five to one, baby, one in five...

Five to One Baby...One in Five....

Surprisingly low rating. I like a good basic beat!

Thought this was Dave Grohl singing & a Foo Fighters song at first.  

Peter James Bond That was totally cool I especially miss Jerry Garcia

 lovemydog wrote:  
It's a rudimentary drum beat; it was not invented by The Doors, but Oasis was clearly borrowing heavily from "Five To One" for this song.   "Complete rip-off"?  "Lawsuit?"  No, not really: standard drum beats are not protected by copyright laws and the chords to this song are completely different. Do you want some hot sauce or some other condiment to put on your hat?

Being unfamiliar with both this and the Doors tune, and a fan of neither, I thought I'd give them a listen and compare.  If the first 4 notes of a song are the same, and it reminds you of another song, that doesn't mean it's a copy.  Also it sounds like this one has more than one chord, and doesn't suck.

Lenny Kravitz called.

 tm wrote:
 

Sounds like Beetlebum from Blur to my ears.

It seems like The Pixies 

 peter_james_bond wrote: 
I saw Jim at Sal's the other day. Said his buddy Burton was buying him lunch.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 

Bravo-very funny.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 

This latest album is reminding me why I was SO in to these guys in the 90s... I think they've really hit on the energy they had back then.

 tm wrote: 
Not to mention the Lennon estate for that riff from Cold Turkey.

 gandalfbmg wrote: 
For one moment I thought it was Sweet Transvestite from the Rocky Horror Picture Show!  "How'd you do I....."

Five to one, the experts agree!
 

 jakewhite77 wrote: 

That just came on and I hoped it was Oasis...

 jakewhite77 wrote: 
Yes, those were the odds that this song would make it to the RP play list. Thank goodness it beat the odds so our ears can be bathed in it's aural grandeur!  LOL,Viva Oasis!

Five to one baby!  One in five!

I don't know the reason people are down on this band, I think it's a good tune.

 skijmpr wrote: 

LOLOLOL...Just be thankful it wasn't Liam. He made Patsy Kensit cry every day that they were married. 

 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Kensit#Personal_life 

 siandbeth wrote: 
idn't it though?

theft - plain and simple...  they should definitely be paying Ray Manzerek and company some big $$$.

Agree with just about everyone else here!  When this song first came on, I was like "wow, must be some underground live version of Five To One that I haven't heard".  Then Noel Gallagher (sp?) came on, and I cried.

shameless, these prats are.  pretty sure the only original creation that they have within them is the BM they produce each morning...ponderous how "we" have afforded them a life of extravagance based on their baseless portfolio.

5 to 1 baby, 1 and 5.
no one here gets out alive

god, these guys blow!!!  they don't even try to hide the fact that they rob riffs.

I'm ashamed to like the new Oasis stuff, but it seems the boys might have become men...

the starting riff is robbed form The Doors

At first I thought some one was covering 5 to 1.  Then it went on.  Never heard this before, OK if I never hear it again.  Never made a negative song comment before, but this one goes against the grain.

 sutcliff wrote: 
Busted! Jim can't spell and neither can I. That should be Janis.

PS. I hear that Zeus plays a wicked bass.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 

Janus, the god of gates and doors?

Shiva, the god of death plays a mean set of drums.

Yea, I ran for the computer to turn it up as I thought it was Jim Morrison.  You've got your's baby, I've got mine.

 huge_forehead wrote: 
Jim - Holy Crap, gotta get my lawyer on this! Picks up the phone and dials.
Lawyer - Hello
Jim - Hello, I love you!
Lawyer - Who is this?
Jim - It's me man. Jim
Lawyer - Who?
Jim - Jim man...The Lizard King...Jim Morrison. Hey Man, Oasis stole my song!
Lawyer - What the hell! I thought you were dead! Where are you?
Jim - In the Great Beyond man
Lawyer - ....You're in Winnipeg?
Jim - No Man, I've broken on through...I'm on the Other Side. Can you dig it man?
Lawyer - Wow! So what's it like there Jim?
Jim - Crazy baby, I'm jamming with Hendrix and Janus.
Lawyer - That is awesome! So what can I do for you Jim?
Jim - It's Oasis...they stole my song. Waiting for the Rapture is a ripoff of Five to One. You've got to sue them.
Lawyer - Ahhh Jim, what will that accomplish? After all, you are dead.
Jim - Oh yeah man....bummer. Hey gotta go, I'm writing some new songs with Jerry Garcia.
Lawyer - Cool, I'd love to hear them.
Jim - Oh you won't have to wait long
Lawyer - What? What do you mean? Jim?.....Jim?....

 mamerjamer wrote: 

I'm sure you meant to type The Doors when you types The Beatles. If the beginning of this song and the entire drum beat is not a complete rip-off of "Five to One," I will eat my hat.

One more "boo" from me for Oasis.

 mamerjamer wrote: 

I pretty much gave up on Oasis a long time ago (Love Morning Glory). But everything I've heard here off of this CD is pretty good. May have to give them another chance...

On nearly every Oasis you can transparently hear the particular songs they're borrowing from. Sometimes it works, this is one of the better ones I guess.

Is anyone else picking up the blatant rip off of Jim Morrison/The Doors 'five-to-one'? I liked Oasis better when they had their own sound....

Eh, it's just okay.

If Oasis is waiting for the rapture, does that mean next they'll be ripping off Blondie? 'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars, and now he only eats guitars!

I usually get dry heaves from Oasis, but this one is staying down for some reason. 

 mamerjamer wrote: 
Blah, blah, blah..........
 

I like this because you couldn't immediately tell that it is Oasis, which I think became their biggest problem after the second album.  This is a blatant Beatles rip-off, especially the Ringo Starr drum beat, but I love it.  Glad to see that Oasis realized the need to change their sound up some.

 saltysanford wrote: 
Ditto. Huge understatement really.

Blah, blah,blah.

They are really LOUD at times, though.......... 

One of the most over rated bands.  Don't get the appeal.

This one is growing on me. Oasis is such an enigma; this one sounds like Michael Hutchence on vocals. Of course, they still evoke the Beatles with that little "Cold Turkey" guitar riff. Never boring.

Everytime I hear this song I seem to like it a little more, but that might be because each time I get excited because I think it's the Beatles in the beginning

Hmm... no, still not working for me. 2.

Never really got into Oasis. This doesn't help. 4

This sucks, I am so disappointed.

 huge_forehead wrote: 

BINGO.  wtf?  how did they get away with that?  i thought they just ripped off the beatles - guess i was incomplete with my thinking

 huge_forehead wrote: 
"Phone call for Mr. Mojo-Risin'..."

hearing this a little too often on RP...

maybe need to swap in 5 to 1 now and then to keep us guessing...

Q

five to one, baby, one to five, no one here gets out alive"
Somewhere, Jim Morrison is phoning his lawyer...

Last night I listened to this album, then their first one. Still like the first one better, but this one's pretty good too.

 HarrO wrote: 
Yep.

7 => 8

Maybe too high, but my speakers are jumpin' off the desk right now....

notremotely wrote:

Yeah, I had the same reaction—parts of Maggie McGill had that driving beat too IIRC. Not a bad song, reminds me of INXS before Hutchence died—"Full Moon, Dirty Hearts" , fr'instance.

I'm liking this one more each time I hear it.

What an appropriate song for a Friday afternoon.
I'm tired and drinking coffee to finish work when I could be drinking my first Friday beer.

6 => 7

I'm starting to prefer Noel's vocals over Liam's.

 fanjoparadise wrote: 
I was coming on to write the EXACT same post! I was so excited to hear "5 to 1," but instead it's this. Which isn't terrible by any means...but it ain't no "5 to 1" that's for sure.

 siandbeth wrote: 
Agreed.

 LongGoneDaddy wrote: 
Hahaha. That freaked me out too...who would be brave enough to do a cover of that song...leave it to Oasis, the second coming of the Beatles...NOT!

smehan55 wrote:
Me three!!!!!!
These guys bite.

That was my first thought too!

 ekalvi wrote: 

1 in 5...No One Here Gets Out Alive!

 siandbeth wrote: 

Listener comment of the month.

Objective thought is in far too short supply in 2008.

Great to hear music you like from a band you don't like and have to rethink your policy. 

Best I have heard from this album yet. First two albums still my personal favs.

 ekalvi wrote: 
Yeah, I heard that too ...

I LOVE these guys.  This song, not so much.

Not bad for an Oasis track - still sounds like the beatles, but less like Oasis .  and I like the bass line!

Wow, my speaker was low then i thought it was WHAM! -wake me up B4 you go-go intro part of the song ....
Oasis = pretentious mofos, sorry ..

OScar 

The Doors - 5 to 1?

I am really digging their new stuff!

<3 love it Bill...Thanks for playing on the release date!

This is Great on a first listen!!

I saw Oasis in concert years ago, they were overrated, but heck, talented fer sure!

The bassline is pretty heavy handed.