"There is something endearing about how childish Blur look with their oversized hip hop trousers and their skinny frames - the new, non-emaciated Alex perhaps excepted - as they group-hug for the Select camera. You get the feeling Alex still smokes because it looks cool, and if Damon’s attempts to reinvent himself as a soccer yob are anything other than a panic regression response to turning 30 this March, then the Select psychologist will eat his white coat.
It’s all part of their enduring appeal. They are capable of demanding £50,000 a-piece for two hours’ work and they fly planes for fun, yet they still look as if they can’t scrape together the cab fare home."
It’s all part of their enduring appeal. They are capable of demanding £50,000 a-piece for two hours’ work and they fly planes for fun, yet they still look as if they can’t scrape together the cab fare home."
— Select, August 1998
