That's the problem. You're absolutely right. They really are. But it's not even as though I like them in that oh-so-irritating 'so bad they're good' way. I just like them, which is simply preposterous. It's like women who stick with husbands that beat them. Utterly irrational, and impossibly sad.

Finding out people are still listening to Oasis is like finding out people are still trying to vote for Hitler.

mclusky
half man half biscuit to name just 2

what's wrong with Hitler? A big and a great leader who changed history.

I've always said that never trust a person who can't appreciate the first two Oasis albums.

...

lol

the only ones
the la's

and of course, the libertines

apparently one of them is a paedo now

they were welsh

of course

Uh

and Wales is in Britain.

McFly

I may disagree but have to admit, that's brilliant.

blur were cool during their brit pop years...

but their best stuff is 13+think tank mos def... and it's not britpop anymore...

Blur's self-titled is one of the greatest records of the 90s...

Oasis' first album was good...

I think there's definitely a case to be made for Gene being a band for people who like the idea of stadium bombast in theory, but associate Oasis with ghastly football tykes. Genteel stadium indie. There's a niche for you.

gene were pure crap

I'm not sure if it's a case of enjoying 'stadium bombast' in a theoretical way, but certainly there is a stadium-friendly element within a lot of indie music I like which does manage to satisfy on some arcane level. I suppose The Smiths pioneered this approach of writing big songs about intimate subjects - 'There is a Light and it Never Goes Out' being a perfect example. It manages to rid the traditional stadium rock song of its hedonistic bombast while somehow remaining true to its epic sweep. Where it loses out, especially in the case of a band like Gene (as opposed to The Smiths) is in its self-consciously minascule musical ambition. It's interesting that in their wholehearted bid to mimic The Smiths, Gene chose 'There is a Light ...' as their template rather than the far more expansive 'How Soon is Now?' or 'The Queen is Dead'.

Thats a shit reason to hate Oasis, can you not draw upon the many legitimate reasons they provide?

I note that the members of Blur has found it for some reason a good idea to re-unite (mostly for the pay-cheques, I woulda thunk).

I will personally do time for having the pleasure of murdering Messrs Albarn, James and Rowntree. Mr Coxon would get to live, on the proviso that he would skin Paul Weller's face off.