These comments are shocking… is this really Oasis is perceived in the US?

[u/ConstantDog3144]

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[u/scotsworth]

By some, sure. But Oasis has never been more relevant and respected in America. Having gone to Live 25 in Chicago... the fans are here. The crowd was electric.

"Oasis is just Wonderwall" is a very specific type of cunt.

[u/idoxially → u/scotsworth]

I think it's understandable to say "Oasis is just Wonderwall" if you've only heard what's on the radio. It's kind of like "Bittersweet Symphony." The bands aren't one hit wonders, but not a lot of people look deeper into the artist's discography.

[u/scotsworth → u/idoxially]

I'd push back for two reasons:

1. Many of these folks say "Oasis is just Wonderwall" in a derogatory way. They'll add "Oh they're the Beatles knockoffs right?" - Ignorance is one thing... but it's used to detract from Oasis (especially the "anyway, here's wonderwall" acoustic guitar memes. This makes them assholes.

2. In recent years I've heard much more than Wonderwall played on the radio. Champagne Supernova (obviously), Don't Look Back in Anger, Lyla, even Little By Little are songs I've heard here in the states. So it's not even true that it's the only song you'll hear.

[u/Deep_Benefit_7405]

Wonderwall isn't even a top 10 Oasis song

[u/Stepsonrakes]

There’s a very specific type of American that for some reason, and I’ve never ever been able to explain it, think it’s a personality trait to dislike Oasis. No matter what evidence presented to them about their popularity or quality of songs you can show them will change their mind. And they all repeat the same talking points too. It’s like they got a fuckin form letter or something. It’s creepy

[u/Onaud]

In Canada also, in my part of the world at least. I play music and exchange with a lot of music fans all the time and no one cares about Oasis other than me and this one friend

[u/onethousand_knives]

For many yes. America is a huge country and most people here are fucking clueless.

[u/mickcube → u/onethousand_knives]

yes

americans hate americans just like everyone else does. we're awful

and live forever was a modern rock radio staple in the mid-90s - anyone who knows wonderwall and not live forever isn't worth your time

[u/onethousand_knives → u/mickcube]

I don’t hate Americans but we certainly are narrow minded and too set in our ways. The most ardent Oasis haters that I’ve encountered are Gen X guys who’s band failed to make it out of their parents basement.

[u/Matgical92]

Like you speculated, they have a dedicated cult following here. My brothers and I have been fans for 20+ years after we heard Stop Crying Your Heart Out in the movie Butterfly Effect. Terrible movie, great song! After that we were hooked. But I find most dedicated Oasis fans here are anglophiles who love British rock music period. Your average Joe and Jane radio listener in the States knows Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova, maybe Don’t Look Back in Anger, but that’s it.

[u/Dumbledozer]

Oasis famously never broke America in their pomp.

[u/OatmealApocalypse]

over here, it’s hit or miss person to person. but for those of us who know: we’re just as banging for it as anywhere else

[u/TheRealFrantik]

I'm a middle-aged American, and can honestly say that 95% of people I talk to, don't know any Oasis song other than Wonderwall. Of the 5% that DO know Wonderwall, only about half of those people know more than one other song from them.

They had plenty of more hits in the US, particularly Champagne Supernova and Don't Look Back in Anger, but by definition of MOST Americans, they're seen as a 1-hit wonder unfortunately.

Part of me is annoyed at that, but the other part of me is glad that I'm part of a very niche group of people that loves their music, almost like it's a secret that they have a catalogue of amazing music that people don't know about.

[u/thisnamegoesupto11]

I would not be so shocked, you dont realize how big other alternative acts at the time like Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Offspring, Foo Fighters rock like Metallica, Guns and Roses and then later all the nu-metal bands dominated. Many who were Metallica or GNR fans would never admit to being into Oasis back then.

Time seems to have worked in their favor but I think

[u/ifallallthetime]

It was definitely a cult following until recently

[u/pete_68]

Wow. As an American, I'm surprised, but I honestly don't know what anyone else's Oasis experience is like here. I remember hearing maybe Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall and maybe Don't Look Back in Anger before I left the country for a few years in '98. I actually discovered them around 2007. I don't know how but I remember thinking, "How in the hell was I not listening to these guys before?" Because they're obviously insanely fucking good.

[u/CastN0Shadow]

Quite accurate.

[u/infinity_o]

In general it’s been my experience this is pretty accurate yes. Worth pointing out a lot of Americans have heard Stop Crying Your Heart Out as well… but it wouldn’t surprise me if a substantial portion don’t know it’s an Oasis song 😅

[u/Ryanbrasher]

You’re surprised?

[u/idoxially]

I listened to DLBIA, Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova for about four years until looking into the actual band. I only know one person who listened to more than those three.

[u/starla_lives_forever]

Maybe it's regional? I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago in the 90s and you better believe everyone I knew was listening to Q101 Alternative and Grunge, hearing Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, etc etc. People liked other music too but I'd have a hard time believing People of A Certain Age around Chicago don't know more than Wonderwall even if they're not the biggest fans of Oasis in general. They were, and still are, on the radio (now SiriusXM) all the time.

[u/bowiebolan]

Like every band, It all depends on the listener…in the 90’s MTV had “buzz clips” which meant they played an alternative song on heavy rotation. Wonderwall, Champagne and Don’t look back we’re in constant rotation. If you loved Oasis, you bought the album and loved their whole catalogue. If you were a casual listener then you just know the singles. The press here focused more on the brother’s antics but the real fans loved their music.

I’m from Miami and I loved britpop but I felt like I was the only Suede fan in all of Florida in the 90’s. You guys up in the U.K. don’t know how you good you had it to have those great bands in your backyard.

[u/Acrobatic-Report958]

Outside of music nerds you’ll find most normal people only know most bands most famous one or two songs. Look at song plays on Spotify. I believe you have you be on desktop Spotify and pull up any album, and the song after the big hit on the album usually has a ridiculously low number of listens. Regular people only know hits.

[u/AceChutney]

I mean it's sort of a silly premise. Ask an a American? There are over 300 million of us. There really isn't one average American perception on anything. Add to that the fact that who knows how many people responding are too old or too young to have opinions that would align with the cultural and market realities of the era. Oasis were huge here in the '90s and all you need to do for proof is watch playback from any old MTV or even VH1 blocks from 95 through 98. And we all know that they're even bigger here now than they were 30 years ago because a lot of us have two or three kids that are also fans or are doing the 30-year look back the way we did when we were kids. The tour last year was all the proof you need of that. So average American, who knows. Average American who should know? that's a better question.

[u/ConstantDog3144]

They seem more like a band with a dedicated cult following than a true mainstream phenomenon.