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Speaking to the newspaper, Graham Coxon was asked about life post-The Magic Whip, Blur's first album in 12 years, and the state of modern music.
Regarding Kanye West, Coxon had this to say: "He's a fucking idiot, isn't he? Does he even make his own albums?"
He added about modern song structure: "All I hear is a loop starting, some bloke starts to sing or rap, and the loop finishes. There's no shape to this stuff. And the lyrics just seem to be idiotic."
And it's not just Kanye that's the problem apparently, Coxon went on to lampoon the entire new music industry: "People aren't interested in learning instruments and putting effort and time into it. They want it immediately. It's McDonalds, isn't it? It's convenient."
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In the same interview, the band have revealed their method of relieving boredom on tour with a game they call the 'punching game'.
The game emerged during their tour of the US in 1992 and involved taking turns punching each other.
Speaking on the nature of the game, Alex James said: "There was one tour in America that I had two black eyes," James continued: "One from Graham and one from Dave. And Damon broke my nose once. But you know... there was never any question we would split up. We were tighter than ever".
"We all took it in turns to punch each other. I remember playing it with the bass player from Dinosaur Jr... he was fucking massive. Taller than me. He lumped the shit out of everyone."
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