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Maybe Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher didn’t come right out and say his own band isn’t rock and roll, but that’s what the Rockblog read from his comments directed at Status Quo guitarist Francis Rossi.

Two days ago the Rockblog blogged about comments Rossi made about Oasis. Among the comments Rossi made was: “What always comes to mind is Oasis. They call themselves a rock band and they stand there looking at the floor. Bored shitless they look. I’m not saying they’re a bad band, but that to me isn’t rock ’n’ roll.”

Now The Sun reports Noel Gallagher came back with:  “Normally I wouldn’t give a rat’s arse what Status Quo have got to say about anything.

“But tell those wankers from me that when I go on stage at Wembley next summer, I won’t be wondering about what the poster boys for Help The Aged think.”

Which brings up the question about what Noel will be thinking of when he’s on stage. Judging by what I’ve seen, it looks like he’s wondering if he should have tried the prawn cocktail before the show. Either that or the band’s keeping an eye to make sure their shoe laces don’t come untied during their performance.

Noel makes no remarks about NOT being bored shitless on stage or NOT not being rock and roll. It can only be assumed Rossi’s statements are true, even if he is an old git.

What amazes the Rockblog is that among the influences cited by Oasis are The Who, Sex Pistols, and the Stooges. How can a band have influences like that and end up being so boring? Oasis must put too much emphasis on their main influence - The “Be-dulls”.  

Status Quo guitarist Francis Rossi has accused fellow British band Oasis of not being rock and roll.

According to The Sun, Rossi said: “We’re from a generation of acts that are very physical, we put physicality into it.

“But some of the younger bands don’t want to put that physical commitment in, either because it’s not cool at the moment or whatever.

“What always comes to mind is Oasis. They call themselves a rock band and they stand there looking at the floor. Bored shitless they look.I’m not saying they’re a bad band, but that to me isn’t rock ’n’ roll.”

I’m not much of a Status Quo fan, but Francis Rossi has a point. In every video I’ve ever seen of Oasis, they’ve looked more bored than me. And considering I’m watching Oasis at the time, I’m pretty fucking bored.

Sure, all Status Quo songs sound the same, but at least they’re putting some balls behind it. I’ll take that over the bland droning of Oasis any day.

The Sun then reports that later in the same interview Francis Rossi named Muse and Snow Patrol as two of his favourite bands. So while he makes a good point about Oasis not being rock and roll, Rossi then goes on to score an own goal by naming Snow Patrol as a favourite.

All of this leaves the Rockblog wondering what happened to rock and roll. When did it become such shit? Will there ever be another punk rock revolution to come and kick the old boy up the ass or are we going to get lamer and lamer bands being passed off as “rock and roll” until the name means nothing?

Only the other week I was on an internet forum where somebody called Take That a rock band. Something inside of me died when I read it. The fact that rock has come to the point where somebody could even think Take That qualifies as a rock band shows what a sad state rock is in today.