Entertainment For Lively Minds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Posted by theweemo on 16 November 2011 - 4:01pm.
What's it called?:
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
What It Sounds Like:
It was always going to be hopeless to listen to this album without any associated Oasis baggage and the untenable wish that it would be SUCH an astonishing divergence for Gallagher senior that only bluegrass/jazz/punk fusion performed by Llamas would do.Expectation was piqued by Noel’s claim that his former band had fettered him,but NGHFBs demonstrates that any new-found artistic freedom only stretches to better intros and unanticipated brass.In fairness, there are positive departures:‘Everybody’s On the Run’ sports a satisfying musical richness and ‘AKA...What a Life’ definitely downs tambourines and galumphing rhythms for something leaner, lighter and dancier. The rest is simultaneously Heard It Before In a Good Way (‘hmm. This is catchy. Leave it on') and You’ve Heard It Before in A Bad Way (101 Ways With Wonderwall) Note:It is not unfitting that one cannot even write about NG’s music without people guessing pretty much what’s coming.
What Does It All "Mean"?:
That Noel is still good at what he was always good at. Namely:conducting likeable, solid tunes that you don't mind letting play on. If it's Jazz Llamas you're after, you'd best visit the Lady Gaga section.
Goes well with...:
Those black and white videos depicting tableaux of hard, usually Northern life, which tend to feature desolate, littery streets, flat caps and close-ups of wrinkly hands.
Might Suit People Who Like...:
Individuals nostalgic for the best of the early 90s. Rhyming couplets as predictable as an Eastenders’storyline. People who regularly forget to ‘Hold On’, ’Not be Scared’ and/or that ‘Everything Will Be Alright’.
nicely put...
or as a friend of mine said "you know how you have a favourite auld jumper, well worn and very comfortable, and you wouldn't change it for the world but one day a cat pisses in it so you get all upset and dispose of it with reluctance. Then one day you spy a brand new jumper that instantly reminds you of your old, comfy jumper but is new and different but just as familiar."
and that...
was even nicelier put. Any review that can get cat piss in is a good review.
heh...
i think it's david@wordmagazine.co.uk you need to contact with such requests... :)