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Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

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35. Well, the political stability was Tories in power for a long time, 1979-1997 (John Major succeeding

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #32)

Sun Jul 6, 2025, 02:10 PM

Jul 6

Margaret Thatcher in 1990, then finally Labour regaining power, led by Tony Blair). And the "affordable flats" might've had something to do with a recession and housing market crash in the early '90s. But melodic rock becoming ascendant again then probably made everything seem brighter and more hopeful. Especially for teenagers.

And the Stone Roses had already done a lot to push music in that direction with their debut album in 1989. It would be hard for any rock song to sound more jubilant than this:

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Rave review from The Times (UK) about the first concert of the Oasis reunion tour, tonight + VIDEOS of all 23 songs [View all] highplainsdem Jul 4 OP

Wonderwall, tonight. Video from a fan with a good view of the stage. highplainsdem Jul 4 #1

Champagne Supernova: highplainsdem Jul 4 #2

D'you Know What I Mean: highplainsdem Jul 4 #3

Slide Away: highplainsdem Jul 4 #4

Don't Look Back In Anger highplainsdem Jul 4 #5

Live Forever - and at the end showing Liverpool football player Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident yesterday. highplainsdem Jul 4 #6

Cigarettes And Alcohol highplainsdem Jul 4 #7

The 2nd video... IcyPeas Jul 5 #30

LOL! highplainsdem Jul 6 #34

Morning Glory highplainsdem Jul 4 #8

Stand By Me highplainsdem Jul 4 #9

Masterplan highplainsdem Jul 4 #10

Cast No Shadow highplainsdem Jul 4 #11

Version from todays concert IcyPeas Jul 5 #31

Thanks for the video! And you're very welcome - posting all the songs from the first concert the highplainsdem Jul 6 #33

Supersonic highplainsdem Jul 4 #12

Rock 'N' Roll Star highplainsdem Jul 4 #13

Whatever highplainsdem Jul 4 #14

Half The World Away highplainsdem Jul 4 #15

Roll With It highplainsdem Jul 4 #16

Acquiesce highplainsdem Jul 4 #17

Some Might Say highplainsdem Jul 4 #18

Fade Away highplainsdem Jul 4 #19

Talk Tonight highplainsdem Jul 4 #20

Little By Little highplainsdem Jul 4 #21

Bring It On Down highplainsdem Jul 4 #22

Whew. That's all 23 songs. Out of order, but here's the setlist from The Guardian: highplainsdem Jul 4 #23

The Independent: In Cardiff, Oasis deliver the rock reunion to end them all ***** highplainsdem Jul 4 #24

I thought we probably had more Oasis fans here. :) highplainsdem Jul 5 #25

The good old days... IcyPeas Jul 5 #32

Well, the political stability was Tories in power for a long time, 1979-1997 (John Major succeeding highplainsdem Jul 6 #35

So cool Traildogbob Jul 5 #26

Glad you enjoyed this thread! Yes, we do all need breaks from the political nightmare. highplainsdem Jul 5 #27

Same here Traildogbob Jul 5 #28

You're very welcome! I posted all the messages in this thread before yours, sorting through lots of highplainsdem Jul 5 #29

Some Good Stuff ProfessorGAC Jul 6 #36

Full tour, and they're also recording, so there should be a double album and DVD, and both should be highplainsdem Jul 6 #37

Btw, I noticed while looking at the full tour schedule, which you can find here highplainsdem Jul 7 #38