"Swaggering Spirit of Oasis Inhabits Kasabian"

[LoZoccolo]

This article is about some band named Kasabian, whom the music critics are comparing to Oasis. Personally, I think a band should not copy another band or be derivative, and should disown any strong comparisons to other bands. There is no way any other band is going to be Oasis. That should be admitted here.

http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=8448

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Hahahaha!

Right-o. Like there's no way any other band was going to be the Beatles (which didn't stop those obnoxious, mono-browed Mancunian hacks from trying).

[LoZoccolo]

3. Oasis was more popular than the Beatles in the 90s.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory sold more copies in the UK than any of the Beatles' albums.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. And John Grisham has sold more books than Leo Tolstoy or Vladimir Nabokov.

Your point?

[LoZoccolo]

6. Oasis cannot be compared to the Beatles.

Oasis was better than the Beatles.

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Sure. And John Grisham is a better writer than Nabokov, too.

:eyes:

[name not needed]

7. The population of Britain was also higher in the 90's than it was

in the 60's, which might explain some of it.

[LoZoccolo]

11. But they had 30 years of Beatles sales compared to 10 years of Oasis.

That's another way of looking at it.

[CanuckAmok]

2. Methinkst thou art taking thee piss.

n/t

[name not needed]

5. I really don't see how Kasabian is reminiscent of Oasis

Two different sounds from two different bands.

[Placebo]

9. I don't see any comparison...

I love Kasabian, and they sound nothing like Oasis! Just check out their website, the difference is quite clear.

[ZoCrowes]

10. You're saying this to be ironic right?

This is a joke right?

As Noel has said" I write songs on a guitar so it's gonna sound like The Beatles, Stones and Stone Roses."

Hell ciggarettes and alcohol borrows the intro from T. Rex's Bang A Gong, Headshrinker borrows the chord progression from the Faces Stay With Me, the moog flute from Go Let It Out is borrowed from Strawberry Fields, the melody from Shaker Maker is borrowed from the fucking coke song. Noel wears his influences proudly on his sleeve.

[LoZoccolo]

12. "Go Let It Out" and "Strawberry Fields" used a Mellotron.

That was an early analog sampler, so the reason that it sounds like "Strawberry Fields" is because it used the same samples that The Beatles used on the Mellotron. It is borrowed from the same common source, not from "Strawberry Fields".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellotron

I read the guitar quote as basically saying that the similarities are somewhat unavoidable, not that someone is intentionally trying to be someone else.

[tjdee]

13. Listen to Kasabian's album here:

http://www.kasabian.co.uk/album/

If you wanted to make an informed decision...

And, "Club Foot" kicks most of Oasis' catalog's butt. The video roooocks. The rest of the album, eh. Growing on me. As some others have said, not really the same. Kasabian basically wants to be Stone Roses.

But Club Foot is Oasis' daddy.

[peekaloo]

14. Your dedication is endearing.

You make me loff

I want your autogroff

:D