Blur - The B-Sides Gig - Live at the Electric Ballroom 1999

There was a version of it here, once upon a time; then the channel ceased to exist.

Explain
Mace
Threadneedle Street
Peach
Bone Bag
I'm Fine
Uncle Love
My Sharona
Inertia
Luminous
Tame
Fried
I Love Her (missing)
Swallows in the Heatwave
No Monsters in Me
Down
Polished Stone
Supa Shoppa
Young & Lovely (missing)
Day Upon Day

[mmtz]

Blur b-sides are gems! All bands should have an special gig to perform their b-sides imho

[festivitycat]

I'm so glad they played Polished Stone, it's one of their very best songs and it kills me it never ended up on an album. "You pick me up by my bones and say I'm sand to polish stones"

[durivian]

25:08 its nice to hear that inertia is one of his favourites, mine too!

[FROGmyt]

Explain 0:00
Mace 3:12
Threadneedle Street 7:02
Peach 10:30
Bone Bag 14:50
I'm Fine 19:25
Uncle Love 22:45
My Sharona 25:58
Inertia 26:48
Luminous 31:26
Tame 34:51
Fried 39:20
I Love Her 42:37
Swallows in the Heatwave 47:12
No Monsters in Me 50:18
Down 55:16
Polished Stone 1:01:25
Supa Shoppa 1:04:24
Young & Lovely (missing)
Day Upon Day 1:07:17

[katkeychain]

Tame sounds killer without those squiggly synths

[musefreek]

I was there. It was a few months after I moved to London from abroad and it was my first time seeing them.

[lucastrindade]

Bonebag is so ridiculously good. Graham guitar playin is ace.

[xdrake]

This gig is legendary!! Plus it's in the '13' era too which makes it even better. I i were to add 5 songs to the gig it would be Peter Panic, Theme From An Imaginary Film, Ultranol, All Your Life and All We Want. That would have been awesome!!

[jeremys]

Blur's b-sides were consistently high quality, often leaving one wondering how they never made the grade. In many instances they eclipsed the album tracks and singles, e.g. "Threadneedle Street" and "Tame" IMHO were much, much better than "Girls & Boys" and "Country House", or indeed much of 'The Great Escape'.

[MrPHILDABASS]

Read about this gig in melody maker at the time and now finally getting around to hearing it a mere 22 years later.

[riquiffer]

Am I the only one who thinks that The Great Escape B-sides are amazing?

[Corntab]

55:15 I remember always searching for a live version of this song but could never find one. So glad it’s included in this

[k-leb]

Damn, they're rendition of Down in this gig was soooo good! It makes the original song 10x better. The drums in particular are a massive step up in oomph.
I wish they actually re-recorded some of these songs in the studio - they're so much better. The noise of the audience stops this from being a great listen overall.

[lucsbos]

this is so great!!! tame and polished stone live are magical

[b.a.]

Oh, I was at this show! Thanks for uploading. It was an awesome night!

[RossMcComedy]

Awh man. It kills me that One Every Minute and St Louis aren't on this :(

[jonnyritz]

Ohh how good is this band, as Graham describes it 'the back roads"

[michaejames]

What an absolute rare treat
Thankyou R4M_

[Sweatydave]

Only 3 comments! I’m surprised! Great upload!
Important for us all to keep this great music alive👍
Btw sound quality is much better a few tracks in so stick with it.

[CMONCMON]

One of the best things i discovered on Youtube.