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I shot a man in Reno...
The debut album was quite good, in a non-original way, but really they peaked with their debut single;
He ripped the melody of that from Stakka Bo 'Here We Go Again' (I think).
The debut album was quite good, in a non-original way, but really they peaked with their debut single;
my brother worked with her sound engineer. Inbetween doing his jazz grades. Has anyone a shitter claim to fame than that.
chasing rainbows still gets a spin here sometimes. 'spin' in the modern context meaning listened to on youtubeI remember at the time the Knebworth gigs were talked about like some historic gig that'd be on a par with Woodstock - I think Shed Seven gets more respect these days.
think Shed Seven gets more respect these days.
The Earls Court shows were fucking great...that was their last moment of looking and sounding like a band that might matter one day.
NAILED ITHated them. Hate them now. Utter shit.
My favourite youtuber Kim Justice normally does computer game reviews, but does an occasional political or cultural one. Really great homemade documentaries on Kims channel always...anyhow she's had a go at an Oasis history with the emphasis on Be Here Now...
I blissfully missed out on britpop at the time apart from the odd radio hit but with time ive come to have a little bit of a soft spot for the Gallagher bros, the twats, i like their anti-miserebalism above all, though the music is still pretty drossy to my ears...anyhow its a good watch and treats them fairly i think, well worth a watch with some good insights
Great post. I'm coming to Oasis fresh...I think the first thing that made me warm to them was that Noel taking the piss out of Oasis videos that came out on a dvd and went on YouTube a couple of years back. Then reading funny comments both brothers made. Then getting caught up in their We're proper Rock n Roll fuck introspective pretentious chat. I like all of that.its not that there music was simplistic - its that it was so regressive, so lacking in invention, so drearily cliched. Some catchy tunes and the first album was decent - but musically they were never more than mediocre - nothing about their playing excites the pulse - not a single guitar riff you'd want to learn. But somehow their pedestrian pub rock went stella and helped kill off guitar rock as a genre where anything culturally vital can happen.
But what really boiled my piss about them is that they conflated this backward looking, artistic conservatism and dull machismo with working class masculinity. "We're working class northern blokes - fags and booze and no lah-di-dah artyness or ideas above our station". Thus Achieving the exact opposite of the artists they emulated - narrowing the sense of the possible and damping down the imagination of their public.
its not that there music was simplistic - its that it was so regressive, so lacking in invention, so drearily cliched. Some catchy tunes and the first album was decent - but musically they were never more than mediocre - nothing about their playing excites the pulse - not a single guitar riff you'd want to learn. But somehow their pedestrian pub rock went stella and helped kill off guitar rock as a genre where anything culturally vital can happen.
But what really boiled my piss about them is that they conflated this backward looking, artistic conservatism and dull machismo with working class masculinity. "We're working class northern blokes - fags and booze and no lah-di-dah artyness or ideas above our station". Thus Achieving the exact opposite of the artists they emulated - narrowing the sense of the possible and damping down the imagination of their public.
what always boils my piss is how the unskilled uneducated working class who are unable, or unwilling, to express themselves in a manner that satiates a middle class demographic are somehow less worthy. They say nothing to you about your life.
Here's the top selling selling singles of 1994:
1 "Love Is All Around" Wet Wet Wet
2 "Saturday Night" Whigfield
3 "Stay Another Day" East 17
4 "Baby Come Back" Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40
5 "I Swear" All-4-One
6 "Without You" Mariah Carey
7 "Always" Bon Jovi
8 "Crazy for You" Let Loose
9 "Things Can Only Get Better" (D:Reamix) D:Ream
10 "Doop" Doop
Here's the top selling singles of 1996:
1 "Killing Me Softly" Fugees
2 "Wannabe" Spice Girls
3 "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo
4 "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls
5 "2 Become 1" Spice Girls
6 "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
7 "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" Gina G
8 "Three Lions" Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds
9 "Children" Robert Miles
10 "Mysterious Girl" Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx
Is there a difference? Do we care? Does it matter?
edited: change to top ten singles of 1996, the year of knebworth.
What was the top selling album in the UK in 1996?what always boils my piss is how the unskilled uneducated working class who are unable, or unwilling, to express themselves in a manner that satiates a middle class demographic are somehow less worthy. They say nothing to you about your life.
Here's the top selling selling singles of 1994:
1 "Love Is All Around" Wet Wet Wet
2 "Saturday Night" Whigfield
3 "Stay Another Day" East 17
4 "Baby Come Back" Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40
5 "I Swear" All-4-One
6 "Without You" Mariah Carey
7 "Always" Bon Jovi
8 "Crazy for You" Let Loose
9 "Things Can Only Get Better" (D:Reamix) D:Ream
10 "Doop" Doop
Here's the top selling singles of 1996:
1 "Killing Me Softly" Fugees
2 "Wannabe" Spice Girls
3 "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo
4 "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls
5 "2 Become 1" Spice Girls
6 "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
7 "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" Gina G
8 "Three Lions" Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds
9 "Children" Robert Miles
10 "Mysterious Girl" Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx
Is there a difference? Do we care? Does it matter?
edited: change to top ten singles of 1996, the year of knebworth.
You oughta know this.What was the top selling album in the UK in 1996?
what - exactly - are you trying to say? cos i've reread your post several times and i'm none the wiser.
Lol, I thought it was OasisYou oughta know this.