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Blur perform live at the Reading Festival in 1991 and Glastonbury in 1992.

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5.0 out of 5 stars We don't think so, you seem s**t-faced!, 5 Dec 2003

By	H. L. Barrell "helendansette" (Birmingham, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

So many bands' videos are rather boring live performances, but this is a fascinating rockumentary of the early days of one of the most significant bands of the 1990s. Watch this video and you are admitted into the strange world of Blur, where no-one is sober and the floor moves under their feet like the deck of a rusty cross-Channel ferry in the 1987 storm.

Graham's hangover is one of the funniest moments in this film (sorry for laughing Mr C, but...), where he's still drunk from the night before and staggers about. He struggles to drink a cup of tea (complete with saucer - these guys are no mugs) on a minibus while driving through Holland, with some weird Dutch folk music blaring out of the speakers. His confusion in this scene sums up the chaotic ambience captured in this film - ever been so drunk everything you see seems surreal? This is when you feel Star Shaped.

Damon hops around like an excited toddler, Alex cads about assuming the role of guide to this strange universe but ends up confused himself, Graham wanders about like a man unable to decide if he's in a dream or a nightmare, and Dave shows that the spirit of Keith Moon lives on, quietly, in Blur.

Not only that - but at the end of this, there's a load of videos! Why did they stand in the filament of a giant's lightbulb for 'She's So High'? Did they eat the trifle in the video for 'There's No Other Way'? Were their baggy-era hairdos worn for a joke ('when mops attack')? Who's that woman in the 'For Tomorrow' video? Popscene - eh? wot? All these questions will be yours to cogitate over when you get your mitts on this marv vid.

In fact, instead of saying all this, one merely needs to see the photo on the front of the video to see what this is all about. Oooohhh, pass the Alka-Seltzer......

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5.0 out of 5 stars You have to see it to believe it !, 11 April 2001

By	mhimba@aol.com (England) - See all my reviews

Wow this is great, a excellent insight in to the early touring days of Blur. This video includes many highlights like Graham with a beard, Damon trying to ride a Postman Pat van, The boys getting very drunk and getting told to go to bed and some fantastic live performances. I would really recomend this video to any big fans of Blur but be warned, this video shows Damon being sick over his shoes!