To think Oasis are; were and always will be, - Shit.

Worst band ever. Noel Gallagher is a shameless plagiarist who copies the Beatles, Neil Innes, Mott the Hoople, Slade and more note by note, and chord for chord. He is a poor guitarist who can only strum songs he has copied. His imbecile brother can nasally whine a few notes. Then repeat. And posture like some cro magnon chimp. Slow, boring and Utterly dire, they are worse swindlers than the sex pistols. At least the sex pistols were honest about their total lack of ability. Oasis suck. Put them in the bin.

I loved Supergrass, sidies and all. Oasis did a lot of shite, but I've got very fond memories of singing Wonderwall at various late-opening establishments after having partaken of snakebite.

Blur are better - and have still got it. They're amazing live.

I disagree with the OP. I thought Blur won the battle but Oasis the war, so to speak. Especially the first two albums.

New order are in a different league to Oasis. I saw Oasis st the Sheffield Leadmill in 1994 (I think)

Pub rock is absolutely right

YABVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVU.

New Order were brilliant too.
So we're The La' s.

I was running the bar when they played the Duchess of York in Leeds, back in t'day & roughly the weekend before they went oof, massive.

Promoter used to occasionally cannily allow a gig that should clearly have been moved to a bigger venue go ahead at the officially '250 capacity' Duchess - created a buzz for the pub.

Our notoriously stretchy walls were at full extension that night. Must have been over 400 punters.

I said: 'Well, they were a crap old man's pub band. That's the last we'll hear of THEM.'

Still maintain I was half right!

Wow, YANBU outnumbers YABU by far. I wouldn't have guessed that.

They did some great songs but their personalities are vile.

I saw pulp at T in the park donkeys years ago abd it was utterly joyous. Crowd was word perfect. I still love them.

YABU to lump their stuff all in together. They've been brilliant and also horrifying. Yes, Noel is obviously the more talented one. Liam's no great singer, but had charisma. Not the first or last popstar to whom that applies.

YANBU and they haven't stood the test of time well- they are an embarrassment
Damon Albarn is fanbloodytastic and this must be glaringly obvious to those dickhead Gallaghers!
and yy to pulp- who doesn't have a geek crush on jarvis?!

Loved Pulp - saw their most recent concert in Sheffield a few years back. Was amazing. They played way over the time limit - had to be threatened with pulling the plug to come off stage :D

YANBU. Have never enjoyed their music and have always been bemused with their popularity

YANBU they are shite
and always have been

No, they had talent. Columbia is great. They were annoying though, they rode the whole mid-90s lad thing all the way to the bank.

Mike Flowers Pops! One of the best things to come out of the 90s.

I hated Oasis. I loved Blur, but Suede were always top of my pops.

And don't even start me on Ocean Colour Scene. The musical equivalent of Nytols.

YADNBU

Utter shite. From the derivative tunes, to the inane lyrics, to the bad boy posturing, to the snoozesome 'we're bigger than God' style statements, to their legions of saddo fans who dress like them, to the shite that is Wonderwall being droned out by every other busker, to the rubbish videos, to the cringesome solo careers.

Utter, utter shite.

(I'm not a fan)

New order was a different genre of music though- a different generation. The only thing that is similar about them is the fact that they are 'Northern'. Songs like 'Supersonic' were energetic and reacting to what had been before. I think you get gripped by certain genres of music as a young teen and those tastes don't change easily when you're a young adult. I.e at university. My brother was at university from 92 and saw OASIS live at his student union but I would say at 19 he had established his tastes- The Smiths, New Order, The Cure, he was a bit old and didn't get it. I was 4 years younger and did start to hate this dreary moaning music that he played when he was home in the holidays. whereas the stuff I listened to actually made you feel a bit alive and part of something. Even at 19/20 I think he'd missed the boat on that a bit and was not captivated in the same way, I was rebelling still as a child and he was thinking about Law School and what he wanted to be. similarly, my DH is 4 years younger than me and when we first met I didn't get his fondness for Hip Hop. It's all just music now we're in our 30's though

Oh god they're so awful. I used to work with someone who whispered, reverently, 'Oasis' , every time they came on the radio. It was cringe-making.
Cut-price, z-grade Beatles pastiches, and this description 'Football chants set to discarded Beatles riffs' is perfect.

This, however, 'I like Noel, he's a cat person. That means he's ok.' has raised at least Noel in my estimation.

WRT the Northern thing, I'd think of New Order when it came to music, especially their early stuff. I was listening to 'Everything's gone green' and 'Procession' again last week, and they're amazing.