Hmmm, slightly disappointing, but then again I don't think it deserved to be a massive Blur single.

By boy on Sunday, October 22, 2000 - 07:35 pm:

On cd uk it was at no.7, it must have gone down.
By the way did anyone see the performance, it was the first ever live performance on the show

By Joe on Sunday, October 22, 2000 - 07:39 pm:

Yeah....impressive. I liked Graham with his weird hat and Alex wearing that pink effort at the end. Shame about the position, but it certainly wasn't number one material was it?

By Eddy on Monday, October 23, 2000 - 12:00 pm:

Yeah, but fuck, was Steps??

By wakey on Monday, October 23, 2000 - 01:45 pm:

i know, but the charts dont mean that much nowdays anyway do they. i thought 10 was quite good in todays shite infested chart.

By Eddy on Monday, October 23, 2000 - 02:24 pm:

That's not true.

People who are fans of bands like Blur etc, say that charts don't mean shit thesedays.

But they do.

This is only said cos our bands do shit in the charts, and when bands don't perform in the charts we say, oh well It don't matter.

But it does. I think we all feel a bit of dissapointment about the low chart placing, I thought it would be top Five no probs.

Anyway, we were all pissed off when Tender was only Number 2.

Theakston said the one and only feasible thing in his life on TOTP when he said after Tender, "If there was any justice in the world, that would be Number 1".

So deep down the charts do matter, just like they did when Blur were favorites with everyone, and songs with barking dogs (woof, bollocks, woof) would quietly slp down the charts, rather than surge to Number 2.

By Joe on Monday, October 23, 2000 - 11:52 pm:

Steps.

By wakey on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 - 12:35 pm:

point taken, but to a select few like myself it doesnt. i gave up hope when 'no distnce' only reached about 15(and i fuckin love that song), and that puffy irish band was at number one. i think radiohead did a good thing aswell by not releasing any.

the only chart with a bit of class still left in it is the album charts, where good bands still get number 1's like radiohead and blur, despite them not being very commercial.

By Joe on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 - 06:33 pm:

Hmmm...but yeah, of course it matters. We'd love a world where Ash can concievably get to number one, where we all hang around in Camden bars sharing a pint with Jarvis, taking the piss out of the Gallaghers who skulk in the corner snorting stuff, where Justine works behind the bar to make ends meet, she'll always give you a bit more Carling in your lager and lime than she does to her normal punters, where Menswear end up dancing on the tables singing songs from Oliver while the whole world looks on, quietly calculating, softly simulating, ever emulating, rarely replicating the fabulous Blur, sitting round a table drinking their Fosters, quoting their Forster, quietly cool right into the night, and we share a kebab on the way home.
And we are at peace with the world.

By indigo on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 - 06:46 pm:

http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,indie@7225,00.html

opinions?

By Ian on Thursday, October 26, 2000 - 02:42 pm:

And wee Ronan Keating is shoved up a chimney, so he can earn thruppence ha'penny. Then he dies. Of arse cancer or something