"It's a bit early in the midnight hour for me,To go through all the things that I want to be,I don't believe in everything I see,Y'know I'm blind so why d'you disagree
Take me away, cos I just dont want to stay,And the lies you make me say are getting deeper every day,
These are crazy days but they make me shine,Time keeps rolling by.
All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You're gonna make a better day.
All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You know it's gonna be okay.
What you gonna do when the walls come falling down,You never move you never make a sound,When you gonna swin with the ridges that you found,If you're lost at sea well I hope that you drown,
And All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You know it's gonna be okay.
Nanana, nanana, nananana nananaaa,Nanana, nanana, nananana nananaaa,Naaaa, naaaa, naaaaa, naaaaa, nanananana,Nanananana, nanananana,
Cos All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You're gonna make a better day.
It's gonna be okay!It's gonna be okay!It's gonna be okay!It's gonna be okay!
All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You're gonna make a better day,
Cos All Around The World,You gotta spread the word,Tell 'em what you heard,You know it's gonna be okay.
La lalalala la lalala la,La lalalala la lalala la.
And I know what I know,What I know what I know,Yeah I know what I know,It's gonna be okay.
And I know what I know,What I know what I know,Yeah I know what I know,
It's gonna be okay.
And I know what I know,What I know what I knowYeah I know what I knowPig's don't fly - never say die!!!
So things are gonna fly - never say die!!!Things are gonna fly - never say die.
Nanana, nanana, nananana nananaaaNanana, nanana, nananana nananaaa
Things are gonna fly - never say die!!! So things are gonna fly - never say die!!!"
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
(And all the yawning poses! at least that's funny.)
― peepee (peepee), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
No no no no no. One of those is genius, and the other one is total crap.
― lyra (lyra), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 4 July 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link
On the other hand, I pulled up Wonderwall and Champage Supernova, and I kind of hear more similiarities between Morning Glory and Wonderwall.
― lyra (lyra), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
As for 'Wonderwall' - he's obviously singing to his own hard-on, as usual. All Oasis lyrics are a man addressing his own organ.
― moley, Monday, 4 July 2005 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
is one reason why this song has subconsciously shifted from "hit single by band" to "iconic important age-defining monster track" in most people's minds, IMHO.
- they don't do parody versions of any old song, so it must have been an important song
- the easy/lounge version was actually pretty decent, so it must have been a good song
(just brainstorming here, trying to answer your "Why the universal praise for this song" question)
― StanM (StanM), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.undercover.com.au/pics/oasisliamros2002.jpg
― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
"Wonderwall"= laddism finally admits it has a soft side. See also: Labour winning the 1997 elections.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 4 July 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chris O., Monday, 4 July 2005 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 4 July 2005 22:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 4 July 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 00:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― wankernerd, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― elise, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― derfymcderfles, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
I think this is nonsense and I don't even like Blur.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 04:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― That One Guy (That One Guy), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 04:08 (eighteen years ago) link
if you need an explanation of this song's impact and legend, just get 8 or 9 american males between the ages of 19-23 totally wasted and let them loose on a room at a karaoke place (preferrably in koreatown) and all the mysteries of the universe will be revealed.
There's apparently a Beastie Boys cover of Wonderwall floating around on the interweb. I tried downloading a copy of it, but it wouldn't play in iTunes for me.
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 04:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:47 (eighteen years ago) link
The same goes for loud bands that release a ballad as a (typically the 3rd) single ... hence the Wonderwall problem. For a start, imagine the melody with out the backing...
― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― moley, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Miss Kitten could do it. Or The Pogues.
― moley, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Why does Blur come up everytime someone mentions Oasis? I don't see the connection.
― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_With_It
Roll With It was released as a single on 14 August 1995, and received a great deal of attention when Food Records, the label of chief Britpop rivals Blur, moved the original release date the single "Country House" to clash with it, sparking what came to be known as "The Battle of Britpop". The British media had already reported an intense rivalry between the two bands and this clash of releases was seen as a battle for the number one spot. The media sensation was spurred on by verbal attacks from the respective camps (in particular Noel and Liam Gallagher, Damon Albarn and Alex James), that extended beyond the music industry to the point where the two bands were regularly mentioned on the evening news. In particular, public imagination was sparked by the contrast between the gritty, working class Oasis and the artsy, middle class Blur. In the end, Blur's "Country House" single sold 274,000 copies to Oasis' 216,000 copies of "Roll with It". The singles charted at number 1 and number 2 respectively. However, in the long run, Morning Glory went platinum 13 times, while Blur's album The Great Escape only managed to go platinum 3 times.
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Ah, so you've never danced on a podium at Love Muscle to Jackie O's version then?
(I once did this, a couple of hours after returning from "seeing" Oasis at Knebworth. This single moment was better than the entire 6-7 hours at Knebworth put together, as I explained to everyone within earshot. Ah me, the follies of middle youth.)
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― b b, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:31 (eighteen years ago) link
"Oasis is a band that finds ways to sing love songs without enacting them. When Liam Gallagher asks listeners to ''love one another,'' part of the fun is hearing the lyrics tug against the persona. And at Wednesday's concert, part of the fun was watching Liam and Noel Gallagher avoid physical and even eye contact. Theirs is, not coincidentally, a very Oasis sort of love: unrequited, unexpressed and possibly even unfelt. "
heres the full thing:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E5D81F3BF937A15755C0A9639C8B63
― b b, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Today is gonna be the dayThat they're gonna throw it back to youBy now you should've somehowRealized what you gotta doI don't believe that anybodyFeels the way I do about you now
Backbeat the word was on the streetThat the fire in your heart is outI'm sure you've heard it all beforeBut you never really had a doubtI don't believe that anybody feelsThe way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk along are windingAnd all the lights that lead us there are blindingThere are many things that I wouldLike to say to youI don't know how
Because maybeYou're gonna be the one who saves me?And after allYou're my wonderwall
I really like the gratuitous incorporation of "backbeat."
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
While obviously bigger in Britain, The album went multiplatinum (one of the best selling albums of the year) and "Wonderwall" went top ten here.
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Will he answer Rutles questions? Xpost
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
I assume James is referring to the discussion where A, A7 and A9 were listed as seperate chords - but those chords have a specific appeal to them which is why people choose to use them. They sound different, therefore they should be referred to as different.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:07 (six years ago) link
It should be worth mentioning that at no point during the thread I referred to anyone else as a retard, though.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
Turrican, I tried yellowcarding you but can't tell if it worked or not. Check your email.
― mod, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:13 (six years ago) link
This is news to me!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvYDQBIokz0
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
Hey Turrican, sent you a follow-up email.
― mod, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
I can't access it, I'm afraid.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
Oh, so you didn't see either of them?
― mod, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
Nope, haven't seen either of 'em.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
Original email was a warning that you were getting close to 51 and to maybe dial it back a bit. Second was a mea culpa because you are significantly less close to 51 than I thought: a number of your FPs had been from older than 6 months ago and needed to be deleted. The suggestion to dial it back a bit still seems like reasonable advice to me though. I'm not going to weigh in on whatever's going on in this thread because I don't want to accidentally learn the chords to Wonderwall.
― mod, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
mod what's yr take on pedal points?
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
x-post:
Hahahahaha, fair enough! :)
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
(xp) pedal notes.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
("Pedal point" and "pedal tone" are equally acceptable terminology tbf.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:48 (six years ago) link
Mea culpa #2
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
... withdrawal #2
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, April 4, 2018 2:37 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Tom sorry I should have been more upfront I'm John Petrucci of Dream Theater, in the Theater we always say "pedal points"
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
I'd like to toast points
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
lmao ums
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:05 (six years ago) link
The hell, this thread exploded.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
A lot of contentious points/tones/notes came up.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Mostly chordial.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
Pedal pedantry was a delightful new thing for me
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
Did anyone ever make effects pedals which were also bike pedals and which you could only use while simultaneously pedaling a stationary bike and going ham on a guitar, because if not I will file my patent now and build one for u.
― Orbital Ribbonbopper, Inventor of Flying and Popcorn (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 22:11 (six years ago) link
It's been mentioned here before but yes, all this song has going for is a few details like the way the second verse starts with cello/vocals then drums then bass. That really works. Also, the melody of the pre-chorus is kinda nice. It is in the chorus when things really go wrong. So lazy and anti-climatic! Perhaps they wanted to break the pattern of full-blown anthemic choruses for a change, but it really doesn't work. Although it clearly must work for some people.
― daavid, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
wish I'd made a $2 bet that a pedal geek fight would erupt on a thread about "wonderwall"
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
I mean, "Soon", sure, I get that
― thots and players (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
Pedals are for lames, real shredders use racks
― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
Backbeat, word is on the street / That the fire in this thread is out
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 5 April 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
Pedal point geeks i need u
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 April 2018 04:41 (six years ago) link
Wild thread
― flappy bird, Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:10 (six years ago) link
gallagheresque
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Thursday, 5 April 2018 05:16 (six years ago) link
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/this-british-song-has-just-been-voted-the-best-of-all-time/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=042018britishsong
― fleetwood machiavellian (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 15 April 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
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― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Sunday, 15 April 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
lmaooo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvREW50hFk
― frogbs, Monday, 7 May 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Ha. catching up: UMS and Vancouver Jim brought some serious wisdom upthread.
― NO REGERTS (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
namaste
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 7 May 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link