Live Forever asked:


I am from Mexico and really i like the music from UK but i don’t know who is your band more respected: Oasis, Radiohead, Blur, The Verve, Travis, Coldplay, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Muse and more?

Jamie asked:


so my favourite bands are bands like arctic monkeys/the strokes/last shadow puppets/paolo nutini/blur/oasis/miles kane/kasabian/radiohead etc. etc. (basically indie/rock mainly for the U.K.) and im trying to get more b-side music and live gigs, i have 2 good sites but it would be terrific if i could get some more:

http://bir-collections.blogspot.com/

http://kuponroll.blogspot.com/

so sites similar to those above would be great. Thanks in advance for any help at all.

Alex asked:


Ok so im doing a history project at school liek a powerpoint and a speech adn i was thinking of talking about the group blur and how they changed music for us. What kind of things did they do other than starting britpop off and the battle of britpop between oasis?

Digital asked:


1) There were no TV talent shows.

2) Television supported new music.
Not only were there no talent shows on telly in the 1990s, there were a number outlets for new music which don’t exist anymore.

3) Big album releases were an event.
On 21 August 1997, Oasis released their third album, Be Here Now. It was rubbish but that’s not the point. The point is that people queued outside record shops (remember them?) all night to buy it and it shifted nearly half a million copies on its first day of release. Perhaps it’s just us but we can’t help finding it sad that only new mobile phones generate the same level of excitement these days.

4) We had proper rock stars.
At the start of the 1990s, Guns ‘N’ Roses were the biggest rock band in the world. They took drugs, shagged groupies, caused riots and raised hell in a manner befitting their position. Then it was Nirvana, whose frontman didn’t just whinge about being depressed, he actually did something about it. Then came Oasis who sung “you might as well do the white line” and prompted questions in parliament about their behaviour. Now we’ve got Coldplay.

5) There were music movements.
The 1990s kicked off with the Stone Roses playing a massive outdoor gig at Spike Island in Widnes for 27,000 young people dressed in flares, tie-dye t-shirts and ‘Reni hats’. Then came the all-devouring grunge movement with its flannel shirts and self-loathing, which in turn was overthrown by Britpop and its Union Jack-wearing, mod hairstyle-copying retro cool. In short, there were musical movements with their own distinctive style and attitude. What have we had since? Emo? Please.

6) Good dance music was popular.
ance music began as an underground phenomenon and continues to thrive there but, for a few years in the 1990s, some of the best stuff sold by the bucketload. The Prodigy, Leftfield, Chemical Brothers and Orbital all had hit albums. These days the biggest-selling dance music is in the shape of dodgy corporate-sponsored compilations.

7) The charts mattered.
Of all the ramifications downloading and file-sharing have had on music since the 1990s, the increasing irrelevance of the charts is surely the saddest. People under 20 might not believe it but listening to the chart countdown on a Sunday night used to be a genuine event which could assume tribal importance if a record by your band made number one. In the summer of 1995, this reached a level of cultural significance not seen since the 1960s when Blur and Oasis went head-to-head in what News At Ten dubbed ‘The Battle Of Britain’. Yes, it really was on the news.
You could make loads of money from music.
We want to live vicariously through our music stars, do we not? We want them to be obscenely wealthy outlaws, living in ludicrous mansions, travelling the world in private jets, answerable to nobody and sticking it to the man. Well, too bad, those days are over. Established superstars can still rake in millions with mega-tours but the unstoppable decline in record sales of the last 10 years means that any new artist hoping to make serious cash has to ***** themselves out with commercial endorsements, product placements and ‘alternative revenue streams’. Not very rock ‘n’ roll, is it?

Will asked:


Okay so I’m a little new to the band Oasis and I recently saw where they split up. So what do y’all think of them? Music legends or a talentless group? I recently read about Oasis where the lead singer, Liam Gallagher was placed as best rock frontman (above legends like Mick Jagger or Freddie Mercury).
I mean they have a couple of good songs I been exposed to: “Wonderwall”, “Don’t Look Back in Anger”, “Cigarettes and Alcohol” etc. But are they a band that you all (Yahoo Answer users) like? It’s 90s music, after all and you can go wrong with that!

kp10 asked:


umm i like anything but heres some of my favorite bands:

Oasis
owl city
the queen killing kings
bob dylan
janis joplin
3oh!3
the beatles
cage the elephant
thriving ivory
army of me
john mellencamp
match box 20
bread
willie nelson
poison
meat loaf
the postal service
asher roth
eminem
50 cent
patsy cline
the postal service

i mean i pretty much listen to anything. so any kind of good music would be awesome.

LedZeppelinBen – AM asked:


Lets face facts here, the music industry today is as good as, if not better than it’s been for many years (in the U.K at least i don’t know about the U.S) Indie rock is thriving and is branching out into many exciting new styles (namely electro indie). Plus some of the old guard are kicking out some brilliant songs (Oasis and Manic Street Preachers being the Britsh ones and Foo fighters and RHCP for America)

Of the new bands Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Arcade Fire, Klaxons and Maximo Park are the big standouts for me.

But if we are honest, no bands today can compare to the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream or the Eagles.

My question is can just one band come around and bring us back to the good old days of Rock n’ Roll, because if someone doesn’t do it fast then i will be forced to shoulder the burden myself and form a revolutionary band to change the face of music.
Oh i’m going to do it, it’s just a question of someone getting there before me.

The main problem is i know countless guitarists (i’m a bassist and a guitarist myself) but not a single drummer i’d want to be in a band with.
Rock is not dead, the only form of rock that is dead is punk, that is because there can be no believable punk artists anymore because there are not that many people in western society that have to endure hardship anymore.

Rock is still very much alive my friend.
I agree with some people that it seems to be a lack of artistic talent or real flair. Which songwriters today can claim to be as good as Page/Plant, Townsend/Entwhistle or Barret/Waters?
I’m not knocking the new bands, as it’s my generation (i’m 16) and i love the bands around now.

But i can’t pretend that any of them are as good as Led Zeppelin.

One peak since then has been The Smiths, they were uncharacteristically good for most 80′s music. Morissey is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
Woah woah whoa there, when have i dissed any music here, i’ve clearly stated that i love todays music it’s the music i’m still growing up with. I quite happily listen to Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire and Maximo Park.

However any person who claims these artists are as talented as the artists of the 60′s and 70′s is either delusional or just plain stupid.

I would never dream of saying todays music is bad, read the article carefully before posting stupid remarks next time.

And in response to the comment about todays artists being on drugs, i think you will find there were more drugs in the 60′s and 70′s than today.

Jimi Hendrix took Acid (it’s what killed him in the end)

All of Led Zeppelin did Cocaine and Cannabis.

The Who did whatever they could get there hands on (the anti-depressants killed Keith Moon in thened)

Pink Floyd where on various halucenogenic drugs.

The Beatles were on Cannabis and LSD.

L.A. Woman asked:


or so i have heard people saying this many times every time they hear a song by them. what is the big deal? why do they say this?

ginger asked:

have you ever seen them live before?

victor G asked:

Im a huger fan and havent seen them live before and I want tickets ,hopefully 02 arena
Can people help me with any sites giving cheaper tickets than th e usual?
Thanks
why is oasis so cheap ?
Why does Muse have to so expensive???
I know Muse are good live,maybe thats why!