Reveries for the laziest day of the week
3 August 2025
Today, 3 August, I’m in London to see OASIS turning
Wembley Stadium upside down again, as part of their
reunion tour.
Perfect occasion to play SUNDAY MORNING CALL.
A bittersweet underrated Oasis pearl from their 2000 LP
‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’.
Hello, Noel?
16 April 2025
Band: OASIS
Track: FUCKIN’ IN THE BUSHES
Album: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Their 4th one, released in 2000.
It’s not constructed as a single – no verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse. Noel wrote
it – with Led Zeppelin in mind – specifically to have a killer intro for their concerts
(Liam used it later to start his solo shows too). And it worked brilliantly, therefore
it was worth a single. Anyway, for me that is.
Click to go straight to YT and watch/hear
Fuckin’ In The Bushes at Wembley, London,
on 21 July 2000.
Can you imagine! Because of the song’s title you
need to check into YT to see the footage. It’s 2025.
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The concert was recorded and released on CD, named
Familiar To Millions, a couple of months later.
Manchester‘s legendary dropouts OASIS released their 4th album
STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS on 28 February 2000,
today 25 years ago.
An underrated album in my opinion. Tracks such as Fuckin’ in the Bushes, Go Let It Out,
Who Feels Love?, Were Did It All Go Wrong?, Sunday Morning Call’ and Roll It Over. Sure,
there are a couple of stinkers too. But overall it’s a notable Oasis record.
The album marked a significant change from the Britpop scene to a modern psychedelic record complete with drum loops, samples, electric sitar, Mellotron, synthesisers and backward guitars, resulting in an album more experimental.
It is the 16th-fastest-selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies
in its first week. The LP has been certified double and has sold around 208,000
copies in the US.
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