This was because he wanted it to sound like a Tom Waits track. You can also hear him tapping his foot and standing on a tambourine like a busker. On ‘The Debt Collector’ it’s Graham that you hear counting in. The song ‘Parklife’ was the first time Graham had played the saxophone on a Blur record.ġ9.
‘Lot 105’ refers to the Hammond organ Damon plays in the song, acquired at an auction for £150.ġ8. There was always one more place to got and I leaped into London’s deep and dark night.”ġ7. In his book, A Bit Of A Blur he wrote: “As Parklife gathered more and more momentum I slipped anchor and blew adrift on the shallow sea of a permanent backstage party. Alex James blames ‘Parklife’ for triggering a descent into debauchery. “Everyone would turn up with a tie on and Alex would get told off if he had a funny coloured scarf on. “The things they were wearing coincided with the different visuals we were projecting,” he said. Chris Thompson, who helped design the cover, revealed that the band’s sartorial choices on the sleeve photos were planned. To get ready for the shoot the band had some pints at Camden’s Good Mixer before departing for Walthamstow Dogs.ġ5. You just don’t get that look with a footballer – well maybe a little bit.”ġ4. They look deranged, just longing to kill, and there’s a bizarre look in their faces. Graham Coxon added: “We centered in on the greyhounds because they had an aggressiveness we liked.
The cover image was inspired by the fact that Damon had bought shares in a real life greyhound.ġ3. Damon was getting into a really good stream lyrically and we were all kind of inspired.”ġ2. “When we wrote ‘Girls and Boys’ we realised that there was something worth expanding on. “It was an album we really enjoyed making,” recalled Graham Coxon. It’s the travails of the mystical larger-eater, seeing what’s going on and commenting on it.”ġ1. Damon on ‘Parklife’ in 1995: “It’s a loosely linked concept album. An early demo version of ‘To The End’ featured Justine Frischmann singing the parts later sung by Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier.ġ0.
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