Did Green Day Rip Off Oasis?

Ive been Green Day fan since like 4ever and Oasis fan as well
Both bands r great but those r 2 different worlds
I could actually believe the fact that GD ripped off,I dont know, lets say Ramones (even though they never did) but nvm
The point is that I always liked Noels music and I really think he is brilliant musician but that is not an excuse to go around accusing innocent people some stuff just because u think so

Long story short : In my opinion Green Day has never ripped off any band let alone Oasis

they are both great hits,
it doesn't matter if they are the same chords, they are two completely different songs
and the mix wonderwall boulevard sounds incredible
stop bitching bout it and just appreciate these two brilliant hits

There are only so many chords and so many chord combinations

Noel Gallagher can rip on whoever he wants.
And if he hates green day (personally MY favourite band, he can go on and fucking do it)

I don't care about him.
I like his music, but about him?
I couldn't care less.

But accusing something like that is pretty stupid.
Because if you listen to wonderwall (and or boulevard of broken dreams)
and you listen to What I've done by Linkin park.

ITS THE SAME CHORDS. just linkin park's ins 2 semitones higher.

What does noel have to say to that? that linkin park ripped him too?

that's stupid.

Oasis sucks, they rip off more bands than anyone.

They're both shite compared to even the crappest b-side or filler track by any given band I only vaguely like on a day when I'm feeling generous. They should both, quite simply, fuck off.

Billie Joe Armstrong is a fucking thief. Look at all the various songs he's obviously ripped off, and they are from well known songs too. What scum.

green day sucks. No body truly knows what punk is, and if you tell me you know punk then dont bring up bands like greenday, blink 182, etc of all your mainstream shit. Oasis is better than greenday anyday and I have mad respect for them. If you listen to their music and pay attention to the lyrics, they know whats it about. life etc.

I agree with Pat,if he has the power to say that Bill ripped Wonderwall then he should enter the court afterall this is a matter of copyright voilation.
On the other hand I disgree that GD ripped wonderwall,GD has used the Phazors & Termolo in Boulevard of Broken Dreams,
The Rhyme is same in the begining and in the end but beats in a different manner.
Phazors & Termolo are Guitar Amplifiers do search for it.
My Friend has complete report about this matter,hope he lends it to me quickly to shut the mouth of those saying "GREEN DAY RIPPED OFF OASIS' WONDERWALL".

Gallagher is just mad because Green Day beat them (thoroughly) at their own game. Boulevard of Broken Dreams is ten times better than Wonderwall, though they are both excellent songs. Grow a pair Noel. Even if Green Day did copy off of you, it only means they were doing you a high honor. And all you can do is bitch about it. Get your head out of your vagina.

Dude, Pearl Jam suck

And honsetly, I love both bands, and I don't think Greenday ripped them off, and Noel doesnt really have a right to say they did, but frankly anyone who says oasis are shite seriously needs to use their ears every once in a while. It might just do them good

kids, green day didnt rip of oasis, they both ripped of a little band from the 70s, you may have heard of them, they are called aerosmith. well they had a little song called DREAM ON and that is what oasis ripped off for their little wonderwall deal. they rip off 77% of their music. they are hacks. shameless hacks. they are nothing but a glorified cover band.if you want to listen to some good (and original)90s music go but yourselves some pearl jam or nirvana.

Ok, I love Oasis, and I love Noel Gallagher, but does he REALLY have any room to talk about ripping people off? I mean, he ripped off the goddamn Coca`Cola song (as well as John Lennon's "Woman is the n***** of the world", and numerous others). Now, I don't exactly like Green Day, but I don't think Gallagher has the right to say they ripped him off.

Actually, I never noticed the similarity between the two songs until I heard the mix “Boulevard of broken songs�.

I don’t actually think of Green day ripping off Oasis… I would not really use the word “Rip off� because that would hurt Oasis fans, and Oasis themselves!
I’m not a big fan of both, but I think each band has its own originality.

They may have intentionally used the same chords, but they totally sound different!!!
Chords or notes or “DO RE MI FA SOL�.. whatever you call it.. it’s music after all… you know!

I would say Oasis somehow influenced Green Day… and that is just amazing! Don’t you think so… but saying otherwise, is not really good!

One example is actually coming to mind just now… I am a big fan of Peal Jam, I’m also a fan of Creed, and have always liked the vice of Scott Stapp…
But, I still think that Scott Stapp ripped of the voice of Eddie Vedder…

However.. both have great voices, and both have sold millions

Who’s better? That’s a completely different issue! Because after all… WE ARE NOT COMAPRING APPLE TO APPLE!!!

..and the same is with Green Day and Oasis!

I am a big green day fan, and i dont really like oasis, but green day clearly did not intend to rip off oasis, they just use the same chords and nearly the same strumming pattern. If you actually listen to both of the songs they do not sound one bit the same and I think Noel is being a big mouthed twat trying to convince people that another big band like green day think that oasis are so good that they are going to rip off one of their songs. BOBD won a grammy award for the best record of the year, so fuck wonderwall, and by the way, GREEN DAY ARE BIGGER AND BETTER, SO FUCK JAY AND LEWIS!

Hey man I didn't rip off Oasis.
BOBD is a lot better than stupid Wonderwall anyway.
NOEL GALLAGHER NEEDS TO STOP CRYING LIKE THE LITTLE BABY HE IS.

BOBD is too similiar. first i didn't care about it. but then i listened to both of them. extactly the same apart from the lyrics. too similar. i like both bands, but i hope green day admits thtat they did and apologizes. that'll make me like them better.

I don't know that it's fair for the writer to say BoBD helped define Green Day's international career. That's overstating things a little...

Green Day did rip off Oasis. Saying that you side with Green Day is like saying that you side with Vanilla Ice over Mercury and Bowie (Ice Ice Baby/Under Pressure). They should have the respect to at least give a writing credit on this one. I mean having a 10 week number one hit made from your song doesn't make a songwriter very happy. Noel has every right to be pissed off. Also, I might add that you can tell who is a Green Day fan from all the meaningless s*** f*** cursing. Oasis will "Live Forever".

Noel is probably angry at the massive success that American Idiot had. He wrote TONS of awesome songs in the mid-nineties for their first two albums and b-sides of 1994-95. Green Day was pretty big during this time, too with Dookie. Both bands have been going strong for roughly the same number of years. But Green Day seems to have had more worldwide success in recent years. Oasis is just big in the UK not here in the US where I'm from. And that's a shame, because I like Oasis much more than Green Day but many americans dont. Maybe this will just get Noel to try really hard and write another masterpiece. God knows I want him to. Show Green Day who's boss, Noel!

well, im quite into both bands, but Oasis are far better. Both are good songs, but Wonderwall is classic. I would like Green Day to admit to stealing the song, i sure people would respect them for it. Maybe even Oasis. I mean, Noel Gallagher can't really talk about stealing, Fade Away, for instance, uses the melody of Wham!'s Freedom, and Cigarettes & Alcohol uses T. Rex's Get it On riff. But Noel does pay for his uses afterall.

One thing that no one ever seems to mention is that Noel isnt always as quite serious as he seems. Think about it. To declare your band bigger than God. I find Noels quotes unbelievably funny & brilliant! :)

Well we are still talking about this so obviously it is a very debatable subject. Let me get my bias out of the way and say I am an american who thinks that Oasis is the greatest band of all time(Anyone who doesnt think so download "whatever"). The first time I heard BOBD on the radio I swear to god I thought someone was requesting Wonderwall. The chords are the exact same. Yes the sequence is very simple, but a rip off none the less. Noel Gallagher may be the greatest song writer in the last twenty years, Green Day has had massive success but there songs are amatuer like in relation.

If Oasis was from the United States I dare to say they would still rule the world, as they still rule the UK. Look at all the bands inspired by Oasis, its fact not fiction

I think its a clear attempt to recreate a very popular song in a very different manner. I believe Green day consciecously 'borrowed' those chords. Im an oasis fan but im not bitter about it because BOBD has its own audience and i personally think the song is terrible. Noel is a different league of songwriter and he should know that but i can understand why it would be irritating all those repetitave american bands get on my nerves just as much as the new breed of depressing music in the UK.

Green Day stole from Oasis. Any guitar player knows that.

Well i just wanna say that Green Day totally rocks. I agree with what the majority of the music fans are saying. Why in the hell would Green Day wanna steal a song for? They have written so many great hits all on their own. They dont need to steal any music. They're great artists all on their own. Gallagher just needs to shut his pie hole. So why is Gallagher picking on one of the world's greatest trio of artists? Because he is just trying to be in the spotlight again. A has-been like Gallagher does need a stepping stone...