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Rating: The first product of the Mancunian band was released in 1994. Let's take a look at the history of this band that forever changed the course of English music and still remains one of the most loved internationally. Noel Gallagher is a more or less normal guy, apart from having thrown a bag of flour on his headmaster, he’s a good student and plays his pieces with an acoustic guitar in his room. Liam Gallagher, on the other hand, is a wild teenager, rough, heedless of rules, with an angelic voice but more interested in girls and football. These two kids grow up in the suburbs of Manchester, among drugs, alcohol, and with a violent father who comes home from the pubs drunk and beats their beloved mother Peggy. For this reason, one day Noel Gallagher will throw his father Thomas down the stairs, knocking him out. However, at a Stone Roses concert in 1987, little Gallagher opens his eyes and falls in love with music, deciding that he would become a rock'n'roll star. So, on a distant day in 1991, during a demonstration, bassist Paul McGuigan (Guigsy) proposes to Liam to join the band "The Rain," then composed of him, Paul McGuigan (Guigsy), guitarist Paul Arthurs (Bonehead), and drummer Tony McCarroll. Liam accepts the proposal, and after changing the group's name to "Oasis," begins his ascent in the challenging world of rock'n'roll. Unfortunately, the band does not have the expected success. Liam started writing his first lyrics, but without the desired effect. Noel Gallagher, hearing them once at one of their performances, describes them as "SHIT."
The younger brother, Liam, then asked him to be part of the group, and Noel agreed, provided he wrote all the song lyrics. Thus, the Oasis were born. We're around 1991/1992, and Noel begins to compose his first works (See The Sun, Color My Life, Better Let You Know, Life In Vain, and many others), and the group proceeds with its phase of evolution. In 1992, there are certainly two important dates to remember: January 15, the day of their first concert at Boardwalk, and June 12, the day the local newspaper dedicates an article to them, but despite all this, the five beer drinkers remain anonymous. 1993, however, is the year of the breakthrough, precisely on May 31, the band performs in a competition for emerging groups attended by the director of Creation Record (not Noel's), who then becomes the band's first record label. On October 23, the contract for six albums is elegantly signed. "I made them believe I had already written about sixty songs when I had about ten, and they bought it," said guitarist Noel in 2002. There was only one step left to bring these young Englishmen to glory: the recording of the first album!
This is an LP to have and cherish, a true musical pearl that even metal lovers like most of you DeBaser users should collect. In short, this is a gem, an inimitable work that has marked music history, having sold even more than "Revolver," a Beatles record. The CD starts great right away and opens with "Rock'n'Roll Star", a true anthem to the will to make it, an energetic and joy-filled song often used as the opening or closing of concerts. "Toniiiight I'm A Rooock'n'Rooool Staaaar!!!!" shouts Liam Gallagher, the sensations this track gives are unparalleled. However, with the next track, we find the first "hole," the first "misstep" of the CD. "Shakermaker" is a rather boring and repetitive song, the first then accused of plagiarism for its significant resemblance to the soundtrack of the Coca-Cola commercial. But Noel's idea of singing "Now I Only Drink Pepsi" is as brilliant as it is offensive. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Oasis' symbolic song, which, according to a recent survey, is the fans' most beloved song, "Live Forever." An ovation for a unique, eternal track, written by "The Chief" Noel Gallagher in the hospital when he broke a foot for his beloved mother Peggy. Besides being written for Mrs. Gallagher, this song was also created for the "Greats" of music and people who, in some way, "will live forever." From 1995 to 2000, during the performance of this absolute masterpiece, images of these people were shown on stage. Final photo: John Lennon! In fact, the single's CD has the image of the grandmother's house where the legendary John grew up. In the video, we see drummer Tony McCarroll being buried by the other band members as if to announce his departure.
"Up In The Sky" is a very energetic and rock song, often performed together with "Round Are Way" as if they were one song. "Columbia" is a good song but nothing more, written by Liam. Then we find the legendary single "Supersonic", the first ever released by the band. The video is shot on a rooftop, as the Beatles did with "Let It Be." The "Girl called Elsa" is just a dog wandering around the recording studios. Nothing to say about "Bring It On Down", simple but listenable compared instead to "Cigarettes And Alcohol", an anthem to drugs, cigarettes, and alcohol. Another plagiarism accusation for the guitar riff, a bit too similar to that of a T-Rex song. "Digsy's Dinner" and "Slide Away" are two very rock and enjoyable songs, and a comment certainly deserves the beautiful "Married With Children", an acoustic song where Liam’s vocal cords stand out. "Your Music Shite" is a phrase said by Noel's ex during one of their arguments. In short, a golden record, wonderful, that will remain in history. To all those who hate Oasis, I say: "To each their own tastes, but as Noel said a month ago: not even the Beatles, the Stone Roses, and the Rolling Stones would have managed to make such a debut CD. "And he's right! ROCK'N'ROLL!!!!
Cheers!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Shakermaker (05:08)
I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been
I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
I've been driving in my car with my friend Mr. Soft
Mr. Clean and Mr. Ben are living in my loft
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
I'm sorry but I just don't know
I know you said I told you so
But when you're happy and you're feeling fine
Then you'll know it's the right time
Then you'll know it's the right time
To shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Mr. Sifter sold me songs when I was just sixteen
Now he stops at traffic lights, but only when they're green
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Ah, shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with me
Shake along with them
Shake along with me
Shake along with them
Shake along with me
03 Live Forever (04:36)
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just want to fly
Want to live, I don't want to die
Maybe I just want to breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
I said maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I will never be
All the things that I want to be
Now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows, 'cause I just want to fly
Lately, did you ever feel the pain?
In the morning rain as it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just want to fly
Want to live, I don't want to die
Maybe I just want to breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I, we're gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
Gonna live forever
04 Up in the Sky (04:28)
Hey you up in the sky
Learning to fly
Tell me how high
Do you think you'd go
Before you start falling
Hey you up in the tree
You wanna be me
Well that couldn't be
Cos the people here
They don't hear you calling
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
Hey you wearing the crown
Making no sound
I bet you feel down
Well that's too bad
Welcome to my world
Hey you stealing the light
I've heard that the shine's
Gone out of your life
Well that's just too bad
Welcome to my world
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen
It's just a case of never breathing out
Before you breathe it in
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
I can feel you
Can you feel me?
Hey you up in the sky
Learning to fly
Tell me how high
Do you think you'd go
Before you start falling
Hey you up in a tree
You wanna be me
But that couldn't be
Cos the people here
They don't hear you calling
How does it feel
When you're inside me?
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen
It's just a case of never breathing out
Before you breathe it in
How does it feel
When you're inside?
05 Columbia (06:17)
There we were, now here we are
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
There we were, now here we are
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
What I heard is not what I hear
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
What I heard is not what I hear
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
So I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
I can't tell you the way I feel
Because the way I feel is oh so new to me
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
This is peculiar, we don't want to fool ya
This is peculiar, we don't want to fool ya
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
06 Supersonic (04:43)
I need to be myself
I can't be no one else
I'm feeling supersonic
Give me gin and tonic
You can have it all, but how much do you want it?
You make me laugh
Give me your autograph
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine
You need to find out
'Cause no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody could ever hear him call
Nobody could ever hear him call
You need to be yourself
You can't be no one else
I know a girl called Elsa
She's into Alka Seltzer
She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train
And she makes me laugh
I've got her autograph
She done it with a doctor on a helicopter
She's sniffin in her tissue
Sellin' the big issue
When she finds out
No one's gonna tell her what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you wanna say
But before tomorrow
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody could ever hear him call
Nobody could ever hear him call
07 Bring It On Down (04:17)
What was that sound ringing around your brain?
Today was just a blur, you've got a head like a ghost train
What was that sound ringing around your brain?
You're here on your own, who you gonna find to blame?
You're the outcast
You're the underclass
But you don't care
Because you're living fast
You're the uninvited guest who stays 'til the end
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
You think they're talking 'bout you, but you don't know who
I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight
Bring it on down, bring it down for me
Your head's in a fish tank, your body and your mind can't breath
Bring it on down, bring it down for me
Your head's in a fish tank, your body and your mind can't breath
You're the outcast
You're the underclass
But you don't care
Because you're living fast
You're the uninvited guest who stays 'til the end
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
You think they're talking 'bout you, but you don't know who
I'll be scraping their lives from the sole of my shoe tonight
08 Cigarettes & Alcohol (04:49)
Is it my imagination
Or have I finally found something worth living for?
I was looking for some action
But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
Is it worth the aggravation
To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
It's a crazy situation
But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol
You could wait for a lifetime
To spend your days in the sunshine
You might as well do the white line
'Cause when it comes on top
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
You've gotta make it happen
09 Digsy's Dinner (02:32)
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
We'll have lasagna
I'll treat you like a queen
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Then your friends will all go green
For my lasagna
These could be the best days of our lives
But I don't think we've been living very wise
Oh no no
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
We'll have lasagna
These could be the best days of our lives
But I don't think we've been living very wise
I said oh no no
What a life it would be
If you could come to mine for tea
I'll pick you up at half-past three
And we'll have lasagna
I'll treat you like a queen
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Then your friends will all go green
Then your friends will all go green
Then your friends will all go green
For my lasagna
10 Slide Away (06:32)
Slide away and give it all you've got
My today fell in from the top
I dream of you and of all the things you say
I wonder where you are now
Hold me down, all the world's asleep
I need you now, you knock me off my feet
I dream of you and we talk of growing old
But you said please don't
Slide in baby, together we'll fly
I've tried praying but I don't know what you're saying to me
And now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun
Let me be the one that shines with you
In the morning we don't know what to do
Two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Let me be the one that shines with you
And we can slide away, slide away, slide away, away
Slide away, give it all you've got
My today fell in from the top
I dream of you and all the things you say
I wonder where you are now
Slide in baby, together we'll fly
I've tried praying and I know just what you're saying to me
Now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun
Let me be the one that shines with you
In the morning we don't know what to do
We're two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Oh, let me be the one that shines with you
And we can slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
( I don't know, I don't care)
(All I know is you can take me there)
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
Slide away
11 Married With Children (03:12)
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I hate the way that even though you know you're wrong
You say you're right
I hate the books you read and all your friends
Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night, up all night
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I hate the way that you are so sarcastic
And you're not very bright
You think that everything you've done's fantastic
Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night, up all night
And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two
But I know then I will be right, right back here with you
With you, with you, with you, with you, with you, with you
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
Goodbye, I'm going home
I don't care no more so don't you worry
Goodbye, I'm going home
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