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[Meier]

http://www.nme.com/features/111982.htm

Links have been traveling around for the past few days of the captured version and I considered posting, but I figured I'd wait till a stable one showed up. It's a pretty trippy video, but I dig it.

 

[milanbaros]

This has been shown many many times on British music video channels but thanks for the link. As for the song, I think it sounds like it wouldn't be out of place on Heathen Chemistry but the sound is slightly different. I think it has a bit more funk in it. Noel has made all the usual claims that DBTT is their best album in 10 years but with this new direction they might not return to the crazy heights of the mid nighties but may maintain their popularity and possibly reach a new audience. HC had more success than SOTSOG in the UK, and if this album can build on that... who knows? I'm going to see them in July in Manchester soI hope the new album has some anthems in it.

 

[radioheadrule83]

I'm going to see them in July at Manchester too. Which gig you going to - the saturday or the sunday?

As for the song/video - to be honest I'm disappointed. Throughout the 90s I loved, lauded and defended oasis to the death. When Be Here Now came out and everyone was going through the usual backlash movements, and saying it was overproduced etc -- I thought it was one of the best albums I owned. I don't care how drug addled they were when they did it. But since then I think there's been a slight dip in quality.

Every B-side used to be really memorable... some of it better than their A-side / album tracks. That was the first thing I started feeling less sure about. Initially I hated Hindu Times, but that grew on me. I loved Songbird, She Is Love, Force of Nature, Stop Crying Your Heart Out, and Little By Little. I was equally initially unimpressed by Go Let It Out, and yet I loved Fucking in the Bushes and Where Did it All Go Wrong?...

Either they rose so high in my estimations that they can't top themselves anymore, or they're not penning tracks to the quality that they used to.


I feel the same way about Radiohead incidentally. The first three albums are all gold. And I defended the three after that to the death when people started saying they'd lost it. But some tracks and some B-sides later have had me thinking maybe they've lost at least a little something. I by no means want Radiohead to be a pop band, but I don't want The Gloaming or Where Bluebirds Fly much either to be perfectly honest.


I won't name any, but I still like Oasis far more than a lot of new bands coming out today.

 

[sefskillz]

haha, I love the one note-guitar in the air breakdown at 1:50 in the video.. wait, no i don't. the song is not good. i miss oasis

 

[Dan]

The video reminds me of the ballroom scene from Labyrinth.

The song's ok, but doesn't really grab me.

 

[Meier]

I didnt much like Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. I mean, I think it's good and it has some great tracks, but for me it was a let-down. On the whole, I did like Heathen Chemistry quite a bit and surprisingly there's been a lot of positive press about Lyla. I'm going to see them in Chicago in June and I can't wait -- whether or not the album lives up to people's expectations remains to be seen, but seeing them in concert is always an amazing feeling for me.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

How utterly generic.

 

[SFA_AOK]

I loved them as a kid and I thought |Morning Glory was a brilliant album. I fell out of favour with them during the Be Here Now period, I tend to say I don't like that album and I'm not sure why - I really like some of the songs. I listened to SOTSOG about once or twice and I don't think I own Heathen Chemisty. This new song doesn't really inspire me to get into them again. Saying that, I've liked a few of the singles from the last couple of albums (a little like radioheadrule actually) maybe I should give them another go. Lyla actually reminds me of a couple of their last singles, not sure which ones though.

I agree with radioheadrule on the B-Sides - Some Might Say was not only an awesome song but it had amazing b-sides - Talk Tonight, Headshrinker and Acquiesce are all awesome songs.

 

[IJoel]

Meh song. I also used to like Oasis.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

I loved them as a kid and I thought |Morning Glory was a brilliant album. I fell out of favour with them during the Be Here Now period, I tend to say I don't like that album and I'm not sure why - I really like some of the songs. I listened to SOTSOG about once or twice and I don't think I own Heathen Chemisty. This new song doesn't really inspire me to get into them again. Saying that, I've liked a few of the singles from the last couple of albums (a little like radioheadrule actually) maybe I should give them another go. Lyla actually reminds me of a couple of their last singles, not sure which ones though.

I agree with radioheadrule on the B-Sides - Some Might Say was not only an awesome song but it had amazing b-sides - Talk Tonight, Headshrinker and Acquiesce are all awesome songs.

Not to derail the thread, but I've always been curious about the origins of your nick.

 

[Alucard]

Boring. You keep waiting for the song to hit a faster stride. It keeps sounding like it's building to something but then nothing happens. The guitar solo is lame as fuck. Listening to this song is the equivalent of banging your head against the wall over and over again. You feel the sensation at first, but the repetitiveness of it wears on you and makes you numb to the experience. I give this song 1/5 "good song" points. In other words, SHIT.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Agreed, Alucard.

 

[Malakhov]

Rock and roll mate, rock and roll.
It rocks.

 

[Alucard]

That's a pretty good assessment. It starts out pretty well, and feels like it's building up to something big-- then nothing happens. It's a musical cocktease.

Bingo. There isn't nearly enough variety. This is a weak rock song AND a weak pop song.

 

[heavy liquid]

Not to derail the thread, but I've always been curious about the origins of your nick.

I've always assumed it's from the SFA song 'Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)', but I could be wrong... I'm guessing you're thinking the same thing, based on your avatar?

 

[radioheadrule83]

I love wherever I lay my phone :lol
My friends hate it. And guerilla in general.

SFA > OK.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

I've always assumed it's from the SFA song 'Wherever I Lay My Phone (That's My Home)', but I could be wrong... I'm guessing you're thinking the same thing, based on your avatar?

I'm the biggest SFA fanboy on the board, and maybe on the entire Internet.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

Rock and roll mate, rock and roll.
It rocks.

Damn straight. I like the prominent drums, I like the echo that drives the song after the first chorus, I like the guitar solo, I love the name "lyla," and I think Liam sounds great. Every now and then I like to hear a rock n' roll song that doesn't have the lead singer go into fucking falsetto. I'm fine with it but every once in a while I need a break from it. The local station in San Diego, FM94.9, has started playing Lyla and overall the reaction has been positive. Also, the word on the new album is that its very good, perhaps more. Jo Wiley said on her radioshow that it's Oasis "back in form," and she listed all the songs she liked. BTW, Wiley wasn't a big fan of the last two albums.

 

[Malakhov]

Meaning of Soul
Keep the dream alive
Mucky Fingers
Let there be love

Have just been leaked, trying to get them. Apparently Let there be love is mindblowing.

 

[Malakhov]

Meaning of Soul is freaking great, not your typical Oasis song, I dig it.

 

[God's Hand]

Mindblowing. lol

 

[smirkrevenge]

malakhov, you've got PM.

 

[Meier]

Let There Be Love sounds good but I think it'd work better if it were shortened. The song sounds a little "barren" when Liam is singing "Let there be love" over and over.. that type of thing works if it's done right, but I dont know that it is here. I'm sure it will grow on me though.

Mucky Fingers sounds great! You can definitely hear the influence of Dave Sardy's work with The Thrills in my opinion. Havent listened to Keep the Dream Alive yet.. I enjoyed Meaning of Soul from the Glasto recordings, but I preferred A Bell Will Ring to it.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

Haven't heard LTBL yet, sort of saving it for the album release. I've heard Mucky Fingers, KTDA, and TMOS. Love all of them, ESPECIALLY Mucky Fingers.

 

[Malakhov]

Let there be love is freaking amazing.

 

[Optimistic]

The new song sounds like it's by a band trying to sound like Oasis only doing a terrible job of it. ugh. I'm not a fan of them by any means, but I still enjoyed some of their other stuff. That song is naff though.

 

[Malakhov]

Mucky fingers is WEIRD, doesn't sound like Oasis at all.

 

[shantyman]

Has anyone heard the old SOTSOG era Let There Be Love Demo? So different from this...

 

[Martini]

Has anyone heard the old SOTSOG era Let There Be Love Demo? So different from this...

yes! this came to mind when listening to the new one.

 

[Meier]

Yeah, this new version of it is vastly improved and has definitely grown on me quite a bit. One of the two b-sides from the upcoming Lyla single has also leaked (Eyeball Tickler) and it's a pretty good rock tune although it's hard to describe. It's very driving, kinda reminds me of their earlier stuff (even pre DM) in that it's more of a punk rock song than anything.