Noel Gallagher 'quitting Oasis'

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:53 pm

Well, to make it all easier, I'm sticking solely to White Boy Guitar Music Made In 1994 Or After.

Tackle the whole world of music and we really would be here all bloody day!

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:23 pm

I'll jump in with a band that was always better than Oasis.

Ten
Vs.
Vitalogy

That's a three album run to start a band with.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:35 pm

FD wrote:The first three Radiohead albums indeed, shame they disappeared up their own arses shortly after.

NO NO NO WRONG WRONG WRONG etc

Kid A, Ok Computer and Amnesiac all great for me, with In Rainbows up there too.

FD · Post by FD » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:37 pm

I could not disagree more.

In fact, I'd argue you were insane for deeming "Kid A" to actually be music at all.

OK Computer was their third album anyway, so dunno why you mentioned that.

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 2:12 pm

FD wrote:In fact, I'd argue you were insane for deeming "Kid A" to actually be music at all.

Come on. Who will take the bait on this comment?

I'm itching to but refuse to!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:32 pm

FD wrote:The first three Radiohead albums indeed, shame they disappeared up their own arses shortly after.

Agree with you exactly on that. Going back to MSP though, I've always thought that they seem to make 50% of a great album and then just fill the rest of it with turd.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:44 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
FD wrote:The first three Radiohead albums indeed, shame they disappeared up their own arses shortly after.
Agree with you exactly on that. Going back to MSP though, I've always thought that they seem to make 50% of a great album and then just fill the rest of it with turd.

...and that, surely, is the mark of a truly great album: all killer, no filler. Debates begin, of course, when folk disagree as to which is which. But they rarely do. Interestingly, in the post-CD age, the album listings are top-loaded, with the good stuff first to catch the eye of hurried shop browsers and iPod skippers; there's a theory* that you can best judge a modern album by tracks 7 and 8.

My tupporth on Radiohead is that I much prefer The Bends to OK Computer, and don't like much thereafter. As for Oasis, two fine albums pre-hubris, occasional good songs since, which brings us back to the 'great album' qualification.

Agreed with Mof that Super Furry Animals come close; Rings Around The World and Phantom Power would accompany me to the rhetorical desert island but I never really loved the follow-up Love Kraft or the preceding Mwng (possibly because it's in Welsh, and which crazy arses record in Welsh?!

)

* Just made up by me

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:38 pm

FD wrote:I could not disagree more.

In fact, I'd argue you were insane for deeming "Kid A" to actually be music at all.

OK Computer was their third album anyway, so dunno why you mentioned that.

I know that, I was just listing my favourites. Twas the start for me and not the end of their awesomeness.

And I'm not biting.

FD · Post by FD » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:26 pm

For the record though, I love the first 3 Oasis albums, Be Here Now is actually my favourite.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:28 pm

FD wrote:For the record though, I love the first 3 Oasis albums, Be Here Now is actually my favourite.

I'm glad somebody said that. Praps not my favourite, but equally as enjoyable, and a lot of my fav songs come off it. As much as I love Oasis though, and I massively do, I wouldn't have said any were great albums. Definitely Maybe is close, but 'I really like it' isn't enough to constitute greatness.

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:06 pm

I don't like Oasis at all... however, there's a good argument for their first two LPs being 'great'.

The impact they had was phenomenal. They seemed to be able to do no wrong for those years and (in my opinion obviously) the third LP is when it began to unravel with over indulgent tracks like 'All Around The World and the pedestrian 'Stand By Me'. 'D'You Know What I Mean' had all the hallmarks of a great Oasis single though.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:06 am

John Doe wrote:Actually Steve Lamacq was on about this on his show a few weeks ago, he couldn't think of any band that had produced 3 great albums in a row.

He's talking tosh.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:16 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
John Doe wrote:Actually Steve Lamacq was on about this on his show a few weeks ago, he couldn't think of any band that had produced 3 great albums in a row.
He's talking tosh.

Care to elaborate?

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:20 pm

I didnt think I needed to seen as though most on here had already expanded. IMVHO Oasis's thrid album is pish.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:36 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:I didnt think I needed to seen as though most on here had already expanded. IMVHO Oasis's thrid album is pish.

Hang on, I thought you were going to give us sage examples of bands that've made three consecutive great albums. Anyhooo, for what it's worth, I've never actually managed to listen to Oasis's third album all the way through at a single sitting as IMVHO I agree with you entirely.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:44 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
superjohnmcginlay wrote:I didnt think I needed to seen as though most on here had already expanded. IMVHO Oasis's thrid album is pish.
Hang on, I thought you were going to give us sage examples of bands that've made three consecutive great albums. Anyhooo, for what it's worth, I've never actually managed to listen to Oasis's third album all the way through at a single sitting as IMVHO I agree with you entirely.

IMVVHO I will put forward Faith No More's The Real Thing, Angel Dust, King For a Day Fool For A Lifetime.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:51 pm

Why so much fuss about a boring Beatles tribute act?

mofgimmers · Post by **mofgimmers** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:32 pm

Raven wrote:Why so much fuss about a boring Beatles tribute act?

You mean Rutles tribute act, surely?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9EWcaS7II

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:35 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote: IMVVHO I will put forward Faith No More's The Real Thing, Angel Dust, King For a Day Fool For A Lifetime.

Aye, I suppose that it all gets subjective really. I'd put Rattlesnakes, Easy Pieces and Mainstream by Lloyd Cole & The Commotions but would expect to find myself in a field of one really.

FD · Post by FD » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:30 pm

Raven wrote:Why so much fuss about a boring Beatles tribute act?

...is exactly what a bellend would say!

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