Country House is Blur’s worst ever single. As part of “The Battle of Britpop” in the summer of 1995, its release date was moved forward a week in order to clash with Oasis’s Roll With It. It was a clever PR exercise, and one which led to Country House comfortably beating Roll With It to […]
Blur - Country House
March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Oasis - Shakermaker
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Mr Sifter sold me songs, when I was just 16
But now he stops at traffic lights, but only when they’re green
Truly awful lyrics, but that didn’t stop them helping Sifters Records in Didsbury, just outside Manchester, from becoming famous after its name check in Oasis’s Shakermaker single.
Rumour has it that the lyrics were penned by […]
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Oasis - Some Might Say
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments
The location on the sleeve of Oasis’s first ever number one single Some Might Say is Cromford railway station in Derbyshire.
Located on the Derwent Valley Line which operates from Matlock to Derby and back, Cromford station sits between Matlock Bath and Whatstandwell stations. Designed by G.H. Stokes, it’s a Grade II listed building which was […]