[Whatever] My Take on the Album... (AKA Some Annoying Babbling forYou)

[Dean Roberts]

Just one note. No Oasis song should be described as cute. It's not a baby or 
a puppy.


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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:03 PM
Subject: [Whatever] My Take on the Album... (AKA Some Annoying Babbling 
forYou)


> The album's pretty good. I have to say I was kind of nonplussed by Lyla 
> and worried the whole album would be a let-down. Anyways... I'm going to 
> buck common consensus and say I don't like it as much as Heathen Chemistry 
> (why does it seem like everyone's so down on that one lately?), but it's 
> miles better than SOTSOG and truckloads better than I expected after 
> hearing Lyla. Since Eric said he wanted my thoughts before (I'm not sure 
> if anyone has ever WANTED to hear my thoughts before... *L*), here you 
> go...
>
> [gratuitous album opinions]
> I can't stand "Mucky Fingers". Bad title. Bad melody. Scratch that, NO 
> melody. What happened there? It's my new least favourite Oasis song, 
> knocking "Who Feels Love?" right on it's "Where'd the rest of the melody 
> go?" ass. Even Noel's vocals can't save this one... and you know that, 
> coming from me, that says a LOT, people. The title makes me feel vaguely 
> dirty... and not in that fun spanky way, either. Dreadful. "Love Like a 
> Bomb" is really cute. I'm always disappointed when it's over, because it 
> just feels too short. "The Importance of Being Idle" is one of my 
> favourites... Love it :) Admittedly, the beginning keeps making me think 
> someone's about to be beheaded, but that's probably just me. *sheepish 
> look* "The Meaning of Soul" is good, but keeps leaving me thinking, "Where 
> did the rest of the song go?" It reminds me of Catatonia's "Apple Core"... 
> The actual song is a B-side and there's just a segment/mix version on the 
> album that doesn't feel like a complete song. Weird. "Guess God Thinks I'm 
> Abel" or, as I like to call it, "Is This A Typo Or Has Someone Gone Mad?" 
> The lyrics are dreadful. Verses are unpleasant. Chorus is okay. The lyric 
> "Let's go find a rainbow" makes me want to... do something. I'm just not 
> exactly sure WHAT, because I'm too busy being baffled by hearing "Let's go 
> find a rainbow" in a rock song. "Part of the Queue" is excellent. My 
> second favourite on the album :) Sounds a bit like Badly Drawn Boy, only 
> with more punch... which is just excellent, in my opinion. "Keep the Dream 
> Alive" and "A Bell Will Ring" are solid tunes. No complaints there. (Same 
> with "Turn Up The Sun", which I know I skipped at the beginning there.) I 
> was worried that "Let There Be Love" wouldn't live up to the demo we all 
> know and love, but I think it actually surpassed it. It's excellent and, 
> in my opinion, the best track on the album... and I dare anyone to 
> disagree, because I'll punch them in the nuts if they do.
> [/gratuitous album opinions]
>
> So there you have it. I like it... it's a solid album. Even better, now 
> that I've given my opinion, I'm going to go look at who wrote each song. 
> Yep, I purposely avoided finding out who wrote what until I heard it 
> all... so I could critique stuff on its own steam without letting any bias 
> get in my way. Although by reading that interview, I now know Liam's 
> responsible for the head-scratch-inducing "Let's go find a rainbow" and 
> the Abel/Able confusion. Why does this not surprise me? *baffled by Liam 
> on a regular basis*
>
> Oh... And don't even mention the Chicago concert around me. I'm totally 
> bummed out. I'm too darn broke to go to concerts... and this is the first 
> Oasis one I'll be missing since I started going in '96. *sigh* Well... I'm 
> sure it'll be good, so everybody who's going, have an extra good time on 
> my behalf ;)
>
> Shari :)
>
> "I suppose if people start going bald, once the hair starts fallin' out, 
> it'll be time to reconsider one's position. If Steven Tyler was bald, 
> let's face it, would anybody buy his records? No." - Noel, on the end of 
> the band
>
> "They always frustrate me because they sound like they're having more fun 
> making the record than I am listening to it. And the first minute of any 
> Gorky's single you think, 'Yes! This is their hit at last!', but then off 
> they go somewhere weird." - Billy Reeves (theaudience), on Gorky's Zygotic 
> Mynci
>
>
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