Self explanatory question, what do you think?

Where's the option for both?

Can't add the "both" option now, I'm afraid :disappointed:

BURN THIS THREAD DOWN

 

 

p.s. I vote both

Both

The option "both" has been added

I should probably have listened to more than one Oasis album before voting.

 

OH WELL

Are either worth listening to beyond their 2nd album?

Are either worth listening to beyond their 2nd album?

Yes

Are either worth listening to beyond their 2nd album?

Definitely Coldplay. Definitely (maybe) for Oasis. Be Here Now is actually a good album, but it's overproduced and nothing compared to What's the Story and Definitely Maybe.

 

When I want heartfelt, moving, and emotional songs, I go to Coldplay. When I want cheesy, overblown, epic rockers, I go to Oasis. (but I still like Oasis)

I could never get into Oasis. I don't know why, but their sound just repels me. Noel Gallagher's voice doesn't help either. :/

It's Liam Gallagher singing but yeah, I can't stand Oasis outside a couple of songs.

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Edited January 17, 20233 yr by LazyDancerKar

I love Oasis, but the only good albums are the 1st 2nd and last, other than that the other maybe good album is be here now. But Noel Gallagher is a genius his album Noel Gallaghers high flying birds is great. I love Liam for his attitude and he is a great frontman but he isn't the best musically, Noel on the other hand is possibly my favorite musician.

 

BTW if you're looking for a real opinion you can't post this on a coldplay forum.

the only thing i like about oasis are liam gallagher's insults, that guy is funny

the only thing i like about oasis are liam gallagher's insults, that guy is funny

 

He is funny but he never grew up and it gets a bit much when you are almost 50.

Love both for different reasons. I think Coldplay does a better job tracklisting and deciding what songs to keep or not; ie, the frequency of good songs is higher.

 

(What's the Story) Morning Glory and Dig Out Your Soul are especially brilliant Oasis albums. DOYS is actually quite dark and rocky in an exciting way. WTSMG has great guitar work.

 

If all of Oasis's songs were sung by Noel, that might put them ahead. I think Noel is a better songwriter than Chris Martin a lot of the time. The Masterplan, Don't Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova, The Importance of Being Idle, Waiting for the Rapture and the entirety of Oasis B-sides are brilliant. I like Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds but some of the guitarwork is less stellar compared to Oasis or even Beady Eye.

I like the band thats still relevant better

I like the band thats still relevant better

 

It says something that the Olympics asked Oasis to reform to play Wonderwall. The song and the band are still being remembered after disbanding for years. With that being said, the Paralympics got Coldplay to play as well. I guess that's why this is a good question to ask since BOTH bands are relevant and have made impactful contributions to music/culture.

This is an interesting debate, of which I've had many blazing arguments over the years with my brother. When we were both about 15 Coldplay were my favourite band and Oasis his. While we've discovered and enjoyed a variety of new bands over they years this one still crops up. It's a fair argument. While indie kids will dismiss Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher as bland songwriters they are in other, more enlightened ears, two of the best British songwriters from the last 30 years. Any band or songwriter who can compose such timeless brilliant classics like Yellow, The Scientist, Live Forever or The Masterplan deserve huge recognition. While Noel may ultimately be the better songwriter, Coldplay have always sounded the better band.

 

The production and form Coldplay's albums take is much superior to Oasis. Coldplay never made the same album twice. Oasis have. Sadly it's the production elements that has let down Oasis badly. Such an example is best served during the last few years where Noel has insisted on working with one of the most dire, remedial producers in music history - Dave Sardy. Contrast this to the fine collaborative work done alongside Ken Nelson, Brian Eno, Markus Dravs (strictly VLV and not MX - the worst produced Coldplay album ever) and now Paul Epworth and you realise their is a massive gulf in the sound quality of the two bands. Coldplay know how to craft their songs expertly and they know who to count on to help cultivate those songs. While following a similar formula more or less, they've done so in a manner which has provided sounds of greater eclecticism and colour.

 

On stage as well Coldplay far exceed Oasis. The ability to consistently perform at such a high level is something I suspect only Bruce Springsteen and U2 have achieved. There's hundreds of references to bring up for Coldplay live but none more finer than Glastonbury 2011 which remains their most ultimate performance, exceeding anything else I saw on that Pyramid stage, including from the likes of Blur, Springsteen, Radiohead and U2 who performed the previous night.

 

Coldplay will never receive the adoration that Oasis got in the mid 90s. They will not make an album as defining in it's era as Definitely Maybe was nor will they have that image or icon status (after all 4 normal looking, polite blokes are never going to redefine the image of British pop music) that Oasis possessed in abundance. The parka jackets, the oversized wooly jumpers, THAT Union Jack guitar! For those reasons alone, for their ability to grasp the moment back in the mid 90s I can fully understand why people would favour them over Coldplay.

too bad there isn't "your mom" option would of been funny as hell

This is an interesting debate, of which I've had many blazing arguments over the years with my brother. When we were both about 15 Coldplay were my favourite band and Oasis his. While we've discovered and enjoyed a variety of new bands over they years this one still crops up. It's a fair argument. While indie kids will dismiss Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher as bland songwriters they are in other, more enlightened ears, two of the best British songwriters from the last 30 years. Any band or songwriter who can compose such timeless brilliant classics like Yellow, The Scientist, Live Forever or The Masterplan deserve huge recognition. While Noel may ultimately be the better songwriter, Coldplay have always sounded the better band.

 

The production and form Coldplay's albums take is much superior to Oasis. Coldplay never made the same album twice. Oasis have. Sadly it's the production elements that has let down Oasis badly. Such an example is best served during the last few years where Noel has insisted on working with one of the most dire, remedial producers in music history - Dave Sardy. Contrast this to the fine collaborative work done alongside Ken Nelson, Brian Eno, Markus Dravs (strictly VLV and not MX - the worst produced Coldplay album ever) and now Paul Epworth and you realise their is a massive gulf in the sound quality of the two bands. Coldplay know how to craft their songs expertly and they know who to count on to help cultivate those songs. While following a similar formula more or less, they've done so in a manner which has provided sounds of greater eclecticism and colour.

 

On stage as well Coldplay far exceed Oasis. The ability to consistently perform at such a high level is something I suspect only Bruce Springsteen and U2 have achieved. There's hundreds of references to bring up for Coldplay live but none more finer than Glastonbury 2011 which remains their most ultimate performance, exceeding anything else I saw on that Pyramid stage, including from the likes of Blur, Springsteen, Radiohead and U2 who performed the previous night.

 

Coldplay will never receive the adoration that Oasis got in the mid 90s. They will not make an album as defining in it's era as Definitely Maybe was nor will they have that image or icon status (after all 4 normal looking, polite blokes are never going to redefine the image of British pop music) that Oasis possessed in abundance. The parka jackets, the oversized wooly jumpers, THAT Union Jack guitar! For those reasons alone, for their ability to grasp the moment back in the mid 90s I can fully understand why people would favour them over Coldplay.

 

Strongly agree with this assessment (besides your comment about MX :lol:).

 

Be Here Now, SOTSOG, and Heathen Chemistry have good individual songs but they don't hold up as cohesive 45 minute pieces of music the same way that VLV, MX, Ghost Stories do.

 

I think Beady Eye made a great move by working with Dave Sitek on their most recent album BE (which came out the same year as AM, suspiciously :p). With that album I think they really separated themselves from the Oasis sound and brought in some new elements of atmospherics and alternative that Oasis rarely had. Second Bite of the Apple, Flick of the Finger, and Start Anew in particular are standout tracks that have great composition and production.

 

Though Coldplay has influenced music in their own way - I think a lot of altrock/indie bands secretly want to sound like them but don't really openly admit that. But that's just a theory. I still find it hilarious that Coldplay turned the Olympics down (where they would've played 1 song) to get nearly 2 hours of screentime at the Paralympics complete with Jay-Z and Rihanna. What a great move...

 

That Union Jack guitar...*drool*

:thinking: i love them both :loveshower: