REVIEW: Beady Eye- Different Gear, Still Speeding (IN FRENCH)

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REVIEW: Beady Eye- Different Gear, Still Speeding

Highly anticipated? sure. Beady Eye's first album will be released in a couple of weeks but already Different Gear, Still Speeding has leaked out on the internet and let's be honest, the word-of-mouth has been functioning pretty well since this morning. After some of the tunes appeared on Youtube these last few days but were taken out within an hour by the record company, the fans had tried to find a way to get hold of the Graal one way or the other. This was finally achieved thanks to social networks and private messages, tweets and texts. And the word keeps spreading.

A success? Definitely. It was surely not expected when the first single Bring The Light came out on the offcial website in November. As a reminder of the 1950s hitman Jerry Lee Lewis, the song was sheer disppointment for the fans who, however, decided to stay tuned and wait and see. Their patience was rewarded with Four Letter Word, second unofficial single to be available on www.beadyeyemusic.com - a genuine rock n'roll bomb directly aimed at his brother- The Roller, first official tune from the album , and a tour that will take Beady Eye all around Europe from Spring to the end of August. Clearly, they have decided to work the way a band in the 1960s would have done: release a song every couple of months, keep the fanbase excited with new tourdates once in a while. This added to Pretty Green was enough to bring back even the most doubtful fans in the Gallagherian fold.

The album is packed with 1960s rythms and sounds. As it, Millionnaire is surely the best song of Different Gear, Still Speeding – named as a two- finger raised at his brother?- Liam really manages to give life to this nearly-folk song that will remind us of The Beatles circa 1966. With lyrics like« desperate for inspiration », it's easy enough to make a connection- again- with the hated/loved brother. However, the song remains really light and summer-y. Probably no need to try and find an explanation; the song is efficient and should be one of these sing-alongs at festivals.

Beatles And Stones is surely more blusey and rock. In a way, it even sounds a bit like Stereophonics. But there are so many influences in that one that it is somehow difficult to identfy all of them. Liam Gallagher has decided to pay tribute to his two favourite bands and the music that made him become famous. He keeps repeating « I just need/ want to rock n' roll » and « I'm gonna stand the test of times like Beatles and Stones ».

Wind Up Dream begins almost like a country song but turns to something more 70s and 80s rock during the intro which lasts 30 seconds then the song sounds like Cold Turkey revisited by Lennon and the Stones in 1980. It can only be good, can't it?

For Anyone begins like a song any guitar learner would be able to write with the first three chords found on the net. Clearly, it does not even stand Outta Time but the simplicity of the tune reminds everyone of the Beatles at their early beginning and let's admit it's pretty charming. With lyrics like « I know it's gonna be alright, forever I'll be by your side » or « for anyone who loves, for anyone who feels, I'm never giving up until the dream is real ». It's never easy to say whether the lad has written songs designed to aim at his brother or the fans but it's sure that this last sentence will fondly resound in their ears.

Yes, Liam has never let his fans down, despite the heights, despite the fights, despite everything that was said in the papers. Beady Eye is gonna stand the test of time.

(review for the rest of the songs in the afternoon)

REVIEW: Two Door Cinema Club @ Olympia 25/11/2010

Two Door Cinema Club is one of these numerous electro pop band for which the press seems to fall in love once in a while. Thurssday night, the band was playing in an almost sold-out Olympia for a totally teenage crowd. Indeed, for the three Northern-Irish lads, it was the third gig of the year in Paris and they have now a quite diverse following. After the Nouveau Casino in February and La Cigale in June, the band was coming back in the mythical and all very solemn venue on the Boulevard des Capucines.


There were two opening bands. Florrie, a young talented London-based songwriter who did pretty well with her band followed by The Teenagers, a genuinely annoying French band who couldn't help but ask for half a dozen teenage girls to come onstage while they were playing their hit single Homecoming. That was perfect to end a Junior High year in a private school out of town but there was nothing surprising nor exciting. That's when a part of the audience literally ran away to the bar, taking advantage of the cold beer rather than of the music.


That's around 9:45 PM that the TDCC came- at last- onstage in front of a cheering and mainly female audience. The band started with Cigarettes In The Theatre and went on with Hand Off My Cash, Monty, and Do You Want It All. The late-comers at the back of the venue couldn't see a thing but they really didn't care and were enjoying every moment of the gig. For some of them, it was some kind of out-of-body experience. And you'd better not be epileptic that night as the lights would even have turned a paparrazzi crazy. Something Good Can Work, the single that we all know in France because it became the flagship tune for a bank was the song of the night and we have to admit that the three guys have fathered a little pop nugget.


Surprisingly, the band seemed to keep the same motivation and pleasure to be on stage. And yet, I couldn't help but to find some boringly, binary, bubblegum, puppet-ish side to them There was not a hint of rebellion, not a scream from the guitars that would cover the screams of the girls. Clean but charmless.


After almost a year on tour, the TDCC have acquired a scenic maturity. They will now have to reach the same songwriting maturity to become more than Band Of The Year 2010.

Happy New Year !!

Happy New Year to all of you!!!

Hope it's going to be a nice one with great rock n' roll records.

This week, I'll be catching on with the reviews I didn't post in November and December as work took all my time. 

NEWS: Beady Eye !

Y-E-S !!!!
The news has been spreading around fast today!

Beady Eye should be releasing their new single on Nov 22nd.
15 months after Oasis' legendary split in Paris, Liam is back with his band. And it feels good to know that we'll be able to put decent music into our ears in the next couple of weeks.

Biased? Yes, I fucking am. So do expect to get a 5-star review of that single here. I haven't followed Oasis for 16 years to write something shit about them.

Wanna have a taste of what it will sound like? www.beadeyemusic.co.uk

Now you know what you can do with the savings account you opened instead of following Tame Impala throughout Europe: keep putting money on it and wait for Beady Eye's tour dates. "A splendid time is guarateed for all"
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YEEEEES !!
La nouvelle s'est répandue comme une trainée de poudre aujourd'hui.

Le nouveau single de Beady Eye devrait sortir le 22 novembre.
15 mois après la légendaire bagarre dans les coulisses de Rock En Seine et la suite tragique que l'on sait, Liam est de retour avec son groupe. Dans moins de deux semaines, on pourra enfin se mettre de la musique correcte dans les oreilles.

Partiale? Totalement. Attendez-vous donc à une review plus que positive de ce single.

Si vous voulez jeter un coup d'oeil à ce que ça va donner? une seule adresse: www.beadeyemusic.co.uk

Si vous avez suivi mon conseil et ouvert un Livret A au lieu d'aller voir Tame Impala, vous savez ce qu'il vous reste à faire: continuez à le remplir et attendez les dates de tournée de Beady Eye. Comme aurait dit Lennon "A splendid time is guaranteed for all".