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I get the fact there's a young cool crowd that prefer the real indie / metal / seventies scene or something cooler but in general Oasis have the biggest crossover through the ages that I've experienced in 40 years of gig'ing.
I was in Portsmouths best known rock covers band when Oasis broke playing VH, Def Lep, AC DC etc ... within 6 months we were doing about 4 Oasis covers .. massive appeal across different musical genres as well
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Metal is almost deliberately counter-cultural, the long hair and the look are all supposed to be almost "outsider" compared to non-metal people. That the scene is friendly (generally, except the people who most of the metal scene despise who practise "killing" in most pits and so on) and inclusive isn't so much the point.
The whole Britpop movement was deliberately mainstream - it's why so many people who were in it hated it because they defined themselves as counter-cultural (Brett Anderson of Suede being a perfect example).
Oasis were literally out there saying they were normal, they just happened to be rock and roll stars, now sing along with us.
I'm not sure I'm explaining it terribly well!
Edit: and now that I think about it, maybe I was (subconsciously) drawn to metal because I've always felt much more "outsider" than "one of the lads". But then I still always feel a bit of an outsider, even when I'm attending an event I actually want to be at, with a group of broadly like-minded people.
I also found this odd as usually you dont really get trouble at rock gigs.. Some over boisterous aholes sure (but you get those everywhere), but all out fights, never. I think the issue is that that look, looks quite close to what a lot of people would see a biker gang type look, which is probably where the idea that rockers are trouble comes from. In my eyes we were often more like modern day hippies than anything else. Mostly there for the music and a good night out.
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I really mean, in one sentence, most musical movements sell themselves as counter-cultural, be it metal or ska or grime - in fact some, like grime, are important almost because they are counter-cultural, they are the voice of people who sometimes lack one.
Britpop, and Oasis specifically were just "we're mainstream, we want everyone to like us" and everyone did. Even when the music-industry's nominated semi-manufactured follow up came along (Robbie Williams) the wave was so big it (and his obvious talent, not knocking the bloke) carried him into Knebworth as well.
That's really not happened with music since the Beatles - it's one of the reasons this Oasis reunion is such a big deal - nobody else, in their prime, even came close.
how much are you all selling your tickets for then ?
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With regard to the ‘why ?’ - obviously there’s a lot of money on the table, but moreso, for any rock stars interested in their ego, accomplishments, being the top of the tree etc - this is immense ??!!
I don’t listen to Oasis, but would love them to think about what they could do with this - speed the songs up a few bpm, take a Ron Ashton masterclass, and blitz the back catalogue with a sonic glass shattering assault.
That would be really memorable, rather than any going through the singalong motions….
I liked them, but preferred the charlatans at the time.
Not a patch on the bros Gallagher IMHO... but a great band.
Tubes all shut about 10:30 on the weekend so getting a hotel in town or one of my favourite out-of-town car dumps is a non-starter as won't be able to get there.
pkayed some covers a while back, but Britpop passed me by
For me they peaked at up to our hips and the eponymous next album.