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Whatever

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This is one of the best singles by OASIS. Though it was not chosen to appear on any of their albums, it is a highly praised anthem in England. I like Oasis because they sing how I feel, and the lyrics send a more positive atmospher than most of their other hits. The orchestra sounds wonderful, and helps the song achieve heavenly status. WHATEVER is wonderful and if you buy the single maybe you will have as much fun listening and singing to it as I do.

For some bazzare reason this single doesn't feature on any of the Oasis albums but is the greatest single that they have ever released. It took me 3 week to track it down and was well worth it. All my mates love it.

Forget the fact that It's Good To Be Free is merely average. Forget that Half the World Away, which is as good as many of their singles, is on The Masterplan. Forget that Slide Away is on definately Maybe. Buy this single to experience of the great string-driver guitar records of all time. Think of the euphoric feel of songs like Bitter Sweet Symphony, Everybody Hurts and similar. This is glorious, powerful and a true classic. They should have bent the definition of the Masterplan as a B-Sides colelction and included it.

Whatever is an excelent song, a classic anthem in England. This song features the "London Session Orchestra" and they do a marvelous and impressive job with the strings, they enrich in big part the song, this orchestra was the same that played strings on many verve' albums. The strings are all over this song, there is even a 2 minute ending with only the strings playing it... is beautiful...

The b-sides are cool, but nothing compares to the beauty of whatever. If you enjoyed bitter sweet symphony because of the strings, then you will you enjoy this single... oasis hasn't relied upon strings since then, which its a shame...

Whatever is one of the best Oasis songs ever.It has never been on CD and is not available as a download- buying the single is the only way to get it. It was worth the money for me. Oasis may not be the Beatles but they came as close as anyone has with this great song!

Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time. Listening to it is an experience for me and I never get sick of it. Definitely worth adding to your collection...even with the steep price.

I must agree with the other reviewer on his comparisons to "Bitter Sweet Symphony," which is one of the best songs of all time. I can't say enough about this song. Every time I hear it, it puts me in a good mood and is definitely one that I love to pull out of my CD collection all the time. It's just a shame that Oasis hasn't put out more songs like this or even play it live. Just like when the Verve played "Bittersweet" live, they used the recording of the Orchestra part. Do yourself a favor and buy this single.

Out of all the singles I bought in the 90's there is no single I can think of that is as grand as Oasis's "Whatever". Oasis have always been an amazing single band and this one wins the prize. This single in itself is as great as both their first two albums. The grand "Whatever" which speaks to the soul and spirit of living and could easily win over the most cynical. The music and lyrics reach something that I have only heard a few times in music. The B-sides are just as great from the freedom guitar-driven "Its Good To Be Free" to one of Noel's best vocal solo tracks "Half The World Away". The single ends with "Slide Away" a song from the band's debut LP "Defintley Maybe" which is like an un-forced encore. We are left with a glorius highpitch guitar and Noel's vocals heard lightly in the background. This music will make you happy to be alive. If their is one Oasis single you get, Get this one.

I would buy this CD just for "Whatever". With the orchestra in the background, this song is just wonderful. It's my favorite song of theirs, as well as one of my favorite songs ever- by anyone. I highly recommend this, to anyone, but especially Oasis fans!

Add this one to your collection.