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Auntieflo Tue 27-Aug-24 19:13:22

Is anyone else fed up to the back teeth with all the hype over Oasis getting back together. Listening, reluctantly, to the bits of their "music" on the news, it is just a noise. Lyrics? are indistinguishable, and how can they be called the Greatest Song Writers?
OK,
I shall now retreat and wait for the backlash.

Doodledog Sat 31-Aug-24 18:58:56

Me too. Suede is one of my favourite bands of all time. As is Pulp. Blur, less so, but they are ok. All the Oasis hype has given me a series of earworms though. Tonight's is Cigarettes and Alcohol.

grannydarkhair Sat 31-Aug-24 16:09:10

This (and similar) is coming up on all my social media feeds 😁
www.facebook.com/608188784/posts/pfbid02jGCbhmedyixVwNNxbVt6k9KrucskPx23KnKhk6CKps6NNuQYtVWPVKYRuhsP7kTNl/?

I liked some of what Oasis did, but have no desire to see them live. I much preferred (and still do) Pulp, Blur and Suede.

Doodledog Sat 31-Aug-24 14:49:54

I can imagine that grin. They are very 'blokey'.

My son finally got through to get a ticket, but the prices had gone up to something ridiculous and he didn't bother. He saw them years ago as a student in Manchester, and said he enjoyed it, but not enough to pay hundreds of pounds to repeat the experience.

biglouis Sat 31-Aug-24 14:45:46

I never liked them the first time round and honestly could not name one of their songs. But them Im not a pop music aficionado.

Andy Burnham was on Sky news in raptures about them. He was like a kid with a bag of sweets.

Doodledog Fri 30-Aug-24 17:53:34

Oh, I thought the ballot started on Saturday. Oh well, I'm sure my son knows what he's doing.

Cabowich Fri 30-Aug-24 17:44:05

hail2thequeenbaby

Cabowich

Update: I've got through on the ballot!

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

Well done 👏!! My daughter has as well, I'm still waiting on the confirmation email, 😕

Well, I didn't get anywhere with the ballot!

I hope you and your daughter had better luck.

Doodledog Fri 30-Aug-24 15:59:18

I quite liked them back in the day. I played them when I was pregnant with my son, who grew up to be a fan. I won't be getting tickets, but he and DIL hope to.

Quokka Fri 30-Aug-24 15:38:03

It’s all a money grabbing exercise

Cumbrianmale56 Fri 30-Aug-24 15:23:33

A pair of uncouth yobbos, particularly Liam, who had all the talent of a crisp packet. I much preferred Blur, whose music was far more entertaining and whose lead singer didn't think he was the hardest man on earth.

Desdemona Fri 30-Aug-24 11:45:22

I listened to their music back in the day.

All this hoo hah has inspired me to listen to some of it again at some point, but there is no way I would be interested in going to see them live.

tickingbird Fri 30-Aug-24 10:44:31

Just watched The Hale & Pace video. Brilliant, had me laughing out loud 😂

JaneJudge Fri 30-Aug-24 10:37:15

love the Hale and Pace rip off smile

Chestnut Fri 30-Aug-24 10:20:26

NotAGran55 My son was playing at Reading festival on Sunday and stayed on to hear Liam’s set.. he enjoyed the music but said that Liam was ‘up himself ‘ to say the least. Hugely self important about the historic announcement that the Reading crowd were privileged to be hearing!

That doesn't surprise me. I noticed a couple of his interviews on You Tube while I was on there and his whole demeanour creeps me out. There's something really unpleasant about him, I don't think it's just an image he's cultivated.

Chestnut Fri 30-Aug-24 10:10:54

Allira

I'm stil, laughing Chestnut, that cheered me up no end 😂
Thank you

Glad you all enjoyed Oasis by Hale & Pace. They also did a Cliff Richard Summer Holiday one which was hilarious. Spot on! In fact they were incredibly talented and funny for the first few series, so many brilliant sketches.

MissInterpreted Fri 30-Aug-24 09:55:13

Well said, tickingbird!

Allira Fri 30-Aug-24 09:47:56

I'm stil, laughing Chestnut, that cheered me up no end 😂
Thank you

NotAGran55 Fri 30-Aug-24 09:43:27

Good luck 🤞 to anyone trying to buy tickets. I love the excitement of buying sought after gig tickets.

My son was playing at Reading festival on Sunday and stayed on to hear Liam’s set.. he enjoyed the music but said that Liam was ‘up himself ‘ to say the least. Hugely self important about the historic announcement that the Reading crowd were privileged to be hearing!

I’ve never seen Oasis although I did hear the Reading Festival 2000 gig loud and clear in my garden, long before they sorted out the sound system there.
It was brilliant, and I had wished I had been there, but my son was 3 then and my gigging stopped for a while.

icanhandthemback Fri 30-Aug-24 09:36:17

MissInterpreted

icanhandthemback

MissAdventure

I think they cultivated that image, and milked it, as most artists do.

That may be but it's hardly the role model I want to see from people to whom the young adore!

Rock stars throughout the decades have hardly been what most people would call 'role models'!

Yes, and I think they have a lot to answer for. 😁

tickingbird Fri 30-Aug-24 09:33:47

Icanhandthemback

MissAdventure
I think they cultivated that image, and milked it, as most artists do.
That may be but it's hardly the role model I want to see from people to whom the young adore!

So funny not to say stuffy.

Just like the uproar when Elvis appeared on the scene. The Beatles with McCartney’s drug busts; The Stones etc.

Why should musicians, rock bands etc have to be role models?

As someone upthread stated it’s snobbery.

They’re going to rake in millions from these shows and if that upsets the stuffed shirts and pearl clutchers that’s a plus for me 😎

MissAdventure Fri 30-Aug-24 09:19:33

It's really tickled me.
They've got it so right.

Allira Fri 30-Aug-24 09:15:50

😂😂😂

Love it

That sums them up - uncouth!

MissAdventure Fri 30-Aug-24 08:58:53

Chestnut

Hale and Pace did their version of Oasis. 😂😂😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbumn5rjqw

That's hilarious!
Spot on, too.

I loved Hale and Pace. gringrin

MissInterpreted Fri 30-Aug-24 08:15:11

icanhandthemback

MissAdventure

I think they cultivated that image, and milked it, as most artists do.

That may be but it's hardly the role model I want to see from people to whom the young adore!

Rock stars throughout the decades have hardly been what most people would call 'role models'!

crazyH Thu 29-Aug-24 23:48:15

Oasis -what a misnomer!!! They should be called ‘Desert Storm ‘

icanhandthemback Thu 29-Aug-24 23:45:50

MissAdventure

I think they cultivated that image, and milked it, as most artists do.

That may be but it's hardly the role model I want to see from people to whom the young adore!