Seeing as I mentioned them in passing yesterday, I figured I'd post some Oasis today.
Redress the balance so to speak.
So here's one from Noel and one from Liam. And I've got to say that I much prefer Liam's voice on this version of 'Up In The Sky'. Back before it went all nasally, growly and gravelly. Back when his singing had a lightness of touch. It's so weird to compare his voice then to his voice now. Listening to this early take, he sounds kind of innocent. Kind of vulnerable. And it all seems so effortless. And I guess that's the difference between confidence and arrogance.
The Noel track is from a few years later. And it sounds so good. Like an old Oasis b-side. Just Noel and his acoustic. The transitional period where the balance began to tip from confidence over towards arrogance. By this point they'd become tabloid fodder and were getting lazy. Believing their hype rather than justifying it. They'd moved beyond living the rock and roll dream and begun to sink into it's cliches. From the celebrity weddings to the shedding of original band members to the ridiculously Spinal Tap-esque stage props of the 'Be Here Now' tour. Everything got bigger and bolder. Including the production. Aside from the fact that it sounds remarkably similar to 'Wonderwall, listening to this acoustic version of 'D'Ya Know What I Mean' always make me think that more recent Oasis songs would sound so much better if they weren't so over produced. This version sounds so much better when Noel plays it like this. So much lighter and defter. So much fresher than the lumpy leaden sound the band produce these days. There are some goods songs on all of their recent albums but I reckon if someone could stripped Oasis back a bit, they'd sound so much better.
Oasis - up in the sky (live acoustic session version) original version available on 'Definitely Maybe'
Oasis - d'ya know what I mean (live session version) original version available on 'Be Here Now'
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Before you start falling
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4 comments:
do you ever read back to yourself what you write?
firstly, its utter shit.
secondly, you shoudl be grown up enough to post a full live show rather than odds and sodds.
you're a wanker, stop putting so much weight on your own little shoulders.
what on earth? You pal are a utter tool. This post is spot on. I totally agree Oasis went right off the boil as their tabloid fuelled ego's exploded - true enough Liam sounds way better then than now with his growly nassly whine. Such a shame as they promised so much but then disapeared up their own arses.
My new favorite thing: I click through, I read the blog post, here, and, almost invariably, there's this "Anonymous" dude, trollin' away in the first comment spot.
But not only does he do it every day, it's the same text. Someone is waiting for the post to go up, then pasting his comment into the doodad. And he's doing it every day.
Is it nice to have that kind of dedicated following?
Tschuss!
Wow, liam sounds amazing here, that is certain. I listened to these 2 tracks through the hype machine with my headphones in at work...so i hadn't read the article and i was trying to work out who was singing...couldn't place it as Liam and it deffo wasn't Noel. I guess I forgot how great they were when all of them worked hard.
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