Mathematical proof that Oasis is better than the Beatles.

[LoZoccolo]

The Beatles were a boy band and a cover band for a few albums, so no matter how many albums they make (and they are through making albums so the point is moot), there will always be a certain percentage of their output that will be boy band cover band albums.

Oasis started out as 100% innovative rock and roll, and still are to this day. There is no percentage of boy band cover band albums from them.

Score one for Oasis.

[coloradodem2005]

1. Huh?

:nuke: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[LoZoccolo]

3. Here is the mathematical proof.

Beatles - 3 boy band cover band albums, 12 total albums, 75%
innovative rock and roll

Oasis - 0 boy band cover band albums, 5 total albums, 100%
innovative rock and roll

[coloradodem2005]

6. Ok.

So, the percentage of innovative Rock and Roll matters even if the actual quantity of good Rock and Roll for the Beatles is higher than that for Oasis. In less time no less too. :spank: :banghead: :rofl:

[LoZoccolo]

9. That makes the Beatles even less quality.

They performed rush-jobs, and guess what, Northern Songs was a public company, that's part of why Michael Jackson owns part of their songs.

Oasis will have many more than twelve albums, as well, and they won't be rush jobs.

[coloradodem2005]

10. Really.

So, it does not count for the fact that The Beatles made good albums and I mean good albums in a short time. So, I guess that most of the albums that came between the mid-60's and the early 80's are rush jobs huh? And these days, all those "great" (bullshit) albums by Linkin Park are well thought out. :eyes: Oasis is good, but they couldn't touch The Beatles with a 100 foot pole. Noel Gallager ain't qualified to hold John Lennon's jock strap.

[lenidog]

Except the try and sound like the Beatles which makes them

derivative and they lose their point;)

[LoZoccolo]

5. "I'm not John Lennon."

That is a quote from Noel Gallagher.

[martymar64]

13. He can fight for shit either

Now he's in the Leon Spinks Fan Club. Sometimes smarmy rock stars need to STFU.

And FYI, the greatest band in history is the Clash.

[alittlelark]

2. In your dreams.....

....the Beatles CREATED a musical movement ( w/ massive doses of black R+B in the background). Oasis is just following.

[sasquatch]

4. *Pulls up chair w/ beer and popcorn in hand*

:D
I haven't watched a good fight in a while, HAVE FUN!

[wtmusic]

7. The Beatles were better songwriters

and they invented the sound. Oasis' songs are just OK and they are copying the Beatles sound.

Next hypothesis.

[opiate69]

8. BUt, the argument can be made that

everything Oasis has done is nothing more than stolen Beatles songs. Making them a cover band.

[last_texas_dem]

11. Never understood why early Beatles gets called "boy band" stuff

The Beatles wrote most of their material (the majority, even on the early albums; which was very rare for rock groups of the time) and played their own instruments. Just because their early music is more accessible and, early on, they wore matching suits onstage, doesn't make them a "boy band."

Besides, the fact that the Beatles grew over the course of their career and became experimental is one of the main reasons rock today is expected to be more experimental and the stuff that is less so is seen as "pop." When the Beatles came out, their early music was seen as rock. It is only as "rock" has gotten both harder and more experimental that music that sounds like the early Beatles has become known as pop by many.

Finally, I like Oasis based on the couple albums I've heard by them. I'm no Oasis-basher. But it really is hard to picture Oasis as a band without the influence of the Beatles. The same is true of so many bands that came after the Beatles. Although I'm sure they are influential to some degree, I have doubts that the same will be true of Oasis's influence on other bands, decades from now.

[martymar64]

14. The first experimental band was the Beach Boys

Listen to Pet Sounds, it inspired Lennon/McCartney to do Sgt Pepper.
Brian Wilson was a Genius, at least before he lost his marbles.


Second greatest band in history . . . Midnight Oil! Never sold out.
Edited to add last line

[vpigrad]

12. You call a group with such shaggy hair a boy band?

All of the girls I knew then were turned-off by their long hair.

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Yeah...

the Elvis pompadour waas where it was at circa 1963/64...

[hickman1937]

16. All that matters is that, all things being equal, John Lennon, and

Paul McCartney could have kicked the asses of those drunken irish brothers in any fight, anywhere. They were blue collar thugs from Liverpool, that made their living in the worst dives in Germany, and came out of it with the confidence that if they couldn't charm you, they could take you down in a heartbeat. Brian Epstein managed to get some manners on them, clean them up, and launch them.

[Dave Reynolds]

17. At least this isn't another damn Oa...

dammit, never mind.