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Post by gdforever on Feb 22, 2011 15:00:01 GMT -5
Album Review: Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding By Eugene McCormick. Published on 02/22/2011 - 2:03pm If you had any worries about Liam Gallagher being able to carry on in the music world without chief songwriter and older brother Noel, your doubts are erased on the first track off Beady Eye's debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding, which will be released stateside on March 1st. The menacing Manc's sneer is strong as ever and his bandmates, who followed him from the rock behemoth Oasis, sound refocused and energized now that they are the ones guiding the man who was named the best frontman in the history of music by Q Magazine two years ago. The opener, Four Letter Word, could be looked at as a jab at their ex-bandmate, but according to reports it was written before the split, but the lyrics "The battles on and the song is the prize" sum up what will be a rivalry like Paul McCartney and John Lennon had 4 decades ago after the Gallagher's heroes The Beatles broke up. While the first song is up-tempo, most of Beady Eye's debut is mid-tempo radio friendly numbers that borrow heavily from the likes of the The Who, The Kinks, and of course the Fab Four. Lead single The Roller is the most derivative of the bunch, sounding like a hybrid of John Lennon classic Instant Karma coupled with vocals from his final studio album Double Fantasy. In true Gallagher form, the band doesn't hide from the references to their love of mid-60's music going so far as naming one song Beatles & Stones that is basically a rewrite of Pete Townshend's classic My Generation. Throughout the album you'll find catchy guitar work and melodies. Perhaps the most touching song on the collection is the track For Anyone, which is arguably the best song Liam has written to date. Liam has upped the ante for Noel who has embarked on a solo career and it will be interesting to see what type of reaction the new band gets in terms of sales here in America. Beady Eye has released a solid set of tunes that any Oasis fan will enjoy, and one wonders why they didn't just keep the name of their old band as they would have likely been able to shift more records and sell more concert tickets with the established band name then embarking on a brand new endeavor with mostly the same cast of characters. Highlights The Roller, For Anyone, Three Ring Circus, The Beat Goes On, The Morning Son. Skip Millionaire, Standing on the Edge of Noise. www.clevelandleader.com/node/15960
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Post by lucahelvetica on Feb 22, 2011 15:03:11 GMT -5
Nice Review thanks for posting
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Post by Silence Dogood on Feb 22, 2011 16:16:30 GMT -5
ok, this is what i call a good review. he doesn't say they're the best thing ever, he doesn't avoid pointing out the fact that they "heavily borrow" from past acts and whatnot but he's not out to trash them.
very good and accurate review.
He also makes a good point about the name of the band, think about it, if this was another Oasis album, with all the catchy/radio-friendly songs in DGSS, they'd have been able to get a lot more attention here in the states and also would've sold way more records.
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Post by wonderplan on Feb 22, 2011 16:48:51 GMT -5
"it's not about selling records it's about being real"
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Lundblad
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Post by Lundblad on Feb 22, 2011 19:07:03 GMT -5
Nice one. Interesting that he says that Millionaire is skippable, the opinions between different reviewers on different individual tracks differ a lot.
My memory might fail me, but I think I can recall that this paper had a good review of DOYS as well.
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Post by Silence Dogood on Feb 22, 2011 21:09:20 GMT -5
"it's not about selling records it's about being real" you can say that when your band has already sold tens of millions of records but this is a new band(kind of) lol |
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Feb 23, 2011 7:06:28 GMT -5
Yeah, that's an great review. Positive, but fair - exactly the way BDI should be seen imo.
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Post by XTRMNTRSCREAM on Feb 23, 2011 22:36:53 GMT -5
its a good review as it is written by a fan, it also isn't a real newspaper.
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Post by bradhorse on Feb 23, 2011 22:52:15 GMT -5
its a good review as it is written by a fan, it also isn't a real newspaper. Y'know, I've read a few posts of yours claiming to be some sort of law student or something? It just begs the question why your spelling and punctuation is as poor as it is. Yes, you've always got the "this is the internet, I don't care about my grammar" excuse, but I'm not even university educated and decent punctuation and spelling is second nature to me, it strikes me as strange that a man proclaiming to be all that you do, is such a fucking retard. Much love Rolli x |
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Post by XTRMNTRSCREAM on Mar 5, 2011 18:50:49 GMT -5
are you coming at me brah?
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