There was just no need for that cameo. It was awful and as you say he was completely out of place and I think I just spent the rest of the episode being angry about Ed Sheeran.
I mean, at least kill him horribly like they did everybody else on that show. I wouldn’t have minded that.
100%. So few people want to pay for music at all. They rip, pirate, or DJ off spotify or whatever. If we’re not prepared to send a few shekels to a credible artist or label, well, no one is, and they get nothing.
Nay! This mix is tough, and Mental Overdrive, Diskjokke, Mungolian Jetset are all proper: https://www.discogs.com/master/2443723-G-Ha-And-Olanskii-Sunkissed
Sure I’m tired of Inspector Norse, it’s like the Scandi ‘Drop The Pressure’.
I’ve always enjoyed that mix, still got a lot of time for our scandi brethren 
This mix has personality, which you wouldn’t get from say listening to a Terje hit, a Torske hit, a Lindstrom hit, and then moving on.
Kim Hiorthoy as well is likely under-appreciated, Smalltown Supersound label on a more downtempo/experimental tip.
Jeez.
Pollock pioneered a disconnection from the medium
Sheeran has disconnected from everything - he may as well have asked AI to print these for him
He well might have
I know it’s rubbish and I have less than zero regard for Ed Sheeran whether it’s his music, acting or art, but the first thing that struck me when I saw the original post was “oh, just like John Squire did for the stone roses covers”.
There probably is a difference but I’m not sure what it is yet.
Yep I thought the same thing, I read a couple of pieces to see if JS’s name would appear either as an influence or reference but it didn’t.
The difference for me would be intent, without knowing either of them, I get the impression Sheeran has gone into it to completely maximize profit from it knowing he’s a huge worldwide name and there’s a ready made market for anything he shits out whereas Squire was just the guitarist in an indie band with a cult following in the NW when he started with no expectations or intent to make a load of money from it.
The difference is 35 yrs! plus he was pretty dismissive of those pastiches and moved on to make much more original work:
Next month, Gary Barlow does Francis Bacon
Manchester today; thousands upon thousands of identikit lads, all dressed in Oasis t shirt, Oasis bucket hat, shorts and Sambas.
It’s like a 1994-themed fancy dress party.
And they’re happily queuing up for hours to get rinsed again at the multiple pop-up merch stores.
The amount of money that’s being made…
Not just lads, there’s lots of women and girls as well, which I find more interesting, people from all over the world as well.
I know there’s no love for Oasis on here (apart from JC) but their music has clearly, deeply struck a chord with millions around the world and it isn’t all just lads.
I’m no Oasis zealot and i’ll be avoiding that part of the city for the next couple of days but the dismissive “it’s just thick, white, working class lads who like 'em” gets on my tits tbh.
Yeah we’re going in August and very much looking forward to it. Nothing wrong with a bit of spectacle from time to time.
There’s something comforting socially about it also that there are so many people into one thing at the same time, when we’re all so removed and fractured the rest of the time. I might not share the same views politically as a lot of Oasis fans (maybe I do with some?) but what’s that old saying ‘we have more in common than divides us’? Well something like that!
I’m not wearing a fing bucket hat though!
Only Reni ever looked good in a bucket hat
Totally agree. Hope everyone has a great night.
But the relentless pushing of the merch everywhere - on top of the already sky high ticket prices - just feels a bit exploitative.
Still, everyone seems more than happy to go along with it so…
I like them too, not one for ‘keep music real’ like the Wellends obvs (as I’m on here) - but it’s all about Liam’s voice and Noel’s tunes for me. They remind me of great times with my wife and all of my best mates. The soundtrack was hip-hop, guitar music, fast beats/slow beats, shoegazey stuff and eventually house. They were part of the going out and the crashing in afterwards. I can agree that they played their part in the encroaching blandness of the years that followed, but fuck me - I can’t wait for Wembley! I’d rather it was dj sets from Sean Rowley, Brendan Lynch, Amorphous Androgynous & Death in Vegas followed by Shack supporting - but that’s not the world we live in!
I know what you mean it’s all over town, went into the Adidas shop on Market St the other day and it was full of Italians snapping stuff up, would be nice if Noel doesn’t keep it all to himself and does some good with it.
Yeah, was out and about in town this morning and was bit stunned by the demographics - was expecting the usual swaggering lads but there are loads of Italians, Japanese, Spanish kicking about. Loads of young people too. Good luck to them - hope they don’t get taxed by the feral yoot like Maine Road in '96.
I find it all a bit odd as even in 1994 they seemed retro and derivative. And to me Manchester was exciting as it was all about hearing futuristic music in a forward looking city. It’s all gone a bit Beatles/Liverpool nostalgia fest, with everyone making out like bandits.
Anthony H would have hated it.
In '94 as far as bands go, I was much more excited by the Stone Roses comeback and thought that would soon blow Oasis out of the water and they’d be forgotten…shows what I know ffs.
