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Oasis: Be Here Now

Paul Lester, Uncut, September 1997

YOU'D THINK Oasis were at war. The sense of urgency is palpable. Be Here Now. It's all in the video to the single: Oasis, the calm at the centre of a storm of helicopter action, waiting like generals for their troops. If they sounded either wounded or wistful on (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, on Be Here Now the motor is aggressive positivity.

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