I’ve been watching a fair amount of videos and other media from those Blur reunion gigs out of general interest – I was never the largest fan of the band but they’ve definitely got some fine albums and excellent songs in their hit-and-miss-like back catalogue. One thing that I noticed from the setlists is the omission of songs from Think Tank; you know, the album whose creation process was partly the reason Graham Coxon left in the first place. Not terribly surprising in that case, but there’s no justice in the world if they never ever roll out what is possibly the band’s best song live ever again.

Ambulance (live from 2003 or s0)

The gorgeous, thundering growth that all then collapses into an orgy of sound, Albarn’s deadpan singing at first clashing with the hair-raising music before finally submitting itself into the drive, the gorgeously mechanic rhythm section… brilliance.

But then again, I’ve always preferred Think Tank over their other works in the first place.

Tags: Blur

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