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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Aug 5, 2015 13:42:55 GMT -5
Seeing as we've got a poll for Who Feels Love? I thought it would be an interesting idea to set a similar one up for one of the band's most polarising tracks, Magic Pie. Personally I'm a big fan of the song and consider it one of the highlights of Be Here Now. I think someone summed it up best when they described it as a sounding like a "failed classic" as it just doesn't quite have ' it'. The chorus could be a touch better (though I do like it and consider it to be very underrated)... the infamous "Magic Pie" lyric (which can only be result of cocaine fuelled confidence) is just that bit too weird and self indulgent... and the track overall just can't quite justify its 7 minute 20 second duration, however it's hardly alone in such department. For me however these things are relatively minor flaws and I still consider it being a great track and amongst the most underrated in the band's entire discography. If I had to rate it I'd probably give it a very solid 8 to 8.5 and rank it somewhere between 2nd to 4th best on it's respected album. Oh, and the "Mad Jazz" ending rocks... If you're gonna do something pompous and out there, at least make it fun. Thanks cocaine!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 13:48:33 GMT -5
I rate Magic Pie very highly, as I do with the vast majority of Be Here Now. For one of the supposedly 'weaker' tracks, it has an excellent melody. It has some very investing guitar parts that are hidden away behind the wall of sound. The lyrics may be a bit suspect at times but I don't really care about that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 14:44:17 GMT -5
I remember the first time I heard that tune, I was like "Fuck, that's great!" It was the time when I was discovering the band, listening to songs Some Might Say, Slide Away, Half The World Away, and becoming a true madferit. I still really like that tune. I will rate it between 7.5 and 8, I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 14:53:29 GMT -5
Destroyed by its awful chorus, poor lyrics and ridiculous length. 4/10.
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Post by glider on Aug 5, 2015 15:22:07 GMT -5
It's a song about a pie, but is 7 minutes long and full of crazy guitar riffs and overproduced insanity. 10/10
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 5, 2015 16:08:23 GMT -5
Like I said many times I quoted it in my high school yearbook. Class of 2000 bitches!
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 5, 2015 16:33:51 GMT -5
8/10. Fuck the haters.
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Post by Headmaster on Aug 5, 2015 17:03:33 GMT -5
Never liked it.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Aug 5, 2015 17:04:43 GMT -5
Weak chorus and badly produced. Everything else is great. 8/10
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 17:24:34 GMT -5
Loved it from the moment I first heard it. 9/10
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Post by Jessica on Aug 5, 2015 17:32:03 GMT -5
I think it's the song that drags on the most on Be Here Now. There are so many better moments on the album for me.
I guess 7/10.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 18:05:49 GMT -5
I was expected to an average of 7, I will be not so far I think
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Post by World71R on Aug 6, 2015 12:57:18 GMT -5
5.5-6/10
Kind of an average, coked-up Be Here Now song from this era with the usual too long for itself-ness. The verses are really good, but the chorus feels like a parody of what the verses had just accomplished, so it gets to be an unsettling feeling, and it's not helped by that bridge-like part after the chorus and the ridiculous outro after the last run through the chorus.
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Post by sgtpeppr on Aug 6, 2015 23:14:20 GMT -5
maybe runs on a little long, but its a great track. 8/10.
but BHN is my favorite album, so take my vote with a grain of salt...
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Post by Greedy's Mighty Sigh on Aug 7, 2015 2:49:49 GMT -5
6/10
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Post by LightsOffInside on Aug 7, 2015 2:54:44 GMT -5
The one track I skip on BHN
3/10
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Aug 7, 2015 4:29:43 GMT -5
Typical example of a coked up lenghty BHN song, which wasn't bad in some cases, but is in this one. The song isn't terrible, but absolutely not great either. It's average. The verses are good, but the chorus ruins it and makes me laugh. It just sounds funny. I don't hate this song, but I don't listen to it often. Maybe I should revisit it.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Aug 7, 2015 12:45:21 GMT -5
This is a great song, it's just that its chorus is not up there with the rest of the song, the where-the-fuck-did-this-come-from jazz coda, Noel's overhyping the song before BHN's release, and the fact that it replaced fuckin' Stay Young on BHN lower its standing among Oasis fans. Had it been a b side people would've hailed it a classic!
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Post by allingoodtime on Aug 9, 2015 3:30:29 GMT -5
Garbage.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2015 16:29:13 GMT -5
I never really listen to it, it's too long, it never really clicked...
And the title is awful.
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