Blur vs. Oasis

[pass_the_mic]

BLUR FOR SURE.

[ToucanSpam]

are you serious?

[Hector_Sancho]

Oasis. Duh.

[ToucanSpam]

I am going to vote Blur only because I know some people here who love Blur ;)

[Rosie Cotton]

Blur, definetly.

[DroppinScience]

There is only Blur!

[Humiliation]

oasis was more ground breaking

[Trimm Trabb]

Oasis thought they were more groundbreaking.
Blur were actually better because they made good music for a longer period of time and kept improving themselves. With Parklife they sounded poppy, but by the time 13 arrived that had changed. There were more influences. Hiphop, electro, gospel...
While as Oasis just made 1 proper rock album and made the same shite over and over again, boring us all to death.

[Lex Diamonds]

It's not about who changed their style more, it's about who you like more.

Definitely Oasis for me.

[Freebasser]

I don't fall asleep when I listen to Blur.

[Teh]

Oasis had their day. Everybody seems to forget that.

I'm a die hard Oasis man, so i voted for them. Not that Blur aren't awesome too..

[Freebasser]

Blue?

Aaaaaaaahahahahaha :D

[Teh]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh i was young and didn't know any better! :o

E = R

[matt_smith69]

havent we had this debate before? blur for longevity

[Teh]

Fucking in the Bushes. Download it now.

[Parkey]

Fucking in the Bushes. Download it now.
You heard the Noel Gallagher remix of 'Be There' by UNKLE? I daresay that's where he got his inspiration for 'Fucking in the Bushes'.

[Teh]

You heard the Noel Gallagher remix of 'Be There' by UNKLE? I daresay that's where he got his inspiration for 'Fucking in the Bushes'.

Nae, i'll go have a look tha noo though.

[Beckalina]

i voted blur cause i think they're slightly maybe i dunno maybe a bit better, but i still really liked oasis

in my opinion they both got a bit shit over the years

[Junker]

Oasis cause theyre a bunch of assholes. And I like that! (y)

[mickill]

Oasis. Without a doubt.

Blur's cool and all, and I have all their albums before Think Tank, but they're kinda homo.

[Freebasser]

Well most of them were openly bisexual :rolleyes:

[saz]

more like very homo...or ultimate fairy flakes

[MC Moot]

I was shocked by how great Blur's "Think Tank" was...I don't own a "Oasis" record and have no interest,I did see 3 members of INXS,including Hutchence,chuck dozens of loonies (canadian 1 dollar coins) with great violence and force at the Noel and Liam,causing them to walk off stage in Vancouver B.C, years ago,very entertaining! The bros had publicly hacked on INXS at some brit award show a month earlier.... ;)

[Teh]

I was shocked by how great Blur's "Think Tank" was...

Sorry, i stopped reading after that line there. :)

[MC Moot]

Sorry, i stopped reading after that line there. :)

That's o.k Mr Coxon,you'll find gainful employment eventually,take care and remember "we've got a file on you"..... ;)

[Parkey]

Albarn said this week that they wouldn;t make another Blur album till Coxon came back... Dr Albarn (http://www.nme.com/news/112356.htm)

[Trimm Trabb]

No more blur then. Because Graham said he'd rather die then ever be in blur again. And I completely understand that. Damon does seem like a bit of a wankflap and Graham obviously doesn't need the band to make the music he wants, as his solo carreer is going pretty well...

Ah well, Graham was my fave anyway. He's screwed up and nerdy (y)

[IDIOTSVILLE]

oasis was more ground breaking

Oasis may have been more ground breaking, but Blur are The gorillaz

[Parkey]

I went to Knebworth in my Fred Perry etc, and ended up looking like a stereotypical Blur fan in the crowd. I got me some dirty looks that day.

[MC Moot]

Oasis may have been more ground breaking, but Blur are The gorillaz

naaaaaaah,Del the Funky Homo Sapien is the Gorillaz..... :D

[Rosie Cotton]

I'm American, thus I don't care about or listen to either band. I do, however, like Gorillaz -- so I guess Blur wins for me because of the association.
Pffft, I'm American too, but I listen to both bands. :rolleyes:

[discopants]

Oasis all the way, our kid.

[Junker]

I'm American, thus I don't care about or listen to either band. I do, however, like Gorillaz -- so I guess Blur wins for me because of the association.

What an idiot reply ........
I'm Brazilian and I listen to the Beastie Boys right??
WTF are you trying to say with this "I'm American, thus I don't care about or listen to either band" shit? Is that a reason to dont listen to British or World music??? (n)

Remember Horovitz words:
"Why not open your mind for a sec?"

[bussolai]

hey, is it 2005 or 1995?!?!?! :confused: :confused:



btw at that time I was for Blur.. and I still hate oasis, with an album out or without!! :cool:

[Trimm Trabb]

Oasis all the way, our kid.

Are we related?
I should really ask my dad what he's been upto.

[dave790]

What an idiot reply ........
I'm Brazilian and I listen to the Beastie Boys right??
WTF are you trying to say with this "I'm American, thus I don't care about or listen to either band" shit? Is that a reason to dont listen to British or World music??? (n)

Remember Horovitz words:
"Why not open your mind for a sec?"

chill out.

i think the point being made is that these two bands attract way more attention in britain rather than the usa, it's not like 'i don't care for these bands cos they're not american'...as you're trying to make it out to be.

it's pointless getting all hyped up about the tinsiest of things and mis-interprettng shit for no real reason.

Anyways, Blur have had their moments...but there are too many tunes that Oasis, or Noel, have written that are simply better than anything Albarn and co have come up with. They're two different bands though that the British media just hyped up and put head to head cos they're British and came into light around the same time.

Really, they're songs are very differnt, especially as Blur continued to progress. But come on, Supersonic outclasses just about anything (y)

[Parkey]

I'm American, thus I don't care about or listen to either band. I do, however, like Gorillaz -- so I guess Blur wins for me because of the association.
The American way! What world...?

[Betty_808]

naaaaaaah,Del the Funky Homo Sapien is the Gorillaz..... :D


hehe i agree...i loooove Del :)

i would say Blur for sure
one of my all-time fav albums is by them: modern life is rubbish

[DroppinScience]

My reply was tongue in cheek. In America, neither Oasis nor Blur have achieved commercial success. I say no one cares about them because no one has heard them in America. Their songs are not played on the radio, and their videos are not shown on television.

That's not true at all. Oasis definitely had a lot of commercial success (in America as well) during the mid-90s.

Blur for the longest time was huge in Britain but unknown elsewhere (a shame since they're brilliant). Americans finally found out who they were when "Song 2" was a hit in 1997 (y'know the one with the heavy guitars where they go: "WOO-HOO!!").

Both bands are easily better known and cared about in Britain, yes. But don't go saying that nobody in America has heard of them or heard their songs. If you don't believe me, watch some VH1 programs. They LOVE to talk about the Gallagher brothers and how such "bad boys" they are or whatever. :rolleyes:

[Laver1969]

Didn't Quasar cover an Oasis song?

[Betty_808]

That's not true at all. Oasis definitely had a lot of commercial success (in America as well) during the mid-90s.

Blur for the longest time was huge in Britain but unknown elsewhere (a shame since they're brilliant). Americans finally found out who they were when "Song 2" was a hit in 1997 (y'know the one with the heavy guitars where they go: "WOO-HOO!!").

Both bands are easily better known and cared about in Britain, yes. But don't go saying that nobody in America has heard of them or heard their songs. If you don't believe me, watch some VH1 programs. They LOVE to talk about the Gallagher brothers and how such "bad boys" they are or whatever. :rolleyes:

yeah song 2 was all over the place...in commercials...ALL over the radio
it kinda pissed me off to be honest that such a poor song by blur made them "popular"

oasis was def gossip material ....always about how much attitude they had and what kind of fit they would pitch next..

they def became popular here in Canada..at least with the crowd and music i was around/interested in.

[midzi]

Didn't Quasar cover an Oasis song?

Yeah, Wonderwall


yeah song 2 was all over the place...in commercials...ALL over the radio
it kinda pissed me off to be honest that such a poor song by blur made them "popular"



it's normal that poorer songs make bands popular, what I mean is that
more sophisticated songs will allways be appreaciated only by handful of people


ps. It's interesting that 10 years have passed and people are still talking
about the same thing.
These two bands have nothing in common apart from being British.


Oh, I forgot to add, I've been listening to Blur for over a decade now.
(in the past I also listened to Oasis)

[DroppinScience]

yeah song 2 was all over the place...in commercials...ALL over the radio
it kinda pissed me off to be honest that such a poor song by blur made them "popular"

Well, in Britain, they were a sensation with "Parklife" but that huge success couldn't be mirrored over on this side of the pond. Which is too bad because that was a masterpiece.

Anyways, I love "Song 2" myself (and everything else off that self-titled album is fantastic as well). A wicked song to dance to when you are very drunk and just wanna go out of control. Yes, I'd have to admit it's of their weaker material, but that song is so infectious that it was no wonder that that one would be the Top 40 hit (why their other singles didn't make the same splash... I don't get it :confused: ).

[midzi]

Well, in Britain, they were a sensation with "Parklife" but that huge success couldn't be mirrored over on this side of the pond. Which is too bad because that was a masterpiece.



Definitely a masterpiece especially if you take to account the music scene
in Britain at that time.
But I'm not surprised that f.e. the title song from this album with Phil Danniels narration didn't prove catchy in U.S.

[Junker]

My reply was tongue in cheek. In America, neither Oasis nor Blur have achieved commercial success. I say no one cares about them because no one has heard them in America. Their songs are not played on the radio, and their videos are not shown on television.

Don't turn this into some frickin' stupid American/British argument and make me some evil British-hating person. I don't hate anyone. No hatin' here. My reply was supposed to be funny.

Dang, lighten up. No one has a more open mind than I do -- especially when it comes to music.



Thank you, Dave, for getting it! :cool:

Ok.....sorry then!!! (y)

[cerveza]

like omg blur
how could you even ask such a question?
crazy oasis fans

[DroppinScience]

But I'm not surprised that f.e. the title song from this album with Phil Danniels narration didn't prove catchy in U.S.

I'd agree. It's a cool song, but not a single to grab America's attention.

But "Girls and Boys"... that song totally should have broken them big in the States. Very Pet Shop Boys-esque. (y)

[MC Moot]

But "Girls and Boys"... that song totally should have broken them big in the States. Very Pet Shop Boys-esque. (y)

Strange,I thought that song had the potential to end their career,full stop,brick wall like....that's a terrible number.....different strokes,I guess... ;)

[DroppinScience]

I always thought Oasis had some really good music.

"Where Were You When We Were Gettin 'High?"

hands down Oasis.


:D

Slimm's opinion alone is the reason why Blur is far better.

[dave790]

I always thought Oasis had some really good music.

"Where Were You When We Were Gettin 'High?"

hands down Oasis.


:D

Slimm's opinion alone is the reason why Oasis is far better.

:cool:

[Tompz]

ooohhh it's pretty even so far

[Parkey]

Oasis are the new UK Number 1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles.shtml). What a truely appalling song 'Lyla' is though...

[Documad]

My reply was tongue in cheek. In America, neither Oasis nor Blur have achieved commercial success. I say no one cares about them because no one has heard them in America. Their songs are not played on the radio, and their videos are not shown on television.
Yeah, M was clearly being funny. Frankly, she seems listen to a lot of strange, "foreign" shit. :D


That's not true at all. Oasis definitely had a lot of commercial success (in America as well) during the mid-90s.

Blur for the longest time was huge in Britain but unknown elsewhere (a shame since they're brilliant). Americans finally found out who they were when "Song 2" was a hit in 1997 (y'know the one with the heavy guitars where they go: "WOO-HOO!!").

Both bands are easily better known and cared about in Britain, yes. But don't go saying that nobody in America has heard of them or heard their songs. If you don't believe me, watch some VH1 programs. They LOVE to talk about the Gallagher brothers and how such "bad boys" they are or whatever. :rolleyes:
I agree with M. DS, you're a Canadian, so your credentials are lacking.

Yes, Oasis had a moment or two on TRL when MTV tried to shove them down the throats of American teens as the new Beatles. And a few people were sucked in, but not really because they weren't remotely dreamy. I'll grant you that a few people on the coasts might have thought they were the next big thing, but it didn't happen in the midwest. And when they never backed the hype up with a legit tour, and they were mocked even by Carson Daly (biggest celebrity ass-kisser ever), the American public immediately forgot all about them. They never got a foothold and they never had an ounce of respect from real music fans. (and VH1 did a show on Klymax, or whatever the hell their name was so that's proof of nothing)

I read loads of British music magazines and Oasis always makes for a good read, but it's difficult to swallow their hype as the best live act ever. We are always hearing about some new group from over there that is the shit, and 95 times out of a 100 it's not true, and we get disillusioned. And then when a group really makes and effort and finally comes over, the group makes the cover of Entertainment Weekly because the lead singer is married to an American actress (and suddenly they're the "new U2" -- which frankly is better than being the new Beatles because as much as I loved Squeeze, it didn't do them any favors).

And DS, you're right that most youngish Americans are familiar with Song 2, but they don't know it's called that, and they don't know who did it. It's just the Woohoo song from the car ads. Like no one knows the song played at all pro hockey games for decades, but they can all go "na na na na na, HEY!" (When I tell people it's by a flamboyant Brit who's had a spot of trouble with child porn, they're always astonished.)


Not that any of this matters with respect to the thread topic. You all keep discussing which is the better band. I tried to listen to both and had more success with Blur.

[Trimm Trabb]

I just saw Oasis on TOTP and they mimed.
Therefor they are a bunch of sad homos.

[Freebasser]

I could've told you that years ago.

[Trimm Trabb]

I could've told you that years ago.

Well why didnt you?!
Why did you let me like them from the age of 12 to...eh.... 12?
You couldve saved me loads of money I spent on books and t-shirts you know! But you didn't.
shitemonger! :mad:

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

it was oasis that got me into music, but other than that i have no love for them whatsoever. at least blur try things. graham coxon is better than both of them though.

[DroppinScience]

DS, you're a Canadian, so your credentials are lacking.


Maybe so, but I do have my ear tuned to American media, so I'd like to think I have an idea of what America is liking... to some extent. ;)

I remember watching CNN around 1997 ("Showbiz Today") and they couldn't stop talking about all the hype surrounding whatever album they were releasing then (the follow-up to "What's The Story (Morning Glory)") and they had that ridiculous music video with a helicopter (the song went: "All the people right here, right now... y'know what I mean.") making them look like gods. It was at this same time a backlash occured (for being way too obvious in ripping off The Beatles).

So yeah, at one point they were popular with America, right? Right? (At least in '95 and '96 for a point)

[Rosie Cotton]

Documad, DS is right. Both Blur and Oasis were semi-succesful in the states in the mid to late nineties. And not just on the coasts. They were popular here in middle aMerica too.

[Humiliation]

oasis wins.







I'm accounting for the fact that some dumbass or another MUST have clicked the wrong one.









Blur is good, but oasis is better. Why the hell am i saying this? i should have just clicked on britpop sucks *sigh*

[midzi]

I just saw Oasis on TOTP and they mimed.
Therefor they are a bunch of sad homos.


Unfotrunately many bands mime on TOTP, even Blur did f.e. during
Coffee & TV.

[Trimm Trabb]

Unfotrunately many bands mime on TOTP, even Blur did f.e. during
Coffee & TV.

Well, that's fucking gay too.
But at least Coffee and TV had one of the cutest video's ever made.

[Parkey]

I hated Coffee and TV. One of their worst songs in my opinion.

[Documad]

Documad, DS is right. Both Blur and Oasis were semi-successful in the states in the mid to late nineties. And not just on the coasts. They were popular here in middle aMerica too.
I know they got press, but I guess what I'm saying is that they never truly hit beyond the kiddies--they were never taken seriously--no one truly bought what they were selling in that they got no "fans" out of it. And they were never as big as the boy bands even with the kiddies.

I'll bet that if you ask the next 100 people you run into in a grocery store in the suburbs, maybe 1 will have heard of either band, which is just so different from Europe, where frankly music and pop culture are far more part of everyday life. Like I think maybe 5 people at that grocery will have heard of say Foo Fighters. But most will have heard of Justin Timberlake.

[Jontz]

Oasis are really not that great or even good for that matter. If it wasnt for their elephant sized ego's, they would be broke. Their music after there first 2 albums, which werent even that groundbreaking are worse than mediocre attempts of writing hits. Musically their such try hards, while Blur are always pushing themselves and releasing fucking brilliant albums, in contrast to fucking oasis.


And now we have Gorillaz, who since Demon Days was leaked are bloddy brilliant.

[Parkey]

Albarn's been on about Coxon rejoining again today; NME (http://www.nme.com/news/112468.htm)

DAMON ALBARN has spoken again about his relationship with GRAHAM COXON - saying there’s a “horrible hole in sound” now he’s out of BLUR.

Albarn was recently quoted as saying he’s waiting for Coxon to rejoin the band before thinking about a new Blur record.

Speaking to Radio 1 today, the singer explained the situation. He said: “I grew up with Graham and it’s really confusing when you grow apart from someone who you grew up with. I’ve only got a sister so I did consider him for many years to be like my brother and it’s a real shame that there’s been such a breakdown in communication.

”But as far as playing again live I can’t play any other stuff that he worked (on) without him. I feel that there’s a horrible hole in the sound if he’s not there and obviously if we could get back or move forward to a time when everyone felt comfortable again… I don’t quite understand why there’s such a tension because when we actually meet in a room together, all of us, we all get on fine.”

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

the boo radleys.

[Darko]

I really like Blur. The self-titled album is one of my favourites, especially the darker 2nd half. 'Think Tank' was really good too, I thought it was really overlooked when it came out. Oasis are alright too, but the past few albums have been pretty much shite.

[Parkey]

the boo radleys.
'What's In The Box?' (I think it was called that) was a proper tune (y)

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

'giant steps' and 'cmon kids' are must have albums. they are they only british mid nineties band that can be compared to the beatles. 'wake up!' is pretty good too. but the rest of their output is mediocre.

and super furry animals.

[Parkey]

You can listen to Oasis' Radio 1 live show in Liverpool last week here;
Oasis - BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/stevelamacq/gallery/oasis/1.shtml)

[Rancid_Beasties]

I loved "Parklife", but then not many of their other albums appealed to me. Whereas for Oasis, I love both "whats the story"" and "definitely maybe" so I'd have to say Oasis. On a side note, has there been a cover of blur's "girls and boys" released recently, because i swear to god they keep playing it on the radio just recently and it sounds exactly the same as the original :mad: If it is the original, since when do the pop stations play anything more than 6 months old, let alone 11 years???

[midzi]

Some time ago I've noticed that Blur and Oasis sites have their own Message Board.

Does now every band have Message Board :eek:???


I've just checked several bands and they do.

How everything changes. :rolleyes:

[adrockmelanie]

motley crue.