"This One's For Four Eyes"- Oasis: Live In Seattle

(Images from Spin.com)

Yes, Liam Gallagher's inner tact monitor knows no bounds as he laid that very phrase on some poor guy in the front row before kicking off another, in a long line of hits. And that's how it went, with Oasis's "look how many brilliant songs we got"-o-meter on rapid fire, pummeling their adoring crowd into a healthy state of submission. Thankfully, Liam was on point with a voice sounding much better and less croaky than last tour. Noel probably smacked the frog out of his throat or something. They had a new drummer who Liam told would be fired for fucking up a song and obviously, Gem & Andy were holding it down on the left side of the stage. Also, on the right behind Noel, you had a guy that looked like "Bed-In" Era John Lennon. His contract probably states that he has to appear as a Lennon lookalike to stay in the group. Speaking of the Beatles, they dropped a mean "I Am The Walrus" to close, LOUDLY.

Show-wise: it was so great. I was surprised about how many lyrics I knew and everyone, including myself, was just singing at the top of their lungs from the first chords of song 1, which ended up being "Rock n Roll Star." Good way to spend a Tuesday. There's a reason why they have been around so long and people still love them. They might not get the stadium treatment that they do in Britain 'round here (p.s. British chaps were out in full to see their band), but they have a fanatical base here, as well. I was just excited to finally fulfill a long-held desire to see them ever since they popped up on my MtV screen back when I was a youngin'. I'm sure I missed their prime, but I don't really care, esp. since a lot of the new songs sounded pretty damn good. Excited for the new record.

Here's the setlist and some clips.

Setlist:
1.- Rock N Roll Star
2.- Lyla
3.- The Shock Of The Lightning (New Song)
4.- Cigarettes & Alcohol
5.- The Meaning Of Soul
6.- To Be Where There's Life (New Song, SO AWESOME)
7.- The Masterplan
8.- Songbird
9.- Slide Away
10.- Morning Glory
11.- Ain't Got Nothin (New Song)
12.- The Importance Of Being Idle
13.- Wonderwall
14.- Supersonic
15.- Don't Look Back In Anger (Acoustic)
16.- Falling Down (New Song)
17.- Champagne Supernova
18.- I Am The Walrus (EPIC)

Slide Away:


Don't Look Back In Anger:


Audio Download (If You Feel Like Hearing It): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CBW6UY10

I'll post about the phenomenal Ryan Adams & the Cardinals set too when some videos pop up on youtube.