Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Blur - Song 2! Why is this so short!?

[@Bausaw]

Lead vocalist for Blur is also the lead vocalist for Gorillaz.

[@mothermaclean]

Beat me to it lol

[@KoreyVerga]

The creator.

[@deelak2329]

Wait........ WHAT! I have enjoyed both bands very sparingly for 15+ years and never knew that

[@fredshred5194]

He was a bit more than just a vocalist, more like creator in many ways. The song was a parody of a certain genre of music.

[@Courier_Seven]

Loved both those growing up. Still do but I never knew than but now I can't unhear it. That is absolutely 2-D's voice.

[@Harryflashman1822]

As noone mentioned it, Blur front man Damon Alban is also the guy behind Gorillaz

[@jarstal]

He's 2-D too, just for your conspiracy

[@loyyi1]

He created Gorillaz with Jamie Hewlett, the guy behind Tank Girl.

[@freddie3d]

Went into the comments to see how many had commented that Damon is behind Gorillaz. 😅

[@stinjimonkey]

I was waiting for the "I KNOW THAT VOICE" comment. Lol

[@JeffTiberend]

@@freddie3dYou beat me to this comment. Lol

[@j.a.osorio2005]

They made this song as parody of Smells Like Teen Spirit, but it had just such amazing feedback when they played it that it had to be released. To me, this is one of the best rock songs in the 90s, just like Nirvana's.

[@eesoojook]

And that’s why it’s so short))) thanks for this, I wanted to comment about it too 😊

[@Imabassplayer2]

No they didn't. They were fed up with the label so they decided to write the most uglyest sounding short song to piss them off. But the label loved the song and it was released as a single. So it was meant to annoy but turned into a hit.

[@EdwardHake-r4f]

Um... I think you're confusing blur with weird Al! Jk

[@guitarmuscle6968]

"Is This a Joke?" Yes that's Exactly what it is, they recorded the Song as a Joke on their Record Company and said they wanted to release it, much to their Surprise the Record Company Liked it and they agreed, the Song has no meaning and Nonsense Lyrics because it wasn't meant to be Serious.

[@rb7007]

It's their best song! Lol

[@RealManBearPig]

​@@rb7007just goes to show how important having a catchy song is

[@b62boom1]

Graham Coxon, the guitarist, came up with this to annoy their record company executives, except they loved it! Class tune!

[@trevorsmith8471]

Blur - Girls and Boys, Parklife

[@cowboybill.2433]

Charmless Man…

[@JeffTiberend]

I don’t know if BP can handle the lyrics of Girls and Boys. lol 😂

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

​@@JeffTiberend True

[@robertchinnery9806]

@@JeffTiberend 😂

[@kayot4947]

Side note, the Aussie accent was apparently born from English cockney. It was an exaggeration of cockney as a gesture of irreverence and disrespect to the British who ruled at the time.

[@kenneth2875]

It is called Song 2 because it is the second song on the album. Nothing more. This is Blur’s only US hit. They were big in Britain

[@paulluna8099]

You are forgetting Blur's song Boys & Girls was also a hit, though not as big and a bit controversial for the 90s.

[@jamiewilson9280]

And it’s exactly 2 minutes long!

[@darrellmetcalfe3615]

Common people was big back in the 90s also

[@briz1965]

They're on the radio every day in Canada.

[@dundeeguy]

Common people was by pulp​@@darrellmetcalfe3615

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

not every song needs poignant lyrics to be awesome...the essence of punk...

[@212372123721237]

EXACTLY

[@212372123721237]

Also, not every song needs a meaning. After all not called entertainment for being brutally honest and having substance. Profit profit profit.

[@paulliversage4479]

Many punk songs have poignant lyrics....try stiff little fingers

[@thewall5540]

Wut? Punk´s whole stick is the political lyrics. The whole movement is a rejection of the establishment.

[@pirateylass]

Exactly. Sometimes all you need is 2 minutes (and 2 seconds) to just rock out 🤘

[@ThrifterPicker]

Back when this was new, our local radio station always played it two times in a row.

[@ElocinLlennoco]

Lol BP you crack me up. Yes you should definitely check out some more Blur stuff. Damon Albarn is a musical genius. A dive into his other work is a must. 🙏❤️

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

Having an accent doesn't mean you are speaking English incorrectly. You absolutely have an American accent, that doesn't preclude you from speaking properly. It's just sometimes people with accents use regional colloquialisms and ways of talking that aren't proper English - and this includes a lot of English regions, go listen to a Brummy or Scouse accent for instance.

[@Max_Flashheart]

Other people have accents lol

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

@@Max_Flashheart... You don't say

[@Max_Flashheart]

@@WaDarkPhoenix It is funny when you travel and experience different accents and by the time you return home you can really hear the local accent and discover your accent has changed also lol

[@steffurness]

​@Max_Flashheart I think the point was that "speaking properly" has nothing to do with one's regional, or acquired, accent.

[@derekrubis6652]

Blur is Brit Pop Music & part of the second of wave of British Music Takeover in the 90’s. You should react to these Blur songs; “Parklife”, “For Tomorrow”, “Girls and Boys”, “She’s Do High”, “Beetlebum”, “The Universal”, “Country House” & “The Narcissist” Also they pit Oasis against Blur

[@skilletpan5674]

You mean that cover band?

[@chelseahaley8350]

Oh the nostalgia! 😄🥰 Everytime I hear this song, it just makes me think of the song Hash Pipe by Weezer!

[@EdwardHake-r4f]

If this reminds you of Weezer u need to put down the hash pipe!

[@steffurness]

"I got my head changed." "I got my hashpipe." I hear it, but the songs and sound are not the same at all. 😂

[@jameyburger116]

Weezer is fantastic live

[@WoolavyLeeWilliams]

Coffee and TV, Parklife and The Universal are worth a listen, but my two favourites are End of The Century plus Girls & Boys.

[@Stefano1875]

Just an amazing band, one of the most important British bands of all time.

[@Markhypnosis1]

Blur were very eclectic in their sound from this hard punky sound, to the sheer beauty of "To The End" and "The Universal". They really are gorgeous songs. Damon Albarn went on to form and sing in Gorilaz. He's a genius!

[@TheStacanova]

They play this song a virtually every professional American sporting event.

[@zinnia2980]

Damon Albarn is a genuis. Musically, culturally and politically he is very brilliant. It was so great to see him perform at Glastonbury with the Bombay Bicycle Club and addressing the real issues and concerns of the world. Thanks Damon for caring about Palestine ❤

[@benking9593]

BLUR were around during the BRIT POP era, as it was known then. They were on the scene with Oasis, Verve, Pulp etc. Park Life and Girls and Boys were probably their biggest hits.

[@HyBr1dRaNg3r]

Coffee and TV❤️ One of my favorite songs when it came out!

[@JayKughan]

Blur's vocalist, Damon Albarn is also the vocalist for Gorillaz. As for where English originates from, it's from England. Not sure why you had to ask, it' literally in the name of the language.

[@darthwiizius]

Song 2 was a sports anthem, a Superbowl anthem and was used in the Simpsons Superbowl episode. It's also effing superb, when Blur launched this record they were accused of doing "Grunge" but Blur were doing "Grunge" before "Grunge" started. Song 2 was the studio version of the music they made before signing to a publisher.

[@marciusnhasty]

Also, the title screen song of FIFA Road to World Cup 1998 and part of soundtrack of several consecutive FIFA games.

[@jelliott3604]

Received Pronunciation (RP) The most commonly accepted, standard, most regionally neutral form of spoken British English, traditionally based on educated speech in southern England; abbreviated RP

[@kelvinsmith4381]

Great reaction BP. Blur definitely have some tunes worth checking out. Girls & Boys / Park Life / Out of Time / Country House / Tender / charmless man to name a few

[@OwiggumX]

Absolutely love this song!

[@LynnThompsonAuthor]

You speak what's called "American Broadcasting English." It's the non-regional, non-accented American way of pronouncing things. In the 1930s-40s, it was popular for actors to speak in what was called the "Middle Atlantic" accent, which was a weird, contrived combination of American and British accents...think of how 1940s movie actors speak, in that overly dramatic way, and that's it. This was an amazing '90s song, and even though I was in my 30s and 40s in that decade, I still loved it!

[@Bekka_Noyb]

all time classic rocker! ♥

[@frankpeele2588]

Brings me back to when i was a kid in the 90s. Dad made me a mixtape to get into rock. Artists like Blur, Weezer, early Limp Bizkit and Greenday. Good Times!🤘

[@fryloc0034]

BLUR, is the GORILLAZ, as the bassist and lead singer are two of the members that have always been in BOTH BLUR & GORILLAZ, which explains their sounds being similar.

[@JasonJrake]

The song was used as a tv ad for the movie “Starship Troopers.”

[@MrPtolemeus]

" I was tot(tald) dat (that) I speak propeR(definitly heard "R" in the end) English" says dude with heavy American accent and 3 big mispronunciations, in one sentence if you compare it with RP English

[@CEMonaghanOfficial]

300 million Americans vs. 30 million Brits. The Brits do not have a monopoly on English anymore, though it's cute that they try.

[@Escapee5931]

​@@CEMonaghanOfficialWe don't have a monopoly any more, but you do owe us compensation for 250 years of unauthorised use. Otherwise you can go back to speaking Algonquin or Navajo or something. 👍

[@coraliemoller3896]

English comes from England. There are many accents already there. Standard English, known as Received Pronunciation, is the clearest and easiest to understand, in my opinion. (Check out “English With Lucy” KZbinr) Everyone else has an accent that creates blocks in comprehension for anyone of a different accent. I’m Australian, from Sydney, so my accent is a bit different from native English speakers from other Australian cities and states. Your accent is definitely American, not English.

[@freddie3d]

When I grew up they released CDs with NHL music and this song was on every CD each year. 🤣

[@letsstock-a-lot4095]

I remember it from the Nissan Sentra commercials and that's how I heard it for the first time. Been hooked on it ever since...

[@jamiewilson9280]

It was track 2 on the album and it was 2 minutes and 2 seconds long and it has 2 verses and 2 choruses. Coincidentally it reached number 2 in the uk charts!

[@stoicsceptic8420]

This is the second time I’ve heard this

[@briz1965]

Listening to this on a toilet.

[@Escapee5931]

​@@briz1965Are you doing Number 2s?

[@KeithDCanada]

As a former singer in a band, who used to write all the lyrics for the songs we performed, I suspect this is one of those 'jam' songs that spawned from a guitarist saying, "I came up with this cool riff..." and pretty soon the tune was coming together and the singer was just singing gibberish before writing actual lyrics... and in the end the ban thought it sounded cool the way it was... lol. I did that all the time... we would hear a riff, build a cool chorus out of it, and I would just sing random stuff to get the pacing right before I plugged real lyrics in. A couple of times I got so used to singing the gibberish that it felt 'wrong' to now change it. That's what I suspect helped create this song.

[@scapito]

Definitely check out the band's story of how this song came about. It was kind of an FU/ joke. 😅

[@GianniGiorgini-j9z]

Blur funny and GREAT band ❤️❤️❤️🤘🤘

[@karlsmith2570]

0:44 "Out The Gates, It Sounded Like A Commercial" Well, Pegasus, this song was used in a few TV commercials

[@justchris7469]

I had the album growing up and used to rock out in my room to this but I always sang the lyrics as “I got my head shaved, by a jamochai, it wasn’t easy… but nothing i-issss… WOOOHOOO” Anyway, they were massive in the 90’s in the UK and had a public rivalry with Oasis and were one of the front runners on the BritPop scene with the likes of Oasis, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, the Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene, Primal Scream, Supergrass etc etc. (maybe not all classes as BritPop music but still involved in the scene)

[@CherylAnnRose]

One of the songs on my playlist for running. Awesome!

[@viracocha03]

Haven't heard this tune in a minute.

[@NetVoyer]

Girls and Boys is another fantastic Blur song.

[@cattycooper1137]

Blur are awesome, so many bangers ❤

[@MMDARIOGI]

tender is a great song from blur

[@Littlegreenman21]

One of my favourites. 🎉

[@JC-es5un]

Their greatest hits album is fire. 👍🔥

[@peensteen]

It was also used in an episode of Daria. I love that show.

[@MNDon53]

A lot of the music you reacted to I've forgotten about and are now on my play list

[@ericzeichert511]

Yesterday by the Beatles is two mintes and 3 seconds long. Hound Dog by Elvis is 2:13. There is some great short music

[@BuddyBoy68]

Hi Black Pegasus! It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here. As others have mentioned, Blur is massive and have been going since 1988. I'm sure you'll have many suggestions for other songs from them and Gorillaz. My suggestion is Park Life, which is another banger and has a famous British actor, Phil Daniels, with the lead vocals. I once got brushed aside by lead singer Damon Albarn when they were headlining a gig. I was working at the front of the stage and he came off the stage to go into the crowd. It was awesome! I understand, they also were headliners at the Coachella festival in California back in 2013, along with The Stone Roses. Æ 🙏

[@OscarInAsia]

I remember this song featured in one of the BMW film series "The Hire". Great group of short films starring Clive Owen. Everytime I hear this song, I remember that video!

[@pirateylass]

No matter my mood, the first couple bars of this song Instantly transform me into a young teen girl rockin’ out! ❤ Dude, Offspring’s album, Smash, has been my go-to since its release for road trips. It’s a complete listening experience. There’s not a single track you need to skip to get to another good song. Crucial back in the day when you needed to not be going through your CD collection to find another album when driving lol Waaay back before MP3 players 😂Anyway, I definitely recommend a listen if you’re a fan of the band. I went through 3 CDs in my teens of that album. That’s how much play it got from me! ❤

[@tomJ1.1-3]

wow.. blasted back to high school.. thanks for this.

[@AyJayAreDii]

Coffee and TV are my fav Blur song!

[@davidhuffman1173]

this song was HUGE for a couple of years back when we were teens

[@letmadora28]

Blur. Big in the 90's, "The Universal" Is a change of pace from this song.

[@DannKriss]

I highly recommend the Blur song 'Ambulance', it is soooooo good! Blew my mind!

[@GreggC_CC]

You did pick up on the "joke" about the song. Everything about it is related to the number two. Its 2 minutes 2 seconds long, second song on the album, 2 verses, 2 choruses, a hook with two syllables.

[@karinlindae-fregoso802]

Once I scared my 5 year old son by singing along to the woohoos at the top of my lungs in the car.

[@michelle88960]

lol it seems to have that effect on children and animals!

[@jimbocurtain]

Blur's manifesto. "We are about the journey, not the destination". As with "I Am The Walrus" it doesn't always have to have a meaning. Enjoy the trip...

[@MrWestie1985]

More Blur please! Coffee and TV next ☕📺

[@Tommy-he7dx]

Hey BP, for some reason there was a movement in the US to "Simplify" English, that is why you don't use the "u" in so many words, And use the "z" instead of the "s" for words like Realise/Realize There isn't a "Correct" way to speak English as there is no "Accents" to infer pronunciation, but there is a correct way to write English.

[@emdiar6588]

"...but there is a correct 'why' to write English." There certainly is. XD XD

[@Tommy-he7dx]

@@emdiar6588 Cheers for the auto correct, edited :)

[@emdiar6588]

@ BTW, I don't buy the excuse they use for misspelling so many words. If Webster really wanted to simplify English, then why did he look at "neighbour" and think "we don't need that 'u' in there, it's confusing". It seems to me that the 'u' is the least of 'neighbour's' problems.

[@Tommy-he7dx]

@@emdiar6588 If you dive into the history of it, you'll find that Webster was a moderate, there were others that wanted to take the simplification even further, If they got their way there would be no "knife" for example, it would have been a very different dictionary. The one that i don't understand is the Substitution of "S" to "Z", like Realise/Realize, I don't see how that is simplifying

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

This was a Buzzworthy video on MTV in 1997 so they played it a lot so this was a part of the soundtrack of 1997

[@christopherderoy3153]

Whaaaaat WHAT!!!! One of my favorite songs to rip at a Kareoke joint!! Gets the joint jumping real quick in between horrible Neil Diamond impressions and Devil went down to Georgia’s! And it’s quick!!

[@benebluesman]

This song was used extensively in marketing and at sports events. There was a commercial of racing shopping carts done to this tune. To this day, I hear song 2 when I hop on a cart.

[@jasongooden917]

one of the most viral songs ever... In so many commercials. How have you not heard of it?

[@justmejoy124]

0:27 ok only a half min in and that beat made me wanna sing that song....hello ..I love ya ..won't you tell me your name 🎶 is it just me ? lol I think it was by the Doors

[@esteban280889]

Yeah was used on comercials. Basically whenever a radio station has a couple mins to fill they slip this in.

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

This is the only song by them that sounds like this so don't dig in expecting more like it. However I think this band is fantastic. I am the farthest thing from British, but I just like their vibe.

[@mothermaclean]

Blur is amazing part of my 20s

[@MissMeKate]

You have a very clear American accent. It makes me smile when some from the US think they don't have an accent. In the UK we have so many regional variations packed into a small area that everyone knows they have an accent. The blandest, most 'standard' English is BBC RP (received pronunciation) which these days is pretty much limited to people born into old money or those who went to the most exclusive and expensive schools. Stephen Fry is an example you might be familiar with. That is what was always considered 'proper English', with everything else being a regional variation.

[@sansirohenry5477]

They actually made it the length it is because it used to fit exactly in the 2 minute radio ad breaks where this song got played repeatedly because of that reason

[@jamessteel2751]

Was lucky enough to be at the Reading Festival in the late 90s when this was still fairly new. It iis a short song but the whole crowd was just went nuts jumping about. I love ""This is a low" mostof the Parklife album was pretty good. You should react to the band Pulp too.

[@dougrussell1926]

I was in the UK around this time, Girls and Boys was pretty big over there at the time. This is their most widely known song though.

[@TraciWCanada]

Check out the rock group "The Good, The Bad and The Queen". Blur's lead singer is the lead singer of this group, along with Paul Simonon of The Clash on bass, Simon Tong from The Verve on the guitar, and Tony Allen, the drummer of Fela Kuti... amazing super-group.

[@mrbrad4566]

Parklife is a big favourite (Correct spelling) in the UK. But most of the vocals are by the actor Phil Daniels. Boys and girls will raise your eyebrows. Tender and The Universal are also brilliant. You've already done Gorillaz which was singer Damon Albarn's next project.

[@Mmierks]

I remeber a starburst or jolly rancher commercial had this song on it. Early 2000s or late 90s

[@DCfromBC]

Check out Lonely Press Play by Damon Albarn (the singer of Blur). You'll love it! This man is a prolific musical genius.

[@darrenrao9923]

As you might guess they were and are still big in the UK. There was a huge battle between them and Oasis in the 90s for the uk charts. The song Parklife was another huge hit in the UK.

[@leecollison8795]

Brilliant band

[@paulcallaway71]

The lead singer is also one of the creators behind the band Gorillaz. Wrap your head around that!

[@thebadgamer9427]

Girl's and Boys is another good Blur song

[@elfdogre2181]

It's the "WOOOO HOOO!!!" that we'd sing along to with enthusiasm. At least, that's why me and my friends liked it. Lyrics? Who cares when you're spazzing out and having fun?!?

[@Rad_Radster_Experience]

BLUR was part of the BRIT POP movement of the 90's.

[@stephensivik2337]

Blur - "Coffee and TV "

[@andreas3761]

such a timeless classic ❤

[@fernachur]

I recommend the Blur song "On Your Own" - great video as well

[@tony152]

Blue huge band it was Blur V Oasis in the mid 90’s in the UK.

[@allydougall6486]

Check out Blur - “The Universal” Live at Hyde Park, you’ll get an idea of how big Blur are too, amazing song too

[@peteryarnold9707]

Blur are a rabbit warren of wierd wonderfulness

[@hollycook5046]

Any chance you've read Watership Down? I rarely hear people say "rabbit warren"

[@peteryarnold9707]

@@hollycook5046I have, but I wouldn't know if that's where I've got it from.

[@VsHangout]

It was also the 2nd sing on the album

[@derreckmoore2175]

Man, I absolutely love this song! I don’t know if you’re a car guy at all, but back in 2001, BMW hired several famous directors to make some short films (Called “The Hire”) featuring all of their vehicles. Absolutely zany, but really fun project, and Clive Owen was the driver in all of them. Guy Ritchie directed one of “The Hire” films called “Star”, which featured Madonna getting driven around by Clive Owen, while this song plays in the background. Absolutely worth the watch when you’ve got an extra ten minutes to kill! They’re on KZbin, albeit in low quality.

[@chrisowenby5285]

The lead singer and bass player for Blur went on to form the band Gorillaz. You can hear the influence this song has on the Gorillaz. Try their song Tranz for a cool 80’s throwback sounding song.

[@Fubar42]

Received Pronunciation(Queen's English if there is no slang terms included): would be standardised English, used extensively on the BBC(news/radio) until about 15 years ago. BP, you speak English very well, for an American!

[@michelle88960]

Oh dear I thought I could listen to this again without my border collie going apesh*t! Thought she would have forgotten it, but no. Those woo hoos woke her up and she’s gone crazy barking at me to knock it off. So had to wait for you to pause it to listen to your reaction! Don’t know what it is about this song, she doesn’t react to any other song like this. I like it but have to listen to it through headphones but she still hears it! ❤

[@amp86400]

Lol. I grew up with this song, still don't know the lyrics ha!

[@oldmanstillcan]

Love this song, so fun.

[@saintdon4461]

you know them..the lead singer IS the gorillaz

[@traceyd5768]

More Blur please. Girls & Boys, Park Life, Coffee & TV

[@marcharley6465]

I wouldn't worry about what is or isn't "proper" English. English, Scottish, Welsh, American, Australian etc - we all speak the same language and it's the regional accents which can create difficulties in understanding.

[@nightshade7240]

"proper" is classist bullshit anyway. If you can get your point across and be understood, that's all that matters. Grammar and proper is for academic situations.

[@AB-st7gx]

they play this song a lot at sporting events too

[@BirdDogg]

Speaking of the ecosystem, we needs to be propping up Harry, he needs the love now more than ever