Interesting fact: In early 1995 Justine's dad brought her a 4-storey terraced house in Notting Hill, and she and Damon moved in. They lived there until they split up - I think that was 1998 - so for 4 years they were a couple residing in the property. I know the exact house, I think she still owns it but she now lives in America and has done for some years. Blur fans will know what this song is about, Damon has definitely admitted to taking certain substances, and Justine more or less admitted having done so too. It's interesting to walk past that house, to look at the lounge and think "It happened here..."
There is such a heavy feeling of turmoil, insanity, pain and sadness in this song. Holy shit. Like the song is definitely what it feels like to have a meltdown while feeling like you're gripping to your sanity with buttery fingers.
I love that most songs on this album include hidden tracks or demos at the end. Caramel does it the best in my opinion since there are 3 different songs here and they're all totally different. It's like taking a real bad drug trip, nothing lasts long and your imagination takes you somewhere else. it's dreamlike but turned nightmare, especially considering so much of 13 is based off the cataclysmic breakup with Damon and Justine. She's the one who introduced heroin to him in the first place and it couldn't be more thematically appropriate than here.
Definitely a sure-fire way to trip you out. I like it. There's been times I've listen to an album whilst half asleep on the train, and when I slip back into consciousness I feel like I've ended up at a completely different song but the track number hasn't changed...and then I'm like whoa, that is time? That's what hidden music can do.
Brit pop was dead and six feet under, but Caramel was the new sunrise, when i heard this song i thought: "Well, this is how the music will be in the future". Blur ahead their time. 2023 and this song still sooooo fresh.
This and Battle were the best tracks on 13. Well just about Blur's entire catalog really. Damon's falsetto is one of the most beautiful things recorded in the 90s/00s.
I can't name no other album that sounds like 13. Even albums that this takes inspiration from don't sound like this. That's how you know you made a classic album.
Amazing to think this is 21 years old, sounding so vital and fresh forever. It's brilliant how dark and catchy this whole album is. Such pain and depression all over the tracklist, yet it's a strangely energizing and uplifting experience too, every single listen. Absolutely one of the best albums ever.
I've gotta get over I've gotta get over I've got to get better Will love you forever I've gotta find genius I've gotta get better I've gotta stop smoking I've gotta get better Caramel Caramel... Where is the magic? I've gotta get better Oh lord give me magic I'll love you forever I've gotta find mounts hill And live by the mountains I'll love you forever You are...And you are...
Weird to think this is the same band who made "Parklife" kinda reminds me of Radiohead who transitioned from mainstream rock to depressing avant garde music
As I said to someone below, it's about quitting smoking heroin, in an attempt to improve a relationship with someone that got you onto the heroin in the first place, who then ultimately chooses the heroin over you.
I can't truly put it to words how much love this beautiful song. So many emotional memories are attached to this song. It's hard to believe how much a song can mean to you, but this one does just that for me. I hope to never forget it.
It appears Damon has found what he's been searching for in this song. He has definitely found genius with Gorillaz, and all the other musical collabs he's been on.
Blur must be one of the most creative and innovative rock bands ever. Every song on each album is different, and every album is different from the last. This is one of the bands greatest songs among even their great body of work.
+rockerarge Agreed. I'm going through it now in this shitty age with arsehole mainstream Muzack. Find it hard as fuck to get out of bed in this shitty television age in Britain.
I still don't understand how this song wasn't already part of the soundtrack of a mind-blowing movies. As the ones who Christopher Nolan does, for instance.
@@JackWulfff I agree. As Alex said in his book: there was blood making this album. Not only Damon's post breakup and heroin addiction. There was also Graham's alcoholism and depression, Dave's post divorce and Alex... I read somewhere he was feeling also somewhat depressing, lonely and empty by hooping party in London. So all the four of them had a lot to transmit through their own instruments/collaborations.
Brilliant. My favourite Blur song. It's very dark.....The sounds explored and created on this song are breathtaking. A never ending treat. The centrepiece of a fine album for me.
Tengo que superarlo Quiero amarte para siempre Tengo que mejorar Tengo que dejar de fumar Tengo que mejorar Caramelo caramelo Donde esta la magia? Tengo que mejorar Oh señor da me magia Te amaré para siempre Tengo que encontrar colinas Y vivir en las montañas Te amaré por siempre Tu eres... Y tu eres
This album put blur back on their original path which was interrupted by Britpop after Leisure! "Sing" off leisure would not have been out of place on this just listen to the similarities between "Sing" & "1992"!! "13" & "Think Tank" are their best imho!
But doesn’t everyone love the taste of Cadbury’s Caramel? Great song I’ve not heard for years, funnily enough cropped up in my head during certain cloudy head days.
I've gotta get over I've gotta get over I've got to get better Love you foreverI've gotta find genius (caramel) I've gotta get better (caramel) I've gotta stop smoking (caramel) I've gotta get better (caramel)Where is the magic? I've gotta get better Oh, lord give me magic I'll love you foreverI've gotta find mounts hill (caramel) And live by the mountains (caramel) I'll love you forever (caramel) You are, you are (caramel)
Esta cancion refleja el sentimiento de 13; superacion. De una voz melancolica de Damon Albarn a unos gospel que se le une la euforia de Damon con la produccion de William Orbit, que mas se le puede pedir, obra maestra.
This hits hard on me.... Makes me feel redemption on me... And cry .... Cz My dad send me this when i was in harddrugs and i understand
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Part of the holy trinity thats Battle, Caramel and Trimm Trabb; here everything is on point: alarm-like, siren-like, even metronome like fifths in the guitar, a ghostly harmonium, gloomy lyrics, a slow buildup to restless drums and bass before the explosive catharsis that pays off. Two contrasting episodes follow, an we're carried away from this trip, forced to move on
I gotta get over I gotta get over I gotta get better I'm with you forever I gotta get find genius (Caramel) I gotta get better (Caramel) I gotta stop smoking (Caramel) I gotta get better (Caramel, Caramel) -do doo do do doo- Where's the magic I gotta get better Oh lord give me magic I'm with you forever I gotta find skill (Caramel) and live by the mountains (Caramel) I love you forever I knew I, knew (and you are and you are. low, low, low)
@@hobowithanoboe I kinda relate with you, Coffee & TV doesn't fit the album that much (yes, it'd fit more in the self-titled). But Tender isn't more fitting in my opinion, it's like a relief, but it's too positive for me i think(? I like the dark atmosphere in 13, and i think that Tender as an opener is a good idea, since it's one of the most easy-listening song in the album i guess, but its energy doesn't fit (to me) with the overall sound of the album. Good luck reading this, i don't know how to express my idea properly, and my first language isn't English, so is probably that you'll find lots of mistakes lol
@@meltedusb7533 ugh, morphine addict over here. well, i'm not physically dependent on this shit anymore, but mentally... i can't go a week without at least single shot. i hope you're clean now... or at least alive... :(
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Interesting fact: In early 1995 Justine's dad brought her a 4-storey terraced house in Notting Hill, and she and Damon moved in. They lived there until they split up - I think that was 1998 - so for 4 years they were a couple residing in the property. I know the exact house, I think she still owns it but she now lives in America and has done for some years. Blur fans will know what this song is about, Damon has definitely admitted to taking certain substances, and Justine more or less admitted having done so too. It's interesting to walk past that house, to look at the lounge and think "It happened here..."
i am really really really emotionally attached to this song
Memories eh?
I am physically attached to this song.
It really, really, really, did happen
There is such a heavy feeling of turmoil, insanity, pain and sadness in this song. Holy shit. Like the song is definitely what it feels like to have a meltdown while feeling like you're gripping to your sanity with buttery fingers.
Great description. To me, it's a sonic depiction of not just your heart but your soul being broken.
I actually listened to this song when I was in a mental hospital and this is exactly how I felt.. crazy
@@satanicnoodle I wish you nothing but love and happiness forever
This track is the perfect example of what experiencing dissociation is like.
There really wasn't. Liked S, attracted to B, M was good to look at. lol they got confused.
Damon Albarn has one of the most beautiful (if slightly weird, but that makes it better) falsetto voices I've ever heard.
Prince too
I love his falsetto singing on Gorillaz's debut.
it's tracks like this that make Blur one of my favorite bands ever
I love that most songs on this album include hidden tracks or demos at the end. Caramel does it the best in my opinion since there are 3 different songs here and they're all totally different. It's like taking a real bad drug trip, nothing lasts long and your imagination takes you somewhere else. it's dreamlike but turned nightmare, especially considering so much of 13 is based off the cataclysmic breakup with Damon and Justine. She's the one who introduced heroin to him in the first place and it couldn't be more thematically appropriate than here.
Wait be did heroin holy never knew she that
Definitely a sure-fire way to trip you out. I like it.
There's been times I've listen to an album whilst half asleep on the train, and when I slip back into consciousness I feel like I've ended up at a completely different song but the track number hasn't changed...and then I'm like whoa, that is time? That's what hidden music can do.
Justine didn't take Damon to Turkey though did she.. 🙄
On one hand I hate her for doing that, but the music that came out of his addiction was very good
Not most of them. Only 4 of them do. That's a little less than a third.
Brit pop was dead and six feet under, but Caramel was the new sunrise, when i heard this song i thought: "Well, this is how the music will be in the future". Blur ahead their time. 2023 and this song still sooooo fresh.
This and Battle were the best tracks on 13. Well just about Blur's entire catalog really. Damon's falsetto is one of the most beautiful things recorded in the 90s/00s.
Graham Coxon's expressive guitar parts make up a very large part of Blur's appeal for me.
I can't name no other album that sounds like 13. Even albums that this takes inspiration from don't sound like this. That's how you know you made a classic album.
It's an all-time Masterpiece. A mfing AWESOME road trip album. Awesome whenever wherever. Just amazing
Amazing to think this is 21 years old, sounding so vital and fresh forever. It's brilliant how dark and catchy this whole album is. Such pain and depression all over the tracklist, yet it's a strangely energizing and uplifting experience too, every single listen. Absolutely one of the best albums ever.
What are the albums inspired by this one? I'd like to give them a shot.
Listen tô Hombre Sintetizador by Zurdok. Similar álbum art, released the same year as 13, and also experimental rock.
There really isn't anything that sounds like 13. Well said.
I've gotta get over
I've gotta get over
I've got to get better
Will love you forever
I've gotta find genius
I've gotta get better
I've gotta stop smoking
I've gotta get better
Caramel Caramel...
Where is the magic?
I've gotta get better
Oh lord give me magic
I'll love you forever
I've gotta find mounts hill
And live by the mountains
I'll love you forever
You are...And you are...
Wow....introspective.
Thank you very much for the lyrics!
They are not only not the lyrics it’s not even the full lyrics. A poor copy and paste job.
from 3:52 i always think damon is saying day, night.... day, night.... kind of make sense
you have no idea how much I love this song
+I can't choose my otp Actually i do. I miss it all back then.
I do :)
@grahamkakerel even better than Battle?
This song sounds like the musical manifestation of your soul being burnt out from pain.
Weird to think this is the same band who made "Parklife" kinda reminds me of Radiohead who transitioned from mainstream rock to depressing avant garde music
It was always depressive jaja
arte0021 best transformations
totally radiohead vibes
The album was inspired by "The Bends" of Radiohead
@@Ivy_Coxon You mean, "Radiohead who transitioned from MEDIOCRE mainstream rock to INCREDIBLE depressing avant garde music". FIFY
one of the best songs in the music history
best break up song saddest break up song
@@lrichannel002 it's not about a breakup
It’s about substance misuse (in this case heroin or ‘caramel’)
@@biponacci it's about heroin addiction
@@spkmafia Yes hence 'heroin'
one of the best songs ever written
Gets better everytime you hear it.
I love the subtle touch that the keyboard in the end has a more... depressing? feel to it than at the beginning.
Well this is by far the most dreamy song I've heard from blur and it's amazing!
As I said to someone below, it's about quitting smoking heroin, in an attempt to improve a relationship with someone that got you onto the heroin in the first place, who then ultimately chooses the heroin over you.
Holy moly that's depressing.
Do you smoke heroin though?
Final part of the song is just incredible, that bass.
I still remember when I heard this one on their concert. Awesome experience. It's really a masterpiece.
I can't truly put it to words how much love this beautiful song. So many emotional memories are attached to this song. It's hard to believe how much a song can mean to you, but this one does just that for me. I hope to never forget it.
hauntingly beautiful
It appears Damon has found what he's been searching for in this song. He has definitely found genius with Gorillaz, and all the other musical collabs he's been on.
The fact gorillaz has a song in the first album literally called New Genius is a kinda nice nod to this
Can you imagine what the music video for this would be like
I think David Lynch will direct this
I love how Dave's drums sound here. This is my favorite of 13.
13 is one of the greatest records.
This isn't a song, it's an adventure!
An adventure I frequently embark upon:)
Its not a adventure, its a experience
best song from best album
Blur must be one of the most creative and innovative rock bands ever. Every song on each album is different, and every album is different from the last. This is one of the bands greatest songs among even their great body of work.
One of the best blur songs ever!
You have to listen to the album from start to finish
It’s a journey for your own trippy trip
Personally love a joint listening to this masterpiece
listening to this is like dreaming while still awake in a reality full of shit
totally
+rockerarge Agreed. I'm going through it now in this shitty age with arsehole mainstream Muzack. Find it hard as fuck to get out of bed in this shitty television age in Britain.
rockerarge perfect
Even more true now then ever
Why its so difficult to me to be happy?
I just want to enjoy life again
For me this track is their finest.
All-time classic. If you ever find yourself in the need of some transcendental musical genius, well, aye. Cheers, then.
Most beautiful thing to have come out of Essex
WHAT ABOUT TOWIE
@snowbelle74 Depeche mode - come on !
@@lrichannel002 ha ha good one
Not much competition there.
this album is SOO overlooked
This burns in my soul... My heart hurts and I feel so deep every bite every string and I love it and it's painful
This track is a perfect sonic masterpiece.
This has to be one of my favourite songs ever
heard this song while high on acid back in the 90´s, been emotionally attached to this masterpiece ever since
6:34 and on is amazing.
Entire song is amazing
The Caretaker vibes
@@pedestrianwalker I was just about to type this comment 😅
I totally agree with you
What a song and album! Easily in my top 5 ever!
still hit hard
I still don't understand how this song wasn't already part of the soundtrack of a mind-blowing movies. As the ones who Christopher Nolan does, for instance.
Right up there in their stuff - one of the best they ever did
This is why Damon is a genius
I just went on a gorillaz and blur spree, you hear 1 song and just can’t stop
Graham too. Don't underestimate Graham's contributions.
@@areader2253 how bout the whole band? 😆
@@JackWulfff I agree. As Alex said in his book: there was blood making this album. Not only Damon's post breakup and heroin addiction. There was also Graham's alcoholism and depression, Dave's post divorce and Alex... I read somewhere he was feeling also somewhat depressing, lonely and empty by hooping party in London. So all the four of them had a lot to transmit through their own instruments/collaborations.
the very ending is really funny to me, it makes the rest of the song feel like a giant joke I love it so much lmao
this song scares me so bad like im terrified of listening to it, thats how much i love it. i cannot express it
forgot how good this song is man, i used to listen to this in highschool around 2013
Brings me back to 99
Brilliant. My favourite Blur song. It's very dark.....The sounds explored and created on this song are breathtaking. A never ending treat. The centrepiece of a fine album for me.
Tengo que superarlo
Quiero amarte para siempre
Tengo que mejorar
Tengo que dejar de fumar
Tengo que mejorar
Caramelo caramelo
Donde esta la magia?
Tengo que mejorar
Oh señor da me magia
Te amaré para siempre
Tengo que encontrar colinas
Y vivir en las montañas
Te amaré por siempre
Tu eres... Y tu eres
Español nah
(caramelo, cara)
I need 6:30 and beyond to be a full song so bad
This album put blur back on their original path which was interrupted by Britpop after Leisure! "Sing" off leisure would not have been out of place on this just listen to the similarities between "Sing" & "1992"!! "13" & "Think Tank" are their best imho!
"1992" has this name for a reason.
1992 was made during the modern life is rubbish era
Miss America and He Thought of Cars are other examples.
This Is a Low also sounds more post-britpop to me, but more like the S/T album.
Britpop is cool :(
Omg THANK YOU! Agreed!
This song is so unique and absolutely unforgettable
But doesn’t everyone love the taste of Cadbury’s Caramel? Great song I’ve not heard for years, funnily enough cropped up in my head during certain cloudy head days.
Sums up how I'm feeling these days ,favorite Blur song.It's helped me forget and made me stronger for what is to come very shortly!
Cheers
This is the best Blur song
Also, first secret track beautiful too
You're cursed when you come back to this song over and over again as I am since hell knows when
Brilliant musicians...
Greatest song ever....
Epic track.. 🖤
There are no words for the beauty of a song. Thank you, Blur, for this gem!
la escuche por 1ra vez en 2002 y hoy 2020 me sigue generando lo mismo...que locura de tema
this is just perfection
One thing´s for sure, Caramel sticks.
One of the best lyrics of all time
I've gotta get over
I've gotta get over
I've got to get better
Love you foreverI've gotta find genius (caramel)
I've gotta get better (caramel)
I've gotta stop smoking (caramel)
I've gotta get better (caramel)Where is the magic?
I've gotta get better
Oh, lord give me magic
I'll love you foreverI've gotta find mounts hill (caramel)
And live by the mountains (caramel)
I'll love you forever (caramel)
You are, you are (caramel)
perfect 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Amazing stuff
Esta cancion refleja el sentimiento de 13; superacion. De una voz melancolica de Damon Albarn a unos gospel que se le une la euforia de Damon con la produccion de William Orbit, que mas se le puede pedir, obra maestra.
El final es raro, demuestra el bizarro (en el sentido anglosajón de la palabra) viaje de las drogas
found peace in despair
Fantastic song
Meilleur chanson et leur meilleur album.
This hits hard on me.... Makes me feel redemption on me... And cry .... Cz My dad send me this when i was in harddrugs and i understand
Part of the holy trinity thats Battle, Caramel and Trimm Trabb; here everything is on point: alarm-like, siren-like, even metronome like fifths in the guitar, a ghostly harmonium, gloomy lyrics, a slow buildup to restless drums and bass before the explosive catharsis that pays off. Two contrasting episodes follow, an we're carried away from this trip, forced to move on
I gotta get over I gotta get over I gotta get better I'm with you forever I gotta get find genius (Caramel) I gotta get better (Caramel) I gotta stop smoking (Caramel) I gotta get better (Caramel, Caramel) -do doo do do doo- Where's the magic I gotta get better Oh lord give me magic I'm with you forever I gotta find skill (Caramel) and live by the mountains (Caramel) I love you forever I knew I, knew (and you are and you are. low, low, low)
Genius song.
Sometimes i feel like Tender doesn't belong 13 at all... I don't know, most of the songs are very experimental and dark somewhat
Tender is far more fitting than Coffee and TV, at least. I love that song, but it sounds more like something off of Blur or maybe The Great Escape
@@hobowithanoboe I kinda relate with you, Coffee & TV doesn't fit the album that much (yes, it'd fit more in the self-titled). But Tender isn't more fitting in my opinion, it's like a relief, but it's too positive for me i think(?
I like the dark atmosphere in 13, and i think that Tender as an opener is a good idea, since it's one of the most easy-listening song in the album i guess, but its energy doesn't fit (to me) with the overall sound of the album.
Good luck reading this, i don't know how to express my idea properly, and my first language isn't English, so is probably that you'll find lots of mistakes lol
@@mmtz3051 for me it's ok
at 4:55 it sounds just like bowie
God, thanks for Blur 🙏
Awesome! :D
February 2024: I am in a bad place and this is the soundtrack of my life right now.
La musique transmet plus d'émotion que la vidéo
wish the outro was its own song
same lol
Way better than radiohead!!!
Scary as hell song, one of my favourites from Blur though
Why am I imagining a woman in the sky looking down at a depressing land that's known for making caramel.
What a depressing scene :c
WAConline I imagine being a heroin addict when I listen to this song
@@ozma7339 i dont have to imagine that
usb cable shit dude
@@meltedusb7533 ugh, morphine addict over here. well, i'm not physically
dependent on this shit anymore, but mentally... i can't go a week without at least single shot. i hope you're clean now... or at least alive... :(
6:33 Exiterlude
6:32
Me recuerda a Pink Floyd y The Doors
The Battle of Evermore and Kula Shakers' Timeworm are similiar to this gem.
I like the ending better than the main song lol
😍
epic!
m a s t e r p i e c e
Makes me think of Lydia.
And heroin
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