Alex James?

[Grimalkin]

5 hours ago, rasher80 said:

I think Blur and Damon Albarn in particular were irritated by the constant Beatles comparisons made with Oasis, I think they might have set out to wilfully disprove the comparisons. Certainly he was quoted to have said of Beetlebum "I want Noel to acknowledge it is...closer". I think he's right.

 

There's definitely a Macca vibe on the bass too. All in all one of their standout tracks for me and a deserved no.1

 

I believe Oasis may have been the subject of the term, though the song is mostly about heroin use: 

 

"And when she lets me slip away
She turns me on then all my violence is gone
Nothing is wrong
I just slip away and I am gone..."

[Grimalkin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlebum

[Munurmunuh]

1 hour ago, NikNik said:

GG influenced the Gothfather? Really?

 

(1) "He'd be down at every gig with Claire," recalls Keenan. "When Claire was DJing and wanted to go to the bar or to toilet or whatever, Andy would take over for a bit and all he ever played was Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Gary Glitter."

 

"You could always tell when I'd taken over," Eldritch confirms "because on came the Glitter."

 

(2) 'The punk and post punk scenes of Leeds and Wakefield had long been closely connected. Wakefield punks were regulars at The F Club gigs and those of Leeds were often over for the punk and Bowie night at Raffles nightclub on the Bullring in Wakey. Eldritch for his part went over for the Gary Glitter show Keenan put on at The Unity Hall in Wakefield.'

 

(3) 'This first classic line-up was heavy with pseudonyms. Matthews' reference to Treasure Island – Ben Gunn – lacked the outright hilarity of Pearman's mash-up of Socialism and Glam Rock – Gary Marx. Taylor's choice was a Philip K Richard-referencing declaration of his own literary sensibility and speed consumption – Andrew Eldritch. Arguably the drummer had the best name of all: Doktor Avalanche, allegedly named after a Swiss football referee.'

[Maude]

22 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

People should talk more about the influence on Slade on Noel G, its not like he's ever tried to deny it

 

(ditto Gary Glitter on Andrew Eldritch, btw)

When I first heard Oasis and all the press started talking about the Beatles influences, all I could heard was a Slade-esque wall of sound. 

I guess The Beatles are cooler than Slade when you're trying to sell records, so they tried to sound more like The Beatles with each passing record. 

I preferred it when the sounded like Slade. 

[Munurmunuh]

15 minutes ago, Maude said:

When I first heard Oasis, all I could heard was a Slade-esque wall of sound. 

 

I preferred it when they sounded like Slade. 

 

1'06" to 1'39", from 1999

 

 

ps Why those 30 seconds of interview have stayed with me the 22 years since I saw that, I've never idea. What's so memorable about someone saying "It's on the Greatest Hits, track 13"? 

 

Edited January 11, 2022 by Ricky Rioli

[Jonse]

On 09/01/2022 at 00:17, felpsy said:

1x more resurrection...

 

What’s everybody’s best guess at AJ’s string choice? A lot of his bass lines sound like flats to me. 

I've done a bit of research into this over the last few days. This was the clearest image I could find. 

 

Red silks at the ball end of the string and black silks at the head. Sounds like flats (going off recent performances) but the two different string colours is puzzling. 

 

Labellas maybe? 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by Jonse

[Owen]

That's a short scale P, right?

[Pow_22]

He uses Elites Bass Centre Strings