Blur or Oasis

Black People Are Cool · 08-04-2009, 07:04 PM

What a ****-wit

Screen13 · 02-01-2010, 02:20 PM

For me, the obvious answer to this question for me is Blur.

Modern Life Is Rubbish turned me into a listener, Parklife was great (The singles only hinted at the better album tracks), but for some reason I liked The Great Escape just as well. Skipping over "Stereotypes" which remains something that will not work for me, the rest of the album really has that "Things are not going too well" feeling that can either create something great or useless, depending on the talent...and as Blur have plenty of that, they came up with something pretty interesting.

As for Blur (The album) - "Death of a Party" NAILED down the feeling that a certain trend called "Britpop" was already gone even if was written during the classic Modern Life is Rubbish era, and it remains one of the best songs that reflects a heavy Specials influence. The rest of it varied in quality, but some of the songs remain their best making it very worthwhile.

13 - Although slacking off in places, any album with "Bugman," "Coffee and TV," "Swamp Song," "Trimm Trabb," and "No Distance Left to Run" will forever be in my collection. Think Tank was also good as well.

In short, they are a band that's not well-served on Best Of collections, but better experienced album by album, and that also means checking out Leisure. The debut may not have been great, but it did show that there was a band that was going to impress in it's best moments. They did many times over.

Oasis, however, had one great album (Defiantly Maybe, of course), one decent disc (...Morning Glory), and the occasional great single that should have hinted at some good songs elsewhere. To be fair, they did continue to release some catchy music as there's no denying that Noel Gallagher learned from his collection very well, but many of the headline grabbing stories and attitudes really killed off any serious respect for them, and while their last album marked a slight improvement, it was way too little too late in my opinion. They were always about being Rock and Roll at it's base level with obvious Beatles and Stones influence, so I never had expected them to go into more interesting areas while wearing their influence on their sleeves (A more recent observation: the opening shot of the "Shock of the Lightning" video looking like the cover to The Stones' Hot Rocks. It was cool with the Performance bit in the "Live Forever" video, but that was sad, especially for one of their better Post-Morning Glory songs), but sadly most of their history wallowed in cliches that have been repeated over and over again far too many times, and Be Here Now is clearly one over-baked album despite (again) having a couple of fine singles. They could have been so much more.

duga · 02-01-2010, 08:59 PM

^

i think your post can be summed up in one sentence: blur was willing to cover much more ground than oasis.

i do agree with you, if only because i loved think tank. i liked oasis in high school, but i never really loved them. their attitudes pissed me off a lot. who knows what they could have done if they weren't just fighting and trying to show up in the media all the time?

hoorayforpeepee · 02-02-2010, 03:20 AM

Blur. Oasis might just be one of the most overrated acts ever. Not that I can't listen to them, but Blur are just much better..

scottsy · 02-03-2010, 03:07 PM

Oasis have not aged well... they're are very much not like a fine wine...

dbljinx · 02-05-2010, 12:19 PM

can you even compare?! i'd say i'm more bananas for gorillaz though.

scottsy · 02-10-2010, 08:33 PM

As much as I love Blur, the whole Gorillaz thing never really caught on for me... I dunno, the music doesn't seem nearly as interesting as the stuff Blur made together... it's alsxo generally not in my favorite genre, that Gorillaz stuff...

duga · 02-10-2010, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottsy

As much as I love Blur, the whole Gorillaz thing never really caught on for me... I dunno, the music doesn't seem nearly as interesting as the stuff Blur made together... it's alsxo generally not in my favorite genre, that Gorillaz stuff...

but you have to respect damon albarn for being so diverse. the fact that blur and gorillaz are so different, yet so many people love both bands says something of his talent.

Judyg73 · 02-11-2010, 01:31 PM

Blur all the way!!!

MusicManRandy · 02-12-2010, 09:58 AM

as for me:
blur - 61%
oasis - 39%
so...blur
but lets be honest - oasis is not the last band in the music world. right?

02-01-2010, 02:20 PM	#372 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	For me, the obvious answer to this question for me is Blur. Modern Life Is Rubbish turned me into a listener, Parklife was great (The singles only hinted at the better album tracks), but for some reason I liked The Great Escape just as well. Skipping over "Stereotypes" which remains something that will not work for me, the rest of the album really has that "Things are not going too well" feeling that can either create something great or useless, depending on the talent...and as Blur have plenty of that, they came up with something pretty interesting. As for Blur (The album) - "Death of a Party" NAILED down the feeling that a certain trend called "Britpop" was already gone even if was written during the classic Modern Life is Rubbish era, and it remains one of the best songs that reflects a heavy Specials influence. The rest of it varied in quality, but some of the songs remain their best making it very worthwhile. 13 - Although slacking off in places, any album with "Bugman," "Coffee and TV," "Swamp Song," "Trimm Trabb," and "No Distance Left to Run" will forever be in my collection. Think Tank was also good as well. In short, they are a band that's not well-served on Best Of collections, but better experienced album by album, and that also means checking out Leisure. The debut may not have been great, but it did show that there was a band that was going to impress in it's best moments. They did many times over. Oasis, however, had one great album (Defiantly Maybe, of course), one decent disc (...Morning Glory), and the occasional great single that should have hinted at some good songs elsewhere. To be fair, they did continue to release some catchy music as there's no denying that Noel Gallagher learned from his collection very well, but many of the headline grabbing stories and attitudes really killed off any serious respect for them, and while their last album marked a slight improvement, it was way too little too late in my opinion. They were always about being Rock and Roll at it's base level with obvious Beatles and Stones influence, so I never had expected them to go into more interesting areas while wearing their influence on their sleeves (A more recent observation: the opening shot of the "Shock of the Lightning" video looking like the cover to The Stones' Hot Rocks. It was cool with the Performance bit in the "Live Forever" video, but that was sad, especially for one of their better Post-Morning Glory songs), but sadly most of their history wallowed in cliches that have been repeated over and over again far too many times, and Be Here Now is clearly one over-baked album despite (again) having a couple of fine singles. They could have been so much more. Last edited by Screen13; 02-01-2010 at 02:28 PM.

02-01-2010, 08:59 PM	#373 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	^ i think your post can be summed up in one sentence: blur was willing to cover much more ground than oasis. i do agree with you, if only because i loved think tank. i liked oasis in high school, but i never really loved them. their attitudes pissed me off a lot. who knows what they could have done if they weren't just fighting and trying to show up in the media all the time? __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

02-02-2010, 03:20 AM	#374 (permalink)
hoorayforpeepee Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Outside World. Posts: 47	Blur. Oasis might just be one of the most overrated acts ever. Not that I can't listen to them, but Blur are just much better.. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/shortbuzzrider

02-03-2010, 03:07 PM	#375 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Oasis have not aged well... they're are very much not like a fine wine... __________________ "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.

02-10-2010, 08:33 PM	#377 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	As much as I love Blur, the whole Gorillaz thing never really caught on for me... I dunno, the music doesn't seem nearly as interesting as the stuff Blur made together... it's alsxo generally not in my favorite genre, that Gorillaz stuff... __________________ "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.

08-04-2009, 07:04 PM	#371 (permalink)
Black People Are Cool Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Woodstock Posts: 79	What a ****-wit

02-05-2010, 12:19 PM	#376 (permalink)
dbljinx Groupie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3	can you even compare?! i'd say i'm more bananas for gorillaz though.

02-11-2010, 01:31 PM	#379 (permalink)
Judyg73 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austria Posts: 10	Blur all the way!!!

02-12-2010, 09:58 AM	#380 (permalink)
MusicManRandy Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 22	as for me: blur - 61% oasis - 39% so...blur but lets be honest - oasis is not the last band in the music world. right?