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Post by matt on Aug 28, 2024 17:07:54 GMT -5
Coldplay are a brilliant pop-rock band and they deserve all their success. Oasis are a different beast altogether. They won't be the most streamed or the most-attended, but this reunion - if it's anything more than a low-effort cash-grab - has the chance to be one of the most culturally significant British events of this century so far. That might not make them the biggest band in the world in a technical sense, but it certainly makes them the most meaningful. And, at the end of the day, isn't that what bands are for? Horses for courses, but barring the bubblegum pop of latter efforts, Oasis and Coldplay are relatively similar with emphasis on big melodies. A reason why Chris Martin and Noel are mutual admirers of each others craft. |
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Post by ajito on Aug 28, 2024 17:13:19 GMT -5
All this anticipation reminds me so much of the summer of '97 waiting for the release of Be Here Now.
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Post by durk on Aug 28, 2024 17:58:54 GMT -5
this may flush U2 out of semi retirement
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Post by crisppacket on Aug 28, 2024 18:18:01 GMT -5
The audience are not the same. Coldplay is the kind of band liked by people that are not that invested into music. It is really mainstream, with big colorfull shows in which you don’t end up covered in beer and piss.On the other hand Oasis is probably more significant on a cultural point of view, especially in the UK. So more press coverage for Oasis, but bigger numbers for Coldplay. Which is actually a good thing about a Coldplay show. I just hope 15 years on, ticket prices are too expensive for those knuckle dragging pissheads or they have either all dropped dead from their massive coronaries. Wipe the scum away and these Oasis shows will be epic. You still get covered in piss and beer at Liam gigs now…..that behaviour didn’t die with Oasis unfortunately |
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Post by crisppacket on Aug 28, 2024 18:18:25 GMT -5
this may flush U2 out of semi retirement Let’s hope not |
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Post by shannee on Aug 28, 2024 18:29:13 GMT -5
From an American perspective there has been a 2 generation gap of working class rock that’s genuine and speaks to people. I think and hope a lot of millennials and Zoomers are seeing what a real band is and how it can change your life. I feel like this could actually change music and the demands on the corporate industry to bring back real music instead of the manufactured shit we’ve been seeing since Spotify ruined everything. I honestly never expected to see so many in the US give oasis the love they deserve.
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Post by capo2ndfret on Aug 29, 2024 13:35:45 GMT -5
The only way this happens is if Noel writes a massive new crossover hit and a great album. If that doesn't happen, then absolutely not.
Oasis had all the momentum in 1997, but did not stick the landing because Noel couldn't write another album on the level of WTSMG? or DM. Today is no different than back then, you need the songs or you don't get any bigger. HYpe is not enough
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Post by GlastoEls on Aug 29, 2024 14:13:21 GMT -5
The only way this happens is if Noel writes a massive new crossover hit and a great album. If that doesn't happen, then absolutely not. Oasis had all the momentum in 1997, but did not stick the landing because Noel couldn't write another album on the level of WTSMG? or DM. Today is no different than back then, you need the songs or you don't get any bigger. HYpe is not enough Exactly this. |
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Post by racingman11 on Aug 29, 2024 14:23:39 GMT -5
You just need the single. U2 had a resurgence in popularity in 2000 with some « good » singles.
Especially « beautiful day ». The album was very meh though. But you have to have some new good sound.
In rétrospective Beautiful Day is no better than Little by Little, so the bar is not that high.
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Post by shoes222 on Aug 30, 2024 6:45:59 GMT -5
You just need the single. U2 had a resurgence in popularity in 2000 with some « good » singles. Especially « beautiful day ». The album was very meh though. But you have to have some new good sound. In rétrospective Beautiful Day is no better than Little by Little, so the bar is not that high. U2 kept that momentum through the mid 2000s from all the things they did with Apple. Vertigo was like the official song of the iPod for a couple years. |
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