Don't All Rush At Once Now AKA Oasis Canon

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

By request of braisedbywolves, it's the Wasiscanon. Normally I would put a picture here but you will have to imagine Liam howling like 1xgibbon instead.

You get SEVEN ticks.


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Kat will be back next week with the results of this and other outstanding cani.

Comments

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It seemed like such a good idea at the time, but now there's a sour taste in the mouth. What was necessary and beneficial on some levels - mass engagement, a convergence of the left field and pop, guitars no longer make The Kids feel sick - just dragged everyone into the mire. A nasty undercurrent of hooliganism accompanies their image in my mind.

A shame they didn't have the imagination as a band to take things forward - they were charismatic and melodic and, most importantly for us, popular. The impact they had on virtually everyone I knew in 1994 is probably beyond the reckoning of this diverged age. They undeniably tapped a vein with a huge, huge audience and burned incredibly bright for a few years. That is pop. But pop is progress too, and Oasis sat on short-lived laurels and stagnated. They betrayed us, and for that will not be forgiven.

They clearly weren't the worst band ever, and I concede the power and spirit of their best songs. But I can comfortably live without ever hearing an Oasis song again.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The really pernicious thing about them is that not only did they not have the imagination to take things forward, they actively *discouraged* their fans and peers to explore beyond a very small blueprint.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

I agree entirely - the opposite of the greats they sought to emulate in many ways.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's a shame and strange because Noel actually did like dance music (just before and after 'Be Here Now' he was constantly bigging up Liam Howlett, Goldie, DJ Shadow and obv. the Chems). And 'Scorpio Rising' SHOULD'VE been an Oasis song basically. Not that much of an improvement really but still...

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Why do we think this avenue of development was cut off? Did the spat between the brothers just subsume everything? Just lazy?