Blur - Essex Dogs Lyrics

to me this track sounds like a prelude to 13

I put this song off while listening to this album for the first time, not sure why, but I regret that. I just decided to listen to it and... wow. This is amazing, I have yet to hear a song by Blur that I don’t like.

His voice-His lyrics. Their sound. Makes my heart sad but grateful to have been turned onto them 20 yrs ago.

Blur and Radiohead was my favorite bands when I was young but you heard people say that blur was a pop band for teenage girls, then you listen to this song and you think time has proved me right

one of my favorite songs by Slint

but, this doesnt include interlude

Apparently Blur decided to put this song on the album at the last minute, originally intending "Movin' On" to be the closer. Good thing they did, this eerie track adds a really unique twist to the album.

That makes sense. I can see Movin' On originally being a hidden track of sorts, or a bonus ending to the album, with Strange News from Another Star being the real ending of the album. But then Essex Dog got added.

Me gusta essex dogs pero interlude es una cosa increible, debio haber sido un single de blur con damon albarn cantando.... tenia potencial

Wow, que manera de terminar el disco :o

I remember thinking murder in the car
Watching dogs somersault
Through sprinkles on tiny laws
I remember the graffiti, we are your children
Coming in with spray cans of paint
I remember the sunset and the plains of cement
And the way the nights seems to turn the color
of orangeade

In this town cellular phones are hot with thieves
In this town we all go to terminal pubs
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life
From this town the English Army grind
Their teeth to glass
You'll get kicked tonight
Smell of puke and piss
Smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

Here comes the panic attack
My heart stops then starts
Give me a drink
I'll drink your round
I'll take you round the pole
It's cold up here
You'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city
Either way, you'll catch the flu
Or you'll catch the city

Nutcases. Blur are one the best bands to come out the UK.

No silly, daman albarn is the best band from uk.

@Mr. Fizzles He's the interesting dude.

INTERLUDE is malinconc and it makes you thinks, the sound like a the end of a journey.... so distroying is the guitar

Someone was trying to start a boat outside the studio that day...

woah... i never thought a song could paint a picture so perfectly in your head

I remember thinking murder in the car
Watching dogs somersault
Through sprinkles on tiny laws
I remember the graffiti, we are your children
Coming in with spray cans of paint
I remember the sunset and the plains of cement
And the way the nights seems to turn the color
of orangeade

In this town cellular phones are hot with thieves
In this town we all go to terminal pubs
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life
From this town the English Army grind
Their teeth to glass
You'll get kicked tonight
Smell of puke and piss
Smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

Here comes the panic attack
My heart stops then starts
Give me a drink
I'll drink your round
I'll take you round the pole
It's cold up here
You'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city
Either way, you'll catch the flu
Or you'll catch the city

This is some sinister sounding shit. I love it.

Having considered Blur to be a stereotypical britpop band (back in 1997), hearing this song for the first time was quite a revelation. Jaysis!

But where's Dancehall between Essex Dogs and Interlude?

Track list

0:00 Essex Dogs
6:25 Interlude

@Brian Gonzalez ok boomer

Back in the day i had the interlude part as my voicemail's background music in my old answering machine.

Pre-Gorillaz

no shit sherlock. you got any other revelations for us?

Nostradamus

[Verse 1]
I remember thinking murder in the car
Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns
I remember the graffiti
We are your children coming near you with spray cans of paint
I remember the sunset and the plains of cement
And the way the night just seemed
To turn the colour of Orangeade
In this town, cellular phones are hot with thieves
In this town, we all go to terminal pubs
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life
From this town, the English Army grind their teeth to glass
You know you'll get a kicking tonight
Smell of puke and piss
The smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

[Verse 2]
Here comes that panic attack
My heart stops ... and then starts
Give me a drink
I'll drink your round
I'll take you 'round the pole
It's cold up here (I see the universe)
You'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city (Waiting by a minibus)
Either way, you'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city

Great production by Stephen! The whole album has such great effects and creative mixing, it still sounds as modern as back in 1997. One of the best albums of all time, for me personally.

Tryna play 3:56 but I can't find tabs anywhere

Though I like Blur, this is just UNBEARABLE. 🙄

My fave 💕 💕 💕 Nostalgia. It makes me want to watch reservoir dogs

Croatia deserved win the world cup

_smells of puke and piss_

Love asmr

Strong Spiderland vibes

Love how there's no coherent structured lyrics just a madman mumbling

Certe senzazioni o le senti o ti Fotti POVERA MASSA

Mark E. Smith comes to mind when listening to this.

If you liked this take it as an introduction and check some real experimental post rock bands like boards of canada or september malevolence, is an amazing genre.

Boards of Canada is a post-rock band?

I'd like to think this song was influenced by Slint's entire Spiderland album. Graham did mention getting into them once in an interview

This song is awesome. Indie rock a little jazzy. The album is really good. Unfortunately the last album is crap.

Gilles Camilleri i really liked the magic whip a lot

"Magic Whip" good
but "Blur" is masterpiece

I want a 5 minute loop of Interlude

1000 π Good call 👌

BIG UP COLCHESTER XX #RIPTHEMAYPOLEPUB (I assume that's what they're talkin bout with the pole line)

this could had easily been the soundtrack of fight club

Esta Subtitulado I always think of reservoir dogs

Lol I thought that too, it goes pretty well with the ambient

I was thinking the same!

where the English army grinds it's teeth... Colchester

Reminds me of nights out in Harlow, Essex

Was thinking the same thing about Chelmsford... !

Stuart Harbutt eyy, Harlow

the intro sounds like the nauseating motor of a shitty boat lurching over waves while sickening the crew

Oh that guitar. Love you Graham.

Graham is a genius. The guitar sounds like an engine.

Donna Sadler what a legend! You know who his playing reminds me of? No one! Amazing.

This song reminded me so much of Flight Of Navigator (by Childish Gambino)
I'm shook, they're both so good and have almost the same vibe, what the f

The panic attack.... my life story

Salad fingers

smell of puke and piss.

stilettos

smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

... here comes the weekend

the vocal reminds me of Spiderland from Slint

Espero que la vida me de oportunidad de volver escuchar esto

Is this the "Revolution 9" of Blur or something?

It is maybe their most experimental, just as Revolution 9 ya or as like Interstellar Overdrive of Blur.

_Jets_ is also pretty weird and off-kilter, but probably in a more catchy way.

Seems like they were channeling Slint with this one.

One of my favourites of this album!

Riviere8281 me too

Is it just me or does this reference The Normal's 'Warm Leatherette'?

"Here comes that panic attack...
My heart stops.

And then it starts."

gimme a drink
i'll drink ye round

*and then it stalls

2:38 Pum! Pum!

This tune was PERFECT AND OVER at 6:14 - they fucked it up with the remaining bull shit!

+Timothy Dannenhoffer The CD didn't have that extra end bit... and it does fade out before the end bit, so you can just turn it off. I think maybe the vinyl had that extra part on it. Which I don't mind at all.

+Joan Wilcox me too

is another song thas why it says (includes interlude)

Who fucking needs good drugs with music like this? Just LISTEN!

you mean you're just good enough off with cheap drugs?

can't listen to this empty stomach

that's right...I just wanted a headache. Now, I have one. thanks a lot.

+Pankaj Kumar Singh you're welcome

First time I listened to this song it was an odd day. Huge storm had just hit the city, middle of the summer, power was out, 38 degrees celsius and barely any wind anymore. Must've been about 7:30 in the afternoon when I grabbed my phone and set this album (which I had just downloaded a few days prior and put in there) and started listening to it on the earbuds, laying in the arm of the living room couch, since it placed me at the correct height to get a bit of a breeze from the window, and by the time this song started playing, the sun was finally going down and it was very trippy, seeing all the colours out the window, from downright blacks and greys on the clouds to the spots where the sun shone through and the purples, reds and oranges of the end of the day appeared, while this song hit.
Power came back an hour after that, luckily, since the heat was insufferable.

@otterobot Sef obsessed? I talked about how it was warm and the clouds were pretty colours, that has fucking nothing to do with me. What the hell are you on?

+Vitória90 I thought that what you shared was absolutely beautiful :) you should get into writing. thanks :*

That sounds beautiful. The perfect real life MV for this song ( The way the sun was going down )

Damon?!

reminds me on audit in the likes of rayleigh, westcliff and stanford-no-hope

reminds me of going out in Romford in the 90s

love the dark feelings

Probably my favorite track off the album. It's so dark and it makes me think of the location on the back cover. 

I thought Park Life or Boy and GIrls was their Teen Spirit personally

What is the location on the back cover? Someone pls tell me I'm curious

Caramel Latte Iceland

Icing Up thanks~

Well said