as an american, i really liked the Morning Glory album I had bought at that time...........but when a friend exposed me to all the singles & b sides - blown away & became as big of an Oasis fan in America as could be. I remember listening to Listen Up (guess i was followed orders well) over & over again. And being so excited that I now had a recording of the awesome songs I didn't recognize at their concert (Acquiesce & Whatever). Blown away, and I didn't even like some of the most revered b sides in Talk Tonight & Masterplan. Quality is rightfully valued in music - but quantity is usually overlooked. For a band to dump that many great songs on its fans such a short timespan should really be appreciated. Awesome - and awesome video!
Cheers Eric - yeah they had an unbelievable catalogue of songs in the 90s. If they'd been able to keep it going they could have been bigger than the Beatles
Sunday Morning Call..(love it)..Roll It Over.....Gas Panic....Go Let It Out...what an album this was ,don’t know why so many people slag it man 🤷♂️......peace and love to you all ✌️
First Oasis single I picked up was 'D'You Know What I Mean' in 97 and it made me go out and seek every b-side I could. Luckily I found the cigarette boxsets of DM and MG not long after! I live in Canada and hunting down the new Oasis singles became my favourite pastime in the 90s/2000s
26:09 loved Stand By Me. I am so happy that Liam is singing it in his live sets and even Noel did a version of it 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall for Sir Peter Blake which was majestic.
James I'm sure during Noel's childhood either in Manchester or Mayo he would of heard plenty of Irish folk songs. From time to time Noel used to perform Dirty Old Town. Great video once again.
Cheers TC! Yeah he definitely has some cool less commonly known influences that come out in bootlegs and cover versions here and there. Always a treat to discover
Yeah James cheers as well. I always remember bootleg tapes of music were very similar to the 80s old pirate videotapes. You could always find a source to get a hold on them. Totally agree on Oasis version of Street Fighting Man better than the Stones one. Still prefer The Beatles version of I am the Walrus over the Oasis live one. When you talked about She's Love song I dunno if Noel was having a Elvis or Nashville moment to himself. It's certainly not his best. At least he put it out there Noel and not waiting on that perfect song or album again.
Excellent vid... But gutted that you never mentioned Colombia (white label demo) off supersonic. I absolutely love how raw and powerful it is. I would love to know your opinion
Ah sorry about that. We talk about every track in the full (over 2 hour) version which you can get on the Oasis Podcasts Patreon, but I had to cut things down a bit for my channel so one or two discussions did unfortunately have to be culled. I like the white label demo alot - but primarily as a history piece and the sound of the band when they had JUST got signed. I do honestly prefer the Definitely Maybe version because Owen Morris's mix is just outrageously cool. And Liams vox too.
They never did 4 songs on a single again cuz there's actually a law in England limiting the length of CD Singles that went into effect in 1999. Three tracks a single or some minute cap they put on it. That's why the singles got progressively shorter
Actually you can still have 4... or at least you can as of 2020 (I only have the 2020 singles eligibility paperwork) These days at least you can have up to 4, no more than 25 mins
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Huh, there was something on the Go Let It Out wikipedia page that talked about the law and the length of the singles, but it's gone now. I guess that just shows you can't always trust Wikipedia.
Might be something to do with streaming,as if there’s more than 3 songs it’s classed as an ep not a single,and if there’s more than 6 it’s classes as an album
Yeah from other comments as well I've gathered that the rules have been changed multiple times in the last 25 years. I only know whats happening right now rule-wise as I'm doing this record company, but as it stands right now, we can release 4 songs and it's a single
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar That may be for the UK singles chart but iTunes for example who are a very important distributer limit it to 3 and always have done.
Biblicals: Cigarettes and Alcohol 10, Wonderwall 10, Some Might Say 10, Whatever 9.5, Live Forever 9.5 Mad Fer It: Don't Look Back In Anger 8.5, Supersonic 8.5, Roll With It 8, Stand By Me 8 Lyla 8 Pretty Good: D'You Know What I Mean 7/8 All Around The World 7/8, The Importance Of Being Idle 7.5, Shakermaker 7.5, Who Feels Love 7.5, Little By Little/She Is Love 7, The Shock Of The Lightning 7 Could Be Better: Stop Crying Your Heart Out 6.5, Stop The Clocks 6.5 Songbird 6.5, Let There Be Love 6, Sunday Morning Call 6, The Hindu Times 6, Lord Don't Slow Me Down 5.5 Other Singles from Dig Out Your Soul 5 Shite: Don't Stop 4.5 (You Forgot Don't Go Away Single: 8!) ALBUMS Biblicals: DM 10 WTSMG 9.5 BHN 8.5 Masterplan 8.5 Mad Fer It DBTT 8 Pretty Good SOTSOG 7 DOYS 7 Could Be Better HC 6 Familiar to millions 6
Loved watching this mate, as a mad Oasis fan and an obsessed musician like yourself, it's cool to see so much Oasis content and especially you looking into the songs and singles as a whole package as in depth as I do/did! If you haven't already, listen to the early demo of Lock All The Doors, you'll understand My Sister Lover even more 😎.
You get Oasis, who dumped around nearly 50 songs on their fans in three years (1994-97) including three albums and twenty or so b sides, and then you get Adele, as well as many others, who take five to six years to put out ten tracks!!!
I mean it's quite incredible tbh. I personally think Adele is a good artist but clearly she just doesn't have many ideas unlike Noel. She's better than most nowadays in my opinion which just shows how great oasis were by comparison
@@liamgallagherful That’s ture, many artists don’t write their own work these days. But I think Adele is quite authentic, she has a pretty natural voice and I think she also writes her own songs
That was a fascinating trip of Oasis besides. I loved it. Glad to see there are more Oasis fans out there. Keep on doing what you are doing mate. Keep on.
Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever, Some Might Say, Wonderwall, Go Let It Out and D’you Know what I mean are the best singles out there with biblical b-sides! I’ll put Some Might Say at Number 1, easy.
Lol I only know the way the charts work today, so am just taking my cue from there. I know they did chop and change the rules a bunch of times as the world switched over to mp3s and then streaming tho
That made very interesting listening. I think all oasis fans would enjoy it because they all have emotional attachments to the songs. James' comments on the Stand by Me B sides were spot-on on my opp. My Sis Lover and Fever are real bangers while Going Nowhere breaks it up a bit by adding a more whistful dimension. I would be interested to know where James would have ranked the singles without taking the B sides into account. Great idea for a vid. Thanks, boys:)
Great video and debate @James Hargreaves Guitar - How about a review of the rare Oasis singles "Champagne Supernova", (A hit in Australia & USA) and "Don't Go Away" (A hit in Canada, Japan & USA)?
Nice one boys fair enjoyed that and can’t disagree with too much of it, although if you’re going to put don’t look back in anger in slot one I’m afraid I would have to put some might say in front, just because it was their first number one and the b sides are just amazing!
Fair play Alan! For me that one went right down to the wire - but in the end it boiled down to Cum On Feel The Noize vs Headshrinker... and the Noize won hahaha
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar yeah I can forgive you for that love that song! Haha I wasn’t a big fan of headshrinker the recorded version but when I heard it at the live by the sea gig in 95 that was it! Vocals are amazing. One other I disagree on is falling down I would’ve had that in biblical love that song and it’s brilliant to play on an acoustic, but I get what you’re saying about the b sides. It’s funny because Noel used to slag bands for putting remixes of a song as b sides, then he starts doing it himself, maybe he learned his lesson from giving away all those classic songs basically for free!! 😂 hope you’re well mate keep the videos coming love them!
Sunday morning call is a great song but the recording is crap. They did an acoustic version before it was released which was far superior. I was disappointed when I heard the final recording.
Yeah on the longer version (available on the Oasis Podcast patreon) James C talked about the acoustic demos for SOTSOG being so much better than some of the eventual studio recordings. It's a divisive one, Sunday Morning Call, because there is a small hardcore who consider this the best song on the album... I've never totally clicked with that one in quite the same way I did with songs like 'Roll It Over' or 'Where Did It All Go Wrong'
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Where did it all go wrong should have been a single over SMC. Roll it over is in my top 3 of all time songs! I love it! Have you heard Who Feels Love live from Maida Vale? If it was like that on the album I'd have been happier! They also played Talk Tonight electric on it. Very rare. It's on YT 👌🏼
What an amazing band they were, I agree with the order but I do love shaker maker it’s my first memory of oasis, nostalgia colouring my judgment probably.
Based on the actual song and only the song, then The Hindu Times and Shock Of The Lightning would be Biblical for me. Two of the best songs ever by Oasis
I have to disagree with you about Columbia - Live, that is easily one of their best performances of that song and the ending is mega where they’re both shouting the “Yeah yeah yeah” bit P.s : i think this is mainly because i much prefer the rasp of liams voice from about 97 onwards
"The Masterplan" compilation always felt weird to me. Not only was it quite redundant, but some choices are debatable. As you pointed out, the absence of "It's Better People" is completely unfair when "The Swamp Song" is on there...The one decision I'll never understand is why they decided to shorten "I Am The Walrus". The noise freakout at the end with Noel playing with feedback and guitar effects is essential. It's a bit I would crank up. I bet some people don't even know that the version on "The Masterplan" is incomplete in comparison to what had been released before. With a collection clocking at 66 minutes, it could have included "It's Better People" AND the full "I Am The Walrus"...
As a teenager in Manchester I grew up soaked in Oasis, Stone Roses, Cast, The Beatles, Inspiral Carpets, James, Happy Mondays etc etc and STILL to this day at 40 years old the music has the exact same effect on me as it did in 1994. I love your passion for the same kind of music James and love this channel. And I have to say now that some Oasis b-sides were better than their A-sides. I have said this for years and always will say it. From day one til their later stuff they had B-sides that astounded me...... Let's all make believe for instance..... Just WOW!!!!
19:15 I love Rockin Chair. When Liam was singing that in 2017 in that Radio X concert, almost made me tear up. I think they should have done it acoustic.
24:46 have to disagree completely. Maybe the Columbia live version is a bit suspect, but You've Got the Heart of A Star is a great song and Liam sings Songbird really well
Some Might Say and Whatever are the two greatest Oasis singles for me. Who Feels Love should have been in the middle of pretty good and I would have had Roll With It in biblical due to the b-sides!
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar most definitely! I have them all. I’d forgotten about all the remixes. Probably because I listened to them once and never wanted to again :)
I wonder what would have happened if Bring it on Down had been released as the first single, as was scheduled, instead of Supersonic?? It’s one of my favourite Oasis songs. Likewise Fade Away. I am the Walrus was recorded live at a Sony seminar instead of the Glasgow Cathouse as well !! Agree with you about Some Might Say. Especially as it’s got Headshrinker on it, which is absolutely brilliant, one of the best things they ever did. Along with Round are Way.
I would argue that the remix of Falling Down is more interesting than the actual recorded version. It's an actual reworking of the song and not like on the case of I'm outta time and it's remix
Brilliant video mate! Completely agree with you about Stand By Me as well, I absolutely love all four songs and it's definitely deserving of being rated that high.
Fantastic video, James! You have definitely collared the mantle for best Oasis-related channel. I was wondering what you used to make this video? Did you do it over Teams and record it that way? Speaking of "Alive", I've always really liked that - it points back to Noel's earlier Manchester influences, and there's almost a New Order feel to it.
What annoyed me with later Oasis singles (from the 00’s) was as the chart rules changed, they did less tracks for b-sides. And so many of these weren’t very great or were live tracks or re-mixes. It would’ve been great if every Oasis single had 3 b-sides, 2 of which being new songs. But hey, didn’t happen and Noel would hate me for this post! Love both of your enthusiasm for Oasis. My fave band!
Great idea👌🏻 I love D'You Know What I Mean, extended original version. Live Forever is second best. Then probably Wonderwall. Morning Glory video just doesn't feel like an Oasis video to me, but it's still epic. All Around the World is too much recycled confetti to me, but do love the song as an anthem.
I think it shows different info depending on what you're using the app on. On my mobile it shows less info, on a tablet it shows more, and I'm on a desktop PC here (the one I use for my video editing for the channel) and it shows quite alot of data on this one.
I don't get the drums on Columbia comment. Alan White's a metronome throughout. The vocals are out as is some of Noels lead but the drums are hypnotic.
I don't hear it. You mean the hi-hats? They're panned to the right and possibly have a bit of delay but it's in time. Maybe it's the fact they're played open rather than the tighter way Tony played them?
I'm listening now as I write this - yeah the hats are a mile out man. They sound like they're being dragged on strings behind a bus. Maybe it's the OCD studio guitarist side of me, but it's SO out-of-time to my ears. But I am used to listening to music as a studio musician, and I guess most people wouldn't listen in the same probably overly intense way lol Argh this is the worst. I'm switching it off - done. I just can't listen to that. It's like a ticking clock that slightly speeds up and slows down in a way designed to turn your brain to mush hahahahaha
I'm inside the first minute of this video. Dig Out Your Soul is my favorite record and I love the 3 singles of that album. All though the songs that were left off are fucking amazing. The Boy with the Blues, I Believe In All, Those Swollen Hand Blues, Do you wanna live in a dream (in my record machine) which Liam was supposed to sing. Some of these tracks should have replaced the second side of Dig Out Your Soul but I still love this album.
You know you're a sycophant when you're saying Oasis's version of Street Fighting Man is better than the Stones lmao... yea, the acoustic layering is one the greatest things about it, it gives it depth and fatness
Hahahahahahahahaha It's just that rare thing for me - a 90s Oasis tune that makes me feel a bit depressed when I listen to it. Too introspective, too moany, too miserable. I dunno. I know I'm the only person on the planet who seems to feel that way though lol
@@MaquiladoraIII I always wondered if Noel wasn't influenced a bit by Moz' "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" for the instrumentation of Rockin' Chair
Look, I’m an absolute die hard fan of oasis my fav band of all time - but I’m in shock you both said oasis version of street fighting man is better than The Rolling Stones..
For Me the Best Oasis singles are Cigs n Alcohol (Fade Away Listen Up Iam The Walrus) Whatever (Good To Be Free Half The World Away Slide Away) Some Might Say (Acquiesce Talk Tonight Headshrinker)!! Then you've got W, DLBIA, DYKWIM?, SBMn GLIO. The worst is again for me Sunday Morning Call, even Noel put it as a hidden track on Time Flies its That Bad!! Cheers
Only thing I would have said is Step Out with Liams vocals could have been one of their better if not best B-side’s. Few disagreements here and there but other than that but brilliant on the whole
I skip that one now too. The message is pretty bad. The white line? Really? I was 15 when I was obsessed with that album back then, and never knew what that lyric meant, as I was still ignorant 😂 The rest of the album as a whole is pretty consistent. Slide Away, Supersonic and Live Forever, Bring it in Down.. All fantastic
@@OpalMoonstone247 I can live with the questionable message of the song ,it’s just a second rate t Rex rip off that’s my problem with it ,I’ve never heard it as anything else ….i think it’s a dreadful song The tracks you mentioned truly are class though
Falling Down.......could be better?.....opinions and all that, but it was one of the best later Oasis songs recorded, in my own opinion. Let's All Make Believe is another b-side of such high quality....... and one that still gives me the fuzzies.
What about the Australian Champagne Supernova single and Don't Go Away Japanese single? The latter had A very good live cigs and alcohol, Sad Song, and Fadeaway (Warchild)
Yeah we had to draw a line somewhere hahaha just decided to stick to the UK releases or this would have been the longest video in the history of the universe...
Great video but nah you can’t be saying that Oasis versions of Heroes, Street Fighting Man and ESPECIALLY I Am the Walrus are better than the originals!! 🤣
Another Sunday Morning Caller here, haha... Straight S Tier, sorry - and from the moment I first heard it! 🤷♂ (Kind of a strange phenomenon we've got here!)
Rockin Chair not that strong? You’re crazy man! One of Liam’s greatest ever vocals!
I agree and I also don’t find it to be a drag. There’s a lot of hope in the music. Rockin’ Chair picks me up when I’m down.
It is a drag
No second verse
Vocals are tip top. 👏
Buying an oasis single was a special time in history. Sticking it on and listening to the B-sides
Yeah. In the 90s every Oasis single was at least 50% absolutely legendary material - and often 100%
Yes Guigs you know
pro trick : you can watch series at flixzone. I've been using it for watching a lot of movies recently.
@Adrien Maverick Yea, I have been using Flixzone for years myself :D
@Adrien Maverick Yea, I have been using flixzone for years myself :D
as an american, i really liked the Morning Glory album I had bought at that time...........but when a friend exposed me to all the singles & b sides - blown away & became as big of an Oasis fan in America as could be. I remember listening to Listen Up (guess i was followed orders well) over & over again. And being so excited that I now had a recording of the awesome songs I didn't recognize at their concert (Acquiesce & Whatever). Blown away, and I didn't even like some of the most revered b sides in Talk Tonight & Masterplan. Quality is rightfully valued in music - but quantity is usually overlooked. For a band to dump that many great songs on its fans such a short timespan should really be appreciated. Awesome - and awesome video!
Cheers Eric - yeah they had an unbelievable catalogue of songs in the 90s. If they'd been able to keep it going they could have been bigger than the Beatles
Sunday Morning Call was and is my favorite on SOTSOG, so yeah... I’m one of those lol
Yeah there's a few of you renegades out there haha
Sunday Morning Call..(love it)..Roll It Over.....Gas Panic....Go Let It Out...what an album this was ,don’t know why so many people slag it man 🤷♂️......peace and love to you all ✌️
Me to man. One of Noel's best
Noel hates that song lol
Sunday Morning Call is so awful. when he switches from Dm to D and slowly steps into the ‘chorus’ I cringe
Liam Gallagher's tier list:
*Biblical*
- Songbird
- I'm outta time
*Shite*
- Noel's songs
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah
Even Liam wouldn’t claim Little James to be anything other than shite though 😂
First Oasis single I picked up was 'D'You Know What I Mean' in 97 and it made me go out and seek every b-side I could. Luckily I found the cigarette boxsets of DM and MG not long after! I live in Canada and hunting down the new Oasis singles became my favourite pastime in the 90s/2000s
26:09 loved Stand By Me. I am so happy that Liam is singing it in his live sets and even Noel did a version of it 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall for Sir Peter Blake which was majestic.
7:58 I absolutely adore Falling Down the song. It is on my top 10 Oasis songs of all time. Such a shame Noel never performs it live.
Would you ever consider doing a ranking of every album track?
The U.S. Wonderwall Single is a fucking banger. Basically an entire EP
Epic stuff
Great vid James, totally agree. Although I do have a soft spot for SOTSOG. I love the production on that album by Mike Spike Stent.
Yeah dont get me wrong, I love that album too. It was just something of a jolt initially when it sounded so different
James I'm sure during Noel's childhood either in Manchester or Mayo he would of heard plenty of Irish folk songs. From time to time Noel used to perform Dirty Old Town. Great video once again.
Cheers TC! Yeah he definitely has some cool less commonly known influences that come out in bootlegs and cover versions here and there. Always a treat to discover
Yeah James cheers as well. I always remember bootleg tapes of music were very similar to the 80s old pirate videotapes. You could always find a source to get a hold on them. Totally agree on Oasis version of Street Fighting Man better than the Stones one. Still prefer The Beatles version of I am the Walrus over the Oasis live one. When you talked about She's Love song I dunno if Noel was having a Elvis or Nashville moment to himself. It's certainly not his best. At least he put it out there Noel and not waiting on that perfect song or album again.
they couldnt do 4 songs per single after 1998 because the single charts changed the rules and said artists could only have 3
Wait Really? Is it still like that?
Excellent vid... But gutted that you never mentioned Colombia (white label demo) off supersonic. I absolutely love how raw and powerful it is. I would love to know your opinion
Ah sorry about that. We talk about every track in the full (over 2 hour) version which you can get on the Oasis Podcasts Patreon, but I had to cut things down a bit for my channel so one or two discussions did unfortunately have to be culled.
I like the white label demo alot - but primarily as a history piece and the sound of the band when they had JUST got signed. I do honestly prefer the Definitely Maybe version because Owen Morris's mix is just outrageously cool. And Liams vox too.
Heroes is better than the Bowie version?!?!?!?! You lost it there James, lad. 😂
I like the oasis one better but ive never liked Bowie so that's why
Oasis version is just noise 🤷🏻♂️ It’s awful ffs 😂😂
He doesn’t get how Bowie projected that song, genius!
Thanks guys its so hard to put oasis tunes in a list good effort 👌
They never did 4 songs on a single again cuz there's actually a law in England limiting the length of CD Singles that went into effect in 1999. Three tracks a single or some minute cap they put on it. That's why the singles got progressively shorter
Actually you can still have 4... or at least you can as of 2020 (I only have the 2020 singles eligibility paperwork)
These days at least you can have up to 4, no more than 25 mins
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Huh, there was something on the Go Let It Out wikipedia page that talked about the law and the length of the singles, but it's gone now. I guess that just shows you can't always trust Wikipedia.
Might be something to do with streaming,as if there’s more than 3 songs it’s classed as an ep not a single,and if there’s more than 6 it’s classes as an album
Yeah from other comments as well I've gathered that the rules have been changed multiple times in the last 25 years. I only know whats happening right now rule-wise as I'm doing this record company, but as it stands right now, we can release 4 songs and it's a single
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar That may be for the UK singles chart but iTunes for example who are a very important distributer limit it to 3 and always have done.
Biblicals: Cigarettes and Alcohol 10, Wonderwall 10, Some Might Say 10, Whatever 9.5, Live Forever 9.5 Mad Fer It: Don't Look Back In Anger 8.5, Supersonic 8.5, Roll With It 8, Stand By Me 8 Lyla 8 Pretty Good: D'You Know What I Mean 7/8 All Around The World 7/8, The Importance Of Being Idle 7.5, Shakermaker 7.5, Who Feels Love 7.5, Little By Little/She Is Love 7, The Shock Of The Lightning 7 Could Be Better: Stop Crying Your Heart Out 6.5, Stop The Clocks 6.5 Songbird 6.5, Let There Be Love 6, Sunday Morning Call 6, The Hindu Times 6, Lord Don't Slow Me Down 5.5 Other Singles from Dig Out Your Soul 5 Shite: Don't Stop 4.5 (You Forgot Don't Go Away Single: 8!) ALBUMS Biblicals: DM 10 WTSMG 9.5 BHN 8.5 Masterplan 8.5 Mad Fer It DBTT 8 Pretty Good SOTSOG 7 DOYS 7 Could Be Better HC 6 Familiar to millions 6
Loved watching this mate, as a mad Oasis fan and an obsessed musician like yourself, it's cool to see so much Oasis content and especially you looking into the songs and singles as a whole package as in depth as I do/did! If you haven't already, listen to the early demo of Lock All The Doors, you'll understand My Sister Lover even more 😎.
Nice! I may go check that out
You get Oasis, who dumped around nearly 50 songs on their fans in three years (1994-97) including three albums and twenty or so b sides, and then you get Adele, as well as many others, who take five to six years to put out ten tracks!!!
I mean it's quite incredible tbh. I personally think Adele is a good artist but clearly she just doesn't have many ideas unlike Noel. She's better than most nowadays in my opinion which just shows how great oasis were by comparison
@@n1thmusic229 does Adele even write songs? I always assume singers like her just sing other people's songs
@@liamgallagherful That’s ture, many artists don’t write their own work these days. But I think Adele is quite authentic, she has a pretty natural voice and I think she also writes her own songs
Cigarettes and alcohol with im the walrus, listen up and fade away
Some Might Say with Acquiesce, Headshrinker and Talk tonight.
My two favorite
Nice. Good choices
That was a fascinating trip of Oasis besides. I loved it. Glad to see there are more Oasis fans out there. Keep on doing what you are doing mate. Keep on.
Thanks UWD - they have some amazing B sides. Many of which, in the 90s, were better than most bands A-Sides
Brilliant, really enjoyed that lads, big shout out to JC for standing up for Heart of a Star ⭐ stay safe, stay young 🤜💥🤛
Cheers Raymond, thanks for watching
Cigarettes and Alcohol, Whatever, Some Might Say, Wonderwall, Go Let It Out and D’you Know what I mean are the best singles out there with biblical b-sides!
I’ll put Some Might Say at Number 1, easy.
Good choices
I’m the Twat who says DYKWIM is a single because it WAS a single when it was released
Lol I only know the way the charts work today, so am just taking my cue from there. I know they did chop and change the rules a bunch of times as the world switched over to mp3s and then streaming tho
That made very interesting listening. I think all oasis fans would enjoy it because they all have emotional attachments to the songs. James' comments on the Stand by Me B sides were spot-on on my opp. My Sis Lover and Fever are real bangers while Going Nowhere breaks it up a bit by adding a more whistful dimension. I would be interested to know where James would have ranked the singles without taking the B sides into account. Great idea for a vid. Thanks, boys:)
Interesting question re the singles without the b-sides... I think DLBIA would still be #1 tho
The Masterplan is their greatest song ever.
Great video and debate @James Hargreaves Guitar - How about a review of the rare Oasis singles "Champagne Supernova", (A hit in Australia & USA) and "Don't Go Away" (A hit in Canada, Japan & USA)?
Great video and agree with most but saying the Oasis version of Heroes is better than Bowie???? What were you smoking?
Good video but like...falling down is a great song. Literally a different level of songwriting
Yeah it's always going to be the case that some songs speak to certain people while others don't I guess. Music can be a personal thing to each of us
Especially the Chemical Brothers one
Nice one boys fair enjoyed that and can’t disagree with too much of it, although if you’re going to put don’t look back in anger in slot one I’m afraid I would have to put some might say in front, just because it was their first number one and the b sides are just amazing!
Fair play Alan! For me that one went right down to the wire - but in the end it boiled down to Cum On Feel The Noize vs Headshrinker... and the Noize won hahaha
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar yeah I can forgive you for that love that song! Haha I wasn’t a big fan of headshrinker the recorded version but when I heard it at the live by the sea gig in 95 that was it! Vocals are amazing. One other I disagree on is falling down I would’ve had that in biblical love that song and it’s brilliant to play on an acoustic, but I get what you’re saying about the b sides. It’s funny because Noel used to slag bands for putting remixes of a song as b sides, then he starts doing it himself, maybe he learned his lesson from giving away all those classic songs basically for free!! 😂 hope you’re well mate keep the videos coming love them!
Thanks for the video, you guys should team up to do more stuff. Now to dig out my cd singles and revisit those bsides/extra tracks
Yeah the James & James thing seems to be going well!
We need this video about The Cranberries
Sunday morning call is a great song but the recording is crap. They did an acoustic version before it was released which was far superior. I was disappointed when I heard the final recording.
Was that on steve lamaq evening show?
Didn't want to play the solo on acoustic, cos it would sound like John barry, never understood what he meant by that. Let me know if you find out. X
Yeah on the longer version (available on the Oasis Podcast patreon) James C talked about the acoustic demos for SOTSOG being so much better than some of the eventual studio recordings. It's a divisive one, Sunday Morning Call, because there is a small hardcore who consider this the best song on the album... I've never totally clicked with that one in quite the same way I did with songs like 'Roll It Over' or 'Where Did It All Go Wrong'
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Where did it all go wrong should have been a single over SMC.
Roll it over is in my top 3 of all time songs! I love it!
Have you heard Who Feels Love live from Maida Vale? If it was like that on the album I'd have been happier! They also played Talk Tonight electric on it. Very rare. It's on YT 👌🏼
What an amazing band they were, I agree with the order but I do love shaker maker it’s my first memory of oasis, nostalgia colouring my judgment probably.
Yeah it's a proper fun rock & roll pop crossover. I still love it
Based on the actual song and only the song, then The Hindu Times and Shock Of The Lightning would be Biblical for me. Two of the best songs ever by Oasis
I have to disagree with you about Columbia - Live, that is easily one of their best performances of that song and the ending is mega where they’re both shouting the “Yeah yeah yeah” bit
P.s : i think this is mainly because i much prefer the rasp of liams voice from about 97 onwards
Agree. I have listened to that live version hundreds of times. It’s miles better than the studio version.
Colombia must've sounded insane live
It has to be " shakermaker" for me coming from burnage myself , It just makes me feel so proud inside.
Hahahaha nice. I do love that song
From Burnage myself. Always preferred Supersonic. Lived nr Shawbrook rd on Errwood. Fod Bless Oasis x
"The Masterplan" compilation always felt weird to me. Not only was it quite redundant, but some choices are debatable. As you pointed out, the absence of "It's Better People" is completely unfair when "The Swamp Song" is on there...The one decision I'll never understand is why they decided to shorten "I Am The Walrus". The noise freakout at the end with Noel playing with feedback and guitar effects is essential. It's a bit I would crank up. I bet some people don't even know that the version on "The Masterplan" is incomplete in comparison to what had been released before. With a collection clocking at 66 minutes, it could have included "It's Better People" AND the full "I Am The Walrus"...
As a teenager in Manchester I grew up soaked in Oasis, Stone Roses, Cast, The Beatles, Inspiral Carpets, James, Happy Mondays etc etc and STILL to this day at 40 years old the music has the exact same effect on me as it did in 1994. I love your passion for the same kind of music James and love this channel. And I have to say now that some Oasis b-sides were better than their A-sides. I have said this for years and always will say it. From day one til their later stuff they had B-sides that astounded me...... Let's all make believe for instance..... Just WOW!!!!
Bowie’s version of Heroes is far superior no doubt at all ….
When Noel comes in with his shouted “IIII!!!” It always cracks me up compared with the understated coolness of how Bowie starts.
So... Where is Don't Go Away 🇯🇵????
Enjoyable watch but your slanderous take on Columbia at barrowlands has shook me!😂 One of my favourite versions.
19:15 I love Rockin Chair. When Liam was singing that in 2017 in that Radio X concert, almost made me tear up. I think they should have done it acoustic.
23:35 thats Columbia from the Barrowlands 2001 set right? I thought that was one of the best versions of that song.
Acquiesce, Listen Up, It's Good to be Free, Rockin' Chair... The very best of the 90s!
Those B-Sides eh. Unreal.
Also it’s better people
24:46 have to disagree completely. Maybe the Columbia live version is a bit suspect, but You've Got the Heart of A Star is a great song and Liam sings Songbird really well
Some Might Say and Whatever are the two greatest Oasis singles for me. Who Feels Love should have been in the middle of pretty good and I would have had Roll With It in biblical due to the b-sides!
Excellent discussion and I’m reminded of B sides I’d forgotten!
Cheers Tyler - there's some seriously awesome music buried out there - especially in the 90s releases
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar most definitely! I have them all. I’d forgotten about all the remixes. Probably because I listened to them once and never wanted to again :)
Why isn’t Champaign Supernova on this list? Same with Don’t Go Away or Morning Glory?
they're not UK Singles
I wonder what would have happened if Bring it on Down had been released as the first single, as was scheduled, instead of Supersonic?? It’s one of my favourite Oasis songs. Likewise Fade Away. I am the Walrus was recorded live at a Sony seminar instead of the Glasgow Cathouse as well !! Agree with you about Some Might Say. Especially as it’s got Headshrinker on it, which is absolutely brilliant, one of the best things they ever did. Along with Round are Way.
Swollen Hand Blues is hidden on Don’t Believe The Truth 😉
Isn't that Can You See It Now?
@@Kossman58 no it’s Mucky Fingers
Is it? Where?
It’s a teeensy little bit at the end of Mucky Fingers
absolutely love oasis but there’s NO way their cover of street fighting man is better than the original & that’s a fkn CRAZY statement to make
Stand by me was the first Oasis song I learnt on guitar aswell.....👍🏻
Cracking tune. Still play that one myself
James C is very keen to put all the songs at least a tier higher than they could be
I always consider Yove Got The Heart Of A Star as a Christmas song. I only listen to it around Christmas, it's the brass salvation army vibe I think
Huh interesting, never thought about it like that
Heart of a star = Mr bojangles
It way too gd to only listen to at Xmas
The ambient start of swollen hand blues is the end of mucky fingers 😉
Ah, interesting!
Such hard thing to I love Oasis great video❤️
Took us over 2 hours to do the whole thing hahaha
I love rocking chair mate Liam sounds epic on it
lol yeah I know I'm out there on my own on that one
Rocking chair is awesome ,.love that song. Gets me every time!
I would argue that the remix of Falling Down is more interesting than the actual recorded version. It's an actual reworking of the song and not like on the case of I'm outta time and it's remix
Fair play. I'm not much of a fan of remixes of Oasis stuff, but we all like what we like and there's no wrong answers :)
another great video james, apart from your shout about heroes cover being better than bowie haha
Hahahahahahahaha yeah loads of people picked up on that. I make no apologies!
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar if I weren’t such a bowie fan i would probably agree, and if liam sang it I would have probably thought different
Shout it out loud is amazing for me. I just love it
Great video lads
Cheers Lamby
Brilliant video mate! Completely agree with you about Stand By Me as well, I absolutely love all four songs and it's definitely deserving of being rated that high.
Great video! Though I have to disagree with you on rocking chair and especially on heart of a star! Absolutely majestic number.
Fair enough! We all like what we like, no wrong answers here :)
where would you put boy with the blues?
Biblical
Cheers Andrew, will do
Got to admit, my most played single is "stand by me". Played it to death!
I love that EP. Bloody classic
Totally agree with James on Rockin' Chair.
Lol which James?
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar late to respond but I agree with you 🤣
Fantastic video, James! You have definitely collared the mantle for best Oasis-related channel.
I was wondering what you used to make this video? Did you do it over Teams and record it that way?
Speaking of "Alive", I've always really liked that - it points back to Noel's earlier Manchester influences, and there's almost a New Order feel to it.
What annoyed me with later Oasis singles (from the 00’s) was as the chart rules changed, they did less tracks for b-sides. And so many of these weren’t very great or were live tracks or re-mixes. It would’ve been great if every Oasis single had 3 b-sides, 2 of which being new songs. But hey, didn’t happen and Noel would hate me for this post!
Love both of your enthusiasm for Oasis. My fave band!
How about ranking Oasis music videos??
Great idea👌🏻 I love D'You Know What I Mean, extended original version. Live Forever is second best. Then probably Wonderwall. Morning Glory video just doesn't feel like an Oasis video to me, but it's still epic. All Around the World is too much recycled confetti to me, but do love the song as an anthem.
How did you see how many plays a song has on Spotify?
I think it shows different info depending on what you're using the app on. On my mobile it shows less info, on a tablet it shows more, and I'm on a desktop PC here (the one I use for my video editing for the channel) and it shows quite alot of data on this one.
Cloudburst is the best Oasis song. Sorted.
I don't get the drums on Columbia comment. Alan White's a metronome throughout. The vocals are out as is some of Noels lead but the drums are hypnotic.
It’s the cymbals - they’re late from start to finish
I don't hear it. You mean the hi-hats? They're panned to the right and possibly have a bit of delay but it's in time. Maybe it's the fact they're played open rather than the tighter way Tony played them?
I'm listening now as I write this - yeah the hats are a mile out man. They sound like they're being dragged on strings behind a bus. Maybe it's the OCD studio guitarist side of me, but it's SO out-of-time to my ears. But I am used to listening to music as a studio musician, and I guess most people wouldn't listen in the same probably overly intense way lol
Argh this is the worst. I'm switching it off - done. I just can't listen to that. It's like a ticking clock that slightly speeds up and slows down in a way designed to turn your brain to mush hahahahaha
I'm inside the first minute of this video. Dig Out Your Soul is my favorite record and I love the 3 singles of that album. All though the songs that were left off are fucking amazing. The Boy with the Blues, I Believe In All, Those Swollen Hand Blues, Do you wanna live in a dream (in my record machine) which Liam was supposed to sing. Some of these tracks should have replaced the second side of Dig Out Your Soul but I still love this album.
Yeah DOYS gets alot of stick but I love that album
You know you're a sycophant when you're saying Oasis's version of Street Fighting Man is better than the Stones lmao... yea, the acoustic layering is one the greatest things about it, it gives it depth and fatness
Noooooo James I bloody love Rockin Chair
Hahahahahahahahaha
It's just that rare thing for me - a 90s Oasis tune that makes me feel a bit depressed when I listen to it. Too introspective, too moany, too miserable. I dunno. I know I'm the only person on the planet who seems to feel that way though lol
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar always good to have a difference of opinion my friend:)
Me too, mate. Probably the most Smiths song they ever did, and those instrumental intro and outdoes!
@@MaquiladoraIII I always wondered if Noel wasn't influenced a bit by Moz' "Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself" for the instrumentation of Rockin' Chair
love your videos James but saying Oasis Heroes is better than Bowie is CRAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZY
That Rockin' Chair take is criminal.
I don’t know why, but I love shout it out loud. It’s so good, I don’t know why I love it but it’s just awesome, and makes the single really good.
Look, I’m an absolute die hard fan of oasis my fav band of all time - but I’m in shock you both said oasis version of street fighting man is better than The Rolling Stones..
Hahahahahaha I stand by that statement!!! * Digs in *
Much better version. It is THE version.
For Me the Best Oasis singles are Cigs n Alcohol (Fade Away Listen Up Iam The Walrus) Whatever (Good To Be Free Half The World Away Slide Away) Some Might Say (Acquiesce Talk Tonight Headshrinker)!! Then you've got W, DLBIA, DYKWIM?, SBMn GLIO. The worst is again for me Sunday Morning Call, even Noel put it as a hidden track on Time Flies its That Bad!! Cheers
Good choices there
I pretty much agree with this.
Excellent
Alive is an underrated b side
Yeah I'd have loved to have heard that one properly recorded and produced by Owen Morris in the 90s at Rockfield or something
I am bit surprised. Didn't Dont Go Away and Where Did It All Go Wrong? have an EP as well?
Lot missing. Morning Glory as well?
20:11 yeah Noel's acoustic sets with High Flying Birds for D'Ya Wanna Be A Spaceman? is better
another cracking vid
Thanks Charles!
Only thing I would have said is Step Out with Liams vocals could have been one of their better if not best B-side’s. Few disagreements here and there but other than that but brilliant on the whole
Hey CL yeah would’ve loved to hear the Liam version of Step Out with the full band, properly recorded in the studio
No no no -Bowie all the way, Noel is not a good vocalist and no where near the level of Bowie - so disappointed you said that man , minus points
Yep. Absolute shocker there.
The other Guy saying Cigs & Alc really grated on me. Apart from that, a good watch 👍🏻
i was 19 when definitely maybe came out ,been obsessed with it ever since but i detest cigarettes and alcohol
I skip that one now too. The message is pretty bad. The white line? Really?
I was 15 when I was obsessed with that album back then, and never knew what that lyric meant, as I was still ignorant 😂
The rest of the album as a whole is pretty consistent. Slide Away, Supersonic and Live Forever, Bring it in Down.. All fantastic
@@OpalMoonstone247 I can live with the questionable message of the song ,it’s just a second rate t Rex rip off that’s my problem with it ,I’ve never heard it as anything else ….i think it’s a dreadful song
The tracks you mentioned truly are class though
Falling Down.......could be better?.....opinions and all that, but it was one of the best later Oasis songs recorded, in my own opinion. Let's All Make Believe is another b-side of such high quality....... and one that still gives me the fuzzies.
What about the Australian Champagne Supernova single and Don't Go Away Japanese single? The latter had A very good live cigs and alcohol, Sad Song, and Fadeaway (Warchild)
Yeah we had to draw a line somewhere hahaha just decided to stick to the UK releases or this would have been the longest video in the history of the universe...
Hold on … all around the world is hey Jude and street fighting man is better by oasis ?!!
Acquiesce is the best song they ever did, by a long stretch
Who feels love is shite
Great video but nah you can’t be saying that Oasis versions of Heroes, Street Fighting Man and ESPECIALLY I Am the Walrus are better than the originals!! 🤣
Hahahahahahaha yeah I got alot of stick over Heroes and Rockin Chair.... but I make no apologies lol
Another Sunday Morning Caller here, haha... Straight S Tier, sorry - and from the moment I first heard it! 🤷♂ (Kind of a strange phenomenon we've got here!)
Isn’t the stand by me cover Brian cannons ex girlfriends parents or grandparents, not his parents
Yes, it's his ex-girlfriend's grandparents, as explained by Cannon himself on the Microdot youtube channel.
Correct