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Top 10 Reasons Oasis is Better than The Beatles

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Ever since Oasis has been called one of the greatest bands of all time, they have also been called Beatles copy cats. This is unfortunate as Oasis are better than The Beatles. The staff of Old-Wizard.com listens to Oasis about 10 times the amount of time we spend listening to The Beatles. We thought to ourselves, “What makes Oasis so much better than the Beatles”? This question was easy for us, and we came up with ten reasons in less time than it takes a Beatles fan to call Oasis a “rip off”. We hope these next reasons give some credence to the Oasis enterprise, if not totally change the mind of all those music fans who like to bash Oasis for some unfounded reasons. Say to yourself right now, “are you ready to say that Oasis are better than the Beatles?” Here we go!

10. Better Walks

Who has a more powerful walk than Liam Gallagher in the whole music industry? His walk defined a generation of carefree ruffians looking to start bands and smoke cheap hash. Paul McCartney on the other hand walked like a dandy going to a candy store with his mother. Liam Gallagher epitomized the cool in the rock star class with his long strides and waving hands. Paul McCartney defined the prissy attitude of following directions and not going outside of the lines sonically. No one can walk as cool as Liam Gallagher. Everyone who has ever been coddled by their mother can walk like Paul McCartney.

9. Less Competition

This is an obvious one. The Beatles had little to no competition. They didn’t start pop music either (taking away their innovation credence). This was reserved for Buddy Holly. Oasis on the other hand had to fight off 40 years of great rock and pop music. They not only fought it off with the grace of a Mexican lightweight, but also created some of the most memorable pop music of all time. After that long of pop music, Oasis still created some of the most memorable songs of the genre. This is a definite advantage for Oasis.

8. Better Amps

For most of the Beatles career, they used plain sounding vox amps that epitomized the “60’s British era”. These amps carried no sound and sounded small. Oasis on the other hand used a variety of amps they made their sound crush the Beatles. During “Definitely Maybe” and “What’s the Story Morning Glory”, they used massive Marshall Stacks they echoed beyond the venues they played at. During their later albums like “Don’t Believe the Truth”, they used an assortment of the best Fender reissues that gave that album a strong character not heard by any other band of the year. The Beatles guitar sound is basic pop rock while Oasis’s guitar sound is as large and growling as the Mana Beast from Secret of Mana. Anyone can get the Beatles guitar sound. Not everyone can get Oasis’s.

7. Better Dressers

The Beatles for much of their career were stuck to plain suits that looked like businessmen coming out of a 401 k disbursement meeting. Oasis on the other hand looked as styling as a GQ magazine with the edge The Stones aesthetic. Anyone who got into Oasis in the mid 90’s saw Liam Gallagher’s moccasin shoes and bought them right after. These shoes epitomized the blithe attitude of being great but not having to tell everyone about it. When the Beatles finally dropped their bland business demeanor, they adopted junkie 60’s garb that probably smelled as bad as they looked. The mesh of all different styles couldn’t compare to Oasis’s immaculate fashion style. Look at any pictures of these bands and one will be able to tell the difference.

6.Cooler Haircuts

The Beatles haircuts were boring boring boring! The mop top made the real music listener yawn in fashion agony. Liam Gallagher on the other hand had a variety of hairstyles that all became the vogue of cool Britannia in the mid 90’s. Everywhere you looked, people had haircuts like Liam. It was not a simple banal mop top, but a flowing length of rock hair perfectly suited to all sexes alike. This androgynous quality in hair made Liam more dragon breed than exquisitely British breed. For this transcendence in haircut, Oasis get a rank above The Beatles again.

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#1 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 2:21 am

Liam : I don’t even know them. Best UK song? I don’t freaking care. Here, in Canada, we don’t give a shit about Oasis. I do like some of their songs BUT GOD! THE BEATLES HAD WAY OLDER INSTRUMENTS. OASIS GOT THE TECHNOLOGY WITH THEM. SINGERS OF TODAY ARE MOST OF THE TIME LIPSINGING DURING THEIR SHOW.

#2 Noel's Nose says:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:19 am

Just a reminder, record sales are not always indicative of quality. Look at Susan Boyle, or worse, Britney Spears.

#3 desperado says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:32 am

You’re right, ShadowHunter! A lot of bands do lip synch nowadays, including Oasis. I’ve seen them lip synch Let There Be There Be Love, though they still do well live.

#4 Liam says:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Haha…Oasis lip synch? LOL. desperado you’re a moron. Also, ShadowHunter, who gives a shit about Canada? The UK is much more important in music(along with everything else) than Canada.

#5 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

Liam : You think I care? Your like those Marvel fanboys I’ve been kicking their ass. I am from Quebec and it’s funny since we got Céline Dion. Maybe you don’t like her but she’s still one of the most popular singer in the entire world moron. Oasis? Better than The Beatles? The Beatles had crappy instruments. Look at DragonForce. You might not know that group but their song Throught the fire and flames, THEY CAN’T FREAKING DO IT LIVE! Why? Because these morons made a song without even know how to do it. I’ve went to their concert and trust me, it was crap. Oasis can’t even make it in the Top 10 of the best group of today. If you ask someone which group has marked the past, they will mostly all tell you the Beatles. God, with the death of John Lenon, they had to stop. Same thing for Queen. The death of Freddy Mercury destroyed the entire group. Genesis with the lost of Phil Collins, Black Sabbath with the lost of Ozzy, etc.. Oasis hasn’t been throught there yet. You know why your saying that Oasis is better than the Beatles? It’s because you were born with that freaking music in your head. I am 18 years old. I should be listening to some Likin Park, Fall out boy music. Well, something like that. I am not. I appreciate most of the groups of today but I prefer the oldest one. I am a dead fan of Johnny Cash, AC/DC, Heart, Phil Collins, Three Doors Down, Five for fighting, Black Eyed Peas, Ozzy Osbourne, Rick Ashtley, The Troopers, Nada Surf, Jacks Mannequin, The Beach Boys, Diana Ross, Dona Summer, Bethany Joy Lenz (Galeotti), Journey, Iron Maiden, Metallica (Some of their songs), Keane, Deep Purple, Supertramp, Led Zepellin, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Beatles, Scorpion, Nazareth, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Jet, Hall and Oates, Huey Lewis, Human League, James Blunt, Kid Rock, Lifehouse, Loveboy, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Nickelback, Nice Black Alps, Robbie Robertson, Rod Stewart, ZZTop, The Rolling Stones, Seal, Shania Twain, Snow Patrol, Supergrass, The Archies, The Constantines, The Fratellis, The Fray, The Plimsouls, The Shins, Timbaland, Twisted Sisters, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi, Boston, CCR, Bryan Adams, Paramore, Bodies Without Organs, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, ETC. So if you were going to say that I only listen to The Beatles, you were wrong. I even listen to some Oasis songs. BUT WHAT THE FUCK HAS DONE THE OASIS GROUP? HAVE THEY MADE A KIND OF MUSIC? THE BEATLES ALMOST INVENTED THE ROCK! Let me take Paul McCartney and the Oasis singer Liam Gallagher. Let me ask you something. Which singer is the most known and the best for people. Make a little survey and come back.

#6 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:18 pm

hey boy… you really have bad taste for music… WTF is Dragon Force??? it’s rubbish besides DO YOU LIKE PHILL COLLINS… that fat guy!!! LOL and James Blunt that freaking looser come on! check out his lyrics! and at the same time yo do listen rolling stones! you don’t have the right to listen good rock n’ roll when you suck michael jackson’s dick… now i know why you don’t like OASIS.. every oasis fan knows about music since the beatles and the rolling stones… i think is time for you to listen some james blunt and cry about the girl that left you for another guy LOL bye bye

LIVE FOREVER man!

#7 Liam says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:42 pm

LMFAO. Celine Deon? Are you a homo?

#8 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:11 pm

Liam : You must be dumb little kid. Céline Dion is the most popular singer in the entire world. Learn your facts kid. Stop being such a fanboy.

James : Not my fault if your a fan of the pokemon theme music kid.

#9 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:12 pm

James : I guess you never had love in your entire life. I like every style of music. If you can’t accept that it’s because you got some brain damage. You cut your veins when listening some Tokio Hotel kid.

#10 alberto says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:25 pm

@James

“Alberto::::: Oasis is not saying they are better than the beatles… people like us is discussing it… so”

NOBODY before said Oasis was better than the Beatles, then One of the Drunk Gallagher brothers said that to a magazine in an interview and people all over the place start calling Oasis better than the Beatles . What the Neil (I don’t remember if it was neil) did, was just to pull a GREG PAK stunt. They just hype their band. The point here is that they are known as “The Second Beatles” Not “OASIS THE BEST ROCK IN HISTORY”
They are still on the shadow of the Beatles.

THEY ARE THE SECOND BEATLES, NOT THE BEST ROCK BAND IN HISTORY!!!

You get it?

#11 alberto says:
February 9th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

I defitnelly don’t see Oasis as a copy of the Beattles.

I actually think that the Beattles are basically KSYNC or NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK on drugs.

Because lets face it people, what were the Beattles before the drugs if not the New kids on the block.

Prepy kids singing to horny teenager girls. That is what the Beattles were, then Lenon got piss of because Dylan dis him and then they start writting under the influence of drugs, and suddenly they are “the best band in the world”

What a bunch of shit!!!

Queen or the Rolling Stones ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THOSE TITLES

#12 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:07 am

what the f**k is Tokio Hotel ?? i think you’re trying to call me EMO or something like that… pure rubbish … and LOVE?? ok i LOVE my parents and my brothers but i’m in my 20’s I live for SEX man! no one can tell me SEX isn’t the best… why do you think The Beatles is the best… i’m a fan of them… but OASIS is OASIS… so why every concert of them is full-stadium ? of course you’re over-rating The Beatles … if you like the beatles it’s OK its a great band and you hear good music … at least you are not a f**king EMO as i can see… but if you are… you are the shit of the shit… hope not!

OASIS>The Beatles

#13 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:09 am

James : You are far away from being a Beatles fan kid. Get out of here if you can’t debate.

#14 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 3:31 am

all right! ask me whatever you wan about the beatles! i’m a fan of the beatles and i’m a fan of oasis… i only say that oasis is better… so let’s debate: tel me your reasons … why the beatles are better than oasis?

#15 ShadowHunter says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:21 am

Tell me what Oasis has brought to the music.

#16 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:28 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Oasis

2007 they won an award call outstanding contribution to music… that’s because they got a lot of good songs… each album is different… each album’s got its own style… and this award is before the last album Dig Out Your Soul

#17 SNL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 7:39 pm

although I like oasis, they wouldn’t make a pimple on a Beatles ass, it is a joke to even use their name in the same sentance as the Beatles. See if in 40 yrs anyone even knows who they are, let alone out sell all the the current artists of the day!!!!!

#18 SNL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:15 pm

I keep seeing the comment that there was not much competition for the Beatles back in the day. Okay then that makes it all the more impressive that they continue to outsell all of the acts of today and are still in all musical conversations and still used as a measuring point for all after them. I like oasis but, they wouldn’t make a pimple on a Beatles butt!!!

#19 Sgt. Pepper says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:17 pm

I keep seeing the comment that there was not much competition for the Beatles back in the day. Okay then that makes it all the more impressive that they continue to outsell all of the acts of today and are still in all musical conversations and still used as a measuring point for all after them. I like oasis but, they wouldn’t make a pimple on a Beatles butt!!!

#20 Jon says:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

Oasis have stolen many things from the Beatles. It doesn’t matter which band YOUR staff listens to,and no one gives a rats ass about your shitty opinions old-wizard.com!!!!!

#21 Jon says:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:53 pm

Cunts taking away my free speech, you’re not god asshole, I”ll say whatever the fuck I want faggot!!!!

#22 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:43 am

The Beatles… The Beatles… Let’s see Why are they still overselling as you say Sgt. Pepper???? Let’s think… they were geniuses because they did know what to do to be really famous… as John Lennon said “I will do anything to be famous”… He leaves his jacket in his old house and they start writing song saying only I LOVE YOU or SHE LOVES YOU! as they act like cunts.. why??? GIRLS like that… so FAN NUMBERS grow up to thousands… then when they have all them they began to write good songs… that’s why they are still being known in our days… but let’s not confuse music with fans… musically OASIS are better… you can see that in their concerts… the beatles.. they stop touring before SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND…. my friend!! OASIS IS BETTER

#23 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 12:44 pm

To James, you must be joking? musically oasis are better? first of all in Arts nothing is better then anything its just different but in this case if you actually think objectively oasis are better you are an idiot who knows nothing in music and dont know what aspects of music needs to be appreciated, the Beatles will always be the most sophisticated and genius part in rock music, without them oasis wouldn’t even exist.
i played oasis song and beatles song in terms of harmonies Beatles are way more original, in terms of vocals Beatles are also better just listen to “Because” Liam can barely sing in concerts hes not a professional singer, in terms of playing instruments, u will find it strange but the Beatles surpass even led zep in term of playing because in music its always about What you play and not how u play noel is not that good guitar player not techniquly and not in terms of original playing.

#24 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 1:34 pm

You say that without them oasis wouldn’t exist… ok i agree but you say in arts nothing is better…. and you think the beatles are better so… i don’t get it

Well Ok i did listen because once more… but what? that song is a simple chorus with guitars… in our days if someone want to do something like that nobody put their attention because that is simple to do… and the lyrics in this case… what is that please! i kid could write it! the beatles did whatever they wanted because the already had a LOT of fans and in his time everything was Rock n’ Roll… for that reason everybody begins their bands playing beatles songs…

you say you play oasis too… if you like because because its chorus why don’t you try to play stop crying your heart out or the importance of being idle.. if you don’t think this are god songs OK! let’s put it this way… if those were beatles songs you’ll say “Oh! The Beatles obviously what a geniuses” oasis is not only beatles influence there’s a lot of good bands too… and lyrics on 75% Beatles songs are pure love inspiration or rubbish … i’ll say no more this is a fight without end… live forever boy at least we here are talking about good music here with the beatles and oasis… there’s no britney spears or Jayc here good taste!!

#25 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

yes in arts the debate of what is classified as “better” is very subjective but still in music there are a few objective aspects that make a certain piece enjoyable,i played oasis when i was 16 and i did play stop crying your heart out, very easy chords didnt find it much interesting.. if u like it then any other beatles song its alright but thats your opinion but what im saying is not an opinion its fact, it is fact that the beatles contributed so much to todays music and without them many others band wouldnt exist, oasis are not genius and today i find them very boring and i wold take Blur their rivals anytime, since Blur actually had much more original musical ideas which i find personally more interesting, u mention live forever i really like this song maybe my fav by oasis but i dont care about the lyrics, lyrics are just words they are not music, lyrics transmit an anthropological idea thats why i never liked bob dylan that much..he uses music to express political ideas with words..the beatles had MANY musical ideas they were so universal, in each song they would play diff the vocals would sound diff in every song, maccrtney is much better vocalist then Liam, oasis simply made catchy tunes while beatles made something much greater, thats why today still every1 listens to the beatles and not because they are fans as u call them but because the beatles made something that is very rare in music and that is touch the entire human race without-oh only these type of ppl listen to them and oh they got only songs in that style..that is the essence of their genius..people who think the beatles were child like in their music and prefer the rolling stones those people are not musicians they dont understand, just like with the band ABBA who people think were just a disco group when in fact musically they were genius, “Because” sounds like a simple chorus with guitars to you when in fact-vocaly its outstanding no one can sing like that today, to come up with such harmonies is also impossible today-and its so genius Because its so simple, music is not better cause its more complicated its much harder to write something genius and simple like Yesterday then, Oasis sort of made this simple catchy tunes trying to sound like the beatles.

#26 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

john lennon said he will do anything to become famous? i doubt that, liam and noel were completely obssesd with john lennon doing in the studio everything exactly like he wold of done, girls are stupid and would scream to any famous band, forget their opinion,
the beatles stop touring for a number of reasons, after they broke up maccrtney and the wings and lennon with the yoko band toured all over the world, i seen oasis play live and im not impressed, we used to play better in my arts school back in high school, as i said liam can barely sing and i wouldnt take noel as a guitarist even to my band, im sorry you do not posses enough musical knowledge to debate on music at all.

#27 Chris says:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:48 pm

“i seen oasis play live and im not impressed, we used to play better in my arts school back in high school”

“i wouldnt take noel as a guitarist even to my band”

LOL. That’s funny considering I’ve never heard of you. Have you played in front of 250,000 before? Have you sold 70 million albums? Do you date supermodels? Have you even written one song worth anything? I highly doubt it. Oasis has earned its place in the history of roll and roll. And Noel Gallagher has written songs that have stood the test of time. Your pathetic band on the other hand has never done anything worthwhile. You’ve done nothing with your life. What a fucking tool.

#28 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:03 pm

oh im so insulted…lol..dont confuse my wisdom with arrogance.

#29 Chris says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:04 pm

“i played oasis song and beatles song in terms of harmonies Beatles are way more original, in terms of vocals Beatles are also better just listen to “Because” Liam can barely sing in concerts hes not a professional singer, in terms of playing instruments, u will find it strange but the Beatles surpass even led zep in term of playing because in music its always about What you play and not how u play noel is not that good guitar player not techniquly and not in terms of original playing.”

I hate it when people who have done nothing criticize great artists like Noel Gallagher. You’re saying that you yourself have played Oasis songs, and then you say Noel Gallagher has not done any original playing. Do you understand the irony of that statement? If it was as easy as

“Oasis sort of made this simple catchy tunes trying to sound like the beatles.”

Then why can’t cunts like you sell millions of records? Noel didn’t have to go to an arts school. He used his own sense of songwriting, and his natural creatively to craft some of the best songs of the 90s. There is nothing subjective about that. Listen to songs like “Masterplan” “Cast No Shadow” or “Champagne Supernova”. Ask yourself if you, or any of the critics wat rolling stone magazine (who also have never contributed anything to music in any way other than reviewing other people’s works) who call Oasis “Beatles rip offs” could ever write a song 1/100th as good as those. I’m sure the answer will be “no”.

Do you truly believe the beatles came out of nowhere with no influences? Do you think the beatles didn’t ever try to sound like another band? I feel sorry for you.

#30 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:09 pm

im gald you are mad, shows me how right i am.

#31 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:11 pm

oh to your last statement about the beatles, i know more about the beatles then you or any1 on this site, i know who they got influences from and i know every approach they took in writing so dont teach me about the beatles.

#32 Chris says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm

I’m not mad at what you said, I am mad that there are so many morons on this planet. You obviously have no idea about writing songs. We should leave it at that.

#33 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:20 pm

you are correct, there ARE many morons on this planet, actually i think i have more knowledge and experience then you in music, that is why i said the Beatles are much better then oasis.
“song writing”-mostly related to lyrical approach
my self i study music not lyrics.

#34 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:23 pm

oasis belong to a pop cloture, Beatles belong in music history.

#35 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 6:28 pm

yes they were a popular act…but so is Britney, and i could have this argument with some chick who might tell my britney has the best songs in the world..you both be wrong, just because you like them and you see some1 criticizing them, doesn’t mean you need to protect them like you are married couple..everything i said about oasis musically is true, despite that they still achieved what they achieved the answer to that is simple, its not because theyre so good in writing songs, its mostly cause they were “good enough” and were in the right time and the right place which was the 90s..crazy times indeed, but if you think im wrong, please do tell me what is so great about oasis songs, musically speaking.

#36 TheWarfreak says:
February 9th, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Is this a joke? “Better Walks”? Really?

#37 JAMES says:
February 9th, 2010 at 9:14 pm

hey Hal the fact that you are studying music doesn’t give you the right to write this shit… I like the beatles a lot … and i like oasis a lot… but I tell you the beatles were in the right place at the right time too… the year 62 man! there was a lack of good bands… the picked the front row for the rock n’ roll history… then the rolling stones… the who…….
musically after Sgt. peppers they just stick to surrealism a bit… good songs OK! of course! but Oasis came up when everything was so full of music.. not only Rock N’ Roll…. Metal… Pop… Rap… Hip Hop… and all that rubbish! Rock was losing place… they came up and redefined a generation… and give us back the good taste of music from its influences.. all at once the beatles, the rollling stones, the who, the sex pistols, the stone roses and so on…

they even play better Helter Skelter… what do you say?? Paul McCartney is annoying singing helter skelter… in the other hand Noel sings it well…
but i know what you will think… “ITS THE BEATLES EVERY SHIT THEY DO IS GOOD”

#38 HAL says:
February 9th, 2010 at 11:48 pm

Hello James, i think the main point of this stupid argument leads to one conclusion, arguing on whos better, whats better, in arts and music is just impossible to conclude.
we’re trying to make sense of something that doesnt really make any sense..to my self i can say well the beatles would not exist without Bach..nor the rest of the musical world that came after him..

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