#6 -- Rock 'n Roll Star
Album: Definitely Maybe
The ground shook with the first chord. Opening track on the best selling debut album in history (at the time). It couldn’t epitomize the next arrogant, drunken decade of Oasis rock any better. Fitting that the opening track introduces us to Liam’s trademark pronunciation of the word “shine”.
Some interesting statistics I compiled yesterday -- average song ranking on my countdown by album:
Definitely Maybe: 33.5
What's The Story: 33.8
The Masterplan: 51.7
Be Here Now: 52.1
Heathen Chemistry: 56.5
Standing on the Shoulders: 66.7
The ground shook with the first chord. Opening track on the best selling debut album in history (at the time). It couldn’t epitomize the next arrogant, drunken decade of Oasis rock any better. Fitting that the opening track introduces us to Liam’s trademark pronunciation of the word “shine”.
Some interesting statistics I compiled yesterday -- average song ranking on my countdown by album:
Definitely Maybe: 33.5
What's The Story: 33.8
The Masterplan: 51.7
Be Here Now: 52.1
Heathen Chemistry: 56.5
Standing on the Shoulders: 66.7
posted by Pat on 16.6.05
Pat (CastleCraver) has been an Oasis fan since the early days,
and couldn't be more excited about the upcoming tour. When being mad fer it isn't consuming him, he's studying away at grad
school in Cleveland, Ohio. Originally from Indianapolis, he curses the heartless twat that caused the car accident back in Summer '01
and the subsequent cancellation of three tour dates. Although he's still awaiting his fanclub tickets, he's sure you'll find him 15th row,
dead center on the floor for the MSG gig, singing/screaming his lungs out and generally being a drunken ass. His rankings reflect his opinions
alone, and constitute nothing but a fun diversion to count down the days until the gig. See you there!
3 Comments:
I will never forget the first time I heard this. January '95, I was in Firenze. I had heard "supersonic" before I left the States, and when I got to italy, this girl I was into told me she loved this song called "live forever." So I bought Definitely Maybe. When the band roars in after Noel's opening, it was like a train hit me. I knew it immediately. My new favorite band.
i second the comment about but i was younger in the states and the first album of theirs i bought was wtsmg i knew immedieatly this was my fav band. a sound that i thought a band should always sound like was coming over the speakers. i went out and got dm the very next day.
This is how the great rock n roll records open. The Stones' "Rocks Off" on Exile on Main St. The Pistols' "Holidays in the Sun" for Never Mind The Bollocks. The Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored." It doesn't have to be the signature tune -- just the one that lets you know you're in for a ride.
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