"He mentions Blue Jeans, a song from Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), written in the first flush of his relationship with Justine Frischmann. Until their break-up in 1998, the two of them shared a house in Notting Hill and jointly plotted the ideas that initially defined Britpop, before Oasis took it somewhere else entirely. The song mentions Dr Martens and Portobello Road, before a chorus in which he sings, "I want to stay this way for ever".
"Blue Jeans just makes me feel like being in love, and moving to this part of London, and falling in love with the place," he tells me. "There's an innocence to it. It sounds like being 23.""
The song's specifically written about Damon Albarn living in Nottinghill with Justine Frischmann. It's mentioned in an interview here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/13/blur-interview
"He mentions Blue Jeans, a song from Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), written in the first flush of his relationship with Justine Frischmann. Until their break-up in 1998, the two of them shared a house in Notting Hill and jointly plotted the ideas that initially defined Britpop, before Oasis took it somewhere else entirely. The song mentions Dr Martens and Portobello Road, before a chorus in which he sings, "I want to stay this way for ever".
"Blue Jeans just makes me feel like being in love, and moving to this part of London, and falling in love with the place," he tells me. "There's an innocence to it. It sounds like being 23.""
@echolot Thanks for posting this, I always wondered what this song was about.
@echolot Thanks for posting this, I always wondered what this song was about.