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Old 05-14-2007, 06:55 PM
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Noel Gallagher is easily one of the best songwriters of the last century, and Oasis are one of the best rock bands of all time.

Are they are better band then Bon Jovi? Not in my opinion, but they're very different. Bon Jovi are quintessential american rock and Oasis are quintessential British rock.

In many ways Noel is a better songwriter then Jon. When it comes to writing a song about big life issues he's far better then Jon, but that's not where Jon's talent lies. Noel also seems a lot smarter and more intellectual then Jon when it comes to these issues.

Jon (and Richie) are better story-tellers and they have a gift, not only to write a brilliant heart-felt song, but to write it in such a way as to be relateable for the listener. I don't know how many songs they've written that have perfectly fit my life at a given time. I've not experienced that from another songwriter.

Bon Jovi make better albums then Oasis, who's albums tend to be very inconsistent, but Noel has a knack for writing truly spectacular songs.

Vocally Noel is still amazing. I can't compare him to Jon because I don't anything about range and what makes one a great singer but to my ears, Noel still, as he always has, sounds superb. Liam's voiced is bolloxed but when you actually go and seem him sing live it sounds deadly.

They're both brilliant bands, my two favourite, they both write brilliant songs and they both put on brilliant shows. As for who's the better of the two, well that's in the ear of the beholder, I suppose.
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