Yesterday was very special. My sister and I went to Ancol, Jakarta to see our favorite rock and roll star, yes! It's William John Paul Gallagher, or widely known as Liam Gallagher. He was former Oasis frontman, atleast until 2009 before the band splitting up.Â
Oasis was famous with long list of brilliant albums like Definitely Maybe (1994), (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995), Heathen Chemistry (2002) and so on, contained with songs that plastered in your head for a long long time. That kind of song that can be sung by people with average singing ability- means you can sing them together with friends at karaoke, at football match, in math class , in the street etc.Â
If you fit them with 1990's, you'd get this overwhelmed nostalgic feeling. I mean they repeated " Go Let It Out" again and again on MTV back in the days. Â Together with other brilliant bands like Blur, Ride, Smasking Pumpkins, Weezer, and Nirvana, Oasis was a big deal in 90's even until now to some. Come on, can't we deny that Oasis was the best thing in 90's, can we?
I don't think I'm exaggerating because even in recent days sometimes I can easily spot someone wearing an Oasis t-shirt on the streets of Jakarta, or Oasis songs being sung by some fellas in this little showcase at malls-it's a draw with Beatles songs, I guess. I even once saw a guy playing "Wonderwall" through his handphone's speaker in a public transportation like ' I don't care everyone else I want to listen to it loudly' . I mean it's mad!
And Liam's solo album, released just few months ago, is surprisingly catchy as well. You could try listen to " Wall of Glass" or "For What It's Worth" and you'd find yourself instantly falling in love with him again after all these years.
Drizzly rain fell down slowly while everyone was waiting in the most excited ways to redeem their voucher and have the concert ticket in hand. Some were seen busy pulling off umbrella from their bag, some found cardboard and using it as a head cover, it's so funny. Even some men did not want to miss the opportunity to sell plastic raincoats---which later it became a joke between me and my sister that we just bought a parka jacket instead of plastic raincoat.
Concert was begun at 9 pm. Opened with "Rock N Roll Star". Liam was undeniably handsome and still got that voice!
Talking about voice, truthfully, not as unique or powerful as him in 90's, I could hear his voice trembling when singing some slow songs. Not just once I closed my eyes and imagined Noel was there to cover him as backing vocal, it would be perfect.Â
But, come on, Liam' s in his forty something. It's amazing he can maintain his voice and stamina like that. Especially after struggling with continuous sore throat washed by alcohol laden drinks during his on-off between Oasis-Beady Eye, Beady Eye to solo---He's indeed still got the rock and roll star voice.
Second song was "Morning Glory" (one of my favorite), followed by "Greedy Soul". The crowd cheered happily as "Wall of Glass" , "Paper Crown", and "For What It's Worth" being sung. Liam was energetic as always with his tambourine and all. The night's getting warmer as "Some Might Say" and "Slide Away" came as the next songs. And then "Live Forever" seemed to be the last one.
But not really!
