Today is my birthday. Fifteen years ago on this very day, while most of the western world was glued to their television sets in disbelief at the untimely death of Princess Diana, I was locked away in my room celebrating the arrival of my twenties (or perhaps I was mourning the end of my teens) and blaring the hotly anticipated third album from Oasis, Be Here Now, which I had received as a birthday gift.
It's predecessor, 1995's (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, is arguably a classic record (it definitely is for me). Be Here Now is a bloated mammoth (see 'Magic Pie') that has not aged as well, or well at all, but it does contain some of my favourite "loud" Oasis songs, which isn't a stretch as it is, by far, the loudest album in the Oasis catalogue (even the ballads have a ridiculous amount of guitar tracks on them). So I present to you, my favourites from an album that holds a very sentimental place in my being.
'D'You Know What I Mean?'
'My Big Mouth'
'Be Here Now'
'Stand By Me'
It's going to be a loud birthday. Thanks for reading!
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