Oasis.
Next question.
(TheAmazingMeatMan ™ can't sing, but he's got soul, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 16:26, 10 replies)

do you like blur then?

(waxdart hello., Thu 30 Dec 2010, 16:32, closed)

Only 'Song 2',
and that's only because it's the most un-Blurgh song that I've heard.

Personally, I'd rather listen to silence than either of them, but Oasis are infinitely worse. Or were, anyway - we must be grateful for small mercies.
(TheAmazingMeatMan ™ can't sing, but he's got soul, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 16:44, closed)

Even
silence isn't the same now as it used to be. It's Billy Fucking Bragg.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 16:59, closed)

Excellent point,
though I wish Bragg WAS silent!
(TheAmazingMeatMan ™ can't sing, but he's got soul, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 17:02, closed)

They've sold a lot of records for a Beatles tribute act.
But I agree. They're shit.
(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Thu 30 Dec 2010, 17:06, closed)

Yeah, 'bands' like Oasis
mean that I can't use the 'they've sold loads of records' argument when defending any of my own bands.

Just as well, really, as loads of records sold doesn't necessarily equal great quality. There was an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit where Penn said that Elton John's Candle In The Wind '97 is the biggest-selling single of all time, but that doesn't make it any good.

Personally, I think the number of people that see a band live (while they're still touring) should be the only neutral incicator of talent.
(TheAmazingMeatMan ™ can't sing, but he's got soul, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 17:31, closed)

Sorry for this moment of pedantry, but
White Christmas is the biggest selling single ever. Candle in the Wind '97 is the biggest selling in the UK. The biggest selling non-charity single in the UK is Bohemian Rhapsody.

And Oasis are responsible for this www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBBlt4bajM&feature=fvst
(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Thu 30 Dec 2010, 18:00, closed)

Yeah
he's right.
(dchurch bah, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 18:18, closed)

I could
never see the attraction with them. Piss poor Beatles cover band with the exception that by the end, the Beatles could play their instruments.

When an Oasis song has a guitar 'break' in it, I think it sounds like someone who got a guitar for Christmas and has read "Play in a day" by Bert Weedon and thought "That's enough, one day should cover it".

Makes my ears bleed, with the exception of Wonderwall, which was ok-ish but nothing to write home about and the god-awful sounding singing is enough to make anyone ashamed that they ever listened to it.
(dchurch bah, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 18:17, closed)

Yup
Mainly famous for ripping off other people's music. Geniuses or so I'm told.
(Nitrous Nitrous, Thu 30 Dec 2010, 21:28, closed)