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Post by asyouwere on Jun 16, 2018 7:18:51 GMT -5
Surprisingly nails Listen Up, would love to hear him do it at the start of the tour with a fresh voice. Whatever is brilliant. Nails all three of the new songs imo.
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Post by bt95 on Jun 16, 2018 7:38:45 GMT -5
No complaints at that set but 17 songs seems a bit short for big gigs. Liam is never going to do long setlists. It's just not him. Imagine how fucked his voice would get if he was playing 2.5+ hours a night. I don't think 19 songs is too much to ask for though. These are massive gigs. Tbf, the only one missing that I'd really like in is BHN, though.
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Post by ricardowth on Jun 16, 2018 7:44:51 GMT -5
better quality
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Post by Diamond in The Dark on Jun 16, 2018 7:53:31 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Jun 16, 2018 8:50:48 GMT -5
The Irish Times would disagree it seems with how everyone else feels. Then again they also described WBTM as "a dried up Oasis of dross".
Liam Gallagher at Malahide Castle: a stale stroll down memory lane The ‘King Parka Monkey’ sends them home happy but the new material is weak
Eamon Sweeney
Liam Gallagher: all parka and no knickers as the new tunes fall flat.
Gibney’s pub in Malahide is advertising an Oasis tribute band with a poster featuring half of Liam’s face, and half of his estranged brother Noel’s. Despite the Gallagher brothers’ various attempts since 2009 to build a post-Oasis legacy, this simple image says it all.
Even though Liam Gallagher is unexpectedly riding the crest of a wave as Noel’s career is somewhat stalling, he performs no less than eleven Oasis songs at Malahide. Even his stage entrance is soundtracked by Fuckin’ in the Bushes, the opening track of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and the intro music for Oasis at Lansdowne Road back in the mists of 2000.
For Liam’s grand arrival, a camera follows him walking onstage throwing shapes like a simian Muhammad Ali. “Yes Dublin!” he bellows, as a delirious crowd go bananas. Lat year, Noel Gallagher slammed Liam’s fans as “parka monkeys”. The younger Gallagher revels in the supposed insult, and has taken to calling himself “King Parka Monkey”. He is wearing such an enormous over-sized parka that he looks like 90s rock star disguised as a tent.
The National at Donnybrook Stadium: Food for the brooding Taylor Swift shakes off the fire and fury in a delicate finale The Oasis hits come thick and fast. Liam still plays some solo songs, such as an excruciatingly awful dirge called Paper Crown, which he dedicates to any “United fans in the house”. The Gallagher sneer is still present and incorrect. It was once memorably likened to sitting somewhere in between the two Johns – Lennon and Lydon, but no matter how he tries to dress it all up, the new songs are either pale imitations of former glories, or half-baked pub rock nonsense that would make the tribute band playing in Gibney’s sound as full-blooded and urgent as Led Zeppelin.
For all his faults, you don’t get to sell out the likes of Malahide Castle, or Slane and Knebworth back in the day, if you haven’t got something to bring to the table. Slide Away is a terrific moment, but Liam or his band tellingly don’t touch any of the vocal parts Noel sings on the original, and the elder Gallagher’s signature fret work on a song reputedly written on Johnny Marr’s guitar is also sorely lacking.
LIam also dusts off an old b-side from the same era, the six-minute slow rocker Listen Up, which is performed for the first time live since 1996. He dips back even further into the past with Whatever, an Oasis Christmas single from 1994, which prompts another hands in the air moment and cues mass delirium.
The entire encore set is practically identical to an Oasis one from the mid-nineties, with Supersonic, Some Might Say, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Live Forever and Wonderwall all providing a text book lesson on how to send them home happy.
Ultimately, Liam Gallagher’s Malahide soirée is neither a resounding triumph or a spectacular failure, but a stale stroll down memory lane for an singer so stuck in a 90s moment that he can’t get out of it.
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Post by freddy838 on Jun 16, 2018 10:56:11 GMT -5
I don't know why they send reviewers who hate the artist to a gig, or to review an album. It just makes no sense to me, although I guess they'll get a reaction from this.
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Post by Spaceman on Jun 16, 2018 18:51:12 GMT -5
Think back to just over a year ago, who ever thought we'd hear Liam absolutely nail these classics again? D'You Know What I Mean? Be Here Now Don't Look Back In Anger Some Might Say Rockin' Chair Listen Up Bring It On Down Whatever Fucking stoked with the last 12 months or so! Next step: Headshrinker
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Post by forestfan on Jun 17, 2018 0:10:56 GMT -5
Listen up will be better on the next few gigs - it was ok and id Much rather he changed it up than Stick to boring repeat set lists like Noel
Be interesting to See how it sounds next Gig after giving It an outing
Whatever sounds like 1996 - people Say that as a throw away line about all songs but it’s true . That range is perfect for Him
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Post by madferitusa2025 on Jun 17, 2018 0:21:21 GMT -5
Which one of you yobs stripped off last night? https://www.reddit.com/r/oasis/comments/8rjk0w/nsfw_looks_like_somebody_was_having_a_good_time/ So funny, cleaning the Jack Daniels I spit out off my keyboard. Good find
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Post by smlevine88 on Jun 17, 2018 0:24:46 GMT -5
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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 17, 2018 4:26:40 GMT -5
smlevine88, I've merged your thread with this one. Cheers.
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Post by dontbelievethetruth4 on Jun 17, 2018 11:37:07 GMT -5
No complaints at that set but 17 songs seems a bit short for big gigs. Liam is never going to do long setlists. It's just not him. Imagine how fucked his voice would get if he was playing 2.5+ hours a night. also i think Oasis played longer sets but the songs were long and that gave liam a break and it also gave him a break when Noel would do his songs. 17 is better then what he was doing here in America. I still might try and get me ass over there to the UK for one of the 2 big shows coming up if I can find a ticket.
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Post by jordan71421 on Jun 17, 2018 11:39:39 GMT -5
I appreciate Liam doing Listen Up, but it just doesn't make sense to try and sing songs like that and Rockin Chair anymore. It's terrible to me. He couldn't sing those notes in 1995
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Post by dontbelievethetruth4 on Jun 17, 2018 11:40:22 GMT -5
Sounds really good too, it's great to see him making the extra effort to sing properly rather than over-do it with the shouting. He's got the most confidence in his voice since his heyday. Again, what a comeback. Just hope we can get a great pro recording of one of the big gigs. hopefully there will be a live dvd of finsbury with the film. are they doing a film? I havnt been able to be on here in a few months and having heard the news of late. I really really hope they have one of those two big gigs live on tv but i dont see that happening. A DVD id a good 2nd choice so lets hope we see it. After seeing Liam come to the stage the way he did it all just feels right again with him. Thats Liam playing in front of huge crows and putting it all out there. He needs to bring bone head back full time.
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Post by dontbelievethetruth4 on Jun 17, 2018 11:43:27 GMT -5
Which one of you yobs stripped off last night? https://www.reddit.com/r/oasis/comments/8rjk0w/nsfw_looks_like_somebody_was_having_a_good_time/ thats great here in the states that guy would end up in jail. Love shit like this
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Post by mancraider on Jun 17, 2018 13:36:16 GMT -5
hopefully there will be a live dvd of finsbury with the film. are they doing a film? I havnt been able to be on here in a few months and having heard the news of late. I really really hope they have one of those two big gigs live on tv but i dont see that happening. A DVD id a good 2nd choice so lets hope we see it. After seeing Liam come to the stage the way he did it all just feels right again with him. Thats Liam playing in front of huge crows and putting it all out there. He needs to bring bone head back full time. hi, yeah there has been one announced called As It Was, directed by Charlie Lighting. There is a thread about it in the Liam section if you haven't already seen it. It has been described as the story of Liam's return, from recording his album and subsequent tour culminating in his headline gig at Finsbury Park. Nothing else has been confirmed but it would make sense to release the FP gig as a bonus disc. If you've seen the official video for I've All I Need that was also directed by CL and he has said it is a teaser for the film.
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Post by mockba08 on Jun 18, 2018 8:38:28 GMT -5
One word - biblical.
Great gig, great venue, great people.
Loved every minute and that set was unreal. I don’t get to the front much at gigs these days but as soon as I heard that drum intro to BIOD I couldn’t resist. That song epitomises everything great about Oasis to me so I’m buzzing LG has started playing it.
Mega trip.
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Post by headshrinker84 on Jun 18, 2018 8:49:22 GMT -5
I appreciate Liam doing Listen Up, but it just doesn't make sense to try and sing songs like that and Rockin Chair anymore. It's terrible to me. He couldn't sing those notes in 1995 Bollocks, He sounded mega on Rockin Chair at the radio x gig.
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Post by jordan71421 on Jun 18, 2018 9:27:44 GMT -5
I appreciate Liam doing Listen Up, but it just doesn't make sense to try and sing songs like that and Rockin Chair anymore. It's terrible to me. He couldn't sing those notes in 1995 Bollocks, He sounded mega on Rockin Chair at the radio x gig. Opinions, who needs them right?
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Post by dontbelievethetruth4 on Jun 18, 2018 13:38:19 GMT -5
are they doing a film? I havnt been able to be on here in a few months and having heard the news of late. I really really hope they have one of those two big gigs live on tv but i dont see that happening. A DVD id a good 2nd choice so lets hope we see it. After seeing Liam come to the stage the way he did it all just feels right again with him. Thats Liam playing in front of huge crows and putting it all out there. He needs to bring bone head back full time. hi, yeah there has been one announced called As It Was, directed by Charlie Lighting. There is a thread about it in the Liam section if you haven't already seen it. It has been described as the story of Liam's return, from recording his album and subsequent tour culminating in his headline gig at Finsbury Park. Nothing else has been confirmed but it would make sense to release the FP gig as a bonus disc. If you've seen the official video for I've All I Need that was also directed by CL and he has said it is a teaser for the film. Thanks for the info. No i had not seen that. Its been a few months since i was on here and being an active part of the fourm. I was having alot of big life problems but all is good now and im back! I hope that they do put out a live DVD with it
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Post by dontbelievethetruth4 on Jun 18, 2018 13:40:50 GMT -5
Hey whats up! Im happy to be back. Its been a few months since I have been on here. Had all that bad stuff go down if anyone remembers that. Im back to where I need to be in life and ready to get on with things! I needed to get back on here and get back in the swing of things. Im surprised anyone even remembered me lol
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 13:55:49 GMT -5
Hey whats up! Im happy to be back. Its been a few months since I have been on here. Had all that bad stuff go down if anyone remembers that. Im back to where I need to be in life and ready to get on with things! I needed to get back on here and get back in the swing of things. Im surprised anyone even remembered me lol I remember your account after you posted about it. Sometimes wondered if you're doing okay. Good to hear it's getting better (man!!)
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Post by johnlennon696 on Jun 19, 2018 1:57:15 GMT -5
Never thought I'd see the day where he'd just out Whatever, Listen Up and Rockin' Chair again. Fair play to him. He sounds bloody great here.
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