Oasis-Don't Believe the Truth official thread

AxlUlrich wrote:

so how was MSG?!
im sure some went!(not me of course )

Jet opened the show, they weren't bad, actually they are a better band when they were just jamming and not playing just their songs because they sounded different. Their drummer is insane and entertaining to watch. Definitely not the best opening band i've seen but definitely not the worst! But MSG is tough because most of the times, people don't even pay attention to the opening act and are rude but Jet actually held everyone's attention and people were into it, which was cool.

MSG was awesome, the band sounds TIGHT, Liam's voice was excellent (sounds even better than he does on Familiar to Millions), Noel was in a great mood and actually talked and joked and Zak Starkey is amazing, he went wild during "my generation". Total different style of drumming from Ringo, he's more like Keith Moon, beating the shit out of his drums, heh. When Liam first walked out on stage, he was like "we've finally made it here" and did his snotty strut all night, soaking up all the attention, heh.

My only complaints, no Supersonic, Columbia, not a lot of stuff from be here now, heathen chemistry or SOTSOG and they only played 90 minutes, i was hoping that maybe NYC would be treated to a little something special but alas I am spoiled by pearl jam Bring it on Down, one of my favorites, was totally ignored by the crowd, at least where I was but champagne supernova was the definite highlight, sounded 10 times better than it does on morning glory. And they played Meaning of Soul, which is my fav from the new album, it was great, a 2 minute burst of energy, fantastic!

i think liam and noel are still pissed at each other, liam was trying to say something before wonderwall and noel started the song so liam was like "i'll just fucking shut up" and I think liam was pissed a few times about the arrangements, like "bring it on down" was way to fast so he like held up his hand to noel to slow down.

here's the setlist:

Fuckin' in the Bushes
Turn up the Sun
Lyla
Love Like a Bomb
Bring it on Down
Morning Glory
Cigarettes and Alcohol
The Importance of being Idle
Little by Little
A Bell Will Ring
Live Forever
The Meaning of Soul
Mucky Fingers
Champagne Supernova
Rock n' Roll Star

Encore:

Songbird
Wonderwall
Don't Look Back in Anger
My Generation

AxlUlrich wrote:

thats a neat setlist!
The Meaning of Soul is one of my favs too..the energy!
yeh i downloaded a few videos with Zak and damn he can really drum!
glad the show turned out great..maybe america will show alittle more love now too for Oasis

hopefully, in the row in front of me, were a couple of older yuppies who seriously just showed up to hear Wonderwall, that was the only song they actually were into, i hate when people do that. Noel let the crowd sing the entire chorus to DLBIA, so there's still a lot of love for Oasis in NYC and the garden was sold out. if they keep turning out top notch performances like last night, they should definitely get more people interested in Don't believe the Truth.

AxlUlrich wrote:

well the album moved up 10 spots on amazon chart..thats a decent enough sign!
i remember back in 2000 or 2001...i watched David Spade on Conan and he said he just went to see Oasis to play Wonderwall..and they din play it..went on to diss Oasis..fucking midget...

that's cool, even though I thought Heathen Chemistry and SOTSOG were quite good, I think this is the way Oasis have to technically "prove" themselves to the US again, by going out and rocking the new songs. and they played 3 new songs in a row so they definitely have faith in the new material.

pfft Wonderwall wasn't even a highlight for me, it was great to hear it live in person but I really would have rather heard "gas panic", "force of nature" "the hindu times" "cast no shadow" "d'you know what I mean" or "columbia" to be quite honest.

Oasis don't need to prove themselves to the US. Americans don't really have the best taste in music and Oasis aren't appreciated enough in the states. Don't Believe The Truth is a great album and I was lucky enough to see them in Toronto on Friday and they were awsome. All of Oasis' albums are quality, but casual fans won't enjoy Heathen Chemisty or SOTSOG. The new album is great and that's all that matters.

dueman wrote:

Oasis don't need to prove themselves to the US. Americans don't really have the best taste in music and Oasis aren't appreciated enough in the states. Don't Believe The Truth is a great album and I was lucky enough to see them in Toronto on Friday and they were awsome. All of Oasis' albums are quality, but casual fans won't enjoy Heathen Chemisty or SOTSOG. The new album is great and that's all that matters.

I agree with this. Bands like Pearl Jam and a handfull of others aside, I would argue that the US is one of the worst music scenes right now for rock and roll. Oasis has a large audience in many other countries; I don't think they should even tour the US again after their first week sales of Don't Believe the Truth. I say stick to Europe and Canada; the US doesn't get it yet.

BT