Forget everything you thought you knew about Oasis!

I kid, of course. While Los Bros. Gallaghers and The Whomevers may continue to rate themselves in the Beatles-Stones pantheon, they’ve got a lot more in common with AC/DC or the Black Crowes. This is a band that prides itself on being proof against evolution.

I’ll give them this much: “Rock and Roll Star” is one hell of a way to open a rock ‘n’ roll show. It’s the best example of everything (and probably the only thing) Oasis does masterfully: their swaggeringly low ambition, their success in conjuring the same air of decadence and entitlement the Stones had back before any of us were born. Plus there’s that chorus that automatically twists your face into a sneer when you sing it! It’s from their first album, 1994’s Definitely Maybe, as you surely know. And they’ve never improved upon it, which you probably know, too, whether you want to admit it or not.