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Post by beedubyah on Jun 25, 2005 9:54:07 GMT -5
www.projo.com/music/content/projo_20050625_oasisrev.21f034a.htmlSibling rivalry strains, but doesn't spoil Oasis' show 01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, June 25, 2005 BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer MANSFIELD -- Being in Oasis doesn't look like a lot of fun. The battles between the Gallagher brothers who form the band's nucleus are well documented and, at times, the British band's sluggishness on stage detracted from their performance last night in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Tweeter Center (nee Great Woods). But at the same time, Oasis has been responsible for some of the best British rock songwriting of the past 15 years (and their latest album, Don't Believe the Truth, continues the tradition) and that ultimately pulled them through. Frontman Noel Gallagher is the onstage focal point. Wearing shades and a hat pulled low, he occasionally glared at the audience, and didn't so much prowl or amble around the stage as trudge across it, often standing stock-still, with a tambourine at his side that he nearly never used. His voice is not so much abrasive -- wherein you feel his pain -- as corrosive, sending the pain out to others. The band played many songs from the new album, such as the swinging first single "Lyla," and they fared well side-by-side with Oasis classics such as "Morning Glory," "Cigarettes and Alcohol" and "Rock & Roll Star." In other words, you can detect the '60s Britpop influences (Beatles, Who, Kinks) through a sometimes-too-heavy layer of modern guitar bluster, but impeccable melodicism and songcraft save the day. The lyrics are often childishly simple ("Turn up the sun/ For everyone" goes the first song on the new album, for example); but it's the vibe that counts. And the vibe is usually that of tough ol' bloke Noel Gallagher either scalding a song subject with withering pity or opening up his heart for what feels like the first time. Liam Gallagher, the band's main songwriter, took over vocals for several songs, including "The Importance of Being Idle," a Kinks-esque tribute to laziness from the new album. His voice was more raw and emotional, particularly on the grand anthem "Don't Look Back in Anger" ("please don't put your life in the hands of a rock 'n' roll band"). A closing rendition of The Who's classic "My Generation" was flat, with drummer Zak Starkey (whose kinetic drumming with The Who has reinspired that band for the past few years) keeping up, but the bassist coming nowhere near the iconic solo. Jet, who went on before Oasis, were sinus-ticklingly loud, and their mixture of garage rock and the hard-rock vocalizing and volume of Australian countrymen AC/DC went over well. Frontman Nic Cester drained the momentum from their first hit, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," by milking the breaks too long for applause, but "Rollover DJ" kept a good pogo-stick groove and the four-on-the-floor rockers "Get Me Outta Here" and "Take It or Leave It" were carried by drummer Chris Cester. Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, who opened the show, were an essential and expert distillation of garage and big-beat influences with tight vocal harmonies -- no more, but also certainly no less. Their onstage antics, including a midsong drumset deconstruction, might've been more effective in a packed nightclub than a sparse daylight crowd, but under suitable circumstances they'd be more than worth checking out.
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Post by castlecraver on Jun 25, 2005 10:09:51 GMT -5
simply pathetic. inexcusable.
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Post by LDD- Angelic Child on Jun 25, 2005 11:46:57 GMT -5
Isn't it always a good idea to know what you are reviewing before you review it... i thought that was customary but yet again i have been proved wrong...
let's play the word association game..
oh, i've got one... 'wanker!'
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Post by hurricaneoasis on Jun 25, 2005 11:54:53 GMT -5
its funny to think of Noel acting like liam and singing though
hhaha
what a loser... that is piss poor, that
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Post by LDD- Angelic Child on Jun 25, 2005 12:05:00 GMT -5
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Post by Definitely Maybe on Jun 25, 2005 15:20:22 GMT -5
UnFookinBelievable!!!
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Post by anthmcc on Jun 25, 2005 22:23:08 GMT -5
Guys chill out, the main thing is the band performed well. Gem was awesome on the drums, Andy on the keyboard worked well and zak on bass was top class. Plus Noel's vocals were awesome, Liam did a good job on TIOBI & MF too!
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Post by drunken guitar pop on Jun 25, 2005 23:02:31 GMT -5
Just goes to show how easy it is to write about music and make it appear as though you know that much of what you're talking about.
At least it was a positive and fair review, aside from the ignorance.
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Post by Chrisisawarmgun on Jun 26, 2005 12:58:23 GMT -5
its funny to think of Noel acting like liam and singing though hhaha what a loser... that is piss poor, that Reminds me of that "Roll with it" video on TOTP where they switched places because it was a miming show...SO FUNNY... |
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Post by Clint on Jun 26, 2005 13:12:40 GMT -5
its funny to think of Noel acting like liam and singing though hhaha what a loser... that is piss poor, that heh Yeah I pictured Noel out there with the hat and shades on and Liam playing lead guitar. |
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Post by nyr401994 on Jun 26, 2005 20:26:24 GMT -5
reminds me of when they switched places on totp in '95 for roll with it. hysterical!
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Post by astonvillascotty on Jun 27, 2005 1:46:43 GMT -5
Guys chill out, the main thing is the band performed well. Gem was awesome on the drums, Andy on the keyboard worked well and zak on bass was top class. Plus Noel's vocals were awesome, Liam did a good job on TIOBI & MF too! hahaha. and dont forget alan mcgee on percussion! hey whats this about noel and liam switching places on top of the pops for roll with it? can someone send me more info? i wanna see it. i never heard of it. it sounds classic! |
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Post by evan on Jun 27, 2005 18:42:09 GMT -5
i just emailed the journal...
Hello,
I am writing today as a response to "Sibling rivalry strains, but doesn't spoil Oasis' show" by RICK MASSIMO. Having lived in Providence for three years now I tend to read all my news from the Journal, and have given up looking for the Boston Globe do to my satisfaction with your paper. Saying that, I am amazed that a paper so large and well done as the Providence Journal can send music critics to Rock shows that know as little as Mr. Massimo new about Oasis. Oasis is the soccer of rock and roll. They are popular everywhere in massive proportions other then America. Each of their albums have gone to number one in dozens of countries, and have reached fame that even a band such as Coldplay can dream to achieve.
It is unacceptable that the projo's music journalist did not know the difference between the Gallagher Brothers. The most important brother team in Rock history, and Mr. Massimo messes it up. The entire article lost all credibility at that point. How can we expect someone to give a good review of an Oasis concert when he doesn't know enough about the band to know which brother plays guitar and which brother sings. In addition oasis has added Andy Bell to the band in the last five years. Andy Bell was the songwriter for a band called Ride, who inspired a generation of Europeans to pick up a guitar. No mention of Andy, his last band, or a correct detail of his songs on the new oasis album (Rick, it's "Come on turn up the sun/ turn it up for everyone). Hardly Childish, if you hear it in context to the beautiful album opener.
In a time of music when Americans are force fed rubbish Such as System of a Down, Staind and Yellow Card, thank god for bands like Oasis, who if asked will tell you the most important thing is to just pass the rock and roll torch on to the next generation. Rock and Roll will never die, thanks to bands like Oasis.
- Evan Grondski
I hope this is forwarded to Rick, and those in charge of the entertainment writing. If you wish, consider this for printing as a letter to the editor.
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