Part 2 of the "Hate Series" will examine Liam Gallagher, the lead singer of Oasis and currently of Beady Eye. Now it must be said, I am a huge Noel Gallagher fan. If I had my way in this world, all Oasis songs would be sung by Noel. Anyways, continuing on with this post.
Liam doesn't really have that great of a voice, but what pisses people off is his attitude. Liam is a prick. Plain and simple. He bad mouths everyone, has terrible manners, and pisses off pretty much everyone. With all that said, Liam really is the last standing rock star. He is the last frontman to have that masculine swagger and live the "not care about the world" lifestyle. What Liam has is presence. Look at any footage of him in a live situation. Cocked off to his right with a bad posture, both hands behind his back, face/lips forward to the microphone. Yes, this man has mad swagger. It doesn't matter what comes out his mouth. Just him walking up on stage and standing behind the microphone and people are compelled to listen to what he says. There aren't many who can just stand there and command attention. Mick Jagger needs to do pirouettes across stage, Mercury commands everyone with his voice, Elvis did it with his hips. No Liam does not need any of that. He stands there, with the mentality that he is the best. He seems to believe in it so much, that it seeps into others and they are compelled to listen. This is the one redeeming quality of this man. You can't help but respect what he can do. Could he do this all without being a prick? Probably not. The cockiness transcends the stage, it is his life. He cannot have one without the other. Liam may not be the best musicians in the world, and he definitively isn't the best singer, but the case could be made that he is one of the best frontmen of all time. No fancy moves, him just standing there justifies that claim.
