(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY?

New Oasis CD arrives!

Oasis anoraks (that’s Liam Gallagher, then) should commence cocking their hoops - the Oasis Interactive Songbook brings Proper Music to your computer.

Eager speccy kids will already have heard, via militant Internet Freedom For Binary Fans-type postings, that Sony have banned all Oasis websites from putting lyrics, chords or music samples on their little Burnage shrines. Well, worry no longer about electronically researching that tricky G to Em chord progression in ‘Wonderwall’ to impress the birds, because Europress Software have the answer to your meagre prayers - the Oasis Interactive Songbook, costing only £29.99 for your PC.

As you may be able to guess, this program comes with the full papal blessing of Sony, Creation and Oasis, and breaks down every single track from ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ into guitar, keyboard and vocal parts - so you can still impress the opposite sex if your mum made you take sissy piano lessons, or you’re in the Flying Pickets. The good bit is that instead of using traditional proper musical notation, which may require specialist knowledge, the Interactive Songbook graphically demonstrates how to play. There’s even a guitarist’s eye view if you’re totally hopeless. If there is a lymph gland’s eye view for novice singers it remains hidden at the time of going to press.

If you don’t want to be a rock star (and why not? Is there something wrong with you?) but still like Oasis, there’s plenty else in store. The Interactive Songbook also contains reams of text and audio interviews with the band themselves (along the lines of "It’s just like, er, rock’n’roll").

Better still, there’s a full discography and samples of all Oasis’ many songs (but you still have to buy the albums). And shit, if that isn’t enough, there’s even video footage from gigs at Earl’s Court, Glastonbury ’95 and Knebworth, where Liam wore some nice jumpers. All in all, worth the wedge for the anal Oasis trivia quiz alone.

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