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Post by World71R on Feb 8, 2023 20:57:35 GMT -5
Yea... We should be getting this album in April to set up a summer tour slate but, nope. It's a shame Noel still has some of that old-school approach to albums. Also, I view Easy Now as Council Skies' lead single with the way EN's release coincided with the announcement of CS, not Pretty Boy.
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Post by World71R on Feb 7, 2023 21:29:56 GMT -5
A great drinking game would be taking a drink every time Joe Biden stutters tonight during the State of the Union address, you’d be trashed about 20 minutes in…..he’s declined quite a bit in the last ten years. He should not run for re-election, nor should the dumbass last president. Let’s have some candidates who aren’t pushing 80. Thanks. Real original.... I mean, I agree we need more candidates who aren't pushing 80, but listening to his address, Biden is a good, rousing speaker. He stutters, but if you know his backstory, that was something he fought to overcome at a young age and still fights to overcome. It's a dick move to constantly point to that problem when there's a justifiable reason for why that problem exists.
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Post by World71R on Feb 1, 2023 22:39:16 GMT -5
If Coldplay’s plan to release their final 3 album by the end of 2025 then they better get cracking. One a year from here on out I guess. Right? My thought when I heard about "Moon Music" was just my hope that it would be better than Music of the Spheres. Coldplay are creatively-malnourished right now. They have the potential to do great music (see Colouratura, Everyday Life album, even some of the songs on AHFOD) but they keep working with flavor of the month producers, writers and artists, and they quadrupled down on that with MOTS. Makes me wonder how hard Brian Eno is laughing right and how loud he's saying "I told you so," as he switches on Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends with all the masterpieces he helped oversee, due in part to kicking out Chris for a bit.
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Post by World71R on Jan 26, 2023 23:53:03 GMT -5
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2 isn't a be-all-end-all, great album but it's got some good tunes on it.
What stands above them all is Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own. The percussion adds a lot of space to the mix for The Edge's emotional delayed guitar and, above all, Bono singing with everything he has about his then-recently-deceased father. Top tune:
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Post by World71R on Jan 26, 2023 23:01:52 GMT -5
I don't know about Be Careful What You Wish For as being the point where the album "falls hard off a cliff". I like the psychedelic groove and vibe on it, and it feels like a proper mid-album song that takes you on a nice psychedelic trip to dissolve into after all the sounds and emotions in the first five songs. If anything, I don't think the album falls off a cliff at all. It hits a bump with Black & White Sunshine and the oddly-placed interlude (which should've come after She Taught Me How to Fly) but throwing in one of the B-sides, like This is the Place, hits the spot. If Love is the Law, The Man Who Built the Moon, and Dead in the Water are not just album highlights, but solo-career highlights. The first half of the record is strong. The second half of the record is strong. The record is strong. Amen. Even with the flack I just gave Black & White Sunshine, I admire it for the riff it has and how convincingly rock & roll it does sound. I have great memories of listening to this album front-to-back over and over being on my own for the first time and loving it. Memories aside, the tunes are fantastic and really show a different side of Noel. WBTM. Forever.
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Post by World71R on Jan 26, 2023 22:34:56 GMT -5
Honestly all I want from this album to feature a well crafted selection of high quality songs, because Noel hasn’t really had that with any album - Oasis or Solo - since the 90’s I don’t care if it’s classic Noel or experimental Noel, ideally a mix of the two, but aslong as the songs are high quality and well written. The big problem with the last album (WBTM) was that the first 5 tracks were absolutely fantastic, but then the album falls HARD off a cliff as soon as “Be Careful What You Wish For” kicks in (with the exception of the TMWBTM). It was only a half good record for that reason. Then the EP title tracks solidified Noel’s failed experiments. The first three tracks of this album we’ve heard are great so far, hopefully the rest follows with a mix of old Noel and new Noel, but ideally all containing the magic we know he is capable of. I don't know about Be Careful What You Wish For as being the point where the album "falls hard off a cliff". I like the psychedelic groove and vibe on it, and it feels like a proper mid-album song that takes you on a nice psychedelic trip to dissolve into after all the sounds and emotions in the first five songs. If anything, I don't think the album falls off a cliff at all. It hits a bump with Black & White Sunshine and the oddly-placed interlude (which should've come after She Taught Me How to Fly) but throwing in one of the B-sides, like This is the Place, hits the spot.
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Post by World71R on Jan 25, 2023 19:22:17 GMT -5
That "good luck in the afterlife" line in We're On Our Way Now is the only emotionally-impacting thing he's done since WBTM, for me. Flying on the Ground, This is the Place, and Sail On are all fine and enjoyable, but nothing too amazing. Love this line. Also, the "All we need is love and a place to call home" from FOTG always does something on me. Those two songs hit differently after Noel & Sara announced their split. Those songs also have such a different tone from everything that came right before it in Noel's discography, too.
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Post by World71R on Jan 23, 2023 22:49:29 GMT -5
Because we're doing this
1. Bag it Up 2. The Turning 3. Waiting for the Rapture 4. The Shock of the Lightning 5. I'm Outta Time 6. I Believe in All 7. Falling Down 8. To Be Where There's Life (Richard Fearless Production) 9. Come on Outside 10. Soldier On 11. Boy With the Blues
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Post by World71R on Jan 23, 2023 20:51:07 GMT -5
Eric Clapton isn’t a god. He’s a racist nut job. Eric Clapton is only a rock god when you're 12 years old and discover rock music from your Boomer parents, and dive into the same five songs that you can bond with your mom on (Source: Was that 12-year-old kid)
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Post by World71R on Jan 22, 2023 23:33:36 GMT -5
Interesting question in all honesty - Would BE as an album done better if his voice was like it is now? The nasal was off-putting for many. I get the songs themselves weren't necessarily strong, but his voice alone is a call to arms. I really think it would have. I know he wanted to make a statement with no processing on his voice, but when I first bought that album I gave it one or two listens and couldn't go on with how his voice sounded. Once Beady Eye broke up I gave it another shot, and probably because I was prepared for how he sounded, I got used to it and would now rate it as one of my favourite Gallagher albums. But it was definitely off putting to begin with. Different strokes for different folks but I liked how some of the spacier songs and more personal, acoustic songs sounded, like Start Anew, Soul Love and Soon Come Tomorrow. Iz Rite sounded cool, too, that would've been a great Oasis song honestly. Flick of the Finger was a good, commanding performance. Then of course Back After the Break and Off at the Next Exit somehow didn't make the album. Don't Brother Me, Shine a Light and Second Bite of the Apple were the unholy trinity, though. Also, Ballroom Figured is one of the pettiest songs I've ever heard in my life and Liam's voice sounds incredibly forced (kind of like the counting outro on I'm Just Saying, which is alright, albeit a clear Oasis pastiche). We live in good times now where Liam's voice has power and he isn't singing some of the garbage BDI churned out.
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Post by World71R on Jan 22, 2023 0:56:14 GMT -5
Does anyone know how Liam reclaimed his voice ever since his solo career kicked off? Just listening to his Reading set from 2021 and it's fantastic. Don't think it's an over exaggeration to say that his solo live performances are the best since the Be Here Now tour. Honestly thought that his voice in latter Oasis and Beady Eye gigs were shot beyond repair. I think someone got through to Liam and told him, straight up, that this was his last chance at doing anything with his career before he was as good as washed-up. Then, Liam probably asked what he could do different and his team got him set up. Vocal coach, trainer, told him to show up to soundchecks, etc. It shows in his voice, which sounds like a modern version of his '90s voice with some wear but not as badly as from HC -> DOYS.
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Post by World71R on Jan 19, 2023 22:54:37 GMT -5
If this song was released today, instead of 1997, people would be proclaiming the return of U2 and remarking at how it's the freshest the band has sounded in years. Like, seriously. The way this song is produced with the way those high-pitched vocals are processed and used as instrumentation, the strong bass & drums, Bono's delivery and the lyrics he delivers were all way ahead of their time. Always dug this song off POP. The video version is slightly different than the one on the actual album however. They moved verses around and edited it for City of Angels film. Yea! I actually really like that they did. It gives it more of an exciting ending and the bridge having the instruments drop out adds some suspense to fuel that ending. To me, Pop is about perfect from top to bottom. I know Miami and TPBM get panned, but Miami is such a neat experiment that's so intentionally, insanely ironic and sleazy. Live version smacked too. TPBM has a cool sound and nice build-up with lyrics that nail the point of Pop to a "T' I do wish they would've relegated Miami and TPBM to ensure the album flowed better and was shorter but also I feel like the album wouldn't be the same without them.
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Post by World71R on Jan 19, 2023 21:48:28 GMT -5
If this song was released today, instead of 1997, people would be proclaiming the return of U2 and remarking at how it's the freshest the band has sounded in years. Like, seriously. The way this song is produced with the way those high-pitched vocals are processed and used as instrumentation, the strong bass & drums, Bono's delivery and the lyrics he delivers were all way ahead of their time.
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Post by World71R on Jan 19, 2023 21:33:27 GMT -5
Easy Now really clicked with me tonight, especially when that guitar lick comes in and is surrounded by the cacophony of strings, choir, guitars and drums. I really, really like it. It has that "punch the air" quality but with a distinctly Noel approach to it.
The drums are mixed kinda low, though. I can hear more of the acoustic guitar than the drums in a lot of places. Still, I really do like Easy Now.
I hear what others are saying about him finding an outside producer, though. Rick Rubin would a challenge for Noel but he would bring out the best in his songs. His one actual tune with U2 from their abandoned project shows how it could work for Noel, sonically:
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Post by World71R on Jan 18, 2023 23:42:48 GMT -5
On a serious note, I see the place Noel is coming from with his recent output. Noel went through the pandemic and likely realized he wasn't clicking with Sara.
I feel like building his own studio may have been a reflection of that and some of the more straightforward works came from that, like We're On Our Way Now, Flying on the Ground, We're Gonna Get There in the End, and Trying to Find a World That's Been & Gone. They're all introspective songs that are quietly expressive. The thesis of the album also matches this inference.
I think Noel just needed this moment to go back to basics and dive into music as an escape again. You can see that by how he's indulging in string arrangements and various touches that haven't been present lately. I'm all for it, I like Easy Now, but I hope Noel, and his kids most importantly, take good care in a tough time.
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Post by World71R on Jan 18, 2023 22:44:53 GMT -5
Naked In The Rain and The Greeting Song are mediocre. Then there's a few that are alright, but doesn't do much at all for me. Apache Rose Peacock and dare I say Breaking The Girl. Always hated Kiedis's vocals in that one. Not even counting They're Red Hot. And hey Californication isn't exactly new, 24 years old this year. I don’t like many whole albums after One Hot Minute, just songs here and there…I have their new album, haven’t listened to it yet. I personally love Breaking the Girl and Naked In the Rain. They’re Red Hot is probably my least favorite. Crazy that Soul to Squeeze was recorded during BSSM, but was given to Coneheáds, love that movie. Thanks. If you think of BSSM as an album written about an awesome journey you went on with your three favorite allies (ha), They're Red Hot would be the song your friends jammed out to in the car. You had this whole dynamic and fun journey with all sorts of original, funky and fresh stuff going on, but you keep coming back to that one song, and the whole thing wouldn't be complete without it. I'm glad to see there's another Funky Monk on here because RHCP was the first band I ever loved (Oasis was 2nd). I agree with you that BSSM is their best album and Californication is a close second. BSSM was so impactful and influential to the emerging '90s alternative rock scene and the band's whole career. The tunes are there and without them, Cali wouldn't have happened. (Although, we'll forget the car commercial song, The Greeting Song, exists )
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Post by World71R on Jan 17, 2023 22:09:43 GMT -5
I'm surprised that The 1975 aren't more popular among Oasis fans. They experiment with their sound a lot but first and foremost they have really strong melodies in all of their songs. Another prolific band from Manchester with their own sound, really good melodies, a charismatic lead singer and like Oasis they aren't just a singles band, they have loads of really top quality album tracks in their catalog. They probably get dismissed as everyone's girlfriend's favourite band or a bit pretentious unfairly. They have some amazing songs that are really worth checking out. Furthermore, to your point: And they have some good stuff on their new record but I sadly haven't had a chance to fully dive into it too much yet. It's gotten good reviews, though.
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Post by World71R on Jan 17, 2023 22:04:01 GMT -5
Please come to America, Liam My gosh, yes. Even if it's like 20 or 25 dates and done, I'd love it. Especially if Phoenix or Minneapolis gets a nod.
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Post by World71R on Jan 16, 2023 23:01:21 GMT -5
Hard disagree. It's a song that should be 4:30 max. To have a song like that at 7 minutes after the previous 10 tracks have taken over an hour to get through is just too much. I think the song should've finished just as Liam finished singing the 8th "It's gettin' better, man." He usually sang 8 live and if you cut that down, the song ends up being I think around 5:30, which is much more listenable. I love the TV performance of this song where Liam does just that and the rest of the outro leave space for Noel to solo and the band to play around. It's a fun melody that really does signal the end of '90s Oasis, so why not let Bonehead, Noel, Guigsy, Alan and co loose to really play around with it? I do like the song ending at 5:30 and going into the All Around the World reprise because that is a fantastic piece of music and perfect ending to '90s Oasis.
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Post by World71R on Jan 14, 2023 0:55:16 GMT -5
Wanker.
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Post by World71R on Jan 14, 2023 0:00:35 GMT -5
The new re-imagined album sounds promising. Like the clips I’ve heard so far. I'm glad you like it because the U2 fanbase has been extremely split over it. I think it has promise. Pride sounds good. The Beautiful Day snippet was kinda so-so but there's still potential in the project being good, especially with each member choosing ten songs for the collection.
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Post by World71R on Jan 11, 2023 22:47:30 GMT -5
Liam introducing "Who Feels Love" at the Nagoya gig in 2000: "This one's about drugs." 😂😂
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Post by World71R on Jan 11, 2023 22:46:05 GMT -5
Our boys do grand finales extremely well but I love albums where you reach a grand conclusion without realizing you're there until the very end.
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is a good example of this. Us & Them feels like the point where the album peaks and somewhat falls to what seems like the end you didn't think you were gonna get. Then Any Colour You Like carries on and brings you through to Brain Damage and Eclipse bursts in to let you know you got the ending you wanted all along. It's cool. I wanna write something like that.
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Post by World71R on Jan 11, 2023 22:45:19 GMT -5
Ranking these songs really made me realize how good and interesting/varied this era has been:
This Is The Place Sail On Black Star Dancing Rattling Rose A Dream Is All I Need To Get By Blue Moon Rising Come On Outside Flying On The Ground We're On Our Way Now Evil Flower Wandering Star
The top 5 have each spent different amounts of time as my go-to NGHFB song. This is the Place is by far the best, IMO. Noel hits on every experimental note just right and sounds deeply inspired. Sail On also hits on being Noel-like but also something new and fresh, and is such a sweet song.
Rattling Rose has, by far, been the biggest grower for me. I remember hating it first but now I really click with the tension building with every run through the chorus until it climaxes in the bridge and the final run through the chorus. Also the groove that carries this song is low-key addictive (A Dream... is similarly addictive)
I'd love to rank Blue Moon Rising higher but it just needs to be longer. When those bongos start coming in with about a minute left or so and then it falls after the chorus, I really, really want the song to launch into like an extended psychedelic soul-meets-Champagne Supernova breakdown before it goes back to the chorus one final time and then falls.
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Post by World71R on Jan 11, 2023 22:23:24 GMT -5
Hopefully Noël gets something uploaded to his OnlyFans page soon, and maybe a song, too… Happy new year. "Some of us needed some time... the 'cream' is all I need to get by!"
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