Oasis opening with Gary Glitter song

[MrsSkylerWhite]

at their reunion concert. Distasteful?

no

Which Gary Glitter song?

Good to be back

I would imagine it's (a) just about the lyrics or (b) they are trying to be provocative. Probably both.

a sample of it was used

Or maybe I’m back again.

I think most people will know it from good to be back.

The thing is, Gary Glitter had some good songs. If only they could be severed from the vile person.

Or it's a sample of a song from an album released in 1995, before any of the the GG stuff was known. After 19 years away, they had to play this

Weren’t they just singing their own song ‘Hello’ which has lyrics from Gary Glitter’s song in it?

They haven’t purposely added it now.

Don't hear enough complaints about Michael Jackson's music being played. It was a sample. Can't get worked up about it tbh.

That is their song that they wrote and released decades ago. Why wouldn't they play it?

If we turn away from every piece of music, art, book or film that involved the work of a child abuser, then there would be a very long banned list indeed. No more Elvis, no more Rolling Stones, to name two off the top of my head. When an artist releases their work, it is given to the public and becomes part of culture. Some people may feel its tainted by the behaviour of the artist. Others may feel we don't need to give up something good just because a bad person gave it to us. In the long list of things I find distasteful about the Gallaghers, playing this song is low down.

I really don’t think anyone cares or makes the association.

Fair point. I suppose I was surprised when I heard it because GG still pops up in the news every now and then, usually for doing something disgusting again. Felt distasteful.

It's not a gary glitter song.

Get a grip

No more David Bowie! The world would lose it's shit

They opened with their own song. And what an absolute fucking tune it is!

It’s a sample from their opening track of their biggest selling album.

Leave Oasis alone

No more Tchaikovsky!

It's not even a sample, they just pinched two lines of lyrics! 😅

It was a concert for adults. Separate the composer from the music. Classical music world has just about stopped beating itself up over Mahler and anti-Semitism.
Do we subject scientists or engineers to the same analysis? Should we?

Or Lewis Carroll.
Our royals are really dodgy, as well.

As pp's have said, if we didn't separate the artist from the music, there would be no RHCP, Bowie, Prince, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, the list is endless.

I think it's abhorrent btw and does put be off the artist, but using the same 5 words in a song is really not an issue.

It's their song they sang! They didn't play Gary Glitters song.

Exactly this. Can’t get worked up about this.