Page 3 | Aibu to wonder what makes Liam Gallagher a good frontman?

Funkyslippers · 2024-08-27T14:14:47+00:00

OK I'll start by saying I've never really liked Oasis' songs but I think Noel is quite talented. I also like some of the stuff they've both done since Oasis. But whenever I see Liam perform either solo or with the band I can't help but wonder why people rate him so much? He just stands there with his hands behind his back (doesnt ge get neckache?) & hits a tambourine occasionally. He doesn't seem to have much stage presence. Happy to be proved wrong

Werweisswohin · 27/08/2024 18:20

ghostyslovesheets · 27/08/2024 15:31

The second most boring band I’ve ever seen live - sadly

I saw them at Loch Lomond and it was fab, only marred by the fact that a crew member had sadly fallen and was fatally injured while setting up. 😔

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Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 18:13

I just watched a video on YouTube of him singing Live Forever. Bloody hell, he looks and sounds terrible (imo)

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Onwardsandsidewaysyetagain · 27/08/2024 17:21

He also looks a bit contemptuous of everyone which is also thrilling. Liam looks like just some bloke down the pub by comparison, bit unfair, life is unfair.

ghostyslovesheets · 27/08/2024 17:20

JanefromLondon1 · 27/08/2024 16:17

He's nothing like Mick Jagger. Young Mick Jagger was sexy, Liam would leave a dirty ashtray and an empty pint glass next to the bed and fuck off as soon as he came. Young Mick would have kept you up all night and you wouldn't have cared what he left behind.

I think he's vile. (Liam)

He’d expect you to thank him for the shag as well

Onwardsandsidewaysyetagain · 27/08/2024 17:19

I don't want to link to The Mail, but if you google the black and white photos of Noel and Liam together from a recent photo-shoot, it'll be pretty obvious why he's a good frontman. He's amazingly charismatic and photogenic!

catmothertes1 · 27/08/2024 17:17

Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 15:23

I understand that but I'd say that to have charisma you need to actually move around the stage, not just stand there? Even musicians with guitars or other instruments come away from the mic for a bit to actually engage with the audience

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Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) does not move that much around the stage. He still hold the audience in his hand and tours around the world.

GladLemonFish · 27/08/2024 17:16

NooNakedJacuzziness · 27/08/2024 15:43

"Put your fooking 'ands in the air and make some fooking noise" maybe

😂😂

Watermelodious · 27/08/2024 17:02

I think they were one of those bands that had huge appeal because they had a little bit of what everyone liked- especially on the 2nd album, which is when all the kids in school who thought I was weird for not liking pop and dance, suddenly decided guitar music was the way forward, thus rendering oasis mainstream and therefore not cool. The year they played Reading wrecked Reading for me. Reading was the alternative one, and suddenly a load of twats in bucket hats descended.

However, I have fond memories of being 14 and listening to cigarettes and alcohol in about 94, and of oasis being a gateway band to the music I went on to listen to.

And I'm enjoying all the middle aged (my age!) Men on fb fretting about whether some young girl who only likes one song, is going to get the ticket that's rightfully theirs.

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Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 16:55

MorrisZapp · 27/08/2024 16:38

Oh dear god. Caught by the lights at the Nativity Play 🤣

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She's OK. At least she looks happy to be there 🤣

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InSpainTheRain · 27/08/2024 16:54

I think it's confidence. He knows he's good (in my view bloody good!) but only does stuff if he wants to. I think they are amazingly talented and I'm really looking forward to hearing what they do in 2025.

Seasmoke · 27/08/2024 16:51

I used to live in South London and work in North London. My journey was spent listening to 'What's the Story Morning Glory' on repeat. As a result, I still know all the words to all the songs. My kids dread any Oasis song from that album coming on the radio as I sing the whole song word perfect ( but out of tune) all the way through! My DH hates them and calls them a Beatles tribute band.

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:48

Oof fucking hell @MorrisZapp I’d have cringed my way through that.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 27/08/2024 16:46

Cocky charisma.

MorrisZapp · 27/08/2024 16:44

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:39

@MorrisZapp, once upon a time I might have done. But I feel like I’ve heard all their most popular songs about 1000 times too many and I just don’t want to hear or sing them. For me it’s like hearing an ABBA song come on. ‘Urgh, not this again’.

I went to an all ABBA wedding once. Beyond tiresome.

TheLizardQueen · 27/08/2024 16:43

They don’t hate each other anymore, they started talking when Noel’s wife left him… his wife and Liam hated each other. They’ve both been speaking highly of each other recently too. I have seen Oasis many times, as well as Liam and Noel separately. Liam is a fantastic frontman. He doesn’t need to move around, people just want to watch him sing.

BabaYetu · 27/08/2024 16:41

The students at Reading/Leeds seemed to have a good time. DC said he was great.

Personally I think he's a total knob, but I admit the man's got plenty of swagger.

DataPup · 27/08/2024 16:39

Pulp live around 1998 are in my top 10 of band performances. Jarvis was an amazing front man.

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:39

@MorrisZapp, once upon a time I might have done. But I feel like I’ve heard all their most popular songs about 1000 times too many and I just don’t want to hear or sing them. For me it’s like hearing an ABBA song come on. ‘Urgh, not this again’.

MorrisZapp · 27/08/2024 16:38

YoghurtPotWashingMachine · 27/08/2024 16:37

It's subjective, but I don't know how anyone can say Sonya from Echobelly was a good frontwoman!

Oh dear god. Caught by the lights at the Nativity Play 🤣

YoghurtPotWashingMachine · 27/08/2024 16:37

It's subjective, but I don't know how anyone can say Sonya from Echobelly was a good frontwoman!

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Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:36

@GiveMeSpanakopita, absolutely agree with your comments on Jarvis as a lyricist. He’s a poet! I’ve always enjoyed his stage presence too but maybe that’s just because I fancied him 😂 His quirky movements and sudden leaps were interesting to watch, for me.

MorrisZapp · 27/08/2024 16:36

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:33

I’ve never got Oasis. Not then and not now. I think both brothers are arrogant twats and I don’t rate the music at all. Absolute yawnfest. But they’re obviously extremely popular so there’s something there I just don’t get.

I like a frontman/woman to move around a bit and engage with the crowd. I think that’s the least they can do really when people have paid good money to be there. At least pretend you’re enjoying yourself (or if that’s too much bother, maybe go and get a job which doesn’t involve being public facing 😂)

If you're two drinks or more deep on a night out and Don't Look Back in Anger comes on, you're saying you don't join in with the singing?

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:35

MorrisZapp · 27/08/2024 16:29

And how does Jarvis pronounce the word 'sunshine', may I enquire?

If I had a phonetic keyboard, I’d have a go at writing it 😂

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Funkyslippers · 27/08/2024 16:35

Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:33

I’ve never got Oasis. Not then and not now. I think both brothers are arrogant twats and I don’t rate the music at all. Absolute yawnfest. But they’re obviously extremely popular so there’s something there I just don’t get.

I like a frontman/woman to move around a bit and engage with the crowd. I think that’s the least they can do really when people have paid good money to be there. At least pretend you’re enjoying yourself (or if that’s too much bother, maybe go and get a job which doesn’t involve being public facing 😂)

This with bells on 🤣

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Waitingfordoggo · 27/08/2024 16:33

I’ve never got Oasis. Not then and not now. I think both brothers are arrogant twats and I don’t rate the music at all. Absolute yawnfest. But they’re obviously extremely popular so there’s something there I just don’t get.

I like a frontman/woman to move around a bit and engage with the crowd. I think that’s the least they can do really when people have paid good money to be there. At least pretend you’re enjoying yourself (or if that’s too much bother, maybe go and get a job which doesn’t involve being public facing 😂)