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Familiar to Millions [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [LIVE]

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
  • Original Release Date: November 21, 2000
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics, Live
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B000051Y0E
  • Also Available in: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #97,871 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Fucking in the Bushes
2. Go Let it Out
3. Who Feels Love
4. Supersonic
5. ShakerMaker
6. Acquiesce
7. Step Out
8. Gas Panic!
9. Roll With It
10. Stand By Me
Disc: 2
1. Wonderwall
2. Cigarettes & Alcohol
3. Don't Look Back in Anger
4. Live Forever
5. Hey Hey, My My
6. Champagne Supernova
7. Rock 'n' Roll Star
8. Helter Skelter

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In 2000 Oasis wisely dispensed with theatrics and concentrated on being the world's greatest stadium-sized pub-rock band. And so, with just three mammoth video walls in tow, they toured the world. Big as the video screens were, however, the band's straight-ahead rock and Liam Gallagher's mouth were even bigger, and contributed much to the drama, tension, and entertainment of the tour behind Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. Fine examples of both were recorded when they played Wembley Stadium. Musically, Oasis make good on their claims to be the biggest and the best with rocking versions of "Supersonic," "Shakermaker," "Cigarettes & Alcohol," and "Live Forever." As for Liam, Familiar to Millions wouldn't be half the album it is had his inane ramblings, brotherly abuse, and audience taunts been edited out. That's where the real live atmosphere lies--there and in the sound of 70,000 fans singing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger." --Dan Gennoe

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic Sludge Wall of Sound , February 17, 2005
Put this set on your stereo, walkman, whatever, and turn it up loud. Because this live concert by Oasis in front of 70 thousand enthusiastic "punters" as the British call them, in the last days of the original Wembley Stadium, is a pure wall of sound that amplifies the band's melodic oevre to mind-blowing levels. Some reviewers have called the sound muddy, poor, like a bootleg. No Way. What this is, is the feeling of standing in front of a 100-foot tall speaker at a monster stadium and letting the music shoot you into the stratosphere at Mach 5.

Oasis came virtually out of nowhere in 1993-94 and within less than 2 years were the biggest rock band on Earth, if not in the US. Former guitar tech Noel Gallagher's natural flare for melody stemmed from his wear-his-influences-on-his-sleeve adoration of the Beatles. Add inspiration from 60's jingle-jangle guitar bands like the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, Glam-era 4-on-the-floor giants like TRex, Bowie, and Slade, and even 90s Grunge in a roundabout, competitive way, and what you got was an original sound gladly nicking from earlier acts- but in a clever, creative way. Re-inventing classic sounds. That is, until some of their later material started becoming too derivative and self-parodying.

There was a time when Noel and Liam proudly boasted of being the best thing since sliced bread, and though after a while it all got a bit tiresome, it was undoubtedly their pure chutzpah that helped propel them to becoming one of the biggest bands of the 90s. Not to mention the incredible tunes- just listen here for proof.

The controversies, especially from Liam's endless diva outbursts, ultimately made the band look foolish. But I guess that's what happens when you have competitive brothers in the same band- look at the history of the Bee Gees for example.
Liam's cocky, rougher edge comes across well in this set, with his cool one-of-the-lads comments and straining cigarettes-and-alcohol voice making him the perferct front man- a true rocknroll star!

Pick up this set, and roll with it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Hello, Manchester!!!", April 4, 2006
By S. Sarhan "matured reviewer" (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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It was July 2000, Oasis played Wembley Stadium in London for two nights in a row. The heat was on, the expectations were high, and the thousands of fans that crammed the famous soccor field were "mad for it!" Everything was going good; Oasis were and still are the biggest band in England with a timeless influence on most of the bands coming out of America and Europe today, and they were to take the stage by storm, but there was one too many problems: Liam had just broken up with his then wife actress Patsi Kensit, was seriously drunk, and Noel wasn't talking to him. The effects of all of the above are evident on this recording.

Liam greets the fans as soon as he steps onstage after the intro of F**kin' In The Bushes fades out with a hammering comment at Wembley Stadium, calling it a 'sh*thole', before sarcastically and hilariously saying "Hello, Manchester!" which is welcomed with a few boos from the crowd and a giggle from Noel. After that, the music plays on with a collection of their most recent singles from their 2000 album Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants: the handraiser Go Let It Out and the soothing Who Feels Love, before venturing into a string of greatest hits, in no order: Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, Live Forever, Stand By Me, Roll With It, Champagne Supernova, and Supersonic. In between songs, Liam and Noel are heard commenting with and at the crowd ("This is for all the people in the front row..." as Liam presents a song), the lighting operator ("...turn the f**kin' light off!" as Noel scorns the poor fellow), and each other ("Let's have a couple more of these songs, Noel...write a couple more of these babies!" as Liam presents Supersonic). The highlights on Familiar To Millions are the cover versions of The Beatles' Helter Skelter (taken from the US tour), and Neil Young's Hey Hey My My (which Noel sings with a passion), and the B-side Step Out (which is an underrated Noel sung number).

Familiar To Millions may not be the best live album ever released; in my opinion, it is not (Liam's tired voice is enough to convince me). But the Gallagher brothers manage to make it unintentionally entertaining and funny at times.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best live album ever?, November 25, 2000
By "aowen" (New York) - See all my reviews
This is what we've been waiting for all these years. I've seen Oasis five times here in the States and the concerts have all been great but, to be honest, this album goes beyond those live experiences. This is Oasis at its peak. I miss Guigsy and Bonehead but Oasis has never been this tight musically and that's due to Gem and Andy Bell. And what can you say about Liam? As Alan McGee says, he is the best rock and roll singer of his generation. He is at the top of his game singing-wise on this album and he's totally off his head, which only adds to the fun. The track selection can't really be argued with--lots of Definitely Maybe and What's the Story (though a few tracks from the other two albums like Where Did It All Go Wrong? or DYKWIM? would have been nice). Forget the (relative) disappointments of Be Here Now or Standing on the Shoulder. This is the Oasis we fell in love with, back with a vengeance.
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