Oasis A to Z

Rockin' Chair is a 10.

It'd be an 8 for me if that "I think you're rude" line was improved.

Roll It Over

Moody SOTSOG closer, half great lyrics, half high school poetry. Post drugs, post celeb-high Noel, moaning about fake people and empty partying. it sounds like a SOTSOG track, nice solo (by Marr?), solid Liam vocals. A bit 10CC though. 7/10

CWLASS

Roll with It

Famously lost the battle of Britpop (I still call shenanigans), this probably didn't need to be a single or deserve to be a single - I recall one of the early reviews describing the lyrics as Lennon-esque; I'm not feeling it. It's fine, poppy throwaway stuff but hardly essential. I'm always reminded of the infamous second Wembley gig, where Noel's really feeling the "take me away"s at the end. 6/10

Not a word for Married with children?

Married with Children 7 #DIV/0!

"its fine"....

as regards roll with it, doesnt really do anything for me, tbh a lot of wtsmg doesnt. always think it should've / couldve been better with better track selection. id give it a 6.

You know, it's kinda been slagged off so much that's it become pretty underrated again. I'd much rather listen to it than DLBIA and Wonderwall and maybe even Live Forever too, cos those tunes have been overplayed to death. Roll With It still sound fresh to me and gets the juices flowing for the breezy and effortless rocker it is. I'd choose to listen to it over a lot of the other so-called hits anyway. Cool tune.

Ps - I was heartbroken Friday night. I finally, finally bought Giants on vinyl thus was damn excited about giving it my first spin...only the 'fucking in the bushes' line was non-existent through my speakers?!?! What the fuck!!! Did I somehow buy a non-explicit version?? The fact the boys would even allow this to be released broke me even more. Or does my speaker/amp need tinkering?? I basically can't hear the bloke's voice on FITB. I was fuming to the equivalent of the power of A Quick Peep.

Add to this my Nico record started skipping on I'll Keep It With Mine. My favourite fucking tune on it and probably why I bought the record.

FUCK VINYL

Round Are Way

Wonderwall B-side (rounded out by the Swamp Song and The Masterplan - great little collection there), here's a fun bouncy tune with lyrics that are just what they need to be. There are horns but it's not ska or soul. Sometimes performed live with part of "Up in the sky" tacked on to the end, it's a more than solid track that deserved to be on The Masterplan collection, probably in place of either of the two Noel-sung acoustic tracks. 7/10

round our way - 8.5 outta 10.

(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell 5
(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady 6
(I Got) The Fever 8
(It's Good) To Be Free 9
(Probably) All in the Mind 4
(You've Got) The Heart of a Star 5
A Bell Will Ring 6
A Quick Peep 5
Acquiesce 9
Ain't Got Nothin' 7
Alive 7
All Around the World 8
All Around the World (Reprise) 5
Angel Child 5
Bag It Up 7
Be Here Now 7 (8 for the mc babu edit)
Better Man 4
Bonehead's Bank Holiday 7
Born on a Different Cloud 7
Boy with the Blues 6
Bring It on Down 10
Can Y'See It Now? (I Can See It Now!!) 6
Carry Us All 5
Cast No Shadow 8
Champagne Supernova 9
Cigarettes & Alcohol 9
Cloudburst 8
Columbia 10
Cum On Feel the Noize 10 (sums up oasis like no other, one of my all time favs)
Digsy's Dinner 7
Don't Go Away 5
Don't Look Back in Anger 8
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman? 8
D'You Know What I Mean? 8
Eyeball Tickler 7
Fade Away 10
Fade In-Out 8
Falling Down 7
Flashbax 6
Force of Nature 5
Fuckin' in the Bushes 10
Full On 7 (yep, I like this one, shame Hubert does the vocals)
Gas Panic! 9
Go Let It Out 10
Going Nowhere 7
Guess God Thinks I'm Abel 6
Half the World Away 8
Headshrinker 10
Hello 8
Helter Skelter 5
Heroes 3
Hey Now! 7
Hung in a Bad Place 6
I Believe in All 6
I Can See a Liar 8 (badass)
I Hope, I Think, I Know 10
I will believe 7
Idler's Dream 4
I'm Outta Time 7
It's Better People 6
It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) 9
Just Getting Older 4
Keep the Dream Alive 5
Let There Be Love 6
Let's All Make Believe 9
Listen Up 10
Little by Little 5
Little James 6
Live Forever 9
Lord Don't Slow Me Down 7
Love Like a Bomb 5
Lyla 6
Magic Pie 5
Married with Children 7
Morning Glory 9
Mucky Fingers 7
My Big Mouth 8
My Generation 7
My Sister Lover 7
One Way Road 6
Part of the Queue 6
Pass Me Down the Wine 5 (had to youtube it, barely remember it)
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is 7
Rock 'n' Roll Star 9
Rockin' Chair 10
roll it over 6
round r way 7

You originally afforded (as long as they've got) cigarettes in Hell the following verdict:



Which I took as a 4, being generous. You've given it a five!

I'm surprised and appalled at the relative love that High Horse gets - it remains IMO the worst Oasis song.

Sad Song

Vinyl-only bonus track on debut DM, this was the 4th Noel sung offering released to the world after Take me away, Spaceman, and the acoustic Up in the sky B-sides from the first three singles.

Acoustic, quiet, pretty. Lyrically we get some of those early themes - referring to living in "this town" kind of disdainfully still hints at that escape desire.

Quite a pessimistic effort - we're all just scurrying about, not really switched on, not really aware, not really living. 7/10

Yeah your right, back down to a 4!

Sad song 6/10 can’t believe I spent over 20 quid on that Japanese single to get that song

Good ratings Karlos but I think Round Are Way is better than a 7. It manages to still sound unique for an Oasis song. The bit where it slows down just before the outro, with the acoustic guitar and bassline (!!) is one of my favourite moments in any tune. Already know yaaaaaaaaaaa

sad song - 8 outta 10.

Shakermaker

The worst single from the first three albums, this is a pretty hazy throwaway from the debut - as with some of Noel's other songs, it seems like he started writing it with one idea in mind and then changed to a different set of lyrics halfway through.

I think it'd be more interesting if there was more of the Mr Sifter stuff, like a modern day "Penny Lane", but anyway. 5/10

yeah one of 3 (along with digsys dinner and the electric version of up in the sky - much better acoustic imo) that id have bounced off dm. dreary stuff, seems to go on forever and i always skip it. 4/10

yeah one of 3 (along with digsys dinner and the electric version of up in the sky - much better acoustic imo) that id have bounced off dm. dreary stuff, seems to go on forever and i always skip it. 4/10

shakermaker - 20 outta 10.