The Album Review Club - Week #145 - (page 1923) - Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans

[BlueHammer85]

Yeah that's not in the slightest true. And has been proven by serious people in a number of different ways, beyond just the obvious sounding alike to regular punters.

Not a dig at them, just saying the comparison that has consistently followed them is justified.

No doubt The Beatles have been a huge influence on Oasis and they've used the odd lyric to reference them, some tiny snippets where you could make a case but to the ear they sound completely different - I just find it a lazy comparison.

 

[RobMCFC]

No doubt The Beatles have been a huge influence on Oasis and they've used the odd lyric to reference them, some tiny snippets where you could make a case but to the ear they sound completely different - I just find it a lazy comparison.

I'd agree that if you played an Oasis song, there's no way that you'd mistake it for The Beatles.

Apart from the "I Am The Walrus" cover, I don't find the two similar and as you say, I think a lot of the comparisons are lazy on a surface level. I've no doubt that people who understand music theory would be able to put a fairly convincing case together but I'll bet you could say that about most artists when compared to what came before.

This morning, @journolud said that The Charlatans sounds like Oasis if they were trying to sound like a lot of other bands but certainly amongst their contemporaries, they sound fairly unique to me, which is why I like them. There is a part of "Get On It" that sounds a bit like Oasis but that's being picky.

 

[Coatigan]

No doubt The Beatles have been a huge influence on Oasis and they've used the odd lyric to reference them, some tiny snippets where you could make a case but to the ear they sound completely different - I just find it a lazy comparison.

I think it is lazy to deny it. Have a look for some of the a analysis on it, where people identify significant and lengthy overlaps. Even the AI ones. It is a lot more than tiny snippets. They also don't sound completely different to the ear. Hence sooooo many people keep pointing it out, many with zero musical training/knowledge. Because it sounds so similar to the ear.