Itâs so hard to give a balanced opinion of Oasis. Thereâs the britpop backlash meaning we are mandated to hate anything from that era, thereâs the fact that after the first couple of albums they became so unbelievably uninteresting, not to mention the dreadful solo albums, or that Noel managed to make a song that sounded like a shit vaccines and it somehow counted as him pushing his musical boundaries. But more than that, is there anyone who isnât sick to bloody death of at least some of their songs (Mr Brightside syndrome)? Does anyone really want to hear Wonderwall ever again?
And of course Liam in particular is a massive twat, albeit occasionally entertaining in his cartoon twattiness. Noel also seems to be pretty full of himself despite not really ever coming up with an original musical idea.
At the time, there was so much excitement for this album. I bought it and didnât quite understand the hype. I really liked some of the songs - Live Forever, Columbia, Slide Away come to mind - but a lot of it was just alright. Certainly nothing new to warrant the levels of excitement.
Donât get me wrong, I still got swept up in it a bit, and I was very much into Morning Glory when it came out. (An album I donât think I could stomach listening to again however). I even liked the third album for a bit Iâm ashamed to say.
I think my favourite song on here is probably Live Forever. I just love the way it ends - the slightly crappy high pitched chorus suddenly breaks and he sings it with some kind of fragile urgency, and that guitar solo. Iâve just heard it so many bloody times now. Rock Band really didnât do it any favours for me.
Going for a 6. Well overplayed, with probably no lasting positive influence on anyone, but it varies between quite and very good. But I also never want to hear it again.
