He's talking about the people in this thread who don't like the Beatles, he is a fan of the group and his username is the same as the title of a Beatles song written by George Harrison which was the B-side to Lady Madonna.

Having lived all my life in several countries in the continent, I grew up abroad actually, i can safely say I've forgotten they even existed. They were very popular back in the day, of course no where near as popular as most american bands and that's about it. It was baffling coming back to this country and seeing a band that everyone i know was used to think of "that band from the 90s" revered like the second coming.

Well the 90s was their peak... it's the same with U2 and the 80s, you don't stay mainstream forever. You'll sell out stadiums and have a large fanbase, but the media doesn't stay interested.

The Foo Fighters - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Rock at it's most boring.
Kings of Leon - also incredibly boring, when I hear the opening to 'Use Somebody' with that awful wailing I want to pull my ears off.
Nickelback - Can't stand his voice either! Awful.

But that's exactly the problem with Oasis here. People talk about them like they are this magnificent band, one of the best bands this country ever produced. Up there with the legends, And that's no true. They were popular in the 90s, made their mark with a particular style and that's about it.
I cannot stand Bono or U2 for that matter, but they cannot even be compared with the likes of Oasis. When they go abroad, to mainland Europe, is still an event, people still think they are going to see the biggest band in the world. It's mad. They did have two decades of massive success, a career, they were not just a blip like Oasis. No one would refer to U2 like that 80s or 90s band. They are just U2, for better or worse.
Depeche Mode, that 80s band, could outsell Oasis anyday of the week in Europe and for the UK it's like they do not even exist anymore, critics here need some perspective.

Just a blip? The thing is, the two first albums were simply incredible... you can't dismiss that and expect them to fade away and they probably never will. They aged too well and the songs still sound great after 15 years. Very few bands can compete with the whole Oasis catalogue, Noel Gallagher took all his biggest inspirations (The Kinks, The Who, The Sex Pistols, The Beatles, The Stone Roses etc.) and made some great songs... even the B-sides were too good. The thing is the music also reached out to alot of people, it was gloomy in Britain and the music related to virtually everyone... "Is it worth the aggravation. To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for? It's a crazy situation. But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol".


Supersonic
Cigs and Alc
Slide Away
Shakermaker
Live Forever
Slide Away
Rock N Roll Star
Columbia
Wonderwall
Roll with it
Don't look back in anger
Some might say
Cast no shadow
Shes electric
Morning glory
Champagne supernova
Don't go away
All around the world
Acquiesce
The masterplan
Talk tonight
Let's all make believe
Half the world away
(It's good) to be free
Gas panic
Lyla
Songbird


There's plenty more catchy tunes they produced, the list goes on. You'll find U2s songs are all released at a different time and varied out over the years, Oasis seemed to release them all in a short space of time.

Foo Fighters
Kings of leon
Green day

Not a big fan of Oasis or U2, I find them boring.

But I do at least have some respect for them as they write their own songs, play instruments and made it on some modicum of talent.

The Pussycat Dolls and One Direction though are an entirely different matter. So far up themselves and have nothing worthwhile to offer musically.

I think that quote was aimed at the person who didn't like The Beatles.

I wont dignify that with a bite!

I'm a huge Oasis fan and saw them live quite a few times, i think this is where they really made their mark.

The atmosphere at Oasis gigs was something very special, hearing 80000 singing half the world away at Heaton Park, just WOW

Oasis lost their relevancy before the '90s was over. Every album they released post "Be Here Now" was just a blatant attempt at trying to get their glory days back.

They'll forever be a band that's associated with Britpop and '90s culture and that's pretty much it. Sure they have a couple of classics but they'll never be considered greats of music.

DLBIA was a belting tune in fairness.
The rest- just no.

Have you even listened to them? Slide away was the best of the lot.

Never been fussed about Aerosmith, Kiss or any other of those American stadium-filler rock bands. Gene Simmons is a right tosser as well, and Steven Tyler looks like a waxwork of Cher that's melted.

Same with Kings of Leon. I just can't find any substance to any of their music like I do with my all-time favourite groups. To me they just sound like generic stadium rock hits designed to get you singing along and raising your lighters in the air or something.

Was gonna come on here and leap to the defence of Oasis due to the idiots slagging them off and failing to understand their legacy and quality of their back catalogue but Mr Meat and Potato seems to be doing a sterling enough job already.

I echo his every sentiment and will say that if people do not rate Oasis then the most likely explanation is that they have only heard a couple of tunes and not given them a proper chance.

Even the band's harshest critics could never deny how incredible they were from 94-97 and even beyond that. It is genuinely no exaggeration to say that their B-sides from that era are better than what most bands put out as singles before, at the time and after.

Oasis were the last of the great rock 'n' roll bands and continue to be as culturally important today as they were at their peak.

This was the topid of the thread, yes? So clearly, in this thread, people were going to say that they don't like popular bands. Not sure why some people are taking offense when others say they don't like bands that they like then.


Not my loss IMO. I'm just not fussed by them. I like She Loves You and Help, but other than that, they just don't float my boat.


Because that comment's not completely bang out of order of inappropriate, nope.

and 70 million records in total...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1nFWHvmc8

Imagine this gig if Liam still had a great voice.


That and the media doing a hatchet job on them. I've even heard them called a 'one hit wonder' before :yawn:.
Noel Gallagher effortlessly released 20 odd b sides that whip the mediocrity that get's praised today. 'A Team', 'legohouse' and all the Foo Fighters new stuff....average at best.

Double post

As this is "Bands who are big/popular but I don't like" I'll chip in with

U2 - A couple of good songs, but never got the hype

Pink Floyd - Just dull, but not as dull as...

Dire Straits - I might be the only person buying records in the 80s who doesn't own "Brothers In Arms"

Simply Red - do I really need to explain?

I am with you there.

I'm going to answer the thread title, not bringing iconic bands into it, The Wanted.

I take it all those massive selling Boy Bands of the 90s and the rest of the manufactured dross thereafter is a given
Sorry to all those right on arty types but The Velvet Underground where terrible. Yes I get what they where about but nontheless the finished product was dire!

I'll put it this way; more or less every piece of music released since 1963 to this day, good or bad, would have sounded radically different had it not been for The Beatles.

Doesn't mean you have to like them though. I don't like Bob Dylan or The Smiths, but I recognise their influence

[I do like The Beatles]

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