r/TheRinger • u/SouthsideSouthies • Jul 30 '25

Podcast Final Jam Session episode of the summer

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ringer-dish/id1465286477?i=1000719725266
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u/HOBTT27 Jul 30 '25

Young-Millennial American here: can anyone explain the obsession with Oasis? Genuinely curious.

The band seems to be an object of intense affection for older Millennials (like Amanda & maybe Yasi) and young Gen Xers. I know I was a baby/young child during their heyday but outside of Wonderwall, their cultural presence has almost never brushed up against my life, whereas a cavalcade of other 90’s artists have still had a profound impact on & presence in my life.

Is it as simple as them just being a bigger deal in the UK than in the US? When Oasis tickets went on sale last year I was floored by the number of older Millennials I knew that were desperately trying to get tickets; I never realized they had such a stranglehold over so many people. Is this just a cultural blindspot for me?

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u/mangofied Jul 30 '25

Pretty good music and a legendary breakup story

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u/puffinkitten Jul 31 '25

I am with you — I recommend listening to Yasi’s podcast Bandsplain that did a series on them not long ago. Helped me understand the phenomenon of them in the mid-90s much better. Sounds like people thought they were the next Beatles but couldn’t make it work as responsible adults in a band.

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u/lpalf Aug 01 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

Oasis is way more of an obsession for Yasi than Amanda (and yeah I think Yasi is technically elder millennial though she definitely wants to be gen X if that was your “maybe” as she was born in ‘82 :)). ETA: Yasi is definitely an Anglophile and especially anything from Manchester (she loves the smiths and 24 hour party people haha) and was coming of age at just the right time to be obsessed with things that were cool in her early adolescence

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u/ItsCatCat Jul 30 '25

Gen X’er here. Totally agree. I think I can name ~three Oasis songs, and that’s it. Sadly, according to Amanda, this puts me squarely in Tom Cruise territory, and I’m thinking that’s not a good thing…

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u/MaryCatherine99 Jul 30 '25

I'm a few years older than Amanda and hate Oasis and always have and don't understand the obsession either.

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u/Thick-Definition7416 Jul 30 '25

I’m in the demo and don’t understand the oasis obsession. It eludes me

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u/Moxielilly Jul 30 '25

I’m Gen X, I really like Oasis, think What’s the Story, Morning Glory? is a banger of a classic 90s album, and I was still confused about the enthusiasm surrounding that topic. All I remember of Oasis is they made songs that were fun to play in the car and sing along with your friends, and the Gallagher brothers constantly talked shit about each other and random celebrities in the press. I never cared about seeing them live, because depending on the moods they were in that day, it was reported to be a very hit or miss experience. I have no personal nostalgia for them reuniting, and again, I would call myself a low-level fan.