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Post by mossy on Sept 29, 2016 10:48:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 10:56:06 GMT -5
will probably fuck off forever until oasis reunites"
like I said earlier, I can believe it though, its the only thing he hasnt tried thus far really so if it tanks theres not much else for him to do, he said he would quit if BE didnt do well and he did really so this is merely a last chance saloon type thing.
I hope it works out but it really depends on what Liam wants, I cant see it reaching Noel heights of popularity just because I dont think Liam is willing to be contemporary enough.
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Post by mossy on Sept 29, 2016 11:02:26 GMT -5
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Post by supersonicdrain on Sept 29, 2016 11:05:29 GMT -5
I just want a good album Liam don't give in now !
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Post by Jgrp on Sept 29, 2016 12:33:07 GMT -5
I was adimant Liam wouldn't go solo for this exact reason, so hold my hands up I got it wrong. But I doubt he's going to sell out big venues and I hate to say it but I recon that would cause him to throw the towel in. I obviously hope that don't happen and was wrong about going solo so what do I know!?
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 29, 2016 12:37:09 GMT -5
NME looks like more and more tabloids these days.
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Post by SheSaidHerNameWasDot on Sept 29, 2016 13:14:44 GMT -5
As much as I absolutely love Liam, and as much as I really really want him to succeed, I am already resigned to the fact he is going to fail. His time came and went. And until, if ever, there is a reunion, I don't see the general public embracing him again. Sorry to say that he will have 1 solo album only, and that's it folks. Probably 2 great tunes. 3 max.
My own humble opinion though, of course.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on Sept 29, 2016 13:35:38 GMT -5
Liam, lower your expectations man. Be happy if you chart at all. Charts are not a testament to writing quality. It just shows what's popular. Your target audience is not towards young people with pop taste in music. They propel the charts and you're not making a pop record. Even if you did, it wouldn't appeal to most youths. You will never move millions of units again. You'll be incredibly lucky to pass 200k worldwide sales in the span of a year. If you enjoy making music, then just make it. Don't worry about charts. If you're turning a profit from your work, be happy. There's millions of indie artists out there looking to be even half as successful as what BE was.
I got to be honest, his description of his album sounds pretty bland and uninspiring. Experiment a little. Try to appeal to a wider audience, that will help. Not much. It won't propel you the top, but it will take the interest of the millions of Oasis fans dying to hear good and different music from you. Stop trying to forcefully write rocknroll songs. Find your own style. Just write songs and let them take the most audibly tasteful shape they can. Nobody wants an album full of Shine The Lights or Beatles and Stones. It's not good music.
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Post by Jgrp on Sept 29, 2016 15:13:01 GMT -5
Ye the whole stripped back thing of just 4-5 instruments isn't appealing. If it's a load of Face the Crowd stuff it'll be a shame. I'll love it whatever just hope he's a bit bold with it
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Post by bestwick8 on Sept 29, 2016 15:30:07 GMT -5
Do you guys think Liam will do a world tour regardless of album sales? Or just stick to Europe for a small tour?
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Post by guigsysEstring on Sept 30, 2016 1:50:20 GMT -5
NME looks like more and more tabloids these days. They've been going that way since circa 1997, it's just with the digital site overtaking the print they have had to increase the click bait articles and layout for revenue to the point they have become a cross between the Daily Star and Upworthy
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 30, 2016 3:35:29 GMT -5
NME looks like more and more tabloids these days. They've been going that way since circa 1997, it's just with the digital site overtaking the print they have had to increase the click bait articles and layout for revenue to the point they have become a cross between the Daily Star and Upworthy Bring back the Melody Maker!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2016 5:01:24 GMT -5
As much as I absolutely love Liam, and as much as I really really want him to succeed, I am already resigned to the fact he is going to fail. His time came and went. And until, if ever, there is a reunion, I don't see the general public embracing him again. Sorry to say that he will have 1 solo album only, and that's it folks. Probably 2 great tunes. 3 max. My own humble opinion though, of course. I feel the same tbh, I think he needed to jump off from oasis with a strong start and go from there but DGSS just didnt do that, now it just feels like the time has passed, you also have to factor in Liams probable high expectations, a moderately successful album probably wont appeal to him, like its been said, his description of the album doesnt fill me with hope, sounds like anything hes done before when really he should be using this to create something new, just sounds very standard. I have a worry that its going to be very beatles / lennon styled which is fine if your doing it for the sake of it but its not going to be very appealing to people in 2016, Liam seems stuck in his ways but then doesnt like not having hits etc, somethings got to give really. I hope he does well but I just dont feel like its going to do as well as he would want.
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Post by joladella on Sept 30, 2016 5:38:21 GMT -5
It's a fine line, but IMO he should not deliberately do something different just for the sake of it. He still has to live and feel his songs and identify with them, especially live. It seems to be still early stages and we still don't know who he is working with. So maybe they can help him find a compromise.
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Post by Jgrp on Sept 30, 2016 5:40:41 GMT -5
Shame he doesn't team up with Sitek again and dive in rather than dip your toe like with BE. A dip of the toe is better than all the 4 instrument stuff though. 'A Dip of the Toe' sounds good as a track title 😂
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2016 6:00:01 GMT -5
I don't think he has any high expectations. If he play 5 Oasis songs, he will be fine.
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Post by guigsysEstring on Sept 30, 2016 6:16:49 GMT -5
Do you guys think Liam will do a world tour regardless of album sales? Or just stick to Europe for a small tour? It's going to depend on sales in all honesty to drive up interest. I can see him doing a civic halls and club sized venues tour of the UK regardless with a good uptake based on his name alone, although for mainland Europe, Asia and especially the USA I would have thought unless it's decent sized sales with public demand it will be festival type appearances if they can be negotiated. The USA is more problematic logistically because if you shift 100,000 records across the UK you can play a string of club dates with perhaps festival and the odd "high point" larger venue appearance and have a good chance of comfortably making a profit if not completely selling out every single show. In the USA if you sell 100,000 or less across a nation that size you stand a fair chance of having a widely dispersed fan base, and so booking a theatre in New York for example may be prohibitive for the majority of your fans who live in other states with accommodation and travel on top of tickets, merchandise, etc. proving too costly. If Liam does start selling more records in certain territories then it would make sense to do even a small headline tour to promote it, although again this would depend on a) Warner Music being willing to underwrite it or b) if not Liam meeting the cost himself on the hope of further success in said country or countries.
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Post by Jgrp on Oct 1, 2016 4:06:16 GMT -5
I really hope his interviews are on top form. So that general public see that side to him. He sounded good on paper with the Q interview. What we don't want is those awkward interviews like the Beady Eye one with XFM promoting BE. I'll dig it out if people aren't sure of the one I'm referring to. The interviewer said something along the lines of 'come on guys my career is on the line here'. At least there won't be any Gem doing his cringe worthy statements all philosophical n that. No thanks.
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Post by shoreline on Oct 3, 2016 5:41:18 GMT -5
Ye the whole stripped back thing of just 4-5 instruments isn't appealing. If it's a load of Face the Crowd stuff it'll be a shame. I'll love it whatever just hope he's a bit bold with it If it hadn't been for that interview in the Sunday Times, I would've been a bit concerned that it would be like that. Not in terms of the production being stripped back or not, but that it would be a lot of (or only) songs like the meaning of soul (or "face the crowd", which I'm not sure if he wrote though, but I get the point). One song of that kind is okay, an album with 10 of them would be horrible. But like I said, the interview in the sunday times does make it sound like there's gonna be a bit more variation to it.
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