HAHA, what a stupid self-important jackoff. Nobody cares about this dickweed and his lack of talent. So shut up you cock-smoking pile of irrelevancy.

Norad 2008-08-10 01:56:07 AM
HAHA, what a stupid self-important jackoff. Nobody cares about this dickweed and his lack of talent. So shut up you cock-smoking pile of irrelevancy.

THIS.

I remember when a girl i was dating, when I told her I didn't like Oasis, asked me "what, you don't like the Beatles?"
Yes, I do like the Beatles. And if I want to hear them, I'll get out my copy of Sgt. Peppers. Oasis is not, never was, and never will be the Beatles. At best, they're a pale imitation of them.

I had an Irish roomie during my Soph. year in college who worshipped Oasis. I had to wake up every morning to their pasty faces. She got very angry when I told her that I had already heard their songs almost 20 years earlier and that they sounded a lot better. She didn't like that.

Man, almost every day on this site there's some terrible story about some poor schlub walking home from work and getting hit by a train. Or some person falls in the bear pit at the zoo and gets torn into fifteen thousand little pieces. The other day, some guy in Vietnam was killed by a shiatload of monkeys.

But it's never this douche from Oasis.

Why is that?

...too easy

/likes Oasis.
//but believes that with the exceptions of "Gas Panic!" and "Don't Go Away", Liam hasn't written a good song since "What's The Story Morning Glory"

I always thought that Blur sounded more like a modern-day Beatles than Oasis ever did.

Beatles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stone Roses>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oasis/Blur/etc

outatime: Man, almost every day on this site there's some terrible story about some poor schlub walking home from work and getting hit by a train. Or some person falls in the bear pit at the zoo and gets torn into fifteen thousand little pieces. The other day, some guy in Vietnam was killed by a shiatload of monkeys.

But it's never this douche from Oasis.

Why is that?


The animals are afraid of alcohol & drug poisoning?

Wasted Pixels
I always thought that Blur sounded more like a modern-day Beatles than Oasis ever did.

Oh goodness...how the line between INSPIRATION and full on PLAGIARISM
can be somewhat BLURRED (pun very intended)

Blur seem as obviously influenced heavily by much classic British music but I don't regard them as utterly derivative as Oasis.

When the two started releasing albums at the same time, the differences were subtle. But it's clear now that Damon Albarn and Blur were superior to Oasis on just about every level.

Lyrics: Blur's early music was effective in painting the picture of banality in the UK. Songs like "Sunday Sunday", "Charmless Man", "Country House", "Parklife", etc., were able to reflect the sense of sameness that everyday life in England presented. Not unlike a great folk or country song, just about every song told a complete story. Oasis admittedly hurried songs through with little concern about words being anything but a garnish on Liam and Noel's vocals. If I'm not mistaken, they had a record deal signed before they even had an album written, so they hurried one together in 3 weeks. That album ended up being "Definitely, Maybe", so there's gotta be something to be said for that. But it taught them that it's OK to rush an album together.

Composition: Oasis songs were catchy as hell, but they never really strayed from simple solos, three-to-four chord progressions, and the formulaic guitar, bass and drum combo. Blur experimented with strings, synthesizers and sound distorion as early as their second album, "Parklife". Albarn actively sought out new sounds and styles so far as spending half-a-year in Mali to understand the toumani.
Their choice of instruments also reflected the tone of their lyrics. There's a reason the self-titled "Blur" album was so much edgier and different than anything they'd done before; it explored American angst in contrast to the happy jolly UK of "Modern Life is Rubbish" and "The Great Escape".

Oasis are fine for what they are: catchy songs you'll slur along to in the middle of a bender. But Blur have grown with their music to the point where I'm always excited to hear anythign they put out, even if it's not under the "Blur" name. Albarn's Gorillaz project is a fascinating study of celebrity when you consider that most people still don't know that he is one of the creative forces, instead opting to use the cartoon characters as the public face of the group. "The Good, The Bad and the Queen" feels like a tribute to the Clash's "London Calling" album in a droning, muted sense and it works well.

I always thought the comparison of Oasis and Blur was inda like Pearl Jam and Nirvana; it's apples and oranges, but it's convenient because they hit the scene from the same place at the same time.

Oasis is a very safe band. And sometimes that's OK. If you've got a good thing, go with it. That's why I'm into bands like the Reverend Horton Heat, Cake, Ben Folds, etc. They know what works but are so good that they can expand within their own parameters. I know what to expect and if I'm into it, that's a great thing to depend on.

Blur has always been the band that challenged themselves as musicians and their audience as listeners. A new Blur album is something I look forward to because I don't know what I'm gonna get, but there's a good history of being pleasantly surprised.

Doc Strange

/likes Oasis.
//but believes that with the exceptions of "Gas Panic!" and "Don't Go Away", Liam hasn't written a good song since "What's The Story Morning Glory"

You mean Noel, right? People can crack on Noel Gallagher all they want, but at least he has written almost all of their songs.

Liam is the ultra-douche brother whose writing contributions to the band have been rare and quite shiatty in their own right.

Noel Gallagher, on getting a new drummer:

Liam thought we should have got some 16-year old in. I was like, "You're ludicrous! I'm farking 40. I'm not playing in a band with some farking kid who's gonna be marauding through the first class lounge, throwing heroin everywhere. He's never had free crisps before and he's going mental!'

satchmo, great post. You know your stuff. Oasis had 2 great albums but that was it, while Blur evolved & made some truly grere at music. However, I got to see Oasis on their 1st US tour before the brothers got in a fight & cancelled it, & it was a great, great show. The encore was I Am The Walrus.

By the way, Rev Horton Heat's local here, & they are good. I saw them with Hagfish on new years eve several years ago.

outatime: The other day, some guy in Vietnam was killed by a shiatload of monkeys.


Link please. I'm gathering evidence.

SilentStrider: I remember when a girl i was dating, when I told her I didn't like Oasis, asked me "what, you don't like the Beatles?"
Yes, I do like the Beatles. And if I want to hear them, I'll get out my copy of Sgt. Peppers. Oasis is not, never was, and never will be the Beatles. At best, they're a pale imitation of them.

The Gallagher brothers engaged in plenty of tongue-in-cheek self-aggrandizement in the 1990s, but I don't think they ever seriously purported to be something beyond what they were: a very good rock band with very catchy pop songs.

Braintrust: Beatles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stone Roses>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oasis/Blur/etc

Agreed...but I still argue that The Stone Roses is better than any Beatles album taken by itself. The Stone Roses made their version of Help!, Rubber Soul, and Revolver in one album, and then they flamed out.

Agreed...but I still argue that The Stone Roses is better than any Beatles album taken by itself. The Stone Roses made their version of Help!, Rubber Soul, and Revolver in one album, and then they flamed out.


The Stone Roses is easily the greatest debut album ever, and has to be included in any serious top-ten list of greatest albums ever.

Nearly 20 years later it's still a stunning achievement. Easily on par with any album by any band at any time.

The Beatles just happened to make a half-dozen or so equally remarkable albums in only 5 years. Nobody else has ever come close to doing that.

peace

For fark's sake, yet another thread where idiots who've not heard an Oasis album yammer on about how they completely sound like the Beatles - when they don't. If your ears are that bad, I'm not surprised you don't like them.

Blur always sounded far more like the Beatles, but the fact people still compare the two shows they haven't listened to either band nor read a music paper since 1995.

And sure, they talk it up, but why the fark not? I bet if any Farkers here were living the dream they'd feel pretty good about what they were doing. I actually find a lot of what they say hilarious, in a 'did they mean that or are they taking the piss again?' kind of way.

/never heard a Beatles album that sounded like 'Don't Believe the Truth'
//the Kinks on the other hand...

Oasis, Blur, Stone Roses, etc. are all a snore to me. Johnny Marr wrote many a fine song, but a little Morrisey went a long, long ways.

To me, the only Brit who could've merited mention with The Beatles was Nick Drake. He had the magic, but there were only so many leaves in his pack.

danduran: For fark's sake, yet another thread where idiots who've not heard an Oasis album yammer on about how they completely sound like the Beatles - when they don't. If your ears are that bad, I'm not surprised you don't like them.

Blur always sounded far more like the Beatles, but the fact people still compare the two shows they haven't listened to either band nor read a music paper since 1995.

And sure, they talk it up, but why the fark not? I bet if any Farkers here were living the dream they'd feel pretty good about what they were doing. I actually find a lot of what they say hilarious, in a 'did they mean that or are they taking the piss again?' kind of way.

/never heard a Beatles album that sounded like 'Don't Believe the Truth'
//the Kinks on the other hand...

THIS!

Oasis has and always will suck. No amount of arguments to the contrary will sway my opinion.

/Hated the music since before it was cool

Listen to the guy "sing". There's no technique there at all, no vibrato on sustained notes. He's just shouting in key.

Well, almost in key.

He'd be better off stealing Dylan's style and just mumble the song.