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A review by bukukurasi
Bit of a Blur: The Autobiography by Alex James
3.0
Growing up in the 90s, Britpop was as huge as K-Pop today, or bigger but they were better for sure. The difference is 90s kids did not have internet or google or social media. The news about our idola were as limited as the weekly tabloid or the music magazines, especially for me who lived far away from the epicentrum of the IT Culture.
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Blur was the face of Britpop, the were the kings. I would dare to say that Blur were the alter-ego of my adolescent. But Alex was not my favorite, Damon was. Damon was the king of the king of Britpop, he was the icon. At that time, I thought Alex was only the wing man of Damon and Gra. I was dissapointed when Think Tank was released without Gra, it was not Blur. Thank Gld they reunited and I finally rich enough to buy their ticket concert. Watched them live was one of my biggest prayer, my ultimate bucket list.
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My assesment on the book would have been different if I read it 20 something years ago. I would praise everything Alex had written no matter what. But I grew up, I have two different point of view on his autobiography. First, it’s a memoir of a grown up man who went through everything and had lived the dream of every rock star wannabees. Second, it’s like showing he’s being humble brag. As if, yeah I did this and that and they were all bad, that’s okay, I looked cool, girls still love me. He was narcissist. That’s pretty suck actually.
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As soon as the band reached its success, the story got bored. But I enjoyed how Alex expressed his feelings toward Gra. I always thought Gra was the most depressed personnel. And I was right.
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Anyway, the book was published in 2007. Probably the story is different now. Damon and Gra had got back together. Blur has their own movie, No Distance Left to Run that I have watched several times. I guess I love the lads as a group not the individual member.
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Blur was the face of Britpop, the were the kings. I would dare to say that Blur were the alter-ego of my adolescent. But Alex was not my favorite, Damon was. Damon was the king of the king of Britpop, he was the icon. At that time, I thought Alex was only the wing man of Damon and Gra. I was dissapointed when Think Tank was released without Gra, it was not Blur. Thank Gld they reunited and I finally rich enough to buy their ticket concert. Watched them live was one of my biggest prayer, my ultimate bucket list.
.
My assesment on the book would have been different if I read it 20 something years ago. I would praise everything Alex had written no matter what. But I grew up, I have two different point of view on his autobiography. First, it’s a memoir of a grown up man who went through everything and had lived the dream of every rock star wannabees. Second, it’s like showing he’s being humble brag. As if, yeah I did this and that and they were all bad, that’s okay, I looked cool, girls still love me. He was narcissist. That’s pretty suck actually.
.
As soon as the band reached its success, the story got bored. But I enjoyed how Alex expressed his feelings toward Gra. I always thought Gra was the most depressed personnel. And I was right.
.
Anyway, the book was published in 2007. Probably the story is different now. Damon and Gra had got back together. Blur has their own movie, No Distance Left to Run that I have watched several times. I guess I love the lads as a group not the individual member.