one last thing let me recap oasis I'm feeling nostalgic.
so we went to see oasis at docklands. which is one of those weird ass places that used to be a shop port but they have built all these apartment buildings up. so we go there to this built up artificially bougie (but just gentrified to shit) place for dinner and they have both burgers and jagerbombs within their laminated 20 page menu, I think that says it all. They are playing an Oasis playlist, they know their audience. I have a burger (fantastic) and a jagerbomb, duh. I don't want to drink too much because I don't want to go out to pee. then we got and walk to the stadium and there's some bootleg merchandise outside. then we go in to these wack ass VIP seats I paid too much for, then we go out for a ciggie. then we go back in and ball park music is playing to the toughest crowd, like, they only get a cheer when they say "who's excited for oasis?" then holy fuck it is coming up and I am just sad bonehead isn't coming. then they literally swagger onstage. then it's like 2 hours of wall to wall perfect music. my main regret is not going to the pit. because the pit is tame as fuck, I went the night the flare went off but that was like 20 seconds and since I'd been in Melbourne a few days before that and seen what the people were like I was like, typical Melbourne. Liam goes "naughty naughty." it was so funny for us actually, it was good because it was the first time I had the feeling they were not scripted interacting with the crowd but actually just being real with their genuine swagger, but I get it, they may have thought there was a safety concern. but knowing Melbourne as I had known Melbourne in the previous three days (illegal tobacco everywhere and disregarding all no smoking signs in any venue. also purple water in the toilets of nice pubs? that was cool but every toilet you could hear everyone sniffing coke in the girls toilet cubicles. at 2pm. I mean, on a Saturday. but I'm not kidding—I guess you have to be australian to know what this is like—ripping down barriers for amyl and the sniffers, Melbourne marathon security also ripped down) I was just like fucking typical melbirne. of course someone has brought in a fucking SEA FLARE and been like I SHOULD DEFINITELY LET THIS OFF IN THE CROWD, the nicest people but literally, I can only attribute it to their long covid lockdowns they literally just disregard authority and do whatever the fuck they want at all times. My mate was putting Dexys in our mouth at a karaoke joint that he especially asked to let us in after lockout. that vibe, for real, that's what Melbourne is, drug fucked people too old to be considered youth just living their lives lol (I would never do this in my home state but when in Melbourne) and yeah. wall to wall sound, pristine vocals, Liam does his bit about the kangaroos that I already know he repeats every show in Australia, everyone is dancing in the seats (again I regret not being in the pit) the charm of the band leaps out and fills the whole room, champagne supernova, hold hands with noel, argh. too short. take me back.
