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

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.

"Half the World Away" was chosen as the theme tune to The Royle Family.

I liked both Blur and Oasis at the time, as well as many other bands. Many people liked both. I think the only people who care about the whole Blur vs. Oasis thing in 2016 are people who weren't there at the time that are under the impression that it was something important. The reality of it is that it was all forgotten about within a few months and it only reappeared as part of the narrative arc in a crap John Harris book. It certainly didn't harm anyone's career.

It's the same with this term "Britpop", which was nothing more than a media term to lump together a whole bunch of bands that didn't sound alike but happened to be from Britain. Over the last couple of years I've seen arguments and debates over what was or what wasn't Britpop and it's like "who gives a fuck?" ... nobody gave a fuck about it even at the time, aside from those in the media! Not once in the mid '90s did I ever hear any fucker say "Yeah, mate, fuckin' love Britpop, me" ... it was always "I really like (X band)" or "Yeah, love that song by (Y band)" ... or, "I like guitar music, none of this manufactured crap"

I was expecting 'Half The World Away' to place a lot higher, even though it's not a track that I would have voted for. It's one of their most popular and most well-known B-sides. Probably more well-known than even 'Acquiesce' or 'The Masterplan'

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17. Underneath the Sky
From Single: Don't Look Back in Anger
Released: 19 February 1996
372 Points, 13 Votes

Spotify: ILM Oasis

Too low! My #3... Loving the countdown!

CD nostalgia hitting me pretty hard

this did make my ballot at number 24.

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16. Columbia
From: Definitely Maybe and (white label demo) from Supersonic
Released: Dec 1993 (limited to 510 copies only)
374 Points, 12 Votes

really surprised Columbia isn't top 10

and there goes my 25.

YES! 'Underneath The Sky'! Although really surprised to see that 'Columbia' isn't in the Top 10 also!

Top 15

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15. Cigarettes & Alcohol
From: Definitely Maybe and Single
Single Released: 10 October 1994
Charted: UK - 7
393 Points, 14 Votes

Yes!

"Cigarettes & Alcohol" was the first single to demonstrate the rougher musical attitude that Oasis appeared to be promoting. The song proclaims the inherent appeal of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as a remedy to the banality and seemingly futile nature of the working class life. Lyrics such as "Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?" taps into the common sentiment of western disenchantment that was particularly common in the mid-1990s.

Upon first hearing the song, the man who discovered the band, Alan McGee, claimed that the song was one of the greatest social statements anyone had made in the past 25 years.