I downloaded my first Oasis Album. Ask me again in 2 hours if the hype is real

[LynneSin]

I can't figure out what the deal is with Oasis so I coughed up the $9.99 for (What's the Story) Morning Glory.

If this album sucks then one of you Oasis fans owes me $10

[Richardo]

1. "*One* of you Oasis fans"?

I think you mean "the one Oasis fan"

[LynneSin]

3. well who was it so I know who to blame

Although it's kinda popish fun so far. But not jumping on the Oasis bandwagon

[billyskank]

2. I won't ask you

I had to put up with all that fucking shit during the 90s. I already know what Oasis are like.

You should have bought "Parklife" by Blur instead.

[MrCoffee]

4. i can tell you what the deal with Oasis is...

overhyped crap.

[LSK]

5. well?

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

6. It was enjoyable but I'm not really feeling a part of the Oasis Bandwagon

However, I'm really digging that new album from My Chemical Romance - "The Black Parade". I really dig concept albums where each song is a progression of a story, sorta like The Who's "Tommy", Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and Green Day's "American Idiot"

[Alexander]

9. If it sucks, LoZoccolo owes you ten bucks.

Heck, maybe you can get him to give you ten bucks anyway. :evilgrin:

[southpaw]

12. If you like concept albums, check out Coheed and Cambria

So far, all three of their albums are chapters in a story that will likely span at least 5 albums.

Plus, being a Zep fan, you should appreciate this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAXl06q6uVs

[LoZoccolo]

7. Welcome to the 90s.

Score one for Oasis.

[Alexander]

10. Oasis: 1, Beatles: 10 gagillion zillion.

How many people like the Beatles again?

You just can't make these numbers up. ;-)

[LynneSin]

13. Oasis hasn't won shit - I'll still take the beatles over them

Hell I'll take the Foo Fighters over them - I'm listening to their new live CD and it opens with the most absolutely amazing song I've ever heard in my lifetime with the best guitar work. All acoustic too

[LoZoccolo]

16. To date, not one single person has downloaded a Beatles album from iTunes.

I would think that Oasis has hundreds of thousands over the Beatles in online music alone.

[Alexander]

17. ROFL

"I would think that Oasis has hundreds of thousands over the Beatles in online music alone."

Yes, if "alone" means "in that one category only".

Most Beatles fans just buy their entire albums; they are good enough that people don't need to resort to single-song downloads.

Sometimes I wonder just how serious you are. I think, "no one can be THAT delusional".

:rofl:

[LoZoccolo]

32. That is a serious fact; not one person has bought either a Beatles album or song on iTunes.

Their sales figures as of now are ze-ro.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. Because they're not available on iTunes in the first place.

If they were, they would have shot to the top of the download charts overnight. :rofl:

[Maine-ah]

38. oh, you got there before me

if Beatles were available on itunes
Oasis sucks.

[LynneSin]

18. That's because I own everything from the Beatles on both Vinyl & CD

I own nothing of Oasis other than the album I downloaded

It wasn't that bad - I'd listen to it again!

[Madrone]

8. I happen to love Oasis -

and I'm not afraid to admit it! I am confident in myself and my taste - so have at me! ;)

But I won't pay you $10. I would have sent it (a copy) to you for free. :P

[LoZoccolo]

11. This is one of my favorites off a later album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CsHWQ1uo48

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Congratulations, the lounge's funniest long-running joke convinced you to waste $10

Score one for Oasis.

[RetroLounge]

19. ...

:rofl:

RL

[xmas74]

22. Just one?

Wasting $10 deserves an uppage on the scoring system.

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Hahaha, you may have a point.

[xmas74]

25. That should be a point for every dollar spent.

[Common Sense Party]

47. But will he listen to Oasis while dining at The Olive Garden? nt

[LibDemAlways]

15. Oasis has very loyal fans. My brother won

two tickets to see a short acoustic performance by Noel Gallagher in LA a few weeks ago. He couldn't make it, so he put them up on EBay at the last minute and they quickly sold for $275.00. The winner's aol address had "oasis" in it.

[jus_the_facts]

20. S'one o'my favorites....Champagne Supernova....

...."where were you when we were gettin' high?!" And Don't Look Back In Anger...s'all GOOOD!! :applause: :loveya:

I love their album Heathen Chemistry even more though! :headbang:

[jus_the_facts]

21. ...an addendum about Heathen Chemistry....there are three songs on this album....

...that're just awesome....ironically one is called Songbird...Stop Cryin' Your Heart Out and She Is Love...I recommend these highly as they are truly beautiful songs in my most humble opinion...and Little By Little is too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[LoZoccolo]

26. There is this one line in "Born on a Different Cloud" which is so cool.

He goes:

Lonely soul, busy working overtime

[jus_the_facts]

27. "Nothing ever gets done....

...not until your war's won"

[SlavesandBulldozers]

29. is that their newest one Heathen Chemistry?

[jus_the_facts]

31. Nope ...Heathen Chemistry was released all the way back in July of 2002....

http://www.oasisinet.com/site.php?site=album&idx=21&country=172&atype=0

[xmas74]

23. They're ok

but I preferred them back in the 90's when I still got high on a regular basis.

(Yes, back in the 90's I was like the Jon Stewart pothead in Half Baked. Everything was better ON WEED!)

[SlavesandBulldozers]

28. they put on a hell of a show

saw them at the UCF arena about 8 years ago. Loudest show I've ever heard. They definitely kicked out the jams.

I like them. I think that's one of their better albums. I don't have any of their recent stuff, but have heard a single and it sounds pretty good. I wonder if anybody else has their recent one and thinks its any good?

[NashVegas]

34. I Think So, Too

With indie, we lost good bands that would put on a "Big Rock Star" show.

Oasis plays to/for their fans, and it gets eaten right up.

For albums, though, if I had to pick one, I'd take Masterplan if only because I didn't really appreciate them until that one.

[liberalpragmatist]

46. New one's pretty good

I didn't like the previous two (although their 2000 album, which was panned, has 2 or 3 really good songs; the rest crap).

Their last one - Don't Believe the Truth - has a couple songs that aren't much to write home about, but overall it's their most consistent album since '95.

It's a lot more laid back though - a bit bluesier, more acoustic-y. There's none of the bombastic guitar solos or anything on their new one.

Lyla was the US single and it's okay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCSPBXQDETo

The Importance of Being Idle is a Kinks-like song and a single in Britain that's GREAT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtihe3NRTjo

If you're looking for another Oasis album after Morning Glory, though, go for Definitely Maybe or The Masterplan (their fantastic b-sides compilation). Those three are essential. If you like those, get the newest one.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

48. thank you

that Importance. . . is a great tune.

[Ava]

30. i personally like Oasis

and i know many people that do.

[EnviroBat]

35. It's been requested that my band cover one of their songs...

but I'm not that familiar with them. Are there any "heavier" Oasis songs that would be a good candidate, and something the crowd would recognize?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

37. Supersonic is pretty hard

instantly recognizable. you could definitely put your own spin on it. it would definitely be a crowd pleaser

[LoZoccolo]

39. Agreed regarding "Supersonic".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgE9T2dbiE

[EnviroBat]

44. Thank you so much!

That's it! We already kinda sound like that anyway, that'd be easy for us to cover.

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. It's been more than two hours - do they suck as much as I assume they do?

I've never heard them (to the best of my knowledge).

[LoZoccolo]

40. I'm almost positive you've heard this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eESLa6XNsSQ

[Omphaloskepsis]

41. I thought this was more popular..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZcb4yxHOM

edit -- wrong band... oops.

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. Sounds like inoffensive background music to me.

I even switched over to a live version on youtube, and am more unimpressed - lead singers who feel the need to have microphones over their heads are idiots, unless their Lemmy, in which case it's allowable because, come on, he's Lemmy; singers who sing while chewing gum are fucking morons.

They sound to me like REM-lite - all the style of REM but none of the substance. And I say that as a person who thinks that REM is an awful band.

[devilgrrl]

42. I don't get them either but they're not that bad...

I still don't get what the big deal is.

[liberalpragmatist]

45. It's just a long-running Lounge joke

LoZoccolo is an insanely big fan of Oasis and loves to needle people about them.

And they're a band that makes people (esp. from the '90s) get really passionate about b/c the guys in the band were total assholes and because they were the subject of tons of hype from the British press in their heydey. The popped out two very good albums and suddenly had people proclaiming them the new Beatles.

So that and their obnoxiousness turned off a lot of people (esp. in the US, where they were totally out of sync with the whole woe-is-me trend in alternative music and grunge).

Anyway, nobody cares about fights over Oasis anymore, except for Lounge Lizards. It's just a long-running Lounge joke, where LoZo posts some deliberately obnoxious boosterish post about them and people reply with a flamewar.