Fact: Oasis will never again make a great record. Why? Because, quite simply, they're not good enough. Lazy, disinterested, musically retroactive and professionally bankrupt.
Fact: 'Don't Believe The Truth' is a big stinking pile of rubbish.
Audio mediocrity wafts out of the stereo from the start; 'Turn Up The Sun' is a terrible dirge, while 'Mucky Fingers' is a ridiculous pastiche of the Velvet Underground that gets its name all mixed up - a Rolling Stones homaging title but a Lou Reed-ripping song. 'Lyla' we've all heard and ignored, whilst 'Love Like A Bomb' is one of those cringing Liam Gallagher efforts that proves why he should stick to croaking rather than composing sickly acoustic ballads; "Yer love's like a bomb / yer blowing my mind / yer turning me on." Honestly. Another Liam composition, Acoustic rocker (really) 'The Meaning Of Soul' is much better, but in the world of Oasis anthems, it ranks a little under halfway. His final effort, the barefaced Kinks steal of 'Guess God Thinks Im Abel' oozes sterility as does the humdrum take on 'regular life' that is 'Part Of The Queue', which is another Kinks-ian world view married to thrashed acoustics ala Oasis b-sides circa 1994.
Those of you worried that Noel Gallagher only offers less than half the songs; don't worry - his contributions are amongst the worst. On top of the aforementioned 'Lyla', 'Part Of The Queue' and 'Mucky Fingers', there's the benign 'Importance Of Being Idle' and album closer, the typically overwrought 'Let There Be Love' a psuedo-blustery anthem which attempts to be understated but merely succeeds in sounding shallow and thin.
Oddly, it's Andy Bell (he of Hurricane #1, don't forget) who offers one of the better songs; 'Keep The Dream Alive' is the sort of towering stadium crooner that they should be able to knock off in their sleep after all these years but don't seem able to anymore. That's not to say that it's particularly good, please note. Possibly, it's best not to mention Gem's effort.
Go to your outdoor shindigs, hear the hits, have fun. Just don't pretend to yourself that Oasis are moving foward. There's nothing wrong with staying afloat if that's the best that you can do. And that is the best that Oasis can do.
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But, obviously, I'm not a blinkered Oasis fan who responds to every criticism of said band with insults, so what do I know?
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Oasis aren't 'anti-intelligence' unless you define someone's intelligence on the number of books they've read. Which would be pretty fucking stupid, considering the person who invented the wheel probably never read a book in his/her life. What is your definition of intelligence?
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That was on the 8th day, after they'd invented drugs and gravity.
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There's a difference between not reading and being PROUD that you don't read - it just strikes me as being a ridiculous secondary school attitude to take.
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And, I do not know why I am talking to a woman about music. You women know nothing and understand nothing. The last time I had sex with a British woman I told her that it did not make a difference if she had a brain or not... You are British And a woman... Nice combination... Right...? I am assuming though...
Women are...
Inferior... my dear...
And I am not a chauvinist or a racist... I am just telling you the truth... And I know that this truth would never be soft enough for you to accept...
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Irrevocable proof that ridiculous but intelligent idiocy can be most amusing. Arf! I look forward to the next installment as the bait is cast and the fisherman sits there, waiting for a bite...
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But, I like the way you speak, DrFurry...
I had to use my dictionary to understand your reply though because English is definitely not my first language (My first language is Bangla)...
Well, I do not know what to talk to women about... They are worthless... The western society has given them the 'freedom' they have begged for such a long time... And what has that 'Female Freedom' given you...? A Britney Spears or a female Newton...? It has only given you worthless women (Of course, exceptions are there but exceptions are not enough; we must concentrate on the general case. To be truthful, even the exceptions have leaks in them)... So, make them stay away at home again and wear proper dresses...
And, if you are talking about the music, the western popular music is 'laughable'... It is not only true about the West. It is an inevitable truth everywhere... This is a sign of Qiyamah (It is an Arabic word and I would not bother translating) that everything would lose taste and worthless people will get credit for the worthless things they have done...
I am 19... And, I have grown out of your stupid Oasis, blues or any kind of things that came before me as a choice... To be truthful, I have never seen any band as insignificant and worthless as Oasis are (A humble sorry to the Oasis 'fans' {A disgusting word} but it is just the truth, you will understand yourself when you grow up).
In music, I like R Tagore (Whom they gave Nobel prize in literature; they used to call him Tagore because they could not pronounce Thakur), Telemann, Chopin, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Dvorák, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravi Shankar... And names that I can not remember at this moment... Please, do not ask me to like Oasis and blues...!
It does look like I am in my holidays... I have written a lot already... Anyway... I am going to run out of holidays soon...
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So, why am I called a racist again...?
I do not disrespect Newton... I do not disrespect Fermi, Dirac or Einstein and all the French mathematicians (Fourier, Laplace and so on) the Western world has given us... I do not disrespect the German born Jewish (The Banee Israel tribe people) scientists... I have nothing against no one in particular...
Why would you... Call me... a Racist, my friend...? Because, I do not like Oasis...? Have you ever bothered comparing Mozart and Oasis...? Do not give me the excuse of 'Genre'... I can compose a million Oasis compositions every day but I would throw them away because that is not even the Worst I can do... Composing classical is much Harder than composing Oasis... Giving the excuse of Genre is just a pathetic pretext... There is nothing called Genre... It is Always about Good Music... And Mozart is Better than stupid Oasis... So, I do not Listen to Oasis and I listen to Mozart...
What a stupid arsehole you are... my dear... How long does it take for you to open your eyes...? What do you do all day...? Ever Thought about what you were Doing...?
Stupid sons of bitches have pervaded the world anyway...
Do not call me a racist again...
I am not one...
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... hold on... this is someone taking the piss... silly me!
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And, we do not treat women like dogs... Every modest woman is respected in Islam... But, we do not of cousre treat women equally... There is a Strict difference between men and women (I am sorry for you if you fail to see that yourself)... Who said we wanted you to like the way we treated women...? But, yes, we have extreme approach too for the women who are too obscene and too blind...
A British female journalist was emprisoned by Muslim Mujahideen in Afghanistan (I am an Afghan myself)... She used to spit on their faces when they talked to her or brought food before her and they still treated her like she was a guest... She became a Muslim the other day accepting Islam... Our way about women is the best, my friend...
Do not try to judge Islam by the Muslims who are Not following Islam the way they should... You do not know what you are denying...
Personally, I apologize for the way I am... It is Not Islam's fault that I am so attacking and so immodest. I am surely an extrimist... But, Islam does Not itself support it... Do not try to read Islam through me either...
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For me, Morning Glory was a record for lads made by lads, and Don't Believe The Truth is a record for dads made by dads. Sounds a bit wanky, but a fair assessment, I think.
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Thats possibly the best thing I've heard by Oasis for about 8 years! Spacemen 3 meets Brian Wilson with Noel's vocal put through Stephen Hawking's voicebox.
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I'd love Oasis to make another great record, but I've been waiting 10 years.
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So you can't possibly comprehend the fact that, hey, maybe he just didn't like the album?
Hardcore fans amuse me so much. Especially ones that register on another website's messageboards just to defend their idols.
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I've not heard the record, but to bee honest I trust Gareth's opinion over that of some glossy mag writer who needs to award said record a minimum of 3/5 to ensure advertising revenue from the band's label. Why the fuck do you think a magazine like Clash, or even Q, harldy ever dishes out a bad review? For the magazines in the newsagents reviewing is part of a bigger business; here it is simple opinion, unpaid for and benefitting nobody but those looking for a spread of assessments.
Thus, I conclude that this record IS probably shite.
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I assumed that everything still got at least three out of five.
It did when I used to read it, a few years back.
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Obviously not worried about that Saddle Creek advertising revenue then!
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I think you've come up with a great title for the next Oasis album. Give The_Glory a shout, and he'll make sure it gets to Noel somehow!
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