Listen Up Appreciation Thread (Read 5,705 times)

[glider]

Feb 9, 2017 11:45:00 GMT -5 matt said:

Feb 9, 2017 8:51:36 GMT -5 The Escapist said:

Stunning melody, great lyrics, gorgeous guitar tone, and Liam's best ever vocals...

But I still don't think it comes near it's true potential. The production is absolutely horrific, and I'm not too sure about the arrangement either. Unlike Supersonic, I don't feel like this was meant to be a rock song - the piano version shows you the pretty sadness at the tune's core. Ideally, I would have liked it to be a cross between Slide Away and Cast No Shadow.

Should have been on Definitely Maybe nonetheless.

Owen Morris said himself that he regrets the rushed manner in which this song was produced, citing it as his favourite Oasis song I think.

As I said earlier in this thread, the production is undoubtedly messy and I think you're probably spot on in that it could have done with the mystical qualities of Cast No Shadow. But that rough, hewn nature of many Oasis songs is what endears me to them. Along with Liam's vocals, it adds to that primal ethos that many rock bands aspire to achieve (although most largely end up sounding contrived). Undoubtedly, it wouldn't work without Liam's vocals, but his voice goes hand in glove with that raw sound, or more accurately, goes into battle against that sound. The same argument applies to Some Might Say - fucking up beautiful songs like that really shouldn't work, but in Oasis's case, it strangely does. Beautifully fucked up is how I describe it!

Problem in the mix was there isn't a distinct separation or surround effect of the guitars and Liam's vocals. Everything is lacking low end frequencies with little treble, resulting in a 'tin-can' sound. The fierce guitar tracks should've been more front in the mix along with a thumping bass line with muddiness. Liam's vocals also centered with the chaos swirling around him. The arrangement is fine, just the mix isn't good.  

[My Big Name]

What a song! The production is awful but I don't really get to bothered by that too much, the song always comes first. Easily should've been on DM in place of Digsy's Dinner or just added on as a twelfth track, the song is 6 minutes but it really doesn't feel that long.

I have no idea how anyone couldn't love it.

[mossy]

Mar 29, 2015 8:36:03 GMT -5 Gas Panic said:

Possibly my all time favourite Oasis song. The version Noel did at TCT in 2010 was possibly my favourite live music experience.

I have very fond memories of that gig. I got hugged by an emotional German mid-performance. Then went to the pub with a couple of Irish heroin addicts afterwards.

[crisppacket]

Beautiful tune, really enjoy it. Got a nice reflective melancholic vibe about it that I love.

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The best Oasis song ever. Thread closed.

[Deleted]

Splendid song. One of my favs.

[supernovadragon]

Mar 29, 2015 13:36:47 GMT -5 @rfb said:

Tempted to make a Listen Up Hate Thread. As I've mentioned on numerous occasions I really do dislike this song. It's just a really long and boring version of Supersonic with awful meaningless lyrics and very poor production. Definitely my least favourite 90s Oasis song.

Meaningless lyrics?
Supersonic's lyrics are meaningless, Columbia's are beyond meaningless

Listen Up's lyrics are so meaningful and do mean so much to anyonee