Verse, Chorus, Monster!: Graham Coxon

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There were also many times throughout the book where I felt he skimmed over any of his own short-comings and the impact that he may have had on situations instead I felt he chose to quietly point the finger at whoever the other person was without directly saying so. It is a surprise – or possibly no surprise at all – that Coxon only reports music being any fun more than 200 pages in, when he tours the short, sharp songs of his fifth solo album with a band of friends in small venues. doesn’t focus as much on these juicy topics the way autobiographies of members of Guns n’ Roses and Mötley Crüe, or even Moby, do.

Början består mest av minnen, och jag tyckte det var den bästa delen av boken- jag fick verkligen förstå han. I’ve gotten through hard times by acting silly and being fun and finding some sort of humor in everything. Away from Blur, he’s also dabbled in creating scores for TV shows, like The End Of The F***ing World and I Am Not Okay With This. But he came up with the line that I repeated the most, perhaps feeling the tension that he’d genuinely meant in the chaos of it all - “please don’t kill our singer…”.The book indicates that love in the 90s is paranoid, but friendship in the 90s was closed off from emotional expressiveness, to Coxon’s detriment. Help reaches back to those early days of Blur, the intricate professionalism of the four-piece understood with clarity and a respectful amount of detail shone on Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree and Alex James. In music, though, he found a tribe, and in alcohol, a balm for his deep-rooted anxiety and the “constant buzz of embarrassment”. If I went into that world, that would be getting into other people’s lives that maybe wouldn’t appreciate me talking about them that much.

Men ändå känner jag inte han för jag har aldrig sett han i situationer eller minnen som stod ut (mer än deras möte) som på så sätt skulle grunda han som en figur i Grahams liv. The fact that the sometime Blur guitarist — as well as score composer and one half of the Waeve with partner Rose Elinor Dougall — has chosen to reveal anything about his personal life in something as public as a memoir is a surprise. The results were latter-day additions to the best Duran Duran songs, among them the tracks Anniversary and Give It All Up. An interesting read, although at times veering strongly into areas of Graham’s fixations, which are not as entertaining for the reader.

As a founder member of Blur and an acclaimed solo artist in his own right, Graham Coxon’s discography currently amounts to 16 studio albums and counting – not including soundtrack work. Putting myself in other characters gave me a strange freedom to say things that Graham Coxon wouldn’t say, to attempt to sing things he probably wouldn’t feel comfortable attempting. He’s reflecting on the difficult Think Tank album sessions, which led to his departure from the band in 2001. But he has also been a go-to guitarist for other leading lights of British rock and pop music, among them Pete Doherty and New Romantic icons Duran Duran. I just wish he had been more open as I don't feel I know him any better for having read the book but maybe that is how he wanted it to be.

It’s an ambitious project but one that shines whether you’re consuming it with the graphic novel or, more likely, as a standalone piece of work. At others, he’ll whirl through less radio-friendly fare and explore brave new ground, as on 2012’s ‘A+E’. Soon, he was bringing albums by US alt-rock idols Beck, Pavement and Tortoise into the studio to illustrate what he meant. I’m always trying to solve problems in music, and walks are important because you can run songs through your head and think about how to solve the issues while you’re walking around, rather than being blasted by a screen or looking down at an impotent guitar and getting upset with it.

Hans olika pedal set-ups, vart han spelade in hans skiva, vem som äger studion, alla olika inspirationer till skivan, alla gånger han har mött dem, alla instrument som användes till skivan, vem som spelade dem osv, osv. Beginning with the score for the 2010 supernatural thriller Curio, and extending to original songs for the hit Netflix TV show The End Of The Fucking World and beyond, Coxon’s soundtracks discography now rivals that of his regular releases for size and stylistic breadth. It’s really about my paranoia and my experiences with overbearing and difficult personalities and how I have reacted to them. Whilst I felt Graham held back when discussing Blur he didn't hold back when discussing his ongoing battle with alcoholism and the book gives an honest insight in to his relationship with alcohol.

Although I don’t know whether they have yet, but then I didn’t want to say anything nasty about anyone. His name was Damon Albarn, and his cooleness, coupled with his brilliance as an actor and performer, blew me away". One of the most innovative guitarists of his generation, best known as being a founding member of Blur, Coxon has also released eight solo albums and frequently composes for film and TV.Oasis were seen as genuine, rough-diamond examples of the working-class North, while Blur were cast as Southern, arty-farty, pretentious gits. For everything you went through to get it out, your book is going down very well with fans of course, but also with critics. Inte bara att den inte känns personlig (som jag kommer komma in på lite senare) men bara att jag känner ingen koppling till någon eller något Coxon beskriver. When I look at the role drawing has played throughout my life so far, I can see that it is more like art therapy than the kind of art that makes a career nowadays,” Coxon reflects in the book. From hyper-pop breakout anthems to emo-punk comeback hits, the best songs of 2023 prove that the year will be an exciting one for music fans.