Are Ocean Colour Scene Terrible?

[lifetime fan]

13 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

Going to see them next week. Great live act. 

Saw them last night, what they actually played was great but came away feeling massively ripped off. 
 

A shit support act followed by them playing for just over an hour. 
 

Not impressed at all. 

[ZonkoVille77]

32 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Saw them last night, what they actually played was great but came away feeling massively ripped off. 
 

A shit support act followed by them playing for just over an hour. 
 

Not impressed at all. 

 

Was Simon bladdered? The last time I saw them he was off his tits and could barely stand. Defo noticed him pop a bit of powder to get himself level.

[Pete]

40 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

You've not seen Lars Ulrich playing recently then.

FTFY. 

[lifetime fan]

4 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

Was Simon bladdered? The last time I saw them he was off his tits and could barely stand. Defo noticed him pop a bit of powder to get himself level.

The weight he’s put on he looks like he’s stopped doing gear. 
 

The actual music was class, it was just taking the piss how little there was of it and the bar closing at 9:30 almost caused a riot. 

[Pete]

Yes. 
Next question. 

[manwiththestick]

I saw them at the Maine Road Oasis gig in 1995 and a stand alone gig in Liverpool around the time Moasely Shouls came out.

 

That album very much captured the zeitgeist, not something I listen to these days and wouldn't choose to watch them live again but whenever DWCTT comes on the radio or jukebox it takes me right back.

[Bjornebye]

Brilliant band. Another of those really good bands from the 90's that got ignored too much because of the whole Oasis/Blur things. See also Cast, The Verve, The Charlatans, The Lightning Seeds, Supergrass, Space etc 

[manwiththestick]

43 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Brilliant band. Another of those really good bands from the 90's that got ignored too much because of the whole Oasis/Blur things. See also Cast, The Verve, The Charlatans, The Lightning Seeds, Supergrass, Space etc 

Space were a bit shit, certainly not in the same league as some of the others you have mentioned.

 

Seen all of them live back in the day.

[Bjornebye]

18 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Space were a bit shit, certainly not in the same league as some of the others you have mentioned.

 

Seen all of them live back in the day.

 

The problem with Space is they released shitter songs than their best. Space were (are) brilliant. I bumped into @Liverpool lad last time I saw them. And Tommy Scott 

[Raymond Duck]

24 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Space were a bit shit, certainly not in the same league as some of the others you have mentioned.

 

Seen all of them live back in the day.

Not my cup of tea in the main but … I first met you hanging knickers on the line from that moment on is great opening line. 

[Mudface]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Brilliant band. Another of those really good bands from the 90's that got ignored too much because of the whole Oasis/Blur things. See also Cast, The Verve, The Charlatans, The Lightning Seeds, Supergrass, Space etc 

 

I wouldn't really say the bolded were ignored or overlooked. The Verve had a multi-million selling album and multiple top ten singles with Urban Hymns, then split up because Ashcroft's a dickhead. The Charlatans had several number 1 albums from 1990 onward, and probably peaked around 2000. Supergrass had five top ten albums from the mid-90s to the mid-2000s- their record company initially tried to market them as a teeny band (I think there were discussions about a Monkees-style TV series at one point, which was quickly dismissed). All their most successful periods were when Oasis were at their pomp.

 

I always found Cast to be a bit dull but they still had top ten albums and loads of top ten singles during the mid to late-90s, Space too.

 

The main difference with Oasis- The Verve aside- was that they never made it big in the US. But there again, neither did Blur really.

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, Mudface said:

 

I wouldn't really say the bolded were ignored or overlooked. The Verve had a multi-million selling album and multiple top ten singles with Urban Hymns, then split up because Ashcroft's a dickhead. The Charlatans had several number 1 albums from 1990 onward, and probably peaked around 2000. Supergrass had five top ten albums from the mid-90s to the mid-2000s- their record company initially tried to market them as a teeny band (I think there were discussions about a Monkees-style TV series at one point, which was quickly dismissed). All their most successful periods were when Oasis were at their pomp.

 

I always found Cast to be a bit dull but they still had top ten albums and loads of top ten singles during the mid to late-90s, Space too.

 

The main difference with Oasis- The Verve aside- was that they never made it big in the US. But there again, neither did Blur really.

 

That's my point. I watched Oasis at Finsbury Park in 2002 and The Charlatans were supporting them. 

 

Oasis, Blur and Pulp (Possibly Suede but earlier) dominated the 90's. The Verve should have reached a peak but didn't. 

 

I know most on here don't like oasis but they were without a doubt the best band this country has seen since The Beatles. Not just their music but that whole thing. They released an album of b-sides that was better than anything in the 90's except Nevermind and All Eyez On Me. That's after Definitely Maybe which in my opinion is the best album of all time. 

 

 

*incoming 

[Mook]

13 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I know most on here don't like oasis but they were without a doubt the best band this country has seen since The Beatles. 

 

Never change Stig.

[Raymond Duck]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

 

That's my point. I watched Oasis at Finsbury Park in 2002 and The Charlatans were supporting them. 

 

Oasis, Blur and Pulp (Possibly Suede but earlier) dominated the 90's. The Verve should have reached a peak but didn't. 

 

I know most on here don't like oasis but they were without a doubt the best band this country has seen since The Beatles. Not just their music but that whole thing. They released an album of b-sides that was better than anything in the 90's except Nevermind and All Eyez On Me. That's after Definitely Maybe which in my opinion is the best album of all time. 

 

 

*incoming 

I rate the way you are prepared to die on that hill, respect.

[Bjornebye]

3 hours ago, Mook said:

 

Never change Stig.

 

Mate, I love you. I've got drunk with you. But your taste in music is decent, it's the bands you moan about that ruin you. 

 

1 hour ago, Raymond Duck said:

I rate the way you are prepared to die on that hill, respect.

 

Is right. 

 

 

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

I think I saw OCS at Glastonbury about 20 odd years ago, and I think they were pretty good, think I enjoyed them.

 

Although I cannot be certain of this because I know I was fucking seriously bladdered.

[Liverpool lad]

On 05/12/2023 at 18:04, Bjornebye said:

 

The problem with Space is they released shitter songs than their best. Space were (are) brilliant. I bumped into @Liverpool lad last time I saw them. And Tommy Scott 

Boss band

I went to see their 25th anniversary tour. Think it was Spiders or Tin Planet

It was good to see a crowd there and the night was boss. Their old stuff won't be topped

[VladimirIlyich]

On 05/12/2023 at 10:39, Mook said:

 

You've not seen Lars Ulrich playing recently then.

He'll still be a million times better than me! Is he from that Metallica band who long haired guitar playing Yank tutors seem to love?

[johnsusername]

Saw OCS last night. They weren't terrible.

 

6/10.

[Pidge]

When this thread getting the Kula Shaker eulogy it deserves?

[manwiththestick]

10 minutes ago, Pidge said:

When this thread getting the Kula Shaker eulogy it deserves?

Hush!