With Found Footage, we dig through the depths of archival video on the internet. From performances to interviews and music videos, we uncover the best visual documents floating around the web. In honor of Blur's career-spanning box set, out this week via Parlophone, plus the band's triumphant Olympics gig, contributing editor Lindsay Zoladz shares five of the Britpop group's essential clips.
1. "Chemical World", live in Germany in 1993: Opening for Duran Duran at Germany's Rocklife concert in 1993, the fresh-faced lads performed the Modern Life Is Rubbish standout -- cut short when Graham Coxon's guitar comes unplugged from rocking out too hard. Damon Albarn finds the moral: "Don't jump too high, OK kids?"
2. "Parklife", live on the MTV Europe show "MTV's Most Wanted", 1994: This acoustic take on "Parklife" was performed shortly before the titular album's release skyrocketed Blur to British superstardom. Damon's jogging at 2:15 is classic.
3. "Beetlebum" live at London's Wembley Arena, 1999: A great, crowd-pleasing rendition of their 1997 hit "Beetlebum," the band's second UK #1 single after The Great Escape's "Country House." A DVD containing the entire Wembley performance is included in the Blur 21 box set.
4. "Tender" live at London's Hyde Park, 2009: Graham Coxon rejoined the band after a six-year absence, beginning an on-and-off reunion that has lasted until now. Here's a powerful, chill-inducing performance of "Tender" from their reunion concert at Hyde Park on July 2, 2009.
5. On "MTV's Most Wanted" in 1993: Albarn and Coxon don't seem terribly amused when they come face-to-face with "The Bingo Board of Death":
