Monday, March 15, 2004
March 15: Oasis - Be Here Now
Home country - Manchester, England
OK, here's where my true colors really show up. Because, no lie, I think Oasis is one of the greatest bands out there right now. For the last half of the '90s, you can't do any better than Oasis. They put England back on the map as far as rock, they took the stereotype of brothers who hate each other farther than it had ever gone before, and they believed they were the best band in the world. They probably weren't, but simply by believing it, they became the biggest band in the world.
Top 5 reasons why Oasis rule:
1) their B-sides album, The Masterplan, is better than most bands' A-sides albums.
2) Liam had a huge fight with Noel the night the band was supposed to do MTV Unplugged, and the band had to go ahead with Noel singing all the songs. And it STILL rocked balls.
3) Their song "Live Forever" is both the most-used wedding song and funeral song for 20- and 30-somethings in Britain.
4) Their Manchester accents are so thick that VH1 had to put subtitles on the screen when the Gallagher Brothers talked during their Behind the Music.
5) Liam on reuniting with his long-lost father in a hotel in Ireland: "I said yeah, I've got something for ya, old man. (punching motion) And he fookin' dropped, mate."
This is their third album, when Noel, fresh off being praised the world over as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, decided to write an entire album while hopped up on cocaine. There's not a single song on the album that's less than 4 and a half minutes long. Four songs are over seven minutes long. And Johnny Depp plays slide guitar on one track. You can't do better than that.
I basically moved to Manchester for a year to study at the University of Manchester because Oasis was from there. But while there, I discovered why it's produced more great bands than any city in the world (including Seattle). I'll be listening to nothing but great Manc bands this week. D'you know what I mean, luv?
OK, here's where my true colors really show up. Because, no lie, I think Oasis is one of the greatest bands out there right now. For the last half of the '90s, you can't do any better than Oasis. They put England back on the map as far as rock, they took the stereotype of brothers who hate each other farther than it had ever gone before, and they believed they were the best band in the world. They probably weren't, but simply by believing it, they became the biggest band in the world.
Top 5 reasons why Oasis rule:
1) their B-sides album, The Masterplan, is better than most bands' A-sides albums.
2) Liam had a huge fight with Noel the night the band was supposed to do MTV Unplugged, and the band had to go ahead with Noel singing all the songs. And it STILL rocked balls.
3) Their song "Live Forever" is both the most-used wedding song and funeral song for 20- and 30-somethings in Britain.
4) Their Manchester accents are so thick that VH1 had to put subtitles on the screen when the Gallagher Brothers talked during their Behind the Music.
5) Liam on reuniting with his long-lost father in a hotel in Ireland: "I said yeah, I've got something for ya, old man. (punching motion) And he fookin' dropped, mate."
This is their third album, when Noel, fresh off being praised the world over as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, decided to write an entire album while hopped up on cocaine. There's not a single song on the album that's less than 4 and a half minutes long. Four songs are over seven minutes long. And Johnny Depp plays slide guitar on one track. You can't do better than that.
I basically moved to Manchester for a year to study at the University of Manchester because Oasis was from there. But while there, I discovered why it's produced more great bands than any city in the world (including Seattle). I'll be listening to nothing but great Manc bands this week. D'you know what I mean, luv?
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