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Post by whothefuckisandybell on Jul 17, 2014 20:59:53 GMT -5
Are there things that you've read, in reviews/interviews etc. or just learned about a particular song that has stuck with you and either improved the song or made it worse for you when you hear it?
For example, in a review of "The Masterplan" album, I think in Q magazine, I remember them referring to "Stay Young" as "Luke-Warm Soup" compared to the other, earlier heavier/punk sounding songs on the album like "Fade Away" & "Headshrinker." I loved "Stay Young" when I first bought the "D'You Know What I Mean?" single but after reading that comment, it stuck in my head and I couldn't get past it, every time I've heard "Stay Young" since then, it's never really carried the same weight as it did prior.
The opposite happened with "Going Nowhere." Originally I thought it was just really boring and didn't like it much at all. When I learned it was written in about 1990, long before Oasis hit it big, so all the things Noel sings about kind of made more sense, compared to what was happening with the band the time the song actually came out in 1997. And that it was Noel trying to write a song like Burt Bacharach, even though I'm not a fan of his or anything, I kind of gained a new respect for the song. At least to where my first thought isn't just, "I want to skip this one," lol.
I think the ultimate though was when Q magazine originally rated "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" two-stars. I only found that review after I'd bought the album. Oh how I laugh at them now. That has always stuck with me as a reminder not to always believe the critics.
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Post by Headmaster on Jul 17, 2014 22:16:57 GMT -5
When Oasis broke up, the lyrics of Soldier On made a lot of sense, now when I listen to this song it remind me about their end.
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Post by bardes on Jul 18, 2014 2:27:12 GMT -5
When I was younger Wonderwall was better.
But I still like it.
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Post by beentherenow on Jul 18, 2014 3:16:01 GMT -5
Your thoughts on Going Nowhere are exactly the same as mine, as a 14 year old hearing it for the first time I didn't care for it but upon learning about when it was written the song carries so much more weight; still not a massive fan but I like it more for sentimental reasons Oh and hearing Uptight for the first time affected how I listened to Step Out. I liked it before but come on, I'm all for borrowing and stealing but I can't believe Noel thought he'd get away with it ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/1258801/images/7QKGdm487eYnX65W8w0g.gif) . I still like it but I can't class it a full Oasis song anymore so refuse to put it on compelations etc
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Post by whothefuckisandybell on Jul 18, 2014 9:02:10 GMT -5
When I was younger Wonderwall was better. But I still like it. I think I'm the same. I've gone through a lot of phases with Wonderwall. It usually being the one Oasis song everyone knows and would go on about made me just dislike it for a long while. I would purposefully avoid it and make sure people knew I thought other songs of their's were better. Now I'm older though I can appreciate the various versions and incarnations that they performed and really love finding live versions where the fans sing most of it. That reminds me, the different stories of what Noel says the song is about affect how much I like the song. For some reason I really don't want it to be about Meg Matthews, apparently it's about an earlier girlfriend anyway, but still. I like the story from about 2002 I think, of Noel claiming it to be about an imaginary friend who is trying to save you from yourself.
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Post by alfieaa on Jul 18, 2014 9:54:41 GMT -5
If wonderwall is about an imaginary friend trying to save you from yourself them im insta back in love with the song. I think when you've heard it millions of times and assume its a love song then it can get abit boring after awhile and gets the skip treatment. Personally when wonderwall starts in my playlist i rush as fast as possible to skip it. Ive done that for years. It has nothing to do with the quality of the song, as its a masterpiece, just that im massively sick of it and have been for a very long time. But this new meaning has made me fall in love with it again lol.. As for basing my opinions on songs after reading critics reviews, i used to fall for that when i was younger. And would read every review i could find, which would give me an opinion on a song even before i listened to it properly. Then when i got older (starting after the be hear now review) i realised that i couldnt take peoples word for it anymore, BHN is absolutely epic imo.....Thats what critics should write at the end of every review 'IMO'...Now i just use my own ears and hardly look at reviews these days, music is a personal thing and thats what makes it special....music is power and critics are fannys. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Binary Sunset on Jul 18, 2014 13:46:52 GMT -5
I found out that the lyric for Don't Look Back in Anger was "if it's night or day" as opposed to "not our day" and I sometimes I feel as if that completely changes the meaning for me...
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