The moment Oasis stepped out of the shadows
Содержание
Oasis - is an invaluable vegetation place in the desert, usually located near a natural water body. In a word - it is a treasure trove! However... today we are not going to talk about it, but about a group of OasisBut before we begin this fascinating story, Oasis are a famous British rock band, one of the most influential and commercially successful on the music scene 90-х! Inspired by the iconic The Beatles, The Whoas well as The Rolling Stones, "Oasis." released 7 studio albums, each of which topped the UK charts and achieved multi-platinum status! Isn't that a success? It's no wonder that today everyone (or almost) knows about this band, however... where did it all start? At what point Alan McGee discovered Oasis? Let's talk about it in order...
Curious backstory
The trajectory of an optimistic and feverishly confident Manchester group called the Oasis drastically changed one miraculous and kind of magical night in May... After their dazzling debut in the concert hall King Tuts in Glasgow the future of British music has changed once and for all!
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The guys put out a hundred, and even a thousand per cent, showing their strongest sides! And the most interesting thing in this whole story is that none of them knew that the boss was present at the show Creation Records Alan McGee! In fact, he signed them, thereby revealing to the world "Oasis."... And while he had high hopes for the band, none of the members had any idea what the future held....
A year after his first gig. in Glasgow, Oasis released Definitely Maybe - debut album, which only confirmed the fact that they are the most popular band in Britain! Their hype train was soon running at full speed, but... let's not forget that their dizzying journey started precisely with a show at the King Tuts. But how did they get there? As it turned out, they were added to the list of performing artists at the last minute.....
A chance meeting set up in heaven.....
Former promoter King Tuts, Jeff Ellishe later recalled the night Alan McGee opened Oasis... As it turned out, McGee came to the concert solely because of the Sister Loversor rather because of a contestant he was friends with! He, as well as Oasis themselves, did not plan to meet each other that night! But everything happened exactly as it happened....
And the most interesting thing about this whole story is that they themselves. "Oasis." were at the concert by happy coincidence, i.e. completely by chance! I'll give the floor to Ellis:
"I was sitting in the basement drinking beer and stuff like that, as about 6pm I got a phone call saying there was an extra band. They were to be added to the list, to which I replied that they were sharing the backline (equipment) with some other bands and we weren't going to pay them..."
However - Oasis didn't need the money. They played everywhere and anywhere, just to enjoy live performances... Did they know that the Alan McGee will be present or not, remains unknown....
From the memoirs of Alan McGee
In his autobiography, the Scottish businessman and music industry executive, Alan McGee reminisced about that night:
"People don't like to believe in luck - they think it's just a favourable coincidence! But I really thought I was just going to surprise my mate..." McGee then recalls the moment he first saw Oasis: "At one point I looked round and saw Liam Gallagher for the first time. He looked amazing! He had gorgeous hair, like a young Paul Weller... And I thought, "He must be a dealer in illegal substances!" I decided that because nobody in the band looked as good and individual as he did..."
В King Tuts "Oasis" performed a set of four songs, and by the end of the show, McGee hadn't changed his mind - he was signing them!
"And then they played 'I Am The Walrus', one of the most occult songs ever...," he continues. "It was that song that made me absolutely sure I wanted to sign them! And I don't think it's a coincidence, because years later I got seriously into occult writing!"
Conclusion
Even though that night in Glasgow and steeped in legend, the romanticisation of history is inevitable: even if the Alan McGee and somewhat remodelled this story for dramatic effect-it takes nothing away from the Oasiswho made history with a few songs and three chords! In truth, if McGee hadn't signed them that night, someone else would have done it sooner or later, but this coincidence between them was undoubtedly a union made in heaven....
