Beady Eye

[lazyitus]

Anybody bought the new album 'Different gear, still speeding'? (Hethers?)

Heard some of the tracks and unsurprisingly, it's very Oasisy (which is a relief in many ways). Might get this from itunes/HMV but £10 is taking the piss IMO. Might wait for it to drop in price as I'm a tight git.

Any views on the album ?

[davepoth]

From the bits I've heard during enforced Radio 2 listening at work (it appears that the daytime DJs are only given three CDs to play in whatever order they like) it sounds a lot like Oasis would have if Noel wasn't sat there saying "Liam, stop being a ". Really rather indulgent I think.

[Zod]

He's utterly talentless, so the chances of its being any good are close to zero.

[tubbystu]

Didn't I hear that his live show set will feature zero Oasis numbers

That'll be great then

[Hub]

The loss of Noel and the change of name has given me the opportunity to sever my ties and stop purchasing 'Oasis' material based on their past glories, having purchsed many an album since and wondering why I bothered.

Would still like a Noel solo album though!

[Clio200pat]

I bought the album and I think it is actually OK - though not groundbreaking. Not the same or as good as Oasis but how could they ever be without Noel!

I'm actually off to see them at The Troxy in London on Thursday as my GF bought me tickets for Christmas, I'll let you know what it was like.....

[shirt]

they should have named themselves pastiche. it's liam's lennon wannabe fantasy turned up to 11. here's hoping Noel takes a much different direction.

[AndyT77]

Some of my friends were raving about them after going to a concert earlier this week. I checked out a few songs on Youtube and was decidedly underwelmed.

They'll never be as good as Oasis were in the early years, which to me is what they should be trying to acheive. Without Noel, Oasis would never have amounted to much, so i don't see why Beady Eye will.

[Old Gregg]

As is usual with anything Liam sings (including loads of the Oasis stuff), all the lyrics seem to be the same and every line ends with one of the followong:

Sky
Find
Try
Shine
Inside
High
Mind
Alright
Tonight
Feel
Real
See
Me
Be
Free
Way
Say
Day

[maddog993]

I bought the album at the same time as the new Elbow one, (raising inevitable comparisons) & though lyrically it's a comparative embarrassment & lacks the musical sophistication, I have to admit I was grudgingly impressed overall: Liam appears to have matured as a songwriter, there are some genuinely good tunes on there & perhaps what was most striking was that he's started actually 'singing' again rather than persisting with the posturing drawl that had become the norm with the Oasis stuff. Not a bad album at all surprisingly.

[TonyHetherington]

lazyitus said:

Anybody bought the new album 'Different gear, still speeding'? (Hethers?)

Hello

Believe it or not, I'm thoroughly "nothing" about it. I'll get the album to have a listen out of curiosity, but the first previews of that very piano-ey song (forget the name) turned me off from the start, and I'm just not bothered about hearing it.

Contrast that to years gone by, I'd be waiting at the shop door to open to get the new album!

[shirt]

Old Gregg said:

As is usual with anything Liam sings (including loads of the Oasis stuff), all the lyrics seem to be the same and every line ends with one of the followong:

Sky
Find
Try
Shine
Inside
High
Mind
Alright
Tonight
Feel
Real
See
Me
Be
Free
Way
Say
Day

so true. i call it 'cat sat on the mat' music. even on the first listen you can guess what the couplets are going to be after the first line.