Thu 13 Mar
2008
TSOOL > OASIS
Let me explain that title a little more, for those that may not be so web talk-chat, savvy. It means unequivocally, in its simplest form, that The Soundtrack of Our Lives are a better band than Oasis. That is not an opinion, if you know me, you know I’m bags full of Oasis stock. Well, I’m selling it now … and buying TSOOL. It’s not an opinion, its fact.
We were talking about music at work the other day. The conversation drifted, floated, darted all over the map from genre’s to hooks to lyrics. It boiled down to defining what “sound” defined you.
That’s a very difficult question for me. I’m all over like a Picasso rendering of Mr. Potato Head (incidentally, I’ve been dying to find a moment where I could throw in that reference from Toy Story). But … I do have a sound that I heavily favor.
That sound takes baselines from Beck, guitar twangs from vintage Rolling Stones, vocals that cross Liam Gallagher with Chris Martin (throwing in a dash of Richard Ashcroft), melody dashes from The Beatles, grinded with some of the Grunge from the 90’s, and a hint of piano (because everyone loves a piano) … would that some it up?
Pretty close … maybe throw in some hard guitar from Rage Against The Machine, but that’s more of a “mood” thing for me. Take a nod from Pearl Jam, maybe a hat tip to the 80s?
You might wind up with something like Sister Surround … and then later something like Mantra Slider.
Then you take the time to listen to TSOOL ... totally listen to them … and you decide …
TSOOL > Oasis.
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