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

this poll would have been incomplete if this song didn't make it.

In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the first single: "I was going to make up some profound statement in the chorus but I couldn't come up with anything that fitted. Then I just thought "All my people right here, right now, d'you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah." Very vague, very ambiguous, that'll do. Look in the mirror and wink while you're singing it and it's quite saucy. And I fucking love that line, 'Coming in a mess, going out in style'. We were a bunch of scruffs from Manchester and we're going out in a Rolls Royce."

(NG's 2016 Rethink): https://youtu.be/xKsT0Z6HW5k

My #13, the NG remake has been playing a LOT on my playlists the last month. Doesn't seem like I will grow tired of it quite yet..

Might be the one I go back to more than any other. Felt a significant shift at the time but p much of a piece with morning glory in my head now.

Great work here b ok

Oasis as a band would be incomplete without "D'You Know What I Mean?" We might not notice its absence but their whole narrative would be different I think. It's the best version of the total steamrolling excess of Be Here Now, strong enough on pure swagger and massiveness that it sort of reshapes what's around it a little. Not enough to make it a great album but enough that I kept coming back and trying to like the rest more, like this is the mission statement and the rest was the failed attempt to carry out the mission.

thanks, xpost

that 2016 version is excellent, first time listening to it. going to play it again.

they should re-go the whole album!

*re-do

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23. The Shock of the Lightning
Fron: Dig Out Your Soul and Single
Single Released: 29 September 2008
Charted: UK - 3
271 Points, 9 Votes

Noel said of the song: "If 'The Shock of the Lightning' sounds instant and compelling to you, it's because it was written dead fast. And recorded dead fast. 'The Shock of the Lightning' basically is the demo. And it has retained its energy. And there's a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best". It was described by NME as "a massively improved version of 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)'" and featuring "love is a litany/a magical mystery" as the song's chorus.

Is that previous quote real or something from the imaginary life thread?

i'm glad there were enough people who place some songs from the later albums. i like this song. nine votes, wow.

it's real, haha. xpost

fantastic, thanks

Voted for TSOTL only after it got upped in the voting thread. Missed it at the time but it is quite a solid recording.

i'm not putting quotes for every song and really just started doing it. i am coming up with some great ones though. the Gallagher's (or really Noel) don't disappoint.

anyone have any favorite quotes, please post them.

every song for now on has at least 10 Votes.

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22. She's Electric
From: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Released: 2 October 1995
286 Points, 10 Votes

yay, love this song and was one that didn't end up getting cut. wasn't 25 but really close to that.

all songs have shown up on Spotify: ILM Oasis

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21. Hello
From: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Released: 2 October 1995
291 Ponts, 10 Votes

This song is about a girl that as time passes, the singer doesn't really care about anymore. Noel Gallagher explained to Select magazine: "The lyrics are just saying, 'Well, it's not about, be the same for us anymore, I suppose.'"

"It was written just towards the end of the Definitely Maybe sessions," he added. If Definitely Maybe was about dreaming about being in a band, this one is actually about being in a band. So it's like,'Hello, it's good to be back' - back making records."

should this on on, or have we had enough for today?

offensive that "she's electric" and "roll with it" placed ahead of "stay young" and "going nowhere"

i'm going to do a few more.

i'm getting really excited about the rest of this poll. these next songs are all top notch.

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20. Rockin' Chair
From: Roll with It
Released: 14 August 1995
312 Points, 10 Votes

The single artwork features a photograph of the band on the beach at Weston-super-Mare. Many potential locations were examined along the Somerset and Avon coastline (Oasis were playing Glastonbury that weekend, so a beach within striking distance of the festival site had to be found). In the background is the Grand Pier which burnt down in July 2008. This has made the original vinyl artwork (particularly the 12" single) highly collectible.

Oasis had been following in the footsteps of their idols The Beatles, who were photographed on the beach wearing Victorian bathing costumes in 1963

"hello" is still very thrilling to me

same with cinematic orchestra in a way... the drums sounded extremely lucious and tactile but the overall picture just didn't sit right with me.

man that sounds asshole-ish

lol wrong thread. pardon

"Rockin' Chair" was my number 7. TOO LOW

this cover art has reminded me of this:

"Roll with It" received a great deal of attention when Food Records, the label of Britpop rivals Blur, moved the original release date of the single "Country House" to clash with it, sparking what came to be known as "The Battle of Britpop". The British media had already reported an intense rivalry between the two bands and this clash of releases was seen as a battle for the number one spot. The media sensation was spurred on by verbal attacks from the respective camps (in particular Noel and Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Alex James), that extended beyond the music industry to the point where the two bands were regularly mentioned on the evening news. In particular, public imagination was sparked by the contrast between the gritty, working class Oasis and the artsy, middle class Blur. In the end, Blur's "Country House" single sold 274,000 copies to Oasis' 216,000 copies of "Roll with It". The singles charted at number 1 and number 2 respectively.

Country House and Roll With It would have to be up with both band's singles, at least for the 90's

only thing I voted for so far was Going Nowhere but I didn't vote for too many

"country house" is silly . i appreciate blur

thinking a bit about Blur vs. Oasis today. Blur doesn't have a Definitely Maybe but Modern Life Is Rubbish is better than (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Oasis had better B-Sides but blur had the better albums. blur was the better band but Oasis might have had higher peaks?

oasis has two classic albums (the first two) and a plethora of garbage
blur has one classic album (the self titled), two almost-classic albums (parklife and 13) and a bunch of great singles/album tracks

oasis provides way more comedy value though so they win

i wasn't going to go on but i'm going to do a couple more.

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19. Fade Away
From: Cigarettes & Alcohol
Released: 10 October 1994
337 Pionts, 11 Votes, 1 Number One

oh hell yeah, mu number 9.

Recap, so far:

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
28. (It’s Good) To Be Free
49. D’Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
50. Go Let It Out

It doesn't matter what you think now, it mattered what you thought then

I hated Blur, thought Albarn was a complete prick, was vindicated, still vote Oasis (despite Liam etc)

i'm up

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18. Half the World Away
From Single: Whatever
Released: 18 December 1994
357 Points, 12 Votes, 1 Number One

a song that did sneak onto my ballot, the Whatever single is so, so good.

also sorry this countdown went into a Sunday.

not something i wanted to do but couldn't be avoided this time.