ILX pre-covers Liam Gallagher's "As You Were"

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’
2. ‘Bold’
3. ‘Greedy Soul’
4. ‘Paper Crown’
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’
10. ‘Come Back To Me’
11. ‘Universal Gleam’
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way'
14. 'All My People/All Mankind'
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You'

Mark G has already claimed "Universal Gleam" -- post your choice in this thread.

Actual album release date is October 6 -- everyone has until August 31 to submit their cover. Mail your file to ned at kuci dot org as always. And as always we'll need cover art.

Do track lengths matter?

I'm doing this btw

Track length not a factor.

I'll take "Chinatown"!

tempting !
not sure I'll have the time but I can try to make a quick one before I leave on holidays.
those are pretty unremarkable titles though... maybe "I never wanna be like you" (dedicated to noel G).

oop be doo be doo wah!

For my track, I'm thinking of a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis.
It will be grand. best rocknroll song since "little james".

I'll have All My People/All Mankind, please :D

Such uninispiring song titles.

‘I’ve All I Need’ - might as well just drop a mic into a pot of lumpy grey porridge and tape that

you volunteering?

Could just do cover versions of all the songs he's nicked the titles from.

i don't make lumpy porridge pal xp

Bold! Always believe that you're old...

‘You Better Run’

.. 4yrlifeifUcanlilGirl...

And to top it:

"All My People"

RIGHTHERERIGHTNOWYKNOWORRIMEANNNNNNNN

Okay so at this point

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’
2. ‘Bold’
3. ‘Greedy Soul’
4. ‘Paper Crown’
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way'
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

will we be impersonating Liam?

You can do whatever you choose.

frankly, that's the reason I want to try this !
I have to set the mic so that I can adopt his singing position...

"come back to me" for me please

I'll take For What It's Worth

I will take Paper Crown please.

"Doesn't Have To Be That Way"

I am I thought only one thinking DJP is planning a reworded Erasure cover for this now?

Okay, eight claimed, seven to go.

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’
2. ‘Bold’
3. ‘Greedy Soul’
4. ‘Paper Crown’ -- ShariVari
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’ -- UMS
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’ -- m bison
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way' -- DJP
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

My original thought was a Buffalo Springfield cover of "For What It's Worth" but I thought it would be more fun to do an original song.

Go on then, I'll do 'Wall of Glass'.

we need a bold opening statement

followed by a Bold secondary one

No pressure then.

15 tracks is a lot. Does Liam really need to release a 15 songs album ? I'm not sure he has that much to say musically and lyrically.

Some of them might be skits?

Universal Gleam sounds like a fucking furniture polish or a window cleaner.

That's Liam, the Singing Window Cleaner.

I know a guy called Mr. Sheeyeeeeeen
He's really into Windoleeeeiiine
The sun sheeeeeines on the scene
Whatever and d'you know what I mean?

Mad fer it, I'm mad fer it, fooking mad fer it, I yam.

I'll do Bold!

Five to go!

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’ -- Tom D
2. ‘Bold’ -- sarahell
3. ‘Greedy Soul’
4. ‘Paper Crown’ -- ShariVari
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’ -- UMS
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’ -- m bison
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way' -- DJP
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

https://www.janitorialdirect.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/o/bold-2in1-washing-powder-janitorial-direct._1.jpg

Never done this before but wouldn't mind giving it a go. Greedy Soul?

It's yours!

Okay, down to four to claim...

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’ -- Tom D
2. ‘Bold’ -- sarahell
3. ‘Greedy Soul’ -- everything
4. ‘Paper Crown’ -- ShariVari
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’ -- UMS
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’ -- m bison
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way' -- DJP
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

Nice. A full month. I'll take `You Better Run`.

15 tracks is a lot. Does Liam really need to release a 15 songs album ? I'm not sure he has that much to say musically and lyrically.

lololol otm

Some of them might be skits?

ahah, now THAT would make the album worth listening to !

The last three are only on the deluxe version - so you know they're the deep cuts for the real heads.

including a big Oasis-esque epic or two

Does Liam really need to release an 15 songsalbum ?

(xp) A 'Why oh why didn't they put that one on the album, what were they thinking, tchoh! *slaps forehead*' track

nah Liam doesn't need to release an album... he should have released a TRIPLE album.
badass muthafooker style.

Okay, three to go!

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’ -- Tom D
2. ‘Bold’ -- sarahell
3. ‘Greedy Soul’ -- everything
4. ‘Paper Crown’ -- ShariVari
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’ -- UMS
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’ -- etaeoe
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’ -- m bison
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way' -- DJP
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

It is perhaps telling that all these song titles feel like refrigerator magnets. Thus, the three remaining titles

"When I'm In Need, I Get By, I've All I Need."

buddhist liam

i will take "i get by" please - i'm a little less musical than some of you but i'm sure i can think of something.

i'm a little less musical than some of you

that's never held liam back tbh

also i have had the phrase 'i get by' stuck in my head for an hour to the tune of 'let it be'

"when I'm in need" and "I've all I need" could have been merged into one song, considering the titles...
Liam needs to be more synthetic.

Part of me wants to use this to train a neural net on Oasis songs, make Ned read the results, and actually learn how to finish a recording on my iPad, but that seems like a lot of work, especially making Ned talk into a microphone.

ill tackle ‘I’ve All I Need’ is nobody else has claimed it

Is there still one available please?

When I'm in need still free right? I'll take it xxx LG

Yes, "When I'm In Need". It's always possible to double up on a song title, there are so many Liam fans here we might have to.

Awes

cool so I think we have the whole tracklist covered, deluxe tracks included !

You guys better make this sick, fucking funny and well tasty. There'd better be some chin-out music.

http://www.bunkychollox.com/images/lookalike/CIMG6122.JPG

There's a lot of potential with "Greedy Soul" since it rhymes with "Needy Noel".

I am looking forward to the greatness. Per El Tomboto, I have never heard of microphones.

Are there any general rules for these? Never done one before :)

write some fuckin real music

write some real fuckin music
write some real fuckin songs
write some real fuckin music
even if no fuckin cunt sings along

Anyway reconfirming the final tracklist

1. ‘Wall Of Glass’ -- Tom D
2. ‘Bold’ -- sarahell
3. ‘Greedy Soul’ -- everything
4. ‘Paper Crown’ -- ShariVari
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’ -- UMS
6. ‘When I’m In Need’ -- Le Bateau Ivre
7. ‘You Better Run’ -- etaeoe
8. ‘I Get By’ -- LocalGarda
9. ‘Chinatown’ -- Captain Jay Vee
10. ‘Come Back To Me’ -- m bison
11. ‘Universal Gleam’ -- Mark G
12. ‘I’ve All I Need’ -- Adam Bruneau
13. 'Doesn't Have To Be That Way' -- DJP
14. 'All My People/All Mankind' -- imago
15. 'I Never Wanna Be Like You' -- AlXTC

Rules as stated at the top of the thread, ie, just get it in to me on time at the end of August. Format doesn't matter. If people want to post cover art they've worked on for general consideration, go nuts.

Missed this

going to admit ive never heard a Liam solo track nor listened to a full Oasis record. my plan is to figure out what Beatles song to rip off and build a song around that

You and me both - former not latter.

I can scarce bring myself to confess that Beady Eye are a closed book to me.

im making alt r&b bc fuck liam gallagher

I'm just going to do a cover of the only Oasis song I am familiar with. I think that that will be very Bold

I love it when people say things like "I've never listened to an Oasis record in full" like they're expecting some kind of medal or prize for it.

Good, we can carry on doing it then.

my plan is to figure out what Beatles song to rip off and build a song around that

i'm thinking spoken word, possibly with a sample of some kind. or else a friend can help me with some banging fooking synth

wait a minute, I'm not sure synths are appropriate to make REAL music !

i'm thinking spoken word, possibly with a sample of some kind. or else a friend can help me with some banging fooking synth

― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), donderdag 27 juli 2017 9:09 (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'The Interior Life of Liam Gallagher' set to record by Local Garda? I'm down.

Just finished mine. That was fun.

Nothing but guitar solos and screams.

Pretty much! Though no guitars were harmed.

localgarda if you need some loopin' floopin' synth shapes, i know a guy

I started work today. I’m a shit singer.

Are those Liam lyrics?

This is an interesting concept. I am too late for this one.

How do you guys choose which album to "pre-cover"?

It just kinda happens, I suppose. I think the best choices tend to be long established artists who are usually well past their peak, however defined.

I mean, it helped that the first choice was U2's No Line On the Horizon. That almost set the tone.

FWIW, you can run down the full list here

https://www.discogs.com/label/1056692-ILX-Compilations

Are these available for purchase or download?

I think right now only the Lulu ones are, but I'm not sure.

Lulu is on soundcloud somewhere

the u2 album sparked the idea for me because I thought the song titles were interesting but I was not interested in the actual album

Ah indeed : I have never listened to that u2 album so whenever I see one of the titles I hear the ILX version in my head !

Very much the same thing for the Lulu album, too.

Yup. Actually, the only original album I know of the ilx covered ones is the AnCo, I think.

Whenever I see someone walking a little dog, I think of the Little Dog tracks on the ILX Lulu comp

localgarda if you need some loopin' floopin' synth shapes, i know a guy

i am up for this if you want to collaborate! i have a good idea of what i will do with this so i can webmail you if your ilx mail works, or else give me a mail here.

Ahah the opening lines from "Chinatown" :
Well the cops are taking over
While everyone's in yoga
'Cause happiness is still a warm gun

It's oasis lyrics generator level !

Three weeks to go!

I guess I should look at this, huh

My "Chinatown " version is a lot more...errm...minimal? Lyrically speaking.

(damned phone added those extra spaces)

https://www.e-chords.com/chords/oasis/wonderwall

Ten days to go!

I wrote a verse! Still haven't recorded…

i have the core of the track done, but it has a very expensive sample i must clear with paul mccartney

I confess i haven't had the time to work on the track as I initially planned it, I worked out the structure of it but realized it would take me forever to do it with my mininmal resources... plus I'm going on holiday next week. So, I'm going to cannibalize an existing track, hopefully it shouldn't take too long - hopefully - I think it should work out fine.

I'm in the same boat, suddenly having to move house in two weeks, but it'll be fine LG xx

i wrote something last week that was ok, just something tossed off that is pretty much a full song. i tried starting over from scratch yesterday and made a totally different song but i don't like it as much as the first. now that it's down to the wire i'm thinking i'll go back to that first one and clean it up. only problem is i don't think it sounds like Oasis or Liam at all =)

The latter has never been a requirement.

And thank god for that.

I did sit down to write a plodding indie-rock song with Vox organ and backwards guitars, etc but it ended up sounding like The Doors produced by Lee Perry with a head injury so went for something completely out of keeping instead.

I am, however, hamstrung by an appalling singing voice so will probably need to make it instrumental.

mine will contain a sizeable sample/backing track - nobody tell the artists responsible.

Would you all be alright with postponing the deadline a week, to Thursday 7 Sept? If not I'll have to give up my song. I'm in the midst of a surprise house move. Won't make the 31st of August. But if you all don't want to postpone a week that's fine and then I'll just hand my slot over to someone else. Otherwise I'll ~bring teh tunes~ a week later. Let me know, whoever's in charge.

That would be me. I'd be fine with an exception but would prefer everyone else stick with the deadline.

Ok, then hereby I'll hand in/back my song.

Ha, you misread me -- I'm saying you're the exception!

I'm still on holyday but will be able to finish mine on time.
As for the cover I think there's a thread will Liam pictures worth using !

What, Beady Eye ?

Ahah yeah. Ok it's mostly one picture !

Ahhh my bad, thanks Ned!

All good! And yeah, we still need a cover, so, anyone?

Hey Ned, just sent you my "For What It's Worth" (avoided hearing the song that's been out there it looks like)...anyway let me know that it goes through, or I can send you a link to DL.
Thanks!

Sent!

just need to make a slightly better recording of mine today

Mine might be a couple of days

*cracks whip*

Anyway, got four of them now, thanks!

there's no maximum track length is there

haha oh boy

you see me, i've got my magic pie

Can I have until Tuesday morning?

You people and your extended deadlines I tell ya. Aim for Friday please but the absolute deadline is next Friday, no further.

Mine will be done shortly. It's difficult to craft music that's "real" enough.

i can honestly say in making my song i truly explored my feelings for liam

likewise

Have sent mine now - I am on holiday so I didn't have a particularly great mic with me but I think it hopefully has come together in a way that nobody else but me will find amusing might be amusing

Just finished mine. I'll send it tomorrow !

Rock. We're up to six submissions now...

Mine should be along in a little bit...

And sent!

Deferentially kept shorter than Oasis' longest song. You don't try to outbox God

sorry, gonna have to take you up on the extended deadline. im a horrible procrastinator

I will have mine done this weekend

Oasis had a lot of three minute songs that were six minutes

eheh indeed.
btw, I just realized I didn't put any electric guitar in mine. that's blasphemy. or something.

sent !

Okay that takes us to eight total in out of fifteen.

No volunteers yet with a good cover idea?

An amazing/ludicrous pic of Liam (of which there are literally an infinite amount)

and this tweet:

Listen up Julio I don't cover oasis songs there mine I fucking OWN them and you and potato know it as you fucking were LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) August 26, 2017

http://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2011/06/LiamGallagherDC110311-1.jpg

here we see liam's signature look, the 'hardman maiden aunt'

he looks like anna wintour, doesn't he ?

http://happenings.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/anna-wintour-green-top-reuter.jpg

^^ Anna Wintour would make a great cover

I won't make it. My uncle died this afternoon, and I'll be busy with his funeral and arranging stuff around it. I'm really sorry guys.

oh jeez sorry to hear that :(
best to you

Indeed. Condolences and then some for you and yours.

If anyone would like to take up the song, let me know; otherwise we'll leave it off.

Absolute deadline remains Friday.

Condolences...
as for that remaining track, if nobody takes it, maybe we could just put in reverse one of the other tracks, Stones Roses "Don't Stop" style ?
it would be a very Oasis thing to do/copy !
How many tracks have you received, Ned ?

Good idea!

ned reading a poem imo

Ned saying the title in repeat (Revolution 9 style) over one of the tracks in reverse !

Beatles and Stone Roses references in one track : how more Liam/Oasis could it be !

lol

My first version of the proposed song was terrible. No really, it's not leaving the house.

Will do a better one tomorrow, or substitute a somethingelse, promise.

We have eight tracks so far.

damn. that's only half the tracks...

Well, over half, but yeah.

come one, all our people right here, right now !

i am getting a song to you tomorrow no matter what i swear its just always hard to let something go

Go let it out

Liam inspires everyone to finish!

Mans not hot... the ting goes pa pa pa as you were LG x

— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 6, 2017

Thanks guys <3

Do it!! Let's give LG a run for his money!

Today is gonna be the day !

That's right! Let's see those final tracks, folks!

just mailed mine in. can't wait to hear the whole thing

Okay we're up to ten...

4 more to go then (not counting LBI's track) ?

Correct!

Okay, another just arrived, so it's three to go!

Ah, correcting -- it's a kind offer that's arrived to fill in the LBI gap. Thanks! Still leaves the other four to go!

That is wonderful news, much love to that person.

best to you & yours lbi, didn't say it before.

the rest of you, get on with it

ty lj <3

Somehow. Someway, I am recording a vocal tonight

ONE TAKE, CHYEAH

DONE jesus what agony

Congrats ! Art is pain !
So did we make the deadline ?

Not quite but I'm willing to stretch it out for the weekend -- besides the LBI replacement, we're still missing three tracks. AND cover art, hint hint.

Release it as-is IMO

I have tonight free to finish the fill in

I'll wait on UMS's tonight, and otherwise will prep and release Monday morning.

Yeah fair is fair -- There was a one week extension!

No news from the missing ones ?

I will let them speak for themselves...but I may send some direct prompts.

My replacement track for LBI is in Ned's atomic linkbin.... What's your excuse?

Hey thanks for doing that man!

no problem was fun, gave me something to do last night...hope all is well as it can be LBI

Okay, putting it all together and cover art sorted out. (I took the bull by the horns for this one -- but it came together very simply, as you'll see.)

Also, here's the track listing buuuuut I need you all to reconfirm what names you want me to use. If you included a name with your file, I'm using that!

01 Tom D - Walls of Glass
02 ShariVari - Paper Crown
03 (UMS's real name) - For What It's Worth
04 (UMS's real name) - When I'm in Need
05 (LocalGarda's first name) - I Get By
06 Captain Jay Vee - Chinatown
07 Matthew Mathieu - Come Back To Me
08 Mark G - Universal Gleam
09 Adam Bruneau - I've All I Need
10 DJP - Doesn't Have To Be This Way
11 imago - All My People_All Mankind
12 AlXTC - I Never Wanna Be Like You

My track title has a slash rather than an underscore!

I am happy with my real name being used. Tho maybe not on the board, I suppose.

Tom D will suffice.

Slash in the title, imago, no worries.

Great work Ned!

ShariVari should be fine. I don't think A Number Of Names will sue.

(ahem "Capitaine")

I'd rather be HI DERE

All changes noted.

I was gonna be Edie Bye

Okay, we're live!

"Didn’t want to be reinventing anything or going off on a space jazz odyssey" -- ILX Pre-Covers As You Were