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[halblaineisgood]

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[cablegeddon]

In the U.S that was a period when the Alternative craze cooled down while the post-grunge was still alive and the nu-metal was bubbling to take over in a year or two....

Oasis be here now is great....

[pancakerecords]

Get Higher - Black Grape
Kate - Ben Folds Five
Calico Sky - Paul McCartney
Mmm Bop - Hanson

[Vega-Table Man]

Some '97 tunes I've always loved:

"Let Down," Radiohead
"Beetlebum" and "You're So Great," Blur
"Don't Go Away," Oasis
"Setting Sun," The Chemical Brothers
"Cheapskate" and "Late in the Day," Supergrass
"Your Woman," White Town
"Ain't That Enough," Teenage Fanclub
"Standing in the Doorway," Bob Dylan
"Between the Bars," Elliott Smith
"If God Will Send His Angels," U2
"Nothing Lasts Forever," Echo & the Bunnymen
"Trouble Loves Me," Morrissey
"Parsec," Stereolab

[Rocker]

I don't know if they were hits in the U.S. but they were in Germany:

No Doubt - Don't speak
Cardigans - Lovefool
Bee Gees - Alone
Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder - How come, how long
Backstreet Boys - Quit playin' games
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time to say goodbye
R. Kelly - I believe I can fly

[hypehat]

In the U.S that was a period when the Alternative craze cooled down while the post-grunge was still alive and the nu-metal was bubbling to take over in a year or two....

Oasis be here now is great....

Be Here Now is a fucking scourge. Complete and utter creative bankruptcy meets cocaine psychosis.

Spiritualizeds Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space is a good 1997 album.

[the captain]

What's with referencing yourself in third person?

A few others not yet mentioned are Cotton Mather's Camp Hill Rail Operator, Homefront Cameo, Spin My Wheels... (hell, most of that album) and Apples in Stereo's Seems So. Jeff Mangum's cover of I Love How You Love Me and the Barafundle album from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were also good stuff that year.

[SMiLE Brian]

Be Here Now is a fucking scourge. Complete and utter creative bankruptcy meets cocaine psychosis.

Brillant summary of that album and Oasis.

[halblaineisgood]

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[hypehat]

Daft Punk's Homework, too.

[the captain]

What's with referencing yourself in third person?

Trying to socially engineer a more enthusiastic board response by subliminally suggesting that I AM Hal Blaine.

That answers that. Or, to help you feel successful, THAT ANSWERS THAT!!!!

(Enthusiasm: unquestionable.)

[zachrwolfe]

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[Heysaboda]

Some '97 tunes I've always loved:

"Standing in the Doorway," Bob Dylan

Epic Dylan!

[Myk Luhv]

I know most of you don't like hip-hop because it's "not music" or whatever the f*** but it owns and there was a lot of good sh*t dropping in '97. Witness (the albums are just as good as the tracks too):

Busta Rhymes - "We Could Take It Outside" ft. Flipmode Squad (from When Disaster Strikes...)
Common - "Real Nigga Quotes" (from One Day It'll All Make Sense)
Company Flow - "Legends" (from Funcrusher Plus)
Dr. Dre & B-Real - "Puppet Master" (from DJ Muggs Presents The Soul Assassins, Chapter 1)
Latyrx - "Say That" (from The Album)

[the captain]

I know most of you don't like hip-hop ...

I'd ask that you kindly not generalize, but I suppose you were speaking truth. Most here don't.

[hypehat]

And that is a shame. I mean, sh*t, some people have a problem with DISCO.

[the captain]

And that is a shame. I mean, sh*t, some people have a problem with DISCO.

No good music was ever produced except between 1962-73 by bands whose names began with the letter B, or by musicians deeply influenced by or reminiscent of those bands' music of that time, or by those bands outside of that time (when they were not trying to do different types of music than what they did during that time). I mean, that is an obvious fact.

[cablegeddon]

In the U.S that was a period when the Alternative craze cooled down while the post-grunge was still alive and the nu-metal was bubbling to take over in a year or two....

Oasis be here now is great....

Be Here Now is a fucking scourge. Complete and utter creative bankruptcy meets cocaine psychosis.

Spiritualizeds Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space is a good 1997 album.

Advocate of stereotypical music critic opinions says what?

[hypehat]

Yeah, like you're being really transgressive by liking Be Here Now. Way to be edgy, bro. Really sticking it to the critics there.  And to Noel, come to think of it. He hates Be Here Now too. Another slave to critical opinion, methinks.

[Aegir]

or maybe you guys just have different taste in music?

[cablegeddon]

He fell into the trap. Typical music critic behavior to cite Noel Gallagher least favorite Oasis album. That's what they all do. Go ahead...

[hypehat]

Oh my god, what.

Why on earth would you make this an issue? Did you get a bad review once?

[Alex]

Some of these songs aren't necessarily "good", but were ones that I happened to like at the time. Don't blame me, I was only 11.

OMC-How Bizarre
Fiona Apple-Criminal
Mighty Mighty Bosstones-The Impression That I Get
Sugar Ray-Fly
Mark Morrison-Return of the Mack
Matchbox 20-Push
White Town-Your Woman
Duran Duran-Electric Barbarella
Aerosmith-Pink
Aerosmith-Hole In My Soul
Jamiroquai-Virtual Insanity
Chumbawamba-Tubthumpin'
No Mercy-Where Do You Go

[Chocolate Shake Man]

I will say that I revisited Be Here Now recently and though it is not my favourite Oasis by a long shot and it is overproduced and could be scaled back, it is not the failure that it is widely made out to be today. It's still a good album and it contains some great songwriting. The problem is that it was so overhyped that it was nearly impossible to meet anyone's standard at the time and then the myth grew that it was a terrible record.

[halblaineisgood]

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