Colleen from Allentown, PaThat dude is gonna say we have bad taste in music.Kaisi from Shanghai, ChinaWill Oasis get back to us.? Liam, Noel, stay please.nothing like not the same lyrics and farcical to try compare to Oasis songbird
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It is not a cover it's an Oasis song often people get mixed up as the women from Fleetwood mac did a song called Songbird. Oy Yoyyyyy, bird loves Oasis, more a Hardcore fan meself! ) What mistakes in life I made there and I'd go back and make a few more tomorrow if the times were right. A few tunes have come from those same heights and depths methinks.
Whether they simplified the song as an artistic choice or to avoid being sued for ripping off 'And Your Bird Can Sing', they probably came to the right decision and in my opinion this was the best thing the group recorded in the 21st century.īy the way, whilst 'Songbird' represents Liam Gallagher's first writing credit on an Oasis single, it wasn't his first chart appearance as a songwriter: he also has a credit on 'Love Me Or Leave Me', a minor hit for the Seahorses in 1997.
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The demo is in fact more fleshed-out than the final album/single version, with full drums and a very Beatlesque bassline.
As it transpired when the demo version saw release on the DVD single format though, they did. I recall one review of the album praising this track but saying it was "telling" that nobody thought to work it into anything more substantial. It manages to strike home in a way that more overthought Oasis tracks often failed to. Although he probably didn't, you could imagine him overdubbing all these parts solo, and the effect is slightly reminiscent of George Harrison's early Beatles demo 'You Know What To Do'. It's a brief 4/4 number without a distinct chorus or middle-eight and as recorded features Liam (presumably) strumming away on an acoustic guitar, backed by a harmonium-like drone, shaken percussion and a sprinkling of piano. Still, it's kind of how I always perceived 'Songbird', a tribute to then-fiancée and fellow Now 54 act Nicole Appleton which succeeds largely on the strength of its lack of sophistication. I was going to quite Tom Ewing's review of the Troggs chart-topper 'With A Girl Like You' as "Hulk writes love ballad" but as I noticed while looking up the link, that wasn't exactly what he said. I was by now far too "over" Oasis to listen to the album so I can't voice an opinion on 'Born On A Different Cloud' or 'Better Man' but I recall 'Songbird' getting some attention even as an album track before it finally got a single release. Fifth disc Heathen Chemistry was the product of a fresh lineup, with new members Andy Bell and Gem Archer having been the songwriters for previous bands Hurricane #1 and Heavy Stereo respectively so unsurprisingly they got some of their own material on board whether due to intra-band politics or a burst of creativity, the lead singer got three of his own numbers on too. Only on their scrappy fourth set Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants had Liam been allowed one of his songs on an album, although it's not clear whether he'd particularly wanted to before. Give or take the odd plagiarism lawsuit 'Songbird' was the first Oasis single not written by Noel Gallagher, who had of course dominated the composition of their early albums. I can't imagine ever checking that, but I'm willing to believe it. I've read that the week 'Songbird' entered at 3 behind 'Cry Me A River' and 'All The Things She Said' was the first time in UK chart history that all the Top 3 songs shared their titles with previous hits. It became Oasis' 4th huge hit from their current album when it made the Top 3 in February 2003 'Songbird' showcases Liam's songwriting as well as vocal abilities and has been described as a "simple, honest, catchy and effective" song.
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