Oasis @ Merriweather

Originally posted by bunnyman:
They just played the songs with that typical attitude, no warmth, it didn't look like they wanted to be there…

It's a manc thing…..you wouldn't understand. :roll: (that's my manc, 'couldn't give a toss' expression)

Originally posted by bunnyman:
But the best time I ever saw them was in 1999 when Gem and Andy joined and they did 5 songs at a Christmas festival thing…blew everyone clear off the stage.

Be Here Now and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants both were shite…

Gem and Andy are much better musicians than Bonehead and Guigsy…Extremely tight.

Be Here Now is a great album

What's the difference between the "FLR" and "PIT" sections at Merriweather? I've never heard of "FLR" seats at MPP before. Even the seating chart at Merriweather's website doesn't show "FLR" seats.

So what's this about the presale starting at 8:30? I thought it was 10. Oh, well….no hard done. I'm not really much of an Oasis fan - more into JET and Kasabian. Show's a little pricey but we got OK seats (LC, Row HH - well, they ARE seats), we can can rock out during the openers, and drink with the bartenders at the 9:32.

The new Oasis single is pretty good….'lyla' or something. Seems they've now gone onto stealing the Stones riffs instead of the Beatles. What Stones song does the start of lyla sound exactly like. It's on the tip of my tongue but can quite nail it.

Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow…I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow…I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

Noel has admittedly called it "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle". It is over-inflated, ego-maniacal and it just goes too far at times….I agree that an album isnt the place to end each song with 2 minutes of guitar feedback…

If they were to cut 2 minutes off each song, it would be near perfection.

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow…I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

Bunnyman I've read that book and it's fantastic..it ties it all with the British political climate and what not..an excellent and detailed account off all that was Britpop..a must have..

I'll also recommend the best rock novel ever written in my book "Powder" by Kevin Sampson..hilarious from top to bottom..reminds me why I bother with music..

Powder is a great book. I can't believe that Kevin Sampson was once a passenger on the Groovy Train when he managed the Farm. The band in the book is somewhat reminiscent of The Verve.

Why is ticketmaster asking me for a password for tix? Does anyone have it? I was already able to buy tix through the Oasis site, just wanted to see how many seats were left. Are they not officially on sale yet?

Originally posted by CAA:
Why is ticketmaster asking me for a password for tix? Does anyone have it? I was already able to buy tix through the Oasis site, just wanted to see how many seats were left. Are they not officially on sale yet?

Just PM'ed you the password…Im not sure of the protocol for these type of things, so forgive me if thats out of line….

is this going to sell out? i don't have tickets, and don't know how worried i should be about getting tickets on the regular sale. i'm not hoping for anything like inside seats, i'd just like to sit on the lawn and see the show from there.

Originally posted by eilo97:
is this going to sell out? i don't have tickets, and don't know how worried i should be about getting tickets on the regular sale. i'm not hoping for anything like inside seats, i'd just like to sit on the lawn and see the show from there.

I think you should be fine with lawn seats. Never beem there, but Ive heard bad things about sitting out on the lawn….

Originally posted by beedubyah:

Originally posted by eilo97:
is this going to sell out? i don't have tickets, and don't know how worried i should be about getting tickets on the regular sale. i'm not hoping for anything like inside seats, i'd just like to sit on the lawn and see the show from there.

I think you should be fine with lawn seats. Never beem there, but Ive heard bad things about sitting out on the lawn….

Sorry for the cryptic response, Im doing 10 things at once…

People on this board can elaborate, but I have heard that it is very hard to see and the sound sucks from the lawn.

Originally posted by beedubyah:
People on this board can elaborate, but I have heard that it is very hard to see and the sound sucks from the lawn.

I thought the lawn sounded very good when I was there last summer. And they have big spanking screens so you can gaze longingly at a 25 foot display of Noel's bleak countenance.

Back in the day lawn sucked..I've heard that it has gotten much better though.

Originally posted by bunnyman:
Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow…I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

I don't care what anyone says, but Be Here Now was a great album.

You'll be fine on the lawn - based on my eyeballs it's a smaller plot of land in comparison to Nissan.

Originally posted by CAA:
You'll be fine on the lawn - based on my eyeballs it's a smaller plot of land in comparison to Nissan.

definitely. nissan is overwhelming.