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Post by matt on May 27, 2023 5:30:46 GMT -5
City aren’t plastic, they’re simply ahead of the game. Petro-states and corporation-owned football clubs will be the norm in the Premier League. English football has outgrown the old model and the traditional giants of football will have no choice but to embrace this evolution.In other news: I’m really developing a soft spot for Brighton & Palace. Exciting times for both clubs. This is true. Man Utd and Liverpool will unfortunately probably follow with state owned backers if they want to succeed. Doesn't make it right, there's no doubt this treble that City are heading for is the most inconsequential, undeserved trophy haulage ever. Not only illegal, but oh so predictable and boring. Man Utd 99 it ain't, and everyone knows it, despite what those on the broadcast payroll say to give it some desperate PR gloss (thinking of those bunch of tools like McManaman, 'Fletch', Carragher and Neville). I genuinely get more thrill out of the Conference League or Europa League as there's at least some form of meritocracy there. As The Guardian noted, this era will have an asterix beside it in the history book. But replace City with Newcastle or Man Utd or Liverpool when they inevitably get bought out, and it's the system that's screwed. Barca and Madrid rely on illegal subsidies to back them these days, so they're no better. I hate the way the game has gone and I find myself backing the German teams and other smaller clubs all the time without much hope. I pray these elite clubs go under and puts the game in a crises that's needed to force it to change. No club is going to be penalised (as if the crooks in the Premier League, UEFA and FIFA would want to taint their 'brand') so until then, the sport at the elite end is nothing more than a jumped up tacky commercial. |
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Post by matt on May 26, 2023 14:52:15 GMT -5
Who the hell are The Twang?
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Post by matt on May 26, 2023 14:04:01 GMT -5
I've no time at all for Chasing Yesterday which, barring two songs (Riverman and While The Song Remains), I can't bear to listen to. This album is shaping up to be just fine. But I've never felt the urge to go back to them after hearing them once. This is no sonic adventure I accept, but it's gonna need some Death of You and Me's, Broken Arrows, or Dead In The Waters to make the grade. I also hope it doesn't plummet the depths of the weakest points of the first two albums (in which case we are in trouble).# At the moment, it sounds like latter Travis albums like Where You Stand. It's fine, I like it, which is pleasant enough. But Noel's at his best, whether in Oasis or going solo, when a drop of madness if thrown into the mix. So The Right Stuff, Dying of the Light, In the Heat of the Moment, Ballad of the Mighty I, are crap? The only true stinker on that record is Lock All The Doors because of the dadrock. If it's AS good as Chasing Yesterday that'd be a solid record I believe. In fairness, I can listen to Ballad, even if it doesn't quite reach the epic heights its searching for, but the rest is instantly forgettable. |
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Post by matt on May 26, 2023 13:59:25 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65726931Thomas Frank is one of the few bearable managers in the farce that is the Premier League, and he's spot on here. It's sad how it's all punishment and no rehabilitation for gambling offences. It's a broader question about the football authorities responsibilities towards this. Why punish Toney in a sport which tempts both players and spectators through incessant gambling adverts? You can't watch a football match without it being pummelled into your brain. Once again, the authorities take no responsibility for their actions.
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Post by matt on May 26, 2023 13:54:29 GMT -5
I've no time at all for Chasing Yesterday which, barring two songs (Riverman and While The Song Remains), I can't bear to listen to.
This album is shaping up to be just fine. But I've never felt the urge to go back to them after hearing them once. This is no sonic adventure I accept, but it's gonna need some Death of You and Me's, Broken Arrows, or Dead In The Waters to make the grade. I also hope it doesn't plummet the depths of the weakest points of the first two albums (in which case we are in trouble).#
At the moment, it sounds like latter Travis albums like Where You Stand. It's fine, I like it, which is pleasant enough. But Noel's at his best, whether in Oasis or going solo, when a drop of madness if thrown into the mix.
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Post by matt on May 22, 2023 13:35:03 GMT -5
My main outtake is that he's never met Bob Dylan. And he's still a fucking lying cnut, he's NOT 5'9 It's absolute bollocks. I've met Noel and he is a shortarse, heck even 5'7 is flattering. 5'9 is average height, I'm 5'11 so was always towering over him but I know for a fact 5'9 is not short arse. |
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Post by matt on May 21, 2023 13:38:13 GMT -5
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Post by matt on May 20, 2023 15:57:03 GMT -5
Watch that fretboard and marvel. And I really thought Morrissey was so far gone with bitterness and hate these days that a eulogy to his ex-bandmate was beyond him. But his statement this evening is beautiful, and shows us a glimmer of the old Morrissey. " Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity - never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that." That statement was... weirdly reassuring to read. No matter how much you hate Morrissey, obviously he's not 100% a terrible person - but actually seeing that on display sure feels nice for a change. The duality of man as they say, Morrissey summed up in a nutshell. |
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Post by matt on May 20, 2023 15:17:26 GMT -5
Is out there any band/artist whose potential comeback would generate more hype than oasis? Up until yesterday, The Smiths. |
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Post by matt on May 20, 2023 7:28:36 GMT -5
Type in 'Graham Coxon Tumblr' to google and you'll see a whole host of disturbing allegations. Yeah I did in the meantime although digging a bit further there’s also a Reddit thread where people are saying those allegations are mostly false, or very light (something belonging to classic relationship fights) and that the accuser who is not his ex wife is a psycho Again with that kind of thing I don’t know what to believe. Graham is no angel that’s for sure, alcoholic and personality troubles. He was kicked out of blur for years because of that… But a criminal.. basic rule is don’t date famous people, they are all unstable. https://www.reddit.com/r/blur/comments/xy6kq4/are_we_done_with_allegations_on_coxon/ I didn’t read the whole thing though just went through it. I just think we need to be careful when someone is accusing someone on the Internet. What I read on the tumblr is classic rock n roll behavior. Could apply to Liam or probably even Noel or Lennon if he had access to that kind of technology. That said its never a good idea to date or even talk to your fans. One day something is bound to go wrong. Obsessive people can be dangerous too. Oh well… maybe we should talk about how they look all fat on the video from their gig last night (bar Graham who is fit hehee) Oh I get that lack of evidence for most of these, but talking to underage fans by DM is dodgy. Even if there's nothing explicit, it's when alarm bells start ringing. |
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Post by matt on May 20, 2023 6:51:53 GMT -5
Graham Creepy Coxon (just waiting for this one to blow up...) ? Type in 'Graham Coxon Tumblr' to google and you'll see a host of allegations. |
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Post by matt on May 19, 2023 18:23:11 GMT -5
Watch that fretboard and marvel.
And I really thought Morrissey was so far gone with bitterness and hate these days that a eulogy to his ex-bandmate was beyond him. But his statement this evening is beautiful, and shows us a glimmer of the old Morrissey.
"Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity - never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that."
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Post by matt on May 19, 2023 18:20:15 GMT -5
I've tried but I couldn't care less about the new song, it's typical uninspired stuff by a bunch of guys who haven't made anything of any note for years. Can't help but watch that Girls & Boys and Country House video and be so glad that Oasis came and bulldozed all that preening and posing.
I liked them a lot a decade back but revisiting their albums doesn't spark any renewed interest for me bar some tracks.
Maybe it's the band members that put me off in time. David Cameron's mate, Graham Creepy Coxon (just waiting for this one to blow up...), that Labour guy, and bless him for at least trying his hardest, Damon Albarn.
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Post by matt on May 19, 2023 9:12:52 GMT -5
Christ, I remember fucking Wigwam from that first Beady Eye album being compared to All Around The World.
Inevitably, songs compared to great ones never end up being much use. If they're compared to relatively more obscure songs and artists (like Grant Lee Buffalo and Some Might Say), then we can stand up and take note.
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Post by matt on May 19, 2023 8:55:51 GMT -5
Devastating, Andy was essential to The Smiths sound and another reason what made them the only perfect band that ever existed. I can't believe a member of The Smiths has died. Everything every other indie band has done, The Smiths did a million times better. RIP.
Would be here all day listing the great performances from Andy. But these are a few of my favourites.
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Post by matt on May 18, 2023 16:44:58 GMT -5
Are there any links for Uncut and Mojo? Mojo: Quitting the dancefloor, Noel turns in the his best post-Oasis album. By Tom Doyle. For a good while now, Noel Gallagher seems to have been keen to leave his acoustic guitar locked in its case. Arguably, the highlight of his last album, 2017's Who Built the Moon?, was strummy ballad Dead in the Water, recorded live in a Dublin radio studio and hidden away as a bonus track, like a slightly shameful secret, after his experiments with glammy stomp and trip-hop.
Gallagher's subsequent three EPs released between 2019-20 seemed to reinforce the point that he was determined to push back against what he was best at. The disco rock moves of Black Star Dancing and This Is the Place were a bit like someone deciding to put on a Hawaiian shirt that didn't really suit them. Advance warning that this iffy period might be over came last year with the release of the demoes of two songs from Council Skies: the strident guitar pop of We're Gonna Get There in the End and the almost Champagne Supernova-esque Trying to Find a World That's Been and Gone. The lyric of the latter informs the overarching sentiments of Council Skies. In the year he turns 56, Gallagher is both acknowledging that many of the places of his past are either shuttered-up or demolished -- notably, the album cover features a Moss Side roundabout that marks the place where Manchester City's Maine Road ground once stood -- while at the same time recalling his youthful early-'90s thrills of facing an unknown and possibly brilliant future.
Easy Now, with its balladeering verses bursting into singalong choruses, is stirring stuff, and highlights the inherent empathy contained within many of his best songs. A message for a troubled individual, or someone being left behind, its standout hook, "I'll be there/I'll wait for you, I swear" contains a power that will be manifestly multiplied by huge crowds singing it back at its writer.
Elsewhere, Gallagher further spotlights his newfound love for The Cure (that first surfaced with Who's Built the Moon?'s It's a Beautiful World) in the propulsive, A Forest-like Pretty Boy, which has already been remixed and rendered even more Cure-like by Robert Smith, who half-timed the tempo from Seventeen Seconds to Disintegration.
Along the way, there are stylistic diversions that are more subtle: the sould rhythm and gospel vocal support of I'm Not Giving Up Tonight; the Prince-like (specifically Raspberry Beret) shapes of Open the Door, See What You Find. Best of all is the lovely Dead to the World, with its jazzy chords and '60s filmic strings (which even Liam, on Twitter, grudgingly acknowledged with a backhanded compliment, "How can such a mean spirited little man write such a beautiful song?"). All in all, then, Council Skies is very much a creative success. It's the sound of Noel Gallagher pushing onwards, while once again playing to his strengths.
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Post by matt on May 18, 2023 16:40:54 GMT -5
I must be thinking of something else, I remember reading somewhere a rare beatles cover with Liam existed during the DM sessions and people were very excited for it because no one knew it existed until recentI think that may be referring to an electric, rock version of Eleanor Rigby that was recorded. Think it was during the DM sessions. |
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Post by matt on May 18, 2023 16:02:33 GMT -5
Wow, they kept that secret. Produced by James Ford too.
Damon's a bit dreary these days so can only hope this has a bit more spark to it than output in recent years (probably the last song I loved from him was Under The Westway).
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Post by matt on May 18, 2023 15:53:40 GMT -5
Yeah, so... ...what does Cafe Del Mar music sound like re: INGUT? ...and what exactly does " New Romantic mood" mean re: Think of a Number? Think Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, early Talk Talk, bits of Tears For Fears. Those acts with quintessentially classic 80s pop hits. |
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Post by matt on May 16, 2023 15:44:54 GMT -5
wonder whatever this’ll end up being … Gonna say the Shaun Ryder collab. Or remember the Dizzee Rascal collaboration, which we'll probably never hear now due to his convictions. |
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Post by matt on May 16, 2023 15:05:54 GMT -5
Yes, traditionally Uncut has been quite negative with the Gallaghers. I think in the past this was almost a editorial decision (Uncut was the 'trendy' magazine and the Gallaghers were the opposite of that). Now it's probably more random and highly dependent on the particular reviewer assigned to the album I’m not sure I’d say Uncut was ever “trendy”. Its cover stars are usually long dead and it’s reading demographic has always been older dad music fans really. Any Gallagher dissing was more likely because they were seen as young yobs by the muso Pink Floyd bootleg collecting writers... Perhaps their softening now is more to do with the Gallaghers themselves becoming heritage acts? 👴 I was up north visiting my parents a few months back and was watching Talking Pictures late one night (that channel where all the old films are shown), and they had something on at like one in the morning presented by mad Brexiteer Mike Reid doing a chart countdown of 'legend' acts. Well Easy Now was in amongst all these old fuddy duddies and it was probably the first time I'd seen a Gallagher related video on TV since The Shock of the Lightning was doing the rounds on the relatively youth targeted 4Music back in 2008. Made me feel so old. Fuck we're all gonna die! |
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Post by matt on May 15, 2023 16:36:05 GMT -5
Mad to think its been 24 years since Noel released Pretty Boy for this album.
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Post by matt on May 13, 2023 18:08:30 GMT -5
Will never be able to thank matt enough for introducing me to this lunatic. A source of faith in humanity. Saw this earlier, could listen to him (along with Bob Mortimer) just chat inane shite for the rest of my life and I'd be happy. |
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Post by matt on May 13, 2023 6:48:07 GMT -5
I remember his interview circa 2015 when he said that his kids went to expensive schools bc he didn’t want them to have funny accents. And that people from council estates lacked creativity and imagination, they were all boring Ah well. Times and circumstances changes I guess Too much hanging around with tabloid Tories and pallying with Evgeny Lebedev at his parties. Soft in the head. |
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Post by matt on May 12, 2023 17:38:32 GMT -5
I'm not familiar with Barrie Cadogan and I don't know what John Squire has done in more recent times, but if he can still come up with melodies as good as on the Stone Roses debut, it would be great if he would write some songs with Liam. If he could still come up with melodies as good as the Stone Roses I don't think he'd have come out with the shit he has and gone into obscurity since. All For One is a genuine crime against humanity. |
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