Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Oasis" in Portuguese language version.
So leave it to Oasis to resort to the biggest, emptiest rock gesture of all: the huge-stadium live LP! Their popularity remains unchanged in home England, which still worships the group uncritically like the equally-diminished, figurehead Royal Family. So the brothers give us this document of Wembly stadium and its Canyonesque acoustics, with its cheering, singing throngs of 70,000 people.
And, of course, it's also what makes it hard to discern exactly what separates good from great Oasis, but all the little details here, from the consistent songwriting to the loose, comfortable arrangements and the return of their trademark bravado makes Don't Believe the Truth the closest Oasis has been to great since the summer of Britpop, when they were the biggest and best band in the world.
It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan.
From that point on, the show is defined by a series of grand community [...] during which it becomes clear that Oasis's great gift to pop is to bring the football terraces into the concert halls.
That kid will come crawling back very fooking soon, man. He thinks he’s the leader, he thinks every decision he makes is right... I started this fooking band. I am Oasis.
If you've ever dreamed about what a Rolling Stones-Beatles double bill might have been like, well, here's the worst-case scenario. In America the Gallagher brothers are regarded as one-hit wonders, a bunch of Beatles rip-off artists with impenetrable Mancunian accents and a stand-still, eager-not-to-please stage demeanour.
Playing the Astoria is a smart move. If festivals like Glastonbury seem to bring out the worst in Oasis's music - its terrible tendency towards pomposity - then small venues bring out its best: the wall of guitar noise they stole from Sex Pistols seems more visceral and exciting at close quarters, the sneering edge in Liam Gallagher's vocals more sour and threatening.
