POLL With It - OASIS (ILM artist poll #78) --- The results thread

Acquiesce was my number 1.

Some of the lyrics were written when I was out of it. There's the words: 'Someday you will find me/ Caught beneath a landslide/ In a Champagne Supernova in the sky'. That's probably as psychedelic as I'll ever get. It means different things when I'm in different moods. When I'm in a bad mood being caught beneath a landslide is like being suffocated. The song is a bit of an epic. It's about when you're young and you see people in groups and you think about what they did for you and they did nothing. As a kid, you always believed the Sex Pistols were going to conquer the world and kill everybody in the process. Bands like The Clash just petered out. Punk rock was supposed to be the revolution but what did it do? Fuck all. The Manchester thing was going to be the greatest movement on earth but it was fuck all. When we started we decided we weren't going to do anything for anybody, we just thought we'd leave a bunch of great songs. But some of the words are about nothing. One is about Bracket The Butler who used to be on Camberwick Green, or Chipley or Trumpton or something. He used to take about 20 minutes to go down the hall. And then I couldn't think of anything that rhymed with 'hall' apart from 'cannonball'. so I wrote 'Slowly walking down the hall/ Faster than a cannonball' and people were like, 'Wow, man'. There's also the line 'Where were you while we were getting high?' because that's what we always say to each other. But the number of people who've started clubs called Champagne Supernova is fucking unbelievable. And the album isn't even released yet.

there's something about whatever being an intra albums single that makes it even better somehow

last song that won't receive at least one number one vote.

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6. Wonderwall
From: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Single
Single Released: 30 October 1995
Charted: UK - 2, US - 8, US Alt - 1
612 Points, 18 Votes, 1 Number One

shocker!

thank goodness it's this low

The sleeve artwork was inspired by the paintings of the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, and was shot on Primrose Hill in north London. The hand holding the frame is that of art director Brian Cannon. The original idea was to have Liam in the frame before Noel vetoed that idea whilst the shoot was taking place. Instead a female figure was deemed necessary and Anita Heryet, a Creation Records employee, was asked to stand in as cover star for the shot.

"Wonderwall" was such a massive hit, might have been their biggest, that i'm surprised the it couldn't crack the Top 5.

wonderwall feels so static, i guess it fits with liam's completely bored vocal though

it's definitely their track with the biggest legacy though

YES! Thank fuck this isn't anywhere near the Top 5. Even LIAM hates this song these days.

the mike flowers pops version is so much better

Top 5

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5. Don't Look Back in Anger
From: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Single
Single Released: 19 February 1996
Charted: UK - 1, US - 55, US Alt -10
659 Points, 18 Votes, 2 Number Ones

I've sung two oasis songs at karaoke and this one works better than "acquiesce"

I've probably heard 'Don't Look Back In Anger' as many times as 'Wonderwall', but where the opening chords to 'Wonderwall' immediately make me think "oh, for fucks sake, this again", I'm still not bored of 'Don't Look Back In Anger'

The single cover is a homage to the incident where Ringo Starr briefly left the Beatles during the recording of The White Album; after the other three Beatles members successfully persuaded him to return, George Harrison decorated Ringo's drum kit in red, white, and blue flowers to show their appreciation.

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4. Supersonic
From: Definitely Maybe and Single
Single Released: 11 April 1994
Charted: 31, US Alt - 31
686 Points, 20 Votes, 3 Number Ones

another surprise, thought this would be the number one.

"Supersonic" was written and recorded in a single day at The Pink Museum recording studio in Liverpool. The band were there to record "I Will Believe" but first, as a warm up, they started jamming together. Soon Noel Gallagher was humming a melody over McCarroll and Bonehead's rhythm until he called the jam to a halt as it was time to start recording "I Will Believe". The intended song was not going too well so it was decided that they work on something new, based on a jam they had had earlier that day. The recording was completed in 11 hours and it was never remixed.

The identity of "Elsa" has caused confusion. The lyrics say: She done it with a doctor/On a helicopter/she sniffin' in a tissue/Sellin' the Big Issue. Gallagher has remarked: "Someone told me "Supersonic" was about teenage prostitution. Shit!". It has since been revealed that Elsa was a nine-stone rottweiler with a flatulence problem. The dog belonged to the sound engineer Dave Scott and was in the studio on the day the song was written, hence the line "she's into Alka Seltzer".

Supersonic is so obviously the best.

Prediction: 'Some Might Say', 'Slide Away' and 'Live Forever', in that order.

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3. Slide Away
From: Definitely Maybe
Released: 29 August 1994
705 Points, 19 Votes, 3 Number Ones

Noel claims he wrote it on a Les Paul guitar that Johnny Marr sent to him, since he had few guitars available to him at the time. On the Definitely Maybe DVD, he also notes that he took Marr's guitar out of the case, sat down, and "the song wrote itself". Gallagher wrote it about his girlfriend at the time - Louise Jones and the song was written about their stormy relationship. He described them as "soulmates" and when they finally split up in June 1994, Noel said 'I don't think I'll ever get over it.'

It is featured on their debut album Definitely Maybe,on the "Whatever" single, and on the "Champagne Supernova" US single. Also in the Stop the Clocks interview, Noel claimed that he was told to release it as a fifth single from Definitely Maybe, but Gallagher refused, arguing, "You can't have five [singles] off a debut album." Furthermore it is claimed to be Paul McCartney's favorite song by Oasis in the same interview.

damn I didn't know slide away would get this high

I had a feeling it would, it's always been a highly regarded track amongst fans. I had this down as a definite lock for the Top 5.

another one of my very favorites, i do wonder why they included this song on the "Whatever" single as well? it wasn't like they were including album tracks on other singles.

going to do the last two together...

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2. Some Might Say
From: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Single
Single Released: 24 April 1995
Charted: UK - 1
749 Points, 22 Votes, 1 Number One

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1. Live Forever
From: Definitely Maybe and Single
Single Released: 8 August 1994
Charted: UK - 10, US Alt - 10
858 Points, 21 Votes, 5 Number Ones

hope everyone had fun :-)

another poll where I didn't vote for the no. 1 at all lol

it had to be "Live Forever" right?

i was on all but Brads and others or a total of five ballots.

I know I'm in the minority but I've always hated its chorus

Full results in a bit but here is the Top 50:

1. Live Forever
2. Some Might Say
3. Slide Away
4. Supersonic
5. Don’t Look Back in Anger
6. Wonderwall
7. Champagne Supernova
8. Whatever
9. Acquiesce
10. Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
11. The Masterplan
12. Morning Glory
13. Up in the Sky
14. Talk Tonight
15. Cigarettes & Alcohol
16. Columbia
17. Underneath The Sky
18. Half the World Away
19. Fade Away
20. Rockin' Chair
21. Hello
22. She’s Electric
23. The Shock of the Lightning
24. D'You Know What I Mean?
25. Cast No Shadow
26. Step Out
27. Roll With It
28. Going Nowhere
29. Stay Young
30. Round Are Way
31. Shakemaker
32. Hey Now!
33. Listen Up
34. Bring It On Down
35. Digsy's Dinner
36. Married with Children
37. The Importance of Being Idle
38. Songbird
39. I Hope, I Think, I Know
40. Lyla
41. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
42. My Big Mouth
43. Stand By Me
44. I'm Outta Time
45. Don't Go Away
46. Falling Down
47. Headshrinker
48. (It’s Good) To Be Free
49. D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
50. Go Let It Out

Damn, I was really pulling for Bonehead's Bank Holiday to be number 1.

'Live Forever' would have made my ballot, admittedly. I'm more surprised about 'Some Might Say' being in the Top 3, if only because there's been about 20 songs that have placed below it that are superior to it.

Bee OK, did 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)' or 'All Around The World' get any votes?

53. All Around the World 76 3
54. It's Getting Better (Man!!) 73 3

My Ballot:

Songs:

1. Whatever
2. Champagne Supernova
3. Listen Up
4. Acquiesce
5. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
6. Slide Away
7. Rockin’ Chair
8. Wonderwall
9. Fade Away
10. Live Forever
11. Round Our Way
12. Cigarettes & Alcohol
13. Cloudburst
14. It’s Good To Be Free
15. Don’t Look Back In Anger
16. Shakermaker
17. Headshrinker
18. Supersonic
19. She’s Electric
20. Flashbax
21. D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
22. Half the World Away
23. The Masterplan
24. Underneath the Sky
25. Columbia

Albums:

1. Definitely Maybe
2. The Masterplan
3. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
4. Be Here Now
5. Heathen Chemistry

Singles:

1. Whatever
2. Some Might Say
3. Wonderwall
4. Cigarettes & Alcohol
5. Sharkermaker

6. Don’t Look Back In Anger
7. Roll With It
8. All Around the World
9. Live Forever
10. Supersonic

Worst Song:

didn't vote

hey this was great, thanks for running this.

This was a great poll, thanks for running it Bee. Looking forward to blasting the Spotify playlist later. Here's my ranked ballot, songs only:

SLIDE AWAY
WHATEVER
COLUMBIA
SUPERSONIC
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
ACQUIESCE
ROCKIN' CHAIR
LIVE FOREVER
FADE AWAY
SOME MIGHT SAY
(IT'S GOOD) TO BE FREE
BRING IT ON DOWN
SHAKERMAKER
STEP OUT
TALK TONIGHT
UP IN THE SKY
CIGARETTES & ALCOHOL
DIGSY'S DINNER
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
MORNING GLORY
ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR
SHE'S ELECTRIC
TAKE ME AWAY
THE MASTERPLAN
UNDERNEATH THE SKY

Great poll! My ballot:

Ballot part one
1 Live forever
2 Slide away
3 Underneath the sky
4 Alive - Demo
5 Rockin' Chair
6 Supersonic
7 Stay Young
8 The Masterplan
9 Rock'n Roll Star
10 Stop Crying Your Heart Out
11 Cast No Shadow
12 She's Electric
13 D'you Know What I Mean
14 Don't Look Back in Anger
15 Falling Down
16 Acquiesce
17 Half the World Away
18 Up in the Sky
19 Don't Go Away
20 Headshrinker
21 Whatever
22 Bring It On Down
23 I'm Outta Time
24 Hello
25 Wonderwall

Ballot part three
1 Definitely Maybe
2 The Masterplan
3 Morning Glory
4 Be Here Now

So, unless I'm mistaken, the first song on the list not from Definitely Maybe or Morning Glory era is at 23. That's pretty remarkable, though perhaps not surprising. And it's a song from Dig Out Your Soul, which might be a bit more surprising.

I'm sure it's been mentioned in the noms thread but the way Liam sings "SUNSHEEEIIINE" is dylanesquely brilliant and brings a smile to my face

never got round to doing the 'Oasis' cover of Autobahn

My ballot:

PART ONE

Live Forever
Rockin’ Chair
Whatever
Fade Away [the one on Cigarettes & Alcohol single, not the HELP album]
Married With Children
Rock’n’Roll Star
Don’t Look Back In Anger
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Digsy’s Dinner
The Masterplan
Slide Away
Half The World Away
Champagne Supernova
Supersonic
Wonderwall
Some Might Say
Morning Glory
I Hope I Think I Know
Stay Young
Talk Tonight
Cast No Shadow
Hello
Underneath The Sky
Round Are Way
Step Out

PART THREE

Definitely Maybe
(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
Be Here Now

PART FOUR

All Around The World

That were good, that