Coffee & TV
In addition, it was featured on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack. The edit of the singles cuts off the instrumental part after the fade out and runs about 40 seconds shorter than the album version. The music video for Coffee & TV was directed by Hammer & Tongs. Milk cartons are sometimes used (especially in the US) to help seek missing persons, and Coxon s (fictional) family have had his face and a plea printed on cartons.The music is credited to Damon Albarn, who also sings the chorus. The verses are sung by the band s guitarist, Graham Coxon, who also wrote the lyrics.
The window falls into the room, together with Milky. He falls in love with a female strawberry milk carton, but she is tragically crushed to death by a passer-by s foot.
In 2005, it was voted the 17th greatest pop video of all time in a poll by Channel 4. A weak but happy Milky witnesses this before he dies… but then emerges from the bin on angel s wings to the song s instrumental coda, waving goodbye as he ascends to heaven, reunited en route with his love, the strawberry milk carton. The video won several awards in 1999 and 2000 including Best Video at the NME Awards and the MTV Europe Awards.
Milky gets a break when he is given a ride from a motorcyclist, though. Its musical style is an anomaly in comparison with the rest of 13, and is similar to Blur s earlier, Britpop days. The single edit of the song also appeared on Blur s Best Of compilation, released in 2000.
He is dropped off downtown and asks around for Coxon, but comes up empty. Despite reaching only #11 in the UK singles chart, the song became one of Blur s most popular radio hits.
Once off the bus, Coxon opens and drinks the carton – in essence, killing Milky – and drops him into a dustbin before going in for a touching family reunion. Coffee & TV is a song by the British alternative rock band Blur.
The song appears on the band s sixth studio album, 13, released in 1999; and was also released as the second single from the album in the same year. Blur manager Chris Morrison believed that it was deprived of a top 10 place after it was confirmed that some sales figures weren t recorded.
Coxon discovers him, sees his family s printed plea and makes a decision to slip away from his bandmates (only Damon seems to notice), who play on as he takes the bus back home to his family. Milky continues his search down the back alleys and, looking through a window, is overjoyed to find Coxon playing Coffee & TV with Blur.
In 2006, Stylus Magazine ranked it #32 in their list of the Top 100 Music Videos Of All Time. . He then goes to lady of the night Big Suzy for answers, but is scared away when she attempts to pounce on him.
This one, Milky, sees how upset they are at breakfast and decides to resolve the situation himself! He faces many hazards on his journey, including a near-miss with a garden strimmer and, later, violent pop bottles in an alley full of litter. It first aired in June 1999 and features an anthropomorphic dancing milk carton character named Milky, made by Jim Henson s Creature Shop. The video tells the story of an animated milk carton as he goes in search of Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, who has apparently run away from home.
