Chatterbox Tuesday

Apparently we were drinking back at the tents while Oasis were on. Because fuck Oasis

Yes that is true. I don't know their first two albums. What I remember is that they were not very famous until the second Oasis album, on the liner notes of which Noel waxed lyrical about Richard Ashcroft. Next thing you know, all the music journalists were saying 'Bittersweet Symphony' was the most incredible and innovative piece of pop music ever written. I bought the single without hearing it because of all the fuss. When I listened to it was the moment I realised that Britpop was just an unsustainable bubble. From there it was the inevitable decline from Robbie Williams to Starsailor via Keane, and Des Lynam being elevated to the status of a deity. Urban Hymns was the unavoidable soundtrack to all that.

I liked the first two Verve albums. A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul are great and the compilation. Once they became The Verve things went downhill rapidly.


I was not a fan of Urban Hymns. I liked The Drugs Don't Work, but the rest of the album is drudge Indie by numbers. Bittersweet Symphony is ok, but the good bits are The Last Time by the Rolling Stones. Also Alan Klein gets 100% of the royalties from Bittersweet Symphony. They failed to clear the use of the tune and he screwed them properly in court. 

The rest of their stuff is dull as well. I think i had the first Richard Ashcroft solo album. It's properly dull. Not awful. Just completely uninspired. He had ideas for two good albums, but unfortunately became successful afer using all his good ideas.

You've got your daddy's eyes.

I think seeing Oasis at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall was the first time i thought Britpop might be on a road to ruin. This was maybe in part because they were supported by Ocean Colour Scene.

Tbh Dayreamer and The Dugs Don't Work sound more interesting than the originals.

Yes he is! Unlike Tuffers .

When the going gets Tuffers

I'm still ill. It's unfair to take the piss out of me.
I think Dr  Crankcaller made the correct diagnosis.
I might not go to the football tonight.. I am no longer explosive, but I am achy. In a way that makes sitting outside for 2.5 hours not seem like plan A. Even after the little white pills.
This is a big blow.
The last time I missed a home game they cancelled all football.

It is on Sky, so i can still watch it. Not an ideal compromise.

Ocean Colour Scene I saw around the time of "Sway". They were great. Like a Young Tuffers (r.i.p) Mick Jagger up front.


After that, not so much.

Hmmm