Radiohead = The Electronic Oasis

2008-11-09 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 41 Comments
Oasis mainman Noel Gallagher has responded to criticism that his band don't show the ambition of contemporaries Radiohead, hinting that the group haven't evolved musically in a decade.

Said Gallagher: "The biggest criticism that the music press have against us [Oasis] is that we're not Radiohead.

"Correct me if I'm wrong; they've been making the same record since 'Kid A', have they not?"


Gallagher clarified that he didn't regard it as a negative trait: "I like them. Every time I see them live they blow me away, but you know, it's kind of we make very accessible rock and roll music and they constantly make difficult electronic records."

Tagged: Oasis

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Gore
November 9th 2008
349 Comments


WHAT?

Radiohead pwns OasisThis Message Edited On 11.09.08

Athom
Emeritus
November 9th 2008
17249 Comments


amusing.

VeryPleasantNeighbor
November 9th 2008
272 Comments


electronics on In Rainbows - 15 Step and the last 30 seconds of Videotape.

hmm...

bastard
November 9th 2008
3432 Comments


lol i didn't know people still cared about oasis.

Gore
November 9th 2008
349 Comments


Not as bad as the Cream - Zeppelin one, atleast.

Doppelganger
November 9th 2008
3124 Comments


radiohead is difficult!

Ayashi
November 9th 2008
319 Comments


Why does this stuff make news and the more important articles I submit never do?

Spamue1G
November 9th 2008
1291 Comments


Amnesiac and Kid A are the only two Radiohead albums that really sound similar at all, and that's pretty much a given since they were recorded in the same sessions. How is Hail To The Thief similar to Kid A? It uses electronics sometimes? And In Rainbows... calling that similar to Kid A is just stupid.
And Oasis aren't exactly one to criticize on the 'not evolving' front, either.

brandtweathers
November 9th 2008
2006 Comments


this perspective lends a lot to our recent understanding of why oasis blows ass

NotMrBlonde
November 9th 2008
394 Comments


Pot calling the kettle black.

joshuatree
Emeritus
November 9th 2008
3746 Comments


difficult electronic records

oasis sucks

Anodyne
November 9th 2008
81 Comments


both bands suck

HispanicImpressions
November 9th 2008
121 Comments


Seriously, this is coming from a guy who's band has churned out the same stupid boring mainstream radio hugging 4 minuite pop 'anthems' album for the last 10 years.

Pot
Kettle
Black.



Shrapnel94
November 9th 2008
2213 Comments


Why does everyone think Oasis is a Radiohead clone?
Theyre a Beatles clone if anything.

Mr_Coffee
November 9th 2008
631 Comments


"Correct me if I'm wrong; they've been making the same record since 'Kid A', have they not?"

Yes, you are fucking wrong.

Oasis sucks. It's a band that's been making the same Rolling Stones and Beatles ripoffs over and over again. And worse every time. Radiohead is far more superior than Oasis. Seems like Noel is kind of jealous.This Message Edited On 11.09.08

chewytapeworm
November 9th 2008
526 Comments


Oasis are utter shite. Noel has got it the wrong way around... How I despise that man...

Ironpriest
November 9th 2008
403 Comments


haha is being a 'rockstar' not about being arrogant any more? i reckon its good to see :D

Bleak123
November 9th 2008
1900 Comments


I'd rather listen to "What's the story morning glory?" than "Kid A"

Steerpike
November 9th 2008
1861 Comments


Not as bad as the Cream - Zeppelin one, atleast.

For the sake of devil's advocate, Jack Bruce has one thing backing up his bravado that Noel Gallagher doesn't: talent.

lunchforthesky
November 10th 2008
1039 Comments


Noel Gallagher has bags of talent he's just an asshole.

brandtweathers
November 10th 2008
2006 Comments


I don't know what's more hilarious: that people are getting mad about this or that people think the pot and kettle metaphor applies.
neither are hilarious and one is ironic, you diva

P13
November 10th 2008
1327 Comments


"The biggest criticism that the music press have against us [Oasis] is that we're not Radiohead."

It's because the music press is too polite to say they suck.

Steerpike
November 10th 2008
1861 Comments


Noel Gallagher has bags of talent he's just an asshole.

Really? He should use it to write a song that doesn't punch my ears in their balls.

Waior
November 10th 2008
11778 Comments


Oh, Gallagher, you talentless wretch.

Come see how highly we value your opinions here!

Gore
November 10th 2008
349 Comments


True Steerpike, true.

Electric City
November 10th 2008
15756 Comments


"Correct me if I'm wrong; they've been making the same record since 'Kid A', have they not?"


very well. You are wrong, Noel Gallagher. Very wrong.

TheGreatD17
November 10th 2008
1141 Comments


Jesus fucking Christ, people. The Kid A thing was mostly untrue (although I can't recall a Radiohead song since OK Computer that I sing along with for its duration), but do you expect him to say that he and his band are talentless, make bad music and wish they were Radiohead? He might be a dick, but nothing he said here is outrageous. And I'd still rather listen to new Oasis than anything currently in the top 40.

Epilogue
November 10th 2008
1845 Comments


blllah blah blaaaaah blaahhh blah blahhh

Steerpike
November 10th 2008
1861 Comments


but do you expect him to say that he and his band are talentless, make bad music and wish they were Radiohead?

That would be hilarious, actually.

IdiotTech
November 10th 2008
50 Comments


i like how the second sentence in radioheads description on this site is "Actually, they have no true definable sound, as it changes from album to album."

charlesfishowitz
November 10th 2008
1792 Comments


Pot

Kettle

Black.



Photon
November 10th 2008
1308 Comments


i thought they(radiohead) stopped using guitars after ok computer

AggravatedYeti
November 10th 2008
7683 Comments


haha for serious?
Oasis *was* great at what they do and Radiohead sure as shit hasn't made the same record since 'Kid A'
Oasis thought, has made the same record since 'Definitely, Maybe'
But ya know -- Noel is an asshat, and he's made a pretty good career (and like 2 1/2 awesome records) as one.
Whatever, he's just pissed that another seminal band (yay blur!) has eclipsed them once again as Britain's brightest musical export.

asaf
November 10th 2008
991 Comments


as far as i am concerned:

OASIS: whats the story (the only thing that ever happened in their career)

RADIOHEAD: Keeps pumping out mentionable albums

the Gallagher's need to keep their mouth shut and keep it down on their blog.

McP3000
November 11th 2008
4121 Comments


oasis suck

and why would they say the kid A comment when its blatantly false.

SylentEcho
November 11th 2008
1606 Comments


Oasis are better than Radiohead.

foreverendeared
November 11th 2008
14746 Comments


one can "take it" in the d*ckhole?

jorge22s
November 11th 2008
172 Comments


i think the difference between KID A and Definitely Maybe (and i'm fan of both albums) is that of course Kid A is difficult to hear,
it took me several plays until i started to get into it, but then, some day, randomly i listened and fall in love with "Motion Picture
Soundtrack", wich is the last song on KID A, i listen to that song several times a week, i love to fall asleep while hearing KID
A.

Def. Maybe doesnt give you such experience, i'm fucking sick, gonna throw up if i listen 1 more time Rock N Roll Star, or even
Married With Children.

I'am (was) an Oasis fan, and I'm a Radiohead fan, and the 2nd one is far better, even their B-Sides are better than Oasis studio
albums, just listen to "The Trickster", "Last Flowers to the Hospital" or even "Palo Alto", just to name a few.This Message Edited On 11.11.08

lifewontwait07
November 12th 2008
18 Comments


Right on. Oasis is good, I guess, if you consider "good" to mean being proficient in being an egotistical, self-worshiping and overrated British band taking advantage of the fact that they're from the same country as GREAT bands (i.e. the Beatles, Radiohead). Bottom line is, Oasis is an okay band. But bands that have more musical integrity and talent are bound to take their work more seriously, and consequently, be much better. There really isn't much going on in Oasis's music, whereas (and I guess you can call me biased) Radiohead's music and lyrics are much more thought-out, taken much more seriously, and just because you can't necessarily 'sing along' to all of their songs does not mean the music isn't good. Shit, what about instrumental music? Classical? Electronica? 'Nuff said.

I like Oasis and I like Radiohead, but fuck Noel Gallagher and fuck everyone else who thinks a few catchy guitar riffs and a British accent and an over-inflated ego is all it takes to make good music.

AP07373
November 13th 2008
493 Comments


I think Radiohead is just awful so this is funny. He also said this in an interview with Blender a few months ago.

GorgeousGabe
November 17th 2008
9 Comments


First of all, everyone posting here has to get their heads out of their asses and realize something

I think Noel UNDERSTANDS that he writes mainstream music. I think he gets it, that his music isn't really all that 'out there' or 'different' or innovative- I don't think he's trying to be any of those things.

I think he's trying to just write a good song and put it on a record

and you know what, he doesn't do a bad job at all

Radiohead on the other hand.... OK, basically, they're an amazing band. they are constantly innovating (though not so much, I reckon, as some people might like to think...) and their music is more than catchy. BUT they're not the end all be all of alternative music, and in fact I thought In Rainbows was one of their worst albums to date, and Pablo Honey remains one of my favorites of theirs

Pablo Honey, which is basically comparable to Oasis as what the Frames are to a band like U2... a more alternative, still accessible, and better band, but still comparable

Using 5/4 in a couple of songs and some glitchy beats or eclectic vocals, however, doesn't make you any sort of authority on the evolution of modern music.

check out 65daysofstatic for god's sake, or Tristeza



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