Off Topic thread time to say goodbye

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 7:49pm

LZ5by5 wrote: »

NME are alright in my book, they are the only media outlet that give Oasis the respect these days.:pac:

Other than two albums in 1993 and 1995 respectively, what the hell have Oasis done to deserve any respect other than have their core two members act like total jackasses privately and publically?

Honestly, I'm no Oasis fan, but i do appreciate their contributions to the alternative/indie/britplop scene. But Be Here Now, Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Heathen Chemistry and Don't Believe The Truth are all the same sh*t under the different name!

And they're never gonna be as big as they were either because unfortunately for the brothers Gallagher, it's not 1996 anymore and the Britplop scene has died it's death, sh*tting itself in the process.

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 7:50pm

Degag wrote: »

Lol, i never saw the yellow card icon thinggy before!:D

Yep, yellow card for a warning, red card for infraction and then banhammer comes out.

Unless in extreme circumstances.

Handsome Bob · 22-04-2009 8:04pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Other than two albums in 1993 and 1995 respectively, what the hell have Oasis done to deserve any respect other than have their core two members act like total jackasses privately and publically?

Definitely Maybe and What's The Story Morning Glory are unsurprisingly their best work, but I don't care what anyone says, their last three albums are still better than most of the shit out right now called "indie". The genre is full of a bunch of posers to be honest.

Honestly, I'm no Oasis fan, but i do appreciate their contributions to the alternative/indie/britplop scene. But Be Here Now, Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants, Heathen Chemistry and Don't Believe The Truth are all the same sh*t under the different name!

I'll give you SOTSOG and maybe Heathen Chemistry, but I certainly rate Be Here Now and Don't Believe The Truth and certainly don't believe that they have the same sound. Be Here Now may be too long, but nearly all the songs are pretty solid. Stand by Me, All Around The World and D'You Know What I Mean are fantastic songs. Even the songs that were quite clearly directed at cracking the American market, such as Don't Go Away and I Hope, I Think, I Know are very good songs. It's a solid album that is panned for not living up to the impossible heights of the first two albums.

As far as Don't Believe The Truth goes, it's a good album and I'd take it any day over any of the other crap classed as indie right now. Lyla, Mucky Fingers, The Importance of Being Idle, The Meaning of Soul, and Let There Be Love are fantastic songs.

And they're never gonna be as big as they were either because unfortunately for the brothers Gallagher, it's not 1996 anymore and the Britplop scene has died it's death, sh*tting itself in the process.

I do agree on this and I find it quite sad that the youth of today rate the likes of The Kooks, Bloc Party, and Keane a head of them.

Vince135792003 · 22-04-2009 8:18pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Yep, yellow card for a warning, red card for infraction and then banhammer comes out.

Very similar to my behavioural system in school!

gimmick · 22-04-2009 8:46pm

Barca V Sevilla about to kick off. Got to say I am nervous

Diabhal Beag · 22-04-2009 8:55pm

Who do you support?

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:29pm

Guys, you think we got hit bad this year.

The guys in the UK got well and truly f*cked over with their budget! Tax raises up to 50% for some earners! At least they have the right idea over there. F*ck over the higher earners first, and then come back to the middle and working class the second time around as a last resort.

amacachi · 22-04-2009 9:39pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Guys, you think we got hit bad this year.

The guys in the UK got well and truly f*cked over with their budget! Tax raises up to 50% for some earners! At least they have the right idea over there. F*ck over the higher earners first, and then come back to the middle and working class the second time around as a last resort.

Yeah! Communism ftw!

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:42pm

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah! Communism ftw!

Less people crossing the border for their booze now, they're all f*cked

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:44pm

gimmick wrote: »

Barca V Sevilla about to kick off. Got to say I am nervous

You think you're nervous now? CCFC's final game ever is next week isn't it?

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:49pm

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Definitely Maybe and What's The Story Morning Glory are unsurprisingly their best work, but I don't care what anyone says, their last three albums are still better than most of the shit out right now called "indie". The genre is full of a bunch of posers to be honest.

It always was!! Blur were posing gits long before Parklife, so were Pulp before His N Hers. That's part of it. And Oasis had to be the biggest posers of the britplop indie scene. They didn't even have an original note in their head, most of their sh*t had been done to death before, their generation of fans just didn't bother going through their older brothers cd collection from five years earlier.

Didn't bother responding to the rest as i'm quite biased against Oasis so I wouldn't really be able to give a fair discussion on it.

I do agree on this and I find it quite sad that the youth of today rate the likes of The Kooks, Bloc Party, and Keane a head of them.

To be fair, Keane's first two albums are decent enough. I will give you The Kooks and Bloc Party, come back in five years and see if anyone still gives a sh*t about you.

I think James did it best with "Destiny Calling"
"So we may be gorgeous, so we may be famous, come back when we're getting old"

That lyric was written in 1995 I think, think of so many bands that have fallen into that category since.

gimmick · 22-04-2009 9:51pm

Little Shyte wrote: »

Who do you support?

Barca. So far so good at half time anyway

ShawnRaven wrote: »

You think you're nervous now? CCFC's final game ever is next week isn't it?

Meh, everything is grand again. it won't be in about 6 weeks then, and in about 9 weeks it will all be okay again. Its a recurring cycle which we get swallowed up in every time. Surprised I ain't gray or bald from the fúckers.

amacachi · 22-04-2009 9:53pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Less people crossing the border for their booze now, they're all f*cked

What makes ya say that?

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:58pm

amacachi wrote: »

What makes ya say that?

Taxes are going up on alcohol in the UK too I think, which means booze won't be as cheap up there. Whereas it didn't go up here. It won't be worth the petrol money for some.

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 9:58pm

gimmick wrote: »

Meh, everything is grand again. it won't be in about 6 weeks then, and in about 9 weeks it will all be okay again. Its a recurring cycle which we get swallowed up in every time. Surprised I ain't gray or bald from the fúckers.

Ah you must be wrecked from dodging all those bullets

amacachi · 22-04-2009 10:06pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Taxes are going up on alcohol in the UK too I think, which means booze won't be as cheap up there. Whereas it didn't go up here. It won't be worth the petrol money for some.

Yeah but by sweet FA. And most people wouldn't be going up north if the differential was marginal, even with increases there it's still ridiculous the proce difference. 10.99 sterling for a litre of Glen's vodka, oh no, it'll go up to about 11.30 :P
If anything I've been seeing less and less offers on drink this side of the border and my beloved Smithwicks has gone up in price in every shop and offy around.

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 10:13pm

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah but by sweet FA. And most people wouldn't be going up north if the differential was marginal, even with increases there it's still ridiculous the proce difference. 10.99 sterling for a litre of Glen's vodka, oh no, it'll go up to about 11.30 :P
If anything I've been seeing less and less offers on drink this side of the border and my beloved Smithwicks has gone up in price in every shop and offy around.

Smithwicks?
Any respect i ever had for you just went down the swanny, my man!

I'm quitting after this weekend. Spent the last two weeks cutting down, off it after Sunday!

Which means, i'm gonna be even harder to deal with!

D.Q · 22-04-2009 11:09pm

its fine.. Tesco have the answer to recession drinking.

3 litres of tesco cider: 5.99.

Thats in one bottle.
Easier to transport.

Ya spend 12 euro before going out, and you are SORTED for the rest of the night.

It doesnt taste to bad, and the hangovers arent the worst either.

HONESTLY!!

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:12pm

Cider? Christ, i now remember why I'm glad that I'm not 16 anymore.

D.Q · 22-04-2009 11:16pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Cider? Christ, i now remember why I'm glad that I'm not 16 anymore.

Im 19....OLDIE!!:D

why are you glad?! your refined tastes are costing ya!

slum it out in the fields with a big bottle of tesky drysky and youll save save save!!

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:17pm

DieselQueen wrote: »

Im 19....OLDIE!!:D

why are you glad?! your refined tastes are costing ya!

slum it out in the fields with a big bottle of tesky drysky and youll save save save!!

Not costing me diddly squat! I'm quitting after this weekend.

D.Q · 22-04-2009 11:18pm

Oh were ALL "quitting after this weekend"

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:21pm

DieselQueen wrote: »

Oh were ALL "quitting after this weekend"

Did it for seven years before pal, can do it again if i really want to. Just didn't want to before, but after Good Friday's disagreement (I wanted Jack Daniels to stay in, he wanted to move on out), so i'm giving Jack his farewell party this weekend.

DM_7 · 22-04-2009 11:25pm

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Did it for seven years before pal, can do it again if i really want to. Just didn't want to before, but after Good Friday's disagreement (I wanted Jack Daniels to stay in, he wanted to move on out), so i'm giving Jack his farewell party this weekend.

Thin glasses are your enemy.........

D.Q · 22-04-2009 11:29pm

seven years?? fair play! what years if you dont mind me asking?

like what age were you?

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:33pm

DieselQueen wrote: »

seven years?? fair play! what years if you dont mind me asking?

like what age were you?

Between 23 and 30. First three months were a killer, after that ordering a non alcoholic beer or a coke just became a habit.

Nearly killed a mate for trying to make me drink an alcoholic becks poured into a non alcoholic bottle. As gimmick says in his sig, evil i can tolerate, but stupidity?

DM_7 · 22-04-2009 11:33pm

DieselQueen wrote: »

seven years?? fair play! what years if you dont mind me asking?

like what age were you?

SR please don't say between the ages of 0 and 7

EDIT: You got in too fast.

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:34pm

DM-ICE wrote: »

Thin glasses are your enemy.........

It was the thick ones! the glass was about as thick as the rim of a coffee cup, and i'm pouring what i think is a double, but is actually more like a quadruple into this thing!.

I was actually scared to order one in Bruxelles on Saturday!

ShawnRaven · 22-04-2009 11:35pm

DM-ICE wrote: »

SR please don't say between the ages of 0 and 7

EDIT: You got in too fast.

Gotta get in there quicker than that, Dangermice. :P

pingu_girl · 22-04-2009 11:37pm

DieselQueen wrote: »

its fine.. Tesco have the answer to recession drinking.

3 litres of tesco cider: 5.99.

Ya spend 12 euro before going out, and you are SORTED for the rest of the night.

You hardly drink 6 litres of cider before you go out?

I'd be a fan of pear cider ona hot day with ice only the 1 or 2 mind there very sweet.

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