The Official Oasis Thread (singer, pop, rock, debut album, single)

lucifer_sam · 08-16-2008, 10:28 AM

I think there needs to be a Noel and Liam bitchery thread. Some of Noel's comments are really funny, even though they're usually completely incendiary.

sweet_nothing · 08-16-2008, 01:33 PM

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At the 1996 BRIT Awards, INXS singer Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with an award, after which Gallagher remarked, "Has-beens shouldn't be presenting awards for gonna-bes".

I think the new single sounds great

TheBig3 · 11-21-2008, 06:25 PM

The Greatest Songs Ever! Live Forever
Mick Jagger was an overrated blowhard. Kurt Cobain was a rich whiner. Or so thought an unknown Mancunian named Noel Gallagher.

By Greg Milner

Blender, Jan/Feb 2007

“It’s a song of pride, it’s a song about youth, it’s a song about knowing who you are,” Noel Gallagher says of “Live Forever.” Strange, then, that one of rock’s most enduring optimistic anthems was inspired by music Gallagher hated.

One night in 1991, the future Britpop maven was sitting in his Manchester flat, strumming an acoustic guitar and listening to the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street. He was thinking about how much he loathed this so-called classic when he noticed that at one point Mick Jagger’s vocals sounded great over the guitar pattern Gallagher had been playing all evening. “It was the bit from ‘Shine a Light’ that goes [sings], ‘May the good lord shine a light on you,’” he recalls. Gallagher kept the melody and replaced the line with one of his own: “Maybe I don’t really want to know … ”

For a while, that’s all he had. He was spending his days toiling for a building company contracted to British Gas. After a piece of pipe smashed his foot, though, Gallagher was put in charge of a storeroom, and it gave him plenty of time to write his first songs. The fourth, which grew out of the nicked Stones tune, was “Live Forever.”

Gallagher had read an interview with Kurt Cobain in which the Nirvana frontman mentioned his self-parodying song “I Hate Myself and Want to Die.” “It struck me that this ****er, an extremely talented guy, had everything I wanted,” Gallagher tells Blender. “He was rich, he was famous, he was in the greatest rock & roll band of its time — and he’s writing songs saying he hates himself and wants to die! My way of thinking was, Well, I ****in’ love myself, and I’m gonna live forever, man!”

“Live Forever” was as basic as “Louie Louie.” It had no verses or chorus except for the falsetto refrain, and the melody encompassed just a few notes, as simple as a soccer chant. But this simplicity reinforced the song’s themes of youthful promise and unalloyed friendship. The verse-less, chorus-less structure meant the song never resolved. It really did seem like “Live Forever” lived forever.

Noel played the song for his younger brother, Liam, who sang lead for a local band called Oasis. Duly impressed, Liam and the band invited the elder Gallagher to join and assume songwriting duties. And the song convinced Alan McGhee, who ran the British record label Creation, that Oasis could be the biggest band in the world. McGhee was on vacation in Hawaii when he first heard the tune. “It was probably the single greatest moment I’ve ever experienced with them,” he said.

After two modestly received singles from Oasis’s debut album, Definitely Maybe, “Live Forever” was the song that got the world’s attention. In the U.K., it marked the dawn of Britpop, paving the way for the likes of Blur and Travis. In the U.S., where Britpop was more a novelty than a movement, the success of “Live Forever” represented a subtle change in the musical firmament. It was Gallagher’s reaction to “I Hate Myself” writ large, as rock’s pendulum swung away from grunge’s realism back toward pop escapism. As Gallagher puts it, “I don’t need to turn on the radio and hear some heroin-addicted multimillionaire rock star telling me life is ****. I know life is ****.”

Mojo · 08-28-2009, 05:49 PM

Noel Gallagher Splits From Oasis Following Feud With Brother Liam | Showbiz News | Sky News

It's hard to take it seriously of course, it isnt like it hasnt happened before but he has put a statement on their official website confirming the split.

Oasis News

IHuman · 08-28-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Noel Gallagher Splits From Oasis Following Feud With Brother Liam | Showbiz News | Sky News

It's hard to take it seriously of course, it isnt like it hasnt happened before but he has put a statement on their official website confirming the split.

Oasis News

none of them have said they're leaving before.

Burning Down · 08-28-2009, 06:10 PM

Something like that was bound to happen though. They've been fighting for years.

Mojo · 08-28-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by IHuman

none of them have said they're leaving before.

Noel has walked out on an American tour before and gone home. Liam has cancelled countless gigs with a "sore throat" or whatever he has come up with and theres been tension between the two from day one. Many band members have been fired or quit right out of the blue.

Just because there may not have been official statements claiming a split as such, I can't really take such a report seriously as I find myself expecting a rift that will eventually sort itself out in time. I may be wrong this time and this time it might take but come on, does anyone really feel like just because the statements gone up there is no chance at all that in a few days, weeks or months they'll be back together?

franzfergidon · 08-28-2009, 06:23 PM

My friend is confused and my boyfriend is telling me exactly what you're (^^) saying.

scottsy · 08-28-2009, 09:46 PM

Meh, they'll be back together again before too long... Oasis rides on a platform of the Gallagher brothers fighting...

Mojo · 08-29-2009, 05:30 AM

The only reason they were ever going to split was if Noel ever got serious about a solo album. If he had come out and said he was leaving to do that then I may be more inclined to believe that this will stick but because he's not getting along with Liam? I'm not believing it, not just yet anyway.

08-16-2008, 10:28 AM	#321 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	I think there needs to be a Noel and Liam bitchery thread. Some of Noel's comments are really funny, even though they're usually completely incendiary. __________________ first.am

11-21-2008, 06:25 PM	#323 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	thought you might like it The Greatest Songs Ever! Live Forever Mick Jagger was an overrated blowhard. Kurt Cobain was a rich whiner. Or so thought an unknown Mancunian named Noel Gallagher. By Greg Milner Blender, Jan/Feb 2007 “It’s a song of pride, it’s a song about youth, it’s a song about knowing who you are,” Noel Gallagher says of “Live Forever.” Strange, then, that one of rock’s most enduring optimistic anthems was inspired by music Gallagher hated. One night in 1991, the future Britpop maven was sitting in his Manchester flat, strumming an acoustic guitar and listening to the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street. He was thinking about how much he loathed this so-called classic when he noticed that at one point Mick Jagger’s vocals sounded great over the guitar pattern Gallagher had been playing all evening. “It was the bit from ‘Shine a Light’ that goes [sings], ‘May the good lord shine a light on you,’” he recalls. Gallagher kept the melody and replaced the line with one of his own: “Maybe I don’t really want to know … ” For a while, that’s all he had. He was spending his days toiling for a building company contracted to British Gas. After a piece of pipe smashed his foot, though, Gallagher was put in charge of a storeroom, and it gave him plenty of time to write his first songs. The fourth, which grew out of the nicked Stones tune, was “Live Forever.” Gallagher had read an interview with Kurt Cobain in which the Nirvana frontman mentioned his self-parodying song “I Hate Myself and Want to Die.” “It struck me that this **er, an extremely talented guy, had everything I wanted,” Gallagher tells Blender. “He was rich, he was famous, he was in the greatest rock & roll band of its time — and he’s writing songs saying he hates himself and wants to die! My way of thinking was, Well, I in’ love myself, and I’m gonna live forever, man!” “Live Forever” was as basic as “Louie Louie.” It had no verses or chorus except for the falsetto refrain, and the melody encompassed just a few notes, as simple as a soccer chant. But this simplicity reinforced the song’s themes of youthful promise and unalloyed friendship. The verse-less, chorus-less structure meant the song never resolved. It really did seem like “Live Forever” lived forever. Noel played the song for his younger brother, Liam, who sang lead for a local band called Oasis. Duly impressed, Liam and the band invited the elder Gallagher to join and assume songwriting duties. And the song convinced Alan McGhee, who ran the British record label Creation, that Oasis could be the biggest band in the world. McGhee was on vacation in Hawaii when he first heard the tune. “It was probably the single greatest moment I’ve ever experienced with them,” he said. After two modestly received singles from Oasis’s debut album, Definitely Maybe, “Live Forever” was the song that got the world’s attention. In the U.K., it marked the dawn of Britpop, paving the way for the likes of Blur and Travis. In the U.S., where Britpop was more a novelty than a movement, the success of “Live Forever” represented a subtle change in the musical firmament. It was Gallagher’s reaction to “I Hate Myself” writ large, as rock’s pendulum swung away from grunge’s realism back toward pop escapism. As Gallagher puts it, “I don’t need to turn on the radio and hear some heroin-addicted multimillionaire rock star telling me life is . I know life is **.” __________________ I've moved to a new address

08-28-2009, 05:49 PM	#324 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Noel Gallagher Splits From Oasis Following Feud With Brother Liam \| Showbiz News \| Sky News It's hard to take it seriously of course, it isnt like it hasnt happened before but he has put a statement on their official website confirming the split. Oasis News __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

08-28-2009, 06:23 PM	#328 (permalink)
franzfergidon 25 characters?!? Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 62	My friend is confused and my boyfriend is telling me exactly what you're (^^) saying. __________________ last.fm\|rym Fevrale dostat chernil i plakat, Pisat O Fevrale navsnryd, Poka grohochushaya slyakot, Vesnoyu charnoyu gorit

08-28-2009, 09:46 PM	#329 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Meh, they'll be back together again before too long... Oasis rides on a platform of the Gallagher brothers fighting... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-28-2009, 06:10 PM	#326 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Something like that was bound to happen though. They've been fighting for years.

08-29-2009, 05:30 AM	#330 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	The only reason they were ever going to split was if Noel ever got serious about a solo album. If he had come out and said he was leaving to do that then I may be more inclined to believe that this will stick but because he's not getting along with Liam? I'm not believing it, not just yet anyway. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust