Blur for me everytime.
Not a huge fan but Oasis = muck
Donāt like Oasis but I did for a while once. Always hated Blur. Fucking overrated arseholes.
Years ago I would have lost the head over a question like that.
Oasis all the way, itās a no brainer, just so much going for them than Blur ever had. Im not a hater of Blur though, I think they were actually quite a good band.
I was never bitten by the Oasis bug. I find it excruitating that Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory make it into every top album list. Also I think Live Forever and Wonderwall were 1 and 2 in Qās greatest ever songs list. What is going on? I know a lot of people who would concur with that but for the life of me I donāt understand why.
If you look at their careers Blur began a few years before Oasis and in āFor Tomorrowā, from their debut album (I think), they have a song that Oasis have never bettered. The worse time in the Blur catelogue was the Brit pop years where they seemed to be drawn into a commercial battle with Oasis and came up with muck like āCountry Houseā and āCharmless Manā. At that time Oasis were at their perceived height. Well at their height of ripping off the Beatles. Sure their songs are not bad but I cannot see how people call them the greatest ever.
What is more interesting is the paths their careers have taken since then. Oasis seem to be devoid of any imagination and seem to be living off the Britpop years. Blur brought out Beetlebum (Oasis definitely have never bettered this) and Song 2 - two wonderful singles. Oasis had āStand by Meā and the likes. āThink Tankā, Blurās last album, was a wonderful break away into electronic music and that was without Coxon, their so called driving force.
I am not trying to say that Blur are the greatest band ever just that they are better than Oasis
You see thatās exactly why I hate Blur - people always tried to make out that they were a wonderfully inventive or original band, while Oasis were just churning out pop singles. The latter is true but in reality Blur were pure shite. Loads of dross and just because they came across as more intellectual everyone assumed there was great method behind their music.
See I dont think that their music was shit - they actually made a genuine effort to explore new ground (for me what defines a quality band - Radiohead for eg) and Tink Tank is an impressive album. I hear what you are saying about the whole intellectual thing (particularly Coxon who is a tosser), but they lived up to it somewhat imo
Certainly agreed about Coxon - everyone used to say āheās the real creative influenceā just because he sang on that track that I canāt remember where heās smiling in the video. Then he went solo and heās shit.
They may been more experimental than Oasis but that doesnāt make them better in my opinion. Iām wondering were you just too young to like Oasis - when Definitely Maybe came out they seemed awesome. Irrespective of what theyāve done since they were superstars then and they deserved it at the time.
Blur for me too. Problem for Blur is that they hit the bigtime with possibly their worst albums, Parklife and The Great Escape, whereas Oasis did so with their best two, Definitely Maybe and Whatās the Story. So the only things people remember of Blur are Country House, Stereotypes and Parklife, whereas for me āBattleā, āFor Tomorrowā, āThis is a Lowā and āYuko and Hiroā (and I could go on) are far superior songs, with more depth in the lyrics and imagination in the music than Oasis ever showed. Also, people think that rhyming Balzac with Prozac was the height of Albarnās lyrical ability, whereas a line like āEver feel like a chain store? Practically floored.ā is much better but rarely cited.
Its Oasis for me anyway. Absolutely love their first 2 albums. Remember when I was at school going down to the Music shop at lunchtime and buying whats the story morning glory on tape. Couldnt wait to go home and listen to it. Was the first album I ever bought and I still find myself listening to it now and again. Was never a big fan of Blur when I was younger but bought their greatest hits last year and used to listen to it during the day in my last job, some great songs on it.
Also farmer I dont agree with you that Oasis are living off the Britpop years, there last album was excellent. Heard them in Marley Park last summer and they gave a brilliant live show.
Bang on Mr Flash (except for the last paragraph). Youāre like a breath of fresh air around this place.
Sickening attempt to suck up to Jack
Brilliant
Blur.Whats this the message you have entered is too short shit??
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Iād have to go for Blur.
15 years on I would say Blur.
[quote=āFlano, post: 15410, member: 8ā]Years ago I would have lost the head over a question like that.
Oasis all the way, itās a no brainer, just so much going for them than Blur ever had. Im not a hater of Blur though, I think they were actually quite a good band.[/quote]
Theyāre both overrated to an extent, but its Blur for me - anyone who can write a song like Coffee and TV has to be right. Just more there with Blur. Oasis have some stunningly brilliant songs (Donāt look back in anger, Live Forever), but neither of them were even the best British band during britpop. Unfortunately both of them fed and bought into Britpop.
Iāve never seen Blur live, but Oasis are by far the worst band Iāve seen live.
Blur.
They are not football teams.
In the same way as you can like the Stones and the Beatles there is a good chance if you like Oasis you also like Blur.
Brtipop innit.