i am not now,nor have ii ever been… even a little aware of who is Oasis. know the name, not the songs.
in this “renaissance” of the battling brother band, i have been wondering if the character Charlie, in the tv series Lost, was not somewhat formed from that feuding musical duo? i mean, even the character’s brother was named Liam, they split over drug-and-alcohol fueled spats, had some success and dissolved the band, only to attempt some minor comebacks.
of course, Lost was 20 years ago and i’m not sure how the actual Oasis brothers played into that. it’s just that we recently re-watched Lost, and with all this hype about these Oasis twits, i made a weird connection.
It seems like the music press up to the 90s at least, were always looking for “the next Beatles” and so every rock band kind of got treated like that if they hit it big…
Nah, you could definitely amp up the hate a bit more!
I joke with my partner that i’m a recovering hater. I can’t always hold to it, although I try to be mindful that things are out there for the people that like it and that doesn’t need to include me. It’s taken a lot for me not to shit on certain artists (mostly pop) i mean…
well, thanks for all that, i suppose.
no one has pondered my actual question, however, RE: the connection to the sub-story in the show Lost.
maybe i’m just daft.
eta: yeah, i know “wonderwall”. would not have answered the “who sang it” correctly in a pub trivia match.
Oh it’s a good thing to not shit all over artists, generally speaking… in this case, I’m more mocking the Guardian’s editorial choices rather than the band itself. though I’m not fan, honestly. If people enjoy them, great.
I do think the whole poptimism vs. rockism debate is interesting… This guy had a good break down of the debate…
i found it painful to watch. i get that he had the option to say “no,” but he’s clearly very unwell and it had to be very taxing for him. i love Sabbath and Ozzy’s solo work, but i wish he didn’t have to go through with this, even if it was his way to say thank you to the fans. Everyone knows it’s his last show – there wasn’t a dry eye to be seen on the footage from “Mama I’m Coming Home.”
I had read somewhere that Iggy Pop’s desire (maybe jokingly or not) was to die on stage during his very last performance, looking into it he did go as far to have a coffin at his last show. I would hazard a guess that Ozzie would not be too sad to go out performing.
i mean… 
