The band that changed my life

Before I got into this whole Rock n Roll thing, I used to listen to really sissy stuff. I hate to admit it but it's true. You can't blame me though. The only exposure I had to music were cds and cassettes that my aunt have - Michael Learns To Rock, Kenny G, Celine Dion wtf! ... I'm stopping here, I cringe when I think back and also from whatever music videos that tv is showing and believe me tv didn't show a lot of rock music (this was the time when there was no Astro, no Channel V or MTV). I think the first ever cd I bought was 911, I know, I know - WTF! Again I cannot be blame, I was young, stupid and haven't discovered rock and roll, ok?

Anyways, all that changed when on a sunny afternoon, I'm walking to the sound of my favorite tune I stumbled upon a cd with a nice cover on a table in a friend's room, brought it home...



I've never heard of Oasis before this. After the first listen, I was converted, converted into MFR I am today! And the rest is history...discovered everything from The Beatles (from what the critics say about Oasis stealing from them), later Britpop acts - Travis, Coldplay, grunge - Nirvana, hard rock - Foo Fighters, legendary bands - Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, indie - Rilo Kiley, The Submarines to post rock - Explosions In The Sky, Mogwai, Sigur Ros.

On 5/4/2009, 12 years on from that sunny afternoon, I finally saw Oasis live! I missed the first time they were in Singapore 3 years ago because I had just graduated and was fucking broke. But I wasn't going to miss this one for anything in the world. On to the gig, it was fucking awesome. Highlights :-

• Being crushed like a bug. I had a good spot right in front of Noel but had to get out of the crazy situation! Fuck, ended up at the side, still good enough view though. Oasis rocked so it didn't matter much anyway.
• Noel calling the crowd who booed Scotland flag "fucking idiots" cause his missus is Scottish LOL!
• Singing along to classic after classic songs! Rock and Roll Star! Cigaretts and Alchohol! Slide Away! Morning Glory! Wonderwall! Champagne Supernova!
• Liam posing like a fucking arrogant MFR!
• Falling Down sounds fucking AWESOME live!!! ROCK gila babi!!! The album version isn't anywhere near the live performance. For a second, I thought they're gonna burst into a Mogwai/Explosions-esque distortion assault after a instrument interval...the drums, guitars and bass was just building up and building up then Noel started singing. Haha, anti-climatic lah. It was still good though. I wonder if there's a video in youtube.
  
• And this ..........