84. ‘Got Yer!’

B-side of ‘To The End’, first of two-part CD. Produced by Blur.

A creepy and obscure afterthought, ‘Got Yer!’ calls to mind John Entwistle’s notorious song for The Who, ‘Boris The Spider’. Damon, who does both the voices on ‘Got Yer!’, even revisits Entwistle’s throaty growl for his character of the old man who swats a fly and decides: “It’s the ooze of life.” Yet another Albarn waltz, ‘Got Yer!’ confounds slightly by veering into the awkward time signature of 5/3 halfway through. Of the sound effects, the fly is swatted and killed at 1.17, the geese are from Street’s BBC album (see 71) and the sound of gunfire is a Dave Rowntree snare drum sample, speeded up. Andy Ross, who could now afford to indulge Blur their wilful B-side fripperies, was thoroughly unimpressed by ‘Got Yer!’, as well he might be.