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Oasis A to Z
Posted On: Apr 30, 2018 13:05:45 GMT
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Post by barny on Apr 30, 2018 13:05:45 GMT
Morning Glory
Australia-only single from WTSMG, the song that gave the album its title, this sounds like a hangover (in a good way). The pounding drums, piercing lead riff, and sinister secondary riff (supposedly borrowed from REM's "The one I love" make up for the lazy "repeat the first verse" lyrics. Often performed acoustically live, with Noel on vocals to poor effect, it's a stone-cold classic. The clumsy Beatles reference and the unavoidable inference that it's about waking up with an embarrassing erection only cost it a point - it's a 9/10 Fun fact for everyone, Morning Glory was the first song I ever learned to play on the guitar. Those Em and Dsus2, two fingered chords, were a dream for the novice. Christmas Day 1999 I proudly played those two chords in the verse over and over to my forlorn looking family having spent about 5 hours trying to learn it. For that reason, it's getting 9/10. BANGER Supersonic rythm guitar was the first thing I played. Morning Glory is a 7.5/10 but oh surprise Mucky Fingers is a 8 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 13:15:34 GMT
I always sing 'fed up with life at Man City' - who wouldn't be when Barry Bennell once worked for you? Shit, oil-corrupted club AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I do love that bit of the song though. COS ALL THE PAEDOS HAVE BLOWN MAAAAAAAA MIIIIND
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Post by bornslippy on Apr 30, 2018 15:18:17 GMT
Idler's Dream - 6.3 Going Nowhere - 6 Guess God Thinks I'm Abel - 7 Half the World Away - 8 Headshrinker - 9 Hello - 8 Helter Skelter - 8 Heroes - 8 Hey Now! - 9 Hung in a Bad Place - 6 I Believe in All -  ?? I Can See a Liar - 5 Idler's Dream - 5 I'm Outta Time - 6 It's Better People - 7 It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) - 6 Just Getting Older - ?? Keep the Dream Alive - 6 Let There Be Love - 2 Let's All Make Believe - 8 Listen Up - 10 Little by Little - 6 Little James - 7 Live Forever - 10 Lord Don't Slow Me Down - 2 Love Like a Bomb - 4 Lyla - 9 |
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Post by bornslippy on Apr 30, 2018 15:23:18 GMT
Mucky Fingers
Some people were really impressed with this, I never really got it. Noel in shouty mode, lyrics about… something supposedly profound, apparently political, repetitive music climaxing in a harmonica solo. Happy to take notes on what it's all about - "you found your God in a paper bag, you get your history from the Union Jack" - uh, what? 4/10 Well i'm no defender of noel's lyrics but of all his lyrics that seems a curious line to highlight. Finding God in a paper bag could mean having a belief system based of the ephemeral, implying there's no substance to your character if you're prepared to live your life by what you find in garbage. Uncritically following whatever you find. Getting history from the Union Jack - This could either be just a direct reference to our (Britains) colonial and imperial past with all that implies or generalised to being informed by those at the top of a hierarchical structure, without the curiosity or intelligence to investigate further. |
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Post by lino on May 1, 2018 11:28:23 GMT
Mucky Fingers
Some people were really impressed with this, I never really got it. Noel in shouty mode, lyrics about… something supposedly profound, apparently political, repetitive music climaxing in a harmonica solo. Happy to take notes on what it's all about - "you found your God in a paper bag, you get your history from the Union Jack" - uh, what? 4/10 Well i'm no defender of noel's lyrics but of all his lyrics that seems a curious line to highlight. Finding God in a paper bag could mean having a belief system based of the ephemeral, implying there's no substance to your character if you're prepared to live your life by what you find in garbage. Uncritically following whatever you find. Getting history from the Union Jack - This could either be just a direct reference to our (Britains) colonial and imperial past with all that implies or generalised to being informed by those at the top of a hierarchical structure, without the curiosity or intelligence to investigate further. I guess that makes sense - I'm just not sure who it's aimed at, or why. My Big Mouth
I recall one Be Here Now review suggesting that DYKWIM was just an intro, and that this is where BHN starts, with big crashing drums smashing through everything, including the squall of feedback. The NME took offence to the "sleeping with the enemy" line, needlessly. We get a Beatles reference (that Noel's already used in Wonderwall), a Roses reference (kind of - "where angles fly, you won't play"), a decent guitar line and some cool swirling vocal effects. The lyrics as printed in the CD booklet differ from what Liam sings ("Who'll put on my shoes" vs. "I'll put on my shoes", changing it from a question to a narration, but it's inconsequential anyway), if we have to glean a meaning from it, it's Noel admitting that he talks a lot of crap and we the fans shouldn't take his words as Holy gospel. Some of it's a bit clunky - "you assumed I knew the way even though the map was given" but Liam sings those lines so well. 6/10 No thoughts from anyone on Married with children? Lino's top 12:Acquiesce Champagne Supernova Don't Look Back in Anger D'You Know What I Mean? Fuckin' in the Bushes Go Let It Out Listen Up Live Forever All Around the World Don't Go Away It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) Morning Glory Lino's bottom 12:
(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady Can Y'See It Now? (I Can See It Now!!) Better Man Eyeball Tickler Helter Skelter Keep the Dream Alive (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell Alive Columbia Idler's Dream Magic Pie Mucky Fingers The Soapy's top 12:
Live Forever Listen Up Gas Panic! Acquiesce Fuckin' in the Bushes I Hope, I Think, I Know D'You Know What I Mean? Cigarettes & Alcohol Champagne Supernova Go Let It Out Be Here Now Bring It on Down The Soapy's bottom 13:
Force of Nature Lord Don't Slow Me Down Let There Be Love A Quick Peep (You've Got) The Heart of a Star Hung in a Bad Place Flashbax (Probably) All in the Mind Magic Pie Angel Child Boy with the Blues Helter Skelter Carry Us All |
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Post by Benoît Assou-Ekotto on May 1, 2018 11:58:38 GMT
My Big Mouth - 10
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Post by lino on May 1, 2018 12:36:12 GMT
Morning Glory is a 7.5/10 but oh surprise Mucky Fingers is a 8 I'm not doing decimals so they both get an 8 from you. That's more ridiculous than me not loving Columbia and Cigarettes and Alcohol, surely. |
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Post by krburg on May 1, 2018 12:49:21 GMT
Lino, Listen Up is a 10/10 all night for me. Completely masterful in all aspects. Probably my favourite Oasis song, even with the repeated verse and overly long double solo.
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Post by srk on May 1, 2018 17:36:13 GMT
wasn't the "god/paperbag/history/union jack" thing a dig at America? I vaguely recall some chatter about them potentially putting mucky fingers out as a standalone single for Glastonbury and noel muttering something to that effect, anyway. (It's only been 14 years, my memory isn't what it used to be.)
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 18:56:32 GMT
The lyrics to Mucky Fingers are great tbf, a strange choice to single out in terms of knocking the words.
My Big Mouth is mindblowing. What a tune. That solo and REALIIISEAAAAAAAAAH. Top of their game, back of the net, game over.
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Post by eddiemurphy on May 1, 2018 20:46:20 GMT
fucky mingers is a mess.
i always skip it.
4 outta 10.
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Post by lino on May 2, 2018 8:16:22 GMT
My Generation
Cover of the The Who classic, I can't really think of any band of the 90s/00s who could own the song more than Oasis, or more particularly Liam. Irony free reading, faithfully reproduced musically, it was part of a fan poll to choose which song Oasis would cover - one of the other options was Blur's Country House. Live regular for a while, released as a live b-side to Little By Little. It's fine. 6/10
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Post by monkeytennis on May 2, 2018 13:41:46 GMT
Idler's Dream - 7
Going Nowhere - 4.5
Guess God Thinks I'm Abel - 5.5
Half the World Away - 7.5
Headshrinker - 10
Hello - 10
Helter Skelter - 0
Heroes - 0
Hey Now! - 8.5
Hung in a Bad Place - 5
I Believe in All - 6
I Can See a Liar - 6.5
I'm Outta Time - 5.5
It's Better People - 5
It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) - 9
Just Getting Older - 1
Keep the Dream Alive - 7
Let There Be Love - 3 (all points for Liam's vocals only)
Let's All Make Believe - 10 (maybe my favourite b-side)
Listen Up - 10 (yeah man, it's just so triumphantly natural)
Little by Little - 0
Little James - 6
Live Forever - 10
Lord Don't Slow Me Down - 0
Love Like a Bomb - 6.5
Lyla - 3.5
My Big Mouth - 9
Mucky Fingers - 6.5 (Noel should have done more rattly sub-sub-sub-Dylan numbers like this. or preferably stuck to screeching back up vocals)
Morning Glory - 9
My Generation - 4/10. (Far too obvious. A cooler Oasis would have taken on the actual winner of that poll, Country House, and fucking smashed it.)
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Post by lino on May 3, 2018 11:53:57 GMT
My Sister Lover
BHN era b-side, but written and demoed long before then, named for a band that played a crucial role in Oasis getting to be "a thing", it's that lyric that loses this song 1, maybe even two points.
The music's great; I love the broken sounding bass at the start, the bouncy melody with stabs of guitar, the great vocal, and decent lyrics all told - "the truth I have can never be; to photograph what the eye can't see. I fight to live another day; I live to fight now come what may" and "Faith in the lord is something I would never have - 'cos the lord I know don't got no faith in me".
But then it's "you're my lover; I'm your brother". Do we need an ode to incest? I don't think so. 7/10
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 12:02:29 GMT
Massive. Blockbuster solo. Weirdly this tune reminds me of Jack and Meg White both musically and definitely lyrically (brother, sister, lover etc). Didn't they form in 97 as well? Parallel worlds, I'm avin it.
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Post by forever on May 3, 2018 19:58:22 GMT
But then it's "you're my lover; I'm your brother". Do we need an ode to incest? I don't think so. 7/10  |
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 21:17:29 GMT
I once used to have a huge crush on my cousin and briefly wondered what 'the family' would say if we got it on. We were very close for years. Thus, in terms of extended family, give a fuck. Haven't seen her for years but have previously thought about tracking her down for a catch up. Eddie could then start a shit thread about our dads (brothers) trying to take us to court or summat. Darron Gibson once went to court, you know.
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Post by Benoît Assou-Ekotto on May 4, 2018 8:58:05 GMT
Just out of interest, what did you edit out that post? You big weirdo.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 10:37:01 GMT
Darron Gibson's leaked crotch photos, you cockney square
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Post by Stocky 2: Cruise Control on May 4, 2018 11:10:21 GMT
Just out of interest, what did you edit out that post? You big weirdo.  |
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