Ian Brown, WTF?

Arthur Streeb-Greebling · Post by **Arthur Streeb-Greebling** » 10 Mar 2006, 10:02

I loved The Stone Roses but everytime I switch on the TV and I see Ian Brown performing live I have to switch over or just sit there confused and distressed. He seems to get worse and his voice is what can only be described as fucking awful.
I saw him on the recent NME awards where he received a 'Godlike Genius' award (a what?) and he was just atrocious.
There seemed to be people in the audience actually enjoying his singing, I assume they were on Morphine or some kind of 'Contentment' drug.

What is the crack? why doesn't anyone tell him to just pack it in and go and start a career painting & decorating or something?

Post by **theraven1979** » 10 Mar 2006, 10:45

I saw him supporting the Manics at Madchester a few years back and he was quite embarrasing really. Talk about monkey boy!!!

Jim

Post by **PaulinLondon** » 10 Mar 2006, 12:52

Gone off him really.

Bought his "Solarized" album out of interest but that is now collecting dust. If it wasn't for the very good musicians around him, he would now be working in tele sales for Adidas.

Post by **theraven1979** » 10 Mar 2006, 12:58

"Alright r kid wanna buy a tracksuit?"

Jim

Post by **PaulinLondon** » 10 Mar 2006, 13:07

theraven1979 wrote:"Alright r kid wanna buy a tracksuit?"

Jim

"It's a really nice tracksuit r kid. You can wear it all day long, whether it's h a w r t or cold".

Post by **Skin Deep** » 10 Mar 2006, 16:38

theraven1979 wrote: Talk about monkey boy!!!

Jim

Hit the nail on the head there, Jim!

Loved the Stone Roses but was always more of a John Squire fan meself.

Little Miss Mess · Post by **Little Miss Mess** » 10 Mar 2006, 16:43

I saw him at Brixton Academy a couple of years back and I thought he was terrible...

I suppose Auto Tune doesn't really work for live events!

Little Miss M.

janek · Post by **janek** » 18 Mar 2006, 00:29

i think the problem he has is the music style ... his solo one, doesn't really suit him, his voice, etc.
i liked his first album, but i couldn't get myself to like others (although i've tried) ... some tracks were still great, but there was something out of place that was making me feel uneasy whilelistening to these records (cause i loved stone roses a lot, and ian's music was very important to me when i've been a teenager)

from his recent stuff the track i like the most is "keep what you got" written mostly by noel gallagher. it's a shame, that the one who could capture a tiny bit of roses' magic, wasn't ian really, but his fan from oasis.

but be fair ... john squire's solo stuff is something not worht a word - comparing latest albums of these two - Ian is God (i liked a bit seahorses though)

Post by **The Strangler** » 18 Mar 2006, 02:17

he's crap. nothing else to say really.

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