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Advert

Release date: 10th May 1993

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About This Track

'Advert' by Blur is a 1993 rock track from the album 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'. The lyrics move through late-hour routines and commuters’ nerves, with the speaker half-determined to be steadied by something outside the immediate grind. A quick, upbeat intro line about “Food processors” sits beside images of standing and waiting for the Underground, giving the song a faintly promotional, consumer-bright tone that keeps slipping into unease as the clock turns.

"Advert" is a track by Blur, from the album Modern Life Is Rubbish, released 10th May 1993. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Blur.

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Lyrics

Advert

[Intro]

Food processors are great!

[Verse 1]

It's six o'clock on the dot and I'm halfway home

I feel foul-mouthed as I stand and wait for the Underground

And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this

I need something to remind me that there is something else

[Chorus]

You need a holiday somewhere in the sun

With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one

Say something, say something else

Say something, say something else

[Verse 2]

Advertisements are here for rapid persuasion

If you stare too long, you lose your appetite

And a nervous disposition doesn't agree with this

You need fast relief from aches and stomach pains

[Chorus]

I need a holiday somewhere in the sun

With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one

Say something, say something else

Say something, say something else

[Bridge]

One, two, three, four

Five, six, seven, eight

Nine, ten, eleven, twelve

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen

[Interlude]

You can have a holiday in the sun, yes

Ladies and gentlemen, one week only, on special offer

[Chorus]

You need a holiday somewhere in the sun

With all the people who are waiting, there never seems to be one

Say something, say something else

Go on, say something, say something else

Say something, say something else

Say something, say something else

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From Modern Life Is Rubbish

1993
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
10th May 1993
Release year
1993
  1. —Intermission
  2. —Oily Water
  3. —Turn It Up
  4. —Coping
  5. —Star Shaped
  6. —Advert
  7. —Pressure on Julian
  8. —Commercial Break
  9. —Turn It Up - 2012 Remaster
    3:23
  10. —Chemical World - 2012 Remaster
    6:34
  11. —Miss America
  12. —Villa Rosie
  13. —Colin Zeal
  14. —Blue Jeans
  15. —Resigned
  16. —For Tomorrow - 2012 Remaster
    4:21
  17. —Blue Jeans - 2012 Remaster
    3:55
  18. —Star Shaped - 2012 Remaster
    3:27
  19. —Villa Rosie - 2012 Remaster
    3:55
  20. —Colin Zeal - 2012 Remaster
    3:16
  21. —Advert - 2012 Remaster
    3:45
  22. —Pressure on Julian - 2012 Remaster
    3:32
  23. —Sunday Sunday - 2012 Remaster
    2:38
  24. —Oily Water - 2012 Remaster
    5:01
  25. —Miss America - 2012 Remaster
    5:35
  26. —Coping - 2012 Remaster
    3:25
  27. —Resigned - 2012 Remaster
    6:13
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