7/10
Roll With It
9 January 2019
I was once on a training course at a swanky hotel in the late 1990s. During the break I went to a quiet spot to make some phone calls.

All of a sudden with an exaggerated swagger and some attitude, Liam Gallagher enters the hotel. I was thinking that was a bit pointless, I am the only person here. What was the display in aid of?

I could understand how the Oasis boys would always get into fights. They reached the top and they were the cock of the north.

Well I did happen to be an Oasis fan back in the 90s. I bought their albums and even their singles as they would come with bonus songs not on their albums.

Their first two albums were great. Noel Gallagher who wrote the songs acknowledged in this documentary that after the release of (What's the Story) Morning Glory? the band had reached its creative peak. Some of their songs were recorded in just one day at the recording studio.

Supersonic is a warts and all documentary on Oasis. Sibling rivalry, band sackings, the pressure of fame, the rise of Britpop. It all culminated in the band playing several nights in Knebworth to record breaking crowds.

Both Liam and Noel acknowledge they were no angels. Drinking, drugs, smoking, swearing, fighting. It all happened a bit too fast. Maybe a little bit of maturity would had meant their creative peak would had lasted longer.

A good documentary about the band from their beginnings. Their initial appearances on television, hitting it big internationally and then the band almost self destructing at various points.
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