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Post by blurareshit on Aug 31, 2024 2:34:01 GMT -5
I gotta say, I saw some of the recent Liam Reading and Leeds footage.
I was kinda shocked. He's sounding really, really shouty again... Reminding me a bit of 2005.
I remember thinking he'd sounded immeasurably improved in like 2021/2022, very melodic. This was like night and day. Very bark-y, slurring, cutting off words early. I really hope for the reunion he takes care of his voice and they don't overload him with too many gigs in a row.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Aug 31, 2024 2:48:05 GMT -5
I gotta say, I saw some of the recent Liam Reading and Leeds footage. I was kinda shocked. He's sounding really, really shouty again... Reminding me a bit of 2005. I remember thinking he'd sounded immeasurably improved in like 2021/2022, very melodic. This was like night and day. Very bark-y, slurring, cutting off words early. I really hope for the reunion he takes care of his voice and they don't overload him with too many gigs in a row. Yeah, that bummed me out too. I saw that on the evening that we finally had word something was happening. After some hours on here, getting excited, seeing Liam’s performance really thawed my excitement for a while. He has to be MUCH better when he’s back with the big O next year. And the starting point is Just. Stop. Fucking. Shouting.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Aug 31, 2024 2:50:24 GMT -5
I love that they’re both wearing black, I only wear black; despite having many colorful clothes. OCD, it’s a problem…. God bless. I guess you don't have a cat. Actually I don’t. When I get cats they will more than likely be darker colored; or invest in lint rolls, or stop being a fruit loop who only wears black… God bless.
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Post by GIMH on Aug 31, 2024 2:56:00 GMT -5
I gotta say, I saw some of the recent Liam Reading and Leeds footage. I was kinda shocked. He's sounding really, really shouty again... Reminding me a bit of 2005. I remember thinking he'd sounded immeasurably improved in like 2021/2022, very melodic. This was like night and day. Very bark-y, slurring, cutting off words early. I really hope for the reunion he takes care of his voice and they don't overload him with too many gigs in a row. He sounded amazing when I saw him in Manc in June
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Post by jorgendif on Aug 31, 2024 3:06:29 GMT -5
He was amazing at the start of the Tour
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Post by macnuggets on Aug 31, 2024 3:36:52 GMT -5
I'm going to two shows, holy shit. I don't know what to do
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 31, 2024 3:37:51 GMT -5
Just finished night shift… grab a ticket and a British Airways flight for Beady, please!
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Post by surrealneil on Aug 31, 2024 3:42:38 GMT -5
I gotta say, I saw some of the recent Liam Reading and Leeds footage. I was kinda shocked. He's sounding really, really shouty again... Reminding me a bit of 2005. I remember thinking he'd sounded immeasurably improved in like 2021/2022, very melodic. This was like night and day. Very bark-y, slurring, cutting off words early. I really hope for the reunion he takes care of his voice and they don't overload him with too many gigs in a row. It's Liam Gallager. He's been hit and miss for 20 years or so now. Time just to accept thats where he's at. He's capable of good performances and ropey ones in equal measure and that's never gonna change at this point. P.s Blur are incredible.
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Post by NicOasis on Aug 31, 2024 3:45:36 GMT -5
I guess you don't have a cat. Actually I don’t. When I get cats they will more than likely be darker colored; or invest in lint rolls, or stop being a fruit loop who only wears black… God bless. I got a black cat this summer, made me think of you.
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Post by themanwholivesinhell on Aug 31, 2024 3:48:19 GMT -5
I gotta say, I saw some of the recent Liam Reading and Leeds footage. I was kinda shocked. He's sounding really, really shouty again... Reminding me a bit of 2005. I remember thinking he'd sounded immeasurably improved in like 2021/2022, very melodic. This was like night and day. Very bark-y, slurring, cutting off words early. I really hope for the reunion he takes care of his voice and they don't overload him with too many gigs in a row. I did think he sounded a tad rough yeah, but Id put it down to being so late in the tour. I saw him in Manchester midway through and he was brilliant. I have no doubt he will do all that can be done to work on his voice for these gigs. And (at the moment at least!) they are spread out somewhat so I think he will be OK.
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Post by Gergely on Aug 31, 2024 3:50:17 GMT -5
Budapest was quite good, but he had a rather long rest for that.
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Post by ChampagneHypernova on Aug 31, 2024 3:56:23 GMT -5
It would be for the best if they don't add too many gigs and spread them out even more if possible. I know that's not something the fans want to hear but that's we're we at. Quality or quantity?
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Post by megyesitomate on Aug 31, 2024 3:59:20 GMT -5
I think shouty Liam is the best. As long as he completes the gig.
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Post by Gergely on Aug 31, 2024 4:02:03 GMT -5
The thing is with shouty Liam that he doesn't need to do it, it's perfectly fine when he just sticks to singing
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Post by jorgendif on Aug 31, 2024 4:37:50 GMT -5
Manchester!!!!! Here i come
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Aug 31, 2024 4:53:02 GMT -5
The thing is with shouty Liam that he doesn't need to do it, it's perfectly fine when he just sticks to singing It’s better by far when he does sing properly. In the 90s he shouted but still held notes; since 2000 when he shouts he cuts every note short and seems to be constantly gasping for breath. He should stop it. It sounds awful.
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Post by trippertrasher on Aug 31, 2024 4:53:39 GMT -5
So Liam jetted out to the south of France yesterday, Noel jets out tomorrow apparently. Family reunion pic incoming next week?
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 31, 2024 4:54:01 GMT -5
The thing is with shouty Liam that he doesn't need to do it, it's perfectly fine when he just sticks to singing It’s better by far when he does sing properly. In the 90s he shouted but still held notes; since 2000 when he shouts he cuts every note short and seems to be constantly gasping for breath. He should stop it. It sounds awful. He does that much less than 2005-2009
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 31, 2024 4:54:17 GMT -5
Man it’s so crazy how active this forum is again. So much fun to read through all the threads. I’m so hyped it’s crazy
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Aug 31, 2024 4:59:11 GMT -5
I think shouty Liam is the best. As long as he completes the gig. Liam hasn’t sounded good shouting at gigs since 1997. He hasn’t the power to do it anymore. He needs to be smarter with how he uses his voice. Thankfully, he is more considered with his performances on record, but live he still seems to be trying to live up to what he could do in his early twenties, instead of accepting that he can’t do that anymore.
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Post by tezza198 on Aug 31, 2024 5:08:27 GMT -5
Well this is fucking fucked.
Was in the queue for about 2 hours and everything is sold expect for ‘market value’ which is almost 500 pounds per ticket all the way up the back! WTF! This is bullshit
It seems like they have made a lot of tickets at market value - this is absolutely disgusting
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Post by bringitondown77 on Aug 31, 2024 5:42:02 GMT -5
Never seen anything like this for a gig ticket sale. 2 and a half hours in, still queuing on Ticketmaster to even get in. See Tickets and Gigs and Tours have both crashed. Insane.
Luckily my mate got some seats yesterday for Wembley on the pre sale, nearer the back, so I’m at least in and going, but was hoping to see if I could land a standing ticket. Looks almost impossible. Glad I’ve got something.
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Post by Diamond in The Dark on Aug 31, 2024 5:45:03 GMT -5
It’s better by far when he does sing properly. In the 90s he shouted but still held notes; since 2000 when he shouts he cuts every note short and seems to be constantly gasping for breath. He should stop it. It sounds awful. He does that much less than 2005-2009 Luckily his voice is good, just listen to the performance of Its Good to be free. The only obstacle is that when he doesn't hear well in the monitors he starts screaming. If the sound service does its job well Liam returns to sing even better (We have already seen him in many concerts). his way of singing also depends a lot on how they adjust the audio concert after concert.
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Post by The Escapist on Aug 31, 2024 5:48:59 GMT -5
I Listen to LBC all day at work and to hear it in the hourly headlines all week amongst the political stuff is surreal. "So yeah Keir Starmer is doing this, also Oasis".. James O'brien and Tom Swarbrick dedicating parts of their phone ins to the Oasis reunion is madness. Someone made a point that Oasis broke up in 2009 when Labour were in government and we got 14 years of the Tories. Labour come back in and we get an Oasis reunion.Because Oasis were associated with New Labour, there's this thought from social commentators that their popularity stemmed from optimism of a new government. Yet everyone fails to realise their best albums came during the Tory administration. So it discredits the idea that their music was a mere side effect to over-inflated optimism. It's such a cliche, and I'm surprised so many journalists still fall into that trap. Much like dunces like Simon Price who think Oasis presaged nationalism and Brexit. If that's the case, why are so many Gen Z youngsters jumping on board, those who know nothing of the 90s and those who are hardly catalysts for far-right ideology? Heck, even I only got into them as an angst ridden teenager at the start of a horrific recession, hardly an optimistic time... So for all the accolades the soap opera between Noel and Liam being analysed, and the 'intellectual social commentaries' on the band, I don't know why writers fail to mention that the simplest answer to all this is, as Noel says in Wibbling Rivalry, 'MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!' The hints of social commentary in Definitely Maybe are just window dressing to an already great album, because it boils down to life affirming sentiments aligned with top class melodies that give it conviction. It's extroverted showmanship by Liam from an introverted soul in Noel. It's euphoric, it's also melancholic. The music treads a line perfectly between the two qualities, often in the same song, same melody and same lyric. No other act on earth comes close to so perfectly balancing euphoria and melancholy. It's why their optimism and happiness is not the forced theatrical fantasy of most acts (hello Queen, latter Coldplay, most popstars) because the melancholy gives it a grounding in reality. It recognises that reality but makes you believe in better things. It's not art, it's not intellectual, it's sincerely emotional. It's a primal thing, and tapping into that and bottling it up in a simple song is genius. No wonder they're still huge. They're calling it the post of the year!
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Post by ChampagneHypernova on Aug 31, 2024 5:50:24 GMT -5
The possible problem for these massive stadium gigs is that the volume has to be turned up, and when everything goes up Liam also might have to shout more if he can't hear himself properly.
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