1 00:00:30,243 --> 00:00:32,763 [Mellow music; Surf laps gently] 2 00:00:46,083 --> 00:00:48,203 [Birdsong] 3 00:00:48,323 --> 00:00:53,403 [Damon] I've been coming here since 1996-7. 4 00:00:54,643 --> 00:00:58,523 And I don't mind not being around people, that's the thing. 5 00:00:58,683 --> 00:01:02,843 I'm not racing. My brain's not racing so fast. 6 00:01:03,603 --> 00:01:05,443 I'm able to... relax. 7 00:01:09,643 --> 00:01:13,123 I suppose that's what I've just realised. Yeah, I could actually live here now. 8 00:01:18,243 --> 00:01:22,763 We did Think Tank a bit here, but it was very rough and ready. 9 00:01:22,883 --> 00:01:26,403 Alex and Dave, they haven't been there since then. 10 00:01:26,523 --> 00:01:29,043 And Graham's never been here. 11 00:01:29,163 --> 00:01:32,003 [Music continues; No audible dialogue] 12 00:01:34,923 --> 00:01:37,323 [Damon] We just carry a lot 13 00:01:37,923 --> 00:01:41,483 of experience, collectively. 14 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:43,963 That's why I wanted to do it again. 15 00:01:44,083 --> 00:01:46,723 It felt like, for some reason, it was wanted 16 00:01:46,843 --> 00:01:48,443 at this moment in time. 17 00:01:48,563 --> 00:01:51,403 [Music continues; Faint cheering] 18 00:01:51,523 --> 00:01:53,483 [Cheering subsides] 19 00:01:53,643 --> 00:01:56,163 [Damon] I'm 55, I'm, like 20 00:01:56,363 --> 00:01:59,443 have to accept that, you know 21 00:01:59,563 --> 00:02:01,363 time is not infinite. 22 00:02:01,483 --> 00:02:04,243 I'm training to be a rally driver. 23 00:02:04,363 --> 00:02:07,363 Everything else is based on our reaction to it. 24 00:02:07,523 --> 00:02:10,163 My great grandmother was 103, 25 00:02:10,283 --> 00:02:12,043 and my gran was 100. 26 00:02:12,163 --> 00:02:14,843 Might as well just start thinking about it. 27 00:02:14,963 --> 00:02:18,283 To be totally fair, she was a month shy of 100. 28 00:02:18,443 --> 00:02:21,523 But it's trying to see... it's trying to see an upside... 29 00:02:21,683 --> 00:02:22,883 [He chuckles] 30 00:02:24,203 --> 00:02:25,523 ..I suppose. 31 00:02:25,603 --> 00:02:27,603 [Director] How long do you think you'll live till? 32 00:02:27,683 --> 00:02:29,643 - [Damon] Me? - [Director] Yeah. 33 00:02:29,763 --> 00:02:31,483 Who knows? 34 00:02:31,643 --> 00:02:34,363 How long will anyone live, Toby? 35 00:02:34,483 --> 00:02:36,579 [Recording, on stereo] When you're young, you don't have wisdom, 36 00:02:36,603 --> 00:02:38,963 you don't have knowledge, you don't have stamina, 37 00:02:39,083 --> 00:02:41,403 you don't have dedication, especially... 38 00:02:42,443 --> 00:02:44,363 [Tyres screech] 39 00:02:45,083 --> 00:02:47,123 [Recording continues faintly] 40 00:02:49,643 --> 00:02:53,203 He was going too fast. Luckily, I was going really slowly. 41 00:02:54,403 --> 00:02:57,203 - [He chuckles] - Did you... Did you film that? 42 00:02:57,323 --> 00:02:59,403 Fucking wanker, nearly killed me! 43 00:02:59,523 --> 00:03:01,523 And now you're making me do this. 44 00:03:02,923 --> 00:03:04,683 [He exhales frustratedly] 45 00:03:05,723 --> 00:03:09,163 It's classic, though. We were just talking about mortality, weren't we? 46 00:03:09,283 --> 00:03:12,283 I mean, you couldn't have timed it better, which is... 47 00:03:12,403 --> 00:03:15,123 This is what I've learnt in life, is that, you know, 48 00:03:15,243 --> 00:03:18,163 you never know what's round the corner. 49 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:20,443 [Music - "To the End" by Blur] 50 00:03:38,723 --> 00:03:40,723 [Cockerel clucks] 51 00:03:42,563 --> 00:03:46,323 ♪ All those dirty words 52 00:03:46,483 --> 00:03:48,803 ♪ Jusqu'a la fin 53 00:03:48,923 --> 00:03:52,683 ♪ They make us look so dumb 54 00:03:52,803 --> 00:03:55,283 ♪ En plein soleil 55 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:59,083 ♪ Been drinking far too much 56 00:03:59,243 --> 00:04:01,483 ♪ Jusqu'a la fin... ♪ - [Damon] Hello. 57 00:04:01,643 --> 00:04:05,203 ♪ And neither of us mean what we say 58 00:04:05,323 --> 00:04:07,723 ♪ En plein amour 59 00:04:08,483 --> 00:04:10,283 ♪ Well, you and I... ♪ 60 00:04:10,403 --> 00:04:12,043 [Cockerels cluck] 61 00:04:12,163 --> 00:04:14,603 They can get very, um 62 00:04:15,403 --> 00:04:17,403 lively round this area. 63 00:04:18,563 --> 00:04:20,763 I have to have a stick. 64 00:04:20,883 --> 00:04:23,003 No prob... Eh, eh, eh, eh! 65 00:04:23,123 --> 00:04:25,763 Oi, oi, oi! Go on! Move, move! 66 00:04:26,363 --> 00:04:30,523 It's a very big day today because we, uh 67 00:04:30,683 --> 00:04:32,003 got our first egg. 68 00:04:32,123 --> 00:04:36,083 We've got quite a rambunctious cockerel. His name's Tony. 69 00:04:36,203 --> 00:04:38,763 First, I'm going to put this down, 'cause I know that is your... 70 00:04:38,883 --> 00:04:40,803 [Damon mimics squawking] 71 00:04:41,923 --> 00:04:43,843 Come on. Calm down, everyone. 72 00:04:45,123 --> 00:04:48,523 There we go. Wow, look at all of that. 73 00:04:48,683 --> 00:04:50,763 See, while you're busy protecting everyone, 74 00:04:50,883 --> 00:04:54,283 - you're missing out on the treats. - [Cockerel crows] 75 00:04:54,403 --> 00:04:58,003 Did you like that? Ooh. Wasn't that nice? 76 00:04:58,123 --> 00:05:00,923 - Thank you for the eggs. - [Cockerel crows] 77 00:05:02,163 --> 00:05:03,843 [He chuckles] 78 00:05:05,003 --> 00:05:08,563 [Damon] Well, I've been here for ages, but Blur are coming here. 79 00:05:10,123 --> 00:05:11,883 I think it's going to be okay. 80 00:05:12,003 --> 00:05:16,843 I'm just concerned that we do it as honestly as humanly possible for 81 00:05:16,963 --> 00:05:20,523 you know... people like us. 82 00:05:20,683 --> 00:05:23,123 [Birdsong; Vehicle approaches] 83 00:05:27,043 --> 00:05:29,563 [He groans, sighs] 84 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:32,403 [Alex] Whoop, whoop! 85 00:05:32,843 --> 00:05:35,323 [Alex groans, strains] 86 00:05:35,443 --> 00:05:36,963 [Child coos] 87 00:05:37,083 --> 00:05:40,043 - [Child yells] - [Alex] Uh-oh! 88 00:05:40,163 --> 00:05:41,603 [Alex chuckles] 89 00:05:43,763 --> 00:05:45,683 [Claire] All right, I'll see you on Wednesday. 90 00:05:45,803 --> 00:05:47,003 [Alex] Love you. 91 00:05:47,123 --> 00:05:49,363 - Thanks for last night. - No, you're welcome. 92 00:05:49,483 --> 00:05:51,923 [Birdsong] 93 00:05:52,123 --> 00:05:53,843 [Door opens, shuts] 94 00:05:53,963 --> 00:05:56,883 [Alex] Driving down, it's fucking enchanted, man. 95 00:05:57,003 --> 00:05:59,523 - [Damon laughs] - [Alex] Jurassic Park... 96 00:05:59,683 --> 00:06:01,859 - Fuckin' hell! - How are you? You all right? Nice, innit? 97 00:06:01,883 --> 00:06:03,363 - Hey! - Hey, man, how's it going? 98 00:06:03,483 --> 00:06:06,123 - You've been in the sun, mate! - Yeah. 99 00:06:06,243 --> 00:06:09,523 [Alex] So, where's this... you're taking me? 100 00:06:09,683 --> 00:06:12,003 [Damon] This is a very, very old smuggling... 101 00:06:12,123 --> 00:06:15,203 - Argh! - ..pub, in a very old smuggling village. 102 00:06:15,323 --> 00:06:18,763 Sometimes you get ghosts. It's kind of famous for it. 103 00:06:18,883 --> 00:06:21,243 - Cider-swilling... - [Alex] Oh, really? 104 00:06:21,323 --> 00:06:25,283 Peasants with smocks and red kerchiefs, with bright blue eyes. 105 00:06:25,403 --> 00:06:26,563 [Damon chuckles] 106 00:06:31,323 --> 00:06:33,163 [Alex] We've barely communicated 107 00:06:33,283 --> 00:06:35,523 for the last ten years. 108 00:06:35,683 --> 00:06:38,323 I get more from Downing Street and the Palace 109 00:06:38,443 --> 00:06:41,403 {\an8}in an average year than I do from Albarn and Coxon. 110 00:06:41,523 --> 00:06:44,723 I mean, even when we really split up, it didn't take this long to make a record. 111 00:06:45,883 --> 00:06:48,923 But what's wonderful is, as soon as the four of us get in a room together, 112 00:06:49,043 --> 00:06:51,883 it's just exactly the same as it was when we were all 19. 113 00:06:52,003 --> 00:06:54,923 It's just four sweaty blokes annoying each other. 114 00:06:55,043 --> 00:06:56,483 Oh! 115 00:06:56,643 --> 00:06:58,243 [Both laugh] 116 00:06:59,443 --> 00:07:01,683 [Birdsong] 117 00:07:03,963 --> 00:07:06,643 - This is brilliant. - [Damon] Wooden floor. 118 00:07:06,763 --> 00:07:08,043 - You all right? - Yeah! 119 00:07:08,163 --> 00:07:10,083 - I'm all right. - [He chuckles] 120 00:07:10,203 --> 00:07:11,843 - [Graham] Oh, Jesus. - Oh, big fuckin'... 121 00:07:11,963 --> 00:07:13,659 - How are you doing? - Ah, you've been diddling. 122 00:07:13,683 --> 00:07:16,683 I've just been working, just trying to get this sounding amazing, 123 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,443 and, you know... 124 00:07:18,563 --> 00:07:20,163 [Graham pats rhythm, Damon exhales] 125 00:07:20,283 --> 00:07:22,403 Trying to fulfil the potential of our, uh... 126 00:07:22,523 --> 00:07:25,523 [Graham sings cheerfully, unaccompanied] 127 00:07:27,683 --> 00:07:29,083 - [Damon chuckles] - Exactly! 128 00:07:29,203 --> 00:07:32,843 [Graham] Damon and I communicate musically a lot, really. We always have. 129 00:07:32,963 --> 00:07:35,643 {\an8}Then that developed into friendship or whatever else, 130 00:07:35,763 --> 00:07:37,523 and I haven't got many friends, 131 00:07:37,683 --> 00:07:40,339 so it's a bit like, every now and then, we have to check up on each other 132 00:07:40,363 --> 00:07:43,283 and see if there's something there that's been brewing. 133 00:07:43,403 --> 00:07:45,843 [He plays shuffling rhythm] 134 00:07:45,963 --> 00:07:48,683 [He sings, cheerfully] 135 00:07:48,803 --> 00:07:50,963 [Drumming stops; Singing continues] 136 00:07:51,123 --> 00:07:52,563 [Graham] How's your knee? 137 00:07:52,723 --> 00:07:55,523 I've already told them that my knee's knackered, so they know. 138 00:07:55,683 --> 00:07:57,363 But, no, how's your one? 139 00:07:57,483 --> 00:07:59,323 - How's your one? - It's all right. 140 00:07:59,443 --> 00:08:01,643 It went to crap after my first gig, 141 00:08:01,803 --> 00:08:03,923 but now it's absolutely fine. 142 00:08:04,043 --> 00:08:07,163 [Dave] I was the very last member of Blur 143 00:08:07,283 --> 00:08:09,723 {\an8}to get a very big house in the country, but we've all done it. 144 00:08:09,803 --> 00:08:12,763 And it's funny how these sneering comments you make in your twenties 145 00:08:12,883 --> 00:08:14,523 turn round and bite you in the arse. 146 00:08:14,683 --> 00:08:17,963 - [Dave] Is it gluten-free cake? - [Tanyel] I'm pretty sure. 147 00:08:18,083 --> 00:08:19,963 [Dave] That would be fucking spectacular. 148 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:23,483 I will be like, "I'll have the whole thing," if it is. 149 00:08:24,563 --> 00:08:27,059 If it's not, I shall just, you know... I'll be grown-up about it. 150 00:08:27,083 --> 00:08:29,123 [Damon] There's some rye bread. 151 00:08:29,243 --> 00:08:32,363 Is there some cold porridge left over from yesterday? 152 00:08:32,483 --> 00:08:33,683 Stoical face. 153 00:08:33,803 --> 00:08:35,643 [Birdsong] 154 00:08:36,803 --> 00:08:38,803 [Indistinct chatter] 155 00:08:44,163 --> 00:08:48,563 I shall unselfconsciously put this fishcake into my mouth. 156 00:08:48,723 --> 00:08:51,123 No, I'll do it like that 157 00:08:51,243 --> 00:08:52,963 the way chefs place their food. 158 00:08:53,083 --> 00:08:55,083 [Indistinct chatter] 159 00:08:58,763 --> 00:09:03,043 I think it's lovely that I'm getting into an old codger who's falling to bits 160 00:09:03,163 --> 00:09:07,323 and I'm flippin' doing the biggest gig... you know, with me old band. 161 00:09:07,443 --> 00:09:09,163 [Dave] We haven't played Wembley before 162 00:09:09,283 --> 00:09:11,339 'cause we haven't been big enough to play Wembley before. 163 00:09:11,363 --> 00:09:12,443 That's the reality. 164 00:09:12,563 --> 00:09:15,243 We're getting bigger and bigger. The less we do, the bigger we get. 165 00:09:15,363 --> 00:09:17,763 {\an8}[Graham] Me and Damon watched Live Aid together, 166 00:09:17,883 --> 00:09:19,203 {\an8}you know, round my house. 167 00:09:19,363 --> 00:09:23,123 We were, like, 16. We sat watching it all day. 168 00:09:23,243 --> 00:09:24,763 [Damon] So, why are you doing it? 169 00:09:24,883 --> 00:09:27,523 You're doing it because there's a pureness to it. 170 00:09:27,683 --> 00:09:29,563 So basically 171 00:09:29,723 --> 00:09:32,003 when I come back from America, 172 00:09:32,123 --> 00:09:34,883 we've got, like, two weeks, and then we're on tour. 173 00:09:35,003 --> 00:09:37,043 - Yeah. - Is that really it? 174 00:09:37,163 --> 00:09:38,643 New album plus a couple of oldies. 175 00:09:38,803 --> 00:09:42,123 So, like, three weeks' time, we start rehearsing. 176 00:09:42,243 --> 00:09:43,843 - May 1st. - May 1st? 177 00:09:45,563 --> 00:09:47,643 Fuuuuuck! 178 00:09:47,763 --> 00:09:50,163 [Music - "Come Together" by Blur] 179 00:09:50,283 --> 00:09:53,523 {\an8}[Damon] Graham and I spent a lot of our adolescence 180 00:09:53,643 --> 00:09:56,643 just hanging out by the river behind the village. 181 00:09:57,643 --> 00:09:59,883 [Graham] It was not a thing of being in a band. 182 00:10:00,003 --> 00:10:02,339 It was a thing of hanging out on Friday nights at his house. 183 00:10:02,363 --> 00:10:07,443 Him writing and me coming round and maybe playing some saxophone. 184 00:10:07,563 --> 00:10:09,963 Mainly, it was sort of hanging out and going for walks. 185 00:10:10,083 --> 00:10:13,163 [Damon] And trying to, uh, race on cows when we were drunk. 186 00:10:14,243 --> 00:10:16,683 Which never went well, and I don't recommend that to anybody. 187 00:10:17,803 --> 00:10:21,883 [Graham] And just talking about music and life and everything else, 188 00:10:22,003 --> 00:10:27,403 and sharing, you know, our feelings, or whatever that was. 189 00:10:27,523 --> 00:10:29,979 First time I met Dave, I had to go round his flat for a rehearsal. 190 00:10:30,003 --> 00:10:31,763 [Dave] Everybody I knew played an instrument. 191 00:10:31,803 --> 00:10:35,003 Everybody was constantly in bands, three or four bands at a time. 192 00:10:35,123 --> 00:10:37,883 [Graham] And I went down and knocked on his flat, 193 00:10:38,043 --> 00:10:40,283 and he was still in bed, and he got up, and 194 00:10:40,403 --> 00:10:43,363 he had this sort of floppy Mohican haircut, and he was in his pyjamas, 195 00:10:43,483 --> 00:10:46,243 and he sat on the edge of his bed eating his cornflakes. 196 00:10:46,363 --> 00:10:49,203 His drum kit was there in his bedroom, 197 00:10:49,323 --> 00:10:51,923 and then I got me sax out. 198 00:10:52,563 --> 00:10:55,099 [Dave] I wanted to be in a band with Damon because of his songwriting. 199 00:10:55,123 --> 00:10:56,843 Graham took me along to see him. 200 00:10:56,963 --> 00:11:00,323 He was playing with, uh, some guy in a hat, I remember. 201 00:11:00,443 --> 00:11:02,363 Or did Damon wear the hat? I don't know. 202 00:11:02,483 --> 00:11:04,883 A hat definitely featured in their performance. 203 00:11:05,003 --> 00:11:07,923 [Damon] At one point, I think I jumped into the audience, 204 00:11:08,043 --> 00:11:11,163 but there were so few people there that it was actually really embarrassing. 205 00:11:11,283 --> 00:11:14,083 Then I kind of sort of went for the toilets, I think, 206 00:11:14,203 --> 00:11:16,683 just to make it not feel quite so awkward. 207 00:11:16,803 --> 00:11:20,003 [Dave] I had a chat to Damon afterwards and said, "Really like what you're doing. 208 00:11:20,123 --> 00:11:23,083 "If you ever need a drummer for any of your projects, let me know." 209 00:11:23,203 --> 00:11:24,643 That was the start of that, really. 210 00:11:24,763 --> 00:11:28,203 [Graham] Alex was just who I met when we got to halls of residence, 211 00:11:28,323 --> 00:11:32,043 who lived underneath me in the block there, in Camberwell. 212 00:11:32,203 --> 00:11:35,683 I said, "Alex plays bass, he's this bloke in my halls," and we all met. 213 00:11:35,803 --> 00:11:39,163 [Alex] I kind of liked Graham instantly. 214 00:11:39,603 --> 00:11:42,563 Damon was very kind of, "What you got?" 215 00:11:42,723 --> 00:11:45,643 - [He chuckles] - You know, which I respond well to. 216 00:11:45,763 --> 00:11:49,123 Um... And, yeah, I think Dave made me a cup of tea. 217 00:11:49,243 --> 00:11:52,203 You know, I think we'd got each other's backs. 218 00:11:53,203 --> 00:11:56,523 [Dave] It was Alex joining, really, that was the kind of missing piece. 219 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:59,803 After he joined, we were signed within six months. 220 00:11:59,923 --> 00:12:01,923 [Music continues] 221 00:12:05,443 --> 00:12:07,763 [Music concludes, drum thuds] 222 00:12:07,883 --> 00:12:09,563 [Birdsong] 223 00:12:11,243 --> 00:12:13,283 [Dave] There's one more on here. 224 00:12:13,403 --> 00:12:15,803 [He plays booming rhythm] 225 00:12:18,683 --> 00:12:20,643 [Drumming continues] 226 00:12:20,763 --> 00:12:22,523 [Dave] I think our legacy is pretty good. 227 00:12:22,683 --> 00:12:25,003 You know, not wanting to trample on that, 228 00:12:25,123 --> 00:12:29,203 not wanting to release some rubbish, you know, 'cause we're going out on tour. 229 00:12:29,363 --> 00:12:31,083 You know, in the context of the legacy, 230 00:12:31,203 --> 00:12:33,443 let's just try and make the very best music we can. 231 00:12:34,763 --> 00:12:37,243 [Damon] Well, doing a whole new album is the difference between 232 00:12:37,363 --> 00:12:41,923 this just being a nostalgia-looking thing and something 233 00:12:42,483 --> 00:12:44,723 that feels totally 234 00:12:44,843 --> 00:12:46,283 part of our lives now. 235 00:12:46,403 --> 00:12:49,803 Again. Part of my life again, anyway, definitely. 236 00:12:49,923 --> 00:12:52,763 [James] So, yeah, I think it's a bar of click, and then you're in. 237 00:12:54,123 --> 00:12:57,003 [Music plays - "Sticks and Stones" by Blur] 238 00:12:57,123 --> 00:12:59,123 ♪ Smooth exterior 239 00:13:01,203 --> 00:13:03,043 ♪ Mess inside... ♪ 240 00:13:04,403 --> 00:13:07,323 [Dave] Before we, uh, dipped our toe in the water with Blur, 241 00:13:07,443 --> 00:13:09,763 I hadn't played drums for quite some time. 242 00:13:09,883 --> 00:13:12,403 I have been making film music, by and large. 243 00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:14,363 I've done a lot of things. 244 00:13:14,483 --> 00:13:18,123 You know, my legal career started and ended in the last ten years. 245 00:13:18,243 --> 00:13:20,483 I don't know, I just... I've always been someone 246 00:13:20,643 --> 00:13:22,963 that just does whatever seems most interesting at the time. 247 00:13:23,043 --> 00:13:24,683 I've never really had a plan. 248 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:25,963 [Music stops] 249 00:13:26,083 --> 00:13:28,019 [James] Would you mind doing one more all the way? 250 00:13:28,043 --> 00:13:29,683 Yeah, let's do it like that. 251 00:13:29,803 --> 00:13:31,419 - [He plucks brief notes] - [Sam] Same again? 252 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:33,523 [James] Yeah, it gives it loads of energy. It's cool. 253 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:37,363 - [Music resumes] - ♪ The service station on the road 254 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,083 ♪ I took the acid... ♪ 255 00:13:39,203 --> 00:13:42,843 {\an8}You know, the process, I wasn't sure how it was going to be coming into it. 256 00:13:42,963 --> 00:13:46,403 You never know, going in with these kind of, like, hero bands 257 00:13:46,523 --> 00:13:48,443 what it's actually going to be like. 258 00:13:48,563 --> 00:13:52,403 And from the very first meetings, there were some kind of, like 259 00:13:52,563 --> 00:13:54,763 sort of little warning flags of tension, 260 00:13:54,883 --> 00:13:57,643 and, like, I was like, "Oh, no, it could be a nightmare." 261 00:13:57,763 --> 00:14:00,603 ♪ If you see darkness, look away... ♪ 262 00:14:00,723 --> 00:14:04,043 [James] Graham's got a young family and is touring with his new band. 263 00:14:04,163 --> 00:14:07,123 You know, Alex is coming back in maybe a little apprehensive. 264 00:14:07,243 --> 00:14:09,563 Damon's just, like, a powerhouse 265 00:14:09,723 --> 00:14:12,643 and almost, like, pathologically kind of addicted 266 00:14:12,763 --> 00:14:15,443 to making new stuff up all the time, you know? 267 00:14:15,563 --> 00:14:18,523 And to that end, it feels like you're on shifting sands a little bit. 268 00:14:19,163 --> 00:14:20,483 Great. Do one more chorus, 269 00:14:20,603 --> 00:14:22,499 then we'll go back to the verse, then we'll go and have dinner. 270 00:14:22,523 --> 00:14:23,883 [Graham] Yeah, sure. 271 00:14:24,003 --> 00:14:27,803 ♪ You'll probably shine it back on me 272 00:14:27,923 --> 00:14:31,683 ♪ But I won't fall this time 273 00:14:31,803 --> 00:14:35,523 ♪ With godspeed, I'll heed the signs 274 00:14:35,683 --> 00:14:39,043 ♪ I won't fall this time 275 00:14:39,163 --> 00:14:41,923 ♪ With godspeed, I'll heed the signs... ♪ 276 00:14:42,043 --> 00:14:44,363 [Graham] We were with each other a lot in the '90s. 277 00:14:44,483 --> 00:14:46,803 And it was a very intense time. 278 00:14:46,923 --> 00:14:49,683 It's the sort of time, and on the same sort of level, 279 00:14:49,803 --> 00:14:52,323 as a relationship or marriages and things like that. 280 00:14:53,603 --> 00:14:57,643 And I think it's okay to say that time apart 281 00:14:57,763 --> 00:15:00,403 was taken up with other friendships and just 282 00:15:00,523 --> 00:15:02,523 just sort of recuperating, 283 00:15:02,683 --> 00:15:06,283 - or, you know, doing other things. - [Mellow music] 284 00:15:06,403 --> 00:15:08,603 [Alex] Since everybody kind of went their separate ways, 285 00:15:08,643 --> 00:15:10,403 I got married and started making some cheese. 286 00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,883 That was in 2003. 287 00:15:14,123 --> 00:15:16,523 I've sort of organised my life so I don't have to go on tour. 288 00:15:16,683 --> 00:15:19,803 I've moved the mountain to Mohammed, having a festival on the farm. 289 00:15:19,923 --> 00:15:21,523 It takes all day 290 00:15:21,683 --> 00:15:23,723 to just be a dad and run a farm and a festival. 291 00:15:23,843 --> 00:15:26,843 Bass playing is the easiest job in the entire world. 292 00:15:26,963 --> 00:15:30,443 But, you know, I have to be in Devon to do that. 293 00:15:30,563 --> 00:15:32,563 [Music continues] 294 00:15:34,003 --> 00:15:35,643 [Damon] Yeah, we could just about manage. 295 00:15:35,683 --> 00:15:38,323 - There's been a bit of a storm... - [Alex] Oh, Christ, Albarn! 296 00:15:38,443 --> 00:15:40,523 - [Damon] What? - [Alex] Fuck this! 297 00:15:40,683 --> 00:15:43,083 - [Damon] Fuck that? - [Alex] It's horrible! 298 00:15:43,203 --> 00:15:46,283 - [He chuckles] - No, but it's... I mean, it's... 299 00:15:46,403 --> 00:15:49,203 - You feel good afterwards, right? - Um, I mean... 300 00:15:49,323 --> 00:15:51,923 - That doesn't, you know... - No, I promise you... 301 00:15:52,043 --> 00:15:53,643 I'm in. I'm all in... 302 00:15:53,763 --> 00:15:55,203 - I promise you... - ..but blimey! 303 00:15:55,323 --> 00:15:58,123 - Uh, we could go to another... - No, no, no, no. But this is... 304 00:15:58,243 --> 00:15:59,899 No, do you know what? Should we go to another one? 305 00:15:59,923 --> 00:16:01,723 No, this is the perfect spot. This is lovely. 306 00:16:02,163 --> 00:16:04,723 [Music continues] 307 00:16:06,643 --> 00:16:10,123 [Damon] Bands start, usually, when people are quite young, 308 00:16:10,243 --> 00:16:12,163 you're still finding yourself. 309 00:16:13,203 --> 00:16:15,483 [Dave] You have to work through that relationship 310 00:16:15,643 --> 00:16:18,243 where you can be relaxed and comfortable 311 00:16:18,363 --> 00:16:21,763 and not want to push each other's buttons and want to be supportive. 312 00:16:21,883 --> 00:16:24,243 You know, that takes time to work through. 313 00:16:25,003 --> 00:16:28,003 And ideally, the best place to do that working through 314 00:16:28,123 --> 00:16:32,043 - is not in the full glare of the public. - [He laughs] 315 00:16:34,043 --> 00:16:36,803 We've had times where we've really 316 00:16:36,923 --> 00:16:39,483 not wanted to be even in the same room as each other. 317 00:16:40,643 --> 00:16:42,659 [Dave] When you're in the thick of it and, you know, 318 00:16:42,683 --> 00:16:45,283 you've just been touring for three years with two days off, 319 00:16:45,403 --> 00:16:48,643 it can feel like what you're actually engaged in is politics 320 00:16:48,763 --> 00:16:51,363 and the music is a kind of sideshow to that. 321 00:16:55,163 --> 00:16:56,843 [Alex roars] 322 00:16:56,963 --> 00:17:00,363 [Damon] When I last saw them, it was great. 323 00:17:00,483 --> 00:17:02,563 So... yeah, I mean 324 00:17:03,683 --> 00:17:06,883 we grew up together, so, you know, family. 325 00:17:09,803 --> 00:17:13,243 The bedrooms aren't finished here yet, so we've got back to the 326 00:17:13,363 --> 00:17:16,403 house where we're staying down the road, and, uh. 327 00:17:16,523 --> 00:17:19,003 - [Seagulls caw] - ..I made me and Graham 328 00:17:19,123 --> 00:17:21,283 some bacon and eggs. 329 00:17:21,403 --> 00:17:23,563 - And... - [He chuckles] 330 00:17:23,723 --> 00:17:26,339 ..it's just like when we were staying in halls of residence at college. 331 00:17:26,363 --> 00:17:28,923 You know, the midnight snacks. 332 00:17:29,043 --> 00:17:31,163 But it's actually 333 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:35,123 sort of quite good to be kind of removed 334 00:17:35,243 --> 00:17:38,163 from the kind of noise of 335 00:17:38,283 --> 00:17:40,283 running a farm and a festival and a family 336 00:17:40,403 --> 00:17:42,283 to drink scrumpy 337 00:17:42,403 --> 00:17:45,483 and make bacon and eggs in peace. 338 00:17:47,123 --> 00:17:50,683 I don't know how he can stay in there. Hangover's history. 339 00:17:51,523 --> 00:17:52,843 Wa-hey! 340 00:17:54,803 --> 00:17:55,963 [He cackles] 341 00:18:05,803 --> 00:18:07,643 [Both chuckle] 342 00:18:08,763 --> 00:18:10,763 [Music continues] 343 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:15,763 [Seagulls caw] 344 00:18:15,883 --> 00:18:17,883 [Music fades] 345 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:23,963 [James] Um, when do you want to do a playback? Soon? 346 00:18:24,083 --> 00:18:26,963 [Graham] What is it that we're going to be hearing? 347 00:18:27,083 --> 00:18:29,003 - Basically... - What we heard before but with... 348 00:18:29,123 --> 00:18:32,643 With full vocals. Everything... Damon's done every song. 349 00:18:32,763 --> 00:18:34,363 [Indistinct chatter] 350 00:18:34,483 --> 00:18:36,323 Let's get this party started. 351 00:18:36,443 --> 00:18:39,003 [Damon] I don't think any of us thought we'd make another record. 352 00:18:39,123 --> 00:18:40,883 Especially not a record like this. 353 00:18:41,923 --> 00:18:45,243 I suppose that's why I wanted to try and make it as good as possible. 354 00:18:45,363 --> 00:18:49,403 'Cause otherwise it's just some bunch of old cunts 355 00:18:49,523 --> 00:18:51,283 trying to relive their past. 356 00:18:51,403 --> 00:18:53,963 I mean, you know, it's not the finished record. 357 00:18:54,083 --> 00:18:55,803 Everybody ready? 358 00:18:55,963 --> 00:18:57,963 [Indistinct chatter] 359 00:18:59,243 --> 00:19:02,443 - [Music plays - "The Everglades" by Blur] - ♪ You of grace 360 00:19:05,163 --> 00:19:09,803 ♪ Many ghosts alive in my mind 361 00:19:13,403 --> 00:19:18,723 ♪ Many paths I wish I'd taken 362 00:19:20,763 --> 00:19:25,403 ♪ Many times I thought I'd break... ♪ 363 00:19:27,883 --> 00:19:29,459 [Graham] Emotionally, I think, with this album, 364 00:19:29,483 --> 00:19:32,683 something has been dislodged within the group, within Damon. 365 00:19:32,803 --> 00:19:34,723 ♪ ..It seems to be... ♪ 366 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:40,163 [Damon] Well, I suppose it's about 367 00:19:40,283 --> 00:19:43,283 it's... about loss. 368 00:19:43,403 --> 00:19:47,123 It's about the aftershock of... of loss. 369 00:19:47,243 --> 00:19:49,363 ♪ ..Songs to play... ♪ 370 00:19:49,483 --> 00:19:52,003 [Damon] Once something dramatic has happened, 371 00:19:52,123 --> 00:19:55,083 whether it's a break-up or pandemic... 372 00:19:55,203 --> 00:19:56,923 ♪ ..grace for everyone... ♪ 373 00:19:57,043 --> 00:19:58,699 [Damon] I mean, what do you want me to say? 374 00:19:58,723 --> 00:20:02,163 Now I live alone, essentially, in the countryside. 375 00:20:03,883 --> 00:20:05,083 That's what's happened. 376 00:20:05,203 --> 00:20:08,283 And this record, obviously, very much feels like that. 377 00:20:08,443 --> 00:20:10,043 [Music continues] 378 00:20:10,163 --> 00:20:14,403 ♪ Why everything 379 00:20:17,563 --> 00:20:20,803 ♪ In this world been lost... ♪ 380 00:20:20,923 --> 00:20:23,523 [Graham] A boulder has fallen out. 381 00:20:23,683 --> 00:20:27,283 You know, there's 40 years' worth of stuff in this boulder 382 00:20:27,403 --> 00:20:29,443 that has been dislodged, 383 00:20:29,563 --> 00:20:31,963 and now rolls down 384 00:20:32,803 --> 00:20:34,003 towards us. 385 00:20:34,123 --> 00:20:38,643 ♪ Pursuing God with change 386 00:20:40,683 --> 00:20:43,083 ♪ And furthermore 387 00:20:45,123 --> 00:20:48,323 ♪ I think it's just 388 00:20:48,443 --> 00:20:50,443 ♪ Too late. ♪ 389 00:20:50,563 --> 00:20:52,563 [Music concludes] 390 00:20:54,763 --> 00:20:56,763 That was the hardest ever... 391 00:20:58,083 --> 00:21:00,163 It sounds effortless, for all your hard work. 392 00:21:00,283 --> 00:21:02,723 [Damon] Well, I promise you, I really worked hard. 393 00:21:02,843 --> 00:21:05,043 [James] It seems like lots of little stories, 394 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:08,083 like, came out while he was just recording... 395 00:21:08,203 --> 00:21:10,563 "Oh, this is about this thing, and that is about..." 396 00:21:10,723 --> 00:21:13,883 "Up and down the town clock" is about 397 00:21:14,003 --> 00:21:17,763 when I went round to Alex's flat in New Cross 398 00:21:17,883 --> 00:21:21,603 and took acid, and thought it was a good idea to jump up... 399 00:21:21,723 --> 00:21:25,963 'Cause there was a very, very narrow, like, sort of, um 400 00:21:26,083 --> 00:21:27,819 - distance between. - [Graham] It's not that narrow. 401 00:21:27,843 --> 00:21:30,963 I've seen it plenty of times. It's quite wide. 402 00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:33,643 It's about from here to... It's about from here to you. 403 00:21:33,763 --> 00:21:36,044 - [Damon] Really? No, shut up! - [Graham] It's not narrow. 404 00:21:36,083 --> 00:21:39,403 [Damon] No, but anyway, I jumped over that, 405 00:21:39,523 --> 00:21:42,883 and then went and orienteered myself 406 00:21:43,003 --> 00:21:46,003 onto New Cross Town Hall clock 407 00:21:46,123 --> 00:21:48,243 and changed the time, on acid. 408 00:21:48,363 --> 00:21:51,643 - [Tanyel] You actually changed the time? - Yes, I changed time, yes. 409 00:21:51,763 --> 00:21:55,083 [Deep voice] I ch... I... I changed time! 410 00:21:57,123 --> 00:21:59,763 We literally haven't spoken to each other for ten years, 411 00:21:59,883 --> 00:22:02,763 and it's... straight back together, like... 412 00:22:02,883 --> 00:22:05,163 And actually evolved in some... 413 00:22:05,283 --> 00:22:07,523 This, um 414 00:22:07,683 --> 00:22:12,083 has come into all of our lives unexpectedly, really, in a way. 415 00:22:13,243 --> 00:22:16,443 It's made us, uh... something else, you know? 416 00:22:16,563 --> 00:22:19,923 - Wow, this is such a treat to have... - Like 10cc, ABBA 417 00:22:20,043 --> 00:22:22,403 - me old muckers! - [He chuckles] 418 00:22:22,523 --> 00:22:26,043 That's great. I can't wait to decipher more words. 419 00:22:26,163 --> 00:22:28,483 - Oh, we have a lot. - The singing is fucking ace. 420 00:22:28,643 --> 00:22:30,083 Yeah, you think so? 421 00:22:30,203 --> 00:22:32,403 - Yeah, and your voice sounds really good. - Thanks. 422 00:22:32,523 --> 00:22:34,803 - But it's an expensive microphone. - I know, well... 423 00:22:34,963 --> 00:22:36,643 [All laugh] 424 00:22:36,763 --> 00:22:41,123 It's kind of a bit overwhelming having all that emotion coming out at me. 425 00:22:41,243 --> 00:22:43,523 I'm a bit kind of gobsmacked, to be honest. 426 00:22:43,683 --> 00:22:46,203 I'm just getting sentimental in me old age, that's what it is. 427 00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:48,843 [Mellow music] 428 00:22:48,963 --> 00:22:50,963 [Music continues] 429 00:23:06,083 --> 00:23:08,803 [Cellist plays slow, undulant melody] 430 00:23:08,963 --> 00:23:10,963 [No distinct dialogue] 431 00:23:11,083 --> 00:23:13,323 [Playing stops; Indistinct chatter] 432 00:23:16,843 --> 00:23:19,883 - How are you feeling? - How am I feeling? I'm feeling 433 00:23:20,003 --> 00:23:22,803 - a little discombobulated. - I am not surprised. 434 00:23:22,923 --> 00:23:24,363 I saw some footage of the weekend. 435 00:23:24,483 --> 00:23:26,123 - It looked pretty mega. - Yeah, yeah. 436 00:23:27,003 --> 00:23:29,283 [Damon] Went on tour in the Autumn with Gorillaz, 437 00:23:29,403 --> 00:23:33,443 wrote the album, came back, recorded the album, 438 00:23:33,563 --> 00:23:36,323 went on tour with Gorillaz again, then came back. 439 00:23:36,443 --> 00:23:40,043 So, it's just... it's non-stop really. 440 00:23:40,163 --> 00:23:43,203 So, there's headphones and stuff, if you want to sit here. 441 00:23:43,323 --> 00:23:45,843 [Dave] Everything's quite frenetic at the moment. 442 00:23:45,963 --> 00:23:50,243 The amount of stuff there is to do is peaking around this week, 443 00:23:50,363 --> 00:23:53,403 because we're in rehearsals for the shows 444 00:23:53,523 --> 00:23:56,643 and, uh, we've got promo starting. 445 00:23:57,723 --> 00:24:00,563 - Is it possible to have the sound on it? - Oh, yes! Reuben, hi. 446 00:24:00,723 --> 00:24:03,963 They're all getting fuckin' younger and younger, aren't they? 447 00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:07,363 [Dave] And it's been quite a while since we've been in this position, really, 448 00:24:07,483 --> 00:24:10,323 of doing everything all at the same time. 449 00:24:10,443 --> 00:24:13,363 [Mike] One, two, three, and... 450 00:24:13,483 --> 00:24:17,043 ♪ Blow, blow me out 451 00:24:17,163 --> 00:24:23,003 ♪ I am so sad, I don't know why 452 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:28,163 ♪ Blow, blow me out 453 00:24:28,283 --> 00:24:33,763 ♪ I am so sad, I don't know why... ♪ 454 00:24:33,883 --> 00:24:36,163 [Staccato guitar strumming] 455 00:24:36,283 --> 00:24:39,003 - [Guitar rings out] - [Damon] ♪ He... He... ♪ 456 00:24:39,123 --> 00:24:41,243 - [Synth noodling] - [Graham] Hang on a minute. 457 00:24:43,443 --> 00:24:45,123 [Staccato guitar strumming] 458 00:24:45,243 --> 00:24:47,163 ♪ He... ♪ 459 00:24:47,283 --> 00:24:48,923 [Synth noodling] 460 00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:54,083 ♪ He was crowned on a Saturday... ♪ 461 00:24:54,203 --> 00:24:56,363 [Synth noodling] 462 00:24:56,483 --> 00:24:58,883 [Dave] There's nothing more boring than rehearsing. 463 00:24:59,243 --> 00:25:02,523 People are always going to be bad-tempered and, uh, testy 464 00:25:02,643 --> 00:25:05,203 and irritable, because nobody wants to be there. 465 00:25:05,323 --> 00:25:08,363 - [Mike] Turn down. - I'm just playing it with what's here. 466 00:25:08,483 --> 00:25:11,763 {\an8}[Bright synth chords; Graham chuckles] 467 00:25:11,883 --> 00:25:13,443 {\an8}[Damon] I'm playing what's here. 468 00:25:13,563 --> 00:25:15,803 [Graham] When you get over here with Blur, 469 00:25:15,923 --> 00:25:19,523 it is like when you see those fucking gorillas in the zoo. 470 00:25:19,683 --> 00:25:22,563 How does it feel to be back? You guys are back. How does it feel? 471 00:25:22,723 --> 00:25:25,203 [Staccato guitar strumming, synth noodling] 472 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:28,443 When you're in a band, it's a relationship like brothers and sisters, isn't it? 473 00:25:28,483 --> 00:25:31,003 - I'm playing normal. I've always... - Play that in A-minor. 474 00:25:31,123 --> 00:25:33,803 I mean, is it different? Have the dynamics changed? 475 00:25:33,923 --> 00:25:36,683 [Indistinct arguing; Voices overlap] 476 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:41,123 {\an8}Have you enjoyed being back in the studio together? 477 00:25:41,243 --> 00:25:43,003 {\an8}[Damon] Um... 478 00:25:43,123 --> 00:25:46,363 Can't you just stake me out on a beach and send some vultures over? 479 00:25:46,483 --> 00:25:47,843 Yeah, we could do that. 480 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:49,363 [Gentle strings] 481 00:25:49,483 --> 00:25:51,563 [Dave] They handed out cigarettes to the kids. 482 00:25:51,723 --> 00:25:53,123 - Did they? To the kids? - Did they? 483 00:25:53,243 --> 00:25:54,363 - They did. - [Alex chuckles] 484 00:25:54,483 --> 00:25:56,403 Like they hand out sweets on take-off. 485 00:25:56,523 --> 00:25:58,499 They went round with a little basket, handing out... 486 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:01,003 - What, packets of, um, tens? - On a school trip? 487 00:26:01,123 --> 00:26:02,163 - Packets? - Yeah. 488 00:26:02,283 --> 00:26:05,203 I do like smoking with my kids, I have to admit. 489 00:26:05,323 --> 00:26:07,003 You like having a fag with your kids? 490 00:26:09,403 --> 00:26:12,483 I used to quite like sitting with a bottle of scotch, with my mum. 491 00:26:12,643 --> 00:26:16,043 [James] So, what about just doing the 492 00:26:16,163 --> 00:26:18,443 from the "up close" bit, just go from there. 493 00:26:18,563 --> 00:26:20,603 [Keyboard noodling] 494 00:26:21,883 --> 00:26:24,363 So, it's kind of that twice, yeah. 495 00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:26,483 [Graham] Damon's work ethic is very strong. 496 00:26:26,643 --> 00:26:28,723 That's just part of who he is. 497 00:26:28,843 --> 00:26:32,763 [Dave] Where you and I might be watching TV, or, uh, playing video games, 498 00:26:32,883 --> 00:26:34,883 Damon doesn't do any of that, he just writes songs. 499 00:26:35,003 --> 00:26:36,523 [High string notes] 500 00:26:36,643 --> 00:26:38,883 [Dave] We all go to the bar, Damon goes to his room, 501 00:26:39,003 --> 00:26:40,843 gets his equipment out and writes songs. 502 00:26:40,963 --> 00:26:44,523 On the bus, he's writing songs. At home, he's writing songs. 503 00:26:44,683 --> 00:26:47,123 And if we don't keep him focused on the job in hand, 504 00:26:47,243 --> 00:26:50,683 he will literally be doing another opera before the third single's out. 505 00:26:51,163 --> 00:26:54,003 - Take in one... - One, two, three... 506 00:26:54,123 --> 00:26:57,243 [String players vocalise brief melody, repeats on synth] 507 00:26:59,563 --> 00:27:02,603 [James] He's also exhausted from doing Coachella, 508 00:27:03,803 --> 00:27:08,083 and so, will basically have an idea and then fall asleep. 509 00:27:09,243 --> 00:27:11,099 [James] Do you want to keep going, Damon, or...? 510 00:27:11,123 --> 00:27:12,523 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 511 00:27:12,683 --> 00:27:14,803 Don't worry about my, uh, demeanour. It's just. 512 00:27:14,923 --> 00:27:18,403 [Laughter] It's just standard utter exhaustion. 513 00:27:18,523 --> 00:27:20,043 [Laughter] 514 00:27:20,163 --> 00:27:22,163 [Indistinct chatter] 515 00:27:23,563 --> 00:27:24,963 [James] Come on, let's do it again. 516 00:27:25,323 --> 00:27:28,723 - [Music - "The Ballad" by Blur] - ♪ It comes 517 00:27:28,843 --> 00:27:31,483 ♪ Like me 518 00:27:32,563 --> 00:27:36,803 ♪ Up close 519 00:27:36,923 --> 00:27:39,483 ♪ I fell in love with you... ♪ 520 00:27:39,643 --> 00:27:41,443 [Damon] This idea of the workaholic, 521 00:27:41,563 --> 00:27:45,923 there must be some sort of brain condition 522 00:27:46,043 --> 00:27:49,043 that drives you to just 523 00:27:49,163 --> 00:27:51,923 pursue something so sort of relentlessly. 524 00:27:53,483 --> 00:27:57,163 Yeah, it's just sort of never believing, really, that it's happening. 525 00:27:57,283 --> 00:28:00,203 It needs to be right for me to be able to sleep properly. 526 00:28:00,323 --> 00:28:02,323 [Laughter] 527 00:28:02,443 --> 00:28:06,043 ♪ It comes 528 00:28:06,163 --> 00:28:08,803 ♪ Like me 529 00:28:10,203 --> 00:28:12,643 ♪ Up close... ♪ 530 00:28:12,763 --> 00:28:15,523 [Graham] And I guess if he didn't work, he'd have to 531 00:28:15,683 --> 00:28:18,963 do nothing, and maybe, you know, 532 00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:21,523 have to take a long look at himself, 533 00:28:21,683 --> 00:28:25,323 and, you know, God, that would be a freaky thing for him. 534 00:28:25,443 --> 00:28:27,003 ♪ I'll fall along 535 00:28:27,123 --> 00:28:31,563 ♪ We travelled round the world together. ♪ 536 00:28:31,723 --> 00:28:33,923 [Music concludes] 537 00:28:34,083 --> 00:28:35,923 [Indistinct chatter] 538 00:28:37,243 --> 00:28:41,483 [Choir, unaccompanied] ♪ Really, really, really could happen 539 00:28:42,243 --> 00:28:47,963 ♪ Really, really, really could happen... ♪ 540 00:28:50,243 --> 00:28:53,483 Where are we? We're in this fuckin' big shithole. 541 00:28:53,643 --> 00:28:58,723 Concrete floor polished, so everything sounds insane and bad. 542 00:28:58,843 --> 00:29:03,523 Um, it's a great way to make you feel awful about everything you're doing. 543 00:29:03,683 --> 00:29:05,899 And then they've got all these silly lights, and some of them, 544 00:29:05,923 --> 00:29:09,403 like, I look down at my fretboard and I'm blinded by these stupid lights. 545 00:29:09,523 --> 00:29:14,523 It's as far away as creating music together as you can possibly get, 546 00:29:14,723 --> 00:29:16,483 when you start incorporating all this shit. 547 00:29:16,643 --> 00:29:19,883 But, you know, Wembley's a big stage. 548 00:29:20,003 --> 00:29:23,243 So, we have to, like, employ all these people 549 00:29:23,363 --> 00:29:27,203 because they've decided to come to a venue that is so large, 550 00:29:27,323 --> 00:29:29,643 they're going to see ant-like figures, 551 00:29:29,763 --> 00:29:32,403 like I did when I saw The Osmonds in the early '70s. 552 00:29:32,523 --> 00:29:36,483 Um, thankfully, there was some luncheon, and I've had that, 553 00:29:36,643 --> 00:29:38,843 and I'm going to try and give it another go. 554 00:29:39,283 --> 00:29:44,403 Right, for this run-through, Let's just go straight through, okay? 555 00:29:44,523 --> 00:29:46,003 [Graham] Yeah. 556 00:29:46,123 --> 00:29:48,763 - [Buzzing synth notes] - [Damon] Wrong one, son. Come on. 557 00:29:48,883 --> 00:29:51,923 [Bright synth chords] 558 00:29:52,083 --> 00:29:54,203 [Chugging distorted guitar] 559 00:29:54,323 --> 00:29:56,923 [Graham plays "Popscene" intro on guitar] 560 00:30:01,243 --> 00:30:04,803 [Damon] Going back to the classic model of the Beatles, 561 00:30:04,923 --> 00:30:08,843 I suppose the appeal of the band was the psycho-dramas 562 00:30:08,963 --> 00:30:10,603 that accompanied everything, you know? 563 00:30:11,963 --> 00:30:15,243 Even though, at the time, we just wanted to be on Top of the Pops. 564 00:30:15,363 --> 00:30:16,723 Well, Alex and I did. 565 00:30:16,843 --> 00:30:18,563 [Band plays "Popscene"] 566 00:30:20,123 --> 00:30:24,643 This is next-level madness for all of us. 567 00:30:24,763 --> 00:30:26,563 And we're all... we're all hanging on. 568 00:30:26,723 --> 00:30:29,403 [Music continues] 569 00:30:32,043 --> 00:30:34,203 [Damon] I've definitely mellowed a bit. 570 00:30:34,323 --> 00:30:37,283 You know, I'm more tolerant of some things. 571 00:30:37,403 --> 00:30:40,963 I'm completely intolerant of most other things. 572 00:30:41,083 --> 00:30:42,323 [He chuckles] 573 00:30:42,483 --> 00:30:45,883 [Damon plays "Intermission" pattern on piano] 574 00:30:47,483 --> 00:30:49,803 [Graham plays erratic distorted guitar chords] 575 00:30:56,003 --> 00:30:58,923 [Alex plays "Intermission" pattern on bass] 576 00:30:59,043 --> 00:31:01,523 [Alex] I'll be packing my bag tomorrow 577 00:31:01,683 --> 00:31:04,243 and, uh, hitting the road. 578 00:31:05,123 --> 00:31:06,483 Is it daunting? 579 00:31:06,643 --> 00:31:08,899 It's like children. It takes absolutely everything out of you. 580 00:31:08,923 --> 00:31:10,683 It takes everything out of you. 581 00:31:10,803 --> 00:31:12,803 - [He groans] - Hanging on. 582 00:31:12,923 --> 00:31:15,443 It's a really busy time, and I'm not used to it. 583 00:31:15,963 --> 00:31:17,523 I mean, I'm not lazy or anything, 584 00:31:17,683 --> 00:31:21,563 and I'm going to do everything I can for it to be completely brilliant. 585 00:31:21,723 --> 00:31:22,923 But we're a bit older. 586 00:31:23,043 --> 00:31:25,499 You're doing everything you can to make it completely brilliant. 587 00:31:25,523 --> 00:31:28,243 You know, it's like, we don't want to have a flippin' hip replacement 588 00:31:28,323 --> 00:31:31,123 because we've pushed it a bit too far in Eastbourne. 589 00:31:31,243 --> 00:31:33,363 You know, end up living in Eastbourne. 590 00:31:33,523 --> 00:31:37,763 And I fully expect myself to not make it through the year, at the moment. 591 00:31:37,883 --> 00:31:41,563 I do. I think, at some point, I'm not going to be able to do it. 592 00:31:41,723 --> 00:31:45,123 But I'll just not think about that until it happens. 593 00:31:45,243 --> 00:31:48,003 [Alex] It's a massive trigger for all of us. It's on a knife edge. 594 00:31:48,123 --> 00:31:51,843 - I never know when it's just going to... - [He mimics explosion] 595 00:31:51,963 --> 00:31:54,163 [Damon] I want to hear my fucking band. 596 00:31:54,283 --> 00:31:56,803 I want to fucking hear it played properly! 597 00:31:58,123 --> 00:32:00,323 Stupid... Just makes you feel like an amateur! 598 00:32:00,443 --> 00:32:02,123 - Concentrate! - Is there another bit? 599 00:32:02,243 --> 00:32:05,323 No, it's left how you've left it yesterday. 600 00:32:06,363 --> 00:32:09,523 - [Graham] Yeah. - [Damon] We've learnt a lot of songs, 601 00:32:09,683 --> 00:32:12,523 but now we need to start concentrating a bit, 602 00:32:12,683 --> 00:32:15,003 just so that we've got something 603 00:32:15,123 --> 00:32:16,923 coherent, 604 00:32:17,043 --> 00:32:19,043 and then, you know 605 00:32:21,003 --> 00:32:24,203 see how long we can hold it together without collapsing, 606 00:32:24,363 --> 00:32:26,083 in one form or another, 607 00:32:26,203 --> 00:32:29,523 'cause there are many, many, many ways to collapse on the road. 608 00:32:29,683 --> 00:32:32,043 [Music - "Coping" by Blur] 609 00:32:38,643 --> 00:32:41,499 [Interviewer] I love the choice of the warm-up venues that you guys have picked. 610 00:32:41,523 --> 00:32:44,763 Eastbourne Winter Gardens, Wolverhampton, Newcastle City Hall, 611 00:32:44,883 --> 00:32:47,259 - Colchester Arts Centre... - [Interviewer 2] Well, there you go. 612 00:32:47,283 --> 00:32:49,923 [Interviewer] 'Cause those venues remind me of some of the venues 613 00:32:50,043 --> 00:32:52,243 that Blur would have played back in the early days. 614 00:32:52,363 --> 00:32:55,163 [Alex] Really from Parklife onward, we had full brass, 615 00:32:55,283 --> 00:32:57,083 full backing singers, percussionist. 616 00:32:57,203 --> 00:33:00,003 There was always someone playing a fucking gourd or something. 617 00:33:00,123 --> 00:33:02,643 {\an8}This time, we've stripped it right back. 618 00:33:02,763 --> 00:33:05,323 {\an8}[Damon] If the four of us can't get on in a room and make music, 619 00:33:05,443 --> 00:33:08,563 then there's absolutely no point in doing it as a band, 620 00:33:08,723 --> 00:33:10,163 just back to how we started. 621 00:33:10,283 --> 00:33:12,683 ♪ ..Feel this strange 622 00:33:13,523 --> 00:33:17,403 ♪ Can I go through this again?... ♪ 623 00:33:18,683 --> 00:33:19,923 - Hello. - All right? 624 00:33:20,043 --> 00:33:21,163 - Hiya. - Hi. 625 00:33:22,243 --> 00:33:24,883 - [Tanyel] Damon, this is John. - Hello. Nice to meet you. 626 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:28,883 - Hiya. I'm the head teacher, so... - Excellent. 627 00:33:29,003 --> 00:33:31,123 I just wanted to welcome you to the Stanway. 628 00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,803 - Really good to have you here. - [Damon] It's changed a lot. 629 00:33:33,923 --> 00:33:36,603 - Was any of this here when you were here? - [Damon] No, none of it. 630 00:33:36,643 --> 00:33:38,379 - Are the Portakabins still here? - No, they've all gone. 631 00:33:38,403 --> 00:33:40,299 - Why'd you get rid of that? It's... - They're Portakabins. 632 00:33:40,323 --> 00:33:41,683 [Birdsong] 633 00:33:41,803 --> 00:33:43,763 Well, look, I have named a room after you both. 634 00:33:43,883 --> 00:33:47,003 Do you remember me getting in contact a few years back? 635 00:33:47,123 --> 00:33:48,883 So, where we're going now... 636 00:33:49,003 --> 00:33:51,683 - I'll let you off, then. - [Damon, John laugh] 637 00:33:51,803 --> 00:33:54,243 No, I just really wanted to see the Portakabins. 638 00:33:54,363 --> 00:33:56,483 You know, 'cause I've kind of... I've sort of... 639 00:33:56,643 --> 00:34:00,523 I've sort of mythologised that in my own memory, that place, you know. 640 00:34:00,643 --> 00:34:02,363 We were given the key to it, weren't we? 641 00:34:02,483 --> 00:34:03,923 - Yeah. - We had a few... 642 00:34:04,043 --> 00:34:06,523 There were a few nice things. Like, they had a synthesiser. 643 00:34:06,643 --> 00:34:07,883 Okay. 644 00:34:08,003 --> 00:34:11,563 And, uh, yeah, we used to go in there on our breaks 645 00:34:11,723 --> 00:34:14,043 - and just do that. - Yeah, there was a piano in there. 646 00:34:14,163 --> 00:34:19,003 And also, it was quite dangerous for me to go out at 647 00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:20,483 - at lunchtime... - Oh, was it? 648 00:34:20,643 --> 00:34:22,059 'Cause I was always getting beaten up. 649 00:34:22,083 --> 00:34:24,883 Oh, okay. Well, we don't have much of that here anymore. 650 00:34:25,003 --> 00:34:26,363 No, well, you had a lot back then. 651 00:34:26,483 --> 00:34:28,083 - Yeah, all right. - Fuckin' hell. 652 00:34:29,363 --> 00:34:31,763 No, no, I'm just saying, for us, it's... 653 00:34:31,883 --> 00:34:34,043 - "The Albarn & Coxon Room." - [John] Yeah, this is it. 654 00:34:34,123 --> 00:34:37,203 - This is what we've... - Oh, that is... this is sweet. 655 00:34:37,323 --> 00:34:38,803 - Well, for... - Can I take a picture? 656 00:34:38,883 --> 00:34:41,243 Yeah, come on, we've got to have a photo taken. 657 00:34:41,363 --> 00:34:43,019 Can someone take a little picture of that? 658 00:34:43,043 --> 00:34:45,803 Oh, they've all got huge pieces of equipment in their hands. 659 00:34:45,923 --> 00:34:47,843 [Ruminative music] 660 00:34:47,963 --> 00:34:50,243 It looks like a serious school now. 661 00:34:50,363 --> 00:34:53,403 I'm not saying it wasn't serious, but it was... seriously odd. 662 00:34:53,523 --> 00:34:56,003 [Graham] You know, my dad lives down the road here. 663 00:34:56,123 --> 00:34:57,963 [Damon] Behind... Behind the school... 664 00:34:58,083 --> 00:35:00,459 [John] And he's still in the same house where he used to live? Wow. 665 00:35:00,483 --> 00:35:04,363 He only had to walk up the road to school. I had to cycle from Ford Street every day. 666 00:35:04,483 --> 00:35:08,083 - [John] Oh, really? - And I'd do a paper round before that. 667 00:35:08,203 --> 00:35:11,283 As soon as I put my bike in, walked it by, I'd get beaten up. 668 00:35:12,283 --> 00:35:13,979 [Director] Why did you get beaten up so much? 669 00:35:14,003 --> 00:35:16,003 'Cause everyone thought I was a cunt. 670 00:35:17,083 --> 00:35:18,763 [He chuckles] 671 00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:21,883 [Director] Tell me about the energy of Colchester when you were growing up 672 00:35:22,043 --> 00:35:24,643 - and what it felt like to be... - Bit scary. 673 00:35:25,243 --> 00:35:27,163 Lot of squaddies. 674 00:35:27,283 --> 00:35:30,243 Lot of people who were, you know, 675 00:35:30,363 --> 00:35:32,643 somewhat more Anglo-Saxon than myself. 676 00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:37,363 But the music department was amazing. And, you know, that's where we met. 677 00:35:37,483 --> 00:35:41,123 And we did all these amazing school productions. 678 00:35:41,243 --> 00:35:44,923 Orpheus in the Underworld, The Boyfriend... 679 00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:46,523 Starring role in that one. 680 00:35:46,683 --> 00:35:49,483 - Guys and Dolls. - [Graham] Who were you in Guys and Dolls? 681 00:35:49,643 --> 00:35:51,003 [Damon] I was Nathan Detroit. 682 00:35:51,123 --> 00:35:53,483 ♪ All right, already 683 00:35:53,643 --> 00:35:55,723 ♪ So, call a policeman... ♪ 684 00:35:55,843 --> 00:35:57,723 Then we did West Side Story. 685 00:35:57,843 --> 00:36:00,203 - I got a social disease! - I was like, "Who is that kid?" 686 00:36:00,323 --> 00:36:02,003 "He does not care." 687 00:36:02,123 --> 00:36:04,979 - [Damon] So, yeah, I did a lot of... - Where did he get that confidence from? 688 00:36:05,003 --> 00:36:07,083 - I was like, "Oh, my God." - I loved it. 689 00:36:07,203 --> 00:36:10,403 I absolutely loved it. I mean, our first-ever gig together 690 00:36:10,523 --> 00:36:12,483 was at an assembly. 691 00:36:12,643 --> 00:36:14,683 - Now destroyed. - Now destroyed. 692 00:36:14,803 --> 00:36:19,123 The first-ever gig Graham and I did was at 9:00 in the morning. 693 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:21,963 [Young Damon] This song is called "It May Be Our Best Chance Yet," 694 00:36:22,083 --> 00:36:25,523 a song about a child with no future. 695 00:36:25,723 --> 00:36:28,563 [Rhythmic post-punk music] 696 00:36:28,723 --> 00:36:30,403 [Damon] We were called Real Lives. 697 00:36:30,523 --> 00:36:32,499 - We played a song. - [Graham] We did a couple of songs, 698 00:36:32,523 --> 00:36:34,259 but we did a gig one evening there as well, didn't we? 699 00:36:34,283 --> 00:36:37,123 And we made programmes and everything, with drawings and... 700 00:36:37,243 --> 00:36:40,723 I need to give 'em... I want to give 'em some more stuff in here, though. 701 00:36:40,843 --> 00:36:43,203 Just sort of, you know... 702 00:36:43,323 --> 00:36:45,163 It's quite dry, isn't it? You know what I mean? 703 00:36:45,283 --> 00:36:47,763 Music rooms should be posters and... 704 00:36:47,883 --> 00:36:50,763 They need to have some, like, batik wall hangings. 705 00:36:50,883 --> 00:36:52,323 - [Damon] Yeah. - Some paisley. 706 00:36:52,483 --> 00:36:55,483 No, they need to have some nice weed, like in a bowl, 707 00:36:55,643 --> 00:36:57,283 which they can all kind of... 708 00:36:57,403 --> 00:36:59,203 - Thank you very much. - Thanks, mate. 709 00:36:59,323 --> 00:37:01,139 - Appreciate it. - Yeah, really nice to have met you. 710 00:37:01,163 --> 00:37:03,563 [Indistinct chatter] 711 00:37:03,723 --> 00:37:05,883 [Music - "Fool's Day" by Blur] 712 00:37:06,003 --> 00:37:07,163 ♪ Wake up straight 713 00:37:08,003 --> 00:37:11,163 ♪ Caught out by the sun 714 00:37:11,763 --> 00:37:14,243 ♪ On the first day of April... ♪ 715 00:37:14,363 --> 00:37:17,723 [Nigel] Did you know that the tower there was the base 716 00:37:17,843 --> 00:37:21,003 of the legend of Humpty Dumpty? Did you know that? 717 00:37:21,123 --> 00:37:23,003 The Royalists occupied the town, 718 00:37:23,163 --> 00:37:25,883 and when they came in, they put a cannon up the top there, 719 00:37:26,003 --> 00:37:28,803 which they nicknamed Humpty Dumpty 'cause it was a bit round. 720 00:37:28,923 --> 00:37:32,523 Parliamentarians were over in the field across there, Hilly Fields, 721 00:37:32,683 --> 00:37:34,323 and they were coming up. 722 00:37:34,443 --> 00:37:37,803 Of course, the Parliamentarians, they actually got the cannon, 723 00:37:37,963 --> 00:37:39,323 and it tumbled down. 724 00:37:39,443 --> 00:37:40,979 And all the king's horses and all the king's men 725 00:37:41,003 --> 00:37:42,683 couldn't put Humpty together again. 726 00:37:42,803 --> 00:37:45,643 And that is one of the legends about Humpty Dumpty 727 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,963 {\an8}here at Colchester Arts Centre. 728 00:37:48,083 --> 00:37:50,123 My name's Nigel Hildreth. 729 00:37:50,243 --> 00:37:53,883 I was the person who taught Damon and Graham music. 730 00:37:54,003 --> 00:37:55,763 So, I taught them at Stanway School. 731 00:37:55,883 --> 00:37:59,243 They were fantastic students, they were very musical. 732 00:37:59,363 --> 00:38:02,123 And they had an electrifying effect upon their audience. 733 00:38:02,243 --> 00:38:04,683 You could see that stage presence. 734 00:38:04,803 --> 00:38:07,643 [Graham plays "The Narcissist" intro on guitar] 735 00:38:10,803 --> 00:38:12,923 Is the barrier going to go in-between the PA? 736 00:38:13,043 --> 00:38:14,483 [Indistinct chatter] 737 00:38:14,643 --> 00:38:17,043 [Dave] It's part of the rehearsal process, this. 738 00:38:17,163 --> 00:38:19,963 We're not quite at Wembley, as you can see. 739 00:38:20,083 --> 00:38:23,243 [Damon] I mean, it's going to be enough just to get through it, really. 740 00:38:23,363 --> 00:38:25,043 For us, I think we're really... 741 00:38:25,163 --> 00:38:27,339 [Graham] It's going to be odd to have that thing with an audience again, 742 00:38:27,363 --> 00:38:28,563 playing these songs, 743 00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:31,403 because you do get, you know, a hell of a lift 744 00:38:31,523 --> 00:38:33,803 from just having an audience there. 745 00:38:33,923 --> 00:38:36,683 And just the atmosphere and the volume and all of that. So... 746 00:38:36,803 --> 00:38:39,523 [Damon] And there's one or two sing-alongs. 747 00:38:39,683 --> 00:38:42,843 "Sing-along. The new record from Blur." 748 00:38:42,963 --> 00:38:44,163 [Graham] Ling-along-a-Blur. 749 00:38:44,283 --> 00:38:46,683 [Damon] Revisiting all their 750 00:38:46,803 --> 00:38:48,963 '90s favourites 751 00:38:49,763 --> 00:38:51,123 auto-tuned. 752 00:38:51,243 --> 00:38:53,283 - Okay, gentlemen... - Play your music now! 753 00:38:53,403 --> 00:38:56,163 When we go up, do I go on that way? Yeah. 754 00:38:56,283 --> 00:38:59,083 [Indistinct chatter] 755 00:38:59,203 --> 00:39:02,883 [Alex] Is the chemistry still there? Apparently, that's not a given. 756 00:39:05,523 --> 00:39:07,443 Have a great show, everyone. 757 00:39:07,563 --> 00:39:09,763 [Cheering] 758 00:39:09,883 --> 00:39:13,763 [Damon] It's a weird thing when you go back to something that was so, 759 00:39:13,883 --> 00:39:15,883 so well-documented. 760 00:39:16,003 --> 00:39:18,083 People feel like that's what you are, 761 00:39:18,203 --> 00:39:20,283 but it was so long ago. 762 00:39:20,403 --> 00:39:22,763 [Cheering continues; Tense music] 763 00:39:27,723 --> 00:39:31,123 [Music plays - "Theme from Crossroads" by Terry Hatch] 764 00:39:31,243 --> 00:39:33,083 [Mike] Wow, what a sound! 765 00:39:33,203 --> 00:39:35,203 [Indistinct chatter] 766 00:39:38,763 --> 00:39:41,283 [Music continues; Cheering] 767 00:39:50,523 --> 00:39:52,003 Good evening. 768 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,403 [Music stops, cheering continues] 769 00:39:54,523 --> 00:39:56,803 Isn't it nice to see everyone back together? 770 00:39:56,923 --> 00:39:58,403 [Cheering] 771 00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:01,483 [Graham plays "Popscene" intro on guitar] 772 00:40:09,403 --> 00:40:12,043 [Music builds, band plays together] 773 00:40:30,843 --> 00:40:33,043 [Music builds; Bright organ chords] 774 00:40:41,483 --> 00:40:43,523 ♪ I'm leaving town to run away 775 00:40:43,963 --> 00:40:46,683 ♪ Run into your twisted arms 776 00:40:46,843 --> 00:40:49,043 ♪ No queues and there's no panic there 777 00:40:49,163 --> 00:40:52,283 ♪ I'm just dangling my feet in the grass 778 00:40:52,403 --> 00:40:54,683 ♪ My lack of natural lustre now 779 00:40:54,803 --> 00:40:57,763 ♪ Seems to be losing me my friends 780 00:40:57,883 --> 00:41:00,403 ♪ So, in the absence of a way of life 781 00:41:00,523 --> 00:41:03,043 ♪ I'll repeat this again and again 782 00:41:03,163 --> 00:41:04,683 ♪ And again 783 00:41:04,843 --> 00:41:07,403 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 784 00:41:07,563 --> 00:41:10,243 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 785 00:41:10,363 --> 00:41:14,203 ♪ Popscene, all right 786 00:41:14,323 --> 00:41:17,323 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... ♪ 787 00:41:17,483 --> 00:41:20,203 [Music continues] 788 00:41:22,643 --> 00:41:24,803 ♪ Popscene. ♪ 789 00:41:24,923 --> 00:41:27,963 [Music concludes, distorted guitar chord rings out] 790 00:41:28,083 --> 00:41:30,483 [Cheering] 791 00:41:30,643 --> 00:41:33,763 [Laid-back jazz music, indistinct chatter] 792 00:41:33,883 --> 00:41:36,603 [Crew Member] Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo! 793 00:41:36,723 --> 00:41:38,723 - What's that? - Apple juice. 794 00:41:38,883 --> 00:41:40,923 - Ooh, some champagne! - That was, uh... 795 00:41:41,043 --> 00:41:43,123 - And apéritifs. - That was bloody good. 796 00:41:44,963 --> 00:41:46,363 - Champagne, sir. - Oh, thank you. 797 00:41:46,483 --> 00:41:49,163 - Chin-chin. - No, thank you, I'm working. 798 00:41:49,283 --> 00:41:51,123 [Bustling chatter] 799 00:41:52,683 --> 00:41:57,243 I was surprised how natural that whole thing felt, you know? I really was. 800 00:41:57,363 --> 00:41:59,683 You don't get hit by a flying beer. 801 00:42:00,283 --> 00:42:01,683 I hate it when they throw beer. 802 00:42:01,803 --> 00:42:04,363 No, I love it. I love it when they throw beer. 803 00:42:05,003 --> 00:42:06,443 You got hit by a good one, 804 00:42:06,563 --> 00:42:08,443 and then you did some exotic stuff with a towel. 805 00:42:09,203 --> 00:42:13,283 So, if you multiply that 400 to 80,000, 806 00:42:13,403 --> 00:42:15,923 - I reckon it'll be okay. - [Smoggy] Just about, yeah. 807 00:42:16,043 --> 00:42:17,979 What are they doing? Are they sneaking in, getting...? 808 00:42:18,003 --> 00:42:19,283 Are they sneaking in? 809 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:20,643 The whole thing was good. 810 00:42:20,763 --> 00:42:23,643 I'm very happy with it. Well done, everyone. 811 00:42:23,763 --> 00:42:26,843 I know there's a lot more to go, but... 812 00:42:26,963 --> 00:42:28,363 One day at a time, sweeties. 813 00:42:33,323 --> 00:42:35,643 [Brass band plays "A Whiter Shade of Pale"] 814 00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:40,523 [Alex] When I was very small, 815 00:42:40,683 --> 00:42:44,203 the South Coast still had the vestiges of an upper crust. 816 00:42:44,323 --> 00:42:47,003 There still is a Dorset Ladies Luncheon Club, 817 00:42:47,123 --> 00:42:49,163 which my mum's a stalwart of. 818 00:42:49,283 --> 00:42:52,243 But as cheap flights became available, 819 00:42:52,363 --> 00:42:55,003 people were able to get sunshine guaranteed. 820 00:42:55,123 --> 00:42:59,203 And the bottom was really falling out of the great British bucket. 821 00:42:59,763 --> 00:43:01,923 [Damon] I haven't spent much time, really, 822 00:43:02,043 --> 00:43:04,083 playing this country for a long, long, long time. 823 00:43:04,203 --> 00:43:06,123 I always really enjoy it. 824 00:43:06,243 --> 00:43:09,083 Modern Life is Rubbish turned 30 last week, I think. 825 00:43:09,763 --> 00:43:12,923 [Damon] A lot of those older songs 826 00:43:13,043 --> 00:43:15,563 they make more sense to me now. 827 00:43:16,323 --> 00:43:18,483 Even though I wrote them, they make more sense now, 828 00:43:18,643 --> 00:43:20,403 the language I was using. 829 00:43:20,523 --> 00:43:22,723 My kind of obsession back then, 830 00:43:22,843 --> 00:43:26,523 which was, by some people, seen as me being quite cruel to people, 831 00:43:26,683 --> 00:43:30,203 about, like, media and absorption 832 00:43:30,323 --> 00:43:34,963 and the sort of paralysing effects of it, hypnotic effects of it. 833 00:43:35,083 --> 00:43:37,443 I can see that there were some kind of 834 00:43:37,563 --> 00:43:40,923 quite challenging stories from all those songs. 835 00:43:41,043 --> 00:43:47,163 I believe the role of the artist is to somehow be... a mirror. 836 00:43:47,363 --> 00:43:53,083 Post-Brexit... And I really do think Brexit was a terrible mistake. 837 00:43:53,203 --> 00:43:56,483 Post-that, I think there's an appetite once more in the country 838 00:43:56,643 --> 00:44:01,643 for something that pokes a bit of fun at that right-wing, conservative aspect 839 00:44:01,763 --> 00:44:03,643 of our society. 840 00:44:03,763 --> 00:44:06,643 [Dave] The UK seems to be in some kind of, uh, 841 00:44:06,763 --> 00:44:10,283 slow-motion collapse, at the moment, at least the UK public services. 842 00:44:10,683 --> 00:44:13,403 Much, much bigger kind of ways 843 00:44:13,523 --> 00:44:15,963 of stealing from the poor and giving to the rich 844 00:44:16,083 --> 00:44:18,003 have been going on over the past five years. 845 00:44:18,123 --> 00:44:19,563 Why aren't we taking to the streets? 846 00:44:19,683 --> 00:44:21,763 I don't understand, it's like people have given up. 847 00:44:21,883 --> 00:44:23,723 How bad do things have to get? 848 00:44:23,843 --> 00:44:27,483 [Music concludes; Applause] 849 00:44:31,163 --> 00:44:35,123 I would like to introduce our first soloist of the afternoon. 850 00:44:35,243 --> 00:44:36,883 It's a... um, 851 00:44:37,003 --> 00:44:38,843 a good-looking young man. 852 00:44:38,963 --> 00:44:40,843 Hello! 853 00:44:40,963 --> 00:44:43,963 [Sprightly organ notes] 854 00:44:44,083 --> 00:44:46,803 I used to play football for the New Musical Express, 855 00:44:46,923 --> 00:44:51,003 and, uh, our manager and centre-half was a guy called Steve Sutherland, 856 00:44:51,123 --> 00:44:54,003 who was the editor of NME. 857 00:44:54,123 --> 00:44:55,603 And he said, "There's some young band 858 00:44:55,643 --> 00:44:58,043 "who are interested in you doing a bit of a record with 'em. 859 00:44:58,163 --> 00:44:59,523 I said, "Oh, I don't know." 860 00:44:59,683 --> 00:45:02,043 And he said, "No," he said, "they're going to be big." 861 00:45:03,563 --> 00:45:06,563 - "Oh, all right, then." - [Band plays "Parklife"] 862 00:45:07,723 --> 00:45:10,203 - I'd like to invite someone... - [Music stops] 863 00:45:11,643 --> 00:45:14,483 very unique onto this stage. 864 00:45:14,643 --> 00:45:16,603 He's a unique human being. 865 00:45:16,763 --> 00:45:18,763 [Cheering] 866 00:45:23,803 --> 00:45:25,243 Eastbourne! 867 00:45:26,363 --> 00:45:28,923 [Graham plays "Parklife" intro on guitar] 868 00:45:30,563 --> 00:45:33,083 - [Music builds, band plays together] - Oi! 869 00:45:45,363 --> 00:45:49,323 ♪ Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as 870 00:45:50,723 --> 00:45:52,003 ♪ Parklife 871 00:45:52,123 --> 00:45:56,523 ♪ Morning soup can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as 872 00:45:57,563 --> 00:45:58,563 ♪ Parklife 873 00:45:58,683 --> 00:46:02,363 ♪ John's got brewer's droop, he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons 874 00:46:02,483 --> 00:46:04,883 - ♪ They love a bit of him! - ♪ Parklife 875 00:46:05,003 --> 00:46:06,603 ♪ Who's that gut-lord marching? 876 00:46:06,723 --> 00:46:10,123 ♪ Cut down on your porklife, mate, get some exercise 877 00:46:11,243 --> 00:46:14,323 ♪ All the people 878 00:46:14,443 --> 00:46:17,523 ♪ So many people... ♪ 879 00:46:17,683 --> 00:46:20,803 [Phil] I never really ever thought it would come into the British psyche. 880 00:46:20,923 --> 00:46:23,243 I think Graham felt it was a bit of a novelty song. 881 00:46:23,363 --> 00:46:24,803 ♪ Parklife... ♪ 882 00:46:25,003 --> 00:46:27,163 [Phil] All the dustmen know me, and, uh, 883 00:46:27,323 --> 00:46:30,443 I get "Parklife" shouted at me all over the place. 884 00:46:30,643 --> 00:46:33,163 [Music continues] 885 00:46:33,283 --> 00:46:35,603 ♪ Put my trousers on, have a cup of tea 886 00:46:35,723 --> 00:46:38,523 ♪ And I think about leaving the house 887 00:46:38,683 --> 00:46:40,003 ♪ Parklife... ♪ 888 00:46:40,403 --> 00:46:43,403 [Phil] Damon always said to me, "Whenever you want to do a gig, 889 00:46:43,523 --> 00:46:44,803 "you're welcome." 890 00:46:44,923 --> 00:46:48,043 I enjoy their songs and, you know, the social commentary. 891 00:46:48,163 --> 00:46:52,803 ♪ ..The knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it... ♪ 892 00:46:52,923 --> 00:46:55,083 [Phil] But I just look at this country. 893 00:46:55,203 --> 00:46:57,483 Hopefully, they can dig theirs elves out of a mess, 894 00:46:57,643 --> 00:47:00,323 um, but it seems to me, you know 895 00:47:01,523 --> 00:47:04,563 if poo was fertiliser, working-class people wouldn't have an arse. 896 00:47:04,723 --> 00:47:06,963 ♪ Parklife. ♪ 897 00:47:07,083 --> 00:47:08,843 [Music concludes] 898 00:47:08,963 --> 00:47:11,923 - Arrivederci, Eastbourne! - [Cheering] 899 00:47:12,043 --> 00:47:14,723 [Music - "Get Out of Cities" by Blur] 900 00:47:21,683 --> 00:47:26,043 After we came off on Friday, we all felt absolutely exhilarated. 901 00:47:26,163 --> 00:47:29,403 It's sort of like in a video game, when you get the cloak of invincibility. 902 00:47:29,523 --> 00:47:31,483 And there was all these kind of people 903 00:47:31,643 --> 00:47:34,403 that I really admire and respect, who were at the gig. 904 00:47:34,523 --> 00:47:37,243 Just, like, completely overwhelmed and overcome. 905 00:47:37,363 --> 00:47:41,643 And I got really drunk, and I woke up feeling ashamed. 906 00:47:42,923 --> 00:47:45,483 {\an8}Touring's just like being on a roller-coaster. 907 00:47:45,603 --> 00:47:47,123 - You're on it, you know? - [He groans] 908 00:47:47,163 --> 00:47:50,203 And it's kind of terrifying and brilliant and scary. 909 00:47:50,283 --> 00:47:52,899 And then you get off, and you're not sure whether you never want to do it again 910 00:47:52,923 --> 00:47:54,219 or whether you want to get straight back on. 911 00:47:54,243 --> 00:47:56,683 But you can't actually remember what it's like 912 00:47:56,803 --> 00:47:58,483 until you're actually doing it. 913 00:47:58,643 --> 00:48:00,739 [Director] How's it feel for you guys, being back in Wolves? 914 00:48:00,763 --> 00:48:04,083 Oh, I mean, I'm just kind of slightly overwhelmed by the 915 00:48:04,243 --> 00:48:06,283 by the grey peas, 916 00:48:06,603 --> 00:48:08,323 and their effect on my 917 00:48:09,043 --> 00:48:10,523 on my bowels. 918 00:48:10,683 --> 00:48:12,723 [Tanyel] What is it, Stu, that we ate? 919 00:48:12,843 --> 00:48:15,243 It's just very low-grade peas. 920 00:48:15,363 --> 00:48:18,283 - [Stu] Grey peas and bacon. - [Tanyel] Grey peas and bacon. 921 00:48:18,403 --> 00:48:22,083 - Grey peas and bacon. - Grey peas and bacon. 922 00:48:22,203 --> 00:48:24,659 [Mike] Do you need anything? I've got paracetamol, ibuprofen... 923 00:48:24,683 --> 00:48:26,499 - [Graham] I've had an IV drip today. - Have you? Already? 924 00:48:26,523 --> 00:48:27,723 - Yeah. - Crikey. 925 00:48:27,843 --> 00:48:31,883 {\an8}I've found, during rehearsals, there's just a bit of spikiness. 926 00:48:32,003 --> 00:48:33,939 It's real life, innit? And they've had a lot of it. 927 00:48:33,963 --> 00:48:35,923 We've all had a lot of real life. 928 00:48:36,043 --> 00:48:37,699 And I think, you know, the more you go through, 929 00:48:37,723 --> 00:48:42,003 the more you've got to be accepting of everyone's shit. 930 00:48:42,123 --> 00:48:43,403 You understand it. 931 00:48:43,523 --> 00:48:46,643 So, I think that's, you know, a big part of it. 932 00:48:46,763 --> 00:48:48,659 [Smoggy] Was it JB's, the first gig? I think it was, wasn't it? 933 00:48:48,683 --> 00:48:51,203 {\an8}JB's was the first gig we saw Blur. 934 00:48:52,403 --> 00:48:54,299 [Alex] I remember, it was the beginning of summer, 935 00:48:54,323 --> 00:48:56,243 and I'd just got my exam results from college, 936 00:48:56,363 --> 00:48:59,003 and I got 2% in my French Language. 937 00:48:59,123 --> 00:49:01,603 The examiner had written, "Is the candidate lucid?" 938 00:49:01,683 --> 00:49:04,163 And I thought I'd kind of burnt my bridges there. 939 00:49:04,843 --> 00:49:06,603 And, uh, we just landed it. 940 00:49:06,763 --> 00:49:09,523 [Stuart] It was just, like, epic, you know what I mean? 941 00:49:09,683 --> 00:49:11,203 It was a stage invasion. 942 00:49:11,323 --> 00:49:14,084 [Alex] That was the first time we were going to a completely new place 943 00:49:14,203 --> 00:49:16,723 with just the four of us, and letting rip, 944 00:49:16,883 --> 00:49:18,803 and we blew the doors off. 945 00:49:18,923 --> 00:49:20,219 [Stuart] We didn't know back then 946 00:49:20,243 --> 00:49:21,739 - how long it would go on. - [Smoggy] Exactly. 947 00:49:21,763 --> 00:49:23,723 Here we are, 30 years later... 948 00:49:23,843 --> 00:49:26,123 - None the wiser. - [Both laugh] 949 00:49:26,283 --> 00:49:28,923 [Alex plays bass slide; Indistinct conversation] 950 00:49:29,043 --> 00:49:31,763 [Graham] It's a bit like drawing up from a well. 951 00:49:31,883 --> 00:49:35,283 And I've never really understood that about age, really, until now. 952 00:49:35,403 --> 00:49:37,243 That, actually 953 00:49:37,363 --> 00:49:39,003 when it gets to sort of decades, 954 00:49:39,123 --> 00:49:41,043 it's like, actually, that was quite a while ago. 955 00:49:41,163 --> 00:49:45,203 In a lot of ways, you're drawing you then back up, 956 00:49:45,323 --> 00:49:47,883 and it's, like, a bit odd sometimes. 957 00:49:48,763 --> 00:49:51,683 Well, you know, just got to go for it, haven't you, really? 958 00:49:54,043 --> 00:49:56,043 [Indistinct chatter] 959 00:49:58,883 --> 00:50:00,523 Knock 'em dead, mate. 960 00:50:02,243 --> 00:50:03,963 Good luck, good luck, good luck. 961 00:50:04,763 --> 00:50:07,243 [Cheering] 962 00:50:08,403 --> 00:50:11,243 Well, the album's called The Ballad of Darren, okay? 963 00:50:11,363 --> 00:50:13,043 [Cheering] 964 00:50:13,163 --> 00:50:16,443 I'd like to bring onstage Darren. 965 00:50:16,683 --> 00:50:18,403 [Cheering] 966 00:50:20,043 --> 00:50:21,683 [Siren wails] 967 00:50:21,843 --> 00:50:23,563 [Dave plays count-in] 968 00:50:23,723 --> 00:50:25,563 [Band plays "Advert"] 969 00:50:32,523 --> 00:50:34,643 [No distinct dialogue] 970 00:50:36,563 --> 00:50:38,923 [Music intensifies] 971 00:50:49,123 --> 00:50:54,043 ♪ It's six o'clock on the dot, and I'm halfway home 972 00:50:55,643 --> 00:51:00,083 ♪ I feel foul-mouthed as I stand and wait for the Underground 973 00:51:01,963 --> 00:51:06,603 ♪ And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this 974 00:51:07,683 --> 00:51:13,723 ♪ I need something to remind me that there's something else 975 00:51:14,923 --> 00:51:20,843 ♪ You need a holiday somewhere in the sun 976 00:51:20,963 --> 00:51:23,963 ♪ With all the people who are waiting 977 00:51:24,083 --> 00:51:27,363 ♪ There never seems to be one 978 00:51:27,483 --> 00:51:30,443 ♪ Say something, say something else... ♪ - [Voice echoes] 979 00:51:31,763 --> 00:51:35,163 - ♪ Say something, say something else... ♪ - [Microphone thuds] 980 00:51:36,323 --> 00:51:39,283 - ♪ Say something, say something... ♪ - [Voice echoes] 981 00:51:40,963 --> 00:51:43,643 ♪ Say something, say something else. ♪ 982 00:51:43,803 --> 00:51:45,723 [Music continues] 983 00:51:47,963 --> 00:51:50,083 [Music concludes; Cheering] 984 00:51:51,923 --> 00:51:54,483 - Fuck off! - [Amused chuckle] 985 00:51:54,643 --> 00:51:57,843 It's all right, it's all right. It's okay, just... 986 00:52:01,563 --> 00:52:03,403 [Engine hums] 987 00:52:03,523 --> 00:52:06,379 [Damon] I wish we were on a tour bus. I don't know why we're not on a tour bus. 988 00:52:06,403 --> 00:52:08,283 I've never, ever done this. I haven't... 989 00:52:08,403 --> 00:52:12,643 Drive around individually in cars, doesn't make any sense to me. 990 00:52:12,763 --> 00:52:14,563 Oh, I'd happily never get on another tour bus. 991 00:52:14,723 --> 00:52:19,083 Just not knowing where the... ever knowing where the toilet is. 992 00:52:19,203 --> 00:52:24,043 Newcastle city centre's basically a street party every weekend. 993 00:52:24,163 --> 00:52:25,883 Got stuck into the Jägerbombs, 994 00:52:26,003 --> 00:52:29,083 posted a lot of stupid stuff on socials that I shouldn't have done. 995 00:52:29,203 --> 00:52:30,563 [He chuckles] 996 00:52:30,723 --> 00:52:32,323 The missus is cross with me. 997 00:52:32,443 --> 00:52:35,643 Uh, I've been ordered to come home and wash up. 998 00:52:35,763 --> 00:52:39,283 So, I'll be leaving... I'll be leaving after the show tonight. 999 00:52:39,403 --> 00:52:44,203 What is actually really scary is pitching up to a sound check 1000 00:52:44,323 --> 00:52:48,083 with an excruciating hangover. 1001 00:52:48,203 --> 00:52:52,403 I mean, it's not like, you know, being a coal miner, but it's, um 1002 00:52:52,523 --> 00:52:54,523 the travel is 1003 00:52:54,683 --> 00:52:56,243 is tiring. 1004 00:52:56,363 --> 00:52:58,363 [Indistinct chatter] 1005 00:52:58,483 --> 00:53:01,083 [Director] 30 years ago, they said, "modern life is rubbish." 1006 00:53:01,203 --> 00:53:04,003 How would you describe the current feeling of the world? 1007 00:53:04,123 --> 00:53:05,883 - It is rubbish. - It's still rubbish. 1008 00:53:06,003 --> 00:53:08,483 Modern life is still rubbish. 1009 00:53:08,643 --> 00:53:10,563 It doesn't feel very optimistic. 1010 00:53:10,723 --> 00:53:13,723 [Damon] I'm always interested in new fans. 1011 00:53:13,843 --> 00:53:16,163 I'm like this sort of weird storyteller. 1012 00:53:16,283 --> 00:53:20,843 I go on, and I can completely inhabit the characters of those songs. 1013 00:53:20,963 --> 00:53:23,643 But for something that we haven't done for so long, 1014 00:53:23,763 --> 00:53:26,683 they kind of have a totally different relationship with them, obviously. 1015 00:53:26,803 --> 00:53:29,283 When I feel sad, I just went into the mood 1016 00:53:29,443 --> 00:53:31,243 and I need something to soothe me, 1017 00:53:31,363 --> 00:53:34,403 and Blur has, like, become my first choice. 1018 00:53:34,523 --> 00:53:36,523 There's, like, a deep depression inside. 1019 00:53:36,683 --> 00:53:39,803 But then they use, like, a very enthusiastic way 1020 00:53:39,923 --> 00:53:41,403 - to express it. - True. 1021 00:53:41,523 --> 00:53:44,043 And I feel like it's the most beautiful thing ever. 1022 00:53:44,163 --> 00:53:46,163 [Indistinct chatter] 1023 00:53:47,403 --> 00:53:49,323 [Stirring music] 1024 00:53:49,443 --> 00:53:51,443 [Cheering] 1025 00:53:59,523 --> 00:54:03,243 [Damon] Ours is a brotherhood that has been sustained 1026 00:54:03,363 --> 00:54:06,683 by our musical relationship. 1027 00:54:06,803 --> 00:54:10,963 It's a long time, so it's a very, uh 1028 00:54:11,083 --> 00:54:12,363 precious one. 1029 00:54:15,003 --> 00:54:18,123 We're happy to see each other and get on that stage together. 1030 00:54:18,803 --> 00:54:22,003 You know, and then we're happy to go our separate ways. 1031 00:54:22,123 --> 00:54:24,643 I mean, that's... that's where we're at. 1032 00:54:27,283 --> 00:54:30,123 [Graham] We're not quite as patient as we were. 1033 00:54:31,563 --> 00:54:35,043 And our idiosyncrasies have sort of amplified somewhat. 1034 00:54:35,163 --> 00:54:38,163 But I think, at the same time, 1035 00:54:38,283 --> 00:54:41,083 we have more humility, maybe, a bit more gratitude. 1036 00:54:43,483 --> 00:54:46,443 [Dave] It's just bloody hard. People are just really hard work. 1037 00:54:46,603 --> 00:54:49,723 How much do you want to be in the band? That's the thing. 1038 00:54:49,843 --> 00:54:51,819 What are you willing to sacrifice to be in the band? 1039 00:54:51,843 --> 00:54:57,003 Are you willing to subsume your ego for the sake of the whole? 1040 00:54:58,843 --> 00:55:01,723 [Graham] I think it's like any sort of family. 1041 00:55:01,843 --> 00:55:04,243 Individuals in the family come in and out, 1042 00:55:04,403 --> 00:55:06,163 some are closer to you, 1043 00:55:06,283 --> 00:55:09,163 and you have to balance your own needs at any given moment in the day 1044 00:55:09,283 --> 00:55:13,043 with whoever you're prioritising at that moment in time. 1045 00:55:15,923 --> 00:55:17,763 [Dave] It's like a marriage, isn't it, really? 1046 00:55:17,803 --> 00:55:20,083 You can be right, or you can be happy. 1047 00:55:20,203 --> 00:55:22,923 When everybody's doing something you know is doomed to fail, 1048 00:55:23,043 --> 00:55:26,403 do you bite your lip and just go with it, 1049 00:55:26,523 --> 00:55:27,923 or not? 1050 00:55:28,643 --> 00:55:30,523 [Alex] I never know how any of them are feeling. 1051 00:55:30,603 --> 00:55:33,443 You know, we're not very good at communicating. 1052 00:55:35,003 --> 00:55:38,123 I mean, I don't think blokes do spend much time 1053 00:55:38,243 --> 00:55:40,523 asking each other if they're all right, do they? 1054 00:55:40,683 --> 00:55:43,403 I mean, it's like, you know, "Are you all right?" 1055 00:55:43,523 --> 00:55:47,083 That means, like, "Are you pissed off with me?" 1056 00:55:47,203 --> 00:55:49,323 Or, you know, "Are you blitzed?" 1057 00:55:49,443 --> 00:55:52,323 There was a point in Devon when Damon, 1058 00:55:52,443 --> 00:55:54,963 I thought he was laughing, singing along with the songs. 1059 00:55:55,083 --> 00:55:57,723 He was crying. You know, I completely misread it. 1060 00:55:59,243 --> 00:56:03,643 It is the music and the job that kind of locks us all together. 1061 00:56:05,203 --> 00:56:07,683 [Dave] You know, the fact that we haven't always got on, 1062 00:56:07,803 --> 00:56:11,083 you know, that's one of the chemistry points 1063 00:56:11,203 --> 00:56:14,043 that has led to us being able to make the music we do. 1064 00:56:14,523 --> 00:56:16,723 I'm absolutely convinced of it. 1065 00:56:17,803 --> 00:56:22,403 [Alex] So, no matter how tired we are, or how annoying anyone's being, 1066 00:56:22,523 --> 00:56:23,683 it just 1067 00:56:24,843 --> 00:56:27,163 there's something very healing 1068 00:56:27,283 --> 00:56:31,323 about creating a beautiful noise. 1069 00:56:33,043 --> 00:56:34,483 And I never know 1070 00:56:35,443 --> 00:56:38,243 if it'll be the last time I hear that noise. 1071 00:56:38,363 --> 00:56:40,043 And it's really nice to hear it again. 1072 00:56:40,163 --> 00:56:42,883 [Muffled cheering grows clear] 1073 00:56:49,643 --> 00:56:51,643 [Plane engine roars] 1074 00:56:54,443 --> 00:56:56,723 [Reverberant chatter] 1075 00:56:56,843 --> 00:57:00,763 {\an8}[Dave] It's a very late show, this one, starting at 2:00 in the morning. 1076 00:57:00,883 --> 00:57:04,843 {\an8}Which isn't actually late for Spain, but it is obviously late for me. 1077 00:57:04,963 --> 00:57:09,603 I'm quite relieved that we've, uh, we've all arrived relatively unscathed. 1078 00:57:11,083 --> 00:57:13,083 [Director] What happens between now and stage time? 1079 00:57:13,203 --> 00:57:15,963 - [Graham] No bloody idea. - [Damon] Nothing. 1080 00:57:16,083 --> 00:57:17,923 Just void. 1081 00:57:18,043 --> 00:57:21,483 You go through the days in a sort of semi-sleep mode. 1082 00:57:21,643 --> 00:57:23,883 Battery preserve 1083 00:57:24,003 --> 00:57:26,843 till you have to summon up the energy. 1084 00:57:27,563 --> 00:57:30,243 Well, yeah, because every bit of energy, 1085 00:57:30,363 --> 00:57:32,243 it depletes quick during the gig. 1086 00:57:32,363 --> 00:57:36,003 So, you need a good bank of it, so you can do what you need to do. 1087 00:57:36,123 --> 00:57:39,323 "No Other Way," Goldie on capo two with the neck pick-up. 1088 00:57:39,443 --> 00:57:41,163 "Popscene," Preston. "Tracy Jacks" is Ray. 1089 00:57:41,283 --> 00:57:43,523 "Chemical World" is back to Preston 1090 00:57:43,683 --> 00:57:46,123 [Band plays "St Charles Square"] ♪ I fucked up 1091 00:57:48,843 --> 00:57:52,123 ♪ I'm not the first to do it... ♪ 1092 00:57:54,043 --> 00:57:56,003 [Graham] We're all different types of people. 1093 00:57:56,123 --> 00:57:58,643 So, when we're away, it's not like the four of us 1094 00:57:58,763 --> 00:58:00,763 like the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. 1095 00:58:00,883 --> 00:58:03,763 You know, we're all kind of doing different things. 1096 00:58:06,883 --> 00:58:10,963 We're quite sheltered. We don't really have to be out among it. 1097 00:58:11,083 --> 00:58:13,563 You know, historically, it's been a lot of to do with anxiety, 1098 00:58:13,683 --> 00:58:17,043 why I won't go out in the streets. 1099 00:58:17,163 --> 00:58:20,563 That even stops me going for a swim in the swimming pool sometimes as well. 1100 00:58:20,683 --> 00:58:24,043 It's the sort of thing that, "Oh, no, I won't today." 1101 00:58:24,163 --> 00:58:27,963 I think it's because I've got these tiny swimming trunks. 1102 00:58:28,083 --> 00:58:30,443 - Maybe that's why it is. - [He chuckles] 1103 00:58:30,603 --> 00:58:32,603 [City hums; Indistinct chatter] 1104 00:58:38,163 --> 00:58:40,363 [Alex] I got home from Newcastle, 1105 00:58:40,523 --> 00:58:42,603 there was a massive party going on at my house. 1106 00:58:42,723 --> 00:58:45,123 All the kids had all their friends over. 1107 00:58:45,243 --> 00:58:47,283 So, I got involved in a... 1108 00:58:47,403 --> 00:58:50,203 "Rasputin" dance competition, 1109 00:58:50,323 --> 00:58:52,723 and, uh, didn't get to bed till late, 1110 00:58:52,843 --> 00:58:55,643 and then I got here, and New Order, 1111 00:58:55,763 --> 00:58:59,243 my favourite band, whole reason I started playing the bass, 1112 00:58:59,363 --> 00:59:01,659 they're here, and they want to go out for dinner, and, oh, my God. 1113 00:59:01,683 --> 00:59:04,643 You know, I remember this now. You know, the... 1114 00:59:04,763 --> 00:59:07,883 Just exhausting, but there's just always a really good reason not to go to bed. 1115 00:59:07,963 --> 00:59:10,243 [Music - "Peach" by Blur] 1116 00:59:13,083 --> 00:59:18,243 [Alex] It's easy to confuse touring with going on a massive, self-indulgent binge 1117 00:59:18,363 --> 00:59:20,763 of sex and drugs and rock and roll. 1118 00:59:20,883 --> 00:59:22,723 [Cheering] 1119 00:59:24,403 --> 00:59:26,859 [Alex] I think when we went into the studio to make the record, 1120 00:59:26,883 --> 00:59:30,483 nobody kind of really knew, I mean, is this going to work or not? 1121 00:59:30,643 --> 00:59:32,323 But it did, straight away. 1122 00:59:33,843 --> 00:59:37,323 I mean, the only thing that could really jeopardise this now, 1123 00:59:37,443 --> 00:59:42,003 other than physical injury and death, is... Graham drinking. 1124 00:59:42,123 --> 00:59:44,883 That would be really bad. Dave drinking would be even worse. 1125 00:59:45,003 --> 00:59:48,043 Um, me drinking's bad enough, trust me. 1126 00:59:50,323 --> 00:59:52,323 When a show goes really well, 1127 00:59:52,443 --> 00:59:55,043 It's nice to have a big night out afterwards. 1128 00:59:56,123 --> 00:59:58,203 And then, I woke up in Denmark 1129 00:59:58,323 --> 01:00:01,323 with absolutely no idea of how I'd got there. 1130 01:00:01,443 --> 01:00:04,443 Last thing I knew, I was in Holland. 1131 01:00:04,603 --> 01:00:06,843 [Music continues] 1132 01:00:06,963 --> 01:00:09,363 [Damon] Why did he bring that up? 1133 01:00:09,483 --> 01:00:11,803 Because, you know, 1134 01:00:11,923 --> 01:00:15,803 I have to tell you why it upset me. 1135 01:00:15,923 --> 01:00:18,483 No, I don't want to, because 1136 01:00:18,643 --> 01:00:21,203 then that just becomes clickbait. 1137 01:00:23,203 --> 01:00:26,443 [Alex] I famously said, when I was promoting my book, 1138 01:00:26,603 --> 01:00:30,123 that I sprazzed a million quid on booze 1139 01:00:30,243 --> 01:00:33,203 and drugs, and my kids now, you know, 1140 01:00:33,323 --> 01:00:36,483 they're asking me about that, and I have to kind of justify it. 1141 01:00:38,523 --> 01:00:40,523 [Damon] On one level, it was very entertaining. 1142 01:00:40,643 --> 01:00:42,323 But at the same time, you know, 1143 01:00:42,443 --> 01:00:45,323 I was concerned for him, to be honest with you. 1144 01:00:45,443 --> 01:00:47,523 Joking apart, I was a little bit concerned. 1145 01:00:47,683 --> 01:00:52,763 ♪ You've got a gaping hole in your head 1146 01:00:52,883 --> 01:00:56,683 ♪ I'd let the birds nest there instead... ♪ 1147 01:00:56,803 --> 01:00:59,123 [Alex] Booze is probably... 1148 01:00:59,243 --> 01:01:01,763 It's certainly a big contributing factor 1149 01:01:01,883 --> 01:01:05,883 in why Blur stopped being a, you know, a full-time job. 1150 01:01:07,923 --> 01:01:11,323 [Graham] What happened towards the end of the '90s is 1151 01:01:11,443 --> 01:01:15,123 it always felt like I was the petulant brat, or treated that way, 1152 01:01:15,243 --> 01:01:19,323 and everybody else was really grown-up and wanted to be professional, 1153 01:01:19,443 --> 01:01:21,443 but I was the only one who was ruining it. 1154 01:01:24,963 --> 01:01:27,643 [Damon] It was quite dangerous time, wasn't it, really? 1155 01:01:27,763 --> 01:01:31,563 I think we live in an era that is somehow a reaction to that. 1156 01:01:33,403 --> 01:01:37,243 [Dave] There's a big sort of reality check that goes on. 1157 01:01:37,363 --> 01:01:40,603 All the artifice falls away, you know, 1158 01:01:40,723 --> 01:01:43,483 and you're left with just you, you know. 1159 01:01:43,643 --> 01:01:45,563 That's where I arrived with drinking. 1160 01:01:45,683 --> 01:01:47,763 "Do I really want to carry on down this path?" 1161 01:01:47,883 --> 01:01:49,123 I thought, "No, I don't." 1162 01:01:50,843 --> 01:01:52,763 [Graham] It takes practice to 1163 01:01:52,883 --> 01:01:55,763 to let go of something that was your absolute identity for a while 1164 01:01:55,883 --> 01:02:00,603 and then practice being you without all of that protection. 1165 01:02:00,723 --> 01:02:02,923 ♪ I'd let the birds nest there... ♪ 1166 01:02:03,043 --> 01:02:05,203 [Alex] I think the reasonable response 1167 01:02:05,323 --> 01:02:08,523 to getting all that kind of fame and attention 1168 01:02:08,683 --> 01:02:11,363 is to go bat-shit crazy. 1169 01:02:11,483 --> 01:02:15,443 You know, success will mess you up far more than failure. 1170 01:02:16,643 --> 01:02:18,843 It's hard to cope with it, 1171 01:02:18,963 --> 01:02:22,523 and what are you supposed to do after you come off stage at Wembley Stadium? 1172 01:02:22,683 --> 01:02:24,563 [Music continues] 1173 01:02:28,923 --> 01:02:30,843 [Damon] The way I look at it, 1174 01:02:30,963 --> 01:02:33,883 at different times, there were different people doing different things. 1175 01:02:34,003 --> 01:02:35,443 That's it. Could change again. 1176 01:02:36,923 --> 01:02:40,603 It's just... humans coexisting, isn't it? 1177 01:02:42,243 --> 01:02:45,003 When we were younger, you need to resolve it there and then, 1178 01:02:45,123 --> 01:02:47,923 whereas now, you realise it didn't need resolving, 1179 01:02:48,043 --> 01:02:51,883 we just needed to all disperse, you know? 1180 01:02:52,003 --> 01:02:54,963 It's just, well, at what point does that space become distance? 1181 01:02:55,083 --> 01:02:57,403 [Music continues] 1182 01:03:08,643 --> 01:03:10,843 [Music concludes; Cheering] 1183 01:03:12,723 --> 01:03:15,603 [Damon] I have this on my knee, and, uh 1184 01:03:15,723 --> 01:03:18,163 the specialist I went to see after I fucked it in Chile 1185 01:03:18,283 --> 01:03:22,603 said that I would no longer be able to perform in the way I used to, 1186 01:03:22,723 --> 01:03:26,043 and that was the end of that, and I had to come to terms with that. 1187 01:03:26,163 --> 01:03:30,003 But, um, I can jump again on it now and it doesn't... 1188 01:03:30,123 --> 01:03:32,019 I mean, maybe tomorrow I won't be able to walk, but... 1189 01:03:32,043 --> 01:03:36,603 It's the, uh, holistic power of, uh 1190 01:03:36,723 --> 01:03:38,763 musical commune. 1191 01:03:38,883 --> 01:03:41,963 It's the best cure for anything, really. 1192 01:03:42,083 --> 01:03:44,003 [Bustling chatter] 1193 01:03:44,123 --> 01:03:46,123 [Chatter fades] 1194 01:03:49,683 --> 01:03:52,243 [Birdsong] 1195 01:03:53,603 --> 01:03:55,123 [Dave] I was doing an interview, 1196 01:03:55,243 --> 01:03:57,283 and I was saying how, when we were making the album, 1197 01:03:57,323 --> 01:04:00,523 it was like those times when you play tennis 1198 01:04:00,683 --> 01:04:02,963 and it feels like the tennis racquet is huge, 1199 01:04:03,083 --> 01:04:06,403 and every shot goes in, every shot is brilliant. 1200 01:04:06,523 --> 01:04:09,643 Then, about two days later, I was playing tennis. 1201 01:04:09,763 --> 01:04:11,483 Oh, God! 1202 01:04:11,643 --> 01:04:14,083 [Music - "Russian Strings" by Blur] 1203 01:04:17,963 --> 01:04:19,203 [Dave] I need an operation, 1204 01:04:19,363 --> 01:04:23,203 but, obviously, I can't have an operation... while we're on tour. 1205 01:04:23,323 --> 01:04:26,203 What was he doing? He bent over to pick up a tennis ball? 1206 01:04:26,323 --> 01:04:29,043 He was playing tennis, was he? In Surrey? 1207 01:04:29,163 --> 01:04:31,163 Rock 'n' roll. 1208 01:04:31,283 --> 01:04:34,083 He just can't help himself, can he? He's totally rock 'n' roll. 1209 01:04:34,203 --> 01:04:37,163 [Dave] The doctor said mine wasn't the least rock' n' roll one 1210 01:04:37,283 --> 01:04:38,723 he'd seen that week. 1211 01:04:38,843 --> 01:04:42,123 The person before was a lady who'd been making a cup of tea 1212 01:04:42,243 --> 01:04:45,083 and turned to reach for the sugar bowl and did the same thing. 1213 01:04:45,203 --> 01:04:49,443 So, she won the least rock 'n' roll knee injury of the week. 1214 01:04:49,603 --> 01:04:51,003 Fortunately, I was spared. 1215 01:04:52,203 --> 01:04:55,523 [Graham] Hopefully, he's getting his feet up and, um... 1216 01:04:55,683 --> 01:04:57,363 [Director] Getting some rest. 1217 01:04:58,603 --> 01:05:01,163 That's not what I was going to say. But, yeah, getting some rest. 1218 01:05:01,243 --> 01:05:02,243 Get some rest, yeah. 1219 01:05:02,363 --> 01:05:04,483 [Band plays "Lot 105"] 1220 01:05:10,523 --> 01:05:12,203 [He plays warm organ chord] 1221 01:05:12,323 --> 01:05:14,059 [Director] It's been a month since we last caught up, Damon. 1222 01:05:14,083 --> 01:05:15,163 What's been going on? 1223 01:05:15,283 --> 01:05:17,763 Yes, 'cause you completely abandoned us. 1224 01:05:18,963 --> 01:05:21,243 You know, the whole point of charting something 1225 01:05:21,363 --> 01:05:23,963 is that you take it from the beginning to the end. 1226 01:05:24,083 --> 01:05:26,603 Don't have, like, a fucking sabbatical in the middle. 1227 01:05:27,723 --> 01:05:29,723 It's your moment, you know what I mean? 1228 01:05:29,843 --> 01:05:33,203 You're playing Wembley, and the fact that Dave was 1229 01:05:33,323 --> 01:05:34,883 is... you know, he's struggling, 1230 01:05:35,003 --> 01:05:37,523 and that's just not nice. 1231 01:05:37,683 --> 01:05:40,363 [Alex] The last thing I read before I went to sleep 1232 01:05:40,483 --> 01:05:43,003 was that, you know, France is burning again. 1233 01:05:43,123 --> 01:05:45,043 You know, the gilets jaunes are off, aren't they? 1234 01:05:45,123 --> 01:05:47,523 Setting everything on fire. It's... It's not great. 1235 01:05:47,683 --> 01:05:51,443 And then the phone rang on Saturday morning, and it was Blur's PR. 1236 01:05:51,603 --> 01:05:55,003 She said, "Just so you know, we're cancelling the show in France." 1237 01:05:55,123 --> 01:05:57,923 She's like, "Well, the reason is Dave's knee." 1238 01:05:58,043 --> 01:06:01,323 [Damon] Everything is massively impeded. 1239 01:06:01,443 --> 01:06:03,979 [Dave] You know, there are three of us with bad knees now in the band. 1240 01:06:04,003 --> 01:06:06,043 I was feeling a bit left out. 1241 01:06:06,163 --> 01:06:08,603 So, it's just really Alex, then we've got the set. 1242 01:06:08,723 --> 01:06:11,163 So, I'm going round there with a sledgehammer later. 1243 01:06:11,283 --> 01:06:12,643 You can tell him that. 1244 01:06:14,203 --> 01:06:17,443 [Director] And how has it been as an experience, the past month as well? 1245 01:06:18,723 --> 01:06:21,403 Everyone's kind of finding their... finding their way. 1246 01:06:22,683 --> 01:06:27,203 Graham's been playing gigs with his other band as well, 1247 01:06:27,323 --> 01:06:28,763 {\an8}and he's got a kid. 1248 01:06:29,603 --> 01:06:31,683 You know, he's keeping it together... 1249 01:06:31,803 --> 01:06:36,403 I mean, it's just... it's amazing, really, the metamorphosis of Graham Coxon. 1250 01:06:37,843 --> 01:06:39,803 [Graham] I feel like we're getting on really well. 1251 01:06:39,923 --> 01:06:41,763 I feel close to everybody, and Damon, you know, 1252 01:06:41,883 --> 01:06:44,403 closer than I have done for years, in a way. 1253 01:06:45,323 --> 01:06:48,443 Well, the thing is, nothing is that important to fall out about, 1254 01:06:48,563 --> 01:06:50,803 or to have great big arguments about. 1255 01:06:50,923 --> 01:06:54,443 So, there's absolutely no point, and I think we see that. 1256 01:06:54,603 --> 01:06:56,163 And if there are harsh words, 1257 01:06:56,283 --> 01:06:59,003 the thing is, is to be quick to apologise and get it out. 1258 01:06:59,123 --> 01:07:00,443 And that's it. 1259 01:07:00,603 --> 01:07:02,843 It's amazing doing Wembley now. 1260 01:07:02,963 --> 01:07:05,683 I really hope that my family and my 1261 01:07:05,803 --> 01:07:07,563 what few friends I have 1262 01:07:08,723 --> 01:07:11,163 just really have an excellent time... 1263 01:07:12,483 --> 01:07:16,403 And, um, give me a lot of praise afterwards. 1264 01:07:17,723 --> 01:07:19,723 'Cause that's all I do it for, the praise. 1265 01:07:21,083 --> 01:07:25,763 That's it, no, I hope I flippin' make the rest of the band proud. 1266 01:07:25,883 --> 01:07:27,603 I hope I do it for 'em. 1267 01:07:27,723 --> 01:07:29,243 That's it, really. 1268 01:07:29,363 --> 01:07:31,643 Not much point in doing it otherwise. 1269 01:07:31,763 --> 01:07:34,043 [Music - "She's So High" by Blur] 1270 01:07:55,763 --> 01:07:58,163 [Security Guard] Morning, Mr Coxon. You all right? 1271 01:07:58,283 --> 01:07:59,803 - Morning, guys. - Hiya. 1272 01:07:59,923 --> 01:08:02,043 - Hiya. - Hi. 1273 01:08:02,163 --> 01:08:04,603 [Dave] When somebody asks me afterwards, 1274 01:08:04,723 --> 01:08:06,763 "How did it feel to play Wembley Stadium?" 1275 01:08:06,883 --> 01:08:09,443 I want to be able to come up with an answer. 1276 01:08:09,603 --> 01:08:13,883 It'd be good to be relaxed enough to have some feelings while I'm on stage, 1277 01:08:14,003 --> 01:08:15,603 other than anxiety. 1278 01:08:16,283 --> 01:08:18,523 - [Graham] Where's my coffee?! - [Laughter] 1279 01:08:18,683 --> 01:08:21,963 - Hi, Michael. - Hello, Damon, I must give you a hug. 1280 01:08:22,083 --> 01:08:24,523 - How's it going? - Thanks for having us. 1281 01:08:24,683 --> 01:08:26,003 - Hi! - Hi! 1282 01:08:26,123 --> 01:08:28,563 Oh, my God. So... 1283 01:08:28,683 --> 01:08:32,803 Ooh! I wasn't even... I wasn't paying attention, then. 1284 01:08:33,443 --> 01:08:34,883 Why have we got punnets of tomatoes? 1285 01:08:34,923 --> 01:08:37,139 - 'Cause they're from Alex's garden. - [Posh voice] Oh, wonderful! 1286 01:08:37,163 --> 01:08:39,083 Mm, umami. 1287 01:08:39,203 --> 01:08:42,363 [Graham] Was up till 3:30, up at 7:00. 1288 01:08:42,483 --> 01:08:44,883 But, you know, I've had a 1289 01:08:45,003 --> 01:08:48,883 coccyx massage and a vibrating bowl put on my back, 1290 01:08:49,003 --> 01:08:51,203 so I'm feeling pretty good. 1291 01:08:53,323 --> 01:08:55,963 [Damon] It's not the size, is it, really? 1292 01:08:56,083 --> 01:08:59,363 It's the story that you kind of feel it could tell 1293 01:08:59,483 --> 01:09:02,843 if the gods are with us, you know? 1294 01:09:02,963 --> 01:09:05,643 I mean, that's the way I look at it. 1295 01:09:05,763 --> 01:09:08,243 You know, I feel like I've got a big performance to deliver. 1296 01:09:09,363 --> 01:09:12,443 - Here we are. - [Graham] This is so weird. 1297 01:09:12,603 --> 01:09:13,963 This is so weird. 1298 01:09:14,083 --> 01:09:15,963 This place is... 1299 01:09:16,083 --> 01:09:18,483 [Graham] Flippin' heck. Big. 1300 01:09:20,363 --> 01:09:23,603 [News Crew] How are you, Damon? Very excited? 1301 01:09:23,723 --> 01:09:24,843 Yeah. 1302 01:09:25,763 --> 01:09:27,403 Suppose I've got to do it. 1303 01:09:27,523 --> 01:09:31,803 [Newsreader] Hit after hit led Blur to the biggest venues around the world. 1304 01:09:31,923 --> 01:09:34,923 ♪ Girls who want boys who like boys to be girls 1305 01:09:35,043 --> 01:09:37,003 ♪ Who do boys like they're girls... ♪ 1306 01:09:37,123 --> 01:09:39,499 [Newsreader] But somehow, the iconic one on home soil eluded them. 1307 01:09:39,523 --> 01:09:42,843 This weekend, they can tick Wembley Stadium off their list. 1308 01:09:42,963 --> 01:09:45,443 It's amazing for Graham and me 1309 01:09:45,603 --> 01:09:47,443 - to sit here... - [Graham chuckles] 1310 01:09:47,603 --> 01:09:49,803 having started off in a little 1311 01:09:50,763 --> 01:09:54,003 humble Portakabin in Colchester, Essex, 1312 01:09:54,123 --> 01:09:56,683 at the age of 12 and 13, and to be here. 1313 01:09:56,803 --> 01:10:00,763 I've only been here really for football, watching Chelsea. 1314 01:10:00,883 --> 01:10:02,923 And I did play here once, years and years ago, 1315 01:10:03,043 --> 01:10:06,043 in a charity game against Scotland. 1316 01:10:06,163 --> 01:10:07,483 Did score the winning goal. 1317 01:10:07,643 --> 01:10:09,483 [Commentator] He shoots, he scores! 1318 01:10:09,643 --> 01:10:12,843 Goooooooooal! 1319 01:10:12,963 --> 01:10:14,659 [Commentator 2] Ooh, that looks like it hurt. 1320 01:10:14,683 --> 01:10:16,323 [Drum roll reverberates] 1321 01:10:16,443 --> 01:10:19,483 I want to approach it just like any other show, 1322 01:10:19,643 --> 01:10:22,683 but, of course, there's all these extra bits they're throwing in for Wembley, 1323 01:10:22,723 --> 01:10:26,643 which is kind of making it slightly more stressful. 1324 01:10:26,763 --> 01:10:29,123 "So, what are you wearing? You know, what footwear?" 1325 01:10:29,243 --> 01:10:31,419 And, you know, "We're including this in the performance. 1326 01:10:31,443 --> 01:10:34,883 "You know, this element on stage and that element." 1327 01:10:35,003 --> 01:10:36,843 [Indistinct chatter] 1328 01:10:36,963 --> 01:10:38,843 [He laughs] 1329 01:10:38,963 --> 01:10:40,723 That's hard! 1330 01:10:40,843 --> 01:10:42,123 [Dave] Keep going, sweetie. 1331 01:10:42,243 --> 01:10:44,083 [Graham] I imagine Dave is just really hoping 1332 01:10:44,203 --> 01:10:46,323 that he's going to be absolutely match fit. 1333 01:10:46,443 --> 01:10:50,323 I'm hoping that he's not feeling too anxious about how he's going to perform. 1334 01:10:50,443 --> 01:10:53,363 I know we all get a little bit anxious about things. 1335 01:10:53,483 --> 01:10:56,963 [He plays mellow, jazzy piano melody] 1336 01:10:59,443 --> 01:11:02,843 [Alex] I came down to the kitchen yesterday, 1337 01:11:02,963 --> 01:11:06,843 and Beatrix, my 13-year-old, 1338 01:11:06,963 --> 01:11:09,723 was singing "The Narcissist," she didn't know I was there. 1339 01:11:10,723 --> 01:11:12,443 And she was, like, completely in it, 1340 01:11:12,603 --> 01:11:15,043 and just like, "Oh, my God, we've connected." 1341 01:11:15,163 --> 01:11:16,883 My heart stopped. 1342 01:11:17,643 --> 01:11:21,203 'Cause, trust me, your children are your harshest critics. 1343 01:11:21,323 --> 01:11:24,643 You can't... You can't make them like it. 1344 01:11:26,203 --> 01:11:27,443 That was a wonderful thing. 1345 01:11:27,603 --> 01:11:29,963 Music is... strong magic. 1346 01:11:30,083 --> 01:11:33,163 [Damon plays upbeat piano riff] 1347 01:11:33,283 --> 01:11:36,523 [Cockney accent] When this is all over, I'm gonna have a nervous breakdown. 1348 01:11:36,683 --> 01:11:38,923 [Drone-like guitar music] 1349 01:11:44,723 --> 01:11:47,163 [Music builds, distorts] 1350 01:11:47,283 --> 01:11:51,043 [Music - "Music is My Radar" by Blur] 1351 01:11:53,163 --> 01:11:55,059 - [Music fades] - [Tanyel] Does anyone want a drink? 1352 01:11:55,083 --> 01:11:56,243 Ginger tea? 1353 01:11:56,363 --> 01:11:58,763 Ooh, I might bite some ginger. 1354 01:11:58,883 --> 01:12:00,523 Yeah, do you know what we'll do... 1355 01:12:00,643 --> 01:12:03,523 [Music resumes; Bustling chatter] 1356 01:12:08,083 --> 01:12:09,259 Oh, my God, you're so hardcore. 1357 01:12:09,283 --> 01:12:11,859 [Alex] I remember you drinking a bottle of Tabasco at a sound check in America. 1358 01:12:11,883 --> 01:12:12,979 - Yeah, I used to do that. - Why? 1359 01:12:13,003 --> 01:12:15,203 [Music - "Music is My Radar" by Blur] 1360 01:12:17,483 --> 01:12:19,523 [Alex] You had hiccups for about three hours. 1361 01:12:19,683 --> 01:12:22,043 - [Tanyel] I peel my ginger. - [Alex] Oh, my word. 1362 01:12:22,163 --> 01:12:24,403 [Tanyel] Dave, what's happening over there? 1363 01:12:24,523 --> 01:12:28,203 I'm having mechanised automated treatment on my knee. 1364 01:12:28,323 --> 01:12:29,643 [Tanyel] Wow, who gave you that? 1365 01:12:29,763 --> 01:12:31,163 That and juice. 1366 01:12:31,283 --> 01:12:32,963 - Oh, God. - [He chuckles] 1367 01:12:33,083 --> 01:12:35,299 I think there's something more interesting happening over there. 1368 01:12:35,323 --> 01:12:37,123 [Music - "Music is My Radar" by Blur] 1369 01:12:43,043 --> 01:12:46,203 [Steve] The last time I was at Wembley was playing in a charity football match, 1370 01:12:46,323 --> 01:12:49,083 {\an8}and now I find myself being Blur's fluffers. 1371 01:12:49,203 --> 01:12:51,883 {\an8}And we're in that sort of zone of not knowing what's going on 1372 01:12:52,003 --> 01:12:54,003 but loving the fact that we're here. 1373 01:12:54,123 --> 01:12:58,723 We still do not know why Blur asked us to DJ. 1374 01:12:58,843 --> 01:13:02,683 [Alex] So, tonight, after-show ice baths. 1375 01:13:02,803 --> 01:13:05,723 Tomorrow night, Britpop bat-shit bender. 1376 01:13:05,843 --> 01:13:07,843 Hard stop, Tuesday midday. 1377 01:13:09,003 --> 01:13:10,643 Sleep. 1378 01:13:10,763 --> 01:13:12,203 Then we get on a bus to France. 1379 01:13:12,323 --> 01:13:15,963 I got to have a haircut, and then I'm going to have a massage, 1380 01:13:16,083 --> 01:13:18,083 then I'm going to have a sleep. 1381 01:13:18,203 --> 01:13:19,843 Oh, no, I'm going to eat, 1382 01:13:19,963 --> 01:13:21,203 then I'm going to have a sleep, 1383 01:13:21,323 --> 01:13:23,003 and then it will be show time. 1384 01:13:23,123 --> 01:13:25,363 I mean, I'll get up to watch Jockstrap, but... 1385 01:13:25,483 --> 01:13:27,603 {\an8}♪ Yeah, I gotta go, gotta think about that 1386 01:13:29,043 --> 01:13:30,883 ♪ I gotta go, gotta think about that 1387 01:13:32,523 --> 01:13:34,563 ♪ I gotta go, gotta think about that 1388 01:13:36,003 --> 01:13:38,563 ♪ I gotta go, gotta think about that... ♪ 1389 01:13:39,963 --> 01:13:43,483 {\an8}♪ Frontline, out on the streets 1390 01:13:44,763 --> 01:13:48,243 {\an8}♪ Frontline, out on the streets... ♪ 1391 01:13:48,363 --> 01:13:50,243 [Pauline] Music brings people together. 1392 01:13:50,363 --> 01:13:52,883 I mean, look at all these people here, you know? 1393 01:13:54,763 --> 01:13:57,763 I thought modern life was rubbish about 60 years ago! 1394 01:13:57,883 --> 01:14:01,843 Should've grown up at the time I grew up, it was also rubbish, racist and sexist. 1395 01:14:01,963 --> 01:14:04,683 [The Selecter plays "Frontline"] 1396 01:14:04,803 --> 01:14:06,603 [Pauline] What motivates me? 1397 01:14:06,723 --> 01:14:10,723 Half the world is still bloody racist and sexist and all the other ists. 1398 01:14:10,843 --> 01:14:12,443 'Cause all that old rubbish 1399 01:14:12,603 --> 01:14:15,243 that we thought that we had managed to kind of push down, 1400 01:14:15,363 --> 01:14:18,123 push under the carpet, just tell those people to shut up, 1401 01:14:18,243 --> 01:14:19,963 has all come back out, 1402 01:14:20,083 --> 01:14:22,643 just vomited back out with all the Trumps and the Johnsons, 1403 01:14:22,763 --> 01:14:24,803 and all the rest, and I'm sick of that, 1404 01:14:24,923 --> 01:14:27,403 and while I've got breath in my body, I will do what I do. 1405 01:14:27,523 --> 01:14:29,283 I just had to run past security to get in. 1406 01:14:29,403 --> 01:14:30,883 - What happened? - No-one greeted me. 1407 01:14:31,003 --> 01:14:32,123 I'm dropped off out there, 1408 01:14:32,243 --> 01:14:33,699 the security man's, "Where's your wristband?" 1409 01:14:33,723 --> 01:14:36,203 - "I ain't got one." He's like, "Oi, oi." - [Damon] Oh, Graham. 1410 01:14:36,323 --> 01:14:38,563 - It's absolutely obscene. - [Damon] It is obscene. 1411 01:14:38,683 --> 01:14:41,883 I'm used to obsequiant toadying. 1412 01:14:42,003 --> 01:14:45,323 What you doing? Pumping your knee with a sort of electronic... 1413 01:14:45,443 --> 01:14:48,723 [Dave] Blood transfusion. Always have one before I go on stage. 1414 01:14:48,843 --> 01:14:50,643 Like Keith Richards. 1415 01:14:50,763 --> 01:14:51,963 [Both laugh] 1416 01:14:52,083 --> 01:14:54,883 Doesn't he just scoop his brain out, plop it in another body? 1417 01:14:55,003 --> 01:14:56,483 [Damon] Ten, nine, 1418 01:14:56,643 --> 01:14:59,243 eight, seven, six, 1419 01:14:59,363 --> 01:15:03,523 five, four, three, two, one. 1420 01:15:03,683 --> 01:15:05,883 [Alex groans, roars] 1421 01:15:07,323 --> 01:15:10,003 - [Alex groans] - [Smoggy] I think that's enough of that. 1422 01:15:11,323 --> 01:15:12,523 Ah! 1423 01:15:13,243 --> 01:15:14,843 Lovely! 1424 01:15:14,963 --> 01:15:19,123 [Paul Weller's band plays "That's Entertainment"] 1425 01:15:19,243 --> 01:15:22,483 ♪ Waking up at 6am on a cool warm morning 1426 01:15:22,643 --> 01:15:26,203 ♪ Opening the windows and breathing in petrol 1427 01:15:26,323 --> 01:15:29,363 ♪ An amateur band rehearse in a nearby yard 1428 01:15:29,483 --> 01:15:33,083 ♪ Watching the telly and thinking about your holidays 1429 01:15:33,203 --> 01:15:36,683 ♪ That's entertainment 1430 01:15:36,803 --> 01:15:40,483 ♪ That's entertainment... ♪ 1431 01:15:40,643 --> 01:15:42,683 [Undulant vocalising] 1432 01:15:42,803 --> 01:15:44,643 [Staccato vocalising] 1433 01:15:44,763 --> 01:15:46,563 [Graham] Did you lose control in there, Damon? 1434 01:15:46,683 --> 01:15:48,163 - [Damon] Yeah, I... - [Graham laughs] 1435 01:15:48,243 --> 01:15:50,563 It's what happens to me. When I submerge in freezing water, 1436 01:15:50,643 --> 01:15:52,963 I... I immediately ejaculate. 1437 01:15:53,083 --> 01:15:54,883 - Oh! - [Graham] That's not what I was... 1438 01:15:55,003 --> 01:15:56,283 [Tanyel] Fuck off! 1439 01:15:56,403 --> 01:15:58,443 They were going to swing by at 7:30, 1440 01:15:58,603 --> 01:16:01,083 so if you want to start getting changed, 1441 01:16:01,203 --> 01:16:03,083 maybe in the next 10, 15. 1442 01:16:03,203 --> 01:16:04,763 [Indistinct chatter] 1443 01:16:04,883 --> 01:16:06,203 It's an hour before. 1444 01:16:06,323 --> 01:16:08,699 Sleaford Mods are on now. Come on, let's go round the side of the stage. 1445 01:16:08,723 --> 01:16:09,723 [Graham] Sleaford? 1446 01:16:09,843 --> 01:16:11,803 See a bit of that, that'll be good. 1447 01:16:11,923 --> 01:16:15,203 [Sleaford Mods play "Force 10 From Navarone"] 1448 01:16:15,323 --> 01:16:18,443 [Damon] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! 1449 01:16:18,603 --> 01:16:21,123 ♪ ..Going on about it in the morning to me 1450 01:16:21,243 --> 01:16:23,723 ♪ I'm losing in the head, and I've gone too far 1451 01:16:23,843 --> 01:16:27,003 {\an8}♪ Force ten from Navarone is a shot fired hard 1452 01:16:27,123 --> 01:16:29,043 {\an8}♪ 'Cause we never aimed it 1453 01:16:29,963 --> 01:16:31,963 ♪ In the box of isolation 1454 01:16:36,643 --> 01:16:38,483 ♪ Jason, why does the darkness elope? ♪ 1455 01:16:38,643 --> 01:16:40,883 [Jason] I mean, the environment's changed over the years. 1456 01:16:40,963 --> 01:16:42,539 We like the bigger venues now, don't we, a bit? 1457 01:16:42,563 --> 01:16:43,563 [Andrew] Yeah. 1458 01:16:43,643 --> 01:16:45,963 We've become wankers, if that's what you mean. 1459 01:16:46,083 --> 01:16:47,763 [Jason chuckles] 1460 01:16:48,523 --> 01:16:51,403 A lot of people in our game who are doing alright, but, um, 1461 01:16:51,523 --> 01:16:54,163 generally, it's hopeless, yeah. 1462 01:16:54,283 --> 01:16:56,443 Politically, it's a mess. 1463 01:16:58,043 --> 01:16:59,843 Either side is 1464 01:17:00,523 --> 01:17:02,923 is not really giving any people that really need help 1465 01:17:03,043 --> 01:17:04,883 any hope, are they? 1466 01:17:06,923 --> 01:17:09,003 [Damon] They've got the "cryro," uh 1467 01:17:10,243 --> 01:17:11,763 genic baths in there. 1468 01:17:11,883 --> 01:17:14,443 - Super cold. - Oh, yeah? What does that do? 1469 01:17:14,603 --> 01:17:15,763 It's like cocaine. 1470 01:17:15,883 --> 01:17:17,163 - Oh, is it? - Oh, is it? 1471 01:17:17,283 --> 01:17:19,923 [Laughter, indistinct chatter] 1472 01:17:20,043 --> 01:17:22,323 Honestly, it is. The same buzz. 1473 01:17:22,443 --> 01:17:24,883 ♪ How can I help you feel better about you? 1474 01:17:25,003 --> 01:17:27,443 ♪ How can I help you do what it is that you 1475 01:17:27,603 --> 01:17:29,923 ♪ Always hoped you could set out to prove? 1476 01:17:30,043 --> 01:17:32,523 ♪ 'Cause that's what I do, that's what I'm put here to do 1477 01:17:32,683 --> 01:17:35,163 ♪ Isn't it, isn't it you? Wasn't it you, though? 1478 01:17:35,283 --> 01:17:37,003 ♪ Want me eternally youthful, never grow old 1479 01:17:37,123 --> 01:17:39,803 ♪ I'll always be wet, I'll always be up for it 1480 01:17:39,923 --> 01:17:41,843 ♪ Politely sit, but I don't know shit, do I? 1481 01:17:41,963 --> 01:17:43,283 ♪ I don't know shit... ♪ 1482 01:17:43,403 --> 01:17:45,683 - We're... What? - [Graham] 17 minutes. 1483 01:17:45,803 --> 01:17:49,243 So, we don't want to go too early to stage, right? So... 1484 01:17:49,363 --> 01:17:50,803 - Yeah. - Let's go. 1485 01:17:50,923 --> 01:17:52,283 Be fashionably late. 1486 01:17:52,403 --> 01:17:54,683 - Fashionably late. - Not late. We've got a curfew issue. 1487 01:17:54,803 --> 01:17:58,163 [Music plays - "The Night" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons] 1488 01:17:58,283 --> 01:18:01,003 [Indistinct chatter, laughter] 1489 01:18:01,123 --> 01:18:03,243 And then he's on, that's it. 1490 01:18:03,363 --> 01:18:06,963 ♪ Before I go forever 1491 01:18:08,963 --> 01:18:10,443 ♪ Be sure 1492 01:18:11,203 --> 01:18:12,883 ♪ Of what you say 1493 01:18:13,603 --> 01:18:16,643 ♪ So, he paints a pretty picture 1494 01:18:16,763 --> 01:18:20,323 ♪ And he tells you that he needs you 1495 01:18:20,443 --> 01:18:23,363 ♪ And he covers you with flowers... ♪ 1496 01:18:23,483 --> 01:18:25,123 [Damon laughs] 1497 01:18:26,763 --> 01:18:30,243 [Indistinct chatter, laughter] 1498 01:18:30,363 --> 01:18:32,683 [Laughter continues] 1499 01:18:32,803 --> 01:18:36,123 [Crew Member] Right, lads, two minutes to go. Two minutes to go. 1500 01:18:36,243 --> 01:18:38,363 [Laughter] 1501 01:18:38,483 --> 01:18:40,843 [Indistinct chatter] 1502 01:18:40,963 --> 01:18:42,963 - Well... - [He exhales] 1503 01:18:43,083 --> 01:18:44,083 this is it. 1504 01:18:44,163 --> 01:18:46,283 [Stirring music, indistinct chatter] 1505 01:18:58,283 --> 01:19:01,883 [Horn honks "Let's Go (Pony)" rhythm] 1506 01:19:02,003 --> 01:19:03,363 [All] Wembley! 1507 01:19:03,483 --> 01:19:05,723 [Honking continues] 1508 01:19:06,923 --> 01:19:09,243 [Indistinct chatter] 1509 01:19:09,363 --> 01:19:13,123 This is obviously a very special moment, and, you know, you're all 1510 01:19:13,243 --> 01:19:16,843 more than fucking custodians of what we're going to give them, 1511 01:19:16,963 --> 01:19:19,483 so go out there and just enjoy yourselves. 1512 01:19:19,643 --> 01:19:21,403 - 100%. - And to you, Dames. 1513 01:19:23,163 --> 01:19:25,003 Ten seconds, guys, we've got to clear the ramp. 1514 01:19:25,123 --> 01:19:26,603 Lydia, you got my earies? 1515 01:19:26,723 --> 01:19:29,723 [Graham] Moments before that pep talk or that huddle, 1516 01:19:29,843 --> 01:19:31,403 I was like, "Oh, my God, I need a wee." 1517 01:19:31,523 --> 01:19:35,043 And I was trying to tell people that, and no-one was listening to me. 1518 01:19:35,163 --> 01:19:37,363 I don't know whether I do, I just... 1519 01:19:37,483 --> 01:19:39,403 Do you need the loo? Do you not? 1520 01:19:39,523 --> 01:19:42,643 [Graham] You go up the ramp, you know, slowly 1521 01:19:42,763 --> 01:19:45,003 you know, with all the people going about their business, 1522 01:19:45,043 --> 01:19:47,723 - and then that... - [Cheering] 1523 01:19:47,843 --> 01:19:49,963 Suddenly, it's this big venue. 1524 01:19:51,643 --> 01:19:55,123 And I was like, "Where's the nearest loo?" 1525 01:19:55,243 --> 01:19:57,323 So, I just went backstage there. 1526 01:19:57,443 --> 01:19:58,798 Are we all good? Everyone happy? 1527 01:19:58,822 --> 01:20:00,883 How long have we got until we gotta go on? 1528 01:20:01,003 --> 01:20:04,163 [Graham] There was a half-empty tin of Diet Coke... 1529 01:20:04,283 --> 01:20:06,643 [Suspenseful music] 1530 01:20:10,723 --> 01:20:12,323 [Graham] ..so, I just had to go in that. 1531 01:20:16,403 --> 01:20:20,483 I think it was one of the road crew's, I hope they didn't go back and finish it. 1532 01:20:23,123 --> 01:20:24,643 Quite a lot of people. 1533 01:20:24,763 --> 01:20:28,043 [Niamh] A mile-long queue of people going in. 1534 01:20:28,163 --> 01:20:30,803 - Fuckin' hell. - You nervous? 1535 01:20:30,923 --> 01:20:33,203 - I am. - I'm not, at all. 1536 01:20:33,323 --> 01:20:35,483 Are you not? Are you Zen? 1537 01:20:35,643 --> 01:20:38,763 - No, I'm just dead. - [He laughs] 1538 01:20:38,883 --> 01:20:41,283 [Damon] I don't allow it to get to me, 'cause I accept 1539 01:20:41,403 --> 01:20:44,203 if my voice can't sing all those songs, 1540 01:20:44,323 --> 01:20:45,923 then that's just the way it is. 1541 01:20:46,043 --> 01:20:50,323 But, you know, if I was really neurotic about things like that, 1542 01:20:50,443 --> 01:20:52,363 then, yeah, I would be shitting myself. 1543 01:20:52,483 --> 01:20:53,843 [Tanyel squeals] 1544 01:20:53,963 --> 01:20:55,963 [Indistinct chatter] 1545 01:20:58,763 --> 01:21:00,643 [Alex] We were at college when we did "Sing." 1546 01:21:00,763 --> 01:21:03,003 You know, we wrote that in Damon's mum's studio, 1547 01:21:03,123 --> 01:21:05,923 and now, 35 years, there's going to be 1548 01:21:06,043 --> 01:21:08,763 80,000 people singing and crying. 1549 01:21:08,883 --> 01:21:11,563 [Stirring music] 1550 01:21:14,803 --> 01:21:18,523 [Alex] There's a million upsides. You know, credibility for my kids. 1551 01:21:18,683 --> 01:21:22,243 But actually, the brotherhood of 1552 01:21:22,363 --> 01:21:25,603 those cunts who I've known since I was 19, 1553 01:21:27,163 --> 01:21:30,803 and the music is its own greatest reward. 1554 01:21:30,923 --> 01:21:32,683 It really, really is. 1555 01:21:32,803 --> 01:21:35,123 [Music - "The Debt Collector" by Blur] 1556 01:21:41,243 --> 01:21:43,083 - Shall we go? - Yeah, let's go. 1557 01:21:45,523 --> 01:21:48,563 [Music continues; Cheering] 1558 01:21:54,243 --> 01:21:56,883 [Cheering intensifies] 1559 01:21:57,003 --> 01:21:59,563 [Music fades, cheering continues] 1560 01:22:21,643 --> 01:22:24,483 Good evening, Wembley. 1561 01:22:24,643 --> 01:22:27,003 [Cheering intensifies] 1562 01:22:28,803 --> 01:22:31,683 [Graham plays "Popscene" intro on guitar] 1563 01:22:31,803 --> 01:22:32,883 Come on! 1564 01:22:33,763 --> 01:22:35,723 I want to see you bounce! 1565 01:22:38,963 --> 01:22:41,923 [Music builds, band plays together] 1566 01:22:49,203 --> 01:22:51,923 [Music builds; Bright organ chords] 1567 01:23:10,403 --> 01:23:12,963 ♪ A fervid image of another world 1568 01:23:13,083 --> 01:23:15,803 ♪ Is nothing in particular now 1569 01:23:15,923 --> 01:23:18,203 ♪ And imitation comes naturally 1570 01:23:18,323 --> 01:23:20,483 ♪ But I never really stopped to think how 1571 01:23:21,203 --> 01:23:23,723 ♪ And everyone is a clever clone 1572 01:23:23,843 --> 01:23:26,123 ♪ A chrome-covered clone am I 1573 01:23:26,683 --> 01:23:28,843 ♪ So, in the absence of a way of life 1574 01:23:28,963 --> 01:23:32,603 ♪ I'll repeat this again and again and again 1575 01:23:33,363 --> 01:23:35,803 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 1576 01:23:38,923 --> 01:23:40,243 ♪ Popscene, oh 1577 01:23:40,363 --> 01:23:44,683 ♪ Oh! Oh! Oh! ♪ 1578 01:23:45,483 --> 01:23:48,523 [Damon howls] 1579 01:23:48,683 --> 01:23:52,203 [Music continues, Graham playing squalling guitar solo] 1580 01:23:58,803 --> 01:24:00,043 Let's do this! 1581 01:24:01,363 --> 01:24:03,283 [Music continues] 1582 01:24:24,523 --> 01:24:27,123 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 1583 01:24:27,243 --> 01:24:29,723 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 1584 01:24:30,203 --> 01:24:33,883 ♪ Popscene, all right 1585 01:24:34,003 --> 01:24:36,203 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 1586 01:24:37,163 --> 01:24:39,363 ♪ Hey, hey, come out tonight 1587 01:24:39,803 --> 01:24:40,883 ♪ Popscene. ♪ 1588 01:24:41,003 --> 01:24:43,363 [Music concludes, guitar chord rings out] 1589 01:24:43,483 --> 01:24:45,483 [Cheering] 1590 01:24:48,283 --> 01:24:50,763 [Band plays "To the End"] 1591 01:25:00,643 --> 01:25:04,043 ♪ All those dirty words 1592 01:25:06,643 --> 01:25:09,443 ♪ They make us look so dumb 1593 01:25:13,163 --> 01:25:16,363 ♪ Been drinking far too much 1594 01:25:19,483 --> 01:25:23,883 ♪ And neither of us mean what we say 1595 01:25:26,683 --> 01:25:30,043 ♪ Well, you and I 1596 01:25:30,163 --> 01:25:34,363 ♪ We just collapsed in love 1597 01:25:34,483 --> 01:25:39,923 ♪ And it looks like we might have made it 1598 01:25:40,043 --> 01:25:45,603 ♪ Yes, it looks like we've made it to the end. ♪ 1599 01:25:45,723 --> 01:25:47,403 [Music continues] 1600 01:26:18,043 --> 01:26:20,043 [Music continues] 1601 01:26:23,123 --> 01:26:26,923 [Music concludes, sustained string note resonates] 1602 01:26:27,043 --> 01:26:29,083 [Cheering] 1603 01:26:29,203 --> 01:26:30,923 [He plays "Song 2" intro] 1604 01:26:31,043 --> 01:26:33,123 - Stop that, stop that. - [Drumming stops] 1605 01:26:33,243 --> 01:26:35,163 Obviously, there's something vaguely hilarious 1606 01:26:35,283 --> 01:26:38,563 about old men throwing themselves around the stage. 1607 01:26:40,003 --> 01:26:41,923 It's a bit ridiculous, right? 1608 01:26:42,043 --> 01:26:45,243 You made us this way. It's your fault! 1609 01:26:45,363 --> 01:26:47,563 [Cheering] 1610 01:26:48,323 --> 01:26:52,523 I want to see every fucker in this fucking stadium 1611 01:26:52,683 --> 01:26:54,523 bounce to this song. 1612 01:26:54,683 --> 01:26:56,043 [Cheering] 1613 01:26:56,163 --> 01:26:59,003 [Dave plays "Song 2" intro] 1614 01:26:59,123 --> 01:27:01,963 [He plays "Song 2" intro riff; Cheering] 1615 01:27:05,443 --> 01:27:09,683 - [Music intensifies, band plays together] - ♪ Woo-hoo! When I feel heavy metal 1616 01:27:09,803 --> 01:27:12,883 - ♪ Woo-hoo! - ♪ And I'm pins and I'm needles 1617 01:27:13,003 --> 01:27:16,763 - ♪ Woo-hoo! - ♪ Well, I lie and I'm easy 1618 01:27:16,883 --> 01:27:21,243 ♪ All of the time, but I'm never sure why I need you 1619 01:27:21,883 --> 01:27:24,043 ♪ Pleased to meet you... ♪ 1620 01:27:24,163 --> 01:27:27,083 [Music continues, Graham plays distorted guitar solo] 1621 01:27:30,443 --> 01:27:31,843 ♪ I got my head done 1622 01:27:33,803 --> 01:27:36,803 ♪ When I was young... ♪ - [He mimics sobbing] 1623 01:27:36,923 --> 01:27:38,963 ♪ It's not my problem 1624 01:27:40,443 --> 01:27:44,483 ♪ It's not my problem 1625 01:27:44,643 --> 01:27:48,003 - ♪ Woo-hoo! - ♪ When I feel heavy metal 1626 01:27:48,123 --> 01:27:51,723 - ♪ Woo-hoo! - ♪ And I'm pins and I'm needles 1627 01:27:51,843 --> 01:27:55,523 - ♪ Woo-hoo! - ♪ Well, I lie and I'm easy 1628 01:27:55,683 --> 01:28:00,003 ♪ All of the time, but I'm never sure why I need you 1629 01:28:01,043 --> 01:28:02,763 ♪ Pleased to meet you... ♪ 1630 01:28:02,883 --> 01:28:05,803 [Music fades] 1631 01:28:05,923 --> 01:28:07,923 [Ruminative music] 1632 01:28:11,203 --> 01:28:14,483 [Damon] Music is something we've been doing 1633 01:28:14,643 --> 01:28:17,883 from the dawn of our species. 1634 01:28:18,003 --> 01:28:22,483 And, in fact, it is just a sort of complete abandonment 1635 01:28:22,643 --> 01:28:25,203 of the self and the ego in that moment, 1636 01:28:25,323 --> 01:28:29,843 and you're just one of the many billions of atoms in that space. 1637 01:28:29,963 --> 01:28:31,963 [Music continues] 1638 01:28:33,603 --> 01:28:36,003 [Dave] It's a way of expressing emotion to somebody else 1639 01:28:36,123 --> 01:28:39,603 that bypasses the rational senses of the brain. 1640 01:28:41,123 --> 01:28:43,723 The whole audience and band 1641 01:28:43,843 --> 01:28:50,003 kind of merging together into one 148,000-legged beast. 1642 01:28:51,003 --> 01:28:54,203 That has been just extraordinary and quite overwhelming. 1643 01:28:54,323 --> 01:28:56,603 [Music continues] 1644 01:28:59,883 --> 01:29:04,363 [Damon] It's the journey and the hunger for the sublime. 1645 01:29:10,203 --> 01:29:12,443 That is the essence of performance, 1646 01:29:12,603 --> 01:29:17,643 is when you become a vessel for everybody. 1647 01:29:18,323 --> 01:29:21,563 [Music continues, muffled cheering grows clear] 1648 01:29:22,963 --> 01:29:27,163 [Damon] Now, we really do have a treat for you now. 1649 01:29:28,443 --> 01:29:31,043 This is a very London moment. 1650 01:29:31,163 --> 01:29:34,243 [Graham plays "Tender" intro pattern] 1651 01:29:36,723 --> 01:29:41,883 I'd like to invite the London Community Gospel Choir. 1652 01:29:42,003 --> 01:29:44,003 [Music continues; Cheering] 1653 01:29:55,083 --> 01:29:56,243 [Damon] Yeah. 1654 01:29:57,803 --> 01:29:59,203 [He counts in] 1655 01:29:59,323 --> 01:30:02,203 [Music builds, band plays together] 1656 01:30:16,803 --> 01:30:19,883 ♪ Tender is the night 1657 01:30:20,003 --> 01:30:22,963 ♪ Lying by your side 1658 01:30:23,083 --> 01:30:25,443 ♪ Tender is the touch 1659 01:30:25,603 --> 01:30:28,723 ♪ Of someone that you love too much 1660 01:30:28,843 --> 01:30:31,763 ♪ Tender is the day 1661 01:30:31,883 --> 01:30:34,763 ♪ The demons go away 1662 01:30:34,883 --> 01:30:37,643 ♪ Lord, I need to find 1663 01:30:37,763 --> 01:30:41,403 ♪ Someone who can heal my mind... ♪ 1664 01:30:41,523 --> 01:30:44,203 - [Choir joins in singing] - ♪ Come on, come on, come on 1665 01:30:44,323 --> 01:30:46,603 ♪ Get through it 1666 01:30:46,723 --> 01:30:50,203 ♪ Come on, come on, come on... ♪ Woo! 1667 01:30:50,323 --> 01:30:52,403 - ♪ Love's the greatest thing... ♪ - [Damon] Fuck me! 1668 01:30:52,483 --> 01:30:56,603 [Graham] I find my situation has been different on this tour 1669 01:30:56,723 --> 01:30:59,363 than it's been for any getting-together with Blur. 1670 01:30:59,483 --> 01:31:01,123 And it's to do with a lot of things, 1671 01:31:01,243 --> 01:31:05,283 you know, in my personal life and the Blur album and doing the shows. 1672 01:31:05,723 --> 01:31:08,603 But it's, like, we are having a good time. 1673 01:31:08,723 --> 01:31:13,083 And maybe it's to do with a certain amount of gratitude or acceptance 1674 01:31:13,203 --> 01:31:16,603 of who we are and feeling lucky to be able to do this. 1675 01:31:16,723 --> 01:31:18,763 Yeah, we do try and earn it, 1676 01:31:18,883 --> 01:31:21,123 and we don't think we can just have that for nothing. 1677 01:31:22,523 --> 01:31:24,643 But I think, really, we are free. 1678 01:31:25,083 --> 01:31:27,163 We're at our freest when we're on stage. 1679 01:31:27,283 --> 01:31:28,923 ♪ Oh, my 1680 01:31:30,403 --> 01:31:32,443 ♪ Oh, my baby 1681 01:31:32,603 --> 01:31:34,723 ♪ Oh, my baby 1682 01:31:35,403 --> 01:31:37,683 ♪ Oh, why? 1683 01:31:37,803 --> 01:31:40,243 ♪ Oh, my... ♪ 1684 01:31:41,243 --> 01:31:43,883 [Alex] What I've realised is that, you know, 1685 01:31:44,003 --> 01:31:47,083 Blur's something I can never, ever walk away from. 1686 01:31:47,203 --> 01:31:49,163 You know, even if I had an absolute hissy-fit, 1687 01:31:49,283 --> 01:31:51,083 threw my toys out the pram, 1688 01:31:51,203 --> 01:31:53,723 it would still say on my grave, "Alex from Blur, 1689 01:31:53,843 --> 01:31:55,403 "and cheese." 1690 01:31:55,523 --> 01:31:58,163 I remember a couple of years ago, I thought, you know, 1691 01:31:58,283 --> 01:32:00,563 "When is the first time in the day 1692 01:32:00,683 --> 01:32:05,083 "that I think of either Blur or one of the people in Blur?" 1693 01:32:06,323 --> 01:32:09,683 And I was sitting in the bath this morning, looking at my toes, 1694 01:32:09,803 --> 01:32:12,243 thinking about the boys, just thinking, 1695 01:32:12,363 --> 01:32:14,283 "Yeah, nice." 1696 01:32:15,283 --> 01:32:17,883 You know, it's just really 1697 01:32:18,003 --> 01:32:19,523 really 1698 01:32:19,683 --> 01:32:21,643 spiritually 1699 01:32:21,763 --> 01:32:25,523 good to just feel at peace with each other. 1700 01:32:26,203 --> 01:32:28,443 ♪ Love's the greatest thing 1701 01:32:28,603 --> 01:32:31,203 ♪ That we have... ♪ 1702 01:32:31,323 --> 01:32:34,123 ♪ I'm waiting for that feeling... ♪ 1703 01:32:34,243 --> 01:32:36,563 [Dave] Long-term relationships are bloody hard work. 1704 01:32:36,683 --> 01:32:39,883 There's no way round that, and being in a band is just the same. 1705 01:32:40,003 --> 01:32:42,683 But if you put effort in over a long period of time, 1706 01:32:42,803 --> 01:32:45,123 you can really achieve great things. 1707 01:32:46,483 --> 01:32:49,403 I'm more confident now than I was at the start of the year 1708 01:32:49,523 --> 01:32:52,203 that this isn't the end of something, but the start of something. 1709 01:32:52,323 --> 01:32:55,563 [Music concludes; Cheering] 1710 01:33:01,683 --> 01:33:03,643 Oh, my goodness. 1711 01:33:03,763 --> 01:33:05,963 I hope you've had a good night tonight. 1712 01:33:06,083 --> 01:33:09,123 - [Cheering continues] - I've had a good night. 1713 01:33:10,483 --> 01:33:13,523 I really have. Thank you so much. 1714 01:33:14,083 --> 01:33:15,523 Honestly, dream come true. 1715 01:33:15,683 --> 01:33:18,403 [Band plays "The Universal"] 1716 01:33:31,803 --> 01:33:34,243 ♪ This is the next century 1717 01:33:36,803 --> 01:33:39,843 ♪ Where the universal's free 1718 01:33:42,203 --> 01:33:45,243 ♪ You can find it anywhere 1719 01:33:46,523 --> 01:33:49,243 ♪ Yes, the future's been sold 1720 01:33:49,363 --> 01:33:51,443 ♪ Every night, we're gone 1721 01:33:54,163 --> 01:33:57,363 ♪ And to karaoke songs 1722 01:34:00,043 --> 01:34:03,163 ♪ How we like to sing along 1723 01:34:04,083 --> 01:34:06,603 ♪ Though the words are wrong 1724 01:34:06,723 --> 01:34:10,803 ♪ It really, really, really could happen 1725 01:34:11,323 --> 01:34:16,843 ♪ Yes, it really, really, really could happen 1726 01:34:17,443 --> 01:34:21,723 ♪ When the days, they seem to fall through you 1727 01:34:21,843 --> 01:34:26,083 ♪ Well, just let them go 1728 01:34:29,443 --> 01:34:34,283 ♪ Yes, it really, really, really could happen 1729 01:34:36,043 --> 01:34:40,683 ♪ It really, really, really could happen 1730 01:34:40,803 --> 01:34:44,843 ♪ When the days, they seem to fall through you 1731 01:34:44,963 --> 01:34:48,883 ♪ Well, just let them go... ♪ 1732 01:34:49,003 --> 01:34:50,923 [Damon] It's all up to you now. 1733 01:34:51,283 --> 01:34:54,163 [Deep chord rings out; Cheering] 1734 01:34:55,443 --> 01:34:58,243 [Music builds; Soaring string melody] 1735 01:35:13,243 --> 01:35:15,243 [Music continues] 1736 01:35:21,323 --> 01:35:23,283 [Music continues] 1737 01:35:40,123 --> 01:35:43,403 [Sustained chord rings out; Cheering] 1738 01:35:47,763 --> 01:35:49,763 [Music swells] 1739 01:35:53,363 --> 01:35:55,483 [Music concludes, cheering continues] 1740 01:36:10,083 --> 01:36:13,563 - Thank you so much. - [Cheering continues] 1741 01:36:15,883 --> 01:36:18,363 [Mellow music] 1742 01:36:23,363 --> 01:36:25,923 [Indistinct chatter] 1743 01:36:28,803 --> 01:36:30,123 [Indistinct chatter] 1744 01:36:30,243 --> 01:36:33,203 [Damon] Unfortunately for me, it doesn't get better than that. 1745 01:36:34,643 --> 01:36:36,643 [Chanting, yelling] 1746 01:36:36,763 --> 01:36:38,763 [Chanting, yelling continue] 1747 01:36:42,683 --> 01:36:44,843 [Dave] You know you used to get those competitions 1748 01:36:44,963 --> 01:36:48,123 where the band would come and play in your living room? 1749 01:36:48,243 --> 01:36:49,923 That was the experience of Wembley, really. 1750 01:36:49,963 --> 01:36:52,643 Felt like we were playing in London's living room. 1751 01:36:52,763 --> 01:36:55,803 We've got some champagne for you, sir. Friendly for Dave. 1752 01:36:55,923 --> 01:36:58,923 [Alex] Damon wrote an e-mail on Monday morning, 1753 01:36:59,043 --> 01:37:00,683 like, one of three he's ever written me, 1754 01:37:00,803 --> 01:37:03,883 going, "That was the best show I've ever done." 1755 01:37:05,723 --> 01:37:10,643 I think there was a kind of unselfconscious glee in the house. 1756 01:37:10,763 --> 01:37:14,483 And, yeah, it did feel like there was no-one watching, in a strange way. 1757 01:37:14,643 --> 01:37:17,643 We were just really, really, really enjoying ourselves. 1758 01:37:17,763 --> 01:37:20,123 [Laughter] 1759 01:37:20,243 --> 01:37:23,763 [Rose] It was so great. I loved every minute of it, it was great. 1760 01:37:25,523 --> 01:37:28,363 I really did, I'm so proud. 1761 01:37:28,483 --> 01:37:32,243 The ending made me feel really sort of teary. 1762 01:37:32,363 --> 01:37:35,963 [Graham] It made me feel happy. It made me feel a bit more valued. 1763 01:37:36,683 --> 01:37:38,843 I know I don't really care what people think, 1764 01:37:38,963 --> 01:37:42,123 but when they're saying they love me or they love Blur, and this and that, 1765 01:37:42,243 --> 01:37:44,683 you can't help but feel kind of good about that. 1766 01:37:44,803 --> 01:37:47,443 - [Indistinct chatter] - [Jamie Hewlett] I love you, man. 1767 01:37:47,603 --> 01:37:50,699 [Graham] Some people need to be affirmed once and it will last them a lifetime, 1768 01:37:50,723 --> 01:37:54,643 but some of us need it again and again and again and are a pain in the arse. 1769 01:37:55,243 --> 01:37:58,363 So, it's kind of nice to be told things like that. 1770 01:37:59,163 --> 01:38:04,363 In my grand tradition of being always down on everything 1771 01:38:04,923 --> 01:38:07,003 that was... 1772 01:38:07,123 --> 01:38:08,843 It's as good as it gets, really. 1773 01:38:10,003 --> 01:38:11,443 Good as it gets. 1774 01:38:11,603 --> 01:38:14,163 [Music continues; Reverberant chatter] 1775 01:38:16,123 --> 01:38:18,283 [Music, chatter fade] 1776 01:38:18,403 --> 01:38:20,803 [Music - "The Heights" by Blur] 1777 01:38:35,363 --> 01:38:37,323 [Damon] I wrote the songs 1778 01:38:37,443 --> 01:38:42,043 kind of intuitively feeling that something, 1779 01:38:42,163 --> 01:38:45,683 you know, heavy about to happen. 1780 01:38:47,043 --> 01:38:51,963 And, you know, the first part, I was on my own completely. 1781 01:38:52,083 --> 01:38:57,643 And then the second part of it, I had my brothers, essentially, back. 1782 01:38:59,163 --> 01:39:01,563 You know, we all have 1783 01:39:01,683 --> 01:39:06,523 hugely, like, involving and complicated lives, 1784 01:39:06,683 --> 01:39:09,283 and we're so lucky that we get to spend this time together, 1785 01:39:09,403 --> 01:39:10,603 just the four of us. 1786 01:39:10,723 --> 01:39:13,283 And that's... that's the beauty of it. 1787 01:39:13,403 --> 01:39:15,763 Do I want to repeat it next year? No. 1788 01:39:15,883 --> 01:39:18,763 - [Director] Why not? - [Damon] Because why would I? 1789 01:39:18,883 --> 01:39:23,043 I've already had an amazing year doing Blur. Fantastic. 1790 01:39:23,163 --> 01:39:25,003 And that's it, really. 1791 01:39:25,123 --> 01:39:28,163 I mean, I'm not saying that's it, it, it, it, it, 1792 01:39:28,283 --> 01:39:29,683 although it may be. 1793 01:39:29,803 --> 01:39:33,203 It will manifest itself again if 1794 01:39:33,323 --> 01:39:35,083 it's wanted. 1795 01:39:35,203 --> 01:39:37,803 It felt like, for some reason, it was wanted 1796 01:39:37,923 --> 01:39:40,363 at this moment in time. 1797 01:39:40,483 --> 01:39:42,883 [Music continues] 1798 01:39:44,523 --> 01:39:45,523 Oh! 1799 01:39:46,923 --> 01:39:48,323 [He chuckles] 1800 01:39:48,443 --> 01:39:50,443 [Damon] We've all been through a lot. 1801 01:39:50,603 --> 01:39:54,763 So, to be able to do something that carries a whole new energy, 1802 01:39:54,883 --> 01:39:58,323 I'm not saying I have dreams anymore, but if I did, 1803 01:39:58,443 --> 01:40:01,203 maybe how I would dream it to be. 1804 01:40:02,363 --> 01:40:04,363 [Music continues] 1805 01:40:11,523 --> 01:40:14,683 [Music builds; Distorted guitar chords, feedback] 1806 01:40:16,963 --> 01:40:19,963 [Music - "The Night" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons] 1807 01:40:24,123 --> 01:40:25,843 ♪ Beware 1808 01:40:27,483 --> 01:40:29,483 ♪ Of his promise 1809 01:40:30,683 --> 01:40:32,403 ♪ Believe 1810 01:40:33,683 --> 01:40:35,443 ♪ What I say 1811 01:40:37,003 --> 01:40:41,483 ♪ Before I go forever 1812 01:40:43,323 --> 01:40:47,763 ♪ Be sure of what you say 1813 01:40:47,883 --> 01:40:51,163 ♪ So, he paints a pretty picture 1814 01:40:51,283 --> 01:40:54,523 ♪ And he tells you that he needs you 1815 01:40:54,683 --> 01:40:57,403 ♪ And he covers you with flowers 1816 01:40:57,523 --> 01:41:00,443 ♪ And he always keeps you dreamin' 1817 01:41:00,603 --> 01:41:03,923 ♪ If he always keeps you dreamin' 1818 01:41:04,043 --> 01:41:07,123 ♪ You won't have a lonely hour 1819 01:41:07,243 --> 01:41:09,843 ♪ If a day could last forever 1820 01:41:09,963 --> 01:41:13,163 ♪ You might like your ivory tower 1821 01:41:13,283 --> 01:41:19,443 ♪ But the night begins to turn your head around 1822 01:41:19,603 --> 01:41:25,363 ♪ And you know you're gonna lose more than you found 1823 01:41:25,483 --> 01:41:32,083 ♪ Yes, the night begins to turn your head around 1824 01:41:37,043 --> 01:41:38,763 ♪ Beware 1825 01:41:40,403 --> 01:41:42,403 ♪ Of his promise 1826 01:41:43,603 --> 01:41:45,323 ♪ Believe 1827 01:41:46,523 --> 01:41:48,323 ♪ What I say 1828 01:41:49,603 --> 01:41:54,443 ♪ Before I go forever 1829 01:41:55,763 --> 01:42:00,603 ♪ Be sure of what you say 1830 01:42:00,723 --> 01:42:03,123 ♪ For the words may come too easy 1831 01:42:03,243 --> 01:42:06,443 ♪ If you don't believe I'm leavin' 1832 01:42:06,603 --> 01:42:09,843 ♪ And goodbye may come too quickly 1833 01:42:09,963 --> 01:42:13,083 ♪ If you really think he loves you 1834 01:42:13,203 --> 01:42:16,123 ♪ If you really think he loves you 1835 01:42:16,243 --> 01:42:19,443 ♪ You would give your love so sweetly 1836 01:42:19,603 --> 01:42:22,363 ♪ If the day could last forever 1837 01:42:22,483 --> 01:42:25,643 ♪ You would fall in love completely 1838 01:42:25,763 --> 01:42:31,923 ♪ But the night begins to turn your head around 1839 01:42:32,043 --> 01:42:37,843 ♪ And you know you're gonna lose more than you found 1840 01:42:37,963 --> 01:42:44,683 ♪ Yes, the night begins to turn your head around 1841 01:42:59,883 --> 01:43:06,043 ♪ And the night begins to turn your head around 1842 01:43:06,163 --> 01:43:11,963 ♪ And you know you're gonna lose more than you found 1843 01:43:12,083 --> 01:43:17,843 ♪ Yes, the night begins to turn your head around 1844 01:43:17,963 --> 01:43:23,763 ♪ And you know you're gonna lose more than you found 1845 01:43:23,883 --> 01:43:29,203 ♪ Yes, the night begins to turn your head around. ♪