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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Mar 8, 2016 21:17:13 GMT -5
*Mods please keep in Oasis section. Cheers.
I'm talking about which album collectively has the best lyrical content. Tough one, innit?
Definitely Maybe is edging it for me with a clever semi-concept album.
Although I do fucking love Be Here Now's lyrics, as well.
And anyone who says Oasis doesn't write good lyrics....jog on
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Post by mkoasis on Mar 8, 2016 21:19:55 GMT -5
To me I would say SOTSOG. Apart from the couple of clunky lines this album gets knocked for (toys/noise and liar/fire), this album's got some of Noel's best lyrics. Also rather different than his usual type of lyrics so more respect for trying things differently.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 9, 2016 0:56:11 GMT -5
A real toughie, considering that most of Noel's lyrics are nonsense, and hardly the reason why anyone listens to Oasis. But I'd have to agree with mkoasis when he says SOTSOG. On Gas Panic, Where Did It All Go Wrong, Sunday Morning Call, and Roll It Over, Noel departs from his normal "feel good" and "it's alright" themes and really exposes his true self and reveals a vulnerability found nowhere else in his catalog. But the fact that this is only seen in four out of ten songs of that album highlights once again that Noel was afraid to push himself into new territory and create an album as personal as Plastic Ono Band or Blood on the Tracks. Whatever, at least the b-sides continue the depressed theme of those four.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 8:03:02 GMT -5
Definitely Maybe. Rock'n'Roll Star, Live Forever, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Slide Away, etc... and I'll add to it some b-sides like Half The World Away, Listen Up,Fade Away, D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?. And Whatever has great lyrics too.
Plus it's when the lyrics sounded the most pure and honest .
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Post by will97smith on Mar 9, 2016 14:03:34 GMT -5
It has to be The Masterplan (ignoring the Swamp Song and I am the Walrus)
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Post by Headmaster on Mar 9, 2016 17:14:30 GMT -5
Is either DM or SOTSOG.
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Post by mkoasis on Mar 9, 2016 19:45:34 GMT -5
It has to be The Masterplan (ignoring the Swamp Song and I am the Walrus) I would agree with that too. The songs showcase Oasis at their broadest musically and lyrically are often full of yearning, striving, and a bit of melancholy.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Mar 9, 2016 20:43:57 GMT -5
It has to be The Masterplan (ignoring the Swamp Song and I am the Walrus) I would agree with that too. The songs showcase Oasis at their broadest musically and lyrically are often full of yearning, striving, and a bit of melancholy. Agreed. I was tempted to include The Masterplan in the poll, but wanted it to be strictly about the studio released albums.
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Post by spaneli on Mar 10, 2016 1:09:11 GMT -5
I would say Dig Out Your Soul.
The highs (Gas Panic, Where Did it All Go Wrong, and Sunday Morning Call), lyrically, for standing on the shoulders of giants are extremely high. However, the lows are extremely low. I Can See A Liar, Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is, and Little James are all shoddy lyrically (If Let's All Make Believe were included on the actual album, it would make SOTSOG indisputably the best).
However, for me, Dig Out Your Soul is strong lyrically from top to bottom. Even the songs you wouldn't expect, like Nature of Reality, have solid lyrics. To Be Where There's Life might be among the best Oasis lyrics in their catalog. Liam's touching lyrics on I'm Outta Time are also standout. And Noel's lyrical rampage on tracks 1-4 is spectacular. Falling Down MIGHT have some of the best lyrics in Noel's career, but is relegated to the third best lyrically behind To Be Where There's Life and I'm Outta Time. The one weak track lyrically might be Get Off Your High Horse Lady, but even these work fairly well with the groove/apocalyptic concept set down by Noel. Overall, Dig Out Your Soul has very few weak spots lyrically.
The obvious pick is SOTSOG's. The sentimental pick is Definitely Maybe. But I think the right pick is Dig Out Your Soul.
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Post by World71R on Mar 10, 2016 23:41:07 GMT -5
I'd say:
DM SOTSOG WTSMG DOYS DBTT BHN HC
Noel's at his best, lyrically, when he's writing about something personal, and that's well displayed on DM and SOTSOG. I think DM has an edge over SOTSOG since it has a very powerful longing to break from a nowhere small town that can't give anymore that the rest of the World and many of his dreams could.
The lyrics on WTSMG are quite thoughtful and take time to understand. There's some nonsense in there (sink being full of fishes and slowly walking down the hall faster the cannonball and all), but there's some great stuff mixed in as well (SMS's verses, CNS, WW) that make up for it greatly.
DOYS has some good lyrics that liken to some cool imagery and interesting meanings (TBWTL, TNOR), DBTT has some nice lyrics and good feelings to it. BHN has some good songs about not caring at all about what others think, and of course, the beautiful "Don't Go Away", but on a lot of the HC songs, a lot of the lyrics feel like they're tied in from other ideas to make one whole song (THT, LBL, HIABP, FON, PAITM). However, it still has BOADC, "Songbird", SCYHO, SIL, and to a lesser extent, "Better Man", which all have solid meanings and lyrics to them.
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Post by supernovadragon on Mar 13, 2016 15:10:53 GMT -5
Standing On the Shoulder Of Giants
Songs like Where Did It All Go Wrong?, Sunday Morning Call, Gas Panic, Roll It Over and even the b-sides (Let's All Make Believe, Cigarettes In Hell, Carry Us All) are so much more meaningful than the majority of Oasis songs before and since lyrically
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Post by space75gr on Mar 18, 2016 13:15:09 GMT -5
definitely maybe with The masterplan coming strong 2nd
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Post by The-Ghost-Dancer on Mar 20, 2016 18:41:50 GMT -5
SOTSOG cos im biased towards that lp,,but gas panic,,roll it over,,SMC,,WDIAGW have class lyrics
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Post by sheeeiiiinah on Mar 22, 2016 13:01:08 GMT -5
Gotta be Definitely Maybe, Noel wasn't trying to say too much and as a result it's undiluted and cuts straight through to what he wanted to say.
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Post by Jack on Mar 22, 2016 14:20:25 GMT -5
SOTSOG. Apart from the obvious ones with not so good lyrics, the good ones more than make up for it. A little track rearranging and I would consider it their best album.
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