What else were they going to play ? The beat goes on?

nevermind those people really.

even hardcore noels fans are happy with the performance. it's the first time I see the board so agree on something.

I'm just curious how BDI's performance have been reviewed in america?

"Wonderwall" is currently #32 on the US iTunes chart. Surrounded by a bunch of country and hip hop songs. So maybe, that should tell you...Also, all of my non or semi-Oasis fans said it was a highlight of the closing ceremony for them.

Definitely I think BDI were helped by the fact that barring, Lennon, queen, madness and a few others, the ceremony was pretty awful really

It needed it as well

^ oh yeah definitely, one of the more special Oasis-related moments ever. Its just nice to see a big thread with loads of members contributing. There hasnt been many 100+ threads in 2012... Any everyones on the same page

madness:-) like when new albums are coming out:-) anyway, i still dont see, why are there people complaining about the performance on this forum:-) and to those who dont like Liam did Wonderwall without Noel - yeah, but look how Wish you were here ended - some ginger freak sung it instead of Roger and Dave, would you be happy to see i dont know Zack Efron or some other strange guy to sing it instead of Liam? Oh and it is Liam who made the song (dont mean "wrote", i mean he gave it balls), so please just enjoy the moment and stop the nonsence.

That's true. As fans, we know that Liam had one of his better nights last night. But to be fair, the majority of people watching weren't Liam fans. So you can't really expect everyone to be happy with his vocals. If some shitbag two bit popstar sang like Liam, I'd probably lay into them too.

It was in tune and it was on key. It was just weak and nervy. Sadly it was the sound of a man who knows he can't sing in tune with the power that made him famous any more.

Honestly, it did sound like a pretty average Oasis tribute. Liam should've insisted on Morning Glory and given a proper representation of what he's about.

Loved seeing Beady Eye/Liam Gallagher at the closing ceremony! His voice was the best it's been in years.
But I can't objectively say that it was brilliant vocally. When I first only heard the audio file I noticed that he starts off key, and even though he recovers towards the end (he even really "nails" some parts of the song towards the end) something just didn't felt right (no, I'm not alluding towards the fact that Noel wasn't there ;-))
He obviously tried really hard, cudos to Liam for actually "singing" the whole song rather than shouting. But I got the feeling that he sang (especially at the beginning) the whole song 1/10th of a tone off key, if that makes any sense. And it was really nasal of course, but that's just Liam I guess... Btw I didn't knew they still played Wonderwall with a capo on the second fret. I assumed there would've been a change of key in the course of years.

But then I saw the video... The band and Liam are looking amazing, them playing in the Olympic stadium is really impressing. And the whole picture (the crowd waving/singing, the atmosphere,...) is really great, the fact that Liam isn't sounding the same as 15 years ago doesn't change all that!

Wonderwall isn't really a song that needs power though is it? Like you said, Morning Glory is one of the songs where he does need to go for it, I'm glad he took a soft approach with Wonderwall last night. He sounded very nervous the first half of the song but once he got in to it the second half was great!

I'm one of Liam's biggest fans but even I could tell he was nervous at the start of the song, it's only natural when you are about to perform in front of millions across the world, as I said though, once he got in to it he sounded fantastic.