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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jul 2, 2019 9:53:51 GMT -5
Did you see The Cure? Robert Smith killed it as usual. It was nice to see him getting a bit of respect on Twitter for still sounding so good at 60.
They were incredible, WOW. No big speeches or interacting with the crowd necessary, just great music from a living legend who’s not changed his style and we applaud him for it. I only own their greatest hits cd but hearing all those songs from Disintegration for the first time blew me away, buying that immediately. One thing that has struck me since looking at their setlist online is I don’t think they played a song released post 2000! Fine by me, but I’m surprised with them being so alternative artist types that they’d not play newer stuff. Embracing the nostalgia world for a festival I guess, good move. Well, I guess they've only released three albums between 2000 and now. But you won't find too many Cure fans complaining about the later stuff not getting an airing; they definitely peaked in the 80s and early 90s. They started to struggle in the mid 90s after grunge, and particularly Britpop made them seem a bit old hat. Then in the 00s there were lots of lineup changes, and Robert threatening to pull the plug on it. They only really stabilised in this decade, when they gave up releasing new music and just concentrated on touring whenever they felt like it. Having said that, they have been working on a new album, which they hope to get out this Autumn. Hopefully they can do a Bowie and have some sort of latter day renaissance after going off the boil for a couple of decades. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed their set. And it's great you feel inspired to get check their records out. Hopefully others will too.
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Post by standbymoi on Jul 2, 2019 10:30:26 GMT -5
Just looking at Liam’s setlist online. 5 from Definitely Maybe and 4 from Morning Glory, makes total sense really for a festival crowd.
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Post by burningrain on Jul 2, 2019 17:33:54 GMT -5
I have just finished watching the gig and I really can't understand a lot of the negativity I read about. Only song he struggled a bit was FWIW, the rest of the set was really really good, I did even like this version of Bold and Universal Gleam. Highlights were Slide Away, Wonderwall, Supersonic and The River ("Don't be scared of it, it's only a tune") May he go on for other 25 years.
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Post by Jgrp on Jul 3, 2019 2:26:09 GMT -5
Anywhere to watch outside the uk yet?
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Post by Bonehead's Barber on Jul 3, 2019 2:46:39 GMT -5
Liam's voice was a 6.5/10. Take this vocal and shove it into a 2005-09 Oasis gig, and it would be one of the best of that era.
Liam's voice is back. The fact some of us are underwhelmed by a slightly above average vocal performance, speaks wonders!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 3:07:48 GMT -5
My highlights from what I've seen were Stormzy's entire thing, Liam singing Columbia, slowthai putting on a propeller hat, This Charming Man without the racist, and Billie Eilish singing When the Party's Over. Did you see The Cure? Robert Smith killed it as usual. It was nice to see him getting a bit of respect on Twitter for still sounding so good at 60. I was pretty shocked at how good robert smith sounded tbh. His voice has practically not changed much at all.
I was listening to an interview did with jo whiley and I agreed with his comments when asked if they would play new material and he basically said that a festival crowd wouldnt be the place for that because they arnt there for you, compared to a normal gig where you can challenge them more due to them being actual fans.
he then went on to say something about now understanding that if you play the right songs in the right order at a festival then it can really work and get people interested so its not good to play something no-one knows.
Just highlighted the issues that were up with Liams set imo. He shouldnt of played a song like universal gleam, its just not known and its too slow, specially straight after another lesser known tune that was played in a poor way. Im not saying he shouldve just played oasis hits but something like come back to me wouldve likely gone down better than universal gleam.
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Post by leron on Jul 3, 2019 3:25:40 GMT -5
Liam's voice was a 6.5/10. Take this vocal and shove it into a 2005-09 Oasis gig, and it would be one of the best of that era. Liam's voice is back. The fact some of us are underwhelmed by a slightly above average vocal performance, speaks wonders! Way better than 2005/2009 to me, can't see that liam singing shockwave IMO the best thing of his comeback is the constancy of his performance, in the past years he had a few good gigs (first ones) and then his voice got worse
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Post by space75gr on Jul 3, 2019 7:36:29 GMT -5
about Liam's Glastonbury ...
too many pages to read n not enough time)
I m still confused about it. Unfortunately there s not enough material for me to have a clear n fair opinion... From the clips i saw : Liam was in a great form, with good or very good vocals. BUT...from the clips i saw, it seems that it was ''only'' just a RNR, in your face, performance. That hardy works for a festival like Glastonbury which in these days turned to a more mainstream event , more like a mainstream show.
Seems that Liam's performance needed more humor, a happier band (too nervous, scary? stress in their face) and a few surprises such as a collaboration with someone (killer's Brandon would be ok cause he s a fan or an indie legend but please not chris martin, bonehead could be a plus), a cover (dont mention oasis pls)and probably 1-2 bigger oasis hits that fit perfect to a festival n i mean "whatever" and "dont look back in anger" (yes again, as a special glastonbury song-moment for Liam). "Columbia" and "universal Gleam" out (even if i love both). When you are 2nd on the bill in Glastonbury you have to take the opportunity n go supernova, trying a few different things.
Dont get me wrong, he can do whatever he wants and seems that he s doing it perfectly considering his place as the 2nd biggest name in the saturday line up n probably i m wrong cause i didnt have the chance to watch the full gig But on the other hand i didnt see that performance in front of so many people to have an impact to the charts with new songs n album riding straight high in the charts like The Killers did f.e.
anyway, time will tell... and btw glastonbury n charts can f*** o** and my verdict would be a pure 10/10 no matter if i complain for a few things...
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Post by Jgrp on Jul 3, 2019 9:21:41 GMT -5
Finally heard the set. Not sure what all the negativity is about. The band sound no worse than normal and have heard them worse. Haven’t actually seen it so perhaps it looked boring but since when did a glasto crowd ever look exciting
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Post by asyouwere on Jul 3, 2019 14:55:20 GMT -5
Goddamn, that Shockwave at Glastonbury is just epic. Love it.
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Post by freddy838 on Jul 3, 2019 16:13:59 GMT -5
Yeah I rewatched Shockwave, that was really good considering how hard it is in certain parts to sing. I'm a bit disappointed that having had the horn section there he didnt play another rocker instead of Bold or Universal Gleam. Round Are Way would have been a treat, or another of the rockier songs from As You Were. Never mind, it's still cool that he got a top slot at Glasto.
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Post by icefront on Jul 3, 2019 19:10:46 GMT -5
Yeah I rewatched Shockwave, that was really good considering how hard it is in certain parts to sing. I'm a bit disappointed that having had the horn section there he didnt play another rocker instead of Bold or Universal Gleam. Round Are Way would have been a treat, or another of the rockier songs from As You Were. Never mind, it's still cool that he got a top slot at Glasto. Columbia and The River were certainly the highlights in my opinion. It seems like they did have too little time to prepare for an audience like that. Somehow they played liked they'd never played before. That was weird.
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Post by Bright Star on Jul 3, 2019 22:54:22 GMT -5
Watched Glasto on TV. Of the many bands and artist I saw Liam had the worst and weakest band. Enjoyed the concert mostly for Liam's swagger. The band is weak and has no direction. BUT...from the clips i saw, it seems that it was ''only'' just a RNR, in your face, performance. That hardy works for a festival like Glastonbury which in these days turned to a more mainstream event , more like a mainstream show. Seems that Liam's performance needed more humor, a happier band (too nervous, scary? stress in their face) and a few surprises such as a collaboration with someone Nothing wrong with an "only" RCR in your face performance, but that requires a good, powerful band. Some fun, guests and surprises would make it interesting. With a good band. This one is not up to the task. Either the band is able to become better or Liam needs to get new musicians. As well as someone that is a good band lider.
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Post by idleross on Jul 4, 2019 14:29:15 GMT -5
Having my first watch of Liam’s Glasto Set.
Why did they play a stripped back version of Bold? And PLEASE can they never do it like that again
It’s one of my favourite’s from As You Were but that sounded rough
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Post by stxparkamonkey on Jul 8, 2019 14:35:23 GMT -5
my review: Liam mostly sounded really good from the crowd, but bad when watching the recording on bbc. Weird how he can sound this good when standing in the crowd while not reaching a single high note when watching him on bbc.. it’s really weird I wonder what's going on, just a bad night? He was on a roll during the AYW era
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Post by Jgrp on Jul 11, 2019 12:17:15 GMT -5
Watched the set now, typical boring glasto crowd to be expected. Not sure what all the negativity is about really
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