tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7255942498773419391..comments2024-03-29T10:17:18.826+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Gee, Noel, do you think?Simon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-60674048486666598132008-06-13T18:57:00.000+00:002008-06-13T18:57:00.000+00:00The Beatles *were* more innovative than Oasis will...The Beatles *were* more innovative than Oasis will ever be: good to see Gallagher admitting this. But he could easily have innovated more than he did - if he really wanted to emulate them he ought to have combined the black American music of the day with his own experiences, the very heart of what made the Beatles so special. Reynolds once commented that he was probably the only person of his generation in Manchester to respond to rave with "where's the fookin' tunes, man?" (I think such attitudes were more common in smaller towns - Gallagher certainly has small-town attitudes and Oasis have always been a defiantly provincial band, a long way from any claims to cosmopoltianism that Manchester might make today).<BR/><BR/>I don't know why I still care so much about Gallagher. I think it's partially generational, and partially because that *was* a vital moment that the whole idea of subculture in British pop has never recovered from. There's also the fact that any future Oasis album, even now, will still sell more than almost (though not quite) anything I'd be interested in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com