Was just looking through Twitter and there was a link to a Sunday Times interview dated the 25th of this month. Is this from the Autumn or something new? I'm not a subscriber and can't look at it.

2017 will be great: Liam's album, Noel's album, U2 touring again. And I'm still hoping for a Knebworth release.

Waiting for something like this to drop soon.

like Noel said though really, WTSMG was still going well in 1997, going into the studio to record BHN was just killing off WTSMG when they couldve waited at least another year or two and just kept touring if need be.

I dont rate knebworth above maine road or earls court but to make a movie with knebworth being the castle on the hill but then not actually having it out there to see is weird as shit really, its like making a documentary about an actor and saying their biggest movie where it accumulated isnt even out there to watch except in poor quality from outside sources.

its a shame that oasis imploded around 96/97 in display of poor showings, drugs and hasty decisions, had they had a real bastard there to knock it all into shape then they probably couldve made the home run, too much too soon I guess.

 

Any day now boys and girls, surely?

I think one of the problems is that, imo, it seems Liam is trying to establish himself somehow as a songwriter. If I were on his management (not that I am capable to be on his management), I would try a different approach: exploring Liam as the voice and spirit of Oasis.

I know this might sound controversial around here, but I don't think Liam has to release an album of only original material. He could try to cover songs he loves, making them their own thing, in a refreshing way. He would have his own songs as well, and they could also be co-written by his producer or other musicians he's friends with. Eventually, he could make an album of only covers for all I care, as many artists like Bob Dylan and his idol, John Lennon, have.

Live, I'd make a setlist that would consist mostly of the songs that made him huge (obviously Oasis, since Beady Eye didn't help that much) and a few of his new songs and covers.

It's like going for a Robert Plant concert. You wanna hear some Led Zeppelin classics and only a few new hits that he's got on his solo career.

Liam is like an entity of Rock n Roll. He doesn't have to establish himself as a songwriter, but explore Liam Gallagher, the singer. I doubt his concerts wouldn't be a huge success and that, in time, he would have bigger gigs.

Get on with it Liam, I'm fucking bored now.

I never liked that they did those small acoustic gigs. Made them smaller than they were in my opinion. I think it was great for the fans but the Abbey Road gig would have been enough.

I know they were not "big" but they were bigger than doing acoustic gigs at Rough Trade or HMV. In my opinion at least. But I can be wrong of course. Just don´t think those gigs helped in any way.

I think they overdid the acoustic stuff tbh, the abbey road and oui fm stuff was perfectly fine, Liam sounded so worn out during those later ones, its just not fun to listen to, you can tell hes just so done with beady eye by this point, theres just no enthusiasm in him, just looks like he wants to be anywhere else.



the whole album cycle sucked ass though, they hardly even promoted the release of the album at all, Liams voice had given up before they even started at the festival shows (T in the park, ibiza rocks), the whole thing with that journalist, gems injury. I kind of knew at the time that beady eye was probably done, just couldnt see them going on to a 3rd album from there, it just fell apart.

as Ive said really, you learn more from failures than you do from successes, if Liam uses beady eye as the formula for not what to do he should be fine, like you say, this is it for Liam, he said he was going to retire if BE failed and he basically did really, his solo thing is just a last ditch effort, he wont try and start over again if this tanks.

I forgot to mention the single choices for BE as well, flick was their strongest song yet they hardly used it all, it didnt even get a proper video, they should've milked that tune, they decided to use SBOTA on the voice, iz rite got performed on alan carr but then gave soul love the video plus a double A side for beady eye? the whole fucking album would cost less than the single at the time of its release, mustve sold about 3 copies worldwide.

Im assuming your talking about abbey road on absolute which yea was good but what did they really do before the album released? oui fm? that was good but it was french radio, I doubt it really gave them anymore sales, alot of people didnt know who they were in the UK, jools holland was ok though people didnt really like SBOTA or soul love from reactions so maybe didnt pick the right songs.

how is it "know it all" when their campaign clearly fell apart at the seems when all the stuff with Liams affair came out then gem got injured, beady eye clearly kept stumbling on that cycle and it finished the band off as soon as beady eye hit the festivals Liam was singing like a walrus on a bad day which wouldnt of done much for their wider appeal.

I remember on the first gig they did on that tour I said something about Liam not really looking into it all that much, he just looked bored and pissed off for a first gig when he should be on point, something just felt very off about the whole thing after the album came out, probably because all that journalist shit was bubbling up behind the scenes.

I remember a lot of people on here saying they would be surprised if they did a 3rd album and the cycle was piss poor for the most part, it isnt just retrospective, never found out why beady eye had to cancel coachella, that kicked off the stuff about Liam saying he would be the one to throw in the towel not some roadie from the 80s.

it was just odd.