Oasis

[marywebgirl]

Their music is OK, but I think all rock stars should model their behavior after these guys. Bands should insult each other more.

[Casino Bride]

Gawd, I can't believe those unibrowed wankers are still around.

Though the Blur vs. Oasis feud was fun; I miss the '90s.

[jdkwfan4ever]

I love their song Champagne Supernova. It's been stuck in my head all damn day.

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I love them. They are surly, pretentious and slag other bands in print, just what great rock stars should do.

That stuff about being the next Beatles seemed stupid, but everyone is allowed to be stupid 15 minutes a day.

[Shanmac]

This is one of the bands I sometimes forget about, then I'll catch a song on the radio and go, "Oh yeah!" Then I'll dig out my Oasis CDs and fall in love with them all over again.

Yeah, Noel's an asshat, Liam's a lunatic -- who cares? I love them. We need more snotty, arrogant rockers. It's fun!

I also loved that their "Behind the Music" was subtitled. Hee.

[lemons]

New Noel Gallagher web chat*

*Two hours or so, but worth it. You can pause and watch it in installments.

[fiona3]

More great quotes from the Gallagher brothers:

Liam on Oasis without Noel

Interviewer: Do you think that Oasis would have had the same level of success without Noel in the band

Liam: I don't know. It's like asking if Jesus Christ would have been a pervert if he'd had a crisp packet stuck on his head?

Caller: "I was wondering. Do you have any advice for a young guy in a band who wants to make it REALLY big?"

Liam: "Yeah man, get yourself a pair of step ladders."

Noel on what he wants - "All I ever wanted to do was make a record. Here's what you do: you pick up your guitar, you rip a few people's tunes off, you swap them round a bit, get your brother in the band, punch his head in every now and again, and it sells. I'm a lucky bastard. I'm probably the single most lucky man in the world, apart from our Liam."

Liam on U2's Bono - "You see pictures of Bono running around LA with his little white legs and a bottle of Volvic and he looks like a fanny."

Liam on a good night out - "I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another,and another, and I thought, 'man, is this gonna be a good night'."

Liam on aliens - "If I saw an alien, I'd tell it to f**k right off because whatever planet he came from they wouldn't have the Beatles or any deccent f*****g music. So they can f**k right off, I ain't going anywhere with them."

Liam on vanity - "I suppose I do get sad, but not for too long. I just look in the mirror and go, 'What a f***ing good-looking f*** you are.' And then I brighten up."

Liam on Victoria (Posh Spice) Beckham - "She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book."

Liam on his bum - ''I've got a @#%$ hairy ar$e, I've got a rasta ar$e. RAAAASTAAAAA"

Liam on yanks - "I'm not going to play for silly yanks when I haven't got a house to live in!"

Liam at PinkPop 2000 when the audience began throwing things at him - "I can't @#%$ sing and duck at the same time"

Liam on the search for a new bass player - "Yeah, ‘coz they’re all kn**heads anyway, aren’t they? We auditioned a bass player the other day but he like started singing songs about frogs and that, so we had to get rid of him"

Liams identity crisis - "John Lennon thought he was god. I just think I'm John Lennon."

Liam on discipline - "Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word."

Liam after a rock was thrown at him on stage - "Whoever's throwing things like this on stage...like...if you don't like the music, @#%$ off! If there're any more coming on, I'm off. And you gotta deal with all these people here who are enjoying themselves. If you don't like it, go @#%$ hang yourself! Don't be throwing @#%$ stones on stage like this...I don't wanna go blind over some @#%$ @#%$! This one's called...this one's called Roll With It, @#%$!"

A great one from his brother Noel

'Of course I love Liam, but not as much as I love a pot-noodle'

And my favourite:

At a recent charity concert for kids with cancer, Coldplay's Chris Martin took the opportunity to vent his anti-war views: During Everything’s Not Lost he urged the crowd: “Don’t be afraid to sing along, sing to end this war.” He also changed the lyrics of A Rush Of Blood To The Head to “I’m going to buy a gun and start a meaningless war.” Not entirely unexpected since he's been a vocal opponent of the war. But it didn't sit well with Liam Gallagher of Oasis, who got off a profanity laced drunken tirade:

“Chris Martin shouldn’t be using this cause to bang on about his own f***in’ views on the war.
“If him and his gawky bird (Gwyneth Paltrow - ed.) want to go banging on about the war they can do it at their own gigs. “That lot are just a bunch of nobhead students — Chris Martin looks like a f***in’ geography teacher. What’s all that f***in’ s*** with writing messages about Free Trade on his hand when he’s playing. If he wants to write things down I’ll give him a f***in’ pen and a pad of paper. Bunch of students.

“These gigs are about kids who have got cancer, they’ve got to fight a war every day of their lives. That’s what we’re all here doing this for.”

Well, he’s got a point.

Noel and Liam are pretentious, arrogant, rude: the perfect rock stars.

[snacktastic]

I LOVE Oasis. Yeah, maybe all of their songs sound the same, but I like that one song, dammit!!

What a perfect description of why I love Oasis as well, though I listen to their later albums alot less. At the same time, I didn't get into them until I heard Noel's song with the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be" which is still one of my favorite all-time songs. I like the assiness of Oasis and how they are right out there with it. They own it. Though I have always wondered how they felt that they traumatized Michael Hutchence, who, to be fair, evidently had a whole host of problems to begin with.

And the quotes, like about Jesus and the aliens are deliciously random. They seem like guys that given different circumstances, would be yelling at lamp posts. Though I do agree that the quote about Coldplay was right on.

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Oh, no doubt they're definitely perfect attitudes for rock stars. And attitudes don't necessarily turn me off-I love Fiona Apple, and she's a real bitch. Ditto Don Henley.

I'm just a HUGE Beatles fan, and every time they compare themselves, this little voice inside me shouts, 'BLASPHEMY!!!!"

Oh, and Bono is always cool in my book. Even if I didn't like his music, he'll always rule for making Jesse Helms cry. That kicks ASS.

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Though I do agree that the quote about Coldplay was right on

Aw, he's just jealous that Coldplay is more popular in the U.S. than Oasis.

If the tables were turned I'm sure Liam would be dating Fishstick if she was available.