Obsession of the Week
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Oasis – “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down”
The documentary of the massive 2005 tour gives us a totally different look at the equally massive British band. I’m obsessed with this for any number of reasons, number one being that I’ve been head over heels for Liam Gallagher since I was 15. I used to cut his pictures out of my Sugar! magazines and gluestick them into my journal. (Sugar was the UK equivalent to Bop or Tiger Beat. I could only get it at Barnes and Noble in the mid 1990s). This film, shot entirely in black and white save a few candid moments, is beautiful, hilarious, and grand – just like Oasis’ “Whatever”, “Married With Children”, and “All Around the World”, respectively.
I’m also obsessed with the scene of an unaware Liam being filmed dancing alone pre-show. His weird leprechaun-footballer-jig is too ridiculous for words. It finally displays a humanity these guys have hidden for more than a decade. They’re rock stars, but they still play board games, get sick, and love their girlfriends. And the live shots from Manchester Stadium will give you goosebumps. AND there are cameos by Richard Ashcroft! Brilliant!