#686: Oasis, Finally!

Champagne (Supernova)!

The question was really when. When was the announcement going to be made. The date chosen was August 25, 2024. 30 years after the release of “Definitely Maybe.” Not bad. And 15 years after the fatal argument. The breakup. Not bad either. 15 years…

15 years of waiting for those who hoped to see them at Rock en Seine. In 2009. 15 years for those who had seen them elsewhere but wanted to see them again. 15 years for those who were 16, 35 or 50, it didn’t matter, when the album came out. When the single “Supersonic” hit them in the gut. 15 years for those who, when they still had hair, had tried hairstyles like Liam. Those who were raving about their brothers’ jokes. Those who were ready to fight to state loudly thatOasis far exceeded the gummies of Blur. 15 years, therefore, for those who were Oasis. Because that was what it was all about too. We were Oasis. Or Blur. Rarely both. Not in public anyway.

We remember this little disc received at the editorial office. Piece of blue cardboard. Dark. Black logo on a white background. In lower case. Framed by a thick line. No photo. Only the title of the single printed on the disc. “Supersonic”, therefore. Barely the CD (that was the medium) in the player (that was the means) and the first notes, the world seemed to have changed. No kidding. Putting a last shovel of earth on the grave of Cobain and grunge and color in the nineties sky. Instantly making this newspaper the home ofOasis. Matching old and new.

Those who had the references and those who didn’t care. Those who assimilated. Because everything seemed so close in the two prole brothers. Their mother, Peggywho gently lectured them, a sort of My Daltontheir father, potentially a drunk, their brother who had beautiful eyes and who looked like them but bigger and worse. Their unibrow, even? Uh… We brought out our Fred Perry without fearing a bad reputation anymore. Ben Sherman, Umbro, parka, Clarks became cool again. Football, beer, bad faith… In short.

All these and Tony Blair also come true. The band is back. Playing in the UK for now but back, not far away, alive, within reach of Eurostar or ferry. Finally! Gin and tonic, anyone?

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