(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - 25yrs old today

[Quickenthetempo]

Never been a big fan and could never understand all the fuss about Oasis. Bit of a Beatles tribute band imo. I also don't think there music has stood the 'test of time'.

It stands to reason if you didn't like the music in the 90s that you won't like it now.

[claptrappers_union]

Never been a big fan and could never understand all the fuss about Oasis. Bit of a Beatles tribute band imo. I also don't think there music has stood the 'test of time'.

There’s a basic formula to Oasis songs - find words that rhyme with the previous lyrics and make it sound profound.

Some tracks sound like they’ve been written by a computer script instructed to write songs - it knows what words rhyme and how to construct sentences to a melody, but it doesn’t understand context of what’s being sung... but for some reason, it works.

That said, I think they have stood the test of time, they sound just had good now as they ever did.

[claret2018]

The production on this album always struck me as strange- aside from Hello and Some Might Say, it all sounds a bit limp. Everything is drowned in reverb and the guitars sound too soft.

Listening to it now I think it sounds very dated, and I’m surprised at how much filler there is on there

[claptrappers_union]

The production on this album always struck me as strange- aside from Hello and Some Might Say, it all sounds a bit limp. Everything is drowned in reverb and the guitars sound too soft.

Listening to it now I think it sounds very dated, and I’m surprised at how much filler there is on there

If you haven’t already, watch Supersonic on Netflix. There’s a part that details the recording of their first few tracks - and they sound awful. Its like karaoke.

The tracks only come to life when they brought in the third engineer who recorded the songs to sound like they should do - live and loud, with reverb and distortion - then it sounded big and real. That’s what made them stand out

Some songs are ‘overproduced’ though, I agree

https://youtu.be/5327E6DT7IU

[LAM]

This was and remains my favourite album. Didn’t have my favourite song on it though, Whatever.

[RingoMcCartney]

Saw them in summer of 1994 at leeds irish centre. They opened up with "listen up" if I remember correctly. It was not long after theyd released Shakermaker and before Live forever. So at that point , all I'd heard was the 2 singles . ( this was pre Definately Maybe) . Think it was a Thursday night and the 300 or so there, were like me , most if the set was first time hearing. However, when they did Cigarettes and Alcohol, with its Marc Bolanesque intro , the whole place just went off. Noel was wearing shades and I thought he was trying to look cool. However , it turns out he'd got lippy at the previous night's gig in Newcastle and got whacked by a geordie. The sunglasses were to hide the shiner.
Ocean Colour Scene were support.

Saw em a few months later at a pre Christmas gig. Around the time theyd released Whatever. Definitely Maybe had been released and they were already getting big. Theyd hired a pub across the road from the academy for an after show party. Immediately after the gig they all piled out of a side door back stage to get in a waiting Rolls Royce limo that , literally did a Uturn to the other side of the rode, where the pub was, where they then got out. The Rock n Roll lifestyles had arrived !

True story.

Anyway, here's my suggestion for one of the best songs and a brilliant performance of it . Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/mnVdYJDtvVg

[Quickenthetempo]

https://twitter.com/Matt_Santangelo/sta ... 81282?s=09
Jorginiho leading the Italian football team in a rendition of WonderWall 25 years on, would indicate how far the music reached and how relevant it still is.

[LeadBelly]

I'm not a big Oasis fan though I think they did some excellent stuff and were very "of their time".

For the harder fans: there are a couple of Oasis-dedicated programmes on Sky Arts tv channel later tonight. (As recently discussed on another thread, this channel has lately become more widely available).
22.00-23.15: a programme looking at "how Oasis became one of the biggest bands in the world"
23.15-00.30: "Oasis by the sea", showing a live concert from Southend from April 1995.

Ill start watching the former but Ill defo be in bed by the time the latter starts.