The soundtrack to the dullest musical generation of the last 40 years- the 90's.
I'm not a fan,obviously. Sorry.

it would be so much more entertaining.

Danced my ass off, took a pile of drugs, saw Jeff Buckley, Tricky, Underworld, Daft Punk, Bjork, Aphex Twin and a pile of other acts I still really love.

Liked the first Oasis album but never bought any of the rest and never saw them live. But the nineties weren't dull...

I was working (literally) half a world away in the putrid cesspool of Townsville, Queensland. You guys had Cool Britannica and we had the far-right Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party. I had picked up a fair bit of Britpop stuff from Supergrass, Pulp, Super Furry Animals, Gorky's etc but had nothing by Blur or Oasis.

A year or so ago I picked up compilations of each for a couple of bucks and gave them a listen; a sort of delayed 'battle of the bands'. My verdict? Crap.

I really tried with each, keeping them on high rotation on my ipod for months. Oasis really were unbelievably plodding and dull, and sounded like a very dumb, hollow pastiche of their influences. It was so workmanlike and boring that it's hard to imagine how huge they were at the time. To me, the Verve's 'A Northern Soul' covers the same sort of musical ground much, much better.

Blur just came across as a bunch of prats and Damon Albarn's voice made me want to slap him about the head (a feeling that continues with his current output).

Maybe if I'd got into this music at the time I'd like it now. I still love Supergrass, Gorky's, Pulp and the Furrys. It seems to me that while all the attention was on the big two, there was a lot of far-more interesting stuff happening on the edges of the scene.

Britpops equivalent of Status Quo - without the ability (or desire) to laugh at themselves

Do you want to hear it? It's that Definitely Maybe is a great debut, but limited, but then they made it again with the vastly inferior What's The Story, which must be the world's most over-rated album and they were in a rut. Be Here Now showed ambition and was a step forward but the public wanted more What's the Story, and the press were sick of being bossed around by Creation, and so there was a backlash that caused Noel Gallagher to lose confidence and he a.) decided to settle for the sound of Definitely Maybe, though found himself unable to replicate that album's charisma and b.) let other people in the band write the songs. With Dig Out Your Soul they finally decided to play some different games with their toys, but it was too late by then. So in the end it was a lack of ambition that killed them, and the turning point was Be Here Now. Had that album not suffered the backlash it did, and had Noel not lost his nerve as a result they would have gone on to become an interesting band, rather than a rather boring one.

there are one or two songs they did that were ok but there was no real wit or imagination. They don't really stand up to repeated listenings.

I'd rather listen to songs by Lennon/McCartney,Ray Davies, Andy Partridge and Jeff Lynne they all have far much more to offer

1992 was the worst year ever for rock music and we needed something different, if not new and original.

Oasis provided that and I really like the first two albums.

The new box set is worth it alone for Noel's commentary on the videos - like the post above states his interviews and quotes often bettered the music in their latter years.

All you need is the first two and the b-sides disc because the rest is like being forced to eat grey cardboard!

I've got an Oasis theory too. The final showdown between the brothers may have been very real, but i think Noel seized that moment as an excuse to get out. I think he knew that their best was long behind them, and they were just going through the motions.

Well timed debut stands up well, but it was more a case of exactly the right thing at the right time. Then successful but ultimately hollow follow up. Lost loads of fans with the next one. After that it's just a question of life being too short to bother. Both Oasis and Tarantino would have benefited hugely from doing a Terrence Malick. Or even a White Stripes. But, in the end, their output exceeds their range by so much as to make a great many people apathetic.

"Time Flies? Not when you're listening to All Around The World it doesn't."

get off the dole and away from dull, grinding jobs was the impetus behind those first two records. Once the money and the quality drugs arrived they simply lost that motivation, churning out increasingly dull material just for something to do.

I will happily argue with anyone that their last two albums ('Don't Believe The Truth' and 'Dig Out Your Soul') are the best albums they made.

but I like Noel Gallagher very much. Listening to him sing and perform Oasis songs it all makes sense.

Funny isn't it? If it doesn't turn out just the way we want, we fall over ourselves doing the denying thing: whether it be Oasis or New Labour. For what's it's worth I don't know anyone who didn't vote for TB in 1997 or who didn't own the first two Oasis albums.

Best thing he ever did was get rid of his average, one pitch, broether who describes himself as a singer.

or one or two of the other hits.I've always found them a little bombastic,they just leave me feeling a bit queasy.They sound a bit ersatz,contrived.
Should have called it "Likely to Attract Flies".