00:00In August of 1994, Definitely Maybe jumped into the official UK album charts at number
00:06one, becoming the fastest-selling album at the time. Now, with Oasis reforming 15 years
00:11on from their split, we have been thinking about the connection Liverpool has to the
00:16band. In the early days, they were almost a Liverpool band because the real people, legendary
00:22Liverpool band, real people, they were friends with Oasis, they got introduced at an early
00:27gig, they recorded their early demos here in Liverpool and helped hone that early Oasis
00:35sound which was very like the real people sound themselves. And it's been acknowledged
00:40throughout the years and there's a co-writing credit with the real people. Oasis played
00:46at the world-famous Cavern Club here in Liverpool in the summer of 1992. We'd only taken as
00:53a company the Cavern over in 1991. Noel was asked about playing the Cavern years later
00:58and he said, yeah, basically, you'd think, yeah, it's the Beatles, it's the Cavern, bucket
01:04list, you know, but he's actually quoted as saying he was a little bit disappointed because
01:08when he played here, it was more like a wine bar, which I remember the Cavern when we took
01:12over, it was. Since announcing their reunion tour, demand for Oasis shows has been unprecedented.
01:19The Gallagher brothers even announced new Ponza dates before tickets even went on sale.
01:23We have been on the streets of Liverpool to ask if you are excited for the reunion.
01:28Oh, I'm pleased about it. I mean, they weren't quite my era, but they were the era when my
01:33kids were growing up, so I do like the music. I did have a few Oasis CDs, so yeah, it's
01:39good as long as they don't fall out again between now and the summer.
01:43I'm not a big fan of Oasis, to be honest, but I'm sure there's a lot of fans who have
01:47been really, really made up for that. But yeah, hopefully we're going to see them in Liverpool.
01:52My daughter will probably try and get tickets. She'll be straight on to try and get tickets
01:57in Manchester, I would think.
01:59I don't know a lot on Oasis. I do like Wonderwall, do you get what I mean? I used to go to a
02:04bar and listen to people singing, you know, you're my Wonderwall and all that stuff, but
02:09I don't know, I guess if it makes people happy, you know, why not? Do you get what I mean?
02:15Look Back in Anger, I love that. Yeah, yeah, most of them really. I mean, they did write good songs.
02:21On display in the cavern is the last drum kit used on tour by the last drummer of Oasis,
02:27Chris Sharrock. Chris is a good friend of the club and has kindly loaned the kit to
02:32have on display.
02:33I've said this when I've sung Oasis songs on stage, you know, I'd like to do a song
02:36by the world's finest Beatles tribute band and you do an Oasis song. There's truth in
02:40that. Noel's influenced, he's a writer, he's influenced by a lot of people. He's a big
02:43fan of Burt Bacharach, which I totally get and I can hear that in his songwriting. You
02:49know, some of those big numbers, the Beatles influence in Oasis songs are everywhere, you
02:53know, so huge. I mean, Don't Look Back in Anger is a lift from Imagine.
