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Post by Aman on Jan 9, 2016 12:14:59 GMT -5
The chorus is a bit of a let down but the rest is fucking amazing. Noel really summed up the BHN era when he listed this song among the five greatest he's ever written.  I also wish that Liam sang it. In all honesty, I consider almost every time Noel sang lead on a song during the 90's a crime against humanity. Liam's fuckin' voice during the 90's would've nailed this song. FUCK YOU NOEL WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MAN'S GIFT FROM GOD AND LET HIM USE IT ON EVERY TRACK??? Because Noel is a pre Madonna silly twunt mate. Go and read the Tony mccarroll book and you'll get it... "Bigun: Noel one of those blouses would be great for our Kelly for college" haha hahaha haha haha Pre-Madonna?  So Noel was a bit like Cyndi Lauper. |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jan 9, 2016 12:32:06 GMT -5
I don't get the edit, mimmihopps? You do know that I was quoting the quote from Fucking In The Bushes, right? I was trying to be clever. Sigh. |
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Post by The-Ghost-Dancer on Jan 9, 2016 14:18:27 GMT -5
i like magic pie the fact its on for a about a week makes it even better its long self indulgant you can tell it was written and recorded in a cocaine haze
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Post by oasisserbia on Jan 9, 2016 15:34:34 GMT -5
I don't hate it, it's just not very good.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Jan 9, 2016 18:39:03 GMT -5
I actually wasn't taking the piss (for once), like.
I tagged @beherenowisbiblical in the first post bc I thought he, too, was a fellow lover of Magic Pie due to his dedication to Be Here Now. Alas, I was wrong.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jan 9, 2016 20:29:07 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on Jan 9, 2016 21:00:50 GMT -5
I actually wasn't taking the piss (for once), like. I tagged @beherenowisbiblical in the first post bc I thought he, too, was a fellow lover of Magic Pie due to his dedication to Be Here Now. Alas, I was wrong. You should tag me next time. There's not a single song on BHN or in the BHN era that I couldn't listen to on repeat for a day. |
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Post by glider on Jan 9, 2016 21:20:55 GMT -5
I love it because it is simply ridiculous. Way too long, overproduced and overcompressed to the point where you can here distinct clicks in the track. Terrible lyrics and vocals as well.
So why do I love it? Well nothing sort of ballsy! Only Noel at the height of his fame could release a 7 minute track about a mystical pie, laden with guitar riffs and overdone solos.
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Jan 10, 2016 9:06:47 GMT -5
^Be Here Now in a nutshell.
(Well, not quite, most of the songs are really good as well. But that's not the best thing about the album.)
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Post by Aman on Jan 10, 2016 15:17:44 GMT -5
Just listened to it again.
Oh my God, it's really bad. Just as I remembered.
Maybe if Liam was on vocals, it might save it slightly. But Noel's on poor form vocally. (Wtf is up with that btw? His voice is unbearable in this)
Not to mention the other things wrong with it!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 18:12:34 GMT -5
How do I join?
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 10, 2016 18:30:37 GMT -5
For all the reasons people have stated above, I absolutely love Magic Pie. Can't remember if anyone's mentioned the drums, but they're especially awesome on this as well.
As with a lot of the Be Here Now stuff, I love a lot of the guitar work. I don't care what Noel says, I think he's a handy player when he want to be, and the excesses of coke (see 7:17 of the track) brought out a reckless abandon in him to just fucking go for it. And he did. Like a madman. On every single track. Every second him or Liam aren't singing something. (And sometimes even when they were)
Having said that, I still think that, along with Fade In-Out, it's not deserving of its run time. 8/10. Possibly 9/10 if you shed a minute off somewhere.
However, I do think The Fame is a bit pish. And the guitar solo in that one... Must be one of the worst I've ever heard. Just goes nowhere.
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Post by glider on Jan 11, 2016 7:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Jan 12, 2016 10:43:16 GMT -5
I actually wasn't taking the piss (for once), like. I tagged @beherenowisbiblical in the first post bc I thought he, too, was a fellow lover of Magic Pie due to his dedication to Be Here Now. Alas, I was wrong. You should tag me next time. There's not a single song on BHN or in the BHN era that I couldn't listen to on repeat for a day. I like Magic Pie purely for the fact that it's on BHN. If the teletubbies theme tune was on BHN i'd still like it because it's BHN and BHN is a great album bar the odd dudd like MP. It's just not the best track on the album. That's gotta be Fade In-Out after re-watching GMEX 97 for me last night. (Then again my favourite track on BHN changes as much as the way the wind may blow...) |
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Post by kennerado on Feb 16, 2016 21:52:07 GMT -5
Way over the top, cocaine power, crazy guitar work - epitomizes everything about the band at that point in time. "This's for Ashcroft!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 22:10:51 GMT -5
One of the most underrated Oasis songs.
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Post by andrewmattcoles on Feb 17, 2016 4:54:34 GMT -5
I actually wasn't taking the piss (for once), like. I tagged @beherenowisbiblical in the first post bc I thought he, too, was a fellow lover of Magic Pie due to his dedication to Be Here Now. Alas, I was wrong. You should tag me next time. There's not a single song on BHN or in the BHN era that I couldn't listen to on repeat for a day. If you put it on repeat just once it will take up the whole day! And that's the beauty of it!!!! |
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Post by freddy838 on Feb 17, 2016 8:27:40 GMT -5
I think it's pretty good. I think he may have got more credit for the song if he called it Magpie.
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Post by thomuk2006 on Feb 17, 2016 8:37:28 GMT -5
Good song.... but worst production ever...
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Post by The Escapist on Feb 17, 2016 9:22:49 GMT -5
I think this tune could have done with a heavy rewrite. The verses are cool, the bridge is decent bit the chorus goes nowhere. If the structure was made tighter, the lyrics changed, the production not as heavy handed and the ridiculous ending taken out (I really don't get why people love that, it's excessive but not in a cool way like the DYKWIM intro or the IGB(M!!) refrain, just stupid and unnecessary), it could have made a really, really good b-side. I still don't think it's got the potential to be good enough to have made in on to an album that was supposed to end all worldly violence and suffering.
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Post by Aman on Feb 17, 2016 10:03:10 GMT -5
The vocals alone make this song dire.
It's unbearable to listen to.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2016 11:07:40 GMT -5
I think it's great  You see me I got my magic pie... It's like when you feel amazing but you can't put it into words for other people to get. Magic Pie innit... |
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Post by theultimatewannabe on Feb 17, 2016 11:46:24 GMT -5
Magic Pie is simply like no other. I actually sang it myself on my guitar a few times, doesn't help in salvaging the song from cringe-ness at all though, it just has to be that awfully loud and dreary, guitar-solo-laden, 7 minutes of utter indulgence to be so special in the first place, as the third track of that looong album, just the way it is supposed to be.
I absolutely adore it. I think it's what makes BHN THE Be Here Now.
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Feb 17, 2016 14:27:54 GMT -5
Yesterday I skipped Magic Pie.
I take it I'm now expelled from this club.
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Feb 17, 2016 15:14:06 GMT -5
I'm pretty critical of Be Here Now in general but Magic Pie is a real shining moment as far as I'm concerned. I've never got the whole thing about it being one of the weaker tracks of the era as it's more than easily on my A-list. I'd happily describe it as one of the best non-singles Noel ever wrote and in my opinion twice the song that many people would have liked to see replace it (Stay Young).
Fairly sure I posted a weird ass album cover I made in tribute to it somewhere on these boards. Maybe I'll dig it up.
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