Stop the Clocks

A small article on web first informed me last week that, to finish off their association with the band, Sony music were going to put out an Oasis greatest hits compilation this November. The news was later confirmed on the Oasisinet website

Now as I have mentioned before on these pages I am a fan of all things Oasis, and even bought the Masterplan B-Sides album despite already owning every EP the band have ever released! So it was a no-brainer that I was going to snap up anything on commercial release.

But this album is looking to be something more than just a chance to buy another CD with Supersonic on. The Albums title is to be “Stop the Clocks”

To an Oasis fan “Stop the Clocks” has become the holy grail, a song few have heard but all have heard about.

It was first mentioned during interviews by the band in 2002, and was played live in an acoustic set by Noel and Gem at during a guest spot in Liverpool in 2003. But from there is seemed to vanish into legend.

Several times Noel Gallagher has described this song as the greatest thing he has ever written, and to someone who loves everything he’s ever written, that is quite a promise!

The song was widely anticipated to be track 7 on 2005’s Don’t Believe the Truth. However was finally replaced by Liam’s “Guess God Thinks I’m Abel”

The title of the new album now suggests that finally after all these years it will be available, and the myth will finally become a reality. There are some who claim that it’s a Cross between “The Hindu Times” and “Wonderwall”, others that It’s 7 minutes long full of “backwards stuff”.

Either way, the amount of interest that already exists in this song must surely mean that, with a November release, it must be worth a Punt for the Xmas Number 1.

I dunno about Stopping the clocks, but I’m probably gonna be hearing the tick of every second until November!

For more Information please check out the following links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_Clocks

http://www.oasisinet.com