Oasis vs Blur

[butchersapron]

He had all that before.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Anyway, Blur managed to stay relevant throughout their whole career. And they'd win just for Alex going on TOTP at the height of the Oasis vs Blur thing, coked up to the eyeballs, looking smug as fuck wearing an Oasis tshirt.

When they were on TOTP doing, There's No Other Way I think, Dave Balfe gave them some acid a while before they went on. I guess in a way of passing the tripping on TOTP baton from the Teardrop Explodes.

 

[cliche guevara]

What, a multi million pound farmhouse with large amounts of land, livestock, and his own brand of cheese in Sainsburys?

 

[twistedAM]

I think you might have missed the point of that song tbh. The fact that Alex James is aware enough of how ironic his current lifestyle is to name the concluding chapter of his autobiography after that track redeems him in my eyes.

It's not as bad as Parklife. Hateful fucking song.
Alex James has an autobiography?

 

[cliche guevara]

Yes and its actually quite good.

 

[butchersapron]

When they were on TOTP doing, There's No Other Way I think, Dave Balfe gave them some acid a while before they went on. I guess in a way of passing the tripping on TOTP baton from the Teardrop Explodes.

Every 'cool' band on TOTP is on acid. It totally undermines it with its coolness. Except NMA, who were, of course, on smack.

 

[twistedAM]

Yes and its actually quite good.

Have you read Luke Haines' Bad Vibes? I know naff all about British music in that period (except that I hated it) but that was a good funny read.

 

[butchersapron]

When they were on TOTP doing, There's No Other Way I think, Dave Balfe gave them some acid a while before they went on. I guess in a way of passing the tripping on TOTP baton from the Teardrop Explodes.

You'll believe any old shit won't you?

 

[HobgoblinMan]

You'll believe any old shit won't you?

It's true actually.

 

[butchersapron]

So what? As i said, all cool bands take acid before going on TOTP. It's what they do.

 

[butchersapron]

The normals don't like it.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

So what? As i said, all cool bands take acid before going on TOTP. It's what they do.

Haha, jokes on you, cos it was actually Ecstasy.

 

[butchersapron]

Socking it to the suits. Undermining everything they believe in.

 

[oryx]

Debates about who had more class-credentials are meaningless - it's the music that matters. I don't give a fuck who drank in Goldsmith's bar or who came from Burnage.

I like both bands, but Oasis are a bit of a one-trick pony and there's far more variety and depth in Blur's music.

 

[Kanda]

Debates about who had more class-credentials are meaningless - it's the music that matters. I don't give a fuck who drank in Goldsmith's bar or who came from Burnage.

I like both bands, but Oasis are a bit of a one-trick pony and there's far more variety and depth in Blur's music.

I agree, now.

Back then, Oasis meant more, thats all.

 

[butchersapron]

Debates about who had more class-credentials are meaningless.

No they're not they are the point. How else may we decide? On your subjective say-so?

 

[oryx]

No they're not they are the point. How else may we decide? On your subjective say-so?

No, on their music, which is their purpose. They're bands. Their poses, however valid, as Burnage boys/Goldsmith's students might attract interest but ultimately they are judged on their music.

 

[RubyBlue]

At the time I would have said Blur but not now - Oasis.

 

[butchersapron]

No, on their music, which is their purpose. They're bands. Their poses, however valid, as Burnage boys/Goldsmith's students might attract interest but ultimately they are judged on their music.

Says who?

 

[oryx]

Says who?

Says me, and those who judge bands on their music, unless anyone would like to judge them on their education, accents, haircuts, posturing, clothing, girlfriends, birthplace, upbringing (and whether or not they met Tony Blair which was quite a big issue in 1997!)

 

[butchersapron]

Fair does then.

 

[mauvais]

For me it's a comparison of their peak output. Parklife is a genuinely very good album that I still like, much better than the singles from it, mainly due to the variety in it and ability to be successful away from obvious pop. What have Oasis got that matches that?

 

[oryx]

What have Oasis got that matches that?

Devil's advocate here 'cos I feel Blur are the better band, but 'What's The Story Morning Glory?' is a magnificent album.

 

[butchersapron]

For me it's a comparison of their peak output. Parklife is a genuinely very good album that I still like, much better than the singles from it, mainly due to the variety in it and ability to be successful away from obvious pop. What have Oasis got that matches that?

So what you are saying is that you like that one best and you challenge anyone to say that you don't or that they prefer an Oasis LP more than you like that one?

 

[temper_tantrum]

It's got to be Oasis. I'm not what you'd call a fan, and a couple of Blur songs mean something to me, but really, there's no comparison. (Definitely Maybe is my favourite album btw).

 

[butchersapron]

Why not?

 

[mauvais]

So what you are saying is that you like that one best and you challenge anyone to say that you don't or that they prefer an Oasis LP more than you like that one?

What does this even mean?

 

[butchersapron]

It means so what you are saying is that you like that one best and you challenge anyone to say that you don't or that they prefer an Oasis LP more than you like that one?

 

[mauvais]

Well I keep on looking at the words, but I still can't fathom how it might ever be interpreted.

 

[butchersapron]

It means: so what you are saying is, that you like that one best, and you challenge anyone to say that you don't, or that they prefer an Oasis LP more than you like that one?

apols for the arabic