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Post by AdidasNG72 on Jun 18, 2023 12:14:37 GMT -5
I bought it, very nice. Covers both Liam and Noel's solo careers too
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Post by AdidasNG72 on May 27, 2023 13:27:50 GMT -5
I've grown up with Oasis (Liam is my age) and I can totally relate to everything Noel said in that interview. I'm amazed that on an Oasis forum, some people here are getting offended by anything Noel is saying. Have they not been following the same person I have for the past 30 years? It seems to be a trend these days to look for anything to get offended by, but I'm amazed to see it on an Oasis forum. Oh fuck off, it has nothing to do with looking for anything to get offended by... and the whole "fuck off" to the people who want to be called "they/them" isn't that an old fart getting offended by something harmless that doesn't impact him in any way? But that's fine I guess you can now check that checkbox on your modern complaints list now... In my case, if you take 30 seconds and scroll up a bit, you'll see why I'm disappointed, not offended, in seeing Noel become an old fart. That's all it is. And just like he's totally allowed to say all this shit, I'm allowed to call him an old fart for it, which is the kind of thing he used to do in the 90's when older people were bitching about his generation. For me, live and let live is a unconditional principle, not just a thing you say when you're 27 and then stop evolving until you die. Oh but today's generation is just the fucking worst right? Millenials, THEY had actual real legitimate ideals for society... oh no wait it was generation X... oh no wait it was boomers... no wait... In his career, he was often quoted saying things for shock value, playing the media game and so on, talk against politicians, musicians, etc. When he'd cross a line, he'd apoligize (even in the 90's)... But in the last 6-7 years, it's the first time he's shitting on actual people, on his fans, on progress that's being made, etc. He used to be wiser than this. And it's a shame is all. You obviously are offended, even telling me to fuck off because I dare to suggest some folk here are getting offended. To me NG is the same person he is now as he was back then, only mellowed a bit in his older age, so I see him as wiser.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on May 26, 2023 23:32:52 GMT -5
No offence folks, but what did you expect? He's a 50 something year old white man whose life has turned out pretty OK- he's raised/raising 3 kids. He's still fairly left of the political and social awareness spectrum for people that age. Decent read- nothing surprising. Find it quite funny that there's a section of this forum (I'm not saying it's the posters in this thread) that are happy to big up Tom from Kasabian, an actual wife beater, but criticise the notoriously mouthy NG for, checks notes, saying that Tony Blair is a centralist. I've grown up with Oasis (Liam is my age) and I can totally relate to everything Noel said in that interview. I'm amazed that on an Oasis forum, some people here are getting offended by anything Noel is saying. Have they not been following the same person I have for the past 30 years? It seems to be a trend these days to look for anything to get offended by, but I'm amazed to see it on an Oasis forum.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Mar 24, 2023 7:30:31 GMT -5
I'm only interested in a reunion if its the original 90's line-up, Bonehead, Owen Morris, Brian Cannon album cover, etc.
A 00's Oasis reunion would be shite. Basically Beady Eye plus Noel.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Nov 5, 2022 3:42:13 GMT -5
Song doesn't really go anywhere. Noel hasn't written a decent chorus in a long time now, considering this is something he could churn out in his sleep a long time ago.
I'm into him going in new directions, I'm not expecting another Oasis album, but as a pure songwriter he is nowhere near what he once was.
The EP songs since WBTM are more about different sounds hiding and glossing over the fact there is very little decent melody underneath. They are mostly mediocre at best.
If this was another artist, I wouldn't give it the time of day. I only find myself repeatedly listening to these songs because they are NG's, and I'm hoping after repeated listens something will finally stick with me, that I will finally see the light, and I will suddenly `get it'.
4/10. A filler song at best, a throw away discarded B song at worst. If this is the lead single for the new album, it doesn't look promising.
I think the last thing NG did which blew me away was Holy Mountain, because it had that uplifting, partying, soaring spirit that Oasis was always about, and HM had that vibe, even if the sound was different. I didn't mind Black Star Dancing either, as there was a cool vibe to that song (and a great video).
This is just mediocre, bleak, very average. I'm all for a throwback 80's sound, but I'd take a Top Gun Harold Faltermeyer/Giorgo Moroder sound any day over this 80's sounding effort.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on May 3, 2021 5:39:08 GMT -5
I used to think some B sides should have made it to BHN, but now I don't. This was the genius of Oasis back then. Every single and B sides were as good (if not better) than the albums themselves, a trend that started back at their debut album DM and continued on throughout their career, but the first 3 albums definitely had the best B sides.
It made me appreciate and look forward to every single release, because you knew you were in for a treat with the new, undiscovered B sides. They were like mini albums themselves, with pretty much every song good enough to be a single in their own right.
No, I wouldn't change a thing, looking back now.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Apr 10, 2021 23:22:52 GMT -5
I've always liked this performance much better than the album version. i like the album versoin, but this is much better, actually sounds like a song and less of a noise. the solo part (or whatever) in the middle with the keyboard/organ is amazing. must be a better quality version of this somewhere that they havent released. i have always thought IGBM is a great song, up there with anything from 94-96. one of their best bridges and chorus. classic oasis sound Like I said in my earlier post, Noel's glory years of songwriting are still evident throughout all of BHN, its just that it's often lost under all the loud noise and heavy mixes of the final record version. Hearing the DYKWIM 2016 remix, this clearly shows how the songs can be transformed. BHN is crying out for an entire album remix. Once this finally gets done, I'm sure many Oasis fans who don't rate BHN will see the album in a totally new light.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Apr 10, 2021 0:11:10 GMT -5
Seeing as BHN is my favourite album of all time, yes I agree 100%.
BHN is a unique masterpiece in its own right, and something that will never be attempted by another band ever again, as no band will ever be as big as Oasis again. It could only ever have been made in such a loud, OTT, arrogant fashion as a band as huge as Oasis were at that time, and at their absolute peak, riding the Knebworth and Britpop wave.
Each song is colossal, huge, epic. Orchestras galore and everything turned up to the absolute max, yet at its core Noel's songwriting remaining very much in tact, and still at his peak as a songwriter. Some tunes belong to the glory era of 92 to 95 when everything he wrote was gold (Going Nowhere, Don't Go Away, Stand By Me, AATW), and other songs were ridiculously upbeat and fast tempo, reflecting the new found celebrity fame acquired (The Fame, IHITIK, My Big Mouth, IGBM).
No band would ever have the balls to release anything like this again. This was the sound of Oasis and Britpop reaching its absolute ballistic peak, before it all disappeared just as rapidly.
Be Here Now may not be everyone's cup of tea. It doesn't have the subtle quieter moments of the first 2 albums, but for a full on rock album, party until dawn, Rolls Royce in the swimming pool, right in your face, having it large - then this is it. And this is what I always want from Oasis.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Feb 25, 2021 3:04:02 GMT -5
D'You Know What I Mean - Don't know when this was written, but you'd have thought it was one of the last ones written because it knowingly takes its chords from Wonderwall. My Big Mouth was being soundchecked late 95 so I imagine it was written around then, too. Magic Pie was the last song written for BHN - in late 96. It borrows a phrase Tony Blair used at the Labour Party Conference in Sep-Oct 96. Stand By Me - 1994. The first line comes from when Noel first moved to London and made himself a Sunday dinner but didn't cook the chicken properly I Hope, I Think, I Know was written early 96 as I think Noel talks about it in the TFI Friday interview that year? Girl In The Dirty Shirt was end of 94/start of 95 around the time he started going out with Meg. Fade In/Out - Unknown when this was written. Don't Go Away was written in 94, maybe even 93 after hooking up with The Real People? Be Here Now - Unknown when this was written All Around The World we know dates from 92/93. It's Getting Better (Man) - It fits in quite well with IHITIK and MBM, so I'd guess it was written late 95/early 96? The fact that BHN was written mainly around the same time as the first 2 albums proves why it is still a great album, despite the way it was recorded (for some). I've always thought Oasis best era was the first 3 albums and B sides. Noel's songwriting during this period was untouchable, God-like, legendary status, up there with Lennon and McCartney. Just about everything he wrote during that time was biblical. After BHN Noel's writing was never quite the same. He would never hit those extraordinary heights ever again. Maybe it was because he lost the hunger and drive that only comes from being poor and on the dole, or maybe it was because he came down off the drugs. Whatever it was - the hunger to be famous fuelled with drugs, Noel's songs suffered once he came down from the glory of fame and drug intake.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on May 2, 2020 9:18:38 GMT -5
It wouldn't have made any difference if this appeared on that album or not. The song is shoddy, dull, and a far cry from Noel's great B side acoustics, and appearing on their worst album which also happens to be shoddy and dull wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference.
The only thing that would rescue DBTT would be to scrap every song entirely and start again.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on May 1, 2020 8:57:49 GMT -5
I'd bet Noels probly preparing to release the Liam-sung Step Out for the postcorona lockdown anthem Now that I would love to hear.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Apr 30, 2020 13:10:39 GMT -5
Easily their worst album, without a shadow of a doubt. Even the 3 singles released are sub par.
DOYS is also a horrible album, but its saved by 3 strong singles, likewise with HC, which is also rescued by a lot of decent B sides.
DBBT is just an abysmal, shoddy album, and almost tarnishes the bands name.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Apr 30, 2020 13:07:07 GMT -5
Loving these photos. Loving this thread.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Apr 30, 2020 13:04:10 GMT -5
Not a particularly good song. It comes from an era of Oasis I'd rather forget, and also doesn't fare well against most of the stuff done by Noel or Liam since with their recent solo careers.
The likes of `Sail On' by Noel, or `Misunderstood' by Liam piss all over this. It's a song that would have been easily forgotten had it been released as a B side at the time of DBBT/DOYS, and a timely reminder that Oasis were not that great post 2000.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Dec 2, 2019 1:49:44 GMT -5
Misunderstood is pure class. Awesome! Probably my favourite song by Liam.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Dec 2, 2019 1:48:16 GMT -5
Mow that I've found you Misunderstood (love the guitars in this)
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Dec 2, 2019 1:40:07 GMT -5
Rule of thumb: If the critics think it's shit, the artist thinks it's shit, and the general public thinks it's shit, it's probably shit. Critics gave it 5 stars at the time of its release. Liam has gone on record saying its his favourite Oasis album. Who cares what Noel thinks. Who says the general public say its shit? Its still my favourite Oasis album (and many others feel just like me too).
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Sept 8, 2019 1:15:28 GMT -5
Brilliant gig last night. LG nailed it, and best I've heard his voice sound for years. A lot of his songs were not that well known by the young Gibraltar kids who were there to see Ricky Iglasias, but they were still shouting for Wonderwall, which went down massive with the crowd when he played it.
Cigarettes and Alcohol sounded massive.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Sept 7, 2019 1:03:06 GMT -5
Seeing LG tonight in Gibraltar...and I have VIP tickets. Maybe I'll get to meet the big man himself.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 28, 2019 2:10:34 GMT -5
Am I the only one who thinks it's stupid to have album reviews prior to their actual release? That being said, it certainly builds the excitement and it was nice to read that. Not at all. That is how its always been. Same with movies. And as you said, builds up the excitement. I'm now looking forward more to this new album after reading that.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 16, 2019 10:18:29 GMT -5
I find it fascinating that so many people are offended by what Noel has said recently. It's fascinating that people are offended by offensive interviews? No. Not really. It's difficult to believe that, judging by some of the anti-Noel/love-Liam posters on this forum. The reactions by some on here every time Noel utters so much as a `Parka Monkey', you'd think he was the devil incarnated. Noel `Damian' Gallagher should be his new name, and 666 should be his Licence to Offend number...
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 15, 2019 12:18:16 GMT -5
Its pretty clear to me that oasis ended after 98. That's pretty much how I felt about Oasis. After BHN it really felt like the end of an era. A shortlived one, even shorter than The Beatles 8 year reign, but an unforgettable one, with a band at their absolute peak, and became the biggest thing on the planet. I'm just so glad I got to witness this in my lifetime. No band will ever have an impact like that again. It was a moment frozen in time, with the ultimate ride being Knebworth to the release of DYKWIM. The Masterplan in 98 was a great snapshot summary of that shortlived era, when it was released. But we all knew by then the dream was sadly over. Oasis Mk2 didn't feel that much different to Noel and Liam's solo careers now, tbh. The bigness and greatness of it all had disappeared, but for us fans who still hung on to those glory days, remembering those long gone good times, we still lapped up every interview and bought every new single and album, in the hope that we could relive those short, crazy mid 90's Britpop years again and again. But it was never quite the same. SOTSOG was the aftermath, the hangover record. And the rest of the albums that followed was mainly Noel writing by numbers, in autopilot mode, heart not in it anymore, with Liam's voice shot to pieces, and the other members coasting along like they were in a tribute band.
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 15, 2019 11:50:23 GMT -5
Serious question, why do you find his comments about Capaldi particularly nasty? To me his comments seem no different to those both Gallaghers have been saying about other musicians for several decades now... Liam on Ozzy Osbourne: “How come everyone thinks he’s great? He’s a bit of a fucking mong if you ask me.” Noel: “I feel sorry for Keane. No matter how hard they try they’ll always be squares. Even if one of them started injecting heroin into onto his cock people would go ‘Yeah but your dad was a vicar, good night’.” Liam on Florence Welch: "She sounds like someone's stood on her fucking foot." Liam on Florence Welch: "I'm not having someone with ginger hair making music. I'm not going down that road." Liam on La Roux: “Man hands.” Noel: “If Thom Yorke fucking shit into a light bulb and started blowing it like an empty beer bottle it’d probably get 9 out of 10 in fucking Mojo.” Liam: “I’d like to fucking hang Robbie Williams onstage. What’s he done to me this time? Nothing. He’s just somebody I’d like to hang.” Noel on Justin Bieber: "My cat sounds more rock ’n’ roll that that." Liam: “Muse fucking scare me. They’re like fucking creepy shit.” Noel: "I would rather drink petrol straight from the nozzle at a garage than listen to an interview with Alex Turner.” Liam on The Scissor Sisters: "Bright colours and fucking weirdos on stilts? I'm more entertaining than that shit." Noel on Jack White: "He looks like Zorro on doughnuts.” Liam: "I've mellowed, but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay." Noel: “I fucking despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is a fucking idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life.” Liam on Billie Joe Armstrong: "Fuck right off. I’m not having him. I just don’t like his head." Noel: "I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'” Liam: “You see pictures of Bono running around LA with his little white legs and a bottle of Volvic and he looks like a fanny." Liam: "Chris Martin looks like a geography teacher. Noel: "I don’t care what the Internet says. 99.9999% of the people on the Internet are dumbasses anyway." X Thank you! Although I see hilariously even with hard proof this is absolutely no different to anything both brothers said in the past, people are still twisting themselves in all kinds of knots to justify their offence. Noel wished AIDS upon someone before. Liam said a ginger shouldn't be in the music business. Now everyone's crying because he called someone fat. I presume a lot of people here are quite young and weren't actually around in the 90s. Or they're just hypocrites and were fine with Noel calling everyone in the world a c**t, but one comment about parka monkeys and everyone has taken it personally and now acts like they got dumped by Noel or something. It They were both arses to everyone back then, and Oasis fans loved it. So all this faux outrage is quite hilariou, because now you hate Noel so take offence. Noel should drop the Capaldi stuff just because Capaldi's comebacks have outdone him. Although given Anais is hanging out with the guy, something tells me its all a lot less serious than some here are desperate to make it. Some of you care a lot more about it than Noel does... Hint. When Noel said that oh so terrible thing about parka monkeys he wast talking about you. Well maybe he was, but if you actually define yourself as a parka monkey you deserve to be taken the piss out of. He was talking specifically about the Liam wannabes, and the kind of 'lads' who used to go to Oasis concerts and throw piss all over everyone. If they are so sensitive and hate Noel and won't go to his gigs anymore, maybe they're not as hard as they think. Noel's done as all a favor anyway getting them to bugger off. And if you think Liam hasn't taken the piss out of those guys before, you must be on glue. In Supersonic I think, you can literally hear Liam at a gig saying how good it is there's no-one with long hair there. OH MY GOD LIAM HATES OASIS FANS, LET'S ALL TAKE OFFENCE!! Well said! Sanity prevails on here (occasionally).
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 15, 2019 11:44:32 GMT -5
I don't remember anyone coming to Hull's defense when Noel labeled it a "s***hole". As that clip shows, he clearly does it as part of his stand-up comedy routine. Liam did! "Just reading about this offer to open new venue in HULL send me the dates and if I'm around I'd love to I love HULL as you were LG x" The fact is Hull is a working class northern city (it's exactly pretty nice if you visit!), the kind of place Noel came from... the place where hard working people buy his records! He shouldn't slag off such places.... it's not funny/classy.... hearing a multi millionaire slag of such places.... I'm from Hull and didn't take it personally at all. It's British footie sense of humour to slag off other towns. Jesus, when did all you Oasis fans suddenly turn into Millenial snowflakes? What happened to you all?
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Post by AdidasNG72 on Aug 14, 2019 14:31:31 GMT -5
I still haven't even watched Liam's new documentary yet. Dont bother its not really interesting. Let me make you a quick summary of it : « Liam is a good guy ». That’s pretty much it. No spoilers.
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