I wanna talk about my love for this album, more particularly my love for this band! The album in question, and the start of my Top 10 Albums of All Time, is Definitely, Maybe by Oasis.
Anyone that knows me, knows this is no shock that I have picked this album for this list. Anyone that knows me also will know that I am little obsessed with this band. So no real surprises that Definitely, Maybe is in my Top 10. The thing is where do I start?
Think back to 1994, if your that old to remember, to be honest I would have been 11 I think and was really into Nirvana at the time of Cobains death. It was that year that for me opened my eyes and most importantly my ears to Oasis. Now it was 'Whatever' that I heard first. A single only release and never on an album, but it was that song and an older school friend who got me hooked on this band. I remember listening and just thinking Wow! Now I still to this day, don't know why? I mean I love these guys to bits but why was I so enthralled by this band. I mean they were not pioneers or anything new, and they would be the first to tell you that. It was something instant, almost magical that I connected with. They are the reason I learnt how to play guitar, reason I joint a band, reason I started to write songs, they are responsible for definitely 60% of my music collection and this list could go on. Let me just state right now, they are my favourite band of all time! There you go, out the way now, done and out in the open, now let's continue.
Now I could have picked any of their albums to be in this list, I think they are all amazing in they own way and all have something special to offer. But Definitely, Maybe does stand out. This essential punk rock, glam offering that they give you is one of the biggest triumphs in British music history.
Some of my favourite tracks of all time are on this album, Live Forever, Supersonic, Slide Away. All amazing songs that require your full attention. This album makes you feel alive, it gets into your psyche and stays there, warms the heart and opens the mind.
I know many people have heard this album and would have made their mind up about it already. If you are new to it then well your either a ghost!? Or literally been living under a rock and 100ft underneath that! Hear it, listen to it, experience what I did and make a connection that you won't want to let go. This album is full of anthems for late nights, mind provoking sentiments and drug fuelled trips. Love it, hate it, I don't care, this album will stay with me forever and that's an amazing feeling!
Friday, 23 January 2009
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