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The Universal is a song by british band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart.In keeping with the song’s science fiction theme, the single’s cover art is an allusion to the opening shot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the music video is a tribute to the movie A Clockwork Orange, with the band dressed up in costumes similar to Alex and his droogs. Both movies were directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The song has increased in stature since its release; this is proved by it being voted second best of all Blur singles on blurtalk.com’s Singles Vote. In addition, on Rate Your Music the song is often in the Top 25 for 1995 as well as being in the Top 500 of all time.
The highly-acclaimed music video for the song was directed by Jonathan Glazer. The band is presented in imitation of the opening scenes from the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange, in the milk bar. Blur star as the quasi-Droogs, complete with Damon Albarn wearing eyeliner similar to the film. They perform in the bar in all-white.
The bar patrons consist of different groups; a lone female entertains male business colleagues by exploiting their sexual interest in her; two odd men entirely coloured red and blue conduct a stilted (subtitled) conversation; and two male colleagues – one of them in a priest in a vicar’s dog collar – become increasingly drunk on cocktails, laughing more and more hysterically until a final shock moment which eventually leads us to seeing the priest planting a kiss on him at the last second of the video.
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vr46fan wrote:
<3 it
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KookieKajsa wrote:
One of my favourite songs ever, if not my one favourite song ever. So bloody epic.
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JamieGHarris wrote:
Reminds me of British Gas. [2]
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Ituri wrote:
And I love the screamed "LONDOOON!" from the live version at Hyde Park.
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Ituri wrote:
Best Song ever!
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Purplesoundshoc wrote:
Wicked
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debfez wrote:
"It really, really could happen"....brilliant!
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snoogans81 wrote:
As beautiful a song as I think you could ever hear.
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klingon_nonce wrote:
best song by blur [3]
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bubbles__ wrote:
best song by blur [2]
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bobbybabes wrote:
It's a great song from a great band .....Majestic !
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Sunshine9908 wrote:
*sways*
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KiingNothing wrote:
can this be any more amazing? .. no :D
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stevenblackburn wrote:
top anthem
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Stui19 wrote:
No one here is alone (8)
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MissLizzy80 wrote:
Just perfect. I love this song....
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silaczka wrote:
Awesome!
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ch1rose wrote:
:)
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Factorymade1 wrote:
Reminds me of British Gas.
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Exoplanetary wrote:
This song, The Universal, has an awesome video. I love how the preacher goes all gay on that dude in the sweater. The very last second of the video has the male preacher making out with the man in a sweater.
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