Oasis

AceCool

I was never really a fan of the band back in the day. However, I saw Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at Pemberton this summer and thought they were really good. I was streaming the super ultra deluxe extended version of Definitely Maybe the other day and was quite entertained. Lots of power chords.

My wife interviewed them way back in the day when she worked for AOL's entertainment division. The two brothers and Bonehead guzzled a case of beer during the course of the hourlong session and she had to yell at them to not fight or spill any of their drinks on her computer. Other than that she said they were pretty fun to be around.

Spiritual_Chaos

Really like this one (and most stuff Noel sang on over Liams):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPHCLOaA5Ms

DocChicago

I haven't seen the documentary yet but perhaps this weekend now that I can stream it.

That said, I've picked up the Deluxe Editions of their first three albums. They're fantastic, and collect all of the B-sides from each release on disc 2. It's so much more convenient than hunting them all down the way I had to do in the '90s. (Sadly, the covers of Bowie's "Heroes" and Stones' "Steet Fighting Man" are not included on disc2 of the Be Here Now release, even though they were on the Stend By Me and All Around the World singles. I don't get it.)

Tim Simmons

Supersonic is up on iTunes and it's every bit as great as you would expect it to be.

Indifference71

Tim Simmons said:

Supersonic is up on iTunes and it's every bit as great as you would expect it to be.

Oh nice. I didn't realize it was going to be released right away. Will definitely check it out this week.

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Tim Simmons said:

Supersonic is up on iTunes and it's every bit as great as you would expect it to be.

Awesome!!! Can't wait to watch it!

Attaway77

Just watched it, good stuff... Good thing there's subtitles, can't understand half the shit they say sometimes. Great band, guess it's time to crank out some Oasis and remember the good Ol' days...

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Attaway77 said:

Just watched it, good stuff... Good thing there's subtitles, can't understand half the shit they say sometimes. Great band, guess it's time to crank out some Oasis and remember the good Ol' days...

Heavy accents for sure - their particular brand is especially tough.

Spiritual_Chaos

2-feign-reluctance said:

Attaway77 said:

Just watched it, good stuff... Good thing there's subtitles, can't understand half the shit they say sometimes. Great band, guess it's time to crank out some Oasis and remember the good Ol' days...

Heavy accents for sure - their particular brand is especially tough.

Liam is far worse than Noel. Almost like he goes all in just to fuck with people, and push his working class background. They both sounds really charming though

Should have seen the documentary in the cinema. Sucks I skipped it.

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Watched this afternoon. Very well done, needed subtitles & a British slang reference guide. Lots I didn't know - particularly about Noel's child abuse. Kind of explains a bit about why he is hard to digest, much like Billy Corgan. The bit about their first drummer was harsh - but I get where Noel was coming from. Love all of Oasis's catalog & own all their major releases. I wish they were still making music together.

Spiritual_Chaos

Noel on Liams Glastonbury gig:
And just wait until we get to Liam’s recent solo performance at the festival. “I’d read somewhere that it was a headline set in the making, so I thought: ‘Fucking hell, better watch this,’” he says. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so embarrassed for a man in my entire life. He’s pulled off the incredible magic trick of making those Oasis songs sound weedy and thin. And he looked like he was having the worst day of his life, walking around in what looks like a pair of my son’s pyjamas, shouting into a mic about some perceived injustice ... if you can’t sing ’em, don’t play ’em!”


Noel on Liams new documentary:
Noel hasn’t seen Liam’s recent documentary, As it Was, although he plans to: “Because I’ve heard it’s hilarious.” The film is clearly a PR job for Liam’s side of the story, although it is an entertaining watch due to Liam’s onscreen charisma and the fact it shows a different side to the singer – one who displays self-doubt and admits to being lost after the breakup of Oasis. Noel isn’t the focus, but he is portrayed as aloof and uncaring, the brother who wasn’t there for Liam when he was struggling through his divorce from Nicole Appleton.

Noel bursts out laughing when I bring this up: “I wasn’t there for him? Well, he wasn’t there for his wife either, was he?”


Noel on Liam attacking his daughter:
Noel’s tone changes dramatically when we talk about Liam. Most of his outrageous comments are said for a laugh, but when it comes to Liam he seems genuinely angry. What did he mean when he accused his brother of intimidating women?

“That’s not the first time he’s sent texts to my daughter, or left threatening phone calls on my wife’s answering machine. So when he’s threatening my wife via my teenage daughter, I’m thinking, you know, if you weren’t a rock star, if you were just an uncle who worked in a garage, you’d be getting a visit from the police. But because you’re a rockstar, wahey, you get away with that shit.”

Noel on getting back together with Liam:
Has this gone past the point of you two ever making up?

Noel nods: “Because I’ve got one fatal flaw in my otherwise perfect makeup as a human being, which is I don’t forgive people. Once you start texting my children – and his two sons have been going for her, too – and legitimise my wife being bullied on the internet, where she has to shut down Instagram accounts because of the vile shit being written about her and my daughter, then it ain’t happening.”

Noel on when he last saw Liam:
“At the Etihad Stadium when City won the league about three years ago. Whenever I see him, he’s actually very polite, and you can see in his eyes that he’s just about to piss his trousers. But then he comes up with these scenarios of when we meet, that only ever take place in his own head.” He puts on his Liam voice again: “Ah fuckin’ went over and flicked him in the ear and said: ‘Eh, fuckin’ ’ell, keep it dangerous, you cunt.’”

Noel on Liams music:
Has he heard Liam’s solo material?

“I don’t listen to the albums, because I can’t stand his voice. But I hear it on the radio.”

What does he think?

“I think it’s unsophisticated music. For unsophisticated people. Made by an unsophisticated man. Who’s giving unsophisticated orders to a load of songwriters who think they’re doing the Oasis thing. Which goes back to what I was saying before. You can turn the Marshall amp up to 12 all you want and do a bit of glam, but Oasis words were about including people, everyone in it together. And what I hear from him is just a load of bile ... angry nonsense.”

It is time to wrap up, but Gallagher’s still going.

“I reckon if I put my two sons in a room – one’s nine, one’s 11 – for about 45 minutes, they could probably muster up something better than that new single of his,” he says.

Noel on Oasis reunion:
“It boils down to, on a personal level, fuck him. But also, artistically, why do it again? You know, I was watching the news the other night and he was on there, threatening to break my jaw – live on the ITV news! Isn’t there a law against that? – and it’s about an Oasis reunion and he’s like: ‘Me bags are packed, mate.’ And I’m thinking: ‘Who are you expecting to call you? Me?’ Nobody wants to be in a band with him apart from a load of indie Championship players – journeymen, who are in it for all the crisps they can eat.”

Tim Simmons

I love Noel.

pjfaninindiana

Tim Simmons said:

I love Noel.

I do too! I'm not sure why there is some Liam comeback recently, but it's a bit ridiculous. I cant remember one song off of As You Were.  

Spiritual_Chaos

pjfaninindiana said:

Tim Simmons said:

I love Noel.

I do too! I'm not sure why there is some Liam comeback recently, but it's a bit ridiculous. I cant remember one song off of As You Were.  

Wall of Glass
Bold
Some boring song called "China Town"

I remember three

Spiritual_Chaos

Going through all Oasis albums in order.

https://instagram.com/p/B1W0VS6Jt7o/embed/

DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994). Just a fun rock and roll album with a positive vibe. Rock ’n’ Roll Star, Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol are legendary songs. Supersonic and Slide Away not far behind. The Blur-esque Digsy’s Dinner is a cute throwaway. 

rummy

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Going through all Oasis albums in order.

https://instagram.com/p/B1W0VS6Jt7o/embed/

DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994). Just a fun rock and roll album with a positive vibe. Rock ’n’ Roll Star, Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol are legendary songs. Supersonic and Slide Away not far behind. The Blur-esque Digsy’s Dinner is a cute throwaway. 

There's no denying the greatness of those first five songs you've mentioned. I absolutely love them all and find it difficult to rank them amongst each other. All of these get 5 stars from me. After that...
6. Columbia ...maybe goes on a bit too long but still an epic tune. (4.5 stars)
7. Shakermaker ... also drags on a bit too long but still too catchy to ignore. Coca Cola, anyone? (4 stars)
8. Bring It On Down ... solid rocker - almost a "punk" tune. (3.5 stars)
9. Up In The Sky ... good tune but maybe a bit of a let down after the greatness of Live Forever. (3.5 stars)
10. Digsy's Dinner ... a "cute throwaway" indeed. The C&A b-sides are better. (3 stars)
11. Married with Children... an okay closer (sorta like a hidden track). DM would've been fine to end with Slide Away, however. (3 stars)

Spiritual_Chaos

rummy said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Going through all Oasis albums in order.

https://instagram.com/p/B1W0VS6Jt7o/embed/

DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994). Just a fun rock and roll album with a positive vibe. Rock ’n’ Roll Star, Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol are legendary songs. Supersonic and Slide Away not far behind. The Blur-esque Digsy’s Dinner is a cute throwaway. 

There's no denying the greatness of those first five songs you've mentioned. I absolutely love them all and find it difficult to rank them amongst each other. All of these get 5 stars from me. After that...
6. Columbia ...maybe goes on a bit too long but still an epic tune. (4.5 stars)
7. Shakermaker ... also drags on a bit too long but still too catchy to ignore. Coca Cola, anyone? (4 stars)
8. Bring It On Down ... solid rocker - almost a "punk" tune. (3.5 stars)
9. Up In The Sky ... good tune but maybe a bit of a let down after the greatness of Live Forever. (3.5 stars)
10. Digsy's Dinner ... a "cute throwaway" indeed. The C&A b-sides are better. (3 stars)
11. Married with Children... an okay closer (sorta like a hidden track). DM would've been fine to end with Slide Away, however. (3 stars)

If you hit the next-arrow on the instagram embedded thing in my post you can see my individual scores for the songs.

pretty similar to yours I guess:

rummy

Spiritual_Chaos said:

rummy said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Going through all Oasis albums in order.

https://instagram.com/p/B1W0VS6Jt7o/embed/

DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994). Just a fun rock and roll album with a positive vibe. Rock ’n’ Roll Star, Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol are legendary songs. Supersonic and Slide Away not far behind. The Blur-esque Digsy’s Dinner is a cute throwaway. 

There's no denying the greatness of those first five songs you've mentioned. I absolutely love them all and find it difficult to rank them amongst each other. All of these get 5 stars from me. After that...
6. Columbia ...maybe goes on a bit too long but still an epic tune. (4.5 stars)
7. Shakermaker ... also drags on a bit too long but still too catchy to ignore. Coca Cola, anyone? (4 stars)
8. Bring It On Down ... solid rocker - almost a "punk" tune. (3.5 stars)
9. Up In The Sky ... good tune but maybe a bit of a let down after the greatness of Live Forever. (3.5 stars)
10. Digsy's Dinner ... a "cute throwaway" indeed. The C&A b-sides are better. (3 stars)
11. Married with Children... an okay closer (sorta like a hidden track). DM would've been fine to end with Slide Away, however. (3 stars)

If you hit the next-arrow on the instagram embedded thing in my post you can see my individual scores for the songs.

pretty similar to yours I guess:

rummy said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Going through all Oasis albums in order.

DEFINITELY MAYBE (1994). Just a fun rock and roll album with a positive vibe. Rock ’n’ Roll Star, Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol are legendary songs. Supersonic and Slide Away not far behind. The Blur-esque Digsy’s Dinner is a cute throwaway. 

There's no denying the greatness of those first five songs you've mentioned. I absolutely love them all and find it difficult to rank them amongst each other. After that...
6. Columbia ...maybe goes on a bit too long but still an epic tune.
7. Shakermaker ... also drags on a bit too long but still too catchy to ignore. Coca Cola, anyone?
8. Bring It On Down ... solid rocker - almost a "punk" tune.
9. Up In The Sky ... good tune but maybe a bit of a let down after the greatness of Live Forever.
10. Digsy's Dinner ... a "cute throwaway" indeed. The C&A b-sides are better.
11. Married with Children... an okay closer (sorta like a hidden track). DM would've been fine to end with Slide Away, however.

I saw those...that's why I did my own ratings. :-) 

rummy

...essential bootleg from that era.
(Edit: I'm not trying to condone paying money for this - I believe digital files are widely available from this unofficial release.)

Spiritual_Chaos

rummy said:

...essential bootleg from that era.
(Edit: I'm not trying to condone paying money for this - I believe digital files are widely available from this unofficial release.)

Mostly listened to the Familiar to Millions album with the Neil Young cover growing up. But wasn't the biggest Oasis fan - other than following them through their MTV videos/Singles. 

Having on Live at Earls Court 1995 now though at work.