Don't Believe The Truth

[Electric ~soul~]

Don't Believe The Truth

 

When Noel scrawled tunes about nothing that meant the world and Liam buzzed off his head with a passion never rivalled by any rock 'n' roll singer in history.

Put simply, this is a glorious rebirth...

 

Noel is writing songs about queuing too long for a pint of milk and Liam is a whirlwind of inspiration and wondrous bullshit. Fans have been waiting for this moment for ten years...

 

Why? Because it's been ten years since Oasis made an album that truly changed the musical landscape. It's been ten years since they wrote an album of such spirit that you felt compelled to adopt a swagger as you walked through the streets of your council estate.

 

Don't Believe The Truth is that album. It's the Oasis that blew you away and an Oasis you've never met.

 

It's not about one particular song. It never has been. It's about an old attitude that somehow got lost amidst the tabloid hoo-ha and the mountains of cash, coupled with a complete reinvention of how and why Oasis exist.

 

For the first time in their history, they are functioning as a band. No longer does Noel feel the weight of the world on his shoulders, and Liam's writing tunes with the enthusiasm of a toddler who's just mastered walking. Gem is the rock on which the new Oasis is built while Andy Bell is an enigmatic influence, who makes Liam watch films starring David Essex. They call him Wing Commander Bell.

 

They are four individuals, who have pushed, pulled, laughed and fought inside the four walls of a studio, for what seemed like forever, to reach the light. And now they've arrived, it's positively blinding.

 

When they listen back to this record, a newborn confusion reigns. They're not sure who played what and when. All they know is that Zak Starkey played drums, although there is a rumour flying around concerning Liam, two spoons and a box of Cheerios.

 

Don't Believe The Truth runs to eleven tracks, and Noel has written five. That includes Let There Be Love; a defining moment in Oasis history. A song pulled back from over-production; one that sighs rather than shouts. 'Who kicked a hole in the sky so the heavens could cry over me?' It'll break your heart.

 

Mucky Fingers - which sounds like nothing Noel has ever written before - is his trip on the Velvet Underground, fuelled by Jack Daniels and an old, beat up organ bought on e-bay.

 

Then there's Lyla, who is apparently ''Sally's sister'', and The Importance Of Being Idle - a song so stark, so simple and so fundamentally Oasis, that it could have been a b-side in 1994. It's THAT good.

 

When you hear Part of the Queue, you realise that 'Noel Gallagher the songwriter' has regained some truth. He's once again tackling the little things, and leaving the meaning of life to somebody who has the time to work it out.

 

Three tunes are Liam's, although he claims to have written over a hundred.

 

What we do hear is the deafening ninety second Meaning of Soul which spits fifties rock 'n' roll blades at passers by, while Love Like A Bomb is a wistful daydream that he wrote with ''Julie [****!!****] Christie'' in mind.

 

As for Guess God Thinks I'm Abel, Liam reckons he has a conversation with God one night in a boozer. God told him He was Abel. Simple as that.

 

Gem is his sounding board, who he drags into their studio at all hours to work on sparks of ideas that are currently flowing from him at a phenomenal rate. Andy describes Liam as ''...outrageously talented. He just invents chords. For every song on the album he probably has ten just as good''.

 

The opening track on Don't Believe The Truth is Andy Bell's Turn Up The Sun, with it's Midnight Cowboy intro that explodes into threatening, explosive rock 'n' roll. He also pops up with Keep the Dream Alive, a song inspired by a film called Stardust, starring David Essex. Noel won't watch it. The others won't shut up about it.

 

That leaves Gem's A Bell Will Ring and another layer on an album full of different sounds.

 

Noel sums up the all-new, harmonious Oasis...

 

''If somebody said to me, in twelve years you'll be in a band with your brother and two carrot munching geezers who don't like football I would have said [****!!****] off, I'm not joining the Bee Gees.''

 

Don't Believe The Truth is trulythe long awaited new album from Oasis, a band who now operate with the type of unity and passion usually reserved for the A-Team, on the trail of a group of Mexican cattle rustlers. Thankfully, though, some things will never change...

 

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[Zagreus]

I used to really look forward to buying Oasis CD singles - back in the old days when you could have 3 extra tracks on. Alot of the "b-sides" were much better than the A-side, and Oasis seemed to have lots of good material. I think it started to go downhill from the "Do you know what I mean?" single. But for some stupid reason I keep on religiously buying the CD singles, hoping for a hidden gem like "D'yer wanna be a Spaceman", "Round our Way" or "Headshrinker", but I was always disappointed.

 

Lyla is the first time I haven't bought a Oasis CD single, but I will be buying the new album. I really liked "Heathen Chemistry", so I've got my fingers crossed!! Bonkers 14 is out on Monday too, so I hope I've got this blasted earache sorted out by then!!

[Electric ~soul~]

Yeah, I thought that Heathen Chemistry was much better than their previous two efforts. Liam's songs on it were surprisingly good - Better Man rocks!

 

The Oasis CD singles between '94 and '96 were just ace. My favourite was the Wonderwall single with Round Are Way and The Masterplan on it.

 

Rockin' Chair from Roll With It was great too!

 

Agreed about the D'You Know What I Mean single tracks, but I thought the b-sides on Stand By Me, and to a lesser extent on All Around The World, were pretty good. In some cases (Sister Lover, Flashbax to name two) I felt they were better than some of those dreadful tracks on Be Here Now, the accompanying album.

[Zagreus]

I'll have to re-visit those singles. At the time I was a little disappointed, but I think when they were released I was listening to other stuff -loads of rave music - so it probably wasn't on my wave length. Isn't there a cover of Heros by David Bowie - i'm not keen on that.

[Electric ~soul~]

Yeah, that's on D'You Know What I Mean too. Weak stuff. I hate it when Noel starts on his cover versions. Helter Skelter was just rubbish.

[Zagreus]

My favourite Oasis song is still "Columbia". I remember buying Definitely Maybe on vinyl when it was first released in the summer of 94. I was living in High Wycombe at the time, and it was a real hot summer. I remember dropping the needle on the record for the very first time - brillaint!! Did "Sad Song" ever get released on CD?

[Electric ~soul~]

I don't think so. Bonehead's Bank Holiday neither.

 

Yeah, I love Columbia too - they opened with it at Knebworth in '96. Just brilliant.

 

Summer of 94 for me was; the American World Cup, Parklife, and moving out of home.

 

And a new band called Oasis who, to me, sounded just like one of my favourite early-90s band, the Real People.

 

All this [****!!****] about Oasis sounding like the Beatles. Just listen to the Real People's debut album from 1991, and you can hear where early Oasis got their sound.

[Chubbhead EFM]

You can get Sad Song on the Japanese import version of Stand By Me (which, surprise,surprise I have!)

 

I haven't bought Lyla yet 'cos I'ma bit skint at the moment. Usually I buy Oasis singles on the day they come out. Is there a DVD version of this single as well? I'm quite looking forward to the album release, which I haven't done so for a long time!

 

Fave Oasis B-Side,without a shadow of a doubt: D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman

[YELLOW]

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Zagreus said:
Lyla is the first time I haven't bought a Oasis CD single, but I will be buying the new album. I really liked "Heathen Chemistry", so I've got my fingers crossed!! Bonkers 14 is out on Monday too, so I hope I've got this blasted earache sorted out by then!!

You won't be dissapointed mate. This album is much better than Heathen Chemistry and dare I say it, it's probably their best material in quite a long time.

I've listened to most of the album and there's some great tracks on it. H.C was a quality album but in my opinion a couple of songs really let it down badly. The overall quality from what I've heard on DBTT is much better.

[YELLOW]

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Chubbhead EFM said:
You can get Sad Song on the Japanese import version of Stand By Me (which, surprise,surprise I have!)

I haven't bought Lyla yet 'cos I'ma bit skint at the moment. Usually I buy Oasis singles on the day they come out. Is there a DVD version of this single as well? I'm quite looking forward to the album release, which I haven't done so for a long time!

Fave Oasis B-Side,without a shadow of a doubt: D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman

You can also get Sad Song on the audio part of the Def Maybe DVD.

There is a DVD version of the single. It's got a ten minute documentary of the making of the album so is worth getting. It's also got the demo of Lyla sung by Noel. To be totally honest Noel's voice sounds appalling on it!!!

The new album certainly won't dissapoint you Chubbster.

[YELLOW]

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Zeal 941JWL said:

Agreed about the D'You Know What I Mean single tracks, but I thought the b-sides on Stand By Me, and to a lesser extent on All Around The World, were pretty good. In some cases (Sister Lover, Flashbax to name two) I felt they were better than some of those dreadful tracks on Be Here Now, the accompanying album.

I like "The Fame" on that All Around the World single.

The other other song on Stand By Me is pretty good. Off the top of my head think it's called "I've got the Fever". Know Liam sings it.

Fav B sides?

A toss up between Acquiesce, The Masterplan and Fade Away.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I was starting to wonder when YELLOW would add to this thread.

 

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Zeal 941JWL said:

Mucky Fingers - which sounds like nothing Noel has ever written before - is his trip on the Velvet Underground, fuelled by Jack Daniels and an old, beat up organ bought on e-bay.

 

Maybe they borrowed it off the band that Noel used to roadie for.

 

I've got Bonehead's Bank Holiday, I'm going to have to get round to sticking my vinyl copy of Whats the Story ..... onto CD.

 

Brought Lyla on Tuesday but haven't played it yet, brought it this week to give us a fighting chance of stopping that [****!!****] Axel F frog song going to number 1.

 

Agree with you about The Real People, even listening to their 2nd album you can see where they are it (the 2nd album is superb). Beatles is just an amusing wind up <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The Real People have supported them a couple of times as well

 

I remember Columbia kicking off Knebworth - brilliant.

[YELLOW]

That frog crap is outselling Coldplay 4 to 1

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

They are both crap

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Here is another review of the Oasis album, not such a good one though

 

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/12316.html

[YELLOW]

Have seen quite a few mixed reviews. The NME's was positively damning whilst MOJO and Q absolutely loved it.

 

Listening to it at the moment.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Art Brut's album is out today YELLOW, do yourself a favour and go and buy it.

[YELLOW]

May take a look tomorrow when I'm back at work.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Don't look - BUY!!!

[Electric ~soul~]

Again I ask. How much commission??