Oasis - WHATEVER (#177 Position)

They've always recognized their obsession with Lennon. That's inef because they sounds sometimes close to the abF ourF. In this particular case i've to say that they sounds better than 'All You Need Is Love' which i think was an inspiration orf this. The official inpiration was 'How Sweet to Be an Idiot' (nice song), and i say official because after an official sentence, Neil Innes (writer of 'How Sweet to Be an Idiot') appears like co-writer on credits.

What i like the most are the string arrangements, i use to like string orchestra on songs ('I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' will come some day in a good position). And I like the use of megaphones too, Oasis does a lot (i like them because of that?).

Why this song is not in any Oasis's albums?

3 comments:

7 October 2008 at 09:20 pedro finch_ said...

Maybe they accepted that inspiration but this song is a copy of All you need is love. A great copy, but a copy after all.
Another record (Morning Glory) and after that they started repeating themselves.
You can't build a career on a big mouth

7 October 2008 at 14:15 Señor Salme said...

Not every song with string arrangements and a cheerfull, heroic mood has to be taken as an All you need is love copy. I honestly can't see so many similarities.

Nevertheless, as a listener I have the right to forget about All you need is love while I listen to Whatever, wich I do. And they both sound great.

7 October 2008 at 17:04 Daniel Edlen said...

Are we in Pepperland? The glasses are classic.

New album out today! Good timing. They ARE building a career on a big mouth, well, two big mouths. Their fans stick with them in the UK and the states. Yes, they'll readily acknowledge their hommages to the Beatles, without shame. Look at the video for the first new single, Stones and Beatles references even people who don't know the Stones and Beatles would pick up on. It's brilliant because it's well done. They deserve to "copy" Lennon/McCartney.

I look forward to more Oasis songs here. And speaking of megaphones, Tom Waits?