A hilarious commercial by Smith & Jones for the Flemish magazine Humo from 1999.
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Smith & Jones - F**k Oasis!
A hilarious commercial by Smith & Jones for the Flemish magazine Humo from 1999.
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Oasis Album Release In Spain: August 26th?
This is from the ATRL music charts forum here
It has posted "official" release dates for New Albums in Spain during 2008.
Source: Spanish magazine PRO MUSIC which gets the official release dates straight from the labels.
26 August
Oasis (Nuevo álbum) / Universal Music Group *
· Lauryn Hill (Nuevo álbum) / Sony-BMG Music Entertainment *
They also have a code behind each release.
* = Great launch. Promotion of great reach in all the media of masses (televisions, radios, press, magazines, internet) as well as in the points of sale with abundant and gaudy promotional material.
* = Medium Launch. Promotion limited only to various media specialized, of punctual character and without promotional material in the points of sale.
* = Low Launch. Null promotion, or very drop of sporadic character.
Source: L4E Forums (L4E has not verified this info yet)
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Rock Band To Receive Oasis Song Pack, More Tracks From Coheed, Rush And Smashing Pumpkins
English rock group Oasis is set to debut in Harmonix's Rock Band (PS2, PS3, X360) later this month, according to a now-edited page on Xbox.com.
The site, which no longer lists specific tracks but still makes reference to Oasis, detailed an Oasis Pack--containing "Don't Look Back in Anger," "Live Forever," and "Wonderwall"--hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace next week.
The page also mentioned a multi-artist Progressive Pack, including covers of Rush's "Working Man" and Coheed and Cambria's "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial)" along with a master track recording of "Siva" by Smashing Pumpkins, releasing the week of January 29.
Each track will sell individually for 160 Microsoft Points ($2), with the three-song packs offering a slight savings at 440 Microsoft Points ($5.50). Tracks and packs in the online PlayStation Store carry similar prices; $1.99 a song, $5.49 a pack.
In past weeks, downloadable Rock Band content has been made available for the Xbox 360 edition on Tuesdays, followed by a PlayStation 3 release via the online Playstation Store on Thursdays.
Source: www.shacknews.com
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Oasis V Blur The Rematch
Britpop rivals Oasis and Blur are set to go head to head again in a sensational telly special.
Beeb bosses are plotting a reunion clash between the two bands as part of a special episode of hit quiz show The Weakest Link.
More than a decade after their feud at the height of Britpop, telly chiefs are in talks with Gallagher brothers Liam, 35, and Noel, 40, and their old chart rivals Damon Albarn, 40, and Alex James, 39.
And they want to draft in a string of other top names for the pop music showdown.
Their hit-list includes Suede’s Brett Anderson, 40, Elastica’s Justine Frischmann, 38, Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, 44, and Manic Street Preachers frontman James Dean Bradfield, 38.
It’s been over a decade since this lot have even been in the same room as each other A BBC source.
Also wanted are Shed Seven star Rick Witter, 35, and Gaz Coombes, 31, from Supergrass. A BBC source said the show was in the early planning stages, but added: “If we can pull this off it would be unbelievable.
“It’s been over a decade since this lot have even been in the same room as each other.
“To see them lined up next to one another with Queen of Mean Anne Robinson giving them stick would be amazing. It’s sure to ignite old rivalries, which would be TV gold.
“Noel admits he’s a Weakest Link fan.”
The Britpop war erupted in 1995, with Oasis releasing the single Roll With It and Blur issuing Country House on the same day.
Source: www.dailystar.co.uk
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Oasis: "We've Got Plenty Of Songs, We're Not Gonna Get Bored"
Oasis are keeping the exact details of their seventh studio album under wraps at present, but NME has gained a exclusive peek into their sessions at London's famous Abbey Road studios.
We also spoke to Noel Gallagher at Led Zepplin's o2 show last December and, although he didn't give too much away, he confirmed the album is finished and is currently being mixed. It seems it will be released in spring with a summer stadium tour likely to follow - but what will it sound like?
"We've been focusing on grooves more this time," the guitarist declared in October, also claiming that, lyrically, he's "been revisiting some of my more psychedelic trips as a younger man - because I remember them all, you see! and putting them to music."
This fits with the plan Noel told NME about last January, saying he wanted the record to be "absolutely colossal" and that he'd like it to feature "a 100-piece orchestra, choirs and all that stuff".
Among the many songs that could included are 'I Wanna Live In A Dream Machine', the track 'Stop The Clocks' (described by Noel as "the best thing I've ever written") and his brother's 'The Boy With The Blues', which the guitarist says could be "like a gospel track or something".
Liam Gallagher has been more forthcoming with details than his brother. Speaking in November, he explained: "All the songs are written, this record's gonna be f**kin' rockin'.
There's no acoustic on it, man. We rehearsed about 10 tunes before coming in. Three are mine. Some are Noel's, some are Gem Archer's, some are Andy Bell's.We're there for a long time, so we just keep picking 'em off the tree, man.
Some are sounding really f**kin' heavy, and then we're picking some out and you go, 'Well, that doesn't sit with that right,' So we just keep moving about. We've got plenty of songs. We're not going to get bored".
Source: NME Magazine
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Inside This Week's NME
Studio reports from Oasis, Muse, The Verve, Kaiser Chiefs, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Alex Turner, Franz Ferdinand and much much more
On sale now
Source: www.nme.com
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Tickets Still On Sale For The Charity Event Of The Year
Versus Cancer is to return for a third year running.
The huge fund-raising concert organised by former Smiths legend Andy Rourke will once again takeover the M.E.N. Arena on February 23.
Last year saw unforgettable performances by Oasis' guitarist Noel Gallagher, Manc indie-rock veterans The Charlatans and Modfather Paul Weller.
Details of 2008's line-up are set to be announced in recent weeks.
On the concert Rourke told Xfm Manchester: "Next year’s gig is going to be talked about for years to come. We’ve got some of the biggest bands of the moment lined up as well as some legendary acts that haven’t performed live for a long time.
Special
"It is also the start of something special for us.
"We’ve created a campaign ‘Join the Line Up’ that centres around the Versus Cancer badge - basically, we’ve always been about loads of people getting together to make a stand and do something special, and this year we wanted everyone to be able to be a part of it."
Versus Cancer is Manchester's biggest fundraising event, raising money for cancer research and awareness with last year's event raising £250,000 alone.
Versus Cancer takes place on Saturday, February 23. Tickets are £40. For details of how you can join the line-up, show your support and book tickets NOW, simply visit www.versuscancer.org.
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
So far announced for the show this year are The Fratelli’s, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets & Fun Lovin Criminals with more TBA in the coming weeks.
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Oasis, Coldplay, U2 Set For Giant 02 Arena Gigs This Summer?
Oasis could be set to play several giant gigs in London this summer.
The band, who are expected to release their seventh studio album this spring, are apparently in talks with London venue the O2 Arena.
According to the London Paper, the venue are speaking to the band’s management about a multiple date residency at the former Millennium Dome like those undertaken last year by Prince and Take That.
David Campbell, European Chief Executive of the venue’s promoters AEG, said Oasis were among his “dream bookings” with the O2 Arena also targeting the likes of Coldplay and U2 for shows during 2008.
Meanwhile the O2 Arena will host the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig, which sees Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, Klaxons, The Cribs and this year’s Godlike Geniuses Manic Street Preachers sharing the bill on February 28 just after this year’s awards ceremony.
Source: www.nme.com
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What's Going On At Oasis And Kasabain's Favourite Club Night This Month?
What's going on at the UK's #1 indie club night? This Feeling at SIN near Tottenham Court Road in London on Saturday 26th January.
Aziz - Stone Roses/Ian Brown - Live Set & DJ Set
Speed Circus - Single Launch Party & Acoustic Set
The Twin Powers DJ
Soul Boy Mystic Collective DJ
This Feeling DJ's
Tickets are priced at £8 in advance or £10 on the door (if not sold out)
We've already had Kasabian, The Enemy, Rob Harvey from The Music, Oasis tour DJ, The Rifles, Kav from the Happy Mondays, Jersey Budd, Robbie Knox (Soccer am) and the Black Rats down to DJ, plus acoustic sets from the best emerging bands in the country along with the likes of Noel Gallagher propping up the bar....
For more information, or to order tickets visit www.myspace.com/thisfeelingclub
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Oasis Stars To Buy A Penthouse In A Beatles Hotel?
The Oasis brothers are in competitive mood again, this time fighting over who gets ownership of the penthouse suite at Liverpool’s new Beatles hotel.
Noel decided to bid for the themed haven of luxury only to discover Liam had beaten him to it.
Er, why not share boys
Source: Daily Star
For more information about the hotel visit www.harddaysnighthotel.com
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Johnny Depp Started His Music Career By Stealing
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has revealed that he stole a guitar chord book as a child because he wanted to learn to play the instrument.
It was a Mel Bay book that he stole, Depp says.
“When I was 12, I talked my mom into picking up a Decca electric guitar for me for 25 dollars. The first thing I did was steal a Mel Bay chord book. I went to this store, stuffed it down my pants and walked out, Contactmusic quoted him as telling Rolling Stone magazine.
“It had pictures - that’s why I needed it so badly, because it was immediate gratification. If I could match those photographs, then I was golden. I conquered it in days,” he recalled.
Depp has performed on Oasis and Shane MACGowan records, besides featuring in bands like The Kids and P.
“The Oasis stuff was fun… I enjoyed playing slide on what was it called? Fade In-Out, he said.
“I was playing a guitar that had some strange tuning, and I didn’t know the chords to the song. So, looking back, it was sort of miraculous that I was able to stay on key,” he added.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star has also been appreciated a lot for playing singing barber Sweeney Todd in Tim Burton’s dark new musical.
Source: www.thaindian.com
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Fall Out Boy Taking A Cue From Oasis On Upcoming (Non-Folk) Album
Fall Out Boy Taking A Cue From Oasis On Upcoming (Non-Folk) Album
Pete Wentz doesn't want to talk about Fall Out Boy's new album — because Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke told him not to.
"Whenever you talk about your album this far out, or any distance out, whatever you say — I watched Thom Yorke talk about this — whatever the first couple of things you say, or the first person who hears the record says, is really the only thing that ends up out there with the record," Wentz said. "We were like, 'Oh, yeah, it's a little more folky,' and people were like, 'They've got a folk album coming out!' and that's not really the case."
He's making light of a situation that arose last year, when he and frontman Patrick Stump did an interview about their appreciation for the storytelling aspects of folk music, which somehow got twisted into "Fall Out Boy are recording a folk album," which meant that they spent the remainder of 2007 telling anyone who'd listen that they weren't actually doing so.
So while he's not willing to talk at great lengths about the follow-up to Infinity on High, he wasn't about to send our intrepid reporter away empty-handed. So he offered up the following nugget, sure to be misconstrued by NME in the very near future.
"I think the one aspect we're bringing to the record is something Oasis did a lot, where they'd play these really distorted, awesome riffs, and they'd have an acoustic guitar over the entire song," he said. "It kind of brings this great sense of melody and softness to a song that would otherwise just totally be a rock song. And I want to go in a completely different direction with the lyrics, but we'll see if that happens."
So just when can fans expect to hear these Brit-pop-inspired tunes? Well, Wentz really doesn't have any idea. Right now, he and the rest of Fall Out Boy are relaxing and relishing some much-needed time off. Plus, he's not even completely sure that the songs he's talking about will make the final cut. After all, they're just a few out of many the band has written lately.
"We're just writing songs and goofing around and trying to enjoy time off," Wentz laughed. "But we're still working. We have, like, 50 new songs, and two of them are probably good."
Source: www.mtv.com
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Annual Banner Competition 'Win Some Cool Stuff'
One week to go till the competition ends...
We are looking for some new banners for around the site, so this is your chance to win a very cool prize.
The Prize is a 12'' Vinyl OASIS : LORD DON'T SLOW ME DOWN (BIG BROTHER), ONE SIDED - 2007 PROMO, IN PRISTINE AND UN PLAYED CONDITION.
Also MJ from the award winning clubnight 'This Feeling' has very kindly given the site a Promo CD of Oasis' Lord Don't Slow Me Down, to be given away in the current compietion.
So for every entry received you enter it will be automatically entered into a draw to win the CD.
The Banner must contain pictures of Oasis from 1994 onwards.
That can include group pictures, live pictures, CD artwork. Liam, Gem, Noel, Alan etc etc.
The banner must say STOPCRYINGYOURHEARTOUT.COM
The Banner must be the same size as this template that I have included HERE
Graphics - GIF or JPEG
You can enter as many times as you like.
Important Info:
Deadline - All Entries must be received by 21 January 2008.
When sending your entry please title your email as 'Banner Competition'
Please include your name in your email.
Send all entries to scyhodotcom@gmail.com
The winners will be announced on the 22nd January . Going by past entries we have had some brilliant designs in previous years, and we are really looking forward to seeing what you come up with this year!
Prizes will be sent out registered mail worldwide.
Remember - Have fun, enjoy yourself and Good Luck!!!
Sofa Used On The Front Cover Of 'Definitely Maybe' Is Up For Sale
Item title: The Sofa used on the front cover of the 1994 Oasis debut album "Definitely Maybe"
Item description: The original sofa used on the front cover of Definitely Maybe. On the front cover of the album you see Noel Gallagher sitting in this sofa! The cover photo for the album was shot in Boneheads home in Manchester back in 1994. The sofa comes with Certificate of Authenticity from Bonehead (Paul Arthurs) himself. The Certificate is framed. Also included in this sale is an original promo poster of the album that would look nice hanging above the sofa - this poster is also framed!
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Still Time Cast Your Votes At NME Music Awards 2008
There's only 14 voting days (give or take) until the first stage of Shockwaves NME Awards voting comes to a close, so if you haven't already, make your vote count here.
I voted for
Best British Band - Oasis
Best International Band - Kings Of Leon
Best Solo Artist - Ian Brown
Best New Band - The Enemy
Best Live Band - Kasabian
Best Album - Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
Best Track - Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Best Video - The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Best Music DVD - Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Best Event - V Cancer
Best TV Show - Heroes
Best Radio Show - Zane Lowe - Radio 1
Best Film - Transformers
Best Website - Last FM
Best Venue - 02 Arena
Hero Of The Year - Joe Calzaghe
Villain Of The Year - Sting
Best Dressed - Liam Gallagher
Worst Dressed - Russell Brand
Worst Album - James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
Best Blog - This One :)
Best Music Blog - davidgilmour.musicblog.co.uk
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Pop On Trial
Pop On Trial puts five decades of popular music in the dock to deliver the verdict on which is pop's most important, influential and entertaining decade.
Pop On Trial is the series which delivers the verdict on which is pop's most important, influential and entertaining decade. Could it possibly be the 90s, where Boy Bands and Girl Power duked it out with Britpop and Superstar DJs, while R&B and Hip Hop established world domination? Join us here to have your say on the best tracks of the decade and to compile the ultimate 90s Top Ten.
This Top 50 was compiled by Stuart Maconie, Mark Radcliffe, Caitlin Moran, Goldie, Paolo Hewitt and the production team.
You can then register your vote by selecting the vote button and picking you favourite track.
For more information and to vote for either Live Forever or The Masterplan, click here and follow the simple instructions.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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On This Day In Oasis History...
"All Around the World" is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song is seen by many as the stand-out track from their third album Be Here Now. Released on 12th January 1998, the track peaked at Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart; it is the longest single ever to do so.
Be Here Now has been criticised for being self-indulgent, over-produced and bloated. "All Around the World", nearly ten minutes long, embellished with string and horn pieces, and followed by its very own two minute long instrumental reprise, would appear to be the worst culprit. However, on its release the reviews were generally positive. It is in keeping with many Oasis songs, such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce", "Live Forever" and "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" in that it preaches the belief that "it's gonna be OK". It also features a backing vocal in the coda remarkably similar to the corresponding section in The Beatles' classic "Hey Jude".
The song was one of the first to be written by Noel, and there are recorded sessions of the band rehearsing it at the Boardwalk club as early as 1992. However, despite Noel's fondness for the song, it did not appear on their first two albums, Definitely Maybe and (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, as he wanted to wait until the band could afford to produce the song in the extravagant manner in which it was to eventually appear.
Keeping with the feel of the song, the video was also a lavish affair. Featuring the band in a yellow spaceship, the animated piece saw them travel through a world akin to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film. The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and apparently took 24 computer animators 6 months to make.
When it was suggested that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's uncanny similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such an act from a man who was famous for "borrowing" from other artists.
The harmonica pieces on the track were performed by Mark Feltham. Noel and Liam's then wives, Meg Matthews and Patsy Kensit, sang backing vocals.
Portions of the song were used as background music for AT&T's advertising campaign for "The New" AT&T in early 2006.
Source: Wikipedia
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1996 Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
This was the album that catapulted Oasis from being a successful Britpop band to international megastardom.
Their second album shot straight to the top of the charts, selling 347,000 copies in its first week. Recorded in less than two weeks, it contains arguably the band’s two most famous songs, Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger, along with Champagne Supernova and their first UK number one single, Some Might Say.
Another track, Step Out, had to be removed from the album at the last minute.
The song, sung by Noel Gallagher, was intended to have been the original track 8 (after Some Might Say and before Cast No Shadow), but was removed because the chorus was similar to that of Stevie Wonder’s 1965 track Uptight (Everything’s Alright).
The band played several massive open air concerts in the UK during 1996, which included two nights at Knebworth in front of a combined audience of 250,000 people. Over 2.5 million people had applied to buy tickets. Noel reflected that it wouldn’t be possible to top this.
“For a six-week period building up to that gig we were the biggest band in the world,” he said “We were bigger than, dare I say it, f***ing God.”
On the album cover a man is seen brandishing what looks to be a record in its sleeve. This is in fact the master tape for the album. The man in question is Owen Morris, the producer. The photo was taken on Berwick Street in Soho, a London. The other man is BBC London’s Sean Rowley.
Selling over 19 million copies, Morning Glory was named fifth greatest album of all time in the Music of the Millennium poll and was ranked eighth in Q’s 100 Greatest British Albums.
by Jade Wright, Liverpool Echo
Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
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More On Pete Mckee
I came across a video of Sheffield illustrator Pete McKee who talks to The Star about painting a giant guitar for Noel Gallagher from Oasis.
The guitar went for over £3,000 at auction to raise money for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, The Prince’s Trust and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Pete has also designed a new Oasis gig poster and limited edition print that was inspired by the legendary 1994 Brighton show, which saw Oasis supported by Ride and The La's.
For more information about the poster or prints click here, for more information about Pete and his work click here.
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