Far Out

Alex, the bassist, takes a big interest in astronomy and this is his song. He has a child-like enthusiasm for it which is captured in the words. First he simply lists moons, "quiet in the sky at night", and then stars, "hot in the milky way". Ah, love it :)

Absolute genius, shame it's so short.

like that song very much, though there's no deep meaning: someone looking at the sky and naming all the stars he can see. i like this song so much because it's the band's bass guitar player singing it.

this song is well good. thers another viersion of it on the dvd 'No distance left to run [the making of]' its the music to the beagle 2 space footage. check it out, the dvd only costs £3 nothing 4 a true blur fan.

Totally Random, but so much fun.

Sounds like a bit of Syd Barret patiche no? The vocals are all echoed out and the talk about stars is very early Floyd.

i think I read in NME it was inspired by Barrett.

this is a sweet little song, the album song in incomplete, which is why its fades out with the 'suns'. there was a ben hiller remix that came out in 1999 - with complete version, with full lyrics. im sure its kicking around on youtube somewhere if you fancy a listen?

It's very Syd Barrett. Blur were huge fans of his, particularly Graham and Damon. I think Damon even played at the Barrett tribute concert in 2007.

"Strange News From Another Star" shoes the same influence, but it's much darker.

It's very Syd Barrett. Blur were huge fans of his, particularly Graham and Damon. I think Damon even played at the Barrett tribute concert in 2007.

"Strange News From Another Star" shoes the same influence, but it's much darker.