Reply to: Oasis gone for good?

[Bagpuss]

I think you are losing it to suggest that that any part of uptight was taken and used by Oasis.

The B-side "Step Out" was originally intended for the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album but was taken off after Stevie Wonder requested 10% of the royalties as the chorus bore a similarity to his hit "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". Also, because of this, Wonder, Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy received credit for writing the song, along with Noel.

[Menelaus]

Apparently so... does anyone care? Is it for real this time or just another spat from being in each others' company too much for too long?

We can but hope.

[Board Game Geek]

Bah.

When the cash runs out, the reunion tour will be back.

Then we'll have another 18 months of their music.

[d000hg]

In other Oasis news, I learned how to play Wonderwall on the guitar today. Not exactly tricky but it's a good song for one guy and an acoustic guitar.

[Pogle]

Oi ! Less of the Manc as a term of abuse, nothing wrong with Mancs

Nar it's Soucers you have to be wary of - eh EO?

[Pogle]

Cant stand 'em - wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.

[d000hg]

Two great albums (Definitely Maybe & What's the Story) and Seven shyte ones

They were, in their hey day (mid to late 90's) a great live band, but in recent years they have been taking the piss.

Another (once) half decent band bites the dust. The real tragedy is that there have been no new bands in recent times, that show any signs of replacing them

I wonder who's going to be playing the big outdoor gigs at Knebworth, Glastonbury, Reading etc. in 5 years time

Definitely had some duff albums in the middle, more recently I thought they'd improved.

As far as big concerts, bizarrely it seems Take That are in the running for best tour this year, somehow they've far more credibility this time round.

In 5 years time... bands you haven't heard of, or maybe a few of today's longer-lived groups like Muse who are big favourites at concerts and have been for nearly a decade now.

[NickFitz]

At least they didn't directly rip Beatles riffs...

Sure about that? Back in the days when Oasis were popular, I constantly found myself thinking "Oh, there's Let It Be on the jukebox" only to be cruelly disappointed when it turned into Don't Look Back in Anger

Of course, that song's title was itself an indication that one of them studied a John Osborne play for O Level English... nothing original to see here, move along.

EDIT: actually it may have been one of their other songs - I never really bothered learning to tell them apart or finding out what they were called, as it was all just musically derivative garbage with lyrics at the level of adolescent poetry.

EDIT AGAIN: just found DLBIA on YouTube, and the intro sounds more like it was stolen directly from John Lennon's Imagine. Ho hum.

[Evil Hangover]

Two great albums (Definitely Maybe & What's the Story) and Seven shyte ones

They were, in their hey day (mid to late 90's) a great live band, but in recent years they have been taking the piss.

Another (once) half decent band bites the dust. The real tragedy is that there have been no new bands in recent times, that show any signs of replacing them

I wonder who's going to be playing the big outdoor gigs at Knebworth, Glastonbury, Reading etc. in 5 years time

[minestrone]

The Jam did it once, but they did not rip off Stevie Wonder (asked to pay royalties) or this small selection of other 'influences'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbyOLzEyfk&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N98CF...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7bqwvFEShE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaL8c...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0LZc...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly-3j...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGdb...eature=related


RIP Beatles, sorry I mean Oasis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4jsROERdo

I think you are losing it to suggest that that any part of uptight was taken and used by Oasis.

[Bagpuss]

To be fair they have always been very open about The Beatles being one of their biggest influences. At least they didn't directly rip Beatles riffs as The Jam famously did with "Start !".

The Jam did it once, but they did not rip off Stevie Wonder (asked to pay royalties) or this small selection of other 'influences'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbyOLzEyfk&feature=fvw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N98CF...eature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7bqwvFEShE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaL8c...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0LZc...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly-3j...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGdb...eature=related


RIP Beatles, sorry I mean Oasis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw4jsROERdo

[Zippy]

Or is the average age higher than I realised and everyone is a middle-aged dad type, listening to Quo/Maiden/ACDC/etc?

ACDC - yep. I like Oasis though.

[voodooflux]

Or is the average age higher than I realised and everyone is a middle-aged dad type, listening to Quo/Maiden/ACDC/etc?

(Well, ACDC anyway...)

[d000hg]

WHS and I feel much the same about U2 for that matter, never liked their stuff much either.

If we're going there, I'm not a massive fan but the new album sounds much more energetic IMO.

So, Oasis not hugely popular here then Actually quite surprised, thought a 'real' (guitars, not manuafactured) band would fare well amongst CUK types.

Or is the average age higher than I realised and everyone is a middle-aged dad type, listening to Quo/Maiden/ACDC/etc?

[Ruse]

Even the wonderwall name was taken from the George Harrison soundtrack.

To be fair they have always been very open about The Beatles being one of their biggest influences. At least they didn't directly rip Beatles riffs as The Jam famously did with "Start !".