[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

No, Gene were shit.

That's the problem. You're absolutely right. They really are. But it's not even as though I like them in that oh-so-irritating 'so bad they're good' way. I just like them, which is simply preposterous. It's like women who stick with husbands that beat them. Utterly irrational, and impossibly sad.

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by punkaspoo

I like Oasis. Downloaded their gig from Wembley this year and I must say that I was impressed. They are in the best shape since Be Here Now, over ten years.
The first two Oasis' albums are perfect music to get drunk to.

Finding out people are still listening to Oasis is like finding out people are still trying to vote for Hitler.

[PAULYBEE2656]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

was it just that after siouxsie, the cure, the skiths, happy mondays, joy division, etc etc etc, why did it take british bands so long to start ROCKING ?

I mean, electrelane "rocks" but not really you know?

can you name me some british bands that are recent that ROCK? cuz I like to

mclusky
half man half biscuit to name just 2

[punkaspoo]

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

Finding out people are still listening to Oasis is like finding out people are still trying to vote for Hitler.

what's wrong with Hitler? A big and a great leader who changed history.

I've always said that never trust a person who can't appreciate the first two Oasis albums.

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by punkaspoo

what's wrong with Hitler?

...

[punkaspoo]

lol

[lechaoscestmoi]

the only ones
the la's

and of course, the libertines

[Toilet & Bowels]

Originally Posted by radarmaker

I've got a soft spot for Ultrasound, but I try not to mention that in public.

apparently one of them is a paedo now

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

mclusky

they were welsh

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

mclusky

of course

[Derek]

Originally Posted by _slavo_

they were welsh

Uh

and Wales is in Britain.

[punkaspoo]

McFly

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

Finding out people are still listening to Oasis is like finding out people are still trying to vote for Hitler.

I may disagree but have to admit, that's brilliant.

[[Sandbag]]

blur were cool during their brit pop years...

but their best stuff is 13+think tank mos def... and it's not britpop anymore...

[GeneticKiss]

Blur's self-titled is one of the greatest records of the 90s...

Oasis' first album was good...

[Glice]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Fucking Hell!!!!!

That is genuinely brilliant to know. I'll stick on a piece of utter, utter tripe like 'London Can You Wait', or 'Olympian' or even, heaven help me, 'Sleep Well Tonight' and I'm thinking, why on earth am I actually enjoying this? And am I alone in this affliction?

I'm convinced it's the drumming. I mean maybe it's brilliant and we just didn't realise. Maybe that fucking imbecile in the beret that plays the drums is the one true talent in the band and it's him, beret boy, who's subliminally drawing us back time and time again to what otherwise remain an utterly shit band. I mean what else can it possibly be? Certainly not Rossiter's lyrics. Anyone who can start a pop song with the line 'my kith and kin' is frankly a cunt.

I think there's definitely a case to be made for Gene being a band for people who like the idea of stadium bombast in theory, but associate Oasis with ghastly football tykes. Genteel stadium indie. There's a niche for you.

[Toilet & Bowels]

gene were pure crap

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Glice

I think there's definitely a case to be made for Gene being a band for people who like the idea of stadium bombast in theory, but associate Oasis with ghastly football tykes. Genteel stadium indie. There's a niche for you.

I'm not sure if it's a case of enjoying 'stadium bombast' in a theoretical way, but certainly there is a stadium-friendly element within a lot of indie music I like which does manage to satisfy on some arcane level. I suppose The Smiths pioneered this approach of writing big songs about intimate subjects - 'There is a Light and it Never Goes Out' being a perfect example. It manages to rid the traditional stadium rock song of its hedonistic bombast while somehow remaining true to its epic sweep. Where it loses out, especially in the case of a band like Gene (as opposed to The Smiths) is in its self-consciously minascule musical ambition. It's interesting that in their wholehearted bid to mimic The Smiths, Gene chose 'There is a Light ...' as their template rather than the far more expansive 'How Soon is Now?' or 'The Queen is Dead'.

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by Glice

I think there's definitely a case to be made for Gene being a band for people who like the idea of stadium bombast in theory, but associate Oasis with ghastly football tykes. Genteel stadium indie. There's a niche for you.

Thats a shit reason to hate Oasis, can you not draw upon the many legitimate reasons they provide?

[MellySingsDoom]

I note that the members of Blur has found it for some reason a good idea to re-unite (mostly for the pay-cheques, I woulda thunk).

I will personally do time for having the pleasure of murdering Messrs Albarn, James and Rowntree. Mr Coxon would get to live, on the proviso that he would skin Paul Weller's face off.