Blur
Crazy Beat

3/ 10 [Edit this Release]

Type: Single Release date: 07/07/2003

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by Tom Edwards [Edit this content] ▾ 6 comments 15:57 July 6th, 2003

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You really have to hand it to Damon Albarn: he’s steered his band through a potentially fatal split with its lead guitarist, created an album which effortlessly trumped 13 under critical inspection and still made that crucial (for them) top spot on the albums chart. First single _‘Out Of Time’ was a triumph in anyone’s book, all minimalist instrumentation and aching melodies, with a politically relevant vid to boot.

So why oh why have they decided to release this stinking, turgid piece of cack as a follow-up? ‘Crazy Beat’ sounds like something my pre-teen school band would have vetoed for being too immature. It shamelessly fleeces ‘Song 2’, sheering away its air of cool charisma and adding only an excruciating extra minute-and-a-half of time and a truly awful production job (cheers Norman). Oh and let’s not forget to mention the super-irritating backing vocals that go “yeah, yeah, yeah, yu-yeah” all the way through. NO Damon. Just no. Now go to your bloody room.

Blur 3 / 10

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Blur - Crazy Beat

review was spot on. Crazy Beat is the incredibly low point of an otherwise incredibly brilliant album. It is out of place on the album and is just incredibly childish and poor. can't believe it made it onto Think Tank. Good to point out the fact it's Norman Cooks fault as well, although Gene by Gene is very good.

jackwhite_esq | 6 Jul '03, 17:27 | X | Reply

Blur - Crazy Beat

Agreed. It's by far the worst song on think tank, possibly one of the worst they've done. Why release it as a single? It's such a poor representation of an otherwise really good album. Techy bullshit!!

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jul '03, 19:56 | X | Reply

Blur - Crazy Beat

It might not be the best song they've ever written, but its just pop - the beauty of Blur is that their not all elitest cockmunchers who cream over Sigur Ros. Sometimes they like to *gasp* sell records.

It's no worse than Song 2. Or are songs not allowed to be "fun" anymore. It could have been Fat Les, just think of that.

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 9 Jul '03, 19:10 | X | Reply

Re: Blur - Crazy Beat

Song 2 was much better because it was only 2 minutes long, it's the extra amount of repetition that makes this more annoying, or I think so anyways... still not the worst song on Think Tank though, what about Jets??

Old_Anonymous_Comments @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 9 Jul '03, 19:19 | X | Reply

Re: Blur - Crazy Beat

i really like crazy Beat, it sounds like it had more care taken in the recording process, how dodgy were the vocals on "out of time". But i dont hink Blur can be as fun as they were before. Music is still fun now, it just has to be looked at in a different prespective, its gone full circle so well have to wait a while before the era's of "Fun Music" come back into fashion.

Panther_Girl @Old_Anonymous_Comments | 9 Jul '03, 19:36 | X | Reply