Critiquing Oasis

[Hollis]

This beauty from Simon Price today (whoever he is)..

" Here's what's just struck me about Oasis: THEY HAVE NO FAST SONGS. They just lumber about, fat-arsed and graceless, at 20mph because it's a residential area. Music for people who can't-dance-won't-dance. They ARE rock but they DON'T rock. And what's the fucking point in that? "





I still have a soft spot re the first 2 albums.

 

[Elpenor]

Bring it on down off Definitely Maybe may disprove that?

 

[Hollis]

Oasis are the band I love to hate myself still liking..

Brilliant frontman

Briliant songs

Briilliant sound..

 

[Humberto]

Prefer them to The Fall and Joy Division.

 

[The39thStep]

Manchester music for non Mancs

 

[Raheem]

Bring it on down off Definitely Maybe may disprove that?

Pretty sure that only feels fast, because you've been listening to Oasis for half an hour by that point.

 

[cloudyday]

dreadful shite

 

[Humberto]

This isn't even music tbf:

 

[skyscraper101]

Headshrinker is pretty fast, actually.

 

[dessiato]

One of the old bands that I still like, along with Pulp.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Imagine writing about Oasis in 2021

 

[1927]

Simon Price started out writing record reviews in my local paper, The Barry and District News, when he was still in school. He's a bit of weird one, huge Manics fan, think he's written a few books abut them.
He was responsible for this piece of absolute genius tho,

 

[ska invita]

Manchester music for non Mancs

mancs love em

 

[The39thStep]

mancs love em

Mostly students tbh .

 

[nogojones]

This beauty from Simon Price today (whoever he is)..

" Here's what's just struck me about Oasis: THEY HAVE NO FAST SONGS. They just lumber about, fat-arsed and graceless, at 20mph because it's a residential area. Music for people who can't-dance-won't-dance. They ARE rock but they DON'T rock. And what's the fucking point in that? "





I still have a soft spot re the first 2 albums.

Na, they're not that good. Proper Shite.

Most music I can put up with if I have to, but Oasis are down there, even under Phil Collins for me

 

[maomao]

Na, they're not that good. Proper Shite.

Most music I can put up with if I have to, but Oasis are down there, even under Phil Collins for me

Worse than Coldplay. Worse than syphilis.

 

[killer b]

Manchester music for non Mancs

Hmm, I'd love this to be true but they do love Oasis in Manchester. It's one of the flies in the ointment of an otherwise excellent city.

 

[dessiato]

This thread has caused my to revisit my music from the 80s and 90s. It‘s interesting to compare them to the bands of the day again.

 

[Elpenor]

I like Oasis and Phil Collins

I presume I will be taken to the music re-education camp imminently

 

[killer b]

Oasis were a 90s band dess

 

[nogojones]

I like Oasis and Phil Collins

I presume I will be taken to the music re-education camp imminently

You're welcome to enjoy them. Just not around me please

 

[Favelado]

Correct though his observations might be, odd that he likes MSP, who gave us 'Kevin Carter' and 'And if you tolerate this..', archetypal bloke-rock that was often played through the speakers of a Ford Mondeo doing about 20mph.

 

[Favelado]

KEVIN CARTER
KEVIN CARTER

is not a chorus.

 

[chilango]

All Oasis songs are indistinguishable in form and function from Robbie Williams' "Angels".

 

[SpookyFrank]

Correct though his observations might be, odd that he likes MSP, who gave us 'Kevin Carter' and 'And if you tolerate this..', archetypal bloke-rock that was often played through the speakers of a Ford Mondeo doing about 20mph.

They've done a lot of worse stuff than Kevin Carter.

They've also done stuff like this, which dad rock it ain't....

 

[SpookyFrank]

All Oasis songs are indistinguishable in form and function from Robbie Williams' "Angels".

Angels, love it or hate, is pretty much perfect for what it is. Nothing Oasis have done approaches it tbh.

 

[Favelado]

I loved Oasis when I was 17/18 and though I regret it now I understand it. Guitars felt sort of novel after years of listening to breakbeat and rave and there was this surge of interest and a phenomenon that was engaging to be part of. It was fun in 94/95 going to an indie club and being in on it, before they had mega-success. Also, I think a lot of people thought they were going to grow and get better. Columbia was (and still is) great, then Supersonic and Shakermaker came out and were full of attitude and catchy as well. The problem is that they didn't get better after Definitely Maybe. The musical progression never happened. They just rehashed themselves and it became increasingly apparent they weren't going to go through some kind of Beatles' learning and maturing process. What's the Story was very patchy and then the third one was utter shit and I never listened to another album after that.

 

[killer b]

Correct though his observations might be, odd that he likes MSP, who gave us 'Kevin Carter' and 'And if you tolerate this..', archetypal bloke-rock that was often played through the speakers of a Ford Mondeo doing about 20mph.

The manic street preachers are a terrible band, but at least they snuck some good politics into their lumpen dad rock.

 

[Favelado]

Angels, love it or hate, is pretty much perfect for what it is. Nothing Oasis have done approaches it tbh.

In my head it is forever sung by drunk people under my bedroom window at 4am. I doubt I'm alone. It regularly woke up the nation in this manner at the time.

 

[The39thStep]

Hmm, I'd love this to be true but they do love Oasis in Manchester. It's one of the flies in the ointment of an otherwise excellent city.

Yes they were very popular early on tbh , as was a lot of Brit Pop generally was . Wasn't helped by City fans adopting a version of Wonderwall 'after all you're our Alan Ball'. I was walking past Maine Road with a group of mates when they played there and the crowds were coming out and remember the students being robbed.