Blur - Under the Westway (Official Video)

The official music video for Blur - Under The Westway

The first of two songs written by Blur especially for the Hyde Park 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration Party. Blur debuted both songs live on Twitter On July 2nd 2012.

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VIDEO CREDITS:
Production company: EMI Creative/Pulse Films
Edited by: David Lopez-Edwards
Commissioned by: William Nichols

About Blur:
Blur were formed in 1989 by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree and signed with Food/EMI the same year. Announcing their arrival with debut album Leisure in 1991, Blur continued to revolutionise the sound of English popular music with second release Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993). Five successive UK #1 albums followed - with Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helping to propel the band to mass popularity in the UK and beyond. The eponymous Blur was released in 1997 and seventh album Think Tank (2003) was Blur’s first as a three-piece after the temporary departure of founding guitarist Graham Coxon.

Twenty one years after the release of their debut album, 2012 saw Blur 21: The Box, the band's body of work compiled and gathered together into one box. Their most recent release as a four-piece, the critically acclaimed chart-topping album The Magic Whip (2015), started life in Hong Kong when the band had an unexpected break in touring in May 2013.

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[SatelliteSounds]

When my daughter was 6, her class had a little lip sync competition going. The other kids all brought in their current pop radio hit staples, my daughter sang this song. I don't think the other children or teacher new what to make of this. She didn't win the competition, but everyone reading this comment knows she really did. So proud.

[klertecka]

No one, absolutely no one, can create such melancholic beautiful sentiment as Blur. They are everything

[SillyMushroom]

Somehow the exquisite happiness and unbearable sadness of life simultaneously encapsulated in a song. Unbearably beautiful.

[stevehawes]

Just watching this after seeing them at Wembley Stadium. Love it!

[tylerdavidson]

Most talented musician of the last 30 years, the king of reinvention.

[reddblueblur]

"Down to earth, where the money always comes first".. that hits hard

[AuntyGiddy]

Absolutely beautiful song - I love it. I'm a middle-age Mum who loved Gorillaz and got my teenage daughters onto them... they in turn, turned me on to Blur. My kids, 16-19 years, absolutely love Blur and would love to see them perform, but you are too far away from us (Perth, Western Australia). Forget Coachella, come where you would be appreciated!

[blureria]

October 2024. What a magnificent tune... 🥺☺️

[tgbitw]

I've been telling people for 10 years at least that Blur are one of the greatest bands the world has ever seen. Period. Yes, right up there with the best of them and I hope history treats them as such.
This song just reiterates my position.

[のり-utc]

日本人で英語の歌詞は分からないけど、何故か涙が出る曲
ブラー最高‼︎ ありがとう

[charliewormtongue]

remember when we thought this was the last we'd see of blur??? lol well, the magic whip came out of nowhere and it gave us something to smile about again! :) blur forever!

[joanwilcox]

How could a musician write a song about a busy highway and make it so beautiful?

[vitorroque]

One of the most beautiful songs in the world. So much emotion from Damon, so much feels.
Repeat repeat repeat.

[patrickdowling]

What a song. Pure class. What a talent Damon Albarn.

[EggyMega]

im so annoyed at myself that i only got into these guys recently - if they never tour again and i missed their last shows i'll be so sad

[MalkinFan]

There is something absolutely incredible about music that connects on an emotional level. This month I lost both of my grandfathers, and my family and I have been wretches because great men were taken from us. Some days are better than others, but yesterday I was at a major low. I was browsing through my facebook and I saw someone posted this song, and as I listened to the melody it paralleled exactly how I felt. Although I was so upset while listening to this song, it made me feel better somehow. 

This is a wonderful song. Thank you, Blur :)

[kevsan]

this is one of the best Blur songs ever

[ablurida]

As soon as Damon started playing the piano and singing, I couldn't help but chuckle. It sounds so 'blurry'.

[FirnzauxBum]

oh man, this song will make a good movie soundtrack i love this song.

[PopeLeo]

I've seen a interview of Graham Coxon, and he said he wasn't sure about a new Blur album because they didn't want to damage Blur's legacy, but you can't leave their discography with their last album without Graham on it! I really hope they make another, everything Damon touches turns to gold so there's no way it will be bad.