Worst/most cringeworthy lyric on Oasis' 'Be Here Now'

like i can understand 60 year olds only listening to beatles 70 year olds with elvis but early 20s or even teenagers only listening to oasis is really depressing

The others (bar maybe U2), I could see making a case for (namely *I* could just about survive solely on any one of those discographies), but Oasis are just your dull meat & potatoes lager-rock. There's not really that much diversity there.

I do like the first two albums a lot though.

A quick scan of his FB music list shows a lot of artists, mostly British ones from 60s-90s, and a scattering of Americans; James Brown, the Doors and the Beach Boys. Britpop is definitely the guiding musical force in his life though. For context's sake, we were born at the beginning of the 1990s.

the real killer, replete with a sluttish early-70's rock-beast bassline

btw I very nearly voted Give me just a smile and would you make it snappy/get your shit together girl! before realizing it wasn't "pick yr fav out of these cringeworthy lyrix"

i like the 1st 2 also (saw them 3 times in the mid 90s) but ...well you know how shite they are since.

Who was that really bad band that came out on noel's vanity label? So bad that even their diehard fans didnt even buy in to them.

my sister was born in 1990, she was lucky to have me as a brother

xpost beady eye?

23 Jan 2014
kitchenperson 0.50 stars

^^^lol RYM

haha naw, Proud Mary? something like that

The cover of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is so abominably dated: you can tell it's from 2000 instantly.

23 Jan 2014
kitchenperson 0.50 stars

^^^lol RYM

― John Fitzgerald Chicken (imago)

Ha! I was planning to listen to all their albums one by one (on YouTube so my Lastfm wouldn't be ruined) but I only made it to SOTSWG which got the same rating. I couldn't find a single enjoyable thing about either of these albums. Maybe I'll make it to Heathen Chemistry one day.

Proud Mary are an English blues/rock band from Royton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. The band was discovered by Noel Gallagher, and was the first to sign to the Oasis star's Sour Mash label.[1] which the oasis star had recently formed" to give me something to do on my days off "[2] The band have toured extensively with artists including Neil Young, The Who, David Bowie, Stereophonics, The Black Crowes, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, The Happy Mondays and Oasis to name a few (Proud Mary were the first signings to Noel Gallagher's Sour Mash label and Gallagher produced their first album.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Mary_%28band%29

holy shit theyre still releasing albums

"Sour Mash" release Noel's albums now.

the chart position for their first album says #9, but when you go to that album's page, it's revealed that that is on the indie chart...not nearly as impressive.

dare I ask what they sound like?

shite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_iq64WSsI

pretty sure you dont need to hear them to know what they sound like

The cover of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is so abominably dated: you can tell it's from 2000 instantly.

― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Saturday, January 25, 2014 9:43 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It didn't look all that fantastic at the time, either. This was the period where Oasis changed their logo and stopped working with Brian Cannon and Microdot to do their artwork (I've always been a fan of Microdot sleeves), and I have absolutely no idea why. I can only assume it's because Bonehead and Guigsy had left and they wanted to "re-establish" the Oasis brand. It fucked up the continuity between releases in a visual sense, in my opinion.

Strangely, I dug out Definitely Maybe earlier on today found myself enjoying it a lot. I think there's still room for 1994-1996 era Oasis, providing one doesn't make it the staple of their musical diet and proclaims it "the best rock'n'roll the world has ever heard", or whatever. Because of course it's not, but those early albums are still quite enjoyable I think.

I completely, Turrican, I'm by no means Oasis' biggest fan, but Definitely Maybe is a brilliant 90s Brit-rock album. Whatever Noel was on, he was delivering killer riff after killer riff. Must have sold his soul to the devil, but that deal dried up quickly.

But the thought of calling it the best album of all time is a really depressing mindset to have imo.

So dont go away, say what you say, say that you'll stay, forever and a day

Because I like the song otherwise and I agree -- these could be much better lyrics

"i hope i think i know" is a really good song.
i actually like "dya know what i mean" as well, wish there was a dubbed out UNKLE remix of it or something.

that big beat instrumental that was in "snatch" was pretty cool. i think that's from "standing on the shoulders of giants". $#5!^$ in te bushes

yeah, the people who say there are maybe 3 tracks worth plucking from BHN are right - would happily slot a couple of them onto Morning Glory replacing some of the weaker songs. But there is really never any reason to sit down and listen to it as an "album."

but which 3?

dya know what i mean, fade in-out, be here now wd be my best guess, maybe magic pie for its sheer grandiose stupidity

there is no such thing as a best album of all time, lots of fun discussing it, but a totally absurd concept

which is why it should really be called favourite albums of all time. (as long as people do pick faves and aren't compelled to pick what the canon says is best)

But these lists/polls can be useful for finding out about a lot of music, especially when you're younger.

but you all would agree that if mad professor released "be here now in dub" it would be the best album of all time, right?

would it be as boring as ekko dek?

i had the massive attack one

sorry got carried away with the Ks there

magic dub, do you know what I dub, all around the dub

it's getting better (dub!)

'My Big Dub'

dubbing in the bushes

he was delivering killer riff after killer riff.

Sorry, someone needs to listen to more heavy metal.

Sorry, that sounded well snarky. I am drunk.

Riffs can be soft, man, take a look at future games

no worries, I'm not really that into heavy metal. perhaps riffs is the wrong word, but they are good songs either way, to me that is.

Brimstead otm, this would be a lot better album if it were Future Games by Fleetwood Mac

"Sitting upside a high chair, the devil's refugee is gonna be blinded by the light that follows me"

This is, of course, helped along with Johnny Depp on slide guitar. Which may send it over the top.

Oh god, the Johnny Depp thing. I actually keep forgetting about that, but in a weird way the appearance of Johnny Depp on slide guitar for 'Fade In/Out' is quite representative of how insane things had got at this point. Only a couple of years prior, they were a bunch of normal, every day Mancunians holed up in a studio in Wales for a couple of weeks bashing out their second album. Fast forward to the Be Here Now sessions and they're getting Hollywood actors to play slide guitar on a track which opens like it could be Bon Jovi. On one hand, it was kinda like "Fucking hell, you've clearly made it now", but on the other, it was like "There's absolutely no way you guys can wander around saying you're a bunch of normal, everyday folk now. No fucking chance."

Is johnny depp a normal bloke?

Well, they'd got Paul Weller to play "guest guitar" (on 'Champagne Supernova') on the previous album, from that to... Johnny Depp!?

depp was doing other guest parts around that time. iirc he appeared on totp playing with shane macgowan.

he also guest starred in the final Fast Show episodes

his band played t in the park and a big thing was made about how he took a bus from glasgow to it full of ordinary punters. Which was quite cool actually.