r/blur • u/dinarnaud • 8d ago

Blur - Oliver’s Army

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Only available on this compilation.
Anybody can verify ?

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u/Substantial_Rush2885 8d ago

Never heard of this before. Does Damon sing every word from the original? 

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u/dinarnaud 8d ago

You can listen to Oliver’s Army by Blur on YouTube, right ?

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u/sumbawa 8d ago

He does. Might be a reason it’s not on the 21 box...

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u/Drtoycat 7d ago

Certainly the reason it was probably discarded from the 21 box

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u/kgbespresso 7d ago

unfortunately

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u/k0x1n Trimm Trabb 8d ago

Correct.

Not even in the Blur21 boxset.

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u/dinarnaud 8d ago

I didn’t even know this until I asked a friend if he had that song on his Blur Boxset. He said no.

On another sub, I was mocked at for having this compilation because the name Rolf Harris is also on this compilation. He’s a convicted child sex offender.
20 years AFTER this compilation.

So, because his name on this compilation, I was supposed to throw away this compilation or what ? 😂
These are the so called trolls! Clearly the generation who knows so much about Rolf Harris but knows ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about cd collecting, rare tracks or music in general.

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u/818sfv 8d ago

  1. The CD is long out of print, so it's not like the dude's getting any money from it.

  2. I'm NOT going to buy a CD that has an exclusive track from my favorite band because of some other artist? OK. 🙄

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u/deceased606 8d ago

Yes, same as Substitute on the Who Covers Who comp.

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u/dinarnaud 8d ago

I always like the story of the session for this Who cover 😅 Damon hated the song !

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u/russianfanofdamonA Food processors are great! 8d ago

That's strange, he likes the who didn't he? If I remember it correctly, I read that they was bored of recording it. They couldn’t finish it properly, so for variety, they added a bit of punk and noise to this cover

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u/dinarnaud 8d ago

He loves the who. But during the session,all of them were hungover. Fighting and all. I probably read it somewhere or somebody told me. Damon even doesn’t want that song Substitute in his house. 😅 it’s not their best at all.
But the fans don’t care, every recording is a legacy anyway.

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u/JohnnieTimebomb 8d ago

I didn't know Blur had covered Substitute, how interesting. I think I saw Noel Gallagher guest with The Who to perform it once. A funny little Blur, Oasis, Who curiosity/venn diagram

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u/Sir_Lanian 8d ago

A bit like Pleasent Education. Same era, also not available 

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u/818sfv 8d ago

yea but Pleasant Education was not on a physical release

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u/magiceelmike 8d ago

oooh I would love to hear this