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Post by carlober on Jan 24, 2023 14:41:15 GMT -5
The song has grown a lot on me. Everytime I listen to it it's the same journey: the first seconds I'm thinking "Ah, yes, a simple strumming pattern and Noel's whiny voice, I've heard this a million times before with slightly different lyrics", but by the end of the song I'm smiling, I just can't help it. I can understand some people's reaction to it, but it's funny at the same time because for some fans Pretty Boy doesn't sound like Noel and Easy Now sounds too much like Noel. Luckily for me I enjoy both (while I agree that they're not his best work), and I'm really hyped about this album. Yeah, I feel the same. Easy Now was so Noel by-numbers that it was a bit of a disappointment at first, but now the melody is stuck in my mind and it actually works. It won't be an highlight of Noel's solo career (or of the album, I hope) but it's catchy. |
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Post by The Chief on Jan 24, 2023 19:13:15 GMT -5
The song has grown a lot on me. Everytime I listen to it it's the same journey: the first seconds I'm thinking "Ah, yes, a simple strumming pattern and Noel's whiny voice, I've heard this a million times before with slightly different lyrics", but by the end of the song I'm smiling, I just can't help it. I can understand some people's reaction to it, but it's funny at the same time because for some fans Pretty Boy doesn't sound like Noel and Easy Now sounds too much like Noel. Luckily for me I enjoy both (while I agree that they're not his best work), and I'm really hyped about this album. Yeah, I feel the same. Easy Now was so Noel by-numbers that it was a bit of a disappointment at first, but now the melody is stuck in my mind and it actually works. It won't be an highlight of Noel's solo career (or of the album, I hope) but it's catchy. Yeah I went through the same process with Easy Now. |
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Post by tezza198 on Jan 24, 2023 21:41:19 GMT -5
The song has grown a lot on me. Everytime I listen to it it's the same journey: the first seconds I'm thinking "Ah, yes, a simple strumming pattern and Noel's whiny voice, I've heard this a million times before with slightly different lyrics", but by the end of the song I'm smiling, I just can't help it. I can understand some people's reaction to it, but it's funny at the same time because for some fans Pretty Boy doesn't sound like Noel and Easy Now sounds too much like Noel. Luckily for me I enjoy both (while I agree that they're not his best work), and I'm really hyped about this album. Same. Initially, I didn’t like it much. Thought it was a forgettable Noel number but I really really enjoy it now. It’s got me very excited for the album now |
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Post by uboasis on Jan 24, 2023 22:34:11 GMT -5
The song has grown a lot on me. Everytime I listen to it it's the same journey: the first seconds I'm thinking "Ah, yes, a simple strumming pattern and Noel's whiny voice, I've heard this a million times before with slightly different lyrics", but by the end of the song I'm smiling, I just can't help it. I can understand some people's reaction to it, but it's funny at the same time because for some fans Pretty Boy doesn't sound like Noel and Easy Now sounds too much like Noel. Luckily for me I enjoy both (while I agree that they're not his best work), and I'm really hyped about this album. Same. Initially, I didn’t like it much. Thought it was a forgettable Noel number but I really really enjoy it now. It’s got me very excited for the album now Yes, it's truly a fantastic song. I was very much wanting Noel to continue in the David Holmes direction, didn't want traditional Noel because we already have enough. But I make an exception for when the track is this good. I'm still encouraged by the fact that he said it will be an eclectic album In fact, Easy Now and Pretty Boy are so good, it kinds of makes Trying to Find A World, That's been and Gone seem dull by comparison, especially since expected it would build into a part II. |
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Post by batfink30 on Jan 25, 2023 17:56:43 GMT -5
Ok, I've got to be honest I have this on constant repeat now. Found it "meh" to begin with but really loving it now.
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Post by The Escapist on Jan 25, 2023 18:31:35 GMT -5
I've not felt the slightest impulse to go back to it.
For people who enjoy it more: what emotion do you associate with it? What does it make you think of/feel?
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Post by defmaybe00 on Jan 25, 2023 18:48:25 GMT -5
I've not felt the slightest impulse to go back to it. For people who enjoy it more: what emotion do you associate with it? What does it make you think of/feel? Typical Noel melancholia but with an euphoric and liberating twist when it gets to the chorus The Little By Little comparison makes a lot of sense, but that one leans more towards the gloomy side in the verses |
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Post by jezza2 on Jan 25, 2023 22:31:54 GMT -5
It's such a relaxing song, does anyone else get that feeling? I guess it's just the flow of it that does it for me. Though I don't really get the Little By Little comparison at all.
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Post by batfink30 on Jan 26, 2023 2:53:09 GMT -5
I've not felt the slightest impulse to go back to it. For people who enjoy it more: what emotion do you associate with it? What does it make you think of/feel? I don't think it's anything ground breaking or particularly amazing but there's something that takes me back to the 90s a bit, when the solo kicks in. It's like an old comfortable friend in many ways. |
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Post by Heynow2005 on Jan 26, 2023 11:20:56 GMT -5
Nothing spectacular but I still really like it and prefer it to Pretty Boy
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Post by Firefly on Jan 26, 2023 13:33:55 GMT -5
Doesn't move me emotionally in the slightest, but it's easy listening. Nothing wrong with that. After you've had an intense day, sometimes you don't want an intense song, you want easy listening. Apart from that, the bassline is tasty, McCartney-esque. I mostly pay attention to that. I like his vocal, it's one of his best. The choir annoys me but seem to have learned to live with it. I wish he would've paced the song better and not thrown everything at it right from the get-go, but started off quiet and built up to the guitars/strings/choir etc like a climax.
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Post by andymorris on Jan 28, 2023 2:32:32 GMT -5
Doesn't move me emotionally in the slightest, but it's easy listening. Nothing wrong with that. After you've had an intense day, sometimes you don't want an intense song, you want easy listening. Apart from that, the bassline is tasty, McCartney-esque. I mostly pay attention to that. I like his vocal, it's one of his best. The choir annoys me but seem to have learned to live with it. I wish he would've paced the song better and not thrown everything at it right from the get-go, but started off quiet and built up to the guitars/strings/choir etc like a climax. Macca with two broken hands maybe. He would have nightmares listening to that bass line. It's the kind of bassline you put on the demo to guide the drummer  |
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Post by walkersafc on Jan 28, 2023 3:30:18 GMT -5
Yeah i must admit it’s grown on me massively. Really didn’t like it at first. I’m still not keen on the ‘ i’ll be there, i’ll wait for you I swear’ bit as it sounds exactly like wandering star but I really like the rest of the song. Really catchy. Really like Pretty Boy too. Prefer both songs to Holy Mountain
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Post by Firefly on Jan 28, 2023 5:36:58 GMT -5
Doesn't move me emotionally in the slightest, but it's easy listening. Nothing wrong with that. After you've had an intense day, sometimes you don't want an intense song, you want easy listening. Apart from that, the bassline is tasty, McCartney-esque. I mostly pay attention to that. I like his vocal, it's one of his best. The choir annoys me but seem to have learned to live with it. I wish he would've paced the song better and not thrown everything at it right from the get-go, but started off quiet and built up to the guitars/strings/choir etc like a climax. Macca with two broken hands maybe. He would have nightmares listening to that bass line. It's the kind of bassline you put on the demo to guide the drummer It's a good bassline. Melodic. Lifts the song, just isn't prominent enough in the mix. Do we know who played it? We know Noel didn't play the guitar solo, thank fuck for that. |
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Post by mkoasis on Jan 31, 2023 15:43:07 GMT -5
I listened to the first HFB album the other day. Easy Now could have easily been on there on track 5.
That’s not to say it’s bad or anything. I love that album but the song feels like a Sardy produced left over. Still, not a bad song at all, just don’t love it either. Not into that solo either. Feels too generic.
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Post by carlober on Jan 31, 2023 15:58:16 GMT -5
I listened to the first HFB album the other day. Easy Now could have easily been on there on track 5. That’s not to say it’s bad or anything. I love that album but the song feels like a Sardy produced left over. Still, not a bad song at all, just don’t love it either. Not into that solo either. Feels too generic. It really does. Flat mix, awful stompy drums. It sounds very Sardy-ish - and that's not a compliment. |
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Post by thehyperbolist on Jan 31, 2023 18:47:15 GMT -5
This song should just be called "Easy". Unearned uplift. Lame production and mixing. Generic guitar.
It is catchy. With more interesting production and better mixing, along with a few structure changes, then it would be a classic. But what do I know? I can't write or play anything! As it is now, its a wholesomely filling stew that needs some spice and better meat.
Noel needs an outsider to force him to do more and better - the raw materials are here. He doesn't need to add alarm bells and spoken French song segments, but the song needs something!
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Post by Bonehead's Barber on Jan 31, 2023 21:16:48 GMT -5
I feel for Noel, sometimes. People on this forum slag him off to Kingdom come about his experimental songs saying they are crap and that he should go back to what he does best. Then he goes back to what he does best with Easy Now and everyone says it is shit and boring.
Just write Live Forever again, Noel FFS. It isn't hard, just do it.
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Post by oasisserbia on Feb 1, 2023 2:45:23 GMT -5
Good music is good music.
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Post by The Chief on Feb 1, 2023 6:20:28 GMT -5
I feel for Noel, sometimes. People on this forum slag him off to Kingdom come about his experimental songs saying they are crap and that he should go back to what he does best. Then he goes back to what he does best with Easy Now and everyone says it is shit and boring. Just write Live Forever again, Noel FFS. It isn't hard, just do it. That's why you can't write music or make any other kind of artform FOR people. Artists will always have people simultaneously loving what they do and hating what they do and if they try to tailor their art to what people demand, it'll either be shit or they'll go mad. They to do what they like and, to quote Liam "If people like it cool. If they don't, they don't." |
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Post by norkbauer on Feb 1, 2023 8:49:32 GMT -5
Then he goes back to what he does best with Easy Now and everyone says it is shit and boring. I disagree. On the poll thread, there's more people who gave it 10 than just 5. Around the internet, everyone seems to enjoy it. Even Noel has said everyone in the studio loved the song. People here are free to say good things about what they like and criticise what they don't, and I'm not seeing anyone being disrespectful. |
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Post by Bonehead's Barber on Feb 1, 2023 9:51:28 GMT -5
Then he goes back to what he does best with Easy Now and everyone says it is shit and boring. I disagree. On the poll thread, there's more people who gave it 10 than just 5. Around the internet, everyone seems to enjoy it. Even Noel has said everyone in the studio loved the song. People here are free to say good things about what they like and criticise what they don't, and I'm not seeing anyone being disrespectful. I was being slightly hyperbolic with what I said. The general consensus is good obviously (because it is a good song) but there are people on here who will never be happy. They want something that won't happen again, which is Definitely Maybe part 2. |
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Post by mossy on Feb 2, 2023 16:52:16 GMT -5
I disagree. On the poll thread, there's more people who gave it 10 than just 5. Around the internet, everyone seems to enjoy it. Even Noel has said everyone in the studio loved the song. People here are free to say good things about what they like and criticise what they don't, and I'm not seeing anyone being disrespectful. I was being slightly hyperbolic with what I said. The general consensus is good obviously (because it is a good song) but there are people on here who will never be happy. They want something that won't happen again, which is Definitely Maybe part 2. Who Built The Moon Part 2 thanks. X |
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Post by matt on Feb 4, 2023 11:35:32 GMT -5
I haven't listened to this song since it came out until the last week when I was revisiting it.
And I'll be honest, the tune and it's general spirit is becoming endearing to me. I listened to some covers that stripped it back and put it at a quicker pace, and it really lifted it revealing a genuinely lovely and optimistic tune that only Noel could write. Maybe his most sentimental and optimistic song since going solo which is why it is getting comparisons to classic Oasis.
But going back to Noel's own version.... jeez, does this man know how to absolutely slaughter his own songs. So painfully slow, heavy and lumbered in its production that it really bogs down a lovely tune. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, but fucking hell, production is the issue time and time again with this man. He just doesn't get it. If he was manning the controls for Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory, they'd have only achieved moderate success with such bland uninspired production.
It's an 8/10 melody destroyed by a 2/10 production.
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Post by glider on Feb 4, 2023 11:49:43 GMT -5
I listened to the first HFB album the other day. Easy Now could have easily been on there on track 5. That’s not to say it’s bad or anything. I love that album but the song feels like a Sardy produced left over. Still, not a bad song at all, just don’t love it either. Not into that solo either. Feels too generic. It really does. Flat mix, awful stompy drums. It sounds very Sardy-ish - and that's not a compliment. This really is the only problem. It's a great song with atrocious production decisions. Essentially his first album. |
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