*The Battle of Britpop: Oasis vs. Blur | Alan McGee:* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eN9ih9l-1LOYl3U.html

"and a guitar got damaged..." "you hit him with a guitar" "I hit him with a guitar" priceless

the fact that gene gallagher looks just like young damon makes me laugh

It’s cool that he and Damon are friends now after the whole media circus around the two bands

Noel pretending to be Liam when they "sang" that playback is so awesome!

Noel smiling with genuine warmth at seeing Blur turn up on screen just makes me smile. Him and Damon ending up as friends is the perfect ending to that whole crazy time 😌

Liam Gallagher seen this, then proceeded to sing 'Roll With It' at Glastonbury.

Country House is actually one of my favourite songs of all time lmao

I know somewhere down in Noels heart that he loves his brother.

Both bands are incredible. Britpops decline has been incredibly sad for the British music industry. You'll never get another time like that with dozens of incredible bands at the same time.

Love the way Noel smiled at the clip with him and Liam. He still loves his bro.

Noel has grown up, it’s like he almost doesn’t recognize the guy he used to be, unlike Liam who still has the same attitude

The ‘battle’ was concocted by their management and the music media to raise profile of both bands and increase record sales. Sorry to piss on anyone’s bonfire, but Noel and Damon actually Understood this, it was just Liam that thought there was a genuine beef going on, because he’s just a confrontational chav.

The difference beetween these two bands was that Blur wanted to make good music (with mixed results) but happened to make it big with Parklife. The Great escape was not a collection of would-be-hits, Blur was a slab of grungy hard rock and and 13 was a shoegazing post-rock. Oasis on the other hand only wanted to be the biggest band in the world. They wanted to be rock stars, play on big stadiums and wreck hotel rooms. This is very evident on their solo works. Albarn creates the Gorillaz and Coxon released albums of experimental guitar music. The Gallagher brothers are still making Oasis music

Blur 💜

Agree with everything except his thoughts on Country House which has a great song and one of Blur's best ones

Unforgettable moment! cd stores, fanzines, independent labels, friends, rock/indie shows...what an amazing time to be young! thank you God for letting me live all this

If also Damon had been there to comment, it would have been epic

Best and most underrated British band that rose to fame in the 90s was Supergrass. ‘In it for the money’........best British album of the 90s.

Can’t believe Noel doesn’t like Roll With It, it’s a great tune lol. Compared to others they done not absolutely amazing but it’s a tune for sure

while all this shit was happening, Radiohead was creating their masterpiece, Ok Computer

Both are great

The guitar that he mentions at the beginning that “got broken” was a 1960 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that Johnny Marr loaned to Noel when they were first starting out. That same Guitar was given to Johnny by Pete Fucking Townshend. Imagine the value of that guitar today if it wasn’t broken.

Found myself smiling like a maniac throughout the entire video. Noel clearly still loves Liam.

Btw. did you know it's possible really to like more than just a one band simultaneously. I've actually managed to become a fan of more than 20-30 of bands and artists and it most probably won't end there. Of course that whole britpop scene holds a special place in my heart both culturally and musically and still affects me a lot. Both Blur and Oasis, I always go back to their music - it's timeless.

I like Roll With It

"Roll With It" its an amazing tune. Noel pls

I remember hanging out with Noel on a boat in the Manchester canals. Great to see you smile again; nice one!!

Purely from a sound point of view and what kind of sound appeals to me, I prefer Oasis. But as much as I like them, they were pretty much a one trick pony. Most of, if not all of their popular songs had a similar feel and musical style, (jarring guitars, drums, 4/4 time, Liam's drawling vocals) apart from Stop Crying Your Heart Out, which still stands out to me as a work of absolute art. I can't even tell whether I'm listening to 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' or 'Some Might Say' cos they both have the exact same bloody intro. Oasis' sound never really changed and, in their later albums, they tried to use the same tricks they used in their earlier albums, and it just didn't come off. They needed to experiment and take more risks. Blur had the guts to experiment with their sound and covered a range of genres quite competently, it has to be said. Although I prefer Oasis' sound, Blur pulled out some banger tunes (The Universal, Tender, Girls And Boys, Coffee and TV in particular) and their hits didn't all revolve around the same style. For that reason, I reckon Blur was more talented. For me personally, I prefer Oasis, but Blur was, musically, the better band.

Not a fan of Oasis then or now but gotta give 'em credit if they really were practicing 5 nights a week for 3 years, that's serious dedication.

I was one of the few in America that was buying the Import cds they released, they were pretty expensive for cds (Actually the price of an album at the time) that had an average of 4 songs on them but I was a dedicated fan. Then they eventually released The Masterplan but I went ahead and got that one too. It's still a bummer that they never put Whatever on that album.

Always felt Blur pushed the boundaries a bit more and changed their sound etc. Oasis albums always felt very similar. Ocean Colour Scene a little underrated

Time mellows us all out.

Oh, Noel, we all know that Roll With It is a fine enough song.

I need some place for watch this full please help me :(

reunions are never the same, if you are a fan, just listen to the records.

Come on Noel, get the band back together! We all need a long awaited Oasis reunion, just text your bro and get shit sorted man!😊✌🏻

Oasis and Blur loved the "Battle of Britpop". It truly was like Beatles vs. Stones reborn.

Great times and great music. I loved both bands.

'Roll with it' is a great track!

So true what he said about both those songs being crap. I love Blur and Oasis is really awesome too, but battling over those two songs is ridiculous

I play ' roll with it ' . I like it . Its good tune

I love Roll With It when I listened to it for the first time back then. I forgot about Blur until they came out with Song 2. Listening to it again after so long feels brand new again.

the only time noel isn't a nipple is when he's talking about oasis in the 90s what a fucking band x

So cool to be part of that 90's generation. I was in my mid 20's Great music great times

No country house kicks ass

My favorite era of music and hearing those songs always take me back to my 20s 😎

Instead of saying "We're friends now" it would have been funnier if he said "We are like brothers now"....especially if he was wearing sun glasses when he said it!

Blur are my favorite band, but I have immense respect for Noel. Great songwriter. He's always struck me as someone who is honest, even when he's being arrogant, unlike Liam who's just blunt because he wants to act like a tough guy.

Both great bands, and I have to disagree with Noel because Roll With It and Country House are really cool (at least for me) 😂

I know I’m not the only one but I was there when these lot came out and it was a breath of fresh air to me and I immediately formed a band with my itinerary of a few chords and a basic blues scale. We had an incredible time 😆

I like blur but oasis just seemed different, they were more rocknroll while blur gave me the impression of psychedelic rock. I don’t know... both really good bands but seemed to different to compare. Like smashing pumpkins and blink 182

Love the Gallagher's no-bullshit attitude. But at the same time, it's the attitude that's kept them at each other's throats.

Disagree with roll with it, absolute tune in my eyes

I'd go with oasis down to rock n roll but blur were more like a Beatles for moving on and not sounding the same on next album etc

I got slightly emotional when he said he met Damon a long time ago, and they just sat and talked about "how great all that was." I'm not nearly as old as Noel, but I'm old AF, I guess.

Noel contributed to the Gorillaz song We Got the Power.

Roll with it.Is an amazing song!!!!😞

You can absolutely tell noel was the big brother x

Love BritPop sooo much but Blur took way more creative chances than Oasis ever did

Glastonbury 29th June. Liam has just performed Roll With It just to piss Noel off! Genius

Keep the same energy, Chief! I am speaking for myself and only my f*cking self. I don't need an Oasis reunion. Just keep delivering tunes as usual. The latest EP's fire in my opinion. Absolutely love it.

Friends with Albarn yet slagged off Ashcroft who was a very old friend who he even wrote a song about. The man has changed in a very big way.

Blur vs oasis, one band with a creative genius as a front man, was successful in most genres and was VERY successful in most of the UK. The other band is oasis

Get the lads together man!!! Do it for the world!!

I won’t die till I see Oasis got back together!

You can tell he misses oasis

Liked Blur, loved Oasis, feel damn lucky I grew up with both bands - and all the other great ones - that made up the Brit Pop era.

What a great time. Nothing like it since and probably never will be.

Both very different bands ..both made some good music 👍..

Then in 1997, when the Britpop thing imploded, Radiohead release OK Computer, an album that still sounds like the future in 2023.

I seen Oasis at Loch Lomand 1996. 80,000 fans. That was the highest, nothing will ever top that.

Blur more musicly talented.

could you upload the whole show?

Did you notice that when performing Roll With It on TOTPs Noel was on vocals and Liam on guitar. Probably a dig at how all acts were forced to mime on that show.

Roll with it is NOT shit. I personally love it.

I was 6 years old when this band was on their prime We never gonna find any band to be this big ever again imo

Beetlebum is criminally overlooked. Blur did have the chops Noel has but that will be a tune forever.

Anyone else notice Noel doing the vocals on ToTP and Liam on the guitar??? 🤣

Only recently I appreciate his music and his insight.

Roll with it is a fuckin banger

I love oasis and blur, but pulp were fuckin great too man!!!

4:50 Those band logos couldn't be any more 90s 😄

Brilliant idea

Liam used to give Noel a few slaps...come on you know

I can picture Liam standing at the door, waiting for the guy without one shoe haha :)

For fucks sake I just wish Noel and Liam would put their differences aside and get Oasis back even for a one off gig, maybe Glastonbury 2020? There’s so many bands that lose members due to tragic circumstances and could only wish that they had a chance to see them again let alone play with them, I just think it makes their beef seem very petty, need to grow up.

I can't understand how he slagged Roll With It . It was a great tune on a great album, and sign of the times

Out of Oasis and Blur, I'd have to go for....Pulp

I can think of like 3 Blur songs I enjoy, and like 15 Oasis songs I enjoy.

That battle was only marketing. Noel acknowledges that "roll with it" was clearly not their best song (probably their least interesting on "Morning glory" by the way...)

I do like oasis but in terms of songwriting, musicianship and inventiveness blur have always been lightyears ahead

Hey! I love roll with it ...

Noel is very harsh on Roll with it, Everyone goes more mental live more than the other songs I have found except maybe Cigarettes and Alcohol.

I smell a possible reunion

I love roll with it what’s Noel on about 😂

I need Noel to do another Gorillaz song (one where I can actually hear him)

i actually like roll with it and country house,but it was hilarious hearing noel ripping them off

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Rockin' chair was the best song released that week.