Oasis reunion

BlueHammer85 said:
Cast and Richard Ashcroft weak ?!
Two of my favourites ever.
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Richard Ashcroft is very good, loved the verve, but cast? never got them on liams tour & didn’t think they were all that? each to their own obv, but oasis at Maine road was epic & a a lot of that was down to ocean colour scene & the manics, & knebworth was totally smashed by the prodigy, these support acts are weak in comparison
 
burnley blue mcfc said:
Richard Ashcroft is very good, loved the verve, but cast? never got them on liams tour & didn’t think they were all that? each to their own obv, but oasis at Maine road was epic & a a lot of that was down to ocean colour scene & the manics, & knebworth was totally smashed by the prodigy, these support acts are weak in comparison
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Really have a soft spot for Cast - All Change and Mother Nature I loved back in the 90’s, such good catchy tracks. Only one I hated was ‘walk away’ probably there biggest hit.
Shame they’re scousers mind.
 
Lavinda Past said:
I think you're missing the point. Joy Division represeted bleakness, New Order represented a new future.

Oasis represent proper Rock and Roll. Timeless.
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I’d argue the opposite to be honest and say they are very much of their time. I don’t mean that as a criticism though.
 
burnley blue mcfc said:
Richard Ashcroft is very good, loved the verve, but cast? never got them on liams tour & didn’t think they were all that? each to their own obv, but oasis at Maine road was epic & a a lot of that was down to ocean colour scene & the manics, & knebworth was totally smashed by the prodigy, these support acts are weak in comparison
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The Prodigy are one of the best live band arounds - but I'd have thought Cast/Ashcroft were a similar draw to OCS/Manics.
 
Nightmare Walking said:
Oasis are not even in the top 30 British acts for worldwide record sales. They're nowhere near one of the biggest bands in the world ever.

List of biggest-selling British music artists - Wikipedia

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They blatantly are.
BimboBob said:
Beatlemania was more of a teenage girl thing. But it did happen all over the country everytime they played.
Comparing Oasis reforming and selling out a few stadiums to The Beatles isn't really the same.
Plus being on here might weight your opinion slightly!

My missus said Cardiff was like an out of body experience. Biblical. She's a big fan and was in the 90's. Was buzzing for days after. Still is now. Watching all the clips over and over. Obsessed!

None of my other close mates or family could give a flying fuck about Oasis. Then or now. Average band at best. If you break them down...singing? Not really singing is it, more of a whine. Competent guitar work. Same goes for the drums.

But I can understand the euphoria surrounding two Manchester born City supporting lads who made it big. That era of UK music passed me by as I was abroad for most of the 90's and they didn't really go global in the way they hit the heights in the UK.

Still...although I don't 'get' their music, I can understand how other people do.
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In terms of ticket sales and blatantly how many more millions they could have sold if they’d played more gigs. It has to be up there with anything this country has seen in terms of demand for tickets. Usually for big gigs you can pick tickets up easy enough on the day. These were still going for £500 just before they entered the stage
 
Craig said:
They blatantly are.

In terms of ticket sales and blatantly how many more millions they could have sold if they’d played more gigs. It has to be up there with anything this country has seen in terms of demand for tickets. Usually for big gigs you can pick tickets up easy enough on the day. These were still going for £500 just before they entered the stage
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34th according to that list but obviously you know better.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Do you remember our end in the 2011 FA Cup semifinal and final? It was throbbing with City fans for both games, hundreds (if not more) jibbed in.
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Loads stormed the gates at Brighton too. I seen and old couple get absolutely flattened, the bloke looked on a bad way. It was absolutely terrible. Myth that it’s just scousers that do that sort of shit.
 
BimboBob said:
34th according to that list but obviously you know better.
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I meant as a live band. Record sales aren’t really much to go on because people pretty much stopped buying records in the 90’s. Oasis have been the biggest band in terms of catching the mood of the country in many years. They did it in the 90’s and have just done it again. Probably the biggest band to come out of England this century (Coldplay aside) are the Arctic Monkeys yet i bet their record sales are pretty low
 
meltonblue said:
I’d argue the opposite to be honest and say they are very much of their time. I don’t mean that as a criticism though.
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I think their attitude and persona was of that time. You don't really get lad culture anymore.
There is nothing special about the music. It's not new or original. It just follows a line first tread by the Beatles. No one will be making documentaries about how Oasis changed music. They are just well crafted, catchy, pop/rock songs that you can sing along to. The songs will last the test of time as they are good songs.
In the same way punk did, Oasis will have inspired a whole generation of kids to pick up guitars.
Oasis are more than the songs, they are a cultural phenomenon. They have had more of an impact on British culture than they have had on British Music.
It just happens they have a bucketload of great songs that people want to hear and sing along with.
 
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