You know how we like a chat about the Gallaghers and co around these parts, so we're interested to hear that new song The Turning has drawn comparisons from some quarters to Devil Woman, the 1976 track by everyone's favourite virginal, troops-rallying, rollerskating Christian, Sir Cliff Richard. (Incidentally, there's a prize for anyone who watches that Wimbledon clip in its entirety).
Opinion – as is usually the case where Oasis are concerned – is divided. Apart from the intonation, the time signature, the beat and the piss-poor attempts at an exotic air of hoodoo, I can't quite it see myself. I'm no musicologist but neither, I suspect, are most Oasis fans. Personally, I don't mind it: modern music is built on unashamed theft, but what do you think? Am I the only one who doesn't care about plagiarism in pop music these days?
Come to think of it, I've never really got the Beatles comparison. Here was a band who spanned a multitude of genres while experimenting with a variety of sounds, tempos, ideas, looks and political standpoints, and proved themselves as solo artists too, whereas Oasis haven't had an original idea in their 15-year career - apart from the fact that if they mixed up the above influences and cranked them up to stadium volume people would buy it. Why not? They were the first at this and they succeeded. No-one else bothered to have a go. (Just don't expect me to actually listen to such pedestrian guff.)
One thing is for certain though: one of the these songs is sure to outlast the other. My money is on the toothy tennis guy.
