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Post by Jeff25 on Sept 16, 2008 13:52:37 GMT -5
Just to let folks know, I got the Japanese release of "Stop the Clocks" which had two extra songs on it, from cdjapan and the service was great. That's why I didn't hesitate to use them again for Dig Out Your Soul. Again, I just wanted you to know about where you might get the best deal if you were interested in the Japanese release.
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Post by Jeff25 on Sept 16, 2008 7:31:00 GMT -5
I just ordered the Japanese release of Dig Out Your Soul. I got it from cdjapan.co.jp and paid about 32 dollars, including shipping.
I checked Amazon, eil.com, HMV and others sites and that seemed to be the best deal I could find.
Anyone who's interested should check out that site. Extremely english-language friendly.
Can't wait for next month!!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Sept 10, 2008 15:59:59 GMT -5
I'm with you. If the bonus CD is only with the delux box set, I'll get the Japanese release and find the other tunes from other places. Still would be nice if they just had the 2 CD's!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Aug 17, 2008 13:27:41 GMT -5
I'm hoping for the cd with the bonus CD as I haven't even seen a turntable since my days in college back in the late 80's.
I'm optimistic because some copies of Don't Believe the Truth came with a bonus CD of some six songs from their Chicago show in 94.
Hell, we still have a month and a half before it comes out, hopefully some more info on different releases will be known.
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Post by Jeff25 on Aug 12, 2008 15:49:43 GMT -5
From us.imdb.com: Mendes' Oasis Crush 12 August 2008 4:58 AM, PDT Hollywood actress Eva Mendes has admitted to a massive crush on Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. The Hitch star insists she became a big fan of the British rock band in the 1990s, before shooting to fame herself. And Mendes' love for the group, and Gallagher in particular, still affects her to the present day. She says, "Before I was an actress, when Oasis were really hot in America, I went to LA to see them play. "I had a crush on Liam Gallagher. I got backstage and met him. But I was so in awe of him, I couldn't say anything. He just looked at me as if I was dumb. "Just thinking about it now makes me break out in a cold sweat." If Eva Mendes has the hots for you, Liam must be doing something right.
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Post by Jeff25 on May 15, 2008 6:09:24 GMT -5
I'm not familiar at all with any music from Robbie Williams, so will this guy be a good fit with Oasis? Thanks!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Apr 15, 2008 16:26:40 GMT -5
Didn't Jay-Z just marry Beyonce? If anything, I'll give him credit for hitting that every night.
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Post by Jeff25 on Mar 3, 2008 15:55:15 GMT -5
Keith actually died 20 years ago, but the chemicals have kept the body going all this time.
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Post by Jeff25 on Feb 20, 2008 8:00:40 GMT -5
For those of you who have yet to notice this, one of the best websites for Oasis bootleg information is apparently down, maybe for good.
(http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~oa5i5/TOP-Frame.html) was top notch in providing info on silver pressed originals and professionally done CDR's. The guy who ran the site, Kan, had to stop updating nearly two years ago because of employment. However, he kept the site going, until recently.
I had dealings with Kan in helping me acquire some Oasis bootlegs, so hopefully all is well. Maybe he's working on the updates he had talked about before getting his job.
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Post by Jeff25 on Jan 24, 2008 18:29:09 GMT -5
With my wife, mother, grandmother and even the family cat having health issues this week, this made me smile.
Well Done!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Jan 14, 2008 15:57:55 GMT -5
Dealing with separate countries can be tricky, but from a purely buying stuff standpoint, the website is top notch. I purchased my Epiphone Les Paul from there and plenty of other guitar goodies from them over the years.
Good Luck!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Nov 18, 2006 10:18:25 GMT -5
Sorry, apparently the link doesn't work. So, just go to Bestbuy.com and search for Oasis Stop The Clocks. Of the three products listed, I believe the middle one is the version that will contain the bonus CD.
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Post by Jeff25 on Nov 18, 2006 10:16:25 GMT -5
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Post by Jeff25 on Nov 13, 2006 8:55:36 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone has purchased the Stop The Clocks EP. If so, is the Cigarettes & Alcohol demo the same that's appeared a few bootlegs over the years?
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Post by Jeff25 on Mar 24, 2006 9:26:54 GMT -5
In concert, Beatlesesque Oasis more like another '60s band By DAVE TIANEN dtianen@journalsentinel.com Posted: March 23, 2006 The default comparison for Oasis always seems to be the Beatles.
Advertisement Seeing them live, however, another '60s reference point feels more apt. Oasis returned to the Riverside Theater on Wednesday night, and in concert the band suggests, more than anyone, The Who in its furious youth. Frontman Liam Gallagher has the young Roger Daltrey's aura of well-dressed aggression. It's a comparison that may have occurred to Oasis, as well, since the band left the stage Wednesday to a clamorous take on "My Generation."
There's a kind of cocksure, natural arrogance about Liam that suggests a man who could strut sitting down. The body language is equal parts Robert De Niro in "Taxi Driver" and Al Pacino channeling Tony Montana in "Scarface." Head cocked to one side, he has the feel of a man who's constantly daring you to knock the chip off his shoulder.
To be honest, Oasis in concert needs his arrogance. That arrogance creates a kind of force field of danger that would leave them fairly boring without him. That was evident Wednesday whenever Liam would saunter off stage and leave the vocal duties to brother Noel. The latter may be the brains and the better part of the talent in Oasis, but as a stage presence, he's essentially inert. Even Liam is not exactly a showman. He has essentially one pose at the microphone: bent at the waist at an 80- degree angle, with his jaw jutting into the mike. When he's not singing, he strides to one side and strikes the pose of a Marine at parade rest.
This tour marks something of a comeback for Oasis. Last year's "Don't Believe the Truth" was widely regarded as a return to form for the band, and the Riverside was sold out Wednesday. There's a kind of signature sound to Oasis. The songs tend to be loud, tuneful, crunching and big. It is in some ways a pop band with heavy metal attitude.
Interestingly, the lyrics reveal a range of emotion that's largely absent from the band otherwise. Of the new tunes that showed up Wednesday, "Turn up the Sun" is full of love-one-another hippie goodwill, "Lyla" is a love song that borders on reverence ("catch the silver sunlight in your hands") and "The Importance of Being Idle" makes a whimsical case for the value of indolence. The humor is welcome since it's an element almost completely missing from the band's on-stage demeanor.
Although he went unacknowledged, Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) has joined the band as its drummer, and he gives the songs a kind of primal bottom that reinforces their already substantial heft in concert.
Opening for Oasis was The Redwalls, an Illinois outfit that offers its own take on reinventing '60s pop. The band seems to know its way around a good hook, and some of the stuff has the feel of a folky take on Brit pop, sort of like "Norwegian Wood"-era Beatles.
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Post by Jeff25 on Mar 21, 2006 8:30:58 GMT -5
Oasis turns on the voltage Brit-rock rulers rattle the walls at Air Canada Centre And praise openers Arctic Monkeys as `breath of fresh air' Mar. 21, 2006. 06:10 AM VIT WAGNER POP MUSIC CRITIC
Allowing for the eternal advantage enjoyed by the headliner over the opener, the Britpup heirs-apparent held their own against the reigning kings of Britpop during a thunderous display of rock 'n' roll dynamism at a sold-out Air Canada Centre last night.
And, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the kids even earned some kudos from their elders in the process.
Oasis, ever reluctant to relinquish their grasp on the crown, even when that grasp has sometimes seemed more tenuous than real, has seldom had anything but a disparaging word for upstarts — particularly serious contenders like Coldplay, who arrive for ACC sets of their own Wednesday and Thursday.
But Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys, rock's darlings du jour, even merited a testimonial from their uncharacteristically gracious hosts.
"We're going to dedicate this to a breath of fresh air, the Arctic Monkeys," enthused singer Liam Gallagher before the band launched into "Rock 'n' Roll Star" from the 1994 Oasis debut, Definitely Maybe.
It could be that those footsteps have become a little less audible since a revamped Oasis started touring on last year's Don't Believe the Truth, its best album since Liam and guitarist/brother Noel were still sparring in the tabloids with former nemesis Damon Albarn of Blur.
Bolstered by the addition of second guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Zak Starkey, Oasis launched its current North American odyssey with a brilliant set last July at the Molson Amphitheatre. Eight months later, far from showing signs of weariness, the Mancunians still look to be very near the top of their game.
And when Oasis is on, most pretenders can only hope to approximate the band's capacity for arena-rattling rock. Sure, it doesn't hurt to have fist-pumpers like "(What's the Story) Morning Glory," "Cigarettes and Alcohol," "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" in your arsenal. But it's a testament to the group's obvious rejuvenation that newer offerings "Turn up the Sun" and "Lyla" seldom suffer by comparison.
Nor, for that matter, did the Arctic Monkeys, who hardly seemed daunted by the prospect of setting the stage by warming up a smaller crowd of early but clearly enthusiastic arrivees.
"Be gentle. Be gentle," singer-guitarist Alex Turner pleaded impishly.
The quartet — the oldest of whom is 20 — was anything but gentle, igniting a 35-minute, 10-song set with a blistering rip through "The View from the Afternoon," the opening track on its hot-selling debut, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
The similarities between the bands ended with the high voltage each brought to the occasion.
Unlike Oasis, whose anthemic catalogue has been built on easily digestible platitudes, the Arctic Monkeys favour detailed narratives in which anticipation is often balanced by disappointment. More like the Kinks, by way of the Jam. More, ahem, like Blur, than Oasis.
The storyline from "I Bet you Look Good on the Dancefloor," for instance, vacillates between seduction and indifference, while larding in allusions to everything from Shakespeare to Duran Duran.
Any temptation to find fault with a young band so earnestly hyped by the British press, which hardly seems capable of going a fortnight without touting some Next Big Thing, was dispelled by the quality of the songs and the economical assurance of the presentation.
The Arctic Monkeys get top billing when they perform a club set tonight at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, the kind of relatively intimate venue the band is accustomed to playing.
But if graduating to arenas on a full-time basis is in their future, these newcomers appear more than ready for that too.
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Post by Jeff25 on Oct 19, 2005 16:14:59 GMT -5
Great News!!!!
Just wondering if they could be gearing to have the Manchester 2005 show become an official release, like how Wembley 2000 became Familiar to Millions???
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Post by Jeff25 on Oct 1, 2005 9:25:44 GMT -5
I was unable to attend the show last night because of other circumstances, but it sounds like everyone had a great time. It sounds like the band was great(as expected) and the crowd was into it as well. Keep the stories and pics coming, makes me feel like I was there. Nice job Cleveland and Northeast Ohio!!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Sept 9, 2005 8:34:49 GMT -5
Just wondering if anyone has seen the review of Oasis' show in Vancouver last night. The headline included it being worth the wait. But to access the Vancouver Sun online, you must pay.
Thanks!!!!
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Post by Jeff25 on Jun 8, 2005 7:07:18 GMT -5
For a band that most Americans, excluding us on this forum, haven't cared about since the mid-90's, number 12 is a pretty good debut. I know I did my part for the boys here in the states. ;D
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Post by Jeff25 on May 25, 2005 18:03:33 GMT -5
It was the first time I was able to listen to all the songs, besides Lyla. Great Stuff!!! I hopefully will soon be getting my copy of DBTT. ;D
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Post by Jeff25 on Apr 22, 2005 9:23:57 GMT -5
I've been able to get Japanese releases of Definitely Maybe and SOTSOG from Amazon and Ebay and got them rather cheap. Of course, EIL.com is already offering the Japanese Don't Believe the Truth release for "only" 60 american dollars. Great selection, but their stuff is way too expensive.
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Post by Jeff25 on Nov 5, 2007 15:55:11 GMT -5
Just like Jazzvi said, buy an acoustic. Learn the basics and see if you like it. Get a nice six-string, but don't break the bank just in case you don't like it.
I didn't start playing until I was 32 and it's been over six of the best years of my life since. Granted, I'm not great at it, but I would still rather strum on the guitar then sit around watching TV.
The first guitar I bought was the cheapest, new, left-handed model I could find, made by Rogue, who may not even exist anymore. I've since spent some cash on a Takamine Acoustic-electric.
Try musiciansfriend.com which is where I bought alot of the stuff I started with. Ebay is a good place to find stuff as well.
And be prepared to get frustrated. You won't nail Stairway to Heaven the first time out. Hell, I still can't play it, but if you really want to do it, plow through and keep at it.
And most of all, have fun because if you don't, what's the point.
Don't forget, even if you suck, you're still playing guitar and that makes you a musician. Welcome to the club.
Good Luck. We're all counting on you.
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Post by Jeff25 on Dec 9, 2006 16:09:55 GMT -5
Just tried playing "Won't Let You Down" off the CD. I was going by the chords from the Oasis Complete Chord Songbook and let's just say the song and I weren't meshing. The book makes no mention of anything, but apparently a capo is needed somewhere or the guitar needs to be knocked down a semitone or two. I'd appreciate help from anyone who's done it right. Thanks
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Post by Jeff25 on Aug 12, 2006 15:07:35 GMT -5
I had Classic 57's put on my Sheraton and like how they sound. I'd give them a try.
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