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For Tomorrow
Blur Lyrics

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, "let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice"
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Damon Albarn, David Rowntree, Graham Coxon, Steven Alexander James

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"For Tomorrow" was written by Damon Albarn at his parents house in the opening hours of Christmas Day 1992 When Blur submitted the new album to their label a couple of weeks prior, it was told it was poor and had no single material on it. Albarn therefore wrote this song, which became the lead off single in April 1993. This song has often been cited as the birth of Britpop, as Blur adopted a very British sound and image following a disastrous second tour of America in 1992. Read Full Bio"For Tomorrow" was written by Damon Albarn at his parents house in the opening hours of Christmas Day 1992 When Blur submitted the new album to their label a couple of weeks prior, it was told it was poor and had no single material on it. Albarn therefore wrote this song, which became the lead off single in April 1993. This song has often been cited as the birth of Britpop, as Blur adopted a very British sound and image following a disastrous second tour of America in 1992. At a time where grunge was supreme, nobody was interested in much else and thus it is not surprising the song stalled at #28 in the charts.
However the song has gained much popularity since- the extended version was chosen on the band’s best of album, was selected in the Top 15 songs about London by Time Out magazine, and MOJO included it in their ‘50 Greatest British tracks ever’ list.
Its popularity is best shown by the landmark on Primrose Hill, a north London hill that overlooks the city. There, in 1993, an Australian woman and her boyfriend wrote the lyrics “and the views so nice” from this song on a path just short of the top of the hill; they remain there to this day, and are an enduring reminder of the romance of the song.

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Amanda Narulita

4y↑201

For Tomorrow lyrics :

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, 'let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice.'
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

haaabs Ohlin

5y↑50

LYRICS

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, 'let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice.'
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

Reyhan

6y↑18

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, 'let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice.'
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

Juan Camacho

1y↑2

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, "let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice"
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

All comments from YouTube:

garymimpy

7y↑1.2K

i love his accent when he sings

Daryl Yuille

29w

@Play-a-maker he's an Essex boy so not that far from east London. which is cockney

antony davenport

31w↑2

@some bloke born in London, raised in London then moved out to Essex

antony davenport

31w

@el well actually he was born in Whitechapel in London, raised in Leyton stone.. Also London then moved out to Essex,,, soooo

Gandalf the Grey

2y↑2

@Melon Genie every time someone writes mate in comments like ‘m8’ it makes me physically sick

Anthony S

2y↑10

I just love it when you can hear the English accent when people sing like Alex Turner, Lily Allen. It's just charming and genuine.

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Nayala

6y↑1.3K

"Modern life, well it's rubbish. I'm holding on for tomorrow." Is my senior quote. I absolutely love that lyric so I'm happy that I get to treasure it forever.

BizyizziaZ

1y↑1

lol why are other generation´s more obsessed with our generation´s music than we are lololololololololololololololololololololololol

AELAHN

if you stop to think for a moment, it's kinda contradictory

Robloxiano Sin Rumbo

It's the oppose of "in my times"

dana

which minute?

70s film

@Martin Dawson What no

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Truman Grey

4y↑514

I feel nostalgic for something that I never lived

Leshka

20w

In 1992 (The year the song was written), Britain was battling a major economic recession.

Billy Rigney

37w

Great times

Phoebe Barlow

2y↑5

I lived it and am so happy I did! Also went to the Hyde Park 2009 gig xx

Angelina*

2y↑1

Probably u lived that time cause i feel same

Nour Sarhan

3y↑5

Same haha

Ember Percival

6y↑910

can we all just acknowledge that Damon is both in Blur and the Gorillaz, two of the best bands ever. this man is amazing

xCryptixxx

1y↑3

Fr i was shocked reading what they said

fucknut

2y↑16

@Dennis Vogt dude plastic beach is one of their best albums what

fucknut

2y↑14

@TrainInVain bro everything gorillaz makes is bomb gorillaz is one of the most influential bands of the 21st venture

peepee

3y↑22

@Dennis Vogt imagine thinking just because you don't like a song it must be bad

Sleepy

3y↑6

... No-one's gonna tell him that Damon made Gorillaz?

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Miep

2y↑144

People who were teenagers when this song came out, I have a question for you. When I listen to this song I feel a sort of nostalgia, but I wasn't even born then. I can imagine you feel nostalgic as well when you hear this song today. I was wondering what you felt when you first heard this song when it came out. Did it already have a nostagic feeling to it because of how it sounds? Did you expect to feel nostalgia for that time? I think about this a lot because I am now 18 and I don't feel like I'm making memories that will feel good when I'm 40. I can't imagine me in 30 years being nostalgic about 2020.Same with the music, the songs that will be remembered as "the 2010's classics" don't mean a lot to me and they just remind me of the fact that I never really fit in with the rest of my generation. I wonder if that is a universal feeling of all times or if it is a modern thing or perhaps just me.

hhhhhhh

15w

no bc i get what you mean, with ariana grande, taylor swift etc.. and all of those other artists, i feel like when this generation turns old there’s not really gonna be something nostalgic and calming songs to look back on.

90’s were probably the only time we actually had good quality music

Sodashiira

15w

…i was born in 2009 and I’m feeling stupidly nostalgic for music 20 years older than I am; it’s so unbearable knowing you weren’t here for when this came out and that songs like this probably won’t ever resurge again

teo delfuego

20w↑2

I was in my early 30s when this came out. I hated grunge and was a big fan of English eccentric Julian Cope, so I wasn’t a problem to seek shelter in British music during the 90s

sam mm

27w↑2

@ShaggyDog hah I also "stole" this from the library when i was 18 and it was one of only two CDs on repeat in my car when I took my first solo road trip down California. That's where the nostalgic weight of this album hits for me. I was a little off put by how different it was from the manchestery jangle vibe of their first album but after umpteenth listens I caught on to the over the top British cheekiness (I think this is probably nostalgic vibes @miep is sensing) . embarrassingly i'll admit it became a gateway for me to appreciate the Beatles.

Steve Christie

30w↑1

@Christina Crites Christina, you rock 🤘 where have you travelled to?

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YJ

4y↑188

This song makes me feel nostalgic of the era i've never lived&been....

DopeLad42

3y↑2

Wow never seen this comment before. You people don’t understand what nostalgia is

Madison Mcgowan

Same 👏👏

Wayne

6y↑460

Most of the people I know have never heard of blur and have only heard of oasis Oasis are good but in my opinion blur are one of the best bands of the ninties

JustBrian

45w

@poob agreed

JustBrian

45w

Oasis are rude

poob

1y↑1

lol blur is 10x better than oasis

AELAHN

2y↑1

Oasis has big concert anthemic rock hits, Blur has better musicianship and a variety of sounds and genres (you cant even hear the bass in Oasis). Oasis won the pop battle but Blur is the best band...

scott clark

pulp are the best

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z00ts00t77

6y↑208

I remember when the Modern Life IS Rubbish album came out I stole it on cassette from Sydenham Library and then I used to bunk off Sixth Form walking around the streets of South London listening to it on my Aiwa personal stereo. You'd hear this song and you just knew that this and songs like The Drowners and Animal Nitrate by Suede were the start of something that was going to be big, very big. For me, this is where the '90s really started.

Pitmatix

3y↑7

I remember the first few cassette albums I bought (before moving onto CDs). Modern Life is Rubbish, Suede's first album, Bjork's Debut and Radiohead's Pablo Honey. The madchester scene before hand was amazing but was just the prelude to what came next.

MPM

4y↑4

Mtv Punk

6y↑1.6K

i've always wondered who that girl was. not many people can say they rolled down a hill holding damon albarn lol

Good Olde Harry

16w↑1

wish it was me

kai

20w↑2

I want to be her

teo delfuego

20w↑1

@Milica Mudrinic Very definitely NOT Justine

paris hilton

21w↑1

shouldve been me fr😿

aster pot

29w↑2

WHY NOT ME 😭😭😭😭

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Fer Abra

8y↑214

Wow what a band Blur were...Their 90s albums had no filler whatsoever, they're all packed with songs like this. That period from "Modern life is rubbish" in 1993 until "Blur" in 1997 was truly amazing.

Project Luraz

4y↑1

During their Britpop Era it was great...After BP ended Godamn did Graham take a turn!

Cats of Sherman

@izzy skyparks parklife falls in that period

Cats of Sherman

That was their classic period for sure. Think Tank is unlistenable to me.

Anmol Singh

5y↑2

I would say 93 to 99

J

5y↑3

Fer Abra what about 13? One of their best and most interesting in my opinion

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Amanda Narulita

4y↑201

Keira Jade

6y↑263

this song inspired me.
it inspired me to try hard, strive to get a job, and do what I want to do.
it's now my dream to go to Primrose Hill. thank you Blur.

amy walsh

1y↑2

I'm glad it had a positive affect on your life. Many people with quiet negative life styles would see this as being dope sick. Don't listen just read the lyrics. Trying not to be sick again holding of for dear life seeing what she can borrow to not make him sick again I guess we'll have to hold on for tomorrow.

JackAlope!

6y↑5

Keira Jade I know those feels. I'm on Melancholy Hill waiting for my medicine to come back to me.

Keira Jade

6y↑1

@***** thank you so much, I'm gonna cry :)

Keira Jade

6y↑1

@Ax Zerphen I am forever alone.

Ax Zerphen

6y↑12

hug your spouse and rolling down the hill

Terry Profitt

4y↑63

Blur is such a hidden gem. More people need to listen to Blur

ALA02

24w

Hardly hidden, they were probably the third biggest band in the UK in the 90s after Oasis and Radiohead

zeitok8

31w↑1

is a very well know gem, in the last tour filling stadiums, headline many festivals, i mean they close the iolympics lol, but they have many many hiden gems, check their b sides

Billy Rigney

37w↑5

It's strange for me to hear that considering blur was a soundtrack to my youth (and The Prodigy) The music back then was like no other but I guess as times roll on the majority of people forget just how many great so gs were written and eventually get re discovered by the next generations. Both bands have an amazing back catalogue to discover. Even for me hearing hidden gems that I haven't hear for a while make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, bring a smile to my face or a tear to my eye. My god, thank god for music 💕

Nour Sarhan

3y↑2

Absolutely! Such a great band

Diana Henriquez

8y↑26

Adoro ver este video y ver las sonrisas sinceras de las personas...videos que hoy en dia casi no se ven, es realmente grandioso.

Cara

24w↑6

This is the song that got me through covid. I lost my job, had to move, and I was still in college. Everything was just awful. Listening to this, and Sunday Sunday, just cheered me up, and kept me pushing to get everything back on track. And I am very glad that I did! Thank you blur.

Ponchofras

10y↑11

como amo esta canción, la mezcla de todos los sonidos es tan genial, no puedo dejar de escucharla

Daniel Santos

2y↑24

This song is extremely underrated

Tatyana Ponds

1y↑20

I got “Hold on for tomorrow” tattooed on my ribs back when I was 19. Safe to say it was the right decision. I still love it!

Josep Maria Ferré Vilarrubí

9y↑5

Para mi gusto esta es la mejor canción de Blur , o almenos, es la que expresa mejor su esencia.

Hinami 0v0 Asuna

5y↑14

hermoooso amo a Damon al principio cuando lo conoci por gorillaz dije a bueno un cantante mas en mi vida pero poco a poco me fui enamorando de su voz de el ahora aunque no lo conozco ni el sabe de mi existencia es una persona inluyente e importante en mi vida

Natalie L.

8y↑141

My anthem.. First time I heard it, I absolutely had to put it on loop for 5 hrs

lee jardine

7y↑1

Same here

Andy Cavam

8y↑8

I thought I was the only one.

Natalie L.

8y↑5

@Natasha Jong :) it was a stressful day

Natasha Jong

8y↑1

o really

R W

2y↑33

This whole song is such a covid vibe. We're all just holding on for tomorrow.

Daredarks

10y↑2

Yo lo amo por Gorillaz, el me hizo sentir grandes cosas tan solo con su música y desde los 6 años lo escucho aun recuerdo aquella primera canción...

garden

6y↑1.6K

the "lalalalaalalallas" make me really nostalgic and im not sure why

Daniil Semenov

You know why, just compare this to the Passenger "lalalalalas" by Iggy Pop, its 100% homage

AELAHN

to me too...but the part that makes the most nostalgy for me is the 'break' part with those harmonic, ghostly voices
but i'm guessing it's nostalgy from what I actually lived, as this is one of the first songs I learned to like when I searched more than Song 2, and it has been more than 10 years now... (that said, I dont feel the same nostalgia with Beetlebum, their first song that wasnt song 2 that I found out)

Fish

2y↑1

Me too, and I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't heard this song before so idk what I'm being nostalgic about :'/

this handsome artist

this remember me beatles

Stephen Wicks

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Ximena Estefanía De la Torre Hernández

4y↑12

Es verdadera arte lo que hace este hombre

Angela Palmer

7y↑1.1K

I went to London and listened to this sitting on primrose hill, I always wanted to do that.

Scruffy P

1y↑1

I like knowing there's people doing this in london without me knowing

DanyRockStar♪

1y↑1

It's probably everyone's dream -
Probablemente sea el sueño de todos

Jessica

💜💜

db121

Congratulations!

Suvrat Sharma

2y↑1

I'll do it too someday!

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MiguelMma

12y↑2

Uno de los mejores grupos de la historia, ese toque beatle es genial. Saludos a todos. Mikel

Yoda on DMT

7y↑83

My favourite Blur track.

Every day I drive along the Westway and think of this song.

haaabs Ohlin

5y↑50

UnnoticedThing

6y↑68

My dad says this is the first song Ilearnt, I was only 2 and singing the "lalala" part (in 1996). Blur will always be part of my upbringing, and they'll forever be the soundtrack of my life :)

User A

3y↑9

this song is a classic; I fear I will still listen to it many decades after.

Nour Sarhan

3y↑1

Why "fear" though? :)

Jodie C

2y↑11

This song has helped me through so much I honestly can’t explain it very well but when I’m stressed I play this song and forget about everything and just focus on everything about the song it’s so calming to me

Cesar Abrahm

8y↑5

Uno de los cinco mejores temas de blur

tree

6y↑291

alex and graham flying kites like little kids gives me life tbh

sakurada

2y↑11

Esta canción me hace sentir nostalgia de una época que no viví, ni siquiera había nacido lol

George Scott

6y↑64

I wasn't born in the wrong generation I was born in the right family who basically made my life take place in the nineties (with exceptions to some modern things ) but I read somewhere that the 90s was a mindset and we can all still go back and be there if we want we just have to think like they would back then idk how to explain but I get the philosophy

una perdedora

2y↑2

@spartan876 exactly!!!!! That’s why everyone wants to go to the nineties cuz it wasn’t as serious as life is now

spartan876

4y↑7

George Scott nowadays everything has to be perfect. We go to perfect grocery stores and perfect automated self checkouts and need perfect resumes and all of the music has to be perfect or else it can’t get on the charts. I think that’s the 90s mindset, that you didn’t have to be perfect. Maybe it’s a mindset more of us should take

Elena Castañeda

3y↑5

Mi canción favorita de toda la vida 💖

Kevin SD

3y↑9

The happiness of the people on this video makes me feel very happy and nostalgic at the same time

Reyno Funky

12y↑4

la mejor cancion y video de blur!!!se ven todos tan lindos principalmente mi amor damon!!!!te amo damon!!!!

loserbabysowhydontyo

12y↑2

Blur improved so much over the course of their career... never could get into this early stuff. They really hit their stride, along with Pulp, in the late 90s and Gorillaz is a continuation of that.

Jordan Taylor

3y↑10

I adore Blur. They did many, but this was their finest Album. I used to sit and listen to all their stuff on tapes on my Sony Walkman (remember them) in the mid 90's and was fascinated by their fantastic portrayals of English life and scenery. This is a Low and this are utter masterpieces in those regards.

Freya May

4y↑21

I literally want to live inside this song

big jilm

7y↑272

This is so melancholic to me, somehow.

ablurida

4y↑2

@Ella Brown 😂 you won.

Ella Brown

4y↑3

Melancholy hill?

Tracy the Tasmanian Tiger

5y↑9

I think that’s intentional. I’ve never really thought of it in any other way.

Lisa Zoria

5y↑7

Probs the minor chords.

Farzana

5y↑18

are you feeling it now mr krabs I have no idea what this song makes me feel like. It’s a mix of melancholy but at the same time euphoria.

Patrick Bateman

1y↑3

How this song didn't crack the British top 10 baffles me. It's one of their best from an absolute great catalog.

F.

6y↑11

Watching this video almost 2 years later.. it still makes me cry. There's just something so nostalgic about it

Lynnie Heal

4y↑6

Very talented musicians #Blur

CAPTAIN_JUNEBUG99

6y↑98

I think when people say that they wish they were around during the 90s I think they're looking more at how things were simpler back then compared to today. The trends of the 90s we could still do but the simplicity of the decade is nowhere in sight. That's what I think at least. I ❤ the 90s.

Jess

2y↑1

I think the generations of today take everything we have for granted and it’s shaped people to become very selfish and superficial I just think that without the pressure of social media life would be so much more enjoyable which is why I’ve ended up idolising the 90s period because how free does it look

Paulina

2y↑4

Yes! you explained it perfectly, I'm so mad that I was born in 2002 and I can't go back in time to be a teenager in those times.

Alvar C

2y↑7

just found out from Coxon that this song was not part of the album. In fact, the record company made them write a "hit" cause the album was lacking one and thats how they came up with this timeless classic. What a band

Emma Barron

4y↑21

exactly 26 years ago right now this song was being written, when damon stayed up all night on christmas eve/day at his parents’ home in colchester❤️

epiphany55

2y↑8

The sporadic key changes in this song are so genius you don't even notice them.

Dennis Vogt

3y↑3

i love it, another Blur song I can sing along with

AR.

4y↑3

i was in London for the first time a bit over a month ago. i went on top of primrose hill on a crisp and windy evening and listened to this song sat on a bench. it was the most peaceful moment i've ever had in my life...

terra easterlin

5y↑8

This song almost made me fail a test because I couldn’t get it out of my head

Цагана Чемидова

8y↑13

God I cry every time I hear this song or wqtxh the video. How I love it!
Genius song!

L Bukem

4y↑2

Utterly timeless and makes me want to cry each time I hear it. And that's after 24 years of listening.

F.

7y↑7

Such a beautiful and sad song.. I love everything about it.

Reyhan

6y↑18

Eden B

10y

I love this song & music video--it always cheers me up :)

Lantern Light

3y↑3

Still love this song , this album, now as i did then.

Yvonne YW

16w

I hope there'll be a restoration of this mv!!

El Wray

2y↑8

First thing I ever heard of Blur and it knocked me off my feet. And damn right I´m talking about Graham´s guitar playing in particular.

Anto C.

7y↑2

Love this song soo much! ♥

Margherita Ascolano

1y↑4

So nostalgic about the 90s! No internet around… just MTV with its bright, acid colors. Videos like this made me fall in love with Brit music and Brit lads! I could relate to certain atmospheres and felt less lonely in my teenage days.

X Lop

10y↑1

Mi favorita de Blur

pandii kawaii unicor lloll

5y↑1

Amoo esta canción ❤

Matt Parr

12y↑1

Love this song =)

ispyinthenightsky

11y

I love this song so much!!

Kango Marbles

1y↑2

I’ve always struggled making out lyrics as my brain latches on to the melody. Wish I knew them when I used to go to London so I could have gone to those places whilst listening to it. Still nice that it gives me special memories when I put it on.

Chris A.

4y↑1

Fantastic song, leagues above what Noel G could produce, Magnificent.

Leonardo Bertoldo

10y↑1

Amazing song..i love...

Muhammad Fariz Abdul Jabbar

4y↑2

2019 still brilliant song, truly high concepted song

Melissa

3y↑3

I'm so glad that I got to see Blur live back in the 1990s. That concert is one of my top 5 shows I've seen. They were so good that night in Philadelphia.

katrīna pure

9y↑916

I could roll with damon for my whole life

H0PELESSELY_DEV0TED

@Jack Harvey nO

H0PELESSELY_DEV0TED

same

damian jenkin

thankyou

Toasty_Ghosty

3y↑3

Me too but by the time a minute has passed, we would all be very sick lmao😂

V…

4y↑9

Nope not on this blur server you’re not.

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limón a

5y↑1

Amo está canción 💕

Daniel Smith

10y↑1

brilliant song, brilliant bass line, just brilliant

Cawe Coy Rodrigues Marega

9y↑24

this music makes me so happy

Renzo Ferretti

11y

love this song so much!

Samuel Powell

2y↑8

I heard this was the only song their manager/producer actually liked from the modern life is rubbish album, which is why they cut it to make it shorter and more radio friendly, tbh I much prefer the longer version on the best of blur album, my music producer friend and i have been life long fans of blur, we were born after they made it big, I don't know who can think oasis are better than them, for us it's no contest, still a great rivalry for the ages, one for the history books, my friend is an English producer and blur and Damon especially have helped shape is and all modern music, I wanna throw him some love as we've been through a lot together, he's just released a new track, please try searching Lonely gimmick - blue ticked influencer, you may be in for a surprise and he would love to hear your opinion

The Ciderholics

4y↑5

this was the blurs best album, the song colin zeal still sticks in my head in 2019 lol

clubDIZ

8y↑4

My favorite song 🙌❤

MrDjambronk

2y↑7

In my opinion this song is quintessential of brit pop and blur in particular

talbot

11y

The studio version is awesome. I have never heard a really great live version of this song.

Rob Williams

49w↑1

"Modern Life Is Rubbish" was truly their best album, IMO

Juan Camacho

1y↑2

He's a twentieth century boy
With his hands on the rails
Trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

London ice cracks on a seamless line
He's hanging on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
With her hands on the wheel
Trying not to make you sick again
Seeing what she can borrow
London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes
But we're lost on the West way
So we hold each other tightly
And we can wait until tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

We're trying not to be sick again
And holding on for tomorrow

She's a twentieth century girl
Holding on for dear life
And so we hold each other tightly
And hold on for tomorrow

Singing la, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
La, la la l-la, la, la la, l-la l-la la-la-la
Holding on for tomorrow

Jim stops and gets out of the car
Goes to a house in Emperor's Gate
Through the door and to his room, and then he puts the TV on
Turns it off and makes some tea
Says modern life is rubbish

I'm holding on for tomorrow

Then Susan comes into the room
She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile
Says, "let's take a drive to Primrose Hill
It's windy there, and the view's so nice"
London ice can freeze your toes, like anyone, I suppose

You're holding on for tomorrow

Elaine Thomas

So much love for this song! ✨

VioletMiyagi

3y↑15

There is something both beautiful and melancholy about this song, maybe more so if you grew up in London at this time. Let's take a drive to Primrose Hill, it's windy there - but the view's so nice

Liamo Curran

11y

this is one of the few songs by blur ive never heard, i didnt even listen to it but i downloaded it any way, thats how much i love them

Jason Smith

Love this tune so much !!!!

jpghiva

10y

Love this song :)

therealsoulproduct

13y↑1

My favorite Blur song!

Moosey

5y↑11

My most favourite Blur song!!!!!!!! Anyone else ?

How I See It

The voice really does it for me and as a bonus we get brilliantly produced and well written songs.

Mark Boyd

5y↑1

Blur is and always has been brilliant.

clau

2y↑6

this music video and song is so nostalgic to me idk why, humans are so beautiful in a way with everyone living their own little lives

andy

4y↑10

mi mama me dijo que comente "que se recontra gusta" esta cancion ahre, ella habia escuchado blur antes en la radio pero solo las canciones mas comerciales y se sorprendio cuando le dije que era Blur

Adriana LS

Y contale que el cantante de Blur también es el de Gorillaz

jadepot23

9y↑84

I think the ending is adorable ^ ^

Maferiña 1000

4y↑1

Great song!!! I love England!!! Greetings from Ecuador!!!

Julia Tetzlaff

2y↑2

I love this videoclip in so many ways 🖤

Marcelo Andreguetti

12y

one of the best songs of all time

chavrossavros

1y↑2

Great to see shots of London as I remember it, before it became like any other global city full of tourists, skyscrapers, global brands …

Hjillumi

yep. i wanna vomit.

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