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Post by andymorris on Sept 14, 2017 11:17:17 GMT -5
Next week looks likely - I'm rating this comment 6 Post of the thread, litterly made me laugh  Well i'm glad i made your day a little better I love rating things by the way, especially albums. Can't wait to rate both brothers records as soon as i heard them then completely change my mind 6 months later  |
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Post by carlober on Sept 14, 2017 11:25:21 GMT -5
Just to add: Alone On The Rope - 4 - Meh
I'd Pick You Every Time - 7 - Alright
Simple Game Of Genius - 4 - Meh
Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me - 3 - Meh
The Good Rebel - 7 - AlrightI find songs like AOTR, SGOG, LTLSALOM really dragged out and boring. I don't think there that special and for me that's why I rate IPYET and TGR so much higher than them Can't disagree more about almost all of this  Alone on the Rope and Let the Lord are among Noel's best solo tracks in my book, while I'd Pick You and The Good Rebel are definitely among his worst. |
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Post by John William Anglin on Sept 14, 2017 13:19:14 GMT -5
Never heard the Beyond The Wizards Sleeve mixes, need to hear those.... Side note: eva's probably fucked a wizard, wow. God bless. |
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Post by matt on Sept 17, 2017 17:06:22 GMT -5
Screw it, I've just had to upgrade While The Song Remains The Same from 8.5 to 9 after listening to it once more.
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Post by matt on Sept 17, 2017 17:09:02 GMT -5
Just to add: Alone On The Rope - 4 - Meh
I'd Pick You Every Time - 7 - Alright
Simple Game Of Genius - 4 - Meh
Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me - 3 - Meh
The Good Rebel - 7 - AlrightI find songs like AOTR, SGOG, LTLSALOM really dragged out and boring. I don't think there that special and for me that's why I rate IPYET and TGR so much higher than them Can't disagree more about almost all of this Alone on the Rope and Let the Lord are among Noel's best solo tracks in my book, while I'd Pick You and The Good Rebel are definitely among his worst. I've really got a soft spot for I'd Pick You Everytime. Such a sweet little tune and melody. Though of course, The Good Rebel is utter excrement on a hellish level with Probably All In The Mind. |
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Post by thebartonfox on Sept 18, 2017 4:07:54 GMT -5
Can't disagree more about almost all of this Alone on the Rope and Let the Lord are among Noel's best solo tracks in my book, while I'd Pick You and The Good Rebel are definitely among his worst. I've really got a soft spot for I'd Pick You Everytime. Such a sweet little tune and melody. Though of course, The Good Rebel is utter excrement on a hellish level with Probably All In The Mind. Couldn't agree more, I'd Pick You Everytime is so beautifully un-Noel. I can't see him ever putting it on a record because I don't think it's really his sound, but the lyrics are so sweet and innocent, the guitar is so chilled, and I love the harmonica solo. You can't help but think he'd been having a Neil Young listening binge before writing it, it has his influences all over it. I love it, one of my favourite Noel written songs ever. |
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Post by Doc Lobster on Sept 18, 2017 4:15:29 GMT -5
I love I'd Pick You Everytime and it looks like I'm about the only one in the forum that likes The Good Rebel. Mind you, it's not one of my favourites (I'd put it towards the bottom if I had to rate all NGHFB songs, to be fair) but I don't find it as offensive as most people here. It's just alright. It could even be my favourite Heathen Chemistry-era song (Idler's Dream was written much earlier).
The only NGHFB I really don't like is A Simple Game of Genius. The intro is nice but after that it becomes late Oasis by numbers: it sounds tame and the melody and lyrics are lazy and uninspired. It's Aphrodite's Child's The Four Horsemen on tranquilizers. |
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Post by andymorris on Sept 18, 2017 4:23:14 GMT -5
I love I'd Pick You Everytime and it looks like I'm about the only one in the forum that likes The Good Rebel. Mind you, it's not one of my favourites (I'd put it towards the bottom if I had to rate all NGHFB songs, to be fair) but I don't find it as offensive as most people here. It's just alright. It could even be my favourite Heathen Chemistry-era song (Idler's Dream was written much earlier).
The only NGHFB I really don't like is A Simple Game of Genius. The intro is nice but after that it becomes late Oasis by numbers: it sounds tame and the melody and lyrics are lazy and uninspired. It's Aphrodite's Child's The Four Horsemen on tranquilizers. Same here, i enjoy both first songs you mentionned, for what they are, good bsides, but find A Simple Game of Genius very long, boring and very badly produced. Also love Let the Lord Shine on Me, which is the best Bond song Noel ever wrote. It's a very 70s-ish Bond Theme. this one should have been on the record instead of Stop The clocks. |
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Post by The Escapist on Sept 18, 2017 5:04:26 GMT -5
I'll be honest, I still don't really get the fuss about Alone on the Rope. Yeah, it probably should have been on his debut, but I don't think it's one of his best solo songs.
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Post by batfink30 on Sept 18, 2017 14:45:26 GMT -5
I love Alone On the Rope. Listened to it everyday on repeat for ages when it was released.
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Post by My Big Name on Sept 18, 2017 15:00:57 GMT -5
Everybody's on the Run - 7
Dream On - 7
If I Had a Gun - 8
The Death of You and Me - 8
(I Wanna Live In a Dream In My) Record Machine - 9
AKA... What A Life - 6
Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks - 5
AKA... Broken Arrow - 8
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach - 8
Stop the Clocks - 7
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Post by The Milkman & The Riverman on Sept 18, 2017 15:02:50 GMT -5
I think most people like Alone The Rope so much cause it's exactly what you'd imagine Noel's solo stuff to sound like in the first place even before the first album. It's got this classic, instinctive Noel Sad Song kinda vibe and sound. Saying that i think it's just an alright tune, nothing spectacular. Joke aside: It's a perfect song to sleep to  |
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Post by SheSaidHerNameWasDot on Sept 18, 2017 15:08:29 GMT -5
ASGOG 8/10
TGR 6.5/10
AOTR 7.5/10
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Post by catsnake on Sept 18, 2017 16:59:18 GMT -5
I think most people like Alone The Rope so much cause it's exactly what you'd imagine Noel's solo stuff to sound like in the first place even before the first album. It's got this classic, instinctive Noel Sad Song kinda vibe and sound. Saying that i think it's just an alright tune, nothing spectacular. Joke aside: It's a perfect song to sleep to The song and its arrangement is stunning and it's probably my favourite track he has done so far as a solo artist. |
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Post by andymorris on Sept 19, 2017 1:58:30 GMT -5
Alone on the Rope is a quality tune, but wouldn't have fitted on the first record.
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Post by MacaRonic on Sept 19, 2017 2:39:02 GMT -5
Alone On The Rope is a stunning song and Noel doesn't even realise it. It definitely should've been on his debut as the closing track. It would've worked perfectly after The Wrong Beach.
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Post by Gas Panic on Sept 19, 2017 2:49:16 GMT -5
I think Alone On The Rope was intended for album #2 and was forgotten about because of the accidental inclusion on the first album on German Amazon.
It's a class tune. Really glad I got to hear it at TCT 2013.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 7:18:36 GMT -5
Album #1 b-sides were almost certainly all planned to be used on the AA record which got scrapped.
Hince the very unfinished nature of those recordings.
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Post by matt on Sept 19, 2017 16:48:23 GMT -5
I like Alone On The Rope, but never understood the hype for A Simple Game Of Genius. It's such a cock tease of a song - an intriguing opening, quite mysterious and then, thud, plodding guitars and meandering melodies plunder their way through.
Really really dull song.
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Post by cloudburster on Sept 19, 2017 20:50:45 GMT -5
Screw it, I've just had to upgrade While The Song Remains The Same from 8.5 to 9 after listening to it once more. Noel's production was brilliant on this album (the intro to the song you mentioned, so many lovely flutters he added). So much better than his first solo album and incredible to think he mainly produced Heathen Chemistry which sounds so bad. |
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Post by supernovadragon on Sept 20, 2017 7:22:24 GMT -5
I love I'd Pick You Everytime and it looks like I'm about the only one in the forum that likes The Good Rebel. Mind you, it's not one of my favourites (I'd put it towards the bottom if I had to rate all NGHFB songs, to be fair) but I don't find it as offensive as most people here. It's just alright. It could even be my favourite Heathen Chemistry-era song (Idler's Dream was written much earlier).
The only NGHFB I really don't like is A Simple Game of Genius. The intro is nice but after that it becomes late Oasis by numbers: it sounds tame and the melody and lyrics are lazy and uninspired. It's Aphrodite's Child's The Four Horsemen on tranquilizers. You ain't alone, I enjoy The Good Rebel, I think it's a fun song he should bring back and do live |
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Post by headshrinker84 on Sept 20, 2017 9:18:37 GMT -5
I love I'd Pick You Everytime and it looks like I'm about the only one in the forum that likes The Good Rebel. Mind you, it's not one of my favourites (I'd put it towards the bottom if I had to rate all NGHFB songs, to be fair) but I don't find it as offensive as most people here. It's just alright. It could even be my favourite Heathen Chemistry-era song (Idler's Dream was written much earlier).
The only NGHFB I really don't like is A Simple Game of Genius. The intro is nice but after that it becomes late Oasis by numbers: it sounds tame and the melody and lyrics are lazy and uninspired. It's Aphrodite's Child's The Four Horsemen on tranquilizers. You ain't alone, I enjoy The Good Rebel, I think it's a fun song he should bring back and do live I hope he doesn't play TGR ever again. One of the worst songs he has released in his solo career so far. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 14:04:43 GMT -5
You ain't alone, I enjoy The Good Rebel, I think it's a fun song he should bring back and do live Wouldn't go that far but I think it's alright. How anyone can rate Dream On above it (or anything Noel's written before tbf) is beyond me. |
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Post by bt95 on Sept 22, 2017 4:43:02 GMT -5
I like Alone On The Rope, but never understood the hype for A Simple Game Of Genius. It's such a cock tease of a song - an intriguing opening, quite mysterious and then, thud, plodding guitars and meandering melodies plunder their way through. Really really dull song. The soundcheck version of ASGOG from Hong Kong '09 is incredible. Agree that the production on the album version is poor. |
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