While some argue that Blur’s The Great Escape was Modern Life Is Rubbish on steroids, and therefore, less enjoyable, it seems that what truly off-put people about the record was just how accurate a depiction it was (and is) of modern life.
Perhaps the realest song on the album is the monotony-laden “Ernold Same,” describing the rote functions of a man who lives the same life every day to, from and at work. The lyrics, “Oh Ernold Same, his world stays the same/Today will always be tomorrow/Poor Ernold Same, he’s getting that feeling once again. Nothing will change tomorrow.” And yes, this is exactly how it feels to those who are damned to the office sentence.