Gallagher attacks Green Day for 'ripping off' Wonderwall

[LoZoccolo]

Oasis star Noel Gallagher has accused punk trio Green Day of "ripping off" his Wonderwall anthem for their hit Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=204265568&p=zx4z66z74

Here is a mashup such that you can see where the ripoff occurred:

http://themerryrose.blogspot.com/2006/08/green-day-oasis-mashup_04.html

[Redstone]

1. And we should care about this, exactly why?

Redstone

[LoZoccolo]

2. Because Oasis was more popular than the Beatles in the 90s. n/t

[Redstone]

3. And that's important? Not to be crabby, but...

Redstone

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Come on dude, you can't be that oblivious/humourless

LoZocollo's schtick for some time now has been the whole Oasis thing. It pisses those who thik he's serious off and makes those of us who know it's a joke laugh hysterically. (Or such is my interpretation.)

[billyskank]

22. You mean

he's a troll.

http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/troll.html

[ghostsofgiants]

29. I prefer "comedic genius."

[liontamer]

4. what a crybaby

wonderwall is a great song, but you can't own such basic chord progressions. The songs are very different.

[Pithlet]

5. The mashup is all wrong.

You can tell that the songs have been distorted to more closely match. In one instance Neol Gallagher's (or whichever one of them is singing the song)voice sounds distorted from being slowed down and the pitch lowered to match hat of the Green Day song. The arrangement of the Oasis song is all wrong, too.

[tigereye]

6. little late, ain't it?

[Gold Metal Flake]

7. Gallagher?

[Broken_Hero]

12. That was my first thought

reading the subject line...

[LoZoccolo]

16. The watermelon smasher said some bitter things on the radio during an interview.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Gallagher#The_2006_WGFX_104.5_.22The_Wake_Up_Zone.22_radio_interview

Noel Gallagher has a cordial relationship with the press and the public. That is how you can tell the difference.

[Gold Metal Flake]

18. Because otherwise they are fuckin' identical.

Moderately talented has-beens.

[LynneSin]

26. Didn't know you, part of Billy Joe Armstrong's act is now smashing watermelons

with his guitar

[TommyO]

8. Wonderwall is not Boulevard

Sheesh - anything for publicity it seems.

[Lyric]

9. Ha. Oasis *wishes* that Green Day had ripped them off.

Noel would probably pay beaucoup bucks just to have Billie Joe Armstrong admit publicly that he even knows who Oasis *is*.

Melodramatic publicity stunt. The songs sound nothing alike.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Haha, that kinda reminds me of this...

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/green%20day%20fail%20to%20impress%20punk%20icon

[LostinVA]

21. My first thought, too!

[deucemagnet]

13. That was a pretty cool mashup, but I don't think Green Day ripped them off.

If the mashup proves anybody was ripped off, it was Aerosmith.

[Robb]

24. Bingo

That said, I also enjoyed that mashup. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Noel Gallagher was a Nader supporter.

:hide:

[Shakespeare]

15. Wow, didn't realize Noel was back on drugs again. n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. So, "Untalented shitpeddling asshole jealous of more talented musician playing song better"

Not that Green Day are any kind of musical geniuses, mind you.

[Blue-Jay]

19. How about I hate BOTH shitty bands and don't pretend to care?

[Mad_Dem_X]

20. Gallagher can go f himself

Oasis sucks.

BEATLES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :bounce:

[bbernardini]

23. Yes, Noel Gallagher is an ass, but he's right...

The first time I ever heard "Boulevard," the first thing I started singing was "Wonderwall." Whether it was intentional is another matter. It's most likely a situation similar to that of George Harrison accidentally ripping off "He's So Fine" (and "Oh Happy Day") for "My Sweet Lord."

[LynneSin]

25. Green Day is bigger than Oasis

Does that make them bigger than the Beatles? :hide:

Seriously, I've listened to Wonderwall and I'd rather listen to Green Day. Plus Green Day are major democratic supporters!

[underpants]

27. Score one for the Beatles

:bounce:

[LoZoccolo]

31. That is an unfair comparison because the members of Oasis cannot vote in U.S. elections.

Noel Gallagher has said that he supports the Labour Party, which is England's version of the Democratic Party:

http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=78322

The record sales figures give truth to the idea that Oasis is more popular than Green Day, and I would posit that Green Day's popularity is due to them copying the Oasis song.

Another side note I would like to bring up is that two of the members of Green Day stopped a tour due to panic attacks. Normally this is nothing to laugh at, but you have to wonder why they are afraid of their audience rather than something like being afraid of heights. Liam Gallagher has shown without a doubt that he is not afraid of his audience, or expressing himself before an audience, with his stage presence:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B_GfsSAfVc

[Kajsa]

28. Not even close.

Compare and Contrast.

Apples and Oranges.


Boulevard of Dreams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx3vpyX6Hg4


Wonderwall.

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

[Westegg]

30. Somewhere, George Harrison is laughing...

... or crying. I can't tell, exactly. Ah, but it's just like Joni said: "Laughing and crying, you know it's the same release."

Oasis wouldn't exist without the Beatles; Green Day wouldn't exist without the Clash. It goes wiff-out saying, innit? Of the two bands, which has evolved more fully in the last few years in the general direction of something original and vital? That'd be Green Day.