Oasis @ Merriweather

[beedubyah]

I saw them at Radio City Music Hall as well...That was my first and only Oasis concert....Completely blown away.  Still the best show Ive ever seen....

[Fico]

Originally posted by beedubyah:
  I saw them at Radio City Music Hall as well...That was my first and only Oasis concert....Completely blown away.  Still the best show Ive ever seen....

I was there..can't remember if it was the first or second night...they played Slide Away and Columbia methinks..closed with I am the Walrus.. man September seems too far away!

[mathemattics]

I managed to get front row pit..this will be the coolest thing since I saw the beasties at the 9:30 before TT5B came out
 
 sometimes life is good to you
 
 for those that didnt get tickets I am pretty sure there is a radio station presale coming up
 
 I am not sure what the rules are here about posting passwords so thats all the info I will post
 
 good luck to all

[bearman🐻]

Nope...OLD 9:30 Club, F Street location, October of 1994...5 buckaroos. So many amps on stage you couldn't even see Tony McCarroll, and I was right up front. Noel Gallagher signed my setlist after the show and he was very cool. It was a decent show, but honestly I always thought they were a little stale. They just played the songs with that typical attitude, no warmth, it didn't look like they wanted to be there...it wasn't until they came out with What's the Story and I saw them in Baltimore (Hammerjacks) that I finally got it.  From about 1995 to 1997 they were really great live. But the best time I ever saw them was in 1999 when Gem and Andy joined and they did 5 songs at a Christmas festival thing...blew everyone clear off the stage. It's been a while since I've seen them though. I think I'm going to pass on this one though. Be Here Now and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants both were shite...I never bothered with Heathen Chemistry. I'd be curious to hear the new one, but I probably won't buy it.

[Arthwys]

I figured I'd vent that this just didn't work out for me.  I knew they were coming around this spring, but didn't really have the funds to buy, figuring there would be a 2nd go around.  They're going back to the UK over the summer, and then coming back here when?  September, about 2 weeks after I bloody move to London for six months.  Go figure, I end up in the UK for six months, but can't see Oasis cuz they're in america.  With Kasabian no less.  I'm stil mad at Jet for ripping of Iggy.  Oh well.  Rant over.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  They just played the songs with that typical attitude, no warmth, it didn't look like they wanted to be there...

It's a manc thing.....you wouldn't understand.  :roll:  (that's my manc, 'couldn't give a toss' expression)

[beedubyah]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  But the best time I ever saw them was in 1999 when Gem and Andy joined and they did 5 songs at a Christmas festival thing...blew everyone clear off the stage.
 
 Be Here Now and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants both were shite...

Gem and Andy are much better musicians than Bonehead and Guigsy...Extremely tight.
 
 Be Here Now is a great album

[Bombay Chutney]

What's the difference between the "FLR" and "PIT" sections at Merriweather?  I've never heard of "FLR" seats at MPP before.  Even the seating chart at Merriweather's website doesn't show "FLR" seats.

[xcanuck]

So what's this about the presale starting at 8:30? I thought it was 10. Oh, well....no hard done. I'm not really much of an Oasis fan - more into JET and Kasabian. Show's a little pricey but we got OK seats (LC, Row HH - well, they ARE seats), we can can rock out during the openers, and drink with the bartenders at the 9:32.

[Frank Gallagher]

The new Oasis single is pretty good....'lyla' or something. Seems they've now gone onto stealing the Stones riffs instead of the Beatles. What Stones song does the start of lyla sound exactly like. It's on the tip of my tongue but can quite nail it.

[bearman🐻]

Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow...I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

[beedubyah]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow...I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

Noel has admittedly called it "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle".  It is over-inflated, ego-maniacal and it just goes too far at times....I agree that an album isnt the place to end each song with 2 minutes of guitar feedback...
 
 If they were to cut 2 minutes off each song, it would be near perfection.

[Fico]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Be Here Now should have come with a mirror, of course you could always snort coke off the disc too. The inflated sound on that record is pure blow...I read a great book called Britpop: the Fantastic Demise of English Rock and it pretty much blames Be Here Now for killing Britpop. It's a great read, even if you don't like some of the bands it chronicles (Blur, Suede, Elastica, Oasis, etc.)

Bunnyman I've read that book and it's fantastic..it ties it all with the British political climate and what not..an excellent and detailed account off all that was Britpop..a must have..
 
 I'll also recommend the best rock novel ever written in my book "Powder" by Kevin Sampson..hilarious from top to bottom..reminds me why I bother with music..

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

Powder is a great book.  I can't believe that Kevin Sampson was once a passenger on the Groovy Train when he managed the Farm.  The band in the book is somewhat reminiscent of The Verve.

[CAA]

Why is ticketmaster asking me for a password for tix? Does anyone have it? I was already able to buy tix through the Oasis site, just wanted to see how many seats were left. Are they not officially on sale yet?