Fair enough - I forget that some people aren't as old and set in their ways as me and discovered them only recently. In some ways I am a bit jealous, knowing how I felt getting hit with all The Beatles music at once - would have been pretty cool having that happen with oasis. At the same time it was really cool seeing it all unfold so yeah, don't really know what I'm saying.

Anyhow, I trust you have caught up in these Internet days with what songs you might have missed out on through not being on the albums but on the offchance you do need any reocmmendations or whatever then feel free to PM me. Talking oasis b-sides is my favourite topic of conversation tbh.

I dunno, I reckon oasis fans would have kept buying the singles if they'd put actual b-sides on there. It's no coincidence that when they gave us just one new b-side, the result was poorly performing singles.

Liam made a comment during the promo not the album about BDI doing a stand alone singles

Be great if they put one out while we wait for them to write the second album.

It'd be a happy media for those of us that want them to spend more time on their next album and do it properly and those that just want music quickly.

And the fact that people would view a great single as a waste is the reason that singles are dead.

Noel once said that the plan for Oasis was a single every 3 months until the pressures started to swamp them.

BDI are operating on a much smaller scale. They could follow through on a plan like that.

After thinking about it a bit more, maybe they (and everyone else) should do something like this...

2 singles containing album tracks (purely to promote the album, but release them just prior to the album coming out), or maybe even just 1 single...
Then...
2 'stand-alone' singles that don't feature on the album, have to be worthwhile tracks. Who knows either albums will get shitter or it'll encourage more bands to write better songs...

No but I think what he means is it's not the single itself they are buying, so that song's position is artificial, if you will.

True. I actually bought D'You Know What I Mean and thought I was the dogs bollocks for having Angel Child and Stay Young. But I was too young to buy the early singles and they were all a bit shit after that.

No way was I paying for the privilege of Sitting Here In Silence On My Own for example.

I wonder if all of you who are insisting no one buys singles anymore would believe me when I tell you that the singles market is the most successful it has ever been. Ever. And it's the most dominant it's been since the 1950s.

Why? People hear a tune they like, and they'll buy it on iTunes. It's so convenient, and it's cheap enough that it doesn't feel like a REAL purchase, unlike an album. Why else? You can now hear most songs from an album and easily decide which ones you like....in the past a hit single could sell you an album, now a hit single just gets listeners investigating the other tracks and picking them for themselves.

Yes, the singles market is almost entirely a digital market whilst albums still sell in limited numbers in stores. But singles EASILY generate more revenue for most artists than their albums, particularly in a singles-orientated pop climate such as now. Now, rock bands tend to perform slightly better on the album front - as has been the case with Beady Eye - but all the same I don't buy that "no one buys singles anymore" argument for a moment. Singles are selling better than ever, just rock bands aren't selling theirs.

Another weird argument is "it didn't get enough promo". It's not that. It's that indie rock died off in early 2008 - as was innevitable after several years of market saturation. A handful of releases such as Dig Out Your Soul, Humbug and Tonight have performed reasonably in the album charts, but essentially the indie rock genre died. People will complain about how it's the end of the world, but hey: Britpop was big around 1993-1998, and indie rock was 2003-2008. Rock music'll be back soon enough.

Presently the only style of rock music to be flourishing is classic rock. Not just veteran acts, but the only contemporary artists amerging are predominantly US ones that play in the classic rock style - stuff like Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, etc. It's no surprise that now has proven to be the time for The Darkness to reunite.

I heard something about Radiohead maybe doing something like that as well. EP's instead of LP's

Personally I think it's a great idea. I think it'd be great to have your favorite bands to give small frequent infusions of music instead of the traditional LP.

Be a lot harder promo-wise though I suppose

I hope everyone's computer crashes & they lose all their tracks THEN cd singles will make a comeback :-) i bought every singles oasis cd single & album,same with beady eye im buying all the vinyls & downloading the 2 tracks from the official site.It's not like they're releasing 100 singles a year,it's not much & everyone gets paid at least once a month or every 2 weeks if you're on the dole..

too many shit artists & bands about right now clogging up the charts,the 90's will always be the best era in my opinion.

the best thing about d'ya know what i mean at the time was stay young .. ok im going slightly off topic but you dotn get that these days with any band or artist.

i think cd singles aren't available these days no more,think they ended earlier this year,i'd prefer to have cd singles than dl's .. oh well.