I hope they just stick to the songs they wrote.

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I certainly cant see them doing Noel's Oasis song even if they are the classics.

I can see Songbird, Love Like a Bomb, Turn up the Sun and maybe A Bell will Ring.

The band still has a lot of song writing talent. Liam continues to get better and better. Andy really hit a home run with Four Letter Word. That should have been their first release and a proper "Hello...we are fucking back!!!" moment. I believe they can deliver a catchy, fun second album. Not a fan of Noel Oasis songs being played live. Write better tunes and the band will find more success. It is simple as that. When the first chords of Cigarettes and Alcohol are played...it might as well be the beginning of the end of the band. I hate to say it but it screams desperation time for this act by saying "We need Noel's songs to make these concerts work better". They don't need to do this. Stay strong Liam.

Perhaps Liam should have written it then. Noel's acoustic Supersonic is great. I like that Beady Eye are only playing their songs. I liked how Liam said they would never play Oasis songs. now a year later, shitty album sales and so-so touring sales...Liam is willing to throw Oasis songs into the mix. Something tells me that wouldn't be the case if DGSS had similar success to HFB. Just my opinion.

Tell that to Elvis or some of the other entertainers. His acoustic version is acceptable I suppose but it doesn't improve on how its been done before.

Not playing any Oasis songs was clearly the right move for the first tour but its a bit stupid to think that Liam would never do any of those songs again regardless of Beady Eye's success, considering his feeling for Oasis.

I'd like to know what is intrinsically wrong with Beady Eye playing Oasis songs?

Noel understands Liam might want to do them and doesn't mind if he does. Liam was lead singer and original member of Oasis.

The people who really seemed miffed about this frankly are Noel fans who think the Beady Eye album is average. Which beg's the question ~ why are you in hear talking about their setlist?

Because we are BDI fans...

Not everyone is like you, forsaking one Gallagher just because they happen to prefer the other one. Not everyone feels the need to create this your either with us or against us attitude that you subscribe to. I bought the album and all the singles...but I'm still not a fan because I don't chose to believe Liam is above reproach for all the shit he pulls past and present.

Unlike you who didn't bother to attend a Noel show 'I' would attend a BDI gig in a heartbeat. And my rating on the BDI album is a 6.5-7/10...which is above average (average being 5)

I don't think Liam is the equivalent Elvis. Elvis was just a performer...sure a but I think that Liam is more than that. I think he is a songwriter of significant potential. Look at TMS...I would prefer that people pay attention to what they are growing into.

It has nothing to do with Noel...only to do with BDI.

Why would he want to play Noel-written tracks when he has LAG classics to fall back on anyway?

For me, this post is spot on! This is an excellent thread- a valid, interesting debate which, let's face it, isn't always the case on Live 4 Ever (much and all as I love the forum).

With all of Liam's negative theatrical bluster about Noel delivered in constant and pretty tedious tirades, it would literally border on pathetic to then play Noel's tracks live. I, more than anymore, would love to hear Liam belt out a Live Forever or a 'proper' Supersonic ( I don't feel Noel's version has translated too well).
However, Beady Eye really haven't proven themselves as anything other than middling songwriters thus far. That was the case in Oasis too IMO. They are great players fronted by a recently improved if greatly diminished singer overall. I feel it would be admitting to an early and whimpering defeat to start playing Noel penned songs.

The enthusiam and speed with which they released Different Gear, Still Speeding was hugely exciting and the songs have a sheen and professionalism that appeals. But hugely derivative it is- lyrically and in an arrangement sense. I really do hear The Beatles permeating absolutely everything on this more than on any Oasis release ever (makes you wonder what kind of narcissistic hold Liam might have over the other band members...) Most of the positive reviews were slightly backhanded in that the reviewers were mostly surprised that the album wasn't shit... And there were tons of the inevitable negative rants. It didn't sell very well either but the fact is it was okay- it was exactly what I thought it was going to be like.

To play Turn Up The Sun or The Nature of Reality would be odd and massively underwhelming. To play Champagne Supernova and Cigarettes and Alcohol would, with perfect justification, have Noel smugly rubbing his fingers together and chuckling Smithers style in his mansion. It just doesn't seem in keeping with Liam's defiant 'fuck you' nature either.

If Noel really was the leader and the control freak as stated, guys like Andy and Gem should need no further ammunition to write some good tunes (assuming of course, they have the inherent talent which is yet to be proved IMO). They certainly have as much claim to a musical hertiage as Noel, especially Bell with Ride (if not as much fame or success). Hurricaine No 1 and Heavy Stereo were kinda shite though. Both lads can certainly play their instruments better than Noel. Liam simply isn't any kind of guitarist or a songwriter IMO and even he admits this in interviews in a roundabout kind of way. He kind of writes 'lyrical sketches' of a few simple chords that repeat which the others then flesh out with their greater prowess on a range of instruments (ie: Wigwam).

Beady Eye need to pull out all the stops on their next record. I agree with comments that they need to get an edgier producer; a slightly left of centre choice like Kasabian did with Dan the Automator. They need to do what Kasabian have done and I don't mean write an album like West Pauper or Velociraptor! I mean that they need to channel a particular era without parodying it.

I hope they can do it- they have a lot of promise. Noel's success should fire the fuckers up! Whilst I think High Flying Birds is a vastly superior album to Different Gear, Still Speeding, I can understand Liam's recent comments that it lacks balls. Liam, at his best, gives us that in spades! His vocal gift is his immediacy, power and raw emotion- it provides a soaring adrenalin rush that Noel can never match. Liam needs the others to give him a better conduit in which to channel his pipes.

It's not right or wrong, it would just be disappointing because I just loved the fact that they didn't, they just stepped up with their new songs, which are all good except a couple of duds, they did really good gigs, at least the Paris one was, and there wasn't a single moment in that gig when I thought "damn I'd fancy Supersonic right now". That's not what I came to hear, I came to hear Beady Eye, playing their record, because I like their record. And I can't see why it should change, next time around I want them to play their new tunes. With Noel it's different because he's Noel Gallagher, coming in as Noel Gallagher. But Beady Eye, I wish they did more of their own stuff.