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Blur vs. Oasis - 20 Years Ago Today!

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  • #32
    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    nokia69 wrote: »
    can you be best band of the 90s with just two albums

    :confused:

    Who that's been mentioned had just two albums?


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Jayden Plain Speakeasy wrote: »
    :confused:

    Who that's been mentioned had just two albums?

    Nirvana?

    Presume as in studio albums, as oppose to Unplugged...


  • #34
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Nirvana?

    Presume as in studio albums, as oppose to Unplugged...

    You're forgetting their first studio album Bleach in 1989 released on the subpop label. They had three studio albums in total. Incesticide was a b side collection, unplugged and the other live albums and greatest hits came after.


  • #35
    [Deleted User]
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    You're forgetting their first studio album Bleach in 1989 released on the subpop label. They had three studio albums in total. Incesticide was a b side collection, unplugged and the other live albums and greatest hits came after.

    I'm not.

    You're forgetting that 1989 was not in the 90s...;)


  • #36
    blade1
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    You're forgetting their first studio album Bleach in 1989 released on the subpop label. They had three studio albums in total. Incesticide was a b side collection, unplugged and the other live albums and greatest hits came after.

    I remember some friends going to see Sonic Youth with Nirvana supporting them in Sir Henry's(before the rave science) and me telling them I wouldn't go to see that shîte!
    Much preferred my Slayer and stuff back then.

    Btw my favourite place for gigs was McGonigle's, also had good times in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire!
    The good old days!:)


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  • #37
    The Dogs Bollix
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    Wasn't Garth Brooks big in the 90s. Where does he come into this.


  • #38
    fleet_admiral
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    Blur were always far superior to Oasis


  • #39
    Chain Smoker
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    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    Wasn't Garth Brooks big in the 90s. Where does he come into this.
    He was pretty much making more money than everyone else combined, but in a completely boring* way that didn't make an engrossing news story (compilation albums charting high in the US for years, constant radio play, filling up stadiums bigger than anyone else would've managed at the time with no band members to split the big money with).



    * with the exception of that weird alt-rock alter ego thing he done, I mean, it sucked too, but what on earth was he at there?


  • #40
    happytramp
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I was there - it was hell man! No one stood a chance.

    Of course while Blue won the battle Oasis won the war.

    Not in the long run though. Blur have been far more influential on the musical landscape of the last decade than oasis.


  • #41
    speedboatchase
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    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    On this day, 20 years ago! :eek: :eek: :eek:

    Blur and Oasis went head-to-head in the UK singles chart with 'Country House' and 'Roll With It'. Hardly the best songs in either band's catalogue!

    And in Blur's case, worst...video...ever!

    They won, of course - 'Country House' selling 274,000 copies, whilst 'Roll With It' sold 216,000.

    Directed by Damien Hirst, strangely enough.


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  • #42
    fatknacker
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    I liked both, omg!

    Oasis were good for the oul singalong but blur come out as the winner in the longrun. Their songs were more creative and experimental, Oasis sort of dried up after producing the same sort of thing over and over. Although I don't think anyone can doubt Noel Gallagher had tremendous influence on a generation and will go down as one of the UK's most talented artists.


  • #43
    Richard Hillman
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    I liked both of them. Slightly preferred Oasis back then but I think Blur aged better.

    Oasis became a bit cringe after the turn of the century. The music was dreadful and Liam Gallagher stated to bring out some cheesy clothing.

    The Gallagher brothers individual bands were a bit pants too and Noel Gallaghers songwriting became as if he was taking the piss out of people. That "What A Life" song is dreadful.

    Blur aged much better. They went away for a while, did their own things and came back. Oasis just struggled along getting worse.

    If Oasis were playing a gig and I got free tickets. I would enjoy the concert but I'd probably be a bit morto to be going to it.


  • #44
    Cold War Kid
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    Oasis were crap after Morning Glory imo. So that's about two years of being good. But they were great - and I preferred them to Blur at the time. Didnt like The Great Escape era Blur at all. Ultimately though, Blur are the better band by miles. I like Noel a lot however. Seems good craic. And some of his solo stuff isn't bad.


  • #45
    kfallon
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    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    I like Noel a lot however. Seems good craic. And some of his solo stuff isn't bad.

    His "The Ballad of the Mighty I" is one of the best songs I've heard in a long time. However I find his solo stuff is either really good or really bad, no inbetween. Too many songs like Oasis "The Importance of Being Idle" which was absolutely awful imo


  • #46
    The Golden Miller
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    Vinculus wrote: »
    I saw blur in Mcgonagles before they released their first album and they were heavy. At that time they were more like a punk group and Damian didn't bother his arse with a microphone, he screamed into a loud speaker.

    Ye I always find it funny when the media tried to portray Blur as this soft pop band for toffs, yet live they were very very heavy for a long time in the early days, and Damon Albarn was off the rails during that period, jumping around and rolling and just falling all over the place pissed for a whole gig while hardly even singing. Like a monkey on acid. This is a funny video



  • #47
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
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    I think there are some fantastic songs from Blurs newest album and overall their song range/diversity is far superior to that of Oasis. With that said I do think Oasis first two albums individually are better than Blurs greatest hits which would make Oasis the better band imo.

    Oasis playing live was a pretty ferocious experience too that gives them the edge over Blur. They just became somewhat stale as a live act in their later years as they grew further and further away from their best material. I'd prefer to see Blur live in concert today but that shouldn't take away from Oasis legacy that their best was better than Blurs best.


  • #48
    we'llallhavetea
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    still love listening to oasis and belting out the songs in liams accent, drunk. :P
    i love blur too, listening to them now actually, prep for ep! :D


  • #49
    ON ZEE BRIDLE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭ON ZEE BRIDLE


    as always a grunger,oasis are ****e,first album is ok though


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