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Post by matt on Jun 14, 2024 19:31:37 GMT -5
As uninspiring as anything they've done in recent years. Generic to the extreme lyrics, overproduced synthetic production, and finally add some cut and paste 'la la la/whoa whoa whoa' crowd baiting nonsense in for good measure and you've got yourself a tune for an 'inspiring' Children In Need montage of people doing fun runs.
Chris Martin has totally lost himself up his Hollywood jet setting arse. Meanwhile, the 'other three' don't seem interested in being serious musicians and haven't been for a long time.
Their time as a chart topping act is at an end, this won't do the rounds in either the album or singles charts, so I don't see the point of it. Unless they opt for a collaboration with the latest chart topper, which is riding on the coattails of others successes at this point, they're not going to have another smash hit ever again.
They had it once but it's gone forever now, there's absolutely no trace of any of that now.
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Post by matt on Jun 14, 2024 19:20:20 GMT -5
We can go on about Liam's voice or Noel's songwriting 'til the cows come home. But man that sound, that's what I love. A real squall, so loud, dirty, raw, brazen, reverberating..... nothing like the milky tea sounds of Noel's solo stuff like Lock All The Doors or You Know We Can't Go Back or the at times overly polished rock sound of Liam's solo career. Nothing sounds like this. They don't sound like that either. Get it back to this stuff, this is the real deal. Are you ever gonna STFU about Lock All the Doors and You Know We Can't Go Back? We get it. No need to get your knickers in a twist. It's as good an example of a blandly recorded track that has some echoes of Definitely Maybe in its writing but no spirit in the recording. A comparison of then and now, what was right then and isn't anymore. |
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Post by matt on Jun 14, 2024 16:03:27 GMT -5
We can go on about Liam's voice or Noel's songwriting 'til the cows come home. But man that sound, that's what I love.
A real squall, so loud, dirty, raw, brazen, reverberating..... nothing like the milky tea sounds of Noel's solo stuff like Lock All The Doors or You Know We Can't Go Back or the at times overly polished rock sound of Liam's solo career.
Nothing sounds like this. They don't sound like that either. Get it back to this stuff, this is the real deal.
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Post by matt on Jun 13, 2024 16:22:25 GMT -5
My rankings. Honestly, outside of Around The Sun, I'd recommend them all. And anything out of that top 10 could be somebody's favourite, they're that good. I think the top five are unchanging. But Monster might sneak in there some days. What a band!
1. Automatic For The People
2. Green
3. Fables of the Reconstruction
4. Murmur
5. Life's Rich Pageant
6. Monster
7. Reckoning
8. Out Of Time
9. Document
10. New Adventures In Hi-Fi
11. Up
12. Collapse Into Now
13. Reveal
14. Accelerate
15. Around The Sun
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Post by matt on Jun 13, 2024 16:10:58 GMT -5
Love it! Such a mature, wise bunch too regarding reunions; 'it would never be as good'. They also stopped at the right time too. I don't think they have a bad album, I don't even dislike Around The Sun (which is bland at worst). |
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Post by matt on Jun 9, 2024 8:42:32 GMT -5
So sad to read about what happened to Dr Michael Mosley. His programmes were always fascinating and he seemed like such a lovely man. RIP.
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Post by matt on Jun 8, 2024 9:12:37 GMT -5
They're not without humour so I hear and don't take themselves seriously. They were big fans of the Scots comedian Limmy before he made it big.
Before a Glasgow gig in the mid 2000s, they got the then relatively unknown Limmy on stage to tell them the gig had been 'cancelled', and then proceeded to play an air guitar version of Are You Gonna Be My Girl. Cue a lot of boos and pints been thrown in Limmy's direction. Meanwhile Jet were at the side pissing themselves laughing before walking on.
As 'supporting acts' go, it's probably the best use a band has made of that act.
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Post by matt on Jun 3, 2024 15:36:24 GMT -5
Man. Liam's back on top of the world. So cool. This setlist is literally amazing. I feel like he is actually catering to people like us on here! It's kinda cool tbh. Lock all the doors? Damn. That clip posted a few pages ago. Mega. Here's the full thing if you haven't seen it! Liam absolutely nailed it Fantastic. I realise it is different to the final Noel released version, BUT it shows how that raw guitar sound mixed with Liam's vocals turns a bland dad rocker by Noel into something amazing. This show must be one of the best things Liam's ever done. Fabulous setlist, a dream one for the hardcore fan, the band are sounding great and Liam's vocals are spectacular again. |
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Post by matt on Jun 2, 2024 16:35:18 GMT -5
You either go all in or nothing with these things. Anything less is taking the fans for a ride.
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Post by matt on Jun 2, 2024 14:33:16 GMT -5
Gutted to miss this tour. Looks fantastic.
If Liam were to only tour that first album and nothing else til the end of days, I wouldn't complain, he's that good and it's that good.
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Post by matt on Jun 1, 2024 16:12:20 GMT -5
Camden? It's the place the likes of Lily Allen and Pete Doherty went to pretend they are working class and raised on the streets.
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Post by matt on Jun 1, 2024 15:56:02 GMT -5
On the latest Matt Morgan podcast he mentioned that it's not going very well in the studio at the minute. I'm paraphrasing here but he said something to the effect of: "Everything I do sounds shit at the moment. I have loads of songs and they all sound good when I play them to myself at home, but everytime I try to record one of them in the studio they sound underwhelming as I listen back to them through the speakers." He mused that perhaps this was the universes way of telling him that he shouldn't be in the studio right now, and he said he didn't know if it was because of the recordings actually being bad or just the headspace he was in at the moment. He didn't say anything about scrapping the rock album the way he did the acoustic one, but it may be an indicator that we shouldn't take it for granted that he's gonna finish recording it. He talked about being in a creative rut and has seemed quite moody the last two times he was on. I’ve been saying it for almost 25 years. Noel needs a strong producer. Someone to tell him right from wrong. Someone to challenge him. Someone who knows the technical nature of the studio space. I’m not sure a four star general like Noel should be the one and all voice on creativity. He's too lazy or insecure to be challenged in the studio. If he wants to make great music, he has to ask himself what great artist or songwriter hasn't benefited from a creative foil alongside them (whether that be producer or co-writer)? Rarely anyone of great talent does these things solely by themselves. Unless he's Bob Dylan or Kate Bush, but he ain't close to either of those two. |
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Post by matt on May 31, 2024 16:25:56 GMT -5
I have written on here that DBTT was such a fun time to be an Oasis fan. In the early 00’s it was deemed uncool to be an Oasis fan however during the DBTT cycle they seemed to have their swagger back and it offered something new and fresh whilst still sounding like Oasis. The tour was great too! Controversial opinion but I actually had more fun at the City of Manchester Stadium in 2005 than I did at Finsbury Park in 2002! Great times, can’t believe that album is nearly 20 years old!! Fun fact I bought this album on the same day I went to see Revenge of the Sith😁 I have a thought (a somewhat very egotistical one that makes me feel important!) that Oasis being cool again in the mid 2000s has to do with my generation - i.e. younger millennials, DBTT released during that prime age group of 13/14/15 when teens have a musical awakening. Oasis still released big singles with relatively big albums back then and those songs, while not iconic, stood on their own merits without any consideration towards the 90s hits. That generation who were too young to get into Oasis in the 90s (again talking about myself here!) got the chance to latch on to them in the mid 2000s. They might not have been the next Beatles, but the band did have a legacy. After the phenomenon died down, it took a bunch of teens with a fresh perspective in the mid 2000s to say 'hey these guys actually were great'. The latter albums didn't get annihilated in the press like Standing on the Shoulders, despite there not being much difference quality wise. Mid 2000s was the first time a big chunk of new fans got onboard, and its kept happening; just need to look at the significant portion of young folk who go to Liam gigs. |
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Post by matt on May 29, 2024 17:02:20 GMT -5
I'm delighted this government is on the way out.
But still angry that they'll never get the level of criticism and hate they deserve.
At this stage, I'm so cynical that I genuinely think they are just getting voted out merely because of government fatigue that always seems to set in over a decade in power, rather than the catastrophic to the point of downright criminal 13 years governance. I still don't trust the electorate, the majority of which are turkeys voting for Christmas.
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Post by matt on May 29, 2024 16:56:14 GMT -5
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Post by matt on May 28, 2024 16:26:42 GMT -5
Even though it’s my least favourite LG album, it’s got some absolutely phenomenal songs on it. Raise Your Hands, Just Another Rainbow and Mars to Liverpool, would all be in the ‘Liam Gallagher Best Of’ easily. Having said that, I want the old formula to come back tbhThere's nothing terrible on it, there's just nothing John Squire writes that is better than the Liam and co songwriting team. Unfortunately for me it has done nothing to dispel the idea that Squire for me has no songwriting chops. It's just not my vibe at the end of the day, but I'm not running away from it (i.e. I was dreading All For One Part II) and people really dig it. Happy there's an audience for it. But there's still nothing close as rocking and spectacular as Everything's Electric or Wall of Glass. |
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Post by matt on May 28, 2024 15:43:18 GMT -5
Stood in the pissing rain last night, resulting in a cold today, all for watching Bruce Springsteen in Sunderland. I was soaked through and it risked being a miserable washout. But once he came on stage, his presence lifted the mood by laughing off the weather and embracing it all. He really got in on the conditions, braving the elements for three hours and joined the crowd in getting soaked, putting on the most energetic, euphoric and emotional show I've ever seen. I completely forgot about the rain and three hours rattled by in no time. Saw him 11 years ago in Glasgow, so a long time but I always think I'm getting older and too cynical these days to have heroes or be blown away by anything, to the point that I won't enjoy these things as much anymore. But it takes a genius to tap into youthful innocence and wonder and that happened last night. He was great. The E Street Band was great. It was without a doubt the greatest gig I've ever been to. It's everything that music is meant to be. Here's a wonderful helicopter shot from last night.  That’s a terrific memory. I’ve heard Bruce is like that but to really experience the power of that presence and in those conditions really is something. What songs hit you most that night?That's a tough one. Every song seemed to be a showstopper. It was pretty raucous and relentless. Gave us in the crowd what we needed and it was as much of a 'greatest hits' setlist that you could possibly get from him. But I thought Racing In The Street was spectacular. The lights were dimmed, but in the terrible conditions the lighting had a haze to it and you could see it lashing sideways with the wind blowing. Bruce stood out from the stage, getting soaked and reciting the lyrics "she just stares off alone into the night/with the eyes of one who hates for just being born" was beautiful. That kind of serenity in chaotic weather just added to the whole performance, it felt quite surreal and he absolutely had the crowd, who were in silence, in the palm of his hands. There was another moment that really really moved me on the final song I'll See You In My Dreams from his latest album. It was a solo acoustic performance about mortality. Beside me though was a mother and her son. Her head was rested on his shoulder while he gently held her, and both were in tears. They were quietly grieving for an absent father/husband while the Stadium of Light gently echoed the refrain 'I'll see you in my dreams'. In the situation, he wisely left the heavy and challenging stuff off the setlist (e.g. Nebraska and Tunnel of Love), so the mood never dropped from one extreme to the other. Despite the scale of the show, I've never seen something so big be easily brought down to something so intimate and introspective like the moments above. He's the best showman around, but he's not just a people pleaser. That's just the cherry on the top because first and foremost he is a songwriter of the absolute elite. I can be wowed by any rock spectacle, but to be deeply moved by those songs and lyrics is another thing altogether. His all round game in music is the greatest when we take into account his artistry and, like in Sunderland last week, his epic performances. I could talk and talk endlessly about him, last Wednesday gave me no doubt at all that for me he is the greatest. |
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Post by matt on May 27, 2024 12:26:50 GMT -5
People will call you a conspiracy theorist and then turn on CNN. And what about Hunter Biden’s laptop. You were lied to by the media and government officials - 51 of whom bullshitted a letter stating the laptop was ‘Russian Disinformation.’ Because that was 2020, the laptop story was literally suppressed by Big Tech, and anyone who mentioned it was ridiculed. As it turns out, the laptop legitimately belongs to Hunter and a significant amount of Biden voters would go on to say they wouldn’t have voted for Biden if they knew the truth about the laptop at the time. That’s election interference. You were lied to. And the Russian Collusion nonsense that the media propagated? You were literally lied to. All the Covid lies spread by Fauci (who should be prosecuted), and Biden himself? How many genders are there? What is a man? What is a woman? I could go on…. This is the problem with you Trump fanatics, very simple binary thinking. You do realise people who hate Trump do not necessarily advocate Biden or even Sanders? Nuance and truth is too complicated for his brain addled support. Blind leading the blind. |
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Post by matt on May 27, 2024 12:23:40 GMT -5
Would you admit that blatantly false, anti-scientific and misogynistic information is also spread via legacy media and governments? If so, why focus your hatred on a podcast host instead of those that actually have some control of your life? I decided to quote this post but what I'm about to write goes for everything you've said in this thread. One of the biggest issues with the Internet is that it's currently opinion driven in both mainstream media and alternative media. With time, people have equated opinion with educated opinion, opinion with the right to believe in any kind of crap simply because it's their right. That includes believing in conspiracies and blatant factually proven lies. These same people will call out those who actually prove that they are wrong or believe in those who prove that they are wrong as being against free speech, against opposing opinions, as wanting to believe the mainstream or follow the narrative, and so on. As laymen, we're all following someone else's opinion. The problem is, not all opinions are equal. If a whole slew of scientists tell us that the earth is round, why believe a guy on YouTube that tells you it's not? Or, take the Covid response. If 99 out of 100 scientists tell you that you need the vaccine and one of the tells you to take Ivermectin, why believe the outlier? Your best bet as a laymen is to believe the majority. That doesn't mean that the majority will be 100% correct 100% of the time. But there are reasons why the outlier is an outlier. Is he profiting off of his divergent opinion? Is he trying to be THE guy that will solve something others didn't solve? Is he taking shortcuts in his research? Is he just an idiot? Because, unless you're willing to go down conspiracy theory rabbit holes, you will find a sensible reason. Keep in mind that, if you can have idiot plumbers, mechanics, politicians and any other profession, you can have idiot doctors and scientists. Now, science and health is very complicated and harder to see with your own eyes. If your mechanic tells you that you need new brakes but two others say they're good for 2 more years and you see that they're in good shape, are you going to change your brakes just because it's a divergent opinion? That's why, for example, you can't believe a headline about ONE study that says X. You need to be able to compare several studies, know the parameters, understand the language and do meta analysis. Either you get the proper credentials to do that or you follow the majority opinion amongst people who actually know what they're talking about. Because, in order to have an opinion on something, you NEED to know what you're talking about. Otherwise, you're just talking shit. Not only do Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson and all those pricks not know what they're talking about, they KNOW that they don't know what they're talking about. Rogan said so himself, Carlson was discredited by Fox News' own attorney while he was still their star host. Their sole purpose is to make money. Nothing is more profitable than anger, fear and hate. Why? Because, thanks to the Internet and its opinion driven nature, engagement is profit and you can profit from those who agree and those who disagree. In 2000, when someone said something stupid in the newspaper, you had to write an email or a letter and hope it got published. Now, you can comment on Facebook, tweet about it, stitch it on TikTok and you'll get an audience. So, how do they profit from anger? They stir up made up culture wars, promote conspiracy theories as "alternate facts", which is not a thing because a fact is a fact and by definition cannot have alternatives. They create scarecrows and easy targets as scapegoats for all the problems in the world. Then, those they endoctrinate will listen, share, comment, stitch to agree, buy their books, their courses, their coaching, they'll subscribe to their podcasts, Patreons, premium feeds and so on. Those who are appalled will listen, share, comment, stitch to debunk and drive others to buy their books, their courses, their coaching, subscribe to their podcasts, Patreons, premium feeds and so on. It's a win win lose. They win both ways and as a society we lose. Because sadly, humans are lazy. Ironically, those who follow these charlatans will do it without questionning, just because it's a divergent opinion. Then they'll attack those who don't follow these charlatans by saying that they're following the mainstream without questionning. Now, personally, I don't give a rat's ass if one believes the earth is flat. They can even do all the "scientific" proofing they want, it's actually entertaining sometimes. But when someone promotes harmful and dangerous things, then they are a problem. I'm not saying they need to be silenced as this would be a slippery slope. But they should and will be called a dangerous asshole and that will affect their bottom line. That's not cancel culture, that's just people refusing to eat the shit they serve. I probably wrote all of this for nothing as most people who like to have "alternative views" generally like to stick to their views no matter what. You articulate everything perfectly and then some, better than I ever could dream of. Bravo. This folks is the final word on the matter. |
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Post by matt on May 26, 2024 16:53:26 GMT -5
Half you lot would have said 'give them a chance' in 1933 Germany...
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Post by matt on May 26, 2024 13:49:13 GMT -5
Anyone who likes Joe Rogan is on the incel spectrum. Lads with serious mental health issues I think. Can't criticise, can only pity them. Making such broad, negative generalizations about people’s sexual proclivities and mental health based on their entertainment choices is not only ignorant, but deeply hypocritical. You’re criticizing others for perceived narrow-mindedness while demonstrating it to a spectacular degree yourself. Saying you “can’t criticize, only pity them” is a masterclass in condescension and pity is typically the refuge of those who can’t muster the intellectual rigor for actual debate. That posts a lot of conjecture thrown in with word salad that ultimately means sweet f*** all. And as for 'based on entertainment choices'? Yes because calling for a 'violent white male chauvinist' uprising and platforming the likes of Proud Boys is 'entertainment'. And spreading harmful misinformation is entertainment (which I presume you get your anti-covid conspiracy shite from). Fascinating then when Rogan was confronted with misinformation by doctors, all he could whimper was 'I'm not an expert, I'm just offering an opinion'. Pathetic runt of a man. You can dress it up in big words all you want but its crap like that that's dangerously reckless to vulnerable insecure young males, the sort that lap that up, promote misogyny and then sign up to Hustlers University, and then proceed to do something much much worse. That's what they are and then they become dangerous. No human with a healthy balanced mindset latches on to this kind of crap. And all the incels here, give those hollow heads of yours a shake. Pathetic individuals. |
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Post by matt on May 25, 2024 13:28:13 GMT -5
Now & Then isn't big enough to stand on its own merit so I think they just made an excuse for it by remixing the Red and Blue albums. But if what's billed as 'the last Beatles single' can't stand on its own merit, it suggests an underlying lack of confidence with it I think. I can't say I'm a fan of it, much prefer the sketchy home demos from Lennon. Not to be all morbid, but it has a fascinating haunting quality to it, more profound as it comes near the end of his life. It's not complete but feels more spontaneous for it too. 'The Beatles' version does nothing for me. And the video? I echo what I think somebody on here said, that it looks like a sixth form art project gone badly wrong. Awful stuff! For me it’s still the 3rd best of the “new” Beatles songs. Free As A Bird being the best in my opinion. I wish the b-side to Now and Then was the Lennon demo all cleaned up with the AI separation. What a missed opportunity so far. Now and Then feels like an extreme Frankenstein creation. Lennon vocals from 1977. George guitar from 1994. Paul and Ringo backing harmonies from 2023. Sonically it’s all over the map and feels cluttered. They should have just waited to release it with Anthology 4 or whenever Peter Jackson is done working on the Anthology doc. I agree. Don't think there's much in it. I'm just not a fan of the 'new' Beatles songs. They exist purely as Lennon gems and shouldn't be touched. These demos exist like a polaroid picture, its primitive but captures the pure essence in a way more elaborate means wouldn't achieve. |
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Post by matt on May 25, 2024 12:35:28 GMT -5
Step Out with Liam on vocals. Maine Road/Loch Lomond full gigs in 4K Blu-ray. Maine Road/Loch Lomond official live album. That's where the greatness is at. F*** Knebworth. |
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Post by matt on May 25, 2024 12:33:28 GMT -5
Anyone who likes Joe Rogan is on the incel spectrum.
Lads with serious mental health issues I think.
Can't criticise, can only pity them.
File alongside Jordan Peterson, Andrew Tate, etc.
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Post by matt on May 25, 2024 10:05:29 GMT -5
I woner why the Beatles felt so compelled to finally release "Now and Then" last November and attach it awkwardly to a Red and Blue compilation reissue. That second part completely cannabalized that on going remaster/reissue project. All the big boy songs from 1962-1965 have now been giving that prime treatment making those eventually reissue seem slightly less special. They can def make up for it with cool outtakes but we shall see. I was looking forward to the Rubber Soul remaster but like 10 of those tracks got reissues last November on the Red album. I know Peter Jackson is slowly working on the Anthology, cleaning it up and possibly expanding it. Clearly this will prob have the long discussed Anthology 4 comp to go with it. That is where "Now and Then" should have come out with. Now & Then isn't big enough to stand on its own merit so I think they just made an excuse for it by remixing the Red and Blue albums. But if what's billed as 'the last Beatles single' can't stand on its own merit, it suggests an underlying lack of confidence with it I think. I can't say I'm a fan of it, much prefer the sketchy home demos from Lennon. Not to be all morbid, but it has a fascinating haunting quality to it, more profound as it comes near the end of his life. It's not complete but feels more spontaneous for it too. 'The Beatles' version does nothing for me. And the video? I echo what I think somebody on here said, that it looks like a sixth form art project gone badly wrong. Awful stuff! |
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