Getting High: Adventures of "Oasis" by Paolo Hewitt  (2)
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Oasis were always a "dangerous" rock 'n' roll band in an expressly pipe 'n' slippers manner, where a couple of raised fingers, a spilt beer and a bruised photographer were all good substitutes for genuine revolution. Forever The People--Paolo Hewitt's second tome on the Mancunian five-piece that took on the world--really should open the door to the rock 'n' roll meltdown that plagued Oasis on their ill-fated "Be Here Now" tour, but instead of dishing the dirt on Oasis's fractured limbs (shortly after the tour ended, Oasis lost founder members Guigsy and Bonehead in a messy, uncomfortable and quite possibly acrimonious split), Hewitt's book indulges his fascination with the heart of the band--the ever-tempestuous relationship between Noel and Liam. It's all good fun, but ultimately a game of swings and roundabouts.
Oasis were always a "dangerous" rock 'n' roll band in an expressly pipe 'n' slippers manner, where a couple of raised fingers, a spilt beer and a bruised photographer were all good substitutes for genuine revolution. Forever The People--Paolo Hewitt's second tome on the Mancunian five-piece that took on the world--really should open the door to the rock 'n' roll meltdown that plagued Oasis on their ill-fated "Be Here Now" tour, but instead of dishing the dirt on Oasis's fractured limbs (shortly after the tour ended, Oasis lost founder members Guigsy and Bonehead in a messy, uncomfortable and quite possibly acrimonious split), Hewitt's book indulges his fascination with the heart of the band--the ever-tempestuous relationship between Noel and Liam. It's all good fun, but ultimately a game of swings and roundabouts.
Hewitt is a close friend of Noel, and it shows--he hangs on the boy's every quip and really would make an ideal biographer--but it's clear that the rest of the band are more guarded towards the ever-present journalist. Hewitt's anecdotes, then, concentrate on funny things that Noel says, or does--all tinged with growing shades of desperation as the "Be Here Now" tour reaches new depths of dissatisfaction, misanthropy and creative stagnation. Credit where it's due, though, Hewitt's prose captures all the wonderful madness of Liam Gallagher--a man who seems to terrify and fascinate in equal measure, a law unto himself. But when even Liam concedes that "the magic has gone", where does that leave Forever The People?For many people this will prove as unnecessary an addition to the canon as Oasis' own overlong, bombastic, joyless "Be Here Now". --Louis Pattison
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In September, 1997 the writer Paolo Hewitt was invited by Oasis to accompany them for six months on their world-wide trip. Starting in the UK and journeying right around the world, Hewitt was able to get closer to the band than any other writer. he followed the group literally from hotel room to the stage. And back again. Forever the People is his intimate and gripping account of all of the tour's drama. He writes of amazing gigs in Rio and court appearances in Australia. He details the band hanging out with the likes of Maradona, Johnny Depp and Naomi Campbell and he watches as three hotels and two airlines attempt to ban the group world-wide. Paolo reveals their unique humour and he perceptively illuminates the effect that life on the road has on all who undertake it.
Forever the People is no mere hagiography of Oasis. As he observes, after the amazing success of their (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album, Oasis was a 'band in search of a meaning', a band that had been rocked by criticism of their Be Here Now album while busy fighting off new contenders for their crown. This is the story of how Oasis, for many people the band of the decade, saved themselves from themselves and found a future, found new horizons.
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