The Oasis Thread.

[Xanthul]

I've never been a huge fan of Oasis, just liked a few songs here and there but Liam's voice was mostly grating to me. I've just checked a couple of songs on Youtube out of boredom (Wall of Glass and For What It's Worth live at the studio) and I have to say his voice has aged pretty greatly. Maybe those who liked that distinctive edge are disappointed with the new Liam, but to me it's a lot more enjoyable now.

[Stadler]

He's a twat (listen to the recent interview with Howard; it was like listening to a conversation with a 17 year old trying to impress a girl in high school) but his voice is magic with Noel's songs. 

[dparrott]

Asian remix of Wonderwall:
https://youtu.be/pk5cuDMADrI
I like it.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

On 18 February 2019, Liam announced that he had been informed by Noel that the latter would sue him if Liam's new documentary As It Was contained Liam singing Oasis songs. Liam had announced the documentary's release earlier that month.

It never ends will it? 

Listening to Heathen Chemistry, some great songs on that one.

[wolfking]

On 18 February 2019, Liam announced that he had been informed by Noel that the latter would sue him if Liam's new documentary As It Was contained Liam singing Oasis songs. Liam had announced the documentary's release earlier that month.

It never ends will it? 

Listening to Heathen Chemistry, some great songs on that one.

Lol wut?

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

On 18 February 2019, Liam announced that he had been informed by Noel that the latter would sue him if Liam's new documentary As It Was contained Liam singing Oasis songs. Liam had announced the documentary's release earlier that month.

It never ends will it? 

Listening to Heathen Chemistry, some great songs on that one.

Lol wut?

Haven't heard it before so i'm not sure what the general opinion is but Stop Crying, Songbird and Little by Little are fine songs in my opinion.

[Mladen]

That is a very solid album, especially the first half of it.

[wolfking]

On 18 February 2019, Liam announced that he had been informed by Noel that the latter would sue him if Liam's new documentary As It Was contained Liam singing Oasis songs. Liam had announced the documentary's release earlier that month.

It never ends will it? 

Listening to Heathen Chemistry, some great songs on that one.

Lol wut?

Haven't heard it before so i'm not sure what the general opinion is but Stop Crying, Songbird and Little by Little are fine songs in my opinion.

No, I was referring to Noel sueing Liam.    yeah, HC is not that bad.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

On 18 February 2019, Liam announced that he had been informed by Noel that the latter would sue him if Liam's new documentary As It Was contained Liam singing Oasis songs. Liam had announced the documentary's release earlier that month.

It never ends will it? 

Listening to Heathen Chemistry, some great songs on that one.

Lol wut?

Haven't heard it before so i'm not sure what the general opinion is but Stop Crying, Songbird and Little by Little are fine songs in my opinion.

No, I was referring to Noel sueing Liam.    yeah, HC is not that bad.

Oh then yea...I agree. WTF? 

[Stadler]

If not mistaken, this is their first year of eligibility for the Rock Hall Of Fame.  They might get in just becuase of Liam and Noel's bickering.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric

Co-written with Dave Grohl. I really like the chorus.

[Dave_Manchester]

Christ, where does the time go? Oasis are to release some special edition goodies for the 25th anniversary of Be Here Now (I remember its release as if it were yesterday). Here's the 'trailer' for what's available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWlSPe7nfE

[Stadler]

Christ, where does the time go? Oasis are to release some special edition goodies for the 25th anniversary of Be Here Now (I remember its release as if it were yesterday). Here's the 'trailer' for what's available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWlSPe7nfE

I know it's a coke-fueled mess, but on any given day, my favorite Oasis record.

[Dave_Manchester]

Christ, where does the time go? Oasis are to release some special edition goodies for the 25th anniversary of Be Here Now (I remember its release as if it were yesterday). Here's the 'trailer' for what's available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWlSPe7nfE

I know it's a coke-fueled mess, but on any given day, my favorite Oasis record.

I went down a Be Here Now rabbit hole last night and apparently it's Liam's favourite Oasis album. Here he gives his customarily eloquent musings on all the records he's been on, and ranks them:

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/liam-gallagher-oasis-beady-eye-best-album-2147407

And according to Noel himself, Marilyn Manson is a huge fan of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqwIJ3e2NY

[wolfking]

Christ, where does the time go? Oasis are to release some special edition goodies for the 25th anniversary of Be Here Now (I remember its release as if it were yesterday). Here's the 'trailer' for what's available:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yWlSPe7nfE

I know it's a coke-fueled mess, but on any given day, my favorite Oasis record.

By far.  I can't believe it was 25 years.  I remember buying the album as a 13 year old, I loved the slightly heavier edge to the whole thing and the songs stack up.  By far their best record IMO.

[dparrott]

I know it's a coke-fueled mess, but on any given day, my favorite Oasis record.

Yup.  A record as big as the band was.

[Zantera]

I don't think it comes close to their first two albums but there are good things on there. I guess the issue is the people running the show making the decisions were all coked out of their minds and it wasn't the good old 'drugs made it great' either.

[Dave_Manchester]

The first recorded gig of Oasis from before the release of their first single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtDjDAq1vk

This is gold for me. I've told the story before but I saw Oasis from the very beginning, from before even this footage when they played a tiny hall - now the site of a swimming pool - in my home town. Seeing this brought back such vivid memories of the band at that time, when you really felt that you were witnessing something that was about to become huge (in Britain's case, generationally huge). Tiny stage or football stadium, the swagger was always the same. 

[Stadler]

The first recorded gig of Oasis from before the release of their first single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtDjDAq1vk

This is gold for me. I've told the story before but I saw Oasis from the very beginning, from before even this footage when they played a tiny hall - now the site of a swimming pool - in my home town. Seeing this brought back such vivid memories of the band at that time, when you really felt that you were witnessing something that was about to become huge (in Britain's case, generationally huge). Tiny stage or football stadium, the swagger was always the same.

I've heard audio of (parts of) this show.   I don't get jealous or envious of musical things very often, but this is one of them. I've seen both solo, but never saw the band itself.  They remind me of the original Guns'n'Roses in that there's a clear vibe about them where, like you said, you had that feeling of seeing something special.

[wolfking]

The first recorded gig of Oasis from before the release of their first single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtDjDAq1vk

This is gold for me. I've told the story before but I saw Oasis from the very beginning, from before even this footage when they played a tiny hall - now the site of a swimming pool - in my home town. Seeing this brought back such vivid memories of the band at that time, when you really felt that you were witnessing something that was about to become huge (in Britain's case, generationally huge). Tiny stage or football stadium, the swagger was always the same.

I've heard audio of (parts of) this show.   I don't get jealous or envious of musical things very often, but this is one of them. I've seen both solo, but never saw the band itself.  They remind me of the original Guns'n'Roses in that there's a clear vibe about them where, like you said, you had that feeling of seeing something special.

I saw them in 2007 or 2008.  It was a great show.

[dparrott]

I love Liam's voice in the early days.  Shame it went to shit around 2000.

[Dave_Manchester]

Rehearsing All Around The World in 1992 (i.e before anyone knew who they were) :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W_z6NtTLeaI

Imagine having a tune like this and you don't get around to recording it until 5 years and 2 albums (plus a tonne of b-sides) later. Speaks to how amazing Noel's golden era of song-writing was.

[Stadler]

Rehearsing All Around The World in 1992 (i.e before anyone knew who they were) :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W_z6NtTLeaI

Imagine having a tune like this and you don't get around to recording it until 5 years and 2 albums (plus a tonne of b-sides) later. Speaks to how amazing Noel's golden era of song-writing was.

I know this sounds silly, since we have the music and all, but I miss them. The band, that is.  It had a certain chemistry that the individual members just don't have individually. 

[soupytwist]

In the early 90's in America you had Pearl Jam vs Nirvana,  here in the UK it was Oasis vs Blur.  Personally (as someone from the UK) I much preferred the whole Seattle Sound over Britpop.  I actually disliked Blur more than Oasis at the time, but I think Blur actually were far more creative and interesting in their later years.

[twosuitsluke]

In the early 90's in America you had Pearl Jam vs Nirvana,  here in the UK it was Oasis vs Blur.  Personally (as someone from the UK) I much preferred the whole Seattle Sound over Britpop.  I actually disliked Blur more than Oasis at the time, but I think Blur actually were far more creative and interesting in their later years.

I'm also from the UK but was never massively into either scene at the time, as I was too young. However, my older sister massively was. She was all about Blur and Nirvana out of those 4 bands.

As I got into music I still wasn't particularly I to either scene but would generally pick grunge every time. The last few years though I've started revisiting some of the big bands from the Britpop scene, and I really appreciate them way more now. I would've picked Blur over Oasis years ago but now it's pretty close between the two.

[soupytwist]

In the early 90's in America you had Pearl Jam vs Nirvana,  here in the UK it was Oasis vs Blur.  Personally (as someone from the UK) I much preferred the whole Seattle Sound over Britpop.  I actually disliked Blur more than Oasis at the time, but I think Blur actually were far more creative and interesting in their later years.

I'm also from the UK but was never massively into either scene at the time, as I was too young. However, my older sister massively was. She was all about Blur and Nirvana out of those 4 bands.

As I got into music I still wasn't particularly I to either scene but would generally pick grunge every time. The last few years though I've started revisiting some of the big bands from the Britpop scene, and I really appreciate them way more now. I would've picked Blur over Oasis years ago but now it's pretty close between the two.

Manic Street Preachers are the only band classed as Britpop that I could honest say I really like (Mansun were decent too).

[Stadler]

In the early 90's in America you had Pearl Jam vs Nirvana,  here in the UK it was Oasis vs Blur.  Personally (as someone from the UK) I much preferred the whole Seattle Sound over Britpop.  I actually disliked Blur more than Oasis at the time, but I think Blur actually were far more creative and interesting in their later years - 'The sound of football hooliganism' someone once wrote about Oasis and that's fair IMO.

HAHAHAHA, as someone in the US, I much preferred the Britpop sound!  I wasn't (and still aren't) a real fan of Blur, but I lean toward the poppier side of things, so in my view, Oasis is better than anything that came out of Seattle by a long shot.

[soupytwist]

I saw Pearl Jam in The Manchester Evening News arena (MEN) back in 2000.  Eddie between songs mentioned this being the home of Oasis (manchester) and there was a mixed response, I think he was surprised (or playing on it) and got the crowd to either cheer or boo for Oasis, I think the Boo's rang louder, so Eddie turned to the band as says 'Ok we better scrub Wonderwall from this setlist'.   

[dparrott]

Wow, AATW is that old?  huh.

I'm in the US and grunge was cool, but I LOOOOOVED the britpop era.  So much fun and life to that music.  Blur are still my favorite band.  Oasis was my 2nd favorite during the "britpop war".   I still listen to old britpop more than most other genres.

[Zantera]

I got into a bunch of the britpop (or britpop adjacent) bands after I got into Oasis and there's just a lot of great stuff there. The first two Oasis albums are amazing but I must admit that their output after that started declining for me and the first two albums and Masterplan (the b-sides collection) are really all I need from them. I sometimes spin Be Here Now which I think is fine (but a bit bloated and full of cocaine) and I sometimes even get to Standing on the Shoulders of Giants but then I think to myself "Nah I'm good". Oasis had a particular sound and while some bands can keep the same sound and formula and still make amazing albums, for me even the better albums they put out in the 00s suffer from being like the first two albums but just not as good. (IMO at least).

Blur is probably my favorite out of the bunch because they're so damn versatile. The early stuff has a fun youthful vibe to it, but I like how they started evolving their sound as well. Experimenting and doing different things, adding electronic soundscapes into the mix. Radiohead get a lot of praise for the shift from OK Computer to Kid A/Amnesiac, and deservedly so, but Blur kinda did it first. While it could be argued that Blur didn't make an album as good as Morning Glory (Parklife and 13 gets the closest for me) I think what Blur has going for them is that they also never made a bad album, in my opinion. Even their last two albums are albums I would rather revisit than some of the later Oasis ones.

Also really like Suede. Their classic albums hold up and their most recent ones are actually really good in my opinion. The last 3 or 4 albums have all been great. They also fall a bit more on the one dimensional side (like Oasis) where I think you will either like them or you won't, unlike Blur where you might like album X but not album Y.

The Verve gets forgotten and they only made 3 albums (before a 4th reunion one) but all 3 are fantastic in my opinion. Urban Hymns gets the focus because it has Bittersweet Symphony, but it also has other fantastic rockers like The Rolling People and Come On. Their debut is a fantastic Shoegaze/Dream pop infused album and the middle album kinda has elements from both.

Pulp is the one I guess I wish I got into more because they just never clicked with me. I enjoyed some of their classic albums but on a scale of britpop enjoyment I still go back for some of the weaker albums from the other bands more often.

[dparrott]

AIsis: new music with Liam AI vocals.  Pretty good. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whB21dr2Hlc

[dparrott]

George Harrison/Beatles AI cover of Don't Look Back In Anger 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF48vIoYrBI

[Stadler]

Every single time there's a new post in this thread, I click, hoping beyond hope, that they've decided to give it one more whirl.   

[Dave_Manchester]

Loved this. This is how you mess up a solo when playing live; with a great big smile on your face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnyRGcd3G8c

[Stadler]

Loved this. This is how you mess up a solo when playing live; with a great big smile on your face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnyRGcd3G8c

Haha, that was great.   

What do you make of the (relative) uptick on "Oasis" chatter?  Liam's "It's happening".  Mancunian cheek?   Or something of substance?  Noel has a new album coming out, so the timing isn't really optimal for a huge Oasis announcement.