The band are a little pissed off in this one, it seems they've had enough of people throwing coins at them. They say that they had the same problem the previous night. They walked off because of flying shoes/coins in Vancouver on the 10th. Still, a good setlist IMO, and definitly listenable.
Seattle 96 Complete contains notes about having the full version of "I Am The Walrus" but seems to contain the same tracks and similar track lengths to Seattle '96, maybe there were some versions floating round recorded on 74min CDRs where "I Am The Walrus" was cut?
Both Seattle '96 Complete and Seattle '96 ("NoelsOasis" Rip) seem to be sourced from 128kbps MP3s whereas Seattle '96 (where "Live Forever" clocks in at 04:31) seems to be a genuine lossless source.
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"Review from Ben on The Oasis Archive (Wayback Machine) :
No, I'm not flaming them. It's just that last night I saw them play (here in Seattle) and yes, they played well and sounded good, but the crowd. My God, I felt like an old man there! The last time they played in Seattle it was a smaller venue. Most of the audience were in their teens, and the scene was pretty pathetic, but once Oasis came on and the lights went off I was happy as a clam (and you know clams are damn happy...). Well it was the same thing last night, except the audience was even younger. Thousands of twelve year olds! Almost no one in their twenties or older except for some of the security guards. I have nothing against kids listening to Oasis, let them do their thing, but it does seem kind of sad that they make up such a massive majority in Oasis' audience. Is it this way elsewhere in the States? How about in UK? Someone's already mentioned Noel's little acoustic set. I liked how he threw in a bit of Octopus's Garden. Early on in the show Noel was flipping some guy shit for tossing a shoe on stage. Personally, I love it when Noel gives a piece of his mind. At the end, during the staple showstopper Walrus, Liam walked around fiddling with the drumsticks. He held them up and made a cross with them, as though to ward away the vampire audience. Then the lights came on and the thousands of preteens were past their bedtime, there was some brief applause, but no one seemed to think of trying to get an encore out of them. Oasis got big claps for their singles, of course, but in general the audience was pretty tame. I remember when Noel threatened to walk after the guy threw a shoe at him, "and you know we mean it", he said. I thought to myself what's really sad is that if they did walk, this crowd was so lame they probably wouldn't even riot.
Does Oasis always play all ages shows? Sure it brings in more money, but don't they feel kind of ridiculous playing to twelve year olds, like something out of Spinal Tap... I guess they don't care as long as they get paid, right?
the swamp song acquiesce supersonic hello some might say (what's the story) morning glory? cigarettes and alcohol champagne supernova (noel acoustic): cast no shadow whatever->octopus garden wonderwall (End of Acoustic) don't look back in anger(no liam) live forever i am the walrus
- Ben
- Anonymous
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Image: Caryn Rose Image: @jezza2 Comment: Pollstar Magazine, February 26th, 1996
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