The Agony and the Ecstasy: BE HERE NOW - How Oasis's 3rd Album Ruined Them | Kim Justice

[@Kim_Justice]

Be Here Now is back on KZbin at last! Naturally there's claims on it, but hopefully you can enjoy this one again.

[@jamlife919]

Thank you so much, it’s been so long, I’ve really missed it

[@g.u.959]

So glad it’s back! Easily one of my favorites you’ve done! Thanks Kim

[@jajm1987]

Amazing, was beginning to think I had dreamt this video!

[@NostalgiNorden]

Just re-watched it on patreon last week ;)

[@TheBeird]

Happy to see this back on the Tube, it’s a great piece of work which perfectly documents not just the band, but the time period which birthed the,

[@Goalgerd255]

Fun fact, the time it takes to fly from Dublin to Dusseldorf is the exact same time it takes to listen to Be Here Now, its my go to album for that trip

[@exitthelemming145]

Is it the same on an aeroplane?

[@thegreathadoken6808]

ExcusemebutIthinkyouwillfindthealbumwouldfinish12minutesbeforethescheduledflightended

[@BasiaofBrooklyn]

So close to being worthy of Pseud's Corner....but not quite.

[@DaveTaste]

That's a shit fact.

[@marvinstorm9153]

Whats "fun" about that? If it's even fact. You didn't say if it included getting your anorak out of the overhead.

[@billdufour1630]

I think a lot of the songs on Be Here Now really came to life when they performed them live. The songs were stripped down to the basic band and you could hear how good the songs were. It's Getting Better, Man, for instance, really could tear the roof off the place....

[@frafrafrafrafra]

Yeah good song but it lasts for 7 minutes ffs

[@dontletherspeak7575]

@@frafrafrafrafra The Knebworth version is perfect. 5 minutes long, way better drumming and harmonies, less guitar layers. Same for My Big Mouth.

[@robertocaba5915]

The songs are not good, theres no fixing that. Also some relie to much on things like strings, and you cannot reolicate that live

[@LemonTree9280]

Called in sick and I'm rewarded with not only a new Kim vid...but rewarded with a Kim Oasis doc! Bless you kim!

[@wazzock999]

great stuff Kim, your docs are honestly way better than a lot of broadcast TV

[@-0-getliffe476]

You make so many fantastic documentaries, well researched, entertaining, and with an interesting view point. The fact that you don't hit higher view numbers seems incredibly unfair. Much love for the Spectrum coverage you do - which may be a reason for it, but glad you stick with it.

[@Tristan_again]

I spoke to Alan McGee about this. He said it was hard to tell a man whose last album sold 20 million, that his new album is a bit shit. I actually like Be Here Now: it's bloated, self-indulgent, lacking bass, too many fiddly guitar pieces, far too long - a real cocaine album. Yet it also has some brilliant songs and an amazing production quality: there's an excellent 45 minute album struggling to escape under the weight.

[@LunarJetwoman]

😂😂😂 love that McGee quote. I still love don’t go away to this day so it has that going for it at the very least ☺️

[@neilsun2521]

Still have many fond memories of Be Here Now - it was released the same day I finished High School, officially. The same day the country's GCSE results were given out.

[@vanman757]

@@LunarJetwoman I always loved that tune & like yourself still do...

[@LunarJetwoman]

@@vanman757 🙌you should get one of your mates to get a van too then you could be men with ven

[@vanman757]

@@LunarJetwoman ???

[@MidosujiSen]

I genuinely think this album is good, regardless of the song lengths and bad production. The melodies and lyrics are still classic Oasis in all its glory. In cocaine we trust.

[@nkw1985]

I still like BHN better than almost anything i've heard in the last 15 years.

[@goldstrings6295]

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[@dib000]

My 2nd fav Oasis album after DM.

[@keithwellerlounge74]

Nah it’s shit, there’s about 3 good tracks. Liam’s singing begins to become annoying too.

[@simonwrench8233]

I find the contrast with the way Noel talks about Oasis and his own songwriting before and after BHN incredibly interesting. It was obviously a big hit to his faith in himself. But I will say that Be Here Now is an introspective masterpiece, a terminally misunderstood album that was disappointing to the public who expected another Morning Glory, and i will defend it to my dying breath

[@antster1983]

There's another detail about the holiday in Mustique - also holidaying on the island was former Genesis drummer and singer Phil Collins and his then partner, now very much ex-wife, Orianne Cevey. Phil had just publicly announced he had left Genesis and was on a break before starting promotion of his sixth solo album _Dance into the Light._ He and Orianne go to a bar on the island called The Firefly where the manager asks him to play a few numbers if he can get a couple of musicians in. Phil obliges, and the manager provides a husband-and-wife pianist and saxophonist. Meanwhile in the corner are Noel, Meg, Owen, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp (Phil also claims a Labour MP was also in Noel's party but cannot recall their name). Phil asks Noel if he wants to join in, to which Meg pipes up that she'd seen the music video for "It's in Your Eyes" (the second single from _Dance into the Light)_ in which Phil mimes playing the guitar, which Noel loudly denounces and dismissively turns down the invitation. After Phil returns to the bar, Kate comes over and apologises for the odd encounter. Phil's trio starts playing, and Noel's party leaves shortly after. This is a story recalled in slightly more detail in Phil's 2016 autobiography _Not Dead Yet._

[@johnny6476]

That’s cause Noel is a bellend, Phil is very talented, Brilliant drummer and he’s a good singer too, He’s got some good songs.

[@seanward]

What a bonkers video! The depth, the detail, the density, I almost feel like this should have been released as a film for rent on Prime video or Apple movies or something. Holy hell, great job.

[@GergelAni]

Nice video, mate. But how could you missed the release of D'You Know What I Mean" single? It was an event all around Europe. It was bigger than the "..Morning Glory" release!

[@0uttaS1TE]

Holy shit, I knew this doc was real. I was worried it was an auditory illusion I was listening to during my A Level Art exams Thank you for reuploading this, Kim!

[@roywilson4514]

Are you kidding me?

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

@@roywilson4514 Is your name "Kim?"

[@buddah1978egypt]

Outstanding documentary. Weirdly though I adore be here now, stand by me and all around the world are some of my favourite songs of all times. The album is a great car song along at the top of your lungs!

[@acebandit1231]

Wow. It's back. I'm so happy

[@DannyHudsonMusic]

Wow, impressed with the diversity of your channel. Look forward to watching this in it's entirety tomorrow :)

[@Windupchronic]

My first thought on hearing the album when it came out was, "It's like they tried to make almost every song Champagne Supernova." I've yet to deviate from that.

[@tehf00n]

I happened to get into Oasis at the very beginning, I managed to see them at a free concert in Preston, UK on my 18th birthday and was completely in love with Definitely Maybe that I used the tableture to learn the album on guitar. Now I know the second album is good, but it wasn't what I liked about them. Definitely Maybe is a truly raw album. It's got the hunger of a Northern Band trying to make it with all those garage written songs. The second album is way over-produced. I didn't even bother with the third album after the chart songs hit. To me, Oasis was the British rock/pop dream that turned into a music industry factory and burned out because they knew it.

[@LordInglis]

Was that the Heineken free festival ? The one in Preston was class remember seeing the verve there as well way before they got big

[@tehf00n]

@@LordInglis Yes it was indeed. Boo Radleys played too. I took some acid, looked down the sleeve of my girlfriend and tripped out for half an hour. When I came back around there was a guy running across the tent with security guards chasing him. Epic day out.

[@davedogge2280]

where did they sing ? Tokyo Joes ? or the Guild Hall ?

[@LordInglis]

@@tehf00n yeah I seem to remember security having a busy time as well

[@LordInglis]

@@davedogge2280 Avenham Park

[@SRDhain]

Ironically, this was the first Oasis album i bought, and i thought it was hard work. If Noel and/or Owen Morris had given it the full 'Let It Be Naked' style treatment, it might be more listenable as a whole; Noel had remixed D'you know.. on the album's reissue, and it was a vast improvement. As it is, half of the songs are good, but the production on the whole set is all over the place.

[@Scrodybonjovilalala]

I love the first three albums...the excessive indulgence of BHN is what makes it so amazing. If DM was club and WTSMG was arenas, where else could BHN go but stadiums....the album was just in line with their fast, explosive growth which ironically was their implosion, partially because there was no where else to go.....

[@joedent3323]

this is ny favorite documentary of yours... It's better than the official "Supersonic" documentary - although, if you want to be thorough, and cover all bases? You should line this and that up in tandem. Really good work on this Kim. I hope you drop some more music documentaries one day soon. Cheers! "LiL'JpD."

[@hindenpeter2.04]

This is and the vid i found Kim's channel with-Bits gaming tv show are in my top 50 yt anything ever. maybe!

[@wincats1973]

This was freakin brilliant, awesome to have it back!

[@OperationBlueprint]

It's worth noting that Be Here Now sold more records than 25 in its first full week.

[@madcorndog]

Be here now may not be Oasis's best album, but it's my favorite

[@paulflint6254]

its mine too

[@robsol123]

I think it’s their best personally 😎👍🎶

[@listentothenightfilms]

The 90's were my 60's and Oasis were my Beatles. BHN is a masterpiece (even though it's not). The last 'classic' Oasis album.

[@GanMic]

This was the first album I ever owned, and I actually genuinely love it. Sure the songs aren’t AS memorable, but it doesn’t deserve a lot of the flak it gets. Both brothers still produced great music afterwards, both as Oasis and separately. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds has some excellent tunes.

[@oasis4ever718]

No, Liam has the better tunes

[@GanMic]

@@oasis4ever718 Hard disagree.

[@optima-nova772]

This was a lot of fun, entertaining and never dull with Noel and Liam.. great stuff!

[@HertzBlut]

I don't know if you are aware how excellent of a documentarian you are. Maybe because you hit a subject I enjoy and is vested in every time. Your personal narration and opinions coupled with the research makes these a joy to watch over and over again. Thank you so much for these.

[@Matteous_YT]

Amazing work Kim 😊

[@ChrisSmout]

Wow, HMV stores with actual CDs and records in them, not a clearing house for toys, breakfast cereals, posters and other tatty merch. How far they've fallen!

[@carlosbfly]

Amazing viewing and I learned a lot from this, thanks Kim!

[@seanp8220]

Beady Eye's second album was one of the best either of them had done with a far more organic 70's sound - the antithesis of the 'over produced' High Flying Birds albums of his brother.

[@And-rc9yy]

This deserves a lot more views.

[@orbitingdecay6797]

Awesome I've never seen this so grateful if was uploaded.

[@julio_scissors]

This is great. Be Here Now is one of the most rock n' roll albums of all time 10,000 guitar tracks loud and drugged out. Love it.

[@davekennedy6315]

I was in my early twenties when Britpop was IT and what a amazing soundtrack to have of that time in my life.

[@andy6576]

Same!

[@antster1983]

3:10 That's a young Pete Doherty there. He talked about this on Phil Taggart's Slacker Podcast in 2019: "I wanna clear this one up. I was working in the Trocadero centre [in central London] demonstrating wind-up frogs and I knew that there was something going on ’cause I saw TV cameras and photographers and there was a giant cardboard cut-out of Noel and Liam, so I went down there. "I just wanted to get on the telly. Joined the queue, grabbed the cardboard cut-outs, was doing these stupid 'please photograph me' things, jumping on the back of an open top bus with these cardboard cut-outs and then the next morning running to the newsagents thinking I was gonna be on the front of the newspaper with these cardboard cut-outs. "I wasn’t queuing for an Oasis album. My sister was a big Oasis fan, and I later tuned into them and decided they were brilliant, but at the time I was far more interested in getting photographed on the back of a bus with a cardboard cut-out."

[@chriswatts9019]

Great content mate. I was right in the middle of it,and it was great, think I'm still recovering from the mid 90s 😂😂😂

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

So crazy that two of the highest selling singles ever released came out so close to one another, it was the easy summer days of pre-Diana’s passing, a death incurred because of the pappers, and those very same pappers were after Oasis

[@davidgreen9795]

Massively disagree with you on Stand By Me. I thought it was the best on the album. Hearing Liam sing it live now is brilliant. Possibly best moment of his concerts. Check out the video of him doing it at Reading.

[@heppolo]

Yes, and I think the wrong choice of the lead single was the biggest real mistake of the "Be Here Now" era. It should have been either "Stand By Me" or "Don't Go Away" and not this bloated "D'Ya Know What I Mean?". Yes, the Oasis decline was inevitable, but it would have been less of a downward spiral if "Be Here Now" was off to a good start with a massive lead single.

[@rael2099]

Indeed Stand by Me was the saving grace of that album. Still like it to these days despite stealing the riff of Bowie's All the Young Dudes.

[@Foxentails]

@@heppolo they're weren't gonna have the lead off single be "don't go away" or something else mellow like that. You start off with something heavier then release the ballad, mate.

[@ChadLouisNewton]

​@@heppoloThe first rule of most successful guitar bands is that the second single is always the ballad, and the first has to be a rocker. All of the late 80s Glam-Metal acts in the States used exactly the same formula.

[@MrThedonhead]

​ no should of been stay young

[@Larry]

The "Noel in the Coffin" for the band! 😂

[@TimmyTickle]

Hello you

[@Benjim84]

Brilliant :-)

[@NickFieldMedia]

Great documentary Kim. I remember when Oasis nearly split up in September 1996 after a fraught US tour, and 2 years later in the aftermath of BHN, a lot of people were saying they should have split up back then! Of course, if that HAD happened, I believe those same people would be lamenting all the apparent great music we'd be missing out on - seems unlikely they would have predicted BHN sounding the way it did. I agree that Oasis had a very cult-like following who were dismissive of many other bands and genres. That following did dwindle after BHN but the ones that stayed would frequently leap to the band's defence in letters pages - I remember one saying "If any other band had released SOTSOG it'd be called the album of the year!" Erm... No it wouldn't.

[@TectonicImprov]

Oh my god Noel's commentary is so hilarious

[@T0FFII]

NG pinned it best. Be Here Now was an album supposed to be played once, completely off your face, then never to be heard again. That said there are songs on that album which when you see shows like GMEX in 97, just proves the squandered potential. It's Gettin Better Man, Fade in-out, All around the world. Noel's re-think of DYKWIM is for me one of my all-time fave Oasis songs.. and of course others like Stand by Me & Don't Go Away hold up even today. Even despite it not being their best, it's still the third best, imo.

[@MatOfTheDead]

id been wanting to watch this again great vid kim

[@RamtroStudios]

FINALLY somebody else mentions I Hope I Think I Know!! my favorite track on the album, it’s just so brash and carefree and fun and is one of the moments where the “mountain of sound” production actually works in the song’s favor

[@j0nv1da96]

I think all 7 studio albums and the b-sides that came off each were great. They were the best rock band of their era.

[@Tehownilator]

To be honest the fact that they didn’t have a financial dispute is incredible.

[@brassmonkey786]

A really underrated album, with possibly the most under rated Oasis song ever in Magic Pie. Absolute bastard to find on vinyl at the moment for a reasonable price.

[@Evan64m]

Finally someone else who appreciates magic pie too

[@z-rex6068]

@@Evan64m I love Magic Pie too, it sounds mega both live and on the album

[@chwthomas09]

@@Evan64m i like magic pie aswell

[@MichaelAnthonyPresents]

I couldn't believe I found a copy for 27 bucks at a record store. I was so close to spending about 50 bucks to get it on vinyl online.

[@leejones8485]

Ffs

[@jcdlRayas]

I've been finding this video for so long...thanks for reuploading this Kim. This is one of your best docs outside of the Speccy and wrestling ones.

[@nathanspradlin8570]

I hope Kim re uploads heroes of wrestling

[@comeonman8191]

I don’t remember Oasis recording a song called Wok and Woll Star.

[@drewgeraci8434]

What's funny is that when I used the Close Captioning to understand the Gallaghers, it doesn't translate their mumbling voices. Great upload!

[@darrenwilkinson1742]

Great job Kim, a nostalgic stroke down my memory lane! And a wonderfully executed diversion from your normal gaming orientated content,A bold move from gaming content but I think you’ve read your audience perfectly. I’ll be watching closely to see where else you take things. Many thanks

[@Wolfdragon92584]

It's not my favorite Oasis release, but I find it the most fascinating.

[@BRSL]

Great documentary again! I just wish there would be subtitles for Liam and Noel because I think most non-English people hardly understand what they're saying. Is there a reason you only subtitled yourself?

[@juliorodrigo6259]

It’s baack!! 😃😃😃 Thank you so much!!!

[@z-rex6068]

I love both the Be Here Now album and the era as a whole, it’s my favourite.

[@NoelG702]

Be here Now is a great album. Songs are a little long but they are filled with great melodies.

[@tolindaniel]

An amazing documentary I never knew I was waiting for. Thanks, Kim!!

[@YouTube-Grifter]

If only you knew the true story behind D'you Know What I Mean... You've got it completely wrong!!

[@SimmyBassline]

Exceptional video Alys! In my top 3 that you have made! So informative and doesn't hold back or sugarcoat the hard truths. Loved it

[@matp8493]

Fantastic Kim

[@philipbain]

I bought this album on the day it came out, I also bought the recently released OK Computer by Radiohead at the same time. have a guess which of these records got the most play!? To be fair D'You Know What I Mean - NG's 2016 Rethink is a vast improvement thanks to stripping back so many of the overdubs so you can actually hear the strings!!

[@MarkDallasGlasgow]

Really enjoyed this. Big fan of your docs. Some of the best I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@buddhull]

I adore early Oasis. Especially anything pre-Definitely Maybe era. While I largely check out from them post-Tony, Be Here Now still has its hooks and charms. Great work Kim!

[@mattjames6349]

Nice. When anyone ever asked me at school about if I was blur or Oasis, My answer was the same - Weezer. Thank you Kim, you have a wonderful knack for making something engaging to someone who wouldn't have been usually interested. Kudos!

[@richardmoores]

James Hargreaves guitar channel talks about the song ‘do you know what I mean’ and how it’s actually much deeper and more meaningful than people think. It’s well worth checking out.

[@Camille_Anderson]

a good channel! That line by line breakdown was revealing, especially about the connection with his dad, imho. Theres an emotional depth & intelligence in Noel's writing that behind all the bravado, he is a sensitive artist.

[@jackboltonjr3642]

Good channel but he's a bit of a fantasist. Nothing to corroborate the theory it's about his father.

[@TheMountainHare]

@@jackboltonjr3642 Noel called James Hargreaves "an Oasis nerd" which is about as close as you'll get to a compliment from Noel...

[@antster1983]

19:27 For anyone interested in the changes that happened at Radio 1 in the 90s, the episode of the BBC documentary series _Blood on the Carpet_ focusing on it (titled "Walking with Disc Jockeys") is a must watch. It's available on KZbin. The footage starting with my provided timestamp comes from that documentary, and that is the velvet voiced Jim Carter _(Downton Abbey's_ Mr. Carson) as the series' narrator.

[@antster1983]

(I also recommend the _Blood on the Carpet_ episode "Poisoned Arrows" about the split in darts between Olly Croft's BDO and the 16 top professionals forming the World Darts Council - later the Professional Darts Corporation. They interviewed Olly and Lorna Croft, darts journalist Phil Jones, PR manager and PDC director Marcus Robertson, agent Tommy Cox, and two of those rebel players Eric Bristow and Mike Gregory).

[@Bellocks1]

4:18 I’ve watched this video so many times for this exact clip of these two giving it strong directly to the camera

[@properjob2311]

Excellent documentary. It was such an exciting time for British music. Miss the 90's.

[@freshPrinceOfBelfairs]

After the late 80's the 90's was a huge let down.

[@fandangobrandango7864]

@@freshPrinceOfBelfairs after the 60s and 70s the 80s was a huge let down.

[@BassManDan1018]

Great vid! Well scripted and edited. If only one or two B-sides had been saved for Be Here Now, (maybe Masterplan, Listen Up, or Acquiesce), and it was produced/mixed properly (songs cut to 4 minutes) it would’ve been 10000x better. Some of the songs are really cool. Noel’s songs were good in their raw form, perhaps not as solid as DM or WTSMG, but it was Noel/Owen’s failure as producers that made it a big joke. Edit the songs, remix properly… probably a pretty solid album.

[@KesMonkey]

I absolutely love "All Around the World". I think you've been quite unfair to it.

[@captainblimp4133]

Stand by Me is one of the best Oasis songs the others I like from this album are Don't go away, The Girl in the Dirty Shirt and Stay Young should have been on the album.

[@monadoboy64]

FUCK YEAH THIS DOC IS BACK! LET'S GO!

[@PaulMurphyMusic]

The main problem with this album was substituting musical evolution with bloated production. Be Here Now is self important, bloated and marked the end for Brit pop. I was there, 17 years old when it came out, fooled myself that I loved it but aside from Stand By Me - Oasis most underrated single in my opinion - there wasn’t a great truly song on it.

[@moderman512]

My favourite songs are' be here now, it's getting better man, I hope I think I know.

[@TheIkaraCult]

OOH I'm looking forward to this! I grew up in Feltham, where the video for Stand By Me was shot, and everyone went down to the town centre whilst it was being filmed but there was no sign of N or L. Nevertheless one person near us went "I bet they can't wait to get back to f**in Moss Side!" I tend to agree with Liam, I think it rocks. It's overblown, coke-addled and ridiculous, but in a fun way!

[@adamweishaupt2846]

Oasis knocked out a decades worth of material between 94-97. I often wonder how much different it would have been if they slowed down and let the success of Definitely Maybe breathe for a while longer, releasing What's the story 18 months later, and not blowing through the B-sides so quickly to allow The Masterplan to be released as a proper studio album (way better than Be Here Now).

[@jariza2606]

I think that delay would have been complicated the way music industry worked in the pre internet-very early internet days, specially in the constant shifting in "rock styles" preferences (think of the change from hair metal to alternative/grunge in America). Bands had a moment, two-three years until the next band/style would change the audience preferences, and they had to go for it.

[@ryeguy7471]

IMO, the songs on Be Here Now weren’t an issue it was the endless segues between tracks that made the listener feel like the album was one LONG song. It’s still one of the better Oasis albums in hindsight.

[@paulclay4293]

I really enjoyed this documentary. Made me go back to listen to Oasis again and to be honest I think Be Here Now is my favourite album 🙂

[@YouTube-Grifter]

Years later, Graham Coxon himself admitted that the sales of Country House were somewhat fiddled... There was 2 different versions of the Country House CD, which meant most fans purchased both copies resulting in more sales, almost double what it would have been normally...

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

To be fair that was an entirely normal thing at the time that almost all singles did. Oasis hobbled themselves by not doing it.

[@EvanCWaters]

Ah, the Use Your Illusion trick

[@YouTube-Grifter]

@@craigcharlesworth1538 I bought LOADS of singles in the 90's, I don't recall many singles released with 2 versions, there definitely was a few but not many...

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

@@KZbin-Grifter Just done a quick eBay search and found releases by Pulp. Radiohead, Aqua, Travis, Spice Girls, Suede, Kylie, Pet Shop Boys, The Verve, Korn and many, many more. Oasis were very much the outliers in NOT doing that. In retrospect it's fucking weird that chart rules let you get away with it, but they did and Blur capilalised while Oasis didn't.

[@Mag7Music]

I believe the thing about having limits on the number of versions came after the Frankie Goes to Hollywood hijinks in the 80s where they kept releasing new remixes of their singles to keep them in the charts. After that the authorities put a limit on it, but I think the intention was that you would have one CD, one vinyl and one cassette, but some acts/labels loaded up more on the CDs because the other formats didn't sell so many.

[@marclafferty6416]

For all that’s wrong with this album and all the hate it gets it’s my favourite album ever. Might not have the best songs on it but it’s got an energy that hasn’t faded after all these years. I bought it the day it came out remember it like it was yesterday. I still have a copy of this in my car and listen to it loud everyday. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea but it’s mine. This album will never leave my heart.

[@risboturbide9396]

Imagine if Noel had keep some masterpieces like "Fade Away", "Stay Young" and "Rocking Chair" for BE HERE NOW... Throw away "I Hope I Think..." and "Fade In-Out", put these 3 songs in there and this becomes an amazing piece of work. 🍻🍻

[@jgmusic81]

I'm not from Britain and by 1997 I only knew 'Dont Look Back In Anger' and din't like it. As 15 yo boy I thought they're some pathetic Beatles wannabies. In summer of 97 I was on holiday with parents and having lunch In some cafe I've heard 'D'you Know What I Mean' playing on MTV. It blew my mind instantly. It was so badass, proud, standing tall anthem to me. I found nearest music store and bought Be Here Now casette and became a fan straight away (and I am to this day). BHN is still my fav Oasis record, I love noisy production and the melodies.

[@hopebgood]

"'D'You Know What I Mean?" is my fave track from Be Here Now. The rest is overblown and self-indulgent. Even Noel admits that now.

[@matthewrider6453]

This live version of Morning Glory, w/Bonehead, Guigsy, & Whitey, is SOOO much different than the live version of Morning Glory that Gem, Andy, & (fill in drummer here) do, it's unfuknbelievable. But each version has its own stronger parts, as far as actually playing it so that it sounds like the way it was recorded. Yeah.

[@TheBroz]

I’ve never liked Oasis but I love you Kim so I just know this is going to be interesting.

[@sambagogo777]

"...Beatles, Stones, Who, Weller." Don't forget Slade and T-Rex!

[@SEGAClownboss]

I'm a lifelong Oasis fan. "Be Here Now" is either the best album or worst album in history depending on how I feel that day, and it's amazing. But I dislike that for some reason it has become a core subject when talking about Oasis and far too few people ever give credit to their first two albums which are a sublime last breath of a kind of British rock and infectious optimism that more or less disappeared after Oasis. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is a great record, too!

[@cutekanjii]

It has good songs on it. The problems with it are number 1 they go on for too long and number 2 the first 2 albums were an extremely hard act to follow so enevitabley it was always going to be compared to them and if even slightly less good it would be classed as a failure. If it was there 1st album instead of their 3rd it would be viewed differently. I love "d'you know what i mean" It's more like a album of stadium anthems. Although people always accuse Oasis of either sounding like the Beatles or else their songs all sound the same & they cant adapt their musical style. Their first 3 albums are all different and then Standing on the shoulders of giants sounded totaly different from be here now! Such a difference. BHN is like a cocaine rush and SOTSOG is like a come down but a calm, fairly pleasant one. It was like a come down from the 90s. And as for the Beatles thing i get the obsession but really i don't know how they can sound like constant Beatles copycats when their albums all sounded different.

[@DungeonTV100]

😂

[@rufes1981]

I never really liked the album when it first come out. I love it now after listening to it last year. I hope I think I know, fade in out and my big mouth are the highlights of the album. The biggest problem with the album is the length of some of the songs.

[@roywilson4514]

Correct

[@justinparkerthewildwolf6394]

I remember when they came to Australia in 97. They were so huge at that point. Nothing like that has happened since. Live 25. Let's go

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Liam played the tambourine better than anyone else on the planet…in the early 90s. I wish he had played those awesome solos when Noel sang Don’t Look Back

[@TheRetroScene]

i remember waiting out side virgin store in eastgate basildon for this album back in 97. i was 16 , man such a long time ago :) ps this is one of my fav albums stand by me, be here now , dont go away , great tracks

[@joedent3323]

That bit with Young Pete Doherty is ace . 3:11

[@ITNEPress]

one of my favorite videos of all time

[@Drummer8282]

When Be Here Now initially released, it captured the massive and unstoppable mood of the time. As soon as Diana was murdered, the album was no longer in lock-step with how the world was now feeling and people now wanted a dreadful and dreary sound to reflect the mood - Radiohead and Elton John 🤮

[@JogMaher]

Excellent work 👌 Thank you

[@jasonw6688]

Be Here Now is my favourite album of theirs. A shame the critics bashed it so hard in the US squashing their overall popularity in this country.

[@michaellaverty7349]

I'd never seen this and I'm not very familiar with Oasis outside of some drunken karaoke nights and a few pop culture references, yet this was a great watch. As always you deliver a really comprehensive look at something I would normally have no idea would be such a fascinating ride. The context around the other bands and cultural times are really interesting and essential to conveying a story like this too, rather than just "the album kinda sucks". Thanks Kim!

[@johnnada6855]

The Biggest problem of Oasis is that they wasted their real 3rd album on the singles., the singles were the real 3rd album., Be Here Now came out in the time where Noel Gallagher was tired, was exhausted., he did a lot., and people are not machines, organic things come good when is time to bloom, there is no math in the situation., the Beatles had John and Paul to create., but Oasis had only Noel., and he was tired., also times changed, eventually he did a smart move rebooting Oasis into a more commercial act., people where saying they ripped 60´s music guess what Oasis mark 2 was going to act like a 60s band., and so on., the real great stuff of Oasis is in their first album, the singles and the demo recordings., i didn´t like whats the story morning glory., maybe some tracks, but their noisy years were the best ones

[@ErectedGasCan]

Damn this was a good vid!