Oasis as life-changers

Oasis: the band that changed our lives – by Lars Ulrich and Felix White

The Metallica drummer and Maccabees guitarist remember coming across Oasis 20 years ago – and how it altered their perceptions of music:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/sep/29/oasis-changed-lives-lars-ulrich-felix-white

 

I've only read the Lars Ulrich part but it mirrors a lot of how they impacted me as a 16-year-old when Morning Glory came out

 

I felt the same about 80's Metallica................but not about Oasis.

 

Ah, that explains why Lars Ulrich now plays the drums like Tony McCarroll.

 

If you look past the obvious Beatles influence on them and their songs they were able to churn out some pretty awesome rock songs like Supersonic and (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

 

They didn't change my life, but they were a helluva entertaining band, even if that wasn't always because of the music.

 

I bet many, many Deadheads could write something similarly personal about Grateful Dead and being introduced to their music.

 

Oasis are the reason I picked up a guitar when I was 14.

 

When they first appeared I thought their fusion of Beatles/Pistols sonorities was fun but it didn't blow me away. I really like the odd track but I have a hard job sitting through a full album.

 

Never rated them; far too derivative of other bands.

 

I actually hated them initially. I bought Definitely Maybe to see what all the fuss was about and just didn't get it. Heard a recording of Noel doing one of their b-sides, "Talk Tonight," with Paul Weller and quite liked that, though, which led to pick up the "Some Might Say" single (more Faces than Fabs for that one), and then checked out (What's the Story) Morning Glory. I thought that was okay -- kind of a letdown after the four tracks on "Some Might Say" -- but I started paying attention at that point. Went back and listened to their debut again and realized "Live Forever" was a pretty great song, but as you say, the albums were pretty hit and miss. I think Don't Believe the Truth is probably the best album they put out, and in all honesty, I think the more Noel sang, the better I liked them. His solo debut trumps pretty much anything Oasis ever released, to my ears.

 

I thought they were OK.. However, I think there day has come and gone. They should have done more to keep it together when they were big. I fear they have now lost their relevance.

 

Almost twenty years later I would think their relevance is past also.I never did understand their delusional grandioise thoughts of comparison or bigger than the Beatles.

 

I think they lost most of their relevance after Be Here Now. But to me their first three albums remain classics.

This kind of in-your-face guitar music has lost its popularity the last 15 years or so. I'm curious how things will look in 10 or 20 years...

 

To each their own. Funny thing is, I started to become interested in current pop music trends with 'Morning Glory' (and Blur's 'Great Escape' and Beck's 'Odelay'). Before that I was only listening to 60s music

 

I'm a rare Oasis fan - I don't care so much for the first few but I love Giants and Dig Out Your Soul. Other than that, I think their best work was B-side stuff. Noel solo is great too - sounds like he'd been listening to a lot of Preservation Acts 1 & 2.

 

Noel has to be the best anthemic songwriter of the last 20 years.
They were probably the last band I can remember that were just huge. Over this side of the world anyway, you could not escape hearing Oasis. Even if you didn't own an album you knew most of the songs.

 

First album was promising, after that I found them desperately dull, their success was staggering in relation to their talent. A lot of their lyrics are like something a 10 year old could have written.

 

They absolutely got bet as they went along. They started out as Liam's band and became Noel's band, which was a good thing, all things considered.

And yeah, The Masterplan is probably their best album.

 

Agree 100%.

 

20 years since Oasis & it has to be said the development of modern rock music since then has been appalling. Today's band are soft & just fame chasing posers.

 

I used to listen to Oasis a lot during that period when they first really broke in the U.S. in like 95 and liked a bit of Be Here Now, but I just don't hear enough there to warrant going back. There are a whole slew of musicians absolutely obsessed with this band for reasons I can't quite ascertain. Would much rather listen to Blur than Oasis. And just way too much Beatle-wannabe in the vocals to stomach for too long.

 

Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys have made almost as many albums as Oasis, and get better with each one.

 

If that's the best band out there for the modern era it just confirms how lame it all it's . Compare today with 50s/60s/70s/80s/90s . There is NOTHING decent out there.

 

that's completely wrong even if what's "decent" out there hasn't been mentioned in this thread