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Post by The Invisible Sun on Mar 30, 2014 17:42:22 GMT -5
I was still never clear on this. I know they said they wanted to be close to The Beatles on a band list, but why choose the name Beady Eye? It's sort of unappealing, I always thought so.
What reminded me of this was I was out with my Beady Eye shirt on and someone stopped and asked what my shirt meant. I told them it was the name of a band and he thought it was weird.
Then I started thinking, if I saw Beady Eye on a list, would I even bother to check them out if I had no knowledge of the members history? Probably not.
What do you all think?
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 30, 2014 17:44:40 GMT -5
Don't give me your beady eye, it's not very wise.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 17:50:17 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I used to think it was a lyric from Roll With It (don't ever beady eye)  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 17:51:03 GMT -5
Maybe I'm older and it's a term that was used more in my day, I am only guessing maybe you cats use it I don't know . But when we were kids in the 80 s and did coke for a few nights in a row , then did some ludes to calm down and drink a few , we had the small red eye look. And people would say. Hey man your fucking beady eyed , you musta had a killer weekend. Or some shit to that effect ...maybe they got a old soul
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Post by gdforever on Mar 30, 2014 19:46:45 GMT -5
They said once they chose it because it was their own project and they were going to be keeping a close eye on it. That's what keeping a beady eye on something means.
Nothing to do with drugs or anything.
It just means keeping a very keen eye on a something.
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Post by The Invisible Sun on Mar 30, 2014 19:57:44 GMT -5
I like both Kalas's and GD's explanation, honestly.
I have definitely grown used to the name. And if I can like 'The Beatles' or 'Oasis', I can like 'Beady Eye'.
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Post by Willie T. Soke on Mar 30, 2014 20:17:04 GMT -5
if you smoked Colombian weed in the 1970s and 1980s, i owe you a thank-you card. you paid for my swim lessons.
Thanks.
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Post by rebus on Mar 30, 2014 21:39:53 GMT -5
Stupid name. But most of them are. Even the good ones. Rolling Stones, Beatles etc. Mindless shite.
Led Zep are one of precious few bands with a cool sounding name.
As long as the music sounds better than the name, nobody gives a shit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2014 9:18:53 GMT -5
Stupid name. But most of them are. Even the good ones. Rolling Stones, Beatles etc. Mindless shite. Led Zep are one of precious few bands with a cool sounding name. As long as the music sounds better than the name, nobody gives a shit. You know I agree ! And for the record I NEVER SAID IT WAS A NAME THEY PICKED CAUSE OF DRUG USE |
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Post by LlAM on Mar 31, 2014 9:42:56 GMT -5
The poll needs a "meh" answer.
It doesnt really matter what theyre calked, Beady Eye is pretty neutral.
I went with "good".
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 31, 2014 10:18:46 GMT -5
Stupid name. But most of them are. Even the good ones. Rolling Stones, Beatles etc. Mindless shite. Led Zep are one of precious few bands with a cool sounding name.As long as the music sounds better than the name, nobody gives a shit. An excellent point indeed. |
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Post by Mr. Bigglesworth on Mar 31, 2014 11:41:33 GMT -5
I like it. don`t get the people, that "don`t get" bandnames. It`s just a name, not every name has to have a background or has to make sense.
I really love some bandnames, that play with words like The Dandy Warhols or the Brian Jonestown Massacre, but most of the times I really don`t care for it. if you get to know the band, the name will automatically grow into the sound of them so you get used to it, if you like the sound.
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Post by shoes222 on Apr 1, 2014 1:19:38 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I used to think it was a lyric from Roll With It (don't ever beady eye) Are you taking the piss? The lyrics in Roll With It are "don't ever be denied"... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 2:09:23 GMT -5
Not gonna lie, I used to think it was a lyric from Roll With It (don't ever beady eye) Are you taking the piss? The lyrics in Roll With It are "don't ever be denied"... Like I said, I 'used to' think it was the lyric. |
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Post by allingoodtime on Apr 1, 2014 3:02:07 GMT -5
Stone cold steve austin used to call a lot of people Beady Eyed back in the day too  |
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Post by Jgrp on Apr 1, 2014 13:03:40 GMT -5
It's to be next to Beatles in HMV.
Shit name but they all are really.
Arctic Monkeys wtf?
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Post by korky on Apr 1, 2014 13:05:41 GMT -5
I duno, I like it, it's got a nice ring to it
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Post by Nyron Nosworthy on Apr 6, 2014 15:38:48 GMT -5
I don't think there is any particular reason behind it, just something that sounded good to them at the time. I think it's a bit naff but they could have chose far worse.
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Post by davidjay on Apr 6, 2014 16:28:53 GMT -5
Here's a very tenuous link... I have just been reading David Cavanagh's book on Creation Records, subtitled "My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize". This is quoted from the fifteenth release by Creation- [CRE015], which was The Loft's “Up The Hill & Down The Slope”. The lyrics, by Pete Astor, start off with...
Oh, my magpie eyes are hungry for the prize
Give me the money and I'll shoot it right between the eyes
My greedy eyes, my beady eyes - they swivel and they stare
Thinking of the bright things; I might just get them there
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Post by jaq515 on Apr 6, 2014 16:51:56 GMT -5
Here's a very tenuous link... I have just been reading David Cavanagh's book on Creation Records, subtitled "My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize". This is quoted from the fifteenth release by Creation- [CRE015], which was The Loft's “Up The Hill & Down The Slope”. The lyrics, by Pete Astor, start off with... Oh, my magpie eyes are hungry for the prize Give me the money and I'll shoot it right between the eyes My greedy eyes, my beady eyes - they swivel and they stare Thinking of the bright things; I might just get them there That's very tenuous, beady eye while not everyday saying 99% of people know what beady eye means / implies .. Good link but defo to common to look to an obscure reference to explain |
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Post by davidjay on Apr 6, 2014 17:09:40 GMT -5
Here's a very tenuous link... I have just been reading David Cavanagh's book on Creation Records, subtitled "My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize". This is quoted from the fifteenth release by Creation- [CRE015], which was The Loft's “Up The Hill & Down The Slope”. The lyrics, by Pete Astor, start off with... Oh, my magpie eyes are hungry for the prize Give me the money and I'll shoot it right between the eyes My greedy eyes, my beady eyes - they swivel and they stare Thinking of the bright things; I might just get them there That's very tenuous, beady eye while not everyday saying 99% of people know what beady eye means / implies .. Good link but defo to common to look to an obscure reference to explain Indeed! I just had been reading that book and thought I'd mention it in passing, as an absurdly tenuous link |
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Post by jaq515 on Apr 6, 2014 17:16:25 GMT -5
That's very tenuous, beady eye while not everyday saying 99% of people know what beady eye means / implies .. Good link but defo to common to look to an obscure reference to explain Indeed! I just had been reading that book and thought I'd mention it in passing, as an absurdly tenuous link Don't get me wrong, your info is always amazing and love and appreciate it. I personally think with beady eye being beady eye it be an off the cuff comment from Liam he thought sounded great etc tho could be anything like many said most band names really mean nothing |
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Post by davidjay on Apr 6, 2014 17:32:52 GMT -5
Indeed! I just had been reading that book and thought I'd mention it in passing, as an absurdly tenuous link Don't get me wrong, your info is always amazing and love and appreciate it. I personally think with beady eye being beady eye it be an off the cuff comment from Liam he thought sounded great etc tho could be anything like many said most band names really mean nothing Thanks for your kind comment! Much appreciated. Yes, would be interesting to find out the true source of the inspiration behind the Beady Eye name... like you said, it's most likely that someone used it in conversation and the phrase caught Liam's ear. I guess if we asked the band there might be several different explanations on how they decided on the name, similar to Oasis (didn't Noel want to say in early interviews that the band was named after a cool clothes shop in Manchester, but early on Liam said that it was actually named after the Swindon Oasis leisure centre...?). Either way, good name for a band |
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Post by jaq515 on Apr 6, 2014 17:38:56 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong, your info is always amazing and love and appreciate it. I personally think with beady eye being beady eye it be an off the cuff comment from Liam he thought sounded great etc tho could be anything like many said most band names really mean nothing Thanks for your kind comment! Much appreciated. Yes, would be interesting to find out the true source of the inspiration behind the Beady Eye name... like you said, it's most likely that someone used it in conversation and the phrase caught Liam's ear. I guess if we asked the band there might be several different explanations on how they decided on the name, similar to Oasis (didn't Noel want to say in early interviews that the band was named after a cool clothes shop in Manchester, but early on Liam said that it was actually named after the Swindon Oasis leisure centre...?). Either way, good name for a band Exactly be lots of different takes I'd predict too. Yes oasis story does go via a poster in their bedroom (maybe on the wonderwall ) for the Swindon oasis, and the cool trainer / clothes shop in Manc (Which may be referenced also in 'love is the law' by the seahorses .. Oasis is a shop with shoes so got they were sure to blow your mind) |
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Post by davidjay on Apr 6, 2014 17:50:36 GMT -5
Thanks for your kind comment! Much appreciated. Yes, would be interesting to find out the true source of the inspiration behind the Beady Eye name... like you said, it's most likely that someone used it in conversation and the phrase caught Liam's ear. I guess if we asked the band there might be several different explanations on how they decided on the name, similar to Oasis (didn't Noel want to say in early interviews that the band was named after a cool clothes shop in Manchester, but early on Liam said that it was actually named after the Swindon Oasis leisure centre...?). Either way, good name for a band Exactly be lots of different takes I'd predict too. Yes oasis story does go via a poster in their bedroom (maybe on the wonderwall ) for the Swindon oasis, and the cool trainer / clothes shop in Manc (Which may be referenced also in 'love is the law' by the seahorses .. Oasis is a shop with shoes so got they were sure to blow your mind) Blimey, I'd totally forgotten about the Seahorses and Love is the Law! Thanks for the reminder... brings back memories of how Britpop (for want of a better word) ruled the airwaves back in 1997. Didn't Liam co-write that song with John Squire? I remember liking the Oasis reference in there... the song got a huge amount of airplay on Radio 1 and, if I remember right, it was released in the build up to Be Here Now, maybe even before we'd heard D'You Know What I Mean? (will have to check that!), when the anticipation for new Oasis songs or news about their album was huge. Around the same time there was also Liam's cameo appearance on Nothing Lasts Forever by Echo and the Bunnymen, supplying the backing vocals. Another great tune. |
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