Oasis Pt. 1: Hooliganism, Hedonism, Rock Star Anthems and the “Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band on the Planet”
DISGRACELAND
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🗓️ 30 March 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Few bands have come from as little and made as much of themselves as Oasis. Along the way they were wildly entertaining — unlike anything England or the United States had ever seen — and fully committed to the life of the rock star and to making the greatest rock ‘n’ roll music the world had ever heard. Through it all they famously fought, with fans, with police and with each other. They drank excessively and did copious amounts of drugs and didn’t care who knew about it. They were England’s new rock ‘n’ roll saviors and they were stacked with Beatlesesque hooks and Sex Pistols-inspired attitude and seemingly, always, on the verge of breaking up.
This episode was originally published on March 30, 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:16.5 | The stories about Oasis are insane. |
| 0:20.3 | They started riots, sank Rolls-Royces, and swimming pools, physically attacked police officers, publicly brawled with each other and rival pop stars. |
| 0:29.6 | They committed to a life of hooliganism and hedonism, and vandalized, robbed, stole, and drugged their way around the boredom of youth. |
| 0:39.1 | Raised in Manchester, England's Council Estates Public Housing, Oasis's bandleader Noel |
| 0:44.3 | Gallagher and his younger brother Liam were determined to become the greatest rock and roll band on |
| 0:49.2 | the planet. And remarkably, despite or perhaps because of their humble beginnings, they were able to achieve that goal. |
| 0:57.9 | Through it all, they made great music, anthems, pure pop, instant classics. |
| 1:03.3 | And that music you heard at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. |
| 1:07.4 | That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Melo Swag Lager, MK1. |
| 1:13.9 | I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to everything I do, |
| 1:18.1 | I do it for you by Brian Adams. |
| 1:21.0 | And why would I play you that specific slice of Prince of Thieves cheese could I afford it? |
| 1:26.9 | Because that was the number one song in America on August 18, 1991. |
| 1:33.2 | And that was the day Oasis took the stage for the very first time at the boardwalk club in Manchester |
| 1:38.7 | and changed the face of English pop music forever. |
| 1:42.8 | On this episode, |
| 1:44.7 | hooligans and hedonists, |
| 1:46.3 | Swaggy Lager, and Instant Classics, |
| 1:48.8 | the 100% committed |
| 1:49.9 | and endlessly entertaining |
| 1:51.3 | Gallagher brothers and Oasis. |
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