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Steve got a mention from Florence Welch at the Brits this evening.

Spice Girls got best performance of the last 30 years. Grrr. Wrong on so many levels.

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It's also a little bit rubbish when they reckon an album containing the lyric, "she's got a sister and on the palm of her hand is a blister". is the best for 30 years!

I personally couldn't bring myself to call Noel Gallagher a genius for that.

But that's the Brits for you. Take no notice!

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Well, that album did a lot.

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As the defining album of Britpop, for better or worse, sure. But "best"? Fuck right off, Oasis.

Bearing in mind nobody aged under 20 today can have bought a copy of either LP when it came out, I'd be willing to bet serious amounts of money (if I had any) that Different Class would go over better with new listeners (i.e. those uncontaminated by nostalgia) than ...Morning Glory. I could be wrong, though.

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Steve Devereux wrote:
, I'd be willing to bet serious amounts of money (if I had any) that Different Class would go over better with new listeners (i.e. those uncontaminated by nostalgia) than ...Morning Glory. I could be wrong, though.

I think Morning Glory is a very fine rock record that's just been overshadowed by hype in the UK. It's certainly not the best record of all time nor even in recent history, but it's also not a bad record by any stretch.

In the US, where Oasis is better known for their music than their publicity, and where Pulp are still quite obscure, new listeners (uncontaminated by nostalgia) are still constantly discovering and enjoying both groups. The people picking up copies of Morning Glory are fans of mainstream stadium rock, whereas people picking up copies of Different Class are fans of... books.

It just seems a bit pointless to compare Oasis and Pulp. They're very different bands that appeal to very different tastes. Oasis is a good beer and Pulp is a fine wine. To each his own.

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Agreed.

Morning Glory is a top record. Ive always been a bit sad about those wars in the 90s coz i'm a massive Oasis, Pulp & Blur fan. Each band is unique.

The Gallaghers or Albarn can be annoying but they're really talented people, and most of all, when you meet them, they are as nice as Jarvis really.

-- Edited by andy on Friday 19th of February 2010 09:50:20 AM

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I've just never "got" it, I suppose. Definitely Maybe, while it's not really my thing, I can see the appeal - Sixties-inflected melodies married to Nineties rock execution and the snarling, aggressive brio of youth - but Morning Glory just seems bloated, lethargic and witless.

But then, I'm writing as someone who buys Robert Wyatt records, so I'm perhaps not to be trusted in such matters.

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I don't like What's The Story either, I even regard it as the worst Oasis record. Standing On The Shoulder of Giants, man, that one is class.

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I hated Oasis at the time, but grew to like some songs years later. Champagne Supernova is the only song on that record which could remotely stand up today tho', & I probably only like it 'cos I came up with Trekkie lyrics for it once.

("Someday you will find me/Servicing a warp drive/On a Federation starship in the sky") ;)

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