Oasis: Just How Shit Were They?

[Factotum]

1 minute ago, wordsfromlee said:

Of all the many people Noel ripped off, the only one he held his hands up to and gave a co-writing credit and royalties was Gary Glitter

Well that fits into what they sounded like which is a sort of updated Punk Glam band. Noel's been very open about who he's ripped off, I just don't think they ever did sound like The Beatles. T

[Sphinx]

37 minutes ago, Factotum said:

Oasis don't really sound like The Beatles at all though. The band they were most like was SLADE with Johnny Rotten on vocals.

In general they don't sound like them but between the nicked riffs and references to their song titles in their lyrics you can see why people make the comparison. Off the top of my head, the end of With A Little Help From My Friends is at the end of She's Electric. One of the end riffs off of All Around The World is pretty similar to one from I Am The Walrus. Oh, and they covered I Am The Walrus. 

[wordsfromlee]

2 minutes ago, Sphinx said:

In general they don't sound like them but between the nicked riffs and references to their song titles in their lyrics you can see why people make the comparison. Off the top of my head, the end of With A Little Help From My Friends is at the end of She's Electric. One of the end riffs off of All Around The World is pretty similar to one from I Am The Walrus. Oh, and they covered I Am The Walrus. 

The start of Don’t Look Back In Anger is basically Imagine too. 

I never said they sounded like them, I said they ripped them off. 

[Factotum]

9 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said:

I never said they sounded like them, I said they ripped them off. 

Fair play, apologies for the misunderstanding there!

[tiger_rick]

UKFF is redeemed.

[garynysmon]

TBH I will always associate Oasis with my generally carefree teenage years, so pure nostalgia will always cloud most of their failings. 

[ReturnOfTheMack]

They did a handful of songs that I think are great, but the vast majority of their stuff bores me to tears. Same with Blur.

Totally love Pulp, Suede and the Manics though.

[Pinc]

Oasis’s Beatles ‘influence’ is really weird when you stop and think about it. They didn’t sound like them apart from when they were overtly referencing them. They didn’t share an aesthetic either, except where they cut-and-pasted Beatles iconograhy on to their own stuff. Like whichever single it was that had Aunt Mimi’s house on the cover, or the speaker stack at Knebworth having pictures of John Lennon literally stuck to it.

I can’t think of another act in all of pop that made frequent references to another group, without actually showing much/any influence in their albums/look?

What was even the point?

Edited November 30, 2021 by Pinc

[Hannibal Scorch]

I mean it sounds like Liam found a lost Beatles song which had no vocal track and decided to sing over the top of it here

 

[Egg Shen]

3 hours ago, BomberPat said:

In terms of their impact on popular culture, walking home from work the other day I saw someone around 18-21 in a parka doing the full Oasis dickhead walk. First time in years I've seen that in the wild, I thought it had been completely wiped out 

pop along to one of Liam's Knebworth shows next year, you'll come to realise there's plenty still about.

[David]

14 hours ago, PunkStep said:

Liam can't sing for shit yet it worked.

Yeah, he knows exactly what he can and cannot do, and by and large he's stuck to the formula that works for him. Credit to him for that, as there are many singers and musicians who experience a few hits and think they're a proper "artiste" and can turn their hand to anything.

Stick to the AC/DC approach. Do what you do, and do it well. 

[neil]

20 minutes ago, Egg Shen said:

pop along to one of Liam's Knebworth shows next year, you'll come to realise there's plenty still about.

An old friend of mine plays in a band who can kind of be associated with the Oasis sound (although they are more of a Jam ripoff) who haven't been relevant in years but keep a regular tour schedule based on orphaned Oasis fans showing up.

[Dead Mike]

17 minutes ago, neil said:

but keep a regular tour schedule based on orphaned Oasis fans showing up.

The Courteeners are an arena band in Manchester because of this.

[wordsfromlee]

1 hour ago, Pinc said:

Oasis’s Beatles ‘influence’ is really weird when you stop and think about it. They didn’t sound like them apart from when they were overtly referencing them. They didn’t share an aesthetic either, except where they cut-and-pasted Beatles iconograhy on to their own stuff. Like whichever single it was that had Aunt Mimi’s house on the cover, or the speaker stack at Knebworth having pictures of John Lennon literally stuck to it.

I can’t think of another act in all of pop that made frequent references to another group, without actually showing much/any influence in their albums/look?

What was even the point?

There’s a picture of Burt Bacharach on the cover of Definitely Maybe and Noel has gone on record saying he basically copied one of his songs in full for Half The World Away. 

[The Gaffer]

Other than the obvious stuff, it's definitely there.

The prominence of those bright, jangly guitar parts against the pitter patter simplicity of the drums, the shouting-into-the-void style vocals. That's Beatles out the door. 

Go Let It Out couldn't be more of a Beatles song.