Oasis

Update: I've got through on the ballot!

Note to self: Don't get too excited, you know you won't get one

I love Nirvana too, MayBee70, but the Foos are one of my all-time favourite bands. I'm very glad I finally got to see them perform live. But I always say it'd be a very boring world if we all liked the same things.

Agree...their nasal whiny voices get on my nerves! Grossly overrated in my opinion! Music is such a personal thing....I just think..1. They must need the money and 2. Only a matter of time till they fall out again! 3. Question is before or after tour! 🤣

Guess I am just too old to get excited about Oasis! Always thought they were rubbish but each to their own! Give me Quo, Thunder & Rush & I’m happy!

MissInterpreted

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I never got the whole Britpop scene as I wasn't into pop music by the 1990s. I'm trying to catch up by watching TOTP2 but I still don't like that era. One group who sound even worse than Oasis were Blur. The songs I've heard were tuneless and the singer had absolutely no voice at all. The poor kids must have been absolutely desperate to listen to that.

Maybe those 'poor kids' would hate the kind of music you like? For the record (see what I did there ), I like Blur - and Pulp. I love music - full stop. I love keeping in touch with new music and my tastes are nothing if not eclectic. One of the highlights of my year so far was seeing the Foo Fighters live in Glasgow. I'm sure some of those on here complaining about Oasis went mad over certain bands back in their day too.

I’ve never ‘got’ Foo Fighters and it can’t be for not liking that sort of music. I’ve never found any of their songs to be anthemic. I loved Nirvana.

I've gone with the hype and tried to get a ticket but couldn't even get in on the pre-sales ballot.

I've never seen them before, and don't like them as people, but do love some of their music, especially Don't Look Back in Anger.

Chestnut

I never got the whole Britpop scene as I wasn't into pop music by the 1990s. I'm trying to catch up by watching TOTP2 but I still don't like that era. One group who sound even worse than Oasis were Blur. The songs I've heard were tuneless and the singer had absolutely no voice at all. The poor kids must have been absolutely desperate to listen to that.

Maybe those 'poor kids' would hate the kind of music you like? For the record (see what I did there ), I like Blur - and Pulp. I love music - full stop. I love keeping in touch with new music and my tastes are nothing if not eclectic. One of the highlights of my year so far was seeing the Foo Fighters live in Glasgow. I'm sure some of those on here complaining about Oasis went mad over certain bands back in their day too.

I couldn’t care less. I never liked them or their music and I’ll be surprised if they finish the tour, or even start it!

it's not going to change my life in the slightest!
i was never a fan and i'm already sick and fed up with all the hype.

mae13

MissAdventure

Heve you seen Jarvis live?
Marvellous!!

I always thought he was underrated.

True - he somehow seemed to be in Oasis shadow. Maybe if he had actively cultivated a Bad Boy image like the Gallaghers......?

Well, he did bare his bum at the Brits ! I don’t think even Liam or Noel have ever done anything like that

Very talented together and as solo artistes. Would love to see them just to relive those day. Knowing I'm considerably older and wasn't exactly in my youth (30s) during their heyday, might wait for the documentary to hit the cinemas.

Sorry tickingbird but I can't imagine the brothers ever being mortified by the opinions of some elderly ladies.

No me neither. They wouldn’t give a toss but then again, neither would H&M or Angela Rayner et al. That trouser suit was ghastly so was the flowery, enormously puffed sleeved creation I saw her wearing last week.

Have to add REM, saw them in Hyde park with my grown family a week after the London bombings.
Now if they ever regrouped I would pay good money for that.

My kids loved oasis and blur, and pulp.
Personally when it comes to pop anthems I much prefer Bryan Adams or Springsteen.
Brit pop kind of left me cold though I loved British pop in the sixties and seventies.

Yes, perhaps so.
I've only just taken down my jarvis poster from inside my wardrobe door.

I need to vhack out what he's up to these days, I think.

MissAdventure

Heve you seen Jarvis live?
Marvellous!!

I always thought he was underrated.

True - he somehow seemed to be in Oasis shadow. Maybe if he had actively cultivated a Bad Boy image like the Gallaghers......?

Who are they, anyway?

I hope the Cheeky Girls don't jump on the bandwagon.

Beatles announce reunion out of spite
27th August 2024

PAUL McCartney and Ringo Starr have announced a Beatles reunion purely out of spite.

The remaining Beatles are joining forces to play the band’s legendary hits live on stage in a series of gigs pointedly scheduled through July and August next year.

The UK and Ireland dates are thought to precede a massive US stadium tour which other, minor acts that failed to break America would have no hope of selling out.

McCartney said: “It just felt like the time was right, y’know? For the original British beat combo to step back into the spotlight, after all these years.

“We’ll be playing all those classic songs you know and love, not the half-remembered derivations without a hint of our creative ambition they inspired but the real things.

“Let me add that, even though we’ve tragically lost two members, Ringo and I have never had a cross word, genuinely enjoy each others’ company, and don’t need the money.”

Starr added: “And Paul can sing in tune.”

We have another real Beatles fan on here.
I think Paul was her favourite, too. W

Allira

^Since then Paul and Ringo have performed in huge stadiums and Glastonbury so I don't think they would have had a problem reforming in the 1980s. If John had been alive^........ 😢

And if Paul could still sing ☹

I was referring to them reforming in the 1980s not the 2020s! 😂

I loved him when I was young ☹

Some of us on here watched Paul a year or so ago.
Opinions were divided about his voice.

Since then Paul and Ringo have performed in huge stadiums and Glastonbury so I don't think they would have had a problem reforming in the 1980s. If John had been alive........ 😢

And if Paul could still sing ☹

merlotgran

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I'm just imagining how I'd have felt if John hadn't been shot and the Beatles got back together in the 1980s. The big stadium concerts were in full swing by then, which were never possible in the 1960s.

The Beatles hated the big stadium concerts in America so I wonder if they’d have been keen to perform at Knebworth or Wembley.

Would their fans have matured enough to stop drowning the music with their screaming?

Would John and Paul been able to keep a lid on their bickering?

We’ll never know. ☹️

The sound systems were not in place in the 1960s so the Beatles performance at Shea Stadium was relayed through the loudspeaker system! There were 55,000 people there. It sounded terrible and the kids drowned it out completely with the screaming. That was what they didn't like.

They did hundreds of other concerts worldwide but I don't know how many people attended. George Harrison did the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 at Madison Square Gardens, New York, for 40,000 people.

Since then Paul and Ringo have performed in huge stadiums and Glastonbury so I don't think they would have had a problem reforming in the 1980s. If John had been alive........ 😢