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[DaveBond21]

I've always loved this song, and especially when it was top of the charts in 1996, when I lived in Germany.

Features a nice cameo by Patrick Macnee, who seems to be reprising his Sir Godfrey Tibbett role from AVTAK, as the lads' driver. He features heavily in the first 25 seconds and gives us a nice smile in the closing 20 seconds if you want to skip to the end. Looks like he was having fun, and who wouldn't take the chance to work with MacNee?


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Enjoy!

[DamnCoffee]

I love Patrick Macnee, thanks for posting Dave.

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Love Oasis, love Patrick MacNee, love the video, love the song...

P.S. Does anyone else think the beginning sounds vaguely like the opening to John Lennon's Imagine?

[Mr Teddy Bear]

I'd say if anything he is reprising his role of John Steed (see the umbrella as he checks his watch). That is what people know him for, and that is likely what Oasis and Macnee were trying trying to play up in that clip.

I find to be Oasis highly derivative of the Beatles and John Lennon in general. They make some good stuff, though.

And, yes, Macnee is awesome.

Edited by Mr Teddy Bear, 20 August 2008 - 12:03 PM.

[Loomis]

Wow, now that's a blast from the past.

Great song, awful video (oddly enough, I'd never seen it, even though there was a period in the mid-90s when it was impossible to spend a day in Britain without hearing "Don't Look Back In Anger" fifteen times).

Looking back, DLBIA represented the peak of classic Oasis - after the release of that single, it was all downhill. They've still made some good music in recent years, but have never been remotely the great band they were in their 1994-95 heyday.

Here's their forthcoming single "The Shock Of The Lightning":



I like it (great drumming by Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey), but it's almost impossible to imagine that it's by the same band responsible for DLBIA. I mean, it's not the same band, of course, since there have been many lineup changes in Oasis since DLBIA, but you get my drift. The Gallagher brothers definitely aren't what they were.

[DaveBond21]

Wow, now that's a blast from the past.

Great song, awful video (oddly enough, I'd never seen it, even though there was a period in the mid-90s when it was impossible to spend a day in Britain without hearing "Don't Look Back In Anger" fifteen times).

Looking back, DLBIA represented the peak of classic Oasis - after the release of that single, it was all downhill. They've still made some good music in recent years, but have never been remotely the great band they were in their 1994-95 heyday.

Here's their forthcoming single "The Shock Of The Lightning":



I like it (great drumming by Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey), but it's almost impossible to imagine that it's by the same band responsible for DLBIA. I mean, it's not the same band, of course, since there have been many lineup changes in Oasis since DLBIA, but you get my drift. The Gallagher brothers definitely aren't what they were.

Thanks for that Loomis, I will listen to that when I get home from work.

I finally saw Oasis live here in Sydney in November 2005. They were amazing. They certainly weren't as good as they would have been at Maine Road in 1996 (one of those fabled great gigs of all time), but I felt that they'd finally grown up and were surrounded by proper musicians, including Zac Starkey on drums, as you say.

I was 30, but I felt like a 20 year old again! Brilliant stuff.

And by the way, I saw that video lots at the time, because I was living in Germany for a year, working there, and I had free cable in my flat, and MTV showed that video every day. Other great bands/acts at the time included Blur, Pulp. Manic Street Preachers, Dodgy, the Bluetones, Tupac, TLC, Radiohead and Alanis Morissette was just emerging.

[Loomis]

Although this song was a smash during the Brosnan era of Bond, it has an interesting connection with Craig.

It plays at the end of the final episode of OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH, broadcast in March 1996. Funnily enough, it was only an album track at the time OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH was made, but was released as a single during the show's transmission and was, by happy coincidence, at number one when the final episode was screened.

Having seen OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH recently (the best thing ever, BTW), I'll no longer be able to hear "Don't Look Back in Anger" without thinking of Geordie Peacock, the character played so brilliantly by Craig.

OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH has an incredible soundtrack of popular music, from Dylan, The Animals and The Kinks in the '60s and Elton John, Blondie and The Clash in the '70s through to Culture Club, The Smiths and Pulp's "Common People" (another great Britpop anthem from the '90s). Sadly, the CD soundtrack is incomplete - "Don't Look Back in Anger" isn't on it.

What with news that Blur (whose wonderful 1994 hit "Girls & Boys" would have fitted the soundtrack perfectly) are reforming, I wonder where British CBners of a certain age stood on the Blur versus Oasis question. And is the Blur reformation the welcome comeback of a brilliant and much-missed band, or just another sad cash-in?

[Safari Suit]

I was only 8 during the Blur/Oasis chart battle and didn't get caught up in it at all, but as much as I wince whenever I see Damon Albarn being interviewed I have always stood in the Blur camp; I'd probably consider them among my 10 favourite artists. Modern Life is Rubbish and Parklife are terrific albums, and Think Tank was a lot better than some gave it credit for, Ambulance was particularly good. Nothing wrong with Oasis, but they've been awfully unadventurous and parochial for the last twelve years or so.

As for the reunion, I don't have a problem with reunions at all really, and in this case it's only been five years or so since their last tour anyway (admittedly without Coxon but the point remains).

Alex James' book A Bit of a Blur is a fun read if you can stomach a bit of decadance.

[Santa]

is the Blur reformation the welcome comeback of a brilliant and much-missed band, or just another sad cash-in?

Both.
I generally liked the music of Oasis more than Blur's, but I think Blur were probably a better band in terms of talent. I like pretty much everything Damon Albarn has done since then more than his Blur stuff. Oasis definitely went off the boil though, a shame when they showed such promise. Mind you, neither band were as good as the Stone Roses . (Cue Loomis...)

[Royal Dalton]

I saw an interview with Patrick Macnee a few years ago, where the interviewer asked him what it was like working with Oasis.

"Who?" he replied.

The old boy couldn't remember a thing about it.

[tim partridge]

The GoldenEye title song was crying out for a Gallagher style string line. Talk about bringing a 60s British throwback into the 90s. What a wasted opportunity.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

Although this song was a smash during the Brosnan era of Bond, it has an interesting connection with Craig.

It plays at the end of the final episode of OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH, broadcast in March 1996. Funnily enough, it was only an album track at the time OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH was made, but was released as a single during the show's transmission and was, by happy coincidence, at number one when the final episode was screened.

Having seen OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH recently (the best thing ever, BTW), I'll no longer be able to hear "Don't Look Back in Anger" without thinking of Geordie Peacock, the character played so brilliantly by Craig.

OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH has an incredible soundtrack of popular music, from Dylan, The Animals and The Kinks in the '60s and Elton John, Blondie and The Clash in the '70s through to Culture Club, The Smiths and Pulp's "Common People" (another great Britpop anthem from the '90s). Sadly, the CD soundtrack is incomplete - "Don't Look Back in Anger" isn't on it.

What with news that Blur (whose wonderful 1994 hit "Girls & Boys" would have fitted the soundtrack perfectly) are reforming, I wonder where British CBners of a certain age stood on the Blur versus Oasis question. And is the Blur reformation the welcome comeback of a brilliant and much-missed band, or just another sad cash-in?

Good insight, Loomis. Particularly for the ones that don't live in the UK. I would have love to visit England in the mid-nineties(only managed to go on vacations to London in 2001). By that time, 1996, I only could see in my country, Chile, the repetitions with subtitles of TOTP (amazingly, in one- national- network, not in the cable), there I saw plenty of britpop bands.

Regarding, to the question of Blur v/s Oasis, well I'm not british, but I get a pretty full knowledge about that 'battle' by that time. I remember that I had sixteen and I was very changeable, the first group of this two that I knew was Blur in '94, and I like it, but by '96 I was more into Oasis, and then by '97 I was again with Blur and disappointed by Be Here Now. But if you ask me righ now, I would choose Pulp as my favourite britpop band.

Talking about this Sheffield band, I would have loved that thier "Tomorrow Never Dies" would have chosen as the main title for Brosnan's second entry, although this song it is far from the best material of Pulp, it's still better than that Crow's rubbish. In fact, I waiting that some (90's) britpop act could be selectioned for a Bond theme in this Craig era, perhaps, Jarvis Cocker or this reunited Blur.

Edited by Mr. Arlington Beech, 14 March 2009 - 11:29 PM.

[DaveBond21]

I wonder where British CBners of a certain age stood on the Blur versus Oasis question.

I loved both, and saw both play live. But Blur and Pulp were the main bands I saw live at the time, ie 1996-7. Loved all of those bands, and their influence is still there with some of today's newest acts.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

I wonder where British CBners of a certain age stood on the Blur versus Oasis question.

I loved both, and saw both play live. But Blur and Pulp were the main bands I saw live at the time, ie 1996-7. Loved all of those bands, and their influence is still there with some of today's newest acts.

I would have loved to see Pulp live, but sadly they never went on tour to Southamerica, hence I had to settle with just seeing Jarvis Cocker, as a solo act- without any Pulp song-, last year.

Blur almost came here in '99, but because of the "Pinochet affaire" it was advised to the british acts avoid to visit us (which was very stupid, 'cause the right wing demonstrators- against the detention of this former dictator in England- weren't more than a bunch of mad old ladys).

Oasis, in the other hand, has been two times here, and has promised a third one for may, but I'm still doubtful of going to see to the Gallagher brothers for the first time, in a couple months.

[Loomis]

You have good taste in music.

I was always more of an Oasis fan than a Blur fan, although I did buy a lot of Blur CDs, and PARKLIFE is one of the best albums I know of. Pulp were excellent. I was also really into the other big Britpop band of the time, Suede.

If you like those bands (and acts like Hendrix and Led Zep), you may also like The Stone Roses. They only made two albums: 1989's "The Stone Roses" and 1994's "Second Coming", but they remain extremely popular and influential here in Britain ("The Stone Roses" is widely considered a classic and still regularly tops polls of the best LPs of all time). "The Stone Roses" has a very 1960s guitar pop sound, while "Second Coming" has more of a 1970s classic rock feel. As critic Tony Parsons put it in the early 1990s, imagine that Eric Clapton was in Happy Mondays, and you've got The Stone Roses. They weren't really Britpop, as they emerged a few years prior to the Britpop boom, but they were very influential on a number of Britpop bands, particularly Oasis.

The Roses split in 1996, but their singer, Ian Brown, has had a successful solo career since then. His stuff is also well worth checking out.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

You have good taste in music.

I was always more of an Oasis fan than a Blur fan, although I did buy a lot of Blur CDs, and PARKLIFE is one of the best albums I know of. Pulp were excellent. I was also really into the other big Britpop band of the time, Suede.

If you like those bands (and acts like Hendrix and Led Zep), you may also like The Stone Roses. They only made two albums: 1989's "The Stone Roses" and 1994's "Second Coming", but they remain extremely popular and influential here in Britain ("The Stone Roses" is widely considered a classic and still regularly tops polls of the best LPs of all time). "The Stone Roses" has a very 1960s guitar pop sound, while "Second Coming" has more of a 1970s classic rock feel. As critic Tony Parsons put it in the early 1990s, imagine that Eric Clapton was in Happy Mondays, and you've got The Stone Roses. They weren't really Britpop, as they emerged a few years prior to the Britpop boom, but they were very influential on a number of Britpop bands, particularly Oasis.

The Roses split in 1996, but their singer, Ian Brown, has had a successful solo career since then. His stuff is also well worth checking out.

I found out about The Stone Roses and all the "Madchester" movement in the mid-nineties, five years later of the heyday, but I just never went crazy with that as I did it with Britpop (which was- and still is- very popular in Chile). The only group that I really like of those, even if 'Mani' could be considered as the only link, is Primal Scream.

Suede is other of my favourite britpop bands. In fact, I would put them in second place (after Pulp), then in the third Blur, and the rest would be Oasis and The Verve.

By the way, I recommend you This Is Hardcore from Pulp, is not only their more experimental and best album, IMO, but also in its Deluxe Edition includes the Bond theme "Tomorrow Never Dies". Also you should get- if you don't have it already- Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project which includes the wonderfull, and I think, better than the original Pulp's cover for "All Time High".

[Hitmonk]

Noel Gallagher has actully been quite forward in saying he'd love to do the theme to the next Bond film - reckons he's already written the song. As a massive Oasis fan I'd love to see him do it.

Daniel Craig is also a fan, going to thier "Electric Proms" gig at the end of last year:

[DaveBond21]

Noel Gallagher has actully been quite forward in saying he'd love to do the theme to the next Bond film - reckons he's already written the song. As a massive Oasis fan I'd love to see him do it.

Daniel Craig is also a fan, going to thier "Electric Proms" gig at the end of last year:

That would be OK with me.