On This Day In Oasis History...

'Falling Down' was a single released on March 9th 2009 by English rock band Oasis, featured on their 2008 seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul. Written and sung by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher, it was released as the third single from the album and is also the final single released by the band with the digital release occurring a day earlier.

The song debuted at 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

"Falling Down" is the fifth Oasis single to be sung by Noel rather than Liam (not including "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"). It is also the second Oasis song to be used in a TV series (the first being "Half the World Away").

"Falling Down" posted a subtle improvement from its predecessor, "I'm Outta Time" on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #10 in its chart entry week. This was something of a return to form for the band, after "I'm Outta Time" charting at #12 made it the first Oasis single released in the UK to fail to reach the top 10 since "Shakermaker" in 1994.

Between the two releases the band had put out 22 singles which made the top 10.




















However, it still showed a decline in the band's fortunes; from the release of "Whatever" at the end of 1994 until the release of "I'm Outta Time" the band had only had one single which failed to reach the top 4 in the charts, and that had been 2007's "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" which was only a minor promotional release and a non-album track and also download only.



The heavily compressed drum-rhythm and sense of disillusioned psychedelia bear a strong resemblance the Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows", being cited as Noel's finest effort so far to emulate the atmosphere of that song.

An excerpt of the B-side song "Those Swollen Hand Blues" appears at the end of "Mucky Fingers", second track of Oasis' 2005 album Don't Believe the Truth.

The lyric: "Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly" references the quotation: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot".

The song was released as downloadable content for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour on 29 January 2009.

The song was used in the opening sequence for the Production I.G anime Eden of the East, which first aired on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot on April 9, 2009.

Liam Gallagher Confirmed For Another European Festival

It's been confirmed that Liam Gallagher will perform in June at Pinkpop in the Netherlands.

Pinkpop takes place on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of June. Tickets go on sale on March 11th from 10:00 (Local Time) www.pinkpop.nl.

What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?

A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance, this week's event is in Manchester and London.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from March 8th 1995, when Oasis appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman in New York.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

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Liam Gallagher Reveals The Title Of His Solo Album

Liam Gallagher has announced the title of his forthcoming solo album, christening it ‘As You Were’.

The former Oasis frontman first confirmed that he was working on his debut solo LP back in August, with Gallagher penning a record deal with Warner Bros.

Gallagher now appears to have confirmed the title of his solo album, informing his followers on Twitter of the name ‘As You Were’. In a tweet seemingly directed at his brother Noel, the ex-Beady Eye frontman wrote: “To all you you you haters out there and I know there’s only the 1 the name of my fab new record is AS YOU WERE”.

This latest development in the roll-out of Gallagher’s solo album follows another Twitter announcement he made last month where he proclaimed that “L FUCKIN G is on the way”, before promising that Noel’s fans would have “nowhere to run or hide” once ‘As You Were’ comes out.

Meanwhile, Gallagher will play a handful of European festival dates later this year, with UK live shows yet to be announced.

Source: www.nme.com

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MCFC what do points make FUCKING prizes as you were BALLBAGS LG X 

To all you you you haters out there and I know there's only the 1 the name of my fab new record is AS YOU WERE LG x

On This Day In Oasis History...

On March 5th 2000 Oasis played the Yokohama Arena in Japan, the band kicked off their 2000 World Tour at the same venue a few days before.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Massive respect to Haye n Bellew pair of nutters LG X

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As I don't brown nose the tabloids or any other news outlets like some people any info on my album I'll let you you know LG x

Ed Sheeran Says He Doesn't Care That Noel Gallagher Doesn't Like His Music

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he and Noel Gallagher "get on" despite the fact the Oasis man doesn't like his music.

In an interview with The Guardian, the singer-songwriter address past criticism involving the Ballad Of The Mighty I singer, saying: "I know Noel Gallagher doesn’t like my music, but I get on with him as a person, so why does it fucking matter?"

And it seems the Castle On The Hill singer more dismissive of critics in general, revealing: “I was self-conscious about it on my first album, because I’d never had any success, I’d never sold any records, never sold a ticket, and I was terrified that it would be over in an instant.

"The album got panned by the critics and I was like: ‘Fuck, this is it.’ But now I’m at a point where, even if I get a one-star review for every album I release for the rest of my life, I’ll still be able to play music.”

Noel Gallagher famously made a jibe at the Shape Of You star when he sold out Wembley, but Sheeran revealed he actually gave Oasis wordsmith tickets for his daughter Anais.
Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran's third album, Divide, is released today.

Source: radiox.co.uk

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Fuck all fake about the SERGIO as you were LG X

What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?

A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance, this week's event is in Manchester, Brighton, Bedford, Cardiff and London.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

Is This Liam Gallagher's Album Cover, Name And Artwork?

LIAM HAS TWEETED THAT THIS IS FAKE NEWS

A Beady Eyed visitor (Sorry for the pun) has sent in this screenshot from AMAZON.CO.UK today.

It appears that Liam Gallagher's solo album will be called 'Liam Gallagher' and will be in stores on May 26th.

PLEASE NOTE that AMAZON have now deleted the item from it's database.

Thanks to Rob

Liam Gallagher Confirmed For Canadian Festival Appearance

It's been confirmed that Liam Gallagher will perform in August at Osheaga in Montreal, Canada.

For details about tickets click here.

On This Day In Oasis History...

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.

Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.

Trivia

The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".

Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.

The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.





















In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."

A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.









Track listing

01: "Fuckin' In The Bushes"
02: "Go Let It Out"
03: "Who Feels Love?"
04: "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
05: "Little James"
06: "Gas Panic!"
07: "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
08: "Sunday Morning Call"
09: "I Can See A Liar"
10: "Roll It Over"

Demos

A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.

The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:

"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"

At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.

Currently, only one song ("Revolution Song") remains commercially unreleased.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On February 26th 2001 Noel Gallagher presented the BRIT Award for 'Outstanding Contribution To Music' at The BRIT Awards 2001 to U2.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

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Blossoms Want To Be As Big As Oasis

Blossoms want to be as huge as Oasis and say Liam and Noel Gallagher have taught them to think big as a band.

The 'Charlemagne' hitmakers - Tom Ogden, Charlie Salt, Josh Dewhurst, Joe Donovan and Myles Kellock - cite the legendary Manchester group as one of their biggest influences and they have an infinity with the rock 'n' roll siblings because they are from nearby Stockport in England.

As much as Liam and Noel's music has had an impact of their songwriting the boys also have taken a lot from the pair's confidence - with Noel making statements such as "we're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world" - and learned that they should aim to be as successful as possible and try and take their songs around the world.

In an interview with The I Paper, Tom - whose first concert was watching Oasis play a massive open air show at Manchester's Heaton Park - said: "Oasis come from a similar area to us: Burnage is about is about six bus stops away from Stockport on the way to Manchester. We've grown up listening to their attitudes, what they say about there being no limit. I've never understood wanting to be an underground band. I just want to write big choruses and be massive."

Blossoms supported fellow Manchester indie legends The Stone Roses at the Etihad Stadium last summer and since the release of their self-titled debut album their fan base has been growing and growing.

And the band believe the secret to their popularity is that they are just the same as their fans and play as many gigs as possible.

Tom said: "People like people who work hard. We did 150 gigs last year - 43 flights and 45 festivals. No other band will have done as many ... There are more people who sit in economy class than business. We appeal to economy."

Source: www.list.co.uk