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S9E458 - Blur 'Parklife' with Corey duBrowa

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That Record Got Me High Podcast
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Apr 11, 2026
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Summary

Blur 's third album, 1994's ' Parklife ', was released the same year as Oasis' debut 'Definitely Maybe'. And while many saw this as Britpop's answer to a Beatles/Stones rivalry, none other than Ray Davies himself considered Blur - and especially Parklife - as the heir apparent to ANOTHER classic British band, The Kinks . This week's returning guest Corey duBrowa once again brings the goods as he and Rob attempt to unpack this UK Classic. Songs discussed in this episode: Girls & Boys (Blur cover) - Terry Edwards and The Scapegoats; Love You (Syd Barrett cover) - Graham Coxon; For Tomorrow, Country House, Sing - Blur; Step On - Happy Mondays; This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets; She's So High - Blur; Love Me For A Reason - The Osmonds; Right Here, Right No w - Jesus Jones; Girls & Boys, Tracy Jacks - Blur; David Watts - The Kinks; Helicopter - XTC; End Of A Century, Parklife - Blur; Mad John - Small Faces; Bank Holiday, Badhead - Blur; Connection - Elastica; The Debt Collector, Far Out, To The End - Blur; My Mistakes Were Made For You - The Last Shadow Puppets; You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra; To The End (French Version), London Loves, Trouble In The Message Centre, Clover Over Dover, Magic America, Charmless Man, Jubilee - Blur; 20th Century Boy - T-Rex; Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz; This Is A Low, Lot 105 - Blur; Waterloo Sunset - Ray Davies and Damon Albarn