History YMMV / Blur

* ValuesDissonance: "Colin Zeal" from ''Modern Life is Rubbish'' refers to the titular individual as "the modern retard".

* TheWoobie: The carton of milk from "Coffee and TV".
** IronWoobie is more fitting; despite seeing things that are absolutely terrifying to a walking milk carton, he [[{{Determinator}} keeps on truckin' until he finds Graham]]. [[spoiler: Who then unknowingly kills him. But he dies [[GoOutWithASmile smiling]] because Graham's back home. He [[EarnYourHappyEnding goes to Heaven]] [[TogetherInDeath with the girl milk cartoon he liked that was once ran over by a car]].]]

* ValuesDissonance: "Colin Zeal" from ''Modern Life is Rubbish" refers to the titular individual as "the modern retard".

** Funnily enough, a lot of people have expressed that they have more interest in the ShallowParody of Mario Kart compared to Blur.

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* EarWorm: Smile? by The Crystal Method - the main menu music.

* EarWorm: '''WOO-HOO.'''
** Being that they were originally a britpop group, they have a lot of these.
** "Girls and Boys" is the most catchy after the aforementioned "Song 2".
** "M.O.R." is really catchy too, along with "Parklife", "Coffee and TV", "Music Is My Radar", and many others.
** "She's So High", "There's No Other Way", "Advert", "For Tomorrow", "Chemical World", "Tracy Jacks", and "Magic America"
** "Jets" also counts as an ear worm, especially because of the same lyrics repeated over and over
** "Ong Ong", anyone?

* MostAnnoyingSound: The high-pitched squeal when a Shunt is coming your way. You better have a Barge or Shield handy, or a Shunt to fire backwards...

* OnceAnEpisode: There's a track with "America" in the title on three of their albums - "Miss America" on Modern Life Is Rubbish, "Magic America" on Parklife, and "Look Inside America" on the s/t. The three are lyrically related as they show Damon's changing perspective on the US over the years. "Miss America" deals with the group's disappointment in America after they visited there, "Magic America" deals with English people falling for the American dream, and "Look Inside America" shows a more positive appreciation for America despite its flaws.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-6-n-4Xok "The Universal" live at Hyde Park.]] Thousand of people singing "it really, really, really could happen" at the climax of the first show the band had done in years- it's utterly uplifting and incredible. Especially at the very climax of the song, where Albarn stops singing entirely and the audience just keeps going, taking the place of the choir in the original recording.

* SweetDreamsFuel: "Optigan 1".

* AcclaimedFlop: Received decent 8-9 range ratings however failed to sell enough to the point that the developers, after their next game Blood Stone, shut down by the parent company Activision.

* ObviousBeta: A rare music example in ''Parklife'''s "Far Out". Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTd5j6S337s the song that ended in the album]] against [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UYA2EY2DQ its demo]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUWEzsKqPJE a remix that completes the album song]]. Chances are that you will prefer either the demo or the remix over the final track due to how they basically ''chopped half the song'' on its way to the album.

* ObviousBeta: A rare music example in ''Parklife'''s "Far Out". Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTd5j6S337s the song that ended in the album]] against [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UYA2EY2DQ its demo]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUWEzsKqPJE a remix that completes the album song]]. Chances are that you will prefer either the demo or the remix over the final track.

* CreatorBreakdown: "No Distance Left to Run", the BreakupSong about the end of Albarn's relationship with Justine Frischmann. He actually ''hates'' the song, as he forced himself to accept the end of his relationship in order to make it.
-->'''Damon Albarn:''' "It upsets me, that song. It upset me singing it. [[RuleOfThree Doing that vocal upset me greatly]]. To sing that lyric I really had to accept that it was the end of something in my life. It's amazing when you do have the guts to do that with your work, because it don't half help you."

* FaceOfTheBand: Damon Albarn.

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* SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}: "Mr. Robinson's Quango."

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Notably averted; their {{Genre Shift}}s were mostly well-received.
* VindicatedByHistory: ''Especially'' in America, their critical stature increased as years went by. By the end of the 90's, Many of the same American publications who negatively reviewed their earlier work were now putting records like ''Modern Life is Rubbish'' and ''Parklife'' into their Best Albums of the Decade lists.
* TheWoobie: The carton of milk from Coffee and TV.
** IronWoobie is more fitting; despite seeing things that are absolutely terrifying to a walking milk carton, he [[{{Determinator}} keeps on truckin' until he finds Graham]]. [[spoiler: Who then unknowingly kills him]]. [[spoiler: But he dies [[GoOutWithASmile smiling]] because Graham's back home. And [[EarnYourHappyEnding goes to Heaven]]. [[TogetherInDeath With the girl milk cartoon he liked that was once ran over by car]].]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://youtu.be/dI-6-n-4Xok "The Universal" live at Hyde Park.]] Thousand of people singing "it really, really, really could happen" at the climax of the first show the band had done in years- it's utterly uplifting and incredible. Especially at the very climax of the song, where Albarn stops singing entirely and the audience just keeps going, taking the place of the choir in the original recording.
** ''13''. All of it! Especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0oXAIAPaRI Battle]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oqXVx3sBOk Coffee & TV]].
** The glorious apocalyptic drinking song that is "On Your Own."
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4NgQIWGJHU Live acoustic For Tomorrow]]. ''La la lalala, la la la la la la lalala...''

** "M.O.R." is really catchy too, along with "Parklife," "Coffee and TV," "Music is My Radar," and many others.
** She's So High, There's No Other Way, Advert, For Tomorrow, Chemical World, Tracy Jacks, and Magic America
** Jets also counts as an ear worm, especially because of the same lyrics repeated over and over

* GrowingTheBeard: The band really hit their stride on their second album ''Modern Life is Rubbish''.

* MisaimedFandom: No surprise, since the band was irony at its fullest, but some people have problems noticing that.

* ShallowParody: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08dbXQFyOLI commercial]] did one of these directed at the MarioKart series.

** IronWoobie is more fitting; despite seeing things that are absolutely terrifying to a walking milk carton, he [[{{Determinator}} keeps on truckin' until he finds Graham]]. [[spoiler: Who then unknowingly kills him]]. [[spoiler: But he dies [[GoOutWithASmile smiling]] because Graham's back home. And [[EarnYourHappyEnding goes to Heaven]]. [[TogetherInDeath With the girl milk cartoon he liked]].]]