band]

Hang on....Is that "Lauren Laverne" from Kenickie / Radio DJ etc at the very beginning for a split second?

[@tyronerodgers]

Yeh. I remember them seeing doing Bang on TOTP but never saw this. Love the visual 'effect' going on at the end,

[@myblackheart01]

hahahaha i love damon´s haircut he was so young

[@NapalmHeart7]

OMG...the look so young here! I miss the 90s.

[@marokokisetter]

almost 20 years wow. compare this to them performing it live at glastonbury 2009.

[@marilsaltsa4305]

still babies AW

[@MovingPixTV]

I was a quiz show contestant on this when James did 'Sit Down' - and I got prize video of 'Dub Be Good To Me' by Beats International... also, Mark Curry was the warm up man, he was a bit of a tool if memory serves.

[@MrAdrianloera]

Man Blur has such a rich history

[@TheeReturn]

Cheers. I've not seen this one. Nice guitar neck-cam' work :)

[@mauromarcellini1524]

Crowd handclaps out of sync is something gorgeous!!!

[@affable.pebble]

Pure class haha

[@credenceia3572]

damon's hair omg

[@rochacrimson]

Damon's hair like Brian Jones and Kevin Ayers in 1991!!! WoWWW

[@PanosDCC]

That guitar cam is quite good. But Blur are even better...

[@Ardianax]

unfortunately, damon looks better with short hair

[@paulsmartialarts]

@meiray On early 90s kids TV, you didn't expect anything more.

[@jeankavanagh1485]

Graham Blur.

[@wcatholic1]

Could have come from 1967.

[@microsillon]

Epic!

[@vvvikaaxxx6552]

Aww so cute

[@XXpreskoolIsHardXX]

Hey its that dude from Gorillaz!

[@adamcoutts9591]

Biting Inspiral Carpets' style

[@moreodat479]

more like our generation and culture and how we grew up as children get a fucking clue

[@emilyisannoying]

MUSHROOM DAMON

[@badhead]

UKplay was a great channel. Sham it had to end.

[@paulsmartialarts]

@UglyPratFace7 bands didn't play live on these kinds of shows and I doubt they'd even care to. It was aimed at kiddiewinkles.

[@nurulratnarpd4932]

BLUR❤❤

[@aidanday]

Happy Mondays

[@brinsonharris9816]

There absolutely is another way-they could have really played instead of lip syncing.

[@paulsmartialarts]

@Raisin2girl On early 90s kids TV, you didn't expect anything more.

[@basketburger]

And the rest is history

[@blue-nx7lt]

babieS

[@oxfordpictionary]

@BlurryBlueOcean me too! i never found him better looking than with this hair. he should have kept it!

[@cesarguacho9642]

Suenan como de the stone roses .!!

[@dionisioareopagita9236]

Exacto, y Damon se mueve igual que Ian Brown. Para que luego digan quienes son los padres del brit pop.

[@Protroblade]

Damon’s hair in this just makes me laugh

[@sophiafake-virus2456]

Seymour, clearly. (see more clearly)

[@fwkzzz]

damon's hair lmaaaaoo

[@marcusulpiustraianus6096]

I am an Oasis fan, but that doesn´t mean I dislike Blur music

[@rosieellis4262]

does anyone know what gear grahams using to get the headstock shot of his guitar?, i really wanna get this shot but all the stuff i’ve seen on amazon has been massive attachments and i don’t really want a big bulky thing hanging off the end of my guitar, whatever grahams using looks quite discreet for that kind of thing

[@YuriyKraynov]

History)

[@nixie575]

I love Damon’s ugly bowlcut

[@XXpreskoolIsHardXX]

@racheeXD Thanks but I ended up finding that out thanks to wiki.

[@AmandaHvidrass]

0:05 dave :-(

[@Otium83]

they look so oasis!

[@marcusulpiustraianus6096]

Are they doing playback?

[@deathvalley3327]

yeah

[@UglyPratFace7]

It's either lip synced or there is music being played over it , or maybe its just me . . . Blur are great anyway, so I shouldn't complain. :D

[@KutaniCrane]

@Otium83 they look so ian brown. just like oasis.

[@chchchcherrybomb37]

Does anyone else find it ironic that they're singing There's No Other Way on a kids show?

[@captainfeedback1]

No...?

[@renzudoku]

stone roses XD

[@gabrielvivar6291]

Brian Jones style haircut

[@ceffmm1031]

Damon Albarn, cosita hermosaaa!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@grahamt19781]

Shame it's not actually live

[@stanculescugabriel]

This is playback right ?

[@clancydarling3883]

I have too comment

[@sayastra]

why are they using the studio version over a live performance?

[@paulsmartialarts]

because it's Saturday Morning kids TV in 1991. You don't bother playing live in that setting as nobody cares.

[@sayastra]

TMATMATMA yeuch!

[@paulsmartialarts]

Do you actually realistically expect band to bother playing live on kids TV? Jesus christ. KZbin is so full of boring bastards who don't have a clue about how things used to be.

[@sayastra]

TMATMATMA double yeuch. I'm a blur fan, that being said, the TV show producers decided this, and the bands were likely signed up by their respective record companies. Why waste people's time when there are videos that could be played instead? As well this is a region thing. In North America getting caught doing a "live performance" with a recording playing would see you losing your career (ie Milli Vanilli, Ashley Simpson).... there is a cultural barrier here, that is boggling my mind!

[@paulsmartialarts]

Yes, it is obvious that Americans traditionally have a forest up their collective anuses about the very idea of lip-syncing. The difference here is that Milli never sang their own vocals AT ALL and Ashlee Simpson was caught out on a show where performers would actually perform live. You know that Blur here were on Eggs & Baker, which was kids' cookery show which went out at 8am on a Saturday morning? The average age of people watching was about 8. I'm sure the band themselves were delighted to go through the motions of miming on this occasion. It really wasn't a serious showcase for live performances. Same for Top Of The Pops (when it was good). If a band was to mime/lip-synch on The Tube, Later With Jools Holland, The White Room etc. it would be a different story. But if it's 20+ years ago and you're doing some kids TV show, really a quick mime was no scandal. Sadly KZbin has opened up the floodgates of born-yesterday Americans who feel the need to make some kind of protest about this in comment-box form. When will it ever end?

[@Leo-gu5ml]

They were slackers before Beck

[@maderevolution]

hair

[@tiaznasution848]

2018

[@alchavez5008]

Just listen to the chords

[@Raisin2girl]

They're so cute... But it's playback, isn't it?

[@BeerNotPizza]

QUOTE: "Cheryl Baker's early 90s pre-Going Live cookery/baggy showcase (Candyflip appeared once too), Eggs And Baker" That is one of the funniest descriptions of anything I've ever read! Cheryl Baker (her from the cheesy pop combo Bucks Fizz) hosted a cookery show on the TV. But here it is called a 'cookery/baggy showcase'. lol.

[@Overlorddz]

Wow this is very Stone Roses vibish. Back then they were just like any other britpop group.

[@RunOfTheHind]

Totally riding on baggy's coat tails.

[@paulbaker2658]

r Cheryl

[@cheerio4000]

i just took in they’re literally lip syncing lmao

[@stevequick3976]

suite

[@glitterisse]

Its seems like playback :(

[@denisuntoro]

and kurt cobain copying graham coxon guitar beat "smell like teen spirit"