Would Oasis sound more dated now or The Smiths 10 years ago?

RJDG14 · 03-21-2017, 03:20 AM

So out of Oasis (mid 90s) and The Smiths (mid 80s), would Oasis sound more dated compared with the current charts, or would The Smiths have sounded more dated 10 years ago compared with the charts of the mid 2000s? Obviously The Smiths sound older than Oasis, but I wonder because of the rapid changes to the charts in the past 10 years (you no longer get rock/indie in the charts), and the fact that bands such as Interpol (heavily influenced by Joy Division and 80s indie) were having hits in the mid 2000s.

The Batlord · 03-21-2017, 04:33 AM

Morrissey's voice is so early-80s that The Smiths have been carbon dated. Without him I don't know though.

OccultHawk · 03-21-2017, 07:26 AM

I actually feel like Oasis were much more a product of the times and not in a good way like The Smiths who carved their space with pure originality. The Smiths defined and pioneered their sound. I say The Smiths hold up better, are far more timeless, and while maybe not on "the charts" Smithlike bands still end up on end of the year top 100 lists from sources like Pitchfork and Wire.

Mindy · 06-01-2017, 05:50 PM

i just heard of the smiths a few days ago

The Batlord · 06-01-2017, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

i just heard of the smiths a few days ago

What have you even been doing here?

Pet_Sounds · 06-01-2017, 09:44 PM

The Smiths are inimitable. They embody a certain sound—smooth, snarky, and a little pretentious. It's timeless.

**Janszoon** · 06-01-2017, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Morrissey's voice is so early-80s that The Smiths have been carbon dated. Without him I don't know though.

Johnny Marr's guitar playing is even more dated than Morrissey's vocals.

Mindy · 06-02-2017, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

What have you even been doing here?

i posted a lot of posts in the hiphop section

i read a lot of old threads on here

GD · 06-11-2017, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Boots

I never realized what a great band Oasis were until they broke up. Too band they couldn't get together just for a day to appear at the Manchester concert.

Ayyyy

HisGrace · 08-28-2017, 01:01 PM

Oasis sounded dated when they first came up in 1994. The Smiths have always sounded classic and never dated.

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RJDG14 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 157	Would Oasis sound more dated now or The Smiths 10 years ago? So out of Oasis (mid 90s) and The Smiths (mid 80s), would Oasis sound more dated compared with the current charts, or would The Smiths have sounded more dated 10 years ago compared with the charts of the mid 2000s? Obviously The Smiths sound older than Oasis, but I wonder because of the rapid changes to the charts in the past 10 years (you no longer get rock/indie in the charts), and the fact that bands such as Interpol (heavily influenced by Joy Division and 80s indie) were having hits in the mid 2000s.

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	The Smiths are inimitable. They embody a certain sound—smooth, snarky, and a little pretentious. It's timeless. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I actually feel like Oasis were much more a product of the times and not in a good way like The Smiths who carved their space with pure originality. The Smiths defined and pioneered their sound. I say The Smiths hold up better, are far more timeless, and while maybe not on "the charts" Smithlike bands still end up on end of the year top 100 lists from sources like Pitchfork and Wire.

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Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,015	i just heard of the smiths a few days ago

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HisGrace Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 60	Oasis sounded dated when they first came up in 1994. The Smiths have always sounded classic and never dated.