This was yesterday to me I was working and living in London the late 90"s I was the first one at work being a pastry chef in a restaurant and I was playing that LP tape on and on loved it and it is bringing me right back to those moments...
tbh m8,he's puttin effort into this live performance coz its totp,dont forget he tours the world nowadays doin gigs,his studio albums are amazin,long live ian brown
Bought a Q Magazine here in the States back in 98-99 and a mixed artist CD came with it. This track was on the CD obviously. My favorite harmonica solo of all time is from Corpses. I always listen to it over and over again when listening to the studio version.
@HeadlightMorningGlow To add: it was like a gentle progression; 80's - all playback; 90's - music playback with the permission of live vocals; 00's - all live. White Stripes, The Music, Yeah Yeah Yeah's performed live.
@kerrkerr310 Nah, during the nighties TOTP had a habit of allowing live vocals over a recording of the music like in this. If you search for Faster by the Manic Street Preachers for instance, watch the official music video and then watch the TOTP version - you can tell the music's playback from watching it, but hear James' vocals are live. Also check Live Forever and Supersonic TOTP - noticeable vocal differences can be heard to the Oasis fan!
brilliant vocals!! see he can pull it off.....somtimes! tho lets face it he can barley sing well since his roses heyday, he had the voice of an angel..
@jasonjmj Makes perfect sense to me mate, How anyone can enjoy feelin like that is beyond me, ive tried most drugs in the past and smokin ganja just wipes me out and drains me, I could never understand why anyone would want to just sit and do fuck all cos thats what it makes you do. Some off my friends smoke it every day and have done for the last 20 years, they just cant function without it.
Proper smokers don’t just sit and do fuck all, if it affects you like that you have one at night before bed, ive got mates who work in construction and they smoke a joint when they wake up and Do a good days work, everyone’s different my other mate will smoke a few then go swimming, these are people who’ve smoked it 20 years
He's clearly quite out of it, the crowd don't give a shit (clucless prats), Maddix is on the drums (not good). Oh god it's a fucking disaster. He sings it well though and it's Ian Brown. dammit. I'd pay £300 to see him!
left foot..one ,two...right foot ,one,two and so on.......not forgetting tambourine move....this guy is really shit live......singing that is....everything else makes up for it in bucket loads.......love ian brown...loved him at bournemouth 2009...would love to see him again....a master of his genre...
This is why I won't go and see The Stone Roses or Ian Brown live. I would much rather see a tribute band with a frontman who can sing the songs......Ian brown IS a legend, and one of the most iconic frontmen in British music history, but he can't sing live...... This is why I also laugh when people mock oasis, comparing them with the roses.....Oasis are a live band. They can play live. The roses are a radio edit band.....That's the difference.
I'd go further and suggest Ian Brown isn't a legend at all, I honestly can't think of a person with less talent than him who's managed to enjoy such a successful musical career. The best part of this song is the musical composition, and that was written by Aziz Ibrahim - much like how the Roses material was written by John Squire. The only difference is, Squire wrote the bones of all the lyrical content for the Roses, with Brown adding amendments afterwards - which explains why Brown's lyricism is so poor during his solo years - they were solely penned by Brown - a man who was so proud of his "social chameleon" line he thought us mere mortals would be too thick to comprehend its incredibly esoteric meaning and had to explain it away later in the song with the line "yes you change to suit the people around you" lol. It doesn't even fit the bars of the song - the man clearly hasn't got a clue what he's doing, and the fact his Wikipedia entry refers to him as a multi-instrumentalist is an insult professional musicians. I mean, F.E.A.R is a pretty cool song, but let's be honest - an 8 year old could have written those lyrics. Flat vocals, monotonous, no inflections, no charisma... you may as well stick an ironing board on stage and it'd have more stage presence - yet uncultured people STILL refer to him as a "godlike genius". What a sad state of affairs.
@@SeahorsesJay I agree with most of what you say, but to call people "uncultured" because they refer to him as a Godlike Genius, is a bit pompous. The term 'Godlike Genius', is a title manufactured and marketed by the NME. I can't think of any man on the street who has ever used that term in conversation, rather than citing the award and award winner that year. My comment is correct though, he IS a legend, and he is iconic, despite having very little talent. That's because Brown and The Roses were about much more than just the music. They were about the movement, they were about Spike Island. They were about the clothes, the attitude and the groove. They were the epitome of cool. Every photo of them or video footage was just cool as fuck, and Brown was the frontman. He was, is and always will be a legend.
Why are people like u even searching for Ian Brown then he's obviously not trying to make music for people like you but people who loves this stuff. You're free to go whatever gigs u like and no one is forcing u to Ian gig nor buy his music. I admit he's gone to be a bit a weirdo lately, but I blame it on senility. But that's just a recent years, backed by about 30 years of greatness.
"You're a social chameleon - yes you change to the people around you" - thanks Ian, that lyric was so incredibly allegorical we couldn't possibly have extrapolated its meaning without you having to explain it away. He can't even write lyrics that fit the song's bars. Basically ruins these great Aziz Ibrahim compositions, which is a shame because I love the Asian nuances in his guitar lines. I've never understood the argument that Ian Brown's charisma is what saves his incredibly flat vocals because to me there's absolutely no interesting inflections in his voice whatsoever. I also don't see any "swag" or stage presence, just looks like a stiff in every video I've ever seen of him.
This was yesterday to me I was working and living in London the late 90"s I was the first one at work being a pastry chef in a restaurant and I was playing that LP tape on and on loved it and it is bringing me right back to those moments...
tbh m8,he's puttin effort into this live performance coz its totp,dont forget he tours the world nowadays doin gigs,his studio albums are amazin,long live ian brown
Bought a Q Magazine here in the States back in 98-99 and a mixed artist CD came with it. This track was on the CD obviously. My favorite harmonica solo of all time is from Corpses. I always listen to it over and over again when listening to the studio version.
that harmonic jeez, amazing instrument
Listen to Oasis masterplan from 96 maine Rd.
Mark Feltham. Top harmonica playing..
brilliant tune, he was amazing at platt fields park on friday night
amazing, great tune. love it in the film; a room for romeo brass.
Love the harmonica
Magnificent
@HeadlightMorningGlow To add: it was like a gentle progression; 80's - all playback; 90's - music playback with the permission of live vocals; 00's - all live. White Stripes, The Music, Yeah Yeah Yeah's performed live.
i wish he was this good now 1.42 to 1.43 is amazing
Ian Brown he is as smooth as oil and as cool as ice fuck Yeah can't touch this its pure as a God
HOWL VINTAGE He is like a fine wine
He is a my religion, my religion is music his music is pure LOVE
Still a fuckin sick tune in in 2023
how good and sad
Music on playback, vocals are live.
Wonderful. Monkey magic
Fuckin amazing!
@kerrkerr310
Nah, during the nighties TOTP had a habit of allowing live vocals over a recording of the music like in this. If you search for Faster by the Manic Street Preachers for instance, watch the official music video and then watch the TOTP version - you can tell the music's playback from watching it, but hear James' vocals are live. Also check Live Forever and Supersonic TOTP - noticeable vocal differences can be heard to the Oasis fan!
brilliant vocals!! see he can pull it off.....somtimes! tho lets face it he can barley sing well since his roses heyday, he had the voice of an angel..
@michalwollman agreed
got dead sea scrolls for u... and ya women 2!!
@Waterfall64 wat, dont look that out of it to me. what's the disaster. A good but mellow performance
@blobbyjobby2 Exactamondo! Charisma is 9/10ths the law here!
@jasonjmj Makes perfect sense to me mate, How anyone can enjoy feelin like that is beyond me, ive tried most drugs in the past and smokin ganja just wipes me out and drains me, I could never understand why anyone would want to just sit and do fuck all cos thats what it makes you do. Some off my friends smoke it every day and have done for the last 20 years, they just cant function without it.
Proper smokers don’t just sit and do fuck all, if it affects you like that you have one at night before bed, ive got mates who work in construction and they smoke a joint when they wake up and Do a good days work, everyone’s different my other mate will smoke a few then go swimming, these are people who’ve smoked it 20 years
it's Simon Moore on drums not Robbie J maddox
Lol. I like that Ian Brown isn't well rehearsed singing this song. He's still great playing the harmonica !
Biblical
Like the waves that hit the shore you cannot stand the force of law.Picture someone getting smashed over by British waves of law or something 🤔
ikea
George Floyd
He's clearly quite out of it, the crowd don't give a shit (clucless prats), Maddix is on the drums (not good). Oh god it's a fucking disaster. He sings it well though and it's Ian Brown. dammit. I'd pay £300 to see him!
It isn't Robbie Maddix on the sticks, it's Simon Moore. And the band are miming, only the vocal track is live..
this is sik
That's not Maddix.
Maddix was never part of Ian's solo band. The drummer is Simon Moore.
left foot..one ,two...right foot ,one,two and so on.......not forgetting tambourine move....this guy is really shit live......singing that is....everything else makes up for it in bucket loads.......love ian brown...loved him at bournemouth 2009...would love to see him again....a master of his genre...
@Waterfall64 he sings this well because it's top of the pops, all lip synced haha!
Truly abysmal
Watch Ed Sheeran then or whatever shit your into .......
@@spencerglover1 I loved the Roses and some of his solo stuff but most of it is utter pish, and he’s a complete walloper now too
This is why I won't go and see The Stone Roses or Ian Brown live. I would much rather see a tribute band with a frontman who can sing the songs......Ian brown IS a legend, and one of the most iconic frontmen in British music history, but he can't sing live......
This is why I also laugh when people mock oasis, comparing them with the roses.....Oasis are a live band. They can play live. The roses are a radio edit band.....That's the difference.
I'd go further and suggest Ian Brown isn't a legend at all, I honestly can't think of a person with less talent than him who's managed to enjoy such a successful musical career. The best part of this song is the musical composition, and that was written by Aziz Ibrahim - much like how the Roses material was written by John Squire. The only difference is, Squire wrote the bones of all the lyrical content for the Roses, with Brown adding amendments afterwards - which explains why Brown's lyricism is so poor during his solo years - they were solely penned by Brown - a man who was so proud of his "social chameleon" line he thought us mere mortals would be too thick to comprehend its incredibly esoteric meaning and had to explain it away later in the song with the line "yes you change to suit the people around you" lol. It doesn't even fit the bars of the song - the man clearly hasn't got a clue what he's doing, and the fact his Wikipedia entry refers to him as a multi-instrumentalist is an insult professional musicians. I mean, F.E.A.R is a pretty cool song, but let's be honest - an 8 year old could have written those lyrics.
Flat vocals, monotonous, no inflections, no charisma... you may as well stick an ironing board on stage and it'd have more stage presence - yet uncultured people STILL refer to him as a "godlike genius". What a sad state of affairs.
@@SeahorsesJay I agree with most of what you say, but to call people "uncultured" because they refer to him as a Godlike Genius, is a bit pompous. The term 'Godlike Genius', is a title manufactured and marketed by the NME. I can't think of any man on the street who has ever used that term in conversation, rather than citing the award and award winner that year.
My comment is correct though, he IS a legend, and he is iconic, despite having very little talent. That's because Brown and The Roses were about much more than just the music. They were about the movement, they were about Spike Island. They were about the clothes, the attitude and the groove. They were the epitome of cool. Every photo of them or video footage was just cool as fuck, and Brown was the frontman. He was, is and always will be a legend.
Why are people like u even searching for Ian Brown then he's obviously not trying to make music for people like you but people who loves this stuff.
You're free to go whatever gigs u like and no one is forcing u to Ian gig nor buy his music.
I admit he's gone to be a bit a weirdo lately, but I blame it on senility. But that's just a recent years, backed by about 30 years of greatness.
Which comment are you replying to?
"You're a social chameleon - yes you change to the people around you" - thanks Ian, that lyric was so incredibly allegorical we couldn't possibly have extrapolated its meaning without you having to explain it away. He can't even write lyrics that fit the song's bars. Basically ruins these great Aziz Ibrahim compositions, which is a shame because I love the Asian nuances in his guitar lines. I've never understood the argument that Ian Brown's charisma is what saves his incredibly flat vocals because to me there's absolutely no interesting inflections in his voice whatsoever. I also don't see any "swag" or stage presence, just looks like a stiff in every video I've ever seen of him.
Not a fan?