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<li>Oasis’ Noel Gallagher defended his decision to take inspiration from the music of The Beatles.</li>
<li>He opined that Radiohead drew inspiration from one of the tracks from <em>The White Album</em>.</li>
<li>The music of Ireland also became an inspiration for Oasis.</li>
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<p id=”par-2_49″>Oasis’ Noel Gallagher said <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-beatles/”>The Beatles</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-the-beatles-george-harrison-disliked-the-sex-pistols-and-punk-rock.html/”>another classic rock band</a> inspired his group. In addition, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with drawing inspiration from earlier acts. Notably, Oasis recorded a version of The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” that is radically different from the Fab Four’s.</p>
<h2>Oasis’ Noel Gallagher said his band crossed The Beatles with the Sex Pistols</h2>
<p id=”par-3_48″>During a 2009 interview in the book<a href=”https://www.scribd.com/read/239801074/The-Art-of-Noise-Conversations-with-Great-Songwriters#__search-menu_992937″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”> <em>The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters</em></a>, Gallagher <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/oasis-wonderwall-called-wishing-stone-oasis-heard-george-harrison-album.html/”>discussed the roots of Oasis</a>. “Oasis were basically a cross between The Beatles and the Sex Pistols,” he said. “They were the two main loves of my life when I was growing up. </p>
<p id=”par-4_70″>“I’ll put it to you this way: when Radiohead in the middle of ‘Karma Police’ dropped <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/star-said-radioheads-karma-police-copied-the-beatles-sexy-sadie.html/”>that bit in of ‘Sexy Sadie,’</a> to all the people down here that’s f****** brilliant, but when I do it I’m accused of some kind of plagiarism,” he added. “It’s not important to me.” For context, “Karma Police” features a piano riff reminiscent of the one that opens “Sexy Sadie” from <em>The White Album</em>.</p>
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<h2>Noel Gallagher discussed how ‘Hey Jude’ inspired the music of Oasis</h2>
<p id=”par-5_63″>Gallagher elaborated on his influences. “There’s two main things: one is being of Irish descent and the other is going to a lot of football matches from a very an early age and listening to those chants (sings): ‘la la la lalala la ci-ty’<em> </em>— <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-beatles-hey-jude-stopped-paul-mccartney-produced-song-hitting-no-1.html/”>that’s ‘Hey Jude!’</a> Those songs that transferred themselves from the pop charts to the terraces, that’s where it’s at.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_25″>In the United Kingdom, certain popular songs become popular football chants. “Hey Jude” is the sort of repetitive sing-a-long that is popular in that context.</p>
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<h2 id=”h-how-oasis-cover-of-the-beatles-i-am-the-walrus-performed-on-the-pop-charts”>How Oasis’ cover of The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ performed on the pop charts</h2>
<p id=”par-7_48″>Notably, Oasis covered The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus.” The original version of the song is a sprawling psychedelic track. Meanwhile, Oasis turned “I Am the Walrus” into a lengthy hard-rock tune with lots of guitar feedback. It sounds more like Dinosaur Jr. than the average Oasis song.</p>
<p id=”par-8_50″>The cover never charted on the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/oasis/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard Hot 100</a>. Oasis’ “I Am the Walrus” appeared on some editions of the album <em>Definitely Maybe</em>. That record climbed to No. 58 on the Billboard 200 for 21 weeks. <em>Definitely Maybe </em>lasted longer on the charts than most of the band’s other albums.</p>
<p id=”par-9_56″>According to <a href=”https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3993/oass/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Official Charts Company</a>, Oasis’ “I Am the Walrus” didn’t chart in the U.K. either. On the other hand, <em>Definitely Maybe</em> topped the U.K. chart for a single week. It lasted on the chart for a whopping total of 503 weeks, making it the band’s biggest album there besides <em>(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?</em></p>
<p id=”par-10_22″>Oasis drew influence from The Beatles and the Sex Pistols and they put their own spin on a classic Fab Four track.</p>