Not the very worst, but one of my least favorite, definitely.

but there are a few rock bands I hate even more:

Motley Crue
Blink 182
Linkin Park
Poison
Limp Bisquick

Rudy said:

She's electric rips off the beatles

mikek1 said:

Speaking of the Beatles, are you geting their new one? It's in 5.1 surround I believe.

NDRU said:

I've never got into their music.

mikek1 said:

In a way you did, by listening to Oasis.

mikek1 said:

Oasis was in the 90's what Radiohead & Coldplay are (or were) in the 2000's: Overrated!

BTW, I was never an Oasis fan, thank goodness. But judging by their performances, they were wack from day one.

mikek1 said:

Well you should!

Why the Oasis bashing? They may have borrowed on occasion but name one band/artist who doesn't have at least one song that sounds like someone else? In fact at least 5 songs? The Beatles, one of the best bands ever, freely admitted to borrowing from others, tell me how many original bands if Oasis are not classed as such, are there really?

The problem that people have with Oasis is not the music but the Gallagher brothers. I love Noel, but not so much Liam, and because people think they're arrogant, which I agree with on occasion, they bash the music when there are better examples out there: Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, The Fratellis, Coldplay who are way more unoriginal but are loved by everyone (except me!)

The same type of people who bash Oasis, bash Prince also. How many times have we heard, 'oh that Prince is crap, with his fancy clothes and high heels', while actually never having heard a song or written one themself? Yes musicians can be arrogant but the talented ones usually are!

Fact: Oasis are the best British band of the last 12 years, and no one can touch them. Massive loyal fanbase, sell out tours, best-selling number one singles and albums, attitude, arrogance they have it all, and will continue to do so. No British band has made such an impact since them or will in the future, they are the benchmark of the modern British rockband, along with Muse and Kasabian.

A

mikek1 said:

Ok wait wait wait a minute here now... How can you list all the songs that Oasis ripped off from the Beatles if you don't know The Beatles' music though?

andersongs said:

Wow, that sounds pretty bleak.

minneapolisgenius said:

Nah, they're a decent band. Could've been great, if Noel had taken his fingers out his ass after Morning Glory and written some decent tunes, instead of releasing rehashed songs he'd written years before, which didn't make it on to the first two albums.

You can pretty much ignore everything between Morning Glory and Don't believe the truth (which was a good album).

andersongs said:

Oasis have NO orginal singles and NEARLY EVERY SINGLE SONG off EVERY ALBUM is unoriginal.

Oasis are garbage... FACT!

mikek1 said:

The only fact is that in claiming that to be a fact, you are talking out of your enflamed Bumhole.

Bumhole said:

O.k they're great

mikek1 said:

NDRU said:

yes i'm now familiar with at least two dozens beatles songs that are on oasis albums!

I don't give a toss if its ripped off, rehashed or covered. It simply matters if it sounds good when it comes out.

I think Oasis are a bunch of prats, but some of there music sounds great!

Gotta love

Wonderwall
Stand By Me
Whatever
Half the world away
Some Might Say
Fucking In the Bushes
Don't Look back in Anger
Acquiese
Live forever
All around the world
Master plan

Any band who have the balls to leave Masterplan as only a B-side can't be all that bad!

SquirrelMeat said:

It's not THEIR music; it's other band's music!
How can oasis be good without any orginal material? That makes no sense.

Hypothetically speaking ; If nobody had heard of prince and someone released 'when doves cry' in asia and said THEY wrote it would they be a good band? HELL NO. When you know where all the material is from it makes the band seem totally worthless becuase they do not change the material to make it their own like zeppelin did!
[Edited 11/22/06 11:02am]

When an Oasis song comes on, I'm usually 100% correct when I guess "This isn't the Beatles. It borrows some melodic elements from them, but this sure as hell sounds like Oasis"

Zep were pretty blatant in their "borrowing" as well, but we all think they were great

Rudy said:

Zeppelin were superior in every way to oasis; 99% of the time they added something new; oasis don't. I have all the orginal songs zep took from as well as the zep songs on my media player(i also have or have had the oasis songs and the orgonals) to compare.

Oasis haven't just ripped off the beatles; they have ripped off the stones, stereophonics, the small faces, led zeppelin, the beta band, iggy pop, abba, the stone roses, t rex, REM, coca cola adverts, george harrison and lennon solo work, mark bolan solo work david bowie, wham, dusty springfield among others!

mikek1 said:

I have to agree. Oasis could write original songs (not actually stealing lyrics/melody), but they don't sound original, so they're not bringing anything new to the table. They're basically the Rutles.

Zeppelin may take a few lines directly from a song, but the end result is something that sounds nothing like the original. They always sound like Zeppelin.

fms said:

Yep...I agree. I LOVE Oasis. Definitely Maybe is one of my favorite albums period. Who gives a fuck if they stole shit...it all sounds good to my ears and thats all I care about. I agree that the recent stuff is simply good...but each album has its brilliant moments. Standing on the Shoulders has Gas Panic, Be Here Now has Girl in Dirty Shirt & D'ya Know What I Mean, Heathen Chemistry has Cry Your Eyes Out.

The Masterplan, the song, will always be in the top 5 songs of all time for me.

One thing I have definitely noticed tho there sure aren't very many Oasis fans who are also Prince fans and vice versa. They are practically mutually exclusive (except for us few on here).

I refuse to let anyone say Oasis have stolen a drum beat, that's just petty! Drums have no key or melody, so it's almost impossible to be unique, and unless they directly sampled the drums, then no way have they stolen drum beats.

If they've stolen as much as everyone says then why has Noel never been sued for plagiarism? This the God honest truth:

I'm a songwriter myself, and the first song I ever wrote had an IDENTICAL melody to The Plan on Emancipation, though mine was written in 1994 and I never heard the Prince song till 1996.

(Tongue firmly in cheek!) Don't worry Prince fans I'm not gonna sue even though he obviously stole my idea, because only I could've thought of running up the scale of C in that way! Get real people!

There are only so many chords and melodies to use unless you be really anal about it like Radiohead and play bum notes just so you can be different and play random time signatures that make the music unlistenable to all but 5 trainspotters from Oxford!

andersongs said:

He has on at least 3 or 4 occasions. Other people have been told about their songs being stolen and not sued because it's oasis; they are afraid of a backlash! The stereophonics and the small faces both said they didn't sue oasis becuase 'they like them'. It would be 'uncool' for some reason to sue them because they are so popular which means they get away with it.

There's no way to have stolen drum beats? NONSENSE.

So mitch mitchell and bonham work hard creating great beats and it's o.k for Oasis to use them without giving any credit?

Oasis DON'T take ideas and change them THEY COPY THEM EXACTLY ON NEARLY EVERY SONG!

Ok. I am ending debating on this topic. Nobody complained when Hear'say stole the chords and melody from All Around The World!! []

andersongs said:

That's because oasis stole it themselves!

I like you mike, because you make me seem like such an overtly positive-thinking personality compared to you.

novabrkr said:

novabrkr said:

I'm just an immensely knowledgable realist unlike many on this site.