coldplay may get bigger than oasis but they will never define an era or generation like oasis did and to ZU no offence intended but to suggest that th eonly influence on oasis is the beatles is ridiculous what about t rex slade abba velvet underground the stones the who jus to mention a few

I think the big problem with Oasis is, despite they are a good band, the only influence they have is Beatles... all beatles.. .and you can´t buid a musical career with just that

 

The Stone Roses

The Smiths

Slade

The Small Faces

T-Rex

Led Zeppelin

The Who

The Rolling Stones

The Kinks

The Doors

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

thanx skinned alive forgot those bands hope zu realises now!

There are a lot more countries in the world than America!!

 

Please, you were the one going on and on about the UK, as if the UK is the only country in the world.

Are you kiddding? Are you even serious? Haha.... My friend, have you just returned from Mars??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I think the question should be how much bigger now are they than Oasis back in their heyday... :wink3:

 

totally agree :D

i cant speak about the u.k., because i live in canada, and have never been to the u.k. to know hows bigger coldplay or oasis, but ill tell you in canada, coldplay is 100 times bigger than oasis...since lyla has come out, i have only heard it once on the radio...since speed of sound has come out, i cant even tell you how many times i have heard it...i've heard other songs off X&Y on the radio, so that has to tell you something...i think globally, coldplay and oasis, is no competition...coldplay crushes oasis..but thats globally, i dont know about the u.k., it may very well be different because they are both british bands

come on people its about music not whos better if it wasnt for oasis there would be no coldplay ( all my uk friends will understand) this qoute........

My 2 cent.

 

I like both bands as equals, I got all their singles, b-sides, raries, albums, famous bootlegs. Oasis have the larger fan-base in terms of sell-out tours and singles. Whereas there is no doubt that Coldplay is larger than Oasis at the moment in the USA at least (number 1 for 3 weeks), Oasis could never break the states, but are large in Japan (DBTT has stayed top 3 since it's been released on the Jap charts, IIRC).

 

Overall, Oasis are from the old-school of brit-pop artists, a sleeping giant, which has woken up with a head-ache. Coldplay are more indie. Be Here Now sold more copies in 3 days than X&Y did in 7 days.

 

So to answer the main topic question: Will Coldplay ever be as big as Oasis?, the answer to that is "depends what you define 'big' as".

My 2 cents.

 

Oasis defined a generation. Coldplay are "nice" and have more radio play in the states.

 

It all depends on what you're looking for.

 

To me, Oasis are/were bigger than Coldplay will ever be for that simple fact.

Whose generation was defined by Oasis?

to be fair the yanks just listen to guff anyway' date=' bit of country and western for anyone???[/quote']

 

Let's hear it for broad, sweeping, ignorant generalizations! :rolleyes:

Not to mention a diss an entire genre of music. Chris Martin even wrote a song for one of the Kings of country and western, Johnny Cash.

Yeah, anybody who's ever heard an album by Loretta Lynn, or Johnny Cash, or Hank Williams, or Chet Atkins, or Merle Haggard, or even Dolly Parton wouldn't stupidly dismiss that entire genre of music.

An awful lot of people round 96-era Oasis were inspired by Oasis. Hence bands like Coldplay. I suppose it was mainly the UK and Ireland but still, Coldplay have yet to catch the feeling of the times as Oasis did.

Coldplay is significantly bigger than Oasis in America at least

 

I can't think of the last time i heard an Oasis song or saw an oasis video over here

An awful lot of people round 96-era Oasis were inspired by Oasis. Hence bands like Coldplay. I suppose it was mainly the UK and Ireland but still' date=' Coldplay have yet to catch the feeling of the times as Oasis did.[/quote']

 

Yes, because there have been no recent bands that have been accused of sounding like Coldplay. And IIRC, Coldplay were accused of cribbing Radiohead--not Oasis.

 

You *suppose* that Oasis' popularity was particularly intense in a couple of countries--so that makes Oasis bigger? And who's accusing Americans of being xenophobic? Because this Canuck can attest that while a lot of Canadians enjoyed Oasis, it did not define our generation.

Someone who is able to capture hearts and get fans from many different countries, races, languages, etc. will always be bigger than someone who wins two or three countries

 

i think being globally known such as coldplay is----(Australia, US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, UK, Italy, France, just to mention a few)

someone who gets to that point---is much bigger than someone who is able to capture a couple of countries (not sure which)

:P

thoughts?

 

I assumed bigger meant album sales + hit singles + airplay + popularity etc... with emphasis on media exposure since that's what rock music (as well as pop) is traditionally all about- who is the bigger loud-mouth / is more well-known / better accepted gets the bragging rights. On that count I'd say Coldplay are bigger, the reason being they're more adept with the media (and probably are more willing to promote and "sell" themselves).

Whose generation was defined by Oasis?

 

Fair enough, if you're in Canada or the US I can see that Oasis wouldn't really "define a generation". But have Coldplay? I don't think so. At least in the UK Oasis have defined a generation, whereas I fail to see Coldplay doing that anywhere in the world.

Speaking from the states, alot of people are talking as if Oasis is/was an underground thing. They defintley had a heaping amount of success in the mid 1990's, and in Cleveland, I still hear Wonderwall on the radio sometimes.

 

Of course in the U.K, they were the definitive band of the time, probably much like the Stone Roses, and good luck finding someone in the states having any idea who Sally Cinnamon is.

 

The cultural impact that Coldplay had here seemed to be at a pinnacle in 2003, when interest and momentum was steamrolling around the time of Clocks, but never have they been the "Seminal Rock Band" like Oasis was during their heyday in the UK

 

Record sales are one thing, but capturing an imagination is an other, and Oasis is still playing big venues here in North America, although Coldplay is most defintley bigger.

I think that Coldplay are going to become one of the famoust band in the world in a year or two... radios now are giving more importance to their songs so that they can reach more people... :rolleyes:

They don't have the history of Oasis, but they have the global success and the amazing live shows that beat Oasis.

 

Seen Coldplay at Crystal Palace and Oasis at The Bowl in the last month and Coldplay won by a mile!

I think that coldplay will improve where they stand amongst all bands but until bands like U2 and oasis who have been around for awhile step down i dont think you will see the success with record sales and such that oasis has had..... :cry:

In UK Oasis was bigger. But wordwide, including in US Colplday is bigger.

Right now, I'd say Coldplay are way bigger than Oasis. To think about it, all Coldplay needs to exceed them is experience, and they're getting that now.

Plus, Coldplay aren't so rude and noisy. ;)