• Top 10 Reasons Oasis is Better than The Beatles

  

  Written by Zeromage 94 Comments
  Last Updated:: July 18, 2008

  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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94 Comments

1. #1 craig kirke says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

   i agree with the list.!beatles had no swagger!
   live forever!
2. #2 Cap n' Kirk says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pm

   Funny list. Nice work.
3. #3 Oasis Sux says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

   Let’s see here, Oasis HAS NEVER had a #1 song or record in the USA. I can’t even count how many the Beatles have had. The Beatles have sold over 20X as many records as Oasis. Yet another stupid article by a twenty-something year old who has no clue how great the Beatles were.
4. #4 Giooooo says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 6:05 am

   lmfao….are u kiddin me?
5. #5 Oasis Sucks Dick says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 12:44 am

   This much be a joke, it is simply pure garbage. The Beatles are the most influential band ever bar none no contest. Oasis wouldnt even have made their ONE good song if it werent for The Fab Four. And another thing Paul is far better in every aspect then any of this sissys from Oasis
6. #6 Ivan says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 4:57 am

   Like WHAT?
7. #7 sean says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 3:55 am

   im not even gonna argue this cos i saw it in another post and wanted to break my computer for the fact that people actually think oasis is better than the beatles. oh yea youre reasons are great, because they dress in a style that suits a trend you were alive for. great

   anyway…do you know elliott smith? he’s a far better writer than any act ive seen you mention so far, and his walks are perfect, every chord change is perfect, a lot of chords you probably wouldnt even know exist
8. #8 Aaron says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

   Because Oasis dresses better, has better haircuts and uses better music equipment makes them better? Sounds like they’re more about looks that the actual music. This blog is shit. I hope the writer was a troll.
9. #9 Mike says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 10:28 pm

   This is very ignorant.
10. #10 Daniel Rathburn says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    I will show you colour my life and see the sun should all be reproduced. They were the best songs ever made by Oasis.
11. #11 Live Forever says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:12 am

    This is hilarious. The list definately doesn’t prove that Oasis are better than The Beatles, because you just have to KNOW it. Some points are true though; who can beat Liams hairstyles?
    Live forever guys.

    Oasis > The Beatles
12. #12 One Eyed Willie says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 2:02 am

    This list was great.
13. #13 slappy mcjackass says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 8:06 am

    I loved the article. I agree wholeheartedly with all your points except for 1 little flaw: Oasis happens to be the biggest shit band ever anywhere ever. I’d rather listen to a bunch of dying cats in heat scratchin on blackboards. Every time they play on the radio i hope the DJ gets a brick thru his window. I’m going to consider your top 10 a bad joke. i’m not trying to be mean they just really really really really really suck bad holy crap they’re awful.
14. #14 SUCH A JOKE says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:24 am

    Serious i dont even want to read on !, you stated how much retards you are by saying you listen to oasis more than beatles and that they are better dressers, have better swagger and better amps ?? what the fuck does that mean ?? Go listen to Revolver, rubber soul, sgt peppers, Help! and White album, along with a shit load a singles, all of which were made within 4 years of each other and then suck a dick. i actually cant believe people have an argument ?
15. #15 BeBoP says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    now i will tell YOU why you’re wrong and know nothing in music.
    10-how a person walks has nothing to do with music
    9-music didn’t start with the beatles if you are not considering the great composers b4 them you clearly need to study more how music functions, and calling theyre music pop songs shows you’re view on music is completely off the track.
    8-better amps? good instruments dont make better music.
    7-the Beatles didnt care about clothing cause theyre were musicians not fashion designers.
16. #16 BeBoP says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    i will skip on 6 and 5.
    4-you cant say in music who had a better story to tell each person receives the music differently when listening to the music.
    3-beatles had probably the most amazing vocals in rock history pay attention how they sound different in every song.
    2-the beatles stopped performing cause the amount of noise coming from the audience was so great that the audio equipment back then just couldn’t overpower it.
    1-just the fact oasis tried to copy the beatles says it all.
17. #17 your on crack says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 1:36 am

    are you on drugs? first of all, you sound like a whiny, immature child saying “boring”. you’re boring and simple-minded. how dare you criticize the beatles in your low, insignificant manner? oasis ARE NOT popular in america or anywhere else except the core of england cus that’s where they grew up. beatles CHANGED music industry and left an enormous impact on america and europe as well as japan. plus the beatles had it all because they had the charisma and charm that oasis members lack. they’re known for their arrogance and therefore, never made it anywhere.

    plus what does DRESSING show you are a rockstar? music is what determines that, you louse. goes to show how limited your mind is and weak your arguments are. perhaps actually spending an hour would have helped you with better back-ups, because these reasons are STUPID.
18. #18 BeBoP says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

    i dont understand ur position i said the beatles are much better then oasis, u should read again what i wrote with better attention.
19. #19 The Captain says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    This article was hilarious. Nice work! I’m amazed that some people can’t recognize sarcasm when they read it. The internet population just keeps getting dumber and dumber.
20. #20 Durham1984 says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Okay, Oasis are not terrible, but The Beatles Kick there ass. Nuff said.
21. #21 George says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    No, I shall invalidate this point by point for the sake of common sense. I can’t put up with this douchiness any longer, Zeromage:

    10, 7, and 6 only count if by “better,” you mean, goes out of their way to look as douchey as possible with just a glance.

    8 is invalidated, because amps are products of the times, The Beatles had a much more limited selection than Oasis, yet they still sounded better no matter how bad the equipment used to record them was.

    5 is ridiculous because, while anyone is hotter than Yoko, Oasis’s girlfriends were all empty headed anorexics with the I.Q.’s of squirrels.

    3, no way in hell. Every single one of The Beatles could sing better than Liam fucking Gallagher. The man has a one octave range, and can barely sing anymore at all. The Beatles also made excellent use of all their vocals, giving deeper parts to Ringo, and higher parts to John, you never get that in Oasis.

    4? The story of The Beatles is the stuff of legend, whereas the story of Oasis is about two drunken dumbfucks from Manchester who form a band, but blow it all on booze, so they fade out in moments, and nobody gives a shit about them ever again.

    2, come the fuck on. The only reason The Beatles stopped touring was because so many people came, heading to the concerts became dangerous, they couldn’t even hear each other. After they broke up, they continued to provide quality work, and McCartney didn’t take a break from touring until Lennon was assassinated. How’s that for dedication, motherfucker?

    9, is the second most ridiculous, and that’s saying something. The Beatles competition included countless greats (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beach Boys), while Oasis’s only competition in pop music killed himself in 1994, and brought down all other popular bands with him. Any lucky bastard could have made a break after that.

    1? The Beatles have more great songs on one album (just pick one at random) than Oasis has in its entire discography, and they did all that in 7 years while Oasis has had almost 2 decades. Fuck them.
22. #22 Oasis are shit says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    10. Walks? You are fucking retarded, someone walking doesn’t effect the band. Oasis walk like stuck up dicks.

    9. What has this got to do with the band? as George said, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Bob DYlan etc, of course there was competition.

    8. The amps quality were poor back then, you can’t blame them for that?

    5. WTF has this got to do with anything? They Go with whoever they love, not if they have the “looks”.

    4. Oasis’ stories are about drunken ar fights, Beatles’ stories were interesting like how lennon wrote LITSWD, or where McCartney got his inspiration from Hey Jude.

    3. This is the most retarded thing in the blog, Lennon sang teh high notes, Ringo the Low, and McCartney, Harrison sung in the middle, to say that Oasis are betetr is shocking, Listen to Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds or Hey Jude, the vocals are great, much better than Oasis.

    2. If you had a brain, your’ll relise that they stopped touring because there quality of tehre sounds was terriable, it was fucking 60’s, and the speackers were tiny.

    1. Seriously just fuck off, Oasis only made one good song, “Wonderwall”, which wasn’t that good, all the rest of there music is pure repetative shit.
23. #23 Delta says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Damn, never saw such terrible typing from someone who actually can speak English decently.
24. #24 Liam says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    George, and Oasis are shit: You are both dead wrong on the competition point. I’d say there was definitely more competition in the 90s than there was when the Beatles came out. Its simple math. There were more bands in the 90s than the 60s. Repeat that with me. There were MORE bands. And MORE GENRES. More choices for music listeners. Its very simple. The fact that Oasis go as huge as they did is pretty remarkable given how many bands there were and how many different genres of music. And anyone who thinks there weren’t any good bands is delusional. Not only that but there were more genres of music in the 90s as well. Rock, folk, rap, hip hop, boy bands, r+b, britpop, alternative, rap-rock, etc. I could go on and on.
25. #25 Sam says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    I can’t believe people are taking this list seriously. Am I the only one who understands the sarcasm in this article? The comments are funny nonetheless.
26. #26 Oasis are shit says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 8:14 am

    Delta, I only made a few mistakes, and I had to re do it since I lost everything when I went on another page.
27. #27 Delta says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    Sure, sure.
28. #28 James says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:35 am

    I hope the point of this list was to be sarcastic and show that in no way is Oasis better than The Beatles. All ten points listed have no correlation with what makes a band great. All of Oasis’ “original” songs sound like bland crap typical of any other cookie cutter band.
29. #29 wakn22 says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    this list is so full of its self just like that twat liam gallager. Better Hair? Hotter girlfriends? hahahahaha get a fucking life. Oasis can only dream of the success that the beatles have had.
30. #30 mcdanger11 says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    oasis do us a favour and fuck off,your first album was great but for ten years you’ve been shit end off,anyone who thinks otherwise needs to waken up,once upon a time liam was cool and eveyone thought so but now this john lennon want to be is nothing more than a jumped up pain in the arse that need a good fucking beasting{cut your side burns you fucking tit}i will kick yur arse he cries,when has he ever fought anyone,except camera men and waifs..him and jay kay are a right pair,fuckjockeys,and as for parker{noel}sitting behind a camera slagging off every decent band that dares be better than them,nutsack{sort out your eyebrows ya dick..
    In short ,youve had your time now fuck off and give our eyes and ears a rest and take your possee off 16 year old followers with you ,the majority of which are celtic followers to boot{even more reason to fucking hate you…LIVE FOREVER ,I FUCKING HOPE NOT…CUNTS
31. #31 Alberto says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    I just thik the beatles are overated.

    A really good point is that there was no competition back then.

    Other thing the beatles at the begining were a “BOY BAND” created to suck money out of horny teenager girls, pretty much like NSYNC or The Back Street Boys.
    Just because Jhon and the crew start smoking pot, does not make them great composers or musicians.
    I guess if NSYNC ever decided to become a real band, the only thing they have to do is to get high and start writing about the shit you are seeing while high. Selling more albums does not make you the best arstist or band.
    So if you claim that because of the Beatles had a #1 song in America makes them better, so did MJ, Madonna and Britney Spears.
    Mozart never had a #1 hit and He was waaaaaaay beter composer and musician than the B’s
    But then again, that is just my humble opinion
32. #32 Mae says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    James says:
    September 5th, 2009 at 5:35 am I hope the point of this list was to be sarcastic and show that in no way is Oasis better than The Beatles. All ten points listed have no correlation with what makes a band great. All of Oasis’ “original” songs sound like bland crap typical of any other cookie cutter band.

    Sam says:
    September 5th, 2009 at 4:15 pm I can’t believe people are taking this list seriously. Am I the only one who understands the sarcasm in this article? The comments are funny nonetheless.

    ————–

    I agree.

    If this is not sarcasm, it’s clearly written by someone who knows nothing about the Beatles or music itself.
    In that case just ignore it.
33. #33 alberto says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Top 10 reasons why BLUR is better than oasis

    Ha, funny. I know how much oasis fans love Blur
34. #34 Troll 4 Life says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:11 am

    My god, Zeromage, you must be packing 1.5 inches to have an opinion that fucktarded.
35. #35 Gemma says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

    Can’t honestly say whether this list is meant to be sarcastic or not – surely noone is retarded enough to think Oasis are better than the Beatles. People aren’t listening to stuff Oasis did 2 years ago anymore but they’re still listening to stuff The Beatles did 30 – 40 years ago.
36. #36 Journeythroughhell says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Top 10 Reasons Oasis is Better than The Beatles:
    10. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    9. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    8. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    7. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    6. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    5. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    4. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    3. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    2. Oh wait, they aren’t.
    1. Oh wait, they aren’t.
37. #37 eyesore says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 9:13 pm

    after seeing the title, i couldn’t pass up a chance to read this article. and with that…

    are you fucking kidding me??!

    clothes? girlfriends? THE WAY THE FUCKING GUY WALKS?!

    is this entire website a joke? i’m starting to get that feeling…
38. #38 Addie Iaccino says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! This is a joke right? Oasis better than the Beatles? Yeah right!!!! Oasis, and any other band for that matter, can’t even come close to the Beatles.

    But seriously, your judging this by the way they walk, their girlfriends, their hair and their clothes, etc? Are you f’in joking? It’s their music you need to compare!!!! And BTW, the Beatles had awesome clothes, hair and their voices were absolutely amazing!!!!
39. #39 Delta says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    The Beatles had awesome clothes? No, nothing from their era was even decent, let alone awesome. The fuck are you smoking, Addie?