Why did Oasis & Blur really hate each other? | X-PLAINED | Radio X

The Britpop scene highjacked the 90s in spectacular fashion, and Oasis & Blur were at the forefront of that. As the years have gone by, the story of their feud has gone down in rock n' roll history. By what was the real reason the Gallaghers hated Albarn & co? We have a look in the latest episode of X-Plained.
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[@vanishing_girl]

two of my all-time favorite bands, no need to hate one at the expense of the other

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

Radiohead:r u sure about that?

[@vanishing_girl]

@@FetishonyoutubeURL "two of," not my top two. Radiohead is up there too.

[@lucianofigueiredo7220]

Muito top demais

[@lucianofigueiredo7220]

@@vanishing_girl verdade

[@matthewk7145]

Ffs they’re both great bands and better than everything that’s around now

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

Every rock band from the 60’s to the 2000’s were better than today as now we have to listen annoying pop music about relationships and not like anti-capitalism/capitalism, social alienation(even though only a few people do this in 2010’s, but its only a few people) and abjection(also a few people does this).

[@goldboy150]

Fetishonyoutube arctic monkeys debut album would sit comfortably with any oasis or blur record. Despite being released in 2006. It completely captured the daily life of kids just out of school at that time. There’s a reason it surpassed definitely, maybe as the fastest selling debut in history.

[@97channel]

Whilst the emphasis back in the day was on whether you supported either Blur or Oasis, the reality for me is that they both produced great music and I never took a side. Although, Blur are better, obviously.

[@ktakyon]

It was probably Liam’s fault why they hated each other coz Damon went to a party that Liam threw to congratulate them, and Liam shouted at his face saying “Number 1 Baby!!”. Heard it in a Damon Interview

[@marge1112]

😂😂😂 of course it was gobby Liam but I love both bands

[@glm557]

Well Noel did also tell Damon to get aids and die so it seemed to be both Gallaghers.

[@Rivan98]

I miss the 90s and the 2000s

[@thegoodsgone1965]

Dear internet - I think we've covered the Oasis vs. Blur thing quite well now. Let's give some of the other great bands from the 90's a look in.

[@noursarhan8695]

Yeah and it's almost always about the chart battle, not even about the music the two groups have produced. So tiring...

[@1878Originals]

The La's could've been bigger than both.

[@thegoodsgone1965]

@@1878Originals I agree!

[@fredsystra7584]

Oasis gets lumped in with the whole britpop thing but to me they are more 70’s rock n roll then anything else.

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

*60’s rock n roll* cause of the *BEATLES*

[@noursarhan8695]

Ok, since this popped up in my recommended, I need to say this: why are people still interested and heat up about a media stunt which took place 25 years ago? Believe me, it's nothing to do with music, and I don't think they really hated each other. Besides, why should music be a competition? Both bands are great in their own way. I personally am more of a Blur fan, because I find them very interesting both lyrically and musically, and their discography covers an incredibly wide range of genres and emotions; but I still think that Oasis have written some of the greatest, most uplifting anthems, and to see that they truly exude that spontaneous energy themselves is refreshing. So yeah, why not enjoy both? It's okay if you like either of the two as well, you just don't need to put down the other one just because they aren't of your taste. It was the tabloids who insisted on this rivalry, and people fell for it. Wake up guys, it's over, it's not 1995 anymore

[@zionstan1700]

It doesn’t matter who won. Blur was way more creative and pushed the boundaries of music a whole lot more. Not to mention that Damon as an artist has had more of an impact than Oasis ever could.

[@pentexsucks43]

Exactly, I don't care who's more successful or has a bigger influence, Blur is actually creative. Oasis got boring so fast, and fell off completely after the 2nd album. Blur kept changing their sound around and experimenting, much more interesting band.

[@robn8726]

Not even close. In the US people had heard of Oasis nobody knew anything about Blur

[@beaugallacher9255]

Its sad they are still milking this because they have nothing else to post

[@biblical1694]

Oasis and The Beatles are the two biggest bands ever. No other band ever had a phase like Beatlemania and Oasis from 95-97.

[@thomaswyn5104]

For the UK

[@ashhqgqg3826]

You are deluded bro

[@tapedeckhorror]

Ummmmmm nirvana when nevermind was released??

[@biblical1694]

@@tapedeckhorror I think honestly that is the only situation that comes close but even still I don’t think they were near to the cultural impact Oasis had. In Britain, Oasis switched the culture from grunge to pretty much just them. For me Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory are both much better albums and the fact that they sort of dethroned Grunge and Nirvana just gives them the edge for me

[@ashhqgqg3826]

@@biblical1694 are we just gonna ignore bands like queen, and the stones then

[@tashrif46]

To me Oasis has the music that I can gravitate towards.

[@invisiblecurious856]

Liam's guilty pleasure lol

[@STMBeats]

Oasis has always been ahead of blur by far

[@karlosdeevs]

yh the only time blur made a real dent in oasis' superiority was 'song 2'

[@obvious_moron95]

Ye

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

Try comparing these two with radiohead, trust me, radiohead’s more superior.

[@Weirdkid9022]

@@FetishonyoutubeURL agreed however you gotta look at blur and appreciate the experimenting they did compared to oasis who sounded the same throughout there career

[@kaylabey]

ahead in what way?

[@83reggieT]

Worldwide Oasis was way more popular in the US and Canada nobody had even heard of blur until that song 2 came out. Which was the beginning and end of their run here.

[@cameronchandler7861]

I feel like Liam caused a lot of the problems they had with eachother but still both great bands

[@tyronerodgers]

Oasis arguably had the lion's share of the hate.

[@Jude74]

Is it really Blue v. Oasis or is it really Damon v. Noel? Liam is a mouth with the creative output of Oasis coming from Noel. While the band members in Blur were only part of the music creation equation with the creative heavy lifting coming primarily from Damon.

[@tomstarkejr4489]

Love both but for me blur are far better,oasis had a few stinkers after what’s the story morning glory where as blur evolved and made great albums

[@kxnt_joel1238]

Oasis wonderwall won the war

[@EstJazminMiA]

anyone see that grrreat late 90s SNL skit - Will Ferrell in House of Commons ranting about Oasis and LIAM !???

[@showcrazy2139]

Blur...no contest.

[@petesampras9613]

Blur won the Battle, Oasis won the War... Then how tf did Blur win the Campaign, after the battle of Britpop, Oasis smashed Blur to peices and were just better

[@ollyg235]

What f**ng campaign is Alex James on about ? Oasis lost in the single battle but since “morning glory” came out blur kept losing and losing. Still to this day oasis is much a bigger band despite their breakup and blurs reunion. But tbh I’d better listen to some Suede or Manics.

[@silverbirdie10]

To me it’s like oasis planned their palettes and were more classic, and blur just kind of took the whole color generation as their tool to create

[@shaun7389]

I loved the North vs South of England angle. I think Oasis win that every time

[@oliverfield877]

How did Blur exactly win the campaign?

[@lyy34416912]

Blur keeps exploring music with trying different guitar techs and genres which has resulted in them being well-acclaimed by people and critics while Oasis never put out anything better than mediocre after the first two album, was on downward spiral musically and critically, and finally disbanded. Who won the whole campaign? It really goes without saying.

[@JH-yz2sv]

lol its a joke aint it

[@oliverfield877]

Nathan Ieong thats a personal opinion. But their is no denying that Oasis played the biggest gigs in British history, cracked America and played mtv unplugged. In this years greatest British songs list voted by the public, 4 of the top ten songs were Oasis. Many young kids try to act and dress like Liam Gallagher but none of them like Damon Albarn. You might prefer Blurs music but there is no denying that Oasis were/are the more popular and famous band.

[@mandy-gm7vk]

@@oliverfield877 so right

[@operationrestoration3280]

They didn’t, win anything really blur where ok but oasis one war, pulp where a 1000 times better than blur

[@rubberducky4074]

Oasis is more popular here in Australia.

[@christopherwilliams9170]

I still think Blur are better than Oasis.

[@JohnLiam663]

Oasis just seem very petty

[@paulandrew4820]

OASIS PERIOD

[@xsanchezz]

oasis

[@BigAlCapwn]

Really? And there was me thinking is all was managed to sell more records by both bands.

[@jackmansell1909]

Surface level analysis.

[@gregoryjones8014]

90s Brit Indie Pop Battle Blur Vs Oasis 90s British Rock

[@baxterinyundo6729]

Blur were so much better

[@thefakengx3839]

Isn't it personal preference? For me blur had richer music where as oasis easily had more classic rock vibes I guess blur are vastly underrated

[@rizvanxd8724]

@@thefakengx3839 absolutely agreed blur and oasis are definitely soo different and this britpop stuff is sooo childish

[@aymericmurer56]

@@thefakengx3839 Blur made more complex music with infinite more creativity than Oasis, whereas Oasis did Beatles songs with 90's sound but had more impact on the public I don't think they are comparable, just like Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam for example

[@thefakengx3839]

@@aymericmurer56 nope blur were way better off with their shoegaze elements their debut leisure is underrated their experimentalish just made them a happy radiohead? not really a big fan of the experimental blur

[@williamberry2351]

Blur were miles ahead.

[@kyletaylors9440]

Radiohead were centuries ahead

[@aymericmurer56]

@@kyletaylors9440 Radiohead is basically Blur...

[@kyletaylors9440]

@@aymericmurer56 nah Radiohead are way better than blur or oasis combined lol

[@GergelAni]

@@kyletaylors9440 Radiohead are better than Supergrass. Period.

[@jeffsaddiction]

Oasis play meat and potatoes rock music. Blur are artists.

[@glennoconnor1130]

Definitely Maybe is better than all of Blur's 8 album's put together lol. They're so superior

[@williamberry2351]

@@glennoconnor1130 definitely maybe is one of the most overrated albums of all time fella

[@thefakengx3839]

@@williamberry2351 and so is 13

[@thefakengx3839]

@@glennoconnor1130 13 is basically the ok computer of blur overrated as f

[@aymericmurer56]

@@thefakengx3839 lol, 13, Ok Computer and Definitely Maybe are all overrated, two of them contain obvious rip offs, of course, the one with no rip off is the blur one... Leisure is the most underrated album of the 90s with Soudgarden's Down on the Upside and Alice in chains' self titled.

[@tbp8523]

mistake at 1:20 "respectUFl"

[@goldencabbage45]

i’d like to support oasis in the battle however i really don’t like roll with it

[@El_Zarco]

Oasis > Blur All day Everyday

[@MrRobins18]

Well yhat was pointless

[@kxnt_joel1238]

Blur fans salty

[@kyletaylors9440]

OBVIOUSLy haTED eaCh other :so wait 1995 NME brat awards well Damon and Noel 🥴🙄

[@elishifter7995]

The posers band hating on late 90s

[@MetalThrashingMikey]

😂🤣

[@Tyler-uo7rf]

Oasis is better in my opinion I like those songs better

[@HeroesZeros]

Boring

[@stannats2637]

It was all staged.

[@kevinluis468]

I do like both bands but Blur were the better band