A recent poll by British Hit Singles & Albums, an annual publication, and NME.com. says that Oasis's Definitely Maybe is a better album than the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. I don't want your opinion on the better album, only the better band.
2006-06-07 11:03:08 · 11 answers · asked by Jacob 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
There will NEVER EVER be a band like the Beatles, again. I was a teenager when they were famous. If I told you that every single day there was something about them in the newspapers, would you believe me? They were the first band that wrote their own songs. That was unheard of back then. They did a few songs, early on, that were not original but after a short while they only did their own songs, because their own songs were fabulous!!! Listen to the harmony on "Nowhere Man." Listen to Paul's bass on "Something," especially in the middle paart where there is no singing. Listen to the beauty and sorrow in "For No One." They are also credited for having the FIRST music video. It was about "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." Everything they did and said and recorded was different from anything else anyone had ever heard. They were truely a once in a lifetime event. You had to be there to understand all of this . I WAS there, I even went to a concert of their's in 1964! I still have the ticket and program and a few photos I took. You could not hear them and they said later that they could not hear themselves. You know why? Because every single person , girl AND boy, was screaming their head off. We knew that we were witnessing history. It was a wonderful time to be a teenager.
2006-06-07 14:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
First off, there wouldn't even BE an Oasis if not for The Beatles, and I'm sure even Noel Gallagher himself would acknowledge that. The Beatles made 14 albums, at least five of which changed the face of popular music forever. Oasis has made, what, half a dozen albums, maybe two of which can be rightly be considered classic. Lennon and McCartney are the greatest songwriters in modern popular music. Noel Gallagher is talented, I'll grant you, but he's not even in the same league as Jagger/Richards, let alone Lennon/McCartney! After all, Paul McCartney is in the Guiness Book of World Records as being the most successful songwriter of all time, having written more hit songs, between The Beatles and his solo career, than anybody else. He has a RHODIUM disc for this accomplishment. How many rhodium discs does Noel Gallagher have? Er, what was that? None, you say? Well!
For the record, I would agree that "Defintely Maybe" IS a better album than "Sgt Pepper", which is hands down the most overhyped, overrated Beatles album. But NOTHING can top "Revolver", old sport. "Revolver" was the catalyst behind the modern recording industry; every recording technique we take for granted in 2006 was pioneered on "Revolver", fourty years ago (my god! has it been that long?!).
2006-06-12 00:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by J.A.R. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles of course....Oasia is just a rip off of the Beatles! The Gallagher brothers have acknowleged this in the press....they were influenced alot by the Beatles. Listen to Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper...It is mind blowing music. Oh yeah Ringo says he invented that cute head wagging thing the Beatles do in the old films!
2006-06-08 19:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by Roadside Diner Lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles were undoubtedly the better band - worth 10 of Oasis.
2006-06-07 11:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by manorris3265 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One could say the Beatles weren't too great in the beginning. Basic songs; but they found a new market with R&B and Motown songs. Imagine white folks singing and dancing to Motown songs and calling them their own. But that's what they had to start with. The Beatles changed music; Oasis just picked up where the Beatles left off.
2006-06-07 11:45:43 · answer #5 · answered by dje 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles of course! How Oasis can even be considered in the same league is beyond me.
2006-06-07 16:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by randyboy 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you Serious? Definitely The Beatles. They wrote dozens of classics. They influenced millions. Who is Oasis? I don't know one song by them.
2006-06-07 14:01:32 · answer #7 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles are way better
2006-06-07 12:30:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw that article of the poll & I'm still scratching my head on it. Makes me wonder what the ages of the voters were....
2006-06-07 11:10:38 · answer #9 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oasis? Ha ha ha.....don't think so....
2006-06-10 13:48:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋