OASIS PLAYING GLASTONBURY?

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

off to see oasis at heaton park this summer, with support from kasabian. cannot wait!

so not fussed about them playing glasto.. would rather see somebody i'm not already seeing this year. oasis were poor in 2004. but i wouldn't have bought glasto tickets if it wasn't for oasis, and i have been every year since.. can't get enough!!

wonder if there's any room for a noel acoustic set though?

can we have faithless as 4th headliner? please mr and miss eavis!!

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

I'm going to Heaton park. Seen them a few times and thought they were great every time.

[kinglewi]

They have no relevance whatsoever anymore in my opinion.

[russycarps]

Can't see them playing, Noel gave Glastonbury a bit of a slagging recently didn't he? Wouldn't want to see them either so not at all bothered. They have no relevance whatsoever anymore in my opinion.

[sifi]

They were shit last time. Looked like they didn't want to be there, and really couldn't be bothered.

As such - for my money - they've had their chance, and they've blown it. Let's have someone different for a change please.

[doogie]

Has anybody formally ruled out Oasis playing the Sunday night headline slot on the Other stage, as a 4th headliner up against Blur?

[eFestivals]

Has anybody formally ruled out Oasis playing the Sunday night headline slot on the Other stage, as a 4th headliner up against Blur?

oh yeah, their egos would really have them doing that.

[dannypal]

id love see oasis at glasto - im not really a fan at all, but oasis and blur on the same line-up would be truely AMAZING, it would be like having the smiths/morrissey on the same line up as the cure

[karlpowell]

I'm going to Heaton park. Seen them a few times and thought they were great every time.

[MEGABOWL]

A year after being made to look stupid by the Jay Z fiasco?

Being a tagged on headliner when Blur are making their big return as a headline act?

Being asked to play again after being so awful last time?

/edit: That said, it would be funny to see the old Blur vs Oasis rivalry reignited at Glastonbury! Naturally, Blur would wipe the floor with them

[eFestivals]

I think they should all go on stage together and sing 'We Are The World Worst'

corrected for you.

[Chazeboy]

i saw them in october, they were awesome, theyre actually on top form since so long of liam sounding like shit. i think theyd make an amazing headliner, what with all their anthems.

[kohoutec]

Well the fact that they sold over 500,000 tickets and broke box office records, for thier upcoming stadium tour may say otherwise.

[dallas]

did they try something different ????? the single could have been made 10 years ago boring dirge could ve been off any album after morning glory

[sifi]

I don't think Michael Eavis approves of cruelty to animals. He won't want to see them flogging a dead horse on the main stage again.

[OasisFanboy]

Do find all this Oasis hate really confusing. I mean, why does it happen?

For instance: I am a Guardian-reading, private school educated, prawn sandwich eating Pink Floyd addict. I absolutely love Oasis' "bit of rough". I think Radiohead are the most overrated band in history. I couldn't care less for Bruce Springsteen or Neil Young. I love Wagner and Shostakovich and the Beta Band. And Chas & Dave, as it happens.

However, I take no pleasure in repeatedly slamming any artist I don't like on message boards.

Why take so much fun in slating Oasis? ("cruelty to animals/dead horse" comment directly above). It's rather petty.

[precious_lillywhite]

Why take so much fun in slating Oasis? ("cruelty to animals/dead horse" comment directly above). It's rather petty.

[kohoutec]

did they try something different ????? the single could have been made 10 years ago boring dirge could ve been off any album after morning glory

[russycarps]

I'm sure Take That sold plenty of tickets as well when they made their comeback. Doesn't mean I want to listen to them!

For me it's the fact that just turn out the same tired old crap each album. OK, they tried something a bit different on the last one but they've still essentially just been repeating themselves for years. What's the point?! Anyway, I did say "in my opinion", if others like them that's fine with me, they just have no relevance for me anymore

[Monkismo]

Everyone I know who hates Oasis only hates them for pathetic reasons and can often be bracketed as following:

- Former grunge fans bitter that their music died when Kurt did. Oasis took over, kickstarted Britpop and they then saw their precious "lumberjack shirt rock" evolve into rubbish like The Offspring, Blink 182, Limp Biskit, Papa Roach, Stained, Creed, Nicklecack and Puddle of Mudd.

- Electro fans whose heads are only filled with beepy noises and drum beats.

- Indier than thou scenesters who will tell you that last years albums by M83, TV on the radio and Frightened Rabbit are the best music ever produced and that you don't know anything about music until you've owned all of Tom Waits' records or Alopecia by Wny?. They're wrong.

- Music critics who are just a bit embarrassed that they gave Be Here Now 5 stars so feel the need to make up for that.

- People who think Liam's a foul mouthed thug and Noel's an attention seeker (if people ask him of his opinion, of course he's going to reply!).

- Girls who like "R&B" music.

- Radiohead fans.

- Wannabe poets. Music isn't all about the lyrics you know!

They're always lambasted for their new material not being as good as Definitely Maybe. Well when Definitely Maybe is as close to perfection as anything of course they're going to fall short. Everyone likens them to the Beatles. Since when did the Beatles ever write a song like Slide Away, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Shock of the Lightning, Morning Glory, Importance of being Idle, Half a World Away etc. Also if you're going to slate them for not being as good another band, the Beatles is a pretty high benchmark for a band to be compared to - if not the highest! If they're rubbish why not say they're worse than the Fratellis or The View?

Of course their music is going to be roughly of the same ilk to their previous stuff. Doesn't stop everyone loving Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Portishead, Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Billy Bragg, Madness etc. I can guarantee, if the Specials release a new album it'll be full of ska-ey trumpet songs but that'll no doubt go down as groundbreaking.

The fact is that Noel Gallagher is an extremely good songwriter and Oasis are an extremely good, popular, cross-generational band. Just because they're not reinventing the wheel or dismantling Tomytrons to make music it doesn't mean they're not.

End of rant.

[sifi]

Why take so much fun in slating Oasis? ("cruelty to animals/dead horse" comment directly above). It's rather petty.

Edited January 30, 2009 by sifimaster

[kohoutec]

Everyone I know who hates Oasis only hates them for pathetic reasons and can often be bracketed as following:

- Former grunge fans bitter that their music died when Kurt did. Oasis took over, kickstarted Britpop and they then saw their precious "lumberjack shirt rock" evolve into rubbish like The Offspring, Blink 182, Limp Biskit, Papa Roach, Stained, Creed, Nicklecack and Puddle of Mudd.

- Electro fans whose heads are only filled with beepy noises and drum beats.

- Indier than thou scenesters who will tell you that last years albums by M83, TV on the radio and Frightened Rabbit are the best music ever produced and that you don't know anything about music until you've owned all of Tom Waits' records or Alopecia by Wny?. They're wrong.

- Music critics who are just a bit embarrassed that they gave Be Here Now 5 stars so feel the need to make up for that.

- People who think Liam's a foul mouthed thug and Noel's an attention seeker (if people ask him of his opinion, of course he's going to reply!).

- Girls who like "R&B" music.

- Radiohead fans.

- Wannabe poets. Music isn't all about the lyrics you know!

They're always lambasted for their new material not being as good as Definitely Maybe. Well when Definitely Maybe is as close to perfection as anything of course they're going to fall short. Everyone likens them to the Beatles. Since when did the Beatles ever write a song like Slide Away, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Shock of the Lightning, Morning Glory, Importance of being Idle, Half a World Away etc. Also if you're going to slate them for not being as good another band, the Beatles is a pretty high benchmark for a band to be compared to - if not the highest! If they're rubbish why not say they're worse than the Fratellis or The View?

Of course their music is going to be roughly of the same ilk to their previous stuff. Doesn't stop everyone loving Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Portishead, Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Billy Bragg, Madness etc. I can guarantee, if the Specials release a new album it'll be full of ska-ey trumpet songs but that'll no doubt go down as groundbreaking.

The fact is that Noel Gallagher is an extremely good songwriter and Oasis are an extremely good, popular, cross-generational band. Just because they're not reinventing the wheel or dismantling Tomytrons to make music it doesn't mean they're not.

End of rant.

[eFestivals]

Everyone I know who hates Oasis only hates them for pathetic reasons and can often be bracketed as following:

I don't fit in any of those categories. I simply think they're shite, regurgitating stuff that's been done far better before they existed by those they constantly rip off.

We don't all have to have the same opinions you know. Music did exist before 1990.

[sifi]

I don't think referencing "Cigarettes and Alcohol" as being something that th Beatles would never write is a bad idea.

Given that it sounds almost exactly like a T-Rex song ....

And that's the point about Oasis. I'd rather listen to the originals, not the repackaged image-filled dross that Oasis regurgitate to their adoring fans like chicks waiting to be fed by their damn mothers.

I think sometime ago on here a conclusion was reached that Oasis music is a little bit like stabilisers on a kid's bike. It might be useful to start off with when people first starting listen to music, but most people outgrow them quite quickly. And look back on their songs in the same way as you might a nursery rhyme, with some affection but you'd really have to be pissed to dance to one.

Edited January 30, 2009 by sifimaster

[Monkismo]

I was referring to the people I (I'd put that in capitals if I could!) know. I'm quite sure there are lots of people out of those categories that hate them as well.