History YMMV / Oasis

-->This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: 'You know, the one thing that's stopping it being a classic is the ridiculous lyrics.' And I went: 'What do you mean by that?' And he said: 'Well, Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball — what's that mean?' And I went: 'I don't know. But are you telling me, when you've got 60,000 people singing it, they don't know what it means? It means something different to every one of them.'

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''New Musical Express'' spoofed the band's thrall to Music/TheBeatles and their tendency to plagiarize with a fictitious interview in which Noel Gallagher claimed to be '[[BiggerThanJesus Bigger Than God]]'. Just ''one year later'', in real life, he made exactly the same claim.

* MemeticMutation: "Anyway, here's 'Wonderwall'."

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[Music/TheRutles Neil]] [[Music/TheBonzoDogBand Innes]] sued the band over the similarity of their "Whatever" to his "How Sweet to Be an Idiot". This was settled out of court, with Innes receiving royalties and a writing credit. They have been accused of pilfering elements of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19848_7-famous-musicians-who-stole-some-their-biggest-hits.html other songs]] as well; for example, their song "Step Out" sounds a lot like Music/StevieWonder's famous song "Uptight," to the point it became a B-side and Wonder got a writing credit.

* FirstInstallmentWins: All Oasis fans with very few exceptions like ''Music/DefinitelyMaybeAlbum'' and ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory'', and to the general public those albums (along with two popular non-album songs from the same era, "Acquiesce" and "Whatever") ''are'' Oasis. As to the others... see BrokenBase.

* [[FirstInstallmentWins First Two Albums Win]]: All Oasis fans with very few exceptions like ''Music/DefinitelyMaybeAlbum'' and ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory'', and to the general public those albums (along with two popular non-album songs from the same era, "Acquiesce" and "Whatever") ''are'' Oasis. As to the others... see BrokenBase.

* HypeBacklash: Even at their peak, critics wrote the band off as nothing but self-important and [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks unoriginal]], only changing their tunes for ''Be Here Now'' (and even then, it was more an act of peer pressure, with most of them revoking their praise upon revisitation), while fans defended Noel Gallagher's [[AwesomeEgo shameless egotism]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} outright cannibalization]] of both Music/TheBeatles' music ''and'' mythos by arguing that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools his songs were just that good]]. Retrospective listeners, however, tend to side with the critics, especially when it comes to [[LoudnessWar the ear-splitting volume of the recordings]], Liam's questionable singing style and Noel's [[ItsAllAboutMe bad attitude]] in the name of [[SexDrugsAndRockNRoll "rock n roll"]] both in and beyond the music, to the point that many can't understand how the band had even a cult following, let alone were called one of the best bands of the 90s. Even their most popular song, "Wonderwall," is better known as a derisive joke about [[DreadfulMusician terrible beginner guitarists]] who just want to get girls.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''New Musical Express'' spoofed the band's thrall to Music/TheBeatles and their tendency to plagarize with a fictitious interview in which Noel Gallagher claimed to be '[[BiggerThanJesus Bigger Than God]]'. Just ''one year later'', in real life, he made exactly the same claim.

* HypeBacklash: Even at their peek, critics wrote the band off as nothing but self-important and [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks unoriginal]], only changing their tunes for ''Be Here Now'' (and even then, it was more an act of peer pressure, with most of them revoking their praise upon revisitation), while fans defended Noel Gallagher's [[AwesomeEgo shameless egotism]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} outright cannibalization]] of both Music/TheBeatles' music ''and'' mythos by arguing that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools his songs were just that good]]. Retrospective listeners, however, tend to side with the critics, especially when it comes to [[LoudnessWar the ear-splitting volume of the recordings]], Liam's questionable singing style and Noel's [[ItsAllAboutMe bad attitude]] in the name of [[SexDrugsAndRockNRoll "rock n roll"]] both in and beyond the music, to the point that many can't understand how the band had even a cult following, let alone were called one of the best bands of the 90s. Even their most popular song, "Wonderwall," is better known as a derisive joke about [[DreadfulMusician terrible beginner guitarists]] who just want to get girls.

* HypeBacklash: Even at their peek, critics wrote the band off as nothing but self-important and [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks unoriginal]], only changing their tunes for ''Be Here Now'' (and even then, it was more an act of peer pressure, with most of them revoking their praise upon revisitation), while fans defended Noel Gallagher's [[AwesomeEgo shameless egotism]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} outright cannibalization]] of both Music/TheBeatles' music ''and'' mythos by arguing that [[TropesAreTools his songs were just that good]]. Retrospective listeners, however, tend to side with the critics, especially when it comes to [[LoudnessWar the ear-splitting volume of the recordings]], Liam's questionable singing style and Noel's [[ItsAllAboutMe bad attitude]] in the name of [[SexDrugsAndRockNRoll "rock n roll"]] both in and beyond the music, to the point that many can't understand how the band had even a cult following, let alone were called one of the best bands of the 90s. Even their most popular song, "Wonderwall," is better known as a derisive joke about [[DreadfulMusician terrible beginner guitarists]] who just want to get girls.

** Averted when it comes to the entirety of "Be Here Now" as both the Gallaghers admitted to being high out of their minds while recording the album, and it shows, particularly in "All Around The World".

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "Champagne Supernova" and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2G1eTB-Bs video]], even though there are ridiculous oxymorons and unrelated adjectives, and the line "Where were you while we were getting high?"

* FanonDiscontinuity: Just who 'Sally' from "Don't Look Back in Anger" is supposed to be has been debated among fans for ''years'', despite Noel saying numerous times that it is not any specific person (Noel ''has'' stated in an interview he did alongside Liam, that the name was Liam's idea). This still hasn't stopped fans pestering him about it. For twenty years, fans have still been coming up with such EpilepticTrees theories as her being a former girlfriend of one of the bandmates, her being the same subject as Music/TheStoneRoses' song "Sally Cinnamon", and even her being a metaphor for drugs.

* TheWoobie: Noel for pretty much being Liam's iron pole for several years. Does range from JerkassWoobie to IronWoobie, considering he's able to move on from Oasis and become probably the most popular artist compared to his ex-bandmates.

* HypeBacklash: Even at their peek, critics wrote the band off as nothing but self-important and [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks unoriginal]], only changing their tunes for ''Be Here Now'' (and even then, it was more an act of peer pressure, with most of them revoking their praise upon revisitation), while fans defended Noel Gallagher's [[AwesomeEgo shameless egotism]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} outright cannibalization]] of both Music/TheBeatles' music ''and'' mythos by arguing that [[TropesAreTools his songs were just that good]]. Retrospective listeners, however, tend to side with the critics, especially when it comes to [[LoudnessWar the ear-splitting volume of the recordings]], Liam's questionable singing style and Noel's [[ItsAllAboutMe bad attitude]] coming through in many of the lyrics, to the point that many can't understand how the band had even a cult following, let alone were called one of the best bands of the 90s. Even their most popular song, "Wonderwall," is now widely considered to be the most overplayed acoustic guitar song, and is often negatively associated with [[DreadfulMusician terrible beginner guitarists]] who just want to get girls.

* HypeBacklash: Even at their peek, critics wrote the band off as nothing but self-important and [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks unoriginal]], only changing their tunes for ''Be Here Now'' (and even then, it was more an act of peer pressure, with most of them revoking their praise upon revisitation), while fans defended Noel Gallagher's [[AwesomeEgo shameless egotism]] and [[{{Plagiarism}} outright cannibalization]] of both Music/TheBeatles' music ''and'' mythos by arguing that [[TropesAreNotBad his songs were just that good]]. Retrospective listeners, however, tend to side with the critics, especially when it comes to [[LoudnessWar the ear-splitting volume of the recordings]], Liam's questionable singing style and Noel's [[ItsAllAboutMe bad attitude]] coming through in many of the lyrics, to the point that many can't understand how the band had even a cult following, let alone were called one of the best bands of the 90s. Even their most popular song, "Wonderwall," is now widely considered to be the most overplayed acoustic guitar song, and is often negatively associated with [[DreadfulMusician terrible beginner guitarists]] who just want to get girls.

* MemeticMutation: Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

** To be precise, the verse of "Lyla" sounds remarkably similar to "Street Fighting Man" by Music/TheRollingStones; "Shakermaker" rips off "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"; "Roll With It" sounds so like Music/StatusQuo that t-shirts were made with "Quoasis" on them (Noel even [[http://www.nme.com/news/blur/12608 wore one]].) Despite this, Noel Gallagher [[https://factorysunburst.wordpress.com/2013/09/08/noel-gallagher-and-influences/ insists]] that his primary influences are "[[Music/TheKinks Ray Davies]], [[Music/TheBeatles John Lennon]] and [[Music/TheWho Pete Townshend]]."

** The Gallagher brothers' constant quarreling and self-entitled behavior. Either you will love their {{awesome ego}}s and say it improves the entire experience, suspend your disbelief that they're both {{jerkass}}es and just enjoy the music on it's own or you will absolutely loathe them both for constantly letting their personal baggage ruin the band's music and, to an extent, lead to their breakup. Noel's reputation has gotten better in recent years as he's mellowed how and become more of a friendly DeadpanSnarker, as opposed to Liam, who continues to be vocally bitter against his older brother.

** The Gallagher brothers' constant quarreling. Either you will love their {{awesome ego}}s and say it improves the entire experience, suspend your disbelief that they're both {{Jerkass}}es and just enjoy the music on it's own or you will absolutely loathe them both for constantly letting their problems ruin the band's music and by an extent, the band's end. That ''includes'' Liam and '''especially''' Noel's self entitled behavior when it comes to anything, including music. Noel's reputation has dipped these days though and has become more liked for his JerkWithAHeartOfGold / DeadpanSnarker behavior compared to Liam's obsessive pint shots at his older brother.

* EarWorm: Uncontestably, "Wonderwall".
** A lot of others too. "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Champagne Supernova", "D'You Know What I Mean?", "Live Forever", "Slide Away", "Morning Glory", "Some Might Say", "Cast No Shadow", list goes on.

* PainfulRhyme: Both Noel and Liam are frequently accused of relying on a rhyming dictionary for lyrics.

** Another rivalry seems to exist between Oasis fans and Music/{{Radiohead}} fans, on account of the two band's wildly different musical styles and personalities. The nature of the Blur/Oasis rivalry also seems to be partly present here as well, due to Radiohead, like Blur, being a more artsy, southern band.

** Another rivalry seems to exist between Oasis fans and Music/{{Radiohead}} fans, on account of the two band's wildly different musical styles and personalities. The classism of the Blur/Oasis rivalry also seems to be partly present here as well, due to Radiohead, like Blur, being a more artsy, southern band.

* FandomRivalry: With Music/{{Blur}}.

** The Gallagher brothers' constant quarreling. Either you will love the and suspend your disbelief that they're both {{Jerkass}}es and just enjoy the music on it's own or you will absolutely loathe them both for constantly letting their problems ruin the band's music and by an extent, the band's end. That ''includes'' Liam and '''especially''' Noel's self entitled behavior when it comes to anything, including music. Noel's reputation has dipped these days though and has become more liked for his JerkWithAHeartOfGold / DeadpanSnarker behavior compared to Liam's obsessive pint shots at his older brother.

** When Music/GreenDay was accused of ripping off "Wonderwall" for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," Noel argued that he "at least rips off dead people."

* BaseBreakingCharacter: More of Base-Breaking Character''s'' - either you will love the Gallagher brothers and suspend your disbelief that they're both {{Jerkass}}es or you will absolutely loathe them both for constantly letting their problems ruin the band's music and by an extent, the band's end. That ''includes'' Liam and '''especially''' Noel's self entitled behavior when it comes to anything, including music. Noel's reputation has dipped these days though and has become more liked for his JerkWithAHeartOfGold / DeadpanSnarker behavior compared to Liam's obsessive pint shots at his older brother.
* BrokenBase: Every album except the first two has fans arguing that it's good or bad. It's a good indication that when 100 fans were surveyed as to which songs should appear on their GreatestHitsAlbum that there was ''no song that appeared on everyone's list.'' Yes, that includes the popular, iconic Oasis songs like "Live Forever", "Supersonic", "Wonderwall", "Acquiesce" and "Don't Look Back in Anger". The base is ''just that broken.''

* [[FirstInstallmentWins First Two Albums Win]]: All Oasis fans with very few exceptions like ''Definitely Maybe'' and ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'', and to the general public those albums (along with two popular non-album songs from the same era, "Acquiesce" and "Whatever") ''are'' Oasis. As to the others... see BrokenBase.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The video for "Live Forever" has the band members burying drummer Tony [=McCarroll=]. He would later leave the band following their first album under very acrimonious circumstances.

* SignatureSong: "Wonderwall", [[Podcast/WelcometoNightVale the only 90s song visible from space]]. Second place is "Don't Look Back in Anger" in the UK and "Champagne Supernova" in the U.S.

* PainfulRhyme: Both Noel and Liam Gallagher are frequently accused of relying on a rhyming dictionary for lyrics.