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highplainsdem

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35. Well, the political stability was Tories in power for a long time, 1979-1997 (John Major succeeding

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:10 PM

Jul 2025

Margaret Thatcher in 1990, then finally Labour regaining power, led by Tony Blair). And the "affordable flats" might've had something to do with a recession and housing market crash in the early '90s. But melodic rock becoming ascendant again then probably made everything seem brighter and more hopeful. Especially for teenagers.

And the Stone Roses had already done a lot to push music in that direction with their debut album in 1989. It would be hard for any rock song to sound more jubilant than this:

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Rave review from The Times (UK) about the first concert of the Oasis reunion tour, tonight + VIDEOS of all 23 songs [View all] highplainsdem Jul 2025 OP

Wonderwall, tonight. Video from a fan with a good view of the stage. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #1

Champagne Supernova: highplainsdem Jul 2025 #2

D'you Know What I Mean: highplainsdem Jul 2025 #3

Slide Away: highplainsdem Jul 2025 #4

Don't Look Back In Anger highplainsdem Jul 2025 #5

Live Forever - and at the end showing Liverpool football player Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident yesterday. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #6

Cigarettes And Alcohol highplainsdem Jul 2025 #7

The 2nd video... IcyPeas Jul 2025 #30

LOL! highplainsdem Jul 2025 #34

Morning Glory highplainsdem Jul 2025 #8

Stand By Me highplainsdem Jul 2025 #9

Masterplan highplainsdem Jul 2025 #10

Cast No Shadow highplainsdem Jul 2025 #11

Version from todays concert IcyPeas Jul 2025 #31

Thanks for the video! And you're very welcome - posting all the songs from the first concert the highplainsdem Jul 2025 #33

Supersonic highplainsdem Jul 2025 #12

Rock 'N' Roll Star highplainsdem Jul 2025 #13

Whatever highplainsdem Jul 2025 #14

Half The World Away highplainsdem Jul 2025 #15

Roll With It highplainsdem Jul 2025 #16

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Some Might Say highplainsdem Jul 2025 #18

Fade Away highplainsdem Jul 2025 #19

Talk Tonight highplainsdem Jul 2025 #20

Little By Little highplainsdem Jul 2025 #21

Bring It On Down highplainsdem Jul 2025 #22

Whew. That's all 23 songs. Out of order, but here's the setlist from The Guardian: highplainsdem Jul 2025 #23

The Independent: In Cardiff, Oasis deliver the rock reunion to end them all ***** highplainsdem Jul 2025 #24

I thought we probably had more Oasis fans here. :) highplainsdem Jul 2025 #25

The good old days... IcyPeas Jul 2025 #32

Well, the political stability was Tories in power for a long time, 1979-1997 (John Major succeeding highplainsdem Jul 2025 #35

So cool Traildogbob Jul 2025 #26

Glad you enjoyed this thread! Yes, we do all need breaks from the political nightmare. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #27

Same here Traildogbob Jul 2025 #28

You're very welcome! I posted all the messages in this thread before yours, sorting through lots of highplainsdem Jul 2025 #29

Some Good Stuff ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #36

Full tour, and they're also recording, so there should be a double album and DVD, and both should be highplainsdem Jul 2025 #37

Btw, I noticed while looking at the full tour schedule, which you can find here highplainsdem Jul 2025 #38