concert-o-rama, pt 2

oasis

hi fi buys, last night

liam blew the lyrics to "acquiesce." had i paid my own way to the show, i might have demanded recompense in the form of "talk tonight." (see tomorrow's post)

rocked out, "wonderwall" becomes a whole nother, incredible composition.

JM:(referring to openers JET) they sound very much like cinderella.
ME: joseph, don't make me throw this water at you.
make fun of britny fox till the cows come home, but leave eric, jeff, tom and fred out of it!
(heidi continues to insist jet suck...)

"don't look back in anger" never sounded so good. incidentally, i say this each time i see the brothers gallagher live.

liam is unnecessary. noel is a superior vocalist/musician/jackass. at least his arrogance is somewhat subtle...

i still insist that jet's ballad "look what you've done" sounded better the first time when it was called "sexy sadie."

incidentally, oasis' "cigarettes and alcohol" is almost as good as when t-rex called it "bang a gong."

again, what was in actuality an 80-ish minute set felt like an EP version. three albums were left untouched. while noel says those were all shite, i have to attest to the fact that "gas panic" is a fucking awesome song that i would love to see done live.

the stage set up includes a zillion or so thin, horizontal LCD screens. i feel these would be better used to display subtitles of the band's interspersed banter, like in operas...

just before the lights came up to signal us to get out, noel walked back on stage alone to applaud his audience... corny, but a warm gesture that made me smile...

not unlike the badgering he did of guys in the audience trying to work football jerseys of clubs they'd never heard of...
"man u, huh? what part of manchester you from? ah, you're not... (insert unintelligible scouse-like nonsense here)"

the more people who show up at a show, the more opportunity i have to mock. helps when you feel like one of the oldest fogeys there.

all in all, a lovely evening.