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The booklet contained the questions. So you can either look at the scanned covers or (if someone forgot to trade them) I also typed them all below, so this rls would make any sense. Since it was only speech, 160/js should do. 63 Questions + Answers due to Blur's 1997 self-titled album. Interview recorded at Buspace Studio, Ladbroke Grove, London, 27th November 1996. Produced by Robin Ross. Photography by Liz Johnson-Artur. Designed at Yacht Associates. Here are the questions: GRAHAM Q 01: Is this a big Graham record. you're more prominent on this than any other Blur record. aren't you? Q 02: Do you think the records sounds like it does because of the things you've been listening to lately. like hardcore? Q 03: So you want to sound exciting straight off? Q 04: You abviously wanted to make a record that laid the Brit Pop stuff to rest and the influence of bands like the Kinks? Q 05: So it's fair to say there's a lot more of you ideas on this record than on "The Great Escape"? Q 06: Did you want to move Blur away from where they'd ended up in the market place? Q 07: Give us a few words that describe the mood of the record. Any words spring to mind ? Q 08: Is this what Blur should sound like? Q 09: Was it instantly obvious that something different was going on with this record? Q 10: It's not a very British sounding record is it ? Q 11: A lot of the way. this record sounds reflects what you've been listening to, which is mainly American music. Q 12: Do you get fed up with being a popstar ? Q 13: You must have found yourself in situations after "Parklife" and thought, what are we doing here ? Q 14: Will some of these people be frightened by this record ? Q 15: Were you conscious of the decision that there was no strings, no brass or pretty things going on the record ? Q 16: Are you looking forward to taking this on tour. presumably you in particular will be rocking out ? Q 17: You'll have to work cut out. there'll be a lot to do bescause you're central to most of the songs. Q 18: Do you have any favourite tracks on the record. as of today ? DAVE Q 19: What does it fell like being in an art punk band again? Q 20: Is it a case of being successful which then gives you the leeway to do what you want to do? Q 21: How did it happen. Did you all convene after the "The Great Escape" and say we've got to make a different record? Q 22: Were you happy when you realised that this record was going to sound the way it was? Did you have any reservations? Q 23: It sounds like the record that couldn't care less for demographics or marketing. This is what you want to do? Q 24: Is it your most honest record? Q 25: What was the atmosphere like at the recording sessions? Q 26: The sound and the mood is different from the "The Great Escape"? Q 27: Tell us about the last track on the album "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" which was done very quickly. Q 28: Does it fell scary the people will put this record on and say "blimey what's this"? Q 29: Are you looking forward to touring with this record? Q 30: I understand the flying is going well and the last time I saw you flew to Dublin. ALEX Q 31: How did you go from making a pretty and pristine record like "The Great Escape" to making such an angry, nasty? Q 32: But when you realised what it was going to be like, were you more that happy with that? Q 33: It's not a Brip Pop record then is it? Q 34: Did you get fed up with being a popstar? Q 35: Did you find yourself in cirumstances musically or personally that made you want to take a step in a different direction than "Parklife" or "The Great Escape"? Q 36: As befits you roots. it's an arty record isn't it ? Q 37: This isn't an ironic record at all is it? It sounds pretty full on and sincere. Q 38: Did you want to make a record that was taking you in a different direction than "The Great Escape"? Q 39: Some of the younger fans you brought along with you from "Parklife" might even be scared by this record. is that good? Q 40: Do you have a particular favourite track on the record? Q 41: How do you feel about taking the record on tour? DAMON q 42: I can't think of a major group making a record that's such a rejection of the last thing they did. q 43: It sounds like the four of you have made a statement on this record where you don't care about trends or reactions. q 44: Were you worried about doing it at any time? q 45: Was it a case that becoming pop stars and then releasing that wasn't what you wanted to be all along? q 46: How much of this record is actually about the circumstanes you found yourself in after "Parklife" ? q 47: Can you characterise the mood of the record. what words would describe the record or what it feels like? q 48: Some of the people who came to enjoy Blur with "PArklife" may hold their hands up in horror. Are you prepared for that ? q 49: Your relationship with America is much documented and funnily enough this is a very American sounding record in that. some of the stuff that's gone on in American rock in the last ten years. the load and angry sounds. That quality seems to be on this record. q 50: It's a very nineties record in the sense that you talk about Brit Pop, this is really a record of its time isn't it. q 51: It sounds like a real pre-millenium record as well. q 52: It's a big change lyrically from the last album. q 53: It also feels like a record that's an outpouring of how you were feeling, less painstaking. q 54: Your voice on a lot of tracks is treated or prcessed. almost trying to hide away from the fact that this is Damon singing. Is there any truth in that? q 55: What was the process oin between the demos and the finished album? q 56: There's no strings and no brass. q 57: Is this what Blur are about and will continue to be about or is this Blur at this stage in the nineties and you may go off again on a different track? q 58: It will polarise people's feelings, some won't like it and other will thing it's the best thing you've done. is that what you want ? q 59: Tell us what you love affair with Iceland is all about. q 60: The album seems quite fractured and angry. q 61: You have said that Dublin was a pivotal time in Blur's recent evolution. q 62: Were there any points that made you think, there's a lot of stuff I want to reject now ? 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