Non Sequitur
In honor of its official release at midnight, I took the time to listen to the whole of the Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible while doing nothing else but reading along with the lyrics. I rarely do that; the last time I bought an album and listened to it straight through without doing anything else was in 2003, with Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief.
Neon Bible, of course, is exactly as epic and poetic and wonderful and life-changing and rock-saving as everyone else with a website or a microphone or a commercial printing press has already said it is, so I’ll spare you my full and revealingly ignorant review.
Instead, here’s my proposed tracklist for a single-disc “The Best of Oasis” compilation (in chronological order, as I would arrange it):
- Columbia
- Cigarettes and Alcohol
- Slide Away
- Don’t Look Back in Anger
- She’s Electric
- Champagne Supernova
- D’You Know What I Mean?
- Don’t Go Away
- It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!)
- Flashbax
- Go Let it Out
- Force of Nature
- Lyla
- The Importance of Being Idle
It isn’t just a “greatest hits” mix, but it isn’t totally oblivious to the hits, either.
Rebecca wrote:
Tracks I would like to add to this compilation: “Rockin’ Chair” and “Stay Young.” Thank you.
Posted on 09-Mar-07 at 12:32 pm | Permalink
Will wrote:
Sadly, the band’s fondness for six- and seven-minute songs prevented the inclusion of many worthy tracks, including the two you mention, “Underneath the Sky,” “The Masterplan,” “Round Are Way,” and the little-known “Wonderwall.”
Posted on 09-Mar-07 at 12:41 pm | Permalink
Rebecca wrote:
Ah, you are more on top of things than I imagined. I’m glad you ironed out all of the details. Good work.
Posted on 09-Mar-07 at 3:03 pm | Permalink