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highplainsdem

(58,466 posts) Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:09 AM Tuesday

Oasis borrowed from T.Rex's Get It On for Cigarettes & Alcohol, but rocked much harder. Earthshakingly harder. [View all]

Video comparing the start of both studio tracks:




Cigarettes & Alcohol was the 4th single from their first album in 1994, then the fastest-selling debut in UK history:




And this banger still gets the greatest response from their fans, shaking stadiums, and noticeable at a distance - as it was in Edinburgh several weeks ago.

https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/oasis-gig-murrayfield-more-ground-121950810.html

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/oasis-revealed-as-scottish-capitals-most-seismic-concert/



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Oasis borrowed from T.Rex's Get It On for Cigarettes & Alcohol, but rocked much harder. Earthshakingly harder. [View all] highplainsdem Tuesday OP
I'm reposting the OP above after mistakenly posting it in GD first. highplainsdem Tuesday #1
Reply posted in GD by johnp3907: 1. Marc Bolan cast a big big shadow! highplainsdem Tuesday #2
Reply posted in GD by flvegan: 2. Score one for Oasis! highplainsdem Tuesday #3
Funny that they called it BritPop speak easy Tuesday #4
The term was first used before Oasis had that huge instant success. It never really fit them. highplainsdem Tuesday #5
Ahem ... speak easy Tuesday #7
The Beatles, Sex Pistols and Stone Roses are the bands they mention most. But you're right that glam rock, highplainsdem Tuesday #8
Ditching the glam costumes speak easy Tuesday #9
Considering that Liam's standard uniform is a parka, baggy jeans and athletic shoes, I don't think he'd've highplainsdem Tuesday #10
I can see Liam doing glam. speak easy Yesterday #15
Nope. That's a colorful parka, and Liam and Noel both own a lot of colorful as well as fairly drab parkas. highplainsdem Yesterday #16
I think we are talking at cross purposes, speak easy Yesterday #17
Okay. I didn't realize you were talking about what Liam might've done if he'd been born 20 years earlier highplainsdem Yesterday #18
Rod Stewart? Working class / Football fanatic. speak easy Yesterday #19
Liked his music, thought the glam costumes were ridiculous. No matter who wore them. highplainsdem Yesterday #20
You can't copyright a rhythm sequence speak easy Tuesday #6
Something in that live clip I don't understand... LudwigPastorius Tuesday #11
That's the Poznan, which was started by a Polish football (soccer) team and adopted by the Manchester highplainsdem Tuesday #12
Thanks! LudwigPastorius Tuesday #14
Oh, and that Polish football team thanked Noel and Liam: highplainsdem Tuesday #13
I love Oasis ....but.... I've always found them to be a bit derivative underpants 1 hr ago #21
The Beatles were accused of being derivative at times, too. highplainsdem 51 min ago #22
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