Oasis - Be Here Now - the Mustique Demos - 1997

These recordings were released with the 20th Anniversary Edition of Be Here Now.  I thought they deserved their own disc.  Although Noel has a pretty good voice for some of the tracks, I still prefer Liam's vocals over his any day.  Yes, Noel was (is?) a great song writer, Liam had the voice and swagger that made Oasis the monster that it was. 

These tracks are still great.

Mother-In-Law is in town this weekend, so I may or may not be posting.  We will see how much time I get to fuck around.

Oasis - Be Here Now - the Mustique Demos - 1997

Oasis - Be Here Now - 1997

In the nineties, these bastards could do no wrong.  Yeah, Whatever was good, but once Morning Glory smacked me square in the face, I was hooked.  Every song, every chorus, every title, every note, seemed to be written from my own soul.  It's as if these scruffy British chaps had a magnifying glass into my own heart, and could read the lines of my life.

Every song an anthem, every song an arena shaker, every song a little golden nugget that I will hide in my heart for a very long time.

Yes, Morning Glory, to me, was their best, but Be Here Now is definitely their second best.  I love the fact that there was more material in the b-sides than there was in the actual album.  And every b-side was good enough to BE on the album as well.  I love their two cover songs, it's as if they were written expressly to be performed by them.  The singles are great, as always.  But, the best songs on the actual album were My Big Mouth (what a monster) and All Around the World.

After the live Familiar To Millions album, I felt as if the band started to lose it's touch.  The songs weren't so shiny, the melodies forgettable, and their image less impressive.

But this one was a beauty.

Oasis - Be Here Now - 1997 - Disc 1

Oasis - Be Here Now - 1997 - Disc 2