{"id":2494,"date":"2009-09-05T22:05:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T03:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2009-09-05T22:05:20","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T03:05:20","slug":"on-the-oasis-break-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2494","title":{"rendered":"On the Oasis Break-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a week since Noel Gallagher announced he was leaving Oasis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A week. And I’m not just depressed about it. I’m downright gutted<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Oasis has personal meaning<\/i> for me. They did. “Don’t Look Back in Anger” was part of a time and a place. “D’You Know What I Mean?” was part of a time and a place. “Let’s All Make Believe,” that hidden B-side gem from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants<\/i>, is one of those songs that, the moment you discover it, you know<\/i> your life has changed.<\/p>\n

Where comics fans are wondering what Disney’s purchase of Marvel means for the future of Spider-Man and Squirrel Girl, I’m more worried about what the Oasis split means. Noel Gallaher’s long-expected solo album<\/a>, certainly. A Liam-led Oasis releasing an album by the end of 2010, undoubtedly. (Of course<\/i> Liam will do that, just to spite Noel.)<\/p>\n

It’s easy enough to mock Oasis. “Weren’t they big, way back when<\/i>? What have they done lately?” And yes, there’s a certain amount of that. After (What’s the Story) Morning Glory<\/i>, what was<\/i> there, for most people? But that’s just it — their story doesn’t end<\/i> there.<\/p>\n

I loved Be Here Now<\/i>. For all of its coke-fueled excess, for all of its bloated length, for all of its raw noise<\/i>, I love that album. I loved Standing on the Shoulder of Giants<\/i>, even though it sounded different. I absolutely adored<\/i> Heathen Chemistry<\/i>, because it sounded like Revolver<\/i>, and I absolutely love<\/i> Revolver<\/i>. Don’t Believe the Truth<\/i> had to grow on me, but grow on me it did, and now I wonder why I didn’t give it the proper chance. And Dig Out Your Soul<\/i>, oh yes, it’s magnificent.<\/p>\n

I’m a fan. I’m not ashamed to say it.<\/p>\n

And now they’ve split<\/a>, and I’m gutted about it.<\/p>\n

I won’t remember years from now where I was when I found out that Noel Gallagher had split from Oasis. (Okay, I was at my computer desk, at about 10 o’clock on Saturday morning the 29th of August.)<\/p>\n

I’m not going to say that this is like the break-up of the Beatles, because it’s not. This isn’t an epochal event. But, damn, if Elbow ever<\/i> called it a day… \ud83d\ude25<\/p>\n

I’ve spent the week listening to Oasis, including some nifty rarities like “I Wanna Live In a Dream (In My Record Machine),” thinking of other times, and feeling a bit sad. Listening heavily<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Damn. :drunk:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a week since Noel Gallagher announced he was leaving Oasis. A week. And I’m not just depressed about it. I’m downright gutted. Oasis has personal meaning for me. They did. “Don’t Look Back in Anger” was part of a time and a place. “D’You Know What I Mean?” was part of a timeContinue reading “On the Oasis Break-Up”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[149,4098,150,4116],"class_list":["post-2494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-liam-gallagher","tag-music","tag-noel-gallagher","tag-oasis","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}