Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

Oasis like to think of themselves as the bearer of all things Beatle. Keeper of the Brit rock flame.

Their pilfering of Beatles stylings is slavish, not least Liam Gallagher's snarl is naked aping the throaty growl of Lennon on "Money".

Attitude is part of rock n roll's appeal, and Oasis capture that brilliantly. This is the only indie song I've ever heard townies sing after eight pints of lager. For mass appeal, Oasis may have briefly rivalled the Beatles in playing to Knebworth, and when they played this, the atomsphere was electric.

I've since heard that they've split up, owing to the fact they hate each other. Frankly I'm amazed that both Gallagher brothers are still alive, but it might be an opportunity for Noel to pair up with Frank Gallagher of Shameless fame. That might almost be as good as this tune, which features another personal television fave Patrick Macnee from the Avengers.

Blur - The Universal

Here's how to tell if your youth is on the way out.

One, check your wardrobe. If you're thinking that looking like an extra from Sesame Street is no longer working for you, you may be getting old. One point.

You decide a lovely jumper is preferable to getting baadered, add another point.

Of course, some of us may always have appreciated a lovely jumper. But there is one test that tells you youth is gone. That test is when a record you treasured as a teenager is then used to advertise a car or financial product at you, fifteen years later.

"The Universal" is one of these. It now hoicks life insurance at me, which is apt. I am now at the stage where I may consider it useful, despite having done all the bad stuff in my twenties.

The Pixies - Monkey's Gone To Heaven

Despite many happy fruggings to the Pixies at indie clubs all across England, I've never bought one of their records, a gross mistake that I urgently need to correct.

The clip is the first appearance of the Pixies on television.