Jul 27 2006
Let's Get Out of This Country City
Guess who is playing Chicago tomorrow night? Camera Obscura!
And D.C.'s own Georgie James is opening.
How excited am I?
If Pete Townsend is so fucking tech savvy, then why did he set up a hotmail account?
Some great photos of Mos Def and The Zutons in action.
Assimilate, bitches!
A few people (Yo Grizz!) have emailed me about the upcoming, two disc Greatest Hits collection from Oasis that will feature 18 songs picked by the band. And by the band, I assume they mean Liam and Noel because they are the only two that have stuck it out this long (leaving in the middle of the tour excepted). I was going to post my guess as to what the tracklisting will be, but instead I present you with four tracks that most likely won't be included but should:
Oasis | Fade Away (live) (MP3)
This is a live version of a b-side from the Cigarettes & Alcohol single. It comes from the Black on White bootleg, a CD that forever cemented my Oasis fandom. I loved this song when I heard the recorded version, but hearing it live gave it new meaning. "While we're living / the dreams we have as children / fade away." A lost classic that never got the chance it deserved. That this song sounds so good live with Tony effing McCarroll on drums speaks volumes. Even he couldn't fuck it up. "Now my life has turned another corner / I think it's only fair that I should warn you / Dream it while you can / Maybe someday I'll make you understand." When I was 21, this song seemed like the most profound thing ever.
(It's Good) To Be Free (Live) (MP3)
Another live track from the Black on White bootleg that just annihilates the recorded version originally featured on the Whatever single. "What would say if I said to you / It's not in what you say /It's in what you do."
Oasis | Rockin' Chair (MP3)
You can just imagine Noel sitting around writing this before the band really took off. "I'm older than I wish to be / This town holds no more for me." The "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" fade in at the start of the song gets me everytime, as does the acoustic solo about half way through. This track was originally on the Roll With It single, which I listened to hundreds if not thousands of times in college.
Oasis | It's Better People (MP3)
This song was also on that single and it's a bit of a rarity in that it's an acoustic song sung by Noel that's not a ballad. Strangely enough, I can't see Liam doing this song. He'd overpower it. Not the greatest song in the Oasis catalog by any means, but this is the type of song that would be a single now, whereas The Chief used to toss them off with ease back in the early to mid 90's and stick them on the b-sides of their singles. Ah Noel, you were so best before you started writing all your songs about your ex-wife and how she was taking all of your money. But I digress...
Editors / Cedars tonight!
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Comments
Hotmail must be the preferred email acccount of pedophiles --- er, I mean those who use the Internet "for research".
Posted by: Glenn at July 27, 2006 2:59 PM
Finally someone who loves Oasis as much as I do...we gotta have a sit down to compare DVDs, bootlegs, interviews, etc... MADFERIT!!
Posted by: Fico at July 28, 2006 12:07 PM
god, that's a great picture of god, i meant..yeah.
jealous: editors/cedars. editors were better live than recorded when i heard them at coachella. the whole stupid "they sound like interpol" phenom was quickly blown away (by the desert wind) when they took the stage. can't wait for pics (hint: please try to take one of lead guitarist for me!)
Posted by: melina at July 28, 2006 5:29 PM
