Coffee & TV

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"Coffee & TV"
"Coffee & TV" cover
Single by Blur
from the album 13
Released June 28, 1999
Format 12" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD
Recorded  ???
Genre Indie rock
Length 5:58 (album version)

5:18 (single edit)
Label Food (UK)
EMI
Producer(s) William Orbit
Chart positions
Blur singles chronology
"Tender"
(1999)		 "Coffee & TV"
(1999)		 "No Distance Left to Run"
(1999)

"Coffee & TV" is a song by Blur. It is sung by the band's guitarist, Graham Coxon; the lyrics are credited to Coxon and the music to Damon Albarn. The song appears on the band's sixth studio album, 13, released in 1999; and was also was released as a single in the same year. The single reached #11 in the UK singles chart, and only errors in counting singles sales deprived it of a top 10 place[citation needed]. Its musical style is an anomaly in comparison with the rest of 13, and is considered a glance back at Blur's Britpop days. It is widely considered one of their best tracks, both musically and lyrically. The single edit of the song also appeared on Blur's Best Of compilation, released in 2000. In addition it featured on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  • CD1 (CDFOODS122)
  1. "Coffee & TV"
  2. "Trade Stylee (Alex's Bugman Remix)"
  3. "Metal Hip Slop (Graham's Bugman Remix)"
  • CD2 (CDFOOD122)
  1. "Coffee & TV"
  2. "X-Offender (Damon / Control Freak's Bugman Remix)"
  3. "Coyote (Dave's Bugman Remix)"
  • Cassette (TCFOOD122)
  1. "Coffee & TV"
  2. "X-Offender (Damon / Control Freak's Bugman Remix)"
  • 12" (12FOOD122)
  1. "Coffee & TV"
  2. "Trade Stylee (Alex's Bugman Remix)"
  3. "Metal Hip Slop (Graham's Bugman Remix)"
  4. "X-Offender (Damon / Control Freak's Bugman Remix)"
  5. "Coyote (Dave's Bugman Remix)"

[edit] Video

Animated milk carton from Coffee & TV video.
Animated milk carton from Coffee & TV video.

The music video for Coffee & TV by Blur was directed by Hammer & Tongs. It first aired in June 1999. It features a milk carton character named Milky made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. It was also seen in an episode of The Sopranos.

[edit] Synopsis

The video is about a walking, animated milk carton who goes in search for guitarist Graham Coxon, who has gone missing. The milk carton faces many hazards on his journey including a near-miss with a string trimmer. The milk carton gets a break when he is given a ride from a motorcyclist. He is dropped off downtown and asks around for Coxon, but comes up empty. He then goes to lady of the night "Big Suzy" for answers but is scared away when she attempts to pounce on him. He falls in love with a female strawberry milk carton but she is crushed to death by a passer-by's foot. The milk carton continues his search down a dark alley and, looking through a window, finds Coxon, who is playing "Coffee & TV" with Blur. The window falls into the room together with the milk carton. Coxon discovers him and takes the bus back home to meet up with his worried family. Once outside the bus, Coxon later drinks from the milk carton - in essence, killing him and dropping him in a garbage can. The milk carton waves goodbye and then goes to heaven where he is reunited with his love, the strawberry milk carton.

[edit] Awards and accomplishments

The video won several awards in 1999 and 2000 including Best Video at the NME Awards and the MTV Europe Awards. In 2005, it was voted the 17th greatest music video of all time in a poll by Channel 4. IN 2006 Stylus Magazine ranked it #32 in their list of the Top 100 Music Videos Of All Time.

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[edit] External links

Blur
Damon Albarn | Alex James | Dave Rowntree
Graham Coxon | Simon Tong
Discography
Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank
Compilations: The Special Collectors Edition | Live at the Budokan | Bustin' + Dronin'
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set | Blur: The Best of
Singles: See Blur Singles
Other projects
The Ailerons | Fat Les | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Gorillaz | Me Me Me | WigWam
Related articles
Food Records | Honest Jon's | Stephen Street | Transcopic
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