Featuring rare footage of Oasis live in concert, this is the ultimate critical review of the band that was propelled to fame, fortune, and notoriety with ‘Definitely Maybe’, the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history. The experts discuss various aspects of such popular songs as Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Supersonic Live Forever, Shakermaker and Cigarettes and Alcohol, among other songs, moving to practically every song on the album.
The album stands unchallenged as it that defined all that was good about Britpop. It certainly makes for a compulsively watchable DVD - like the band, it is brash and blunt. As a collection of songs and performances this is worth your time to sit and watch the one hour set.
With Liam Gallagher's surly belligerence providing the only real focus as the band plodded through the songs without either charisma or any real sense of showmanship or musicianship, the songs pass you by.
The Gallagher brothers' infamous trials and tribulations, despite of accusations of overt plagiarism, cemented their ascendancy as the kings of Britpop and the icons of Cool Britannia with their massive chart success. With rare live footage and archive interviews with the band, alongside the views of a team of leading experts, this is essential viewing for every Oasis fan.
It also features musicians and rock critics analyzing one of the most influential and successful debut albums of the '90s.
Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen
Run time : 55 minutes
Release date : 15th December, 2020
Studio : Bayview Films
Rating: ****
Reviewed by Verus Ferreira