I suppose one good thing about Christopher Eccelston leaving Doctor Who so early is that it wiped Tony Blair's appearance on a prime-time gameshow off the news. I can't believe that somebody who spends so little time in Parliament is prepared to demean the office of Prime Minister in that way. Or perhaps I can, and I just really don't want to believe.
Two songs today, courtesy of You Send It (found elsewhere on the Internet, BPI fans, and they'll expire within a week). The first is a radio-rip of the new Oasis song, Lyla.
Listen hard, because, at about fifteen seconds in, you can hear my heart break one more time. Almost as much as this week's death of Blue Beetle at the hands of Max Lord, the return of Jason Todd from the dead, and his killing of the Joker. Not a great week for joy in the comic and music worlds, then. For this is staggeringly poor; a turgid, sludgy mess that even the Stereophonics would be hesitant to release. Guitars almost completely obliterated by distortion, a horrific end to the chorus that stops the song dead in its tracks (but sadly, keeps going), and lifeless drumming. And, as it's a post-Morning Glory Oasis record, it sticks in about five unnecessary key changes, and lasts for two minutes after it has warn out its welcome and gone to the toilet in your sink. Never mind the "Paul is Dead Theory", who stole the Noel Gallagher of Live Forever, Listen Up, and The Masterplan, and replaced him with the pod person that remains?
Luckily, things are looking up. In a grime-type way, most surprisingly. Or possibly proving once again, that if a girl is singing, I'll probably like it. But this is wonderful in all the ways that the Oasis record isn't; playful, funny, and inventive. You can dance to it. You can sing along to it. You can giggle at the silly inclusion of door-chimes and playground rhymes. It's never boring. And thank goodness for that. Lady Sovereign, you're awesome…
OK, this is predictable as all get-out, but ... FINALLY, you realise! ;)
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I'm not disowning my love for some of their previous work, but even with my Oasis-blinkers on full, this is really, really awful.
Well, it's about the same standard as most of the singles that were released from the last 2 albums. I'll reserve my judgement until I hear the rest of the tracks.
You think so? It might be because it's a while since I heard them, but at least The Hindu Times and had some life in them. However, you're right, there's normally at least one good track squirrelled away on their later albums (ducks to avoid the other Richard's scowl ;))
squirrel
And a few tracks chipmunked away sometimes too :)
S'all right, Ian. Most people have a foolish infatuation that begins in their formative years, and makes them feel foolish later on.
One day, Richard will be wearing different colours; the hair has already gone much shorter...
And having listened to 'Lyla' (hmmmm) - it's not that bad at all. I mean, it's pretty risible, given reasonable material for comparison, but the poor singing, dull tune, and plodding melodics are what have characterised Oasis' last few albums.
What did you expect? :-(
*puts on Oasis blinkers*
But at least Stop Crying Your Heart Out was a half-decent ballad! And The Hindu Times was quite fun, in a typical-Oasis-type manner. I will admit that I didn't even bother buying the third single from their last album, though. I can't even remember what it was (shock!).