from NME:



Oasis
Gallaghers to enlist a 50-piece choir
Oct 22, 2008


Oasis plan to rope in a 50-piece choir to cover a song by The Rolling Stones at BBC Electric Proms this weekend.

The Manchester rockers headline the Camden Roundhouse on Sunday (October 26) for the third year of the London-wide celebrations.

Traditionally rock bands have hooked up with classical musicians for the shows. And Noel Gallagher has revealed that the band are planning to cover the Stones' classic 'We Love You' with the Crouch End Festival Chorus.

The guitarist told BBC 6Music that the plans sprang from aborted sessions for new album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.

< -------  Thank Your Lucky Stars that Zak Starkey no longer plays drums for these Chucks !!!!!!




Man  , you SAID it Lil' Fella ( Little Fijikins .... oh , Little Fiji )  . I mean  , I am surprised that it was not Zak who ran across that stage and tackled Noel Gallagher YEARS ago .

Joey wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2008 at 10:07am:

< -------  Thank Your Lucky Stars that Zak Starkey no longer plays drums for these Chucks !!!!!! Man  , you SAID it Lil' Fella ( Little Fijikins .... oh , Little Fiji )

That's right. I'll be seeing the lad tonight playing with another little London combo.
But covering We Love You is inspired. I always though it would make a killer ender to the Stones main set.

" That's right. I'll be seeing the lad tonight playing with another little London combo.
But covering We Love You is inspired. I always though it would make a killer ender to the Stones main set. "


Full Frontal Nuzzle coming your way my Stonesian Brother .


FULL FRONTAL !!!!!!!

Bless ya Little Fiji

polytoxic wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2008 at 10:17am:

But covering We Love You is inspired.

I agree, and look forward to hearing it.  Some may call it blasphemy, but I really dig their version of I Am The Walrus.  Their SFM was OK, but not so interesting.  

Oasis ROCKS!!

they most certainly do  :willya :booze

Why cant the Stones this live? I've been on record here saying this should be a encore song. It would rock so sexily.

corgi37 wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 4:05am:

Why cant the Stones do this live

Blondie doesn't know the chords.

Looking forawd to this rendition. I love Oasis's cover versions.

Adrian, are you going to try and get tickets tomorrow for Wembley?

Was gutted to have missed out for the arena shows, so will be ready with my card this time!

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 9:06am:

Looking forawd to this rendition. I love Oasis's cover versions. Adrian, are you going to try and get tickets tomorrow for Wembley? Was gutted to have missed out for the arena shows, so will be ready with my card this time!

i'll be trying , thats for sure.
I'd like to see them at Heaton Park, as well.
Seeing them on their home turf is an amazing spectacle, i can promise you.

Ade wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2008 at 6:40am:

corgi37 wrote on Oct 23rd, 2008 at 4:05am: Why cant the Stones do this live Blondie doesn't know the chords.

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey
Post of the week.

Good choice of song. Should be interesting.

Have twice been offered pairs of tickets to see them next week, but have decided to pass this time.

Managed to get a couple of nosebleed seats for the Sunday show.

Thanks to all of Ticketbastards security crap, I managed to fu*k up several times, so could've got better tickets.

Any luck Adrian?

and of course they'll do !!

wwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

riffkeither wrote on Oct 25^th, 2008 at 2:24pm:

and of course they'll do !! wwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

More like "Waayeeeeeee Laaaaaaaav Yeeeoooo" if Liam's singing. He'll ad-lib his own lyrics "Now's the tee-iiime for us to shee-iiiine, what's yaws is miiiiin-ah." Good 'ol Oasis. It's one of the more sensible Stones covers for them since it's very Beatle-esque (cause of John and Paul singing on it- they don't get credited for "Dandelion" but I swear it sounds like their vocals on that one especially during the drum bit before the fade).

I tried to listen to their last album, but that singer's voice still wears me out.
But to keep it positive: wonderwall is great song.

Just watched the broadcast. Was a really good show. A few of the songs were done with the big choir as mentioned but the show ended with "I Am The Walrus" with what souned like a few chords of "Foxy lady" thrown in at the end.

All very 1967 but no sign of "We Love You". Bit of a waste of time the NME and BBC even mentioning that they were going to cover it.

Gazza wrote on Oct 26^th, 2008 at 7:12pm:

Just watched the broadcast. Was a really good show. A few of the songs were done with the big choir as mentioned but the show ended with "I Am The Walrus" with what souned like a few chords of "Foxy lady" thrown in at the end. All very 1967 but no sign of "We Love You". Bit of a waste of time the NME and BBC even mentioning that they were going to cover it.

That's too bad. In the pop world of 1967, "We Love You" is possibly among the top 10 songs of that banner year, and I don't include "I Am the Walrus" in that list. The Beatles entries would be "Strawberry Fields" and "A Day in the Life." The other Stones entries I'll make are "She's a Rainbow" and "Let's Spend the Night Together." 1967 was their least genius year since 1964 IMO, even though eceryone praises them in 67. But though Pepper was good, it was a bit kitschy and gimmicky at times. Plus "All You Need is Love" and "Hello Goodbye" were much inferior singles to the gems of 1965 and 1966. And the Magical Mystery Tour album is one of their more pedestrian releases (still very good for anyone else's standards, but average for the Beatles).

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Oct 24^th, 2008 at 6:39am:

Managed to get a couple of nosebleed seats for the Sunday show. Thanks to all of Ticketbastards security crap, I managed to fu*k up several times, so could've got better tickets. Any luck Adrian?

no luck- kept getting locked out...typical   :(

Gazza wrote on Oct 26^th, 2008 at 7:12pm:

Just watched the broadcast. Was a really good show. A few of the songs were done with the big choir as mentioned but the show ended with "I Am The Walrus" with what souned like a few chords of "Foxy lady" thrown in at the end. All very 1967 but no sign of "We Love You". Bit of a waste of time the NME and BBC even mentioning that they were going to cover it.

u sure they didn't play it? maybe it just wasn't broadcast, and might be available in I Player?
then again, they might have just thought they could'nt pull it off

speedfreakjive wrote on Oct 27^th, 2008 at 5:20am:

Gazza wrote on Oct 26th, 2008 at 7:12pm: Just watched the broadcast. Was a really good show. A few of the songs were done with the big choir as mentioned but the show ended with "I Am The Walrus" with what souned like a few chords of "Foxy lady" thrown in at the end. All very 1967 but no sign of "We Love You". Bit of a waste of time the NME and BBC even mentioning that they were going to cover it. u sure they didn't play it? maybe it just wasn't broadcast, and might be available in I Player? then again, they might have just thought they could'nt pull it off

Didnt say they didnt play it - I've no idea if they did or not - just that it wasnt broadcast.

here the Tracklist:

Rock N Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes And Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where Theres Life
Wating For The Rapture
The Masterplan
Songbird
Slide Away
Morning Glory
Aint Got Nothin
The Importance Of Being Idle
Im Outta Time
Wonderwall
Supersonic
Dont Look Back In Anger
Falling Down
Champagne Supernova
I Am The Walrus

Gazza wrote on Oct 27^th, 2008 at 11:51am:

[quote author=speedfreakjive link=1224687665/0#20 Didnt say they didnt play it - I've no idea if they did or not - just that it wasnt broadcast.

I watched the show on the I-player yesterday. It seemed complete. So, sadly no We Love You.

I thought the performance was excellent and very proffesional.

I haven't as of yet seen Oasis live, but was really taken a back by how polished they sounded. Has this always been the case?

no- they've tightened it up alot over the last couple of tours.
The rawness they had in 94-95, is no longer there and Liam's voice, isn't the force
it once was, but they're still a phenomenal live band.

Another thing that suprised me a little was the amount of lead guitar played by Gem Archer. He seemed to play plenty of the parts Noel would've performed in the studio.

I guess Bonehead was very much a 3 chord man and Noel simply had to take all the solo's.