drover wrote:

Let's be fair...There is nothing that can be done in popular music that the Beatles didn't do, hint at or influence another band to do.

I don't mind this song, but it reminds me of the spam that used to crop up on rec.music.beatles.

OASIS MORE POPULAR THAN THE BEATLES IN THE UK!!!!!

um ok :|

funder wrote:

I've heard it, it's really cool. I've always been a fan of this song. I got sick of beating them up...it's too easy. Liking their music takes some investment, but for this album it's worth it.

how on EARTH did these guys ever get a record deal? good lord.

You should hear the Party Ben mash up of this song with Green Day's Boulevard!

Cornelia wrote:
Uh, the Beatles beat them to it by about 30 years. See: Eleanor Rigby, All You Need Is Love, The Long and Winding Road, etc. And chances are someone even beat them to it.

GREAT tune from a band that probably could have done a lot more than they did with themselves.

Cornelia wrote:

Or perhaps, "Viola!" It's a hit!

Despite the Oaf factor... such a relief to hear the original version. Enjoying it after all the overplay, years ago.

Working class passion, expressed authentically. Feelings, not some schmaltz fest. Its about inarticulate kids trying to connect with each other. Not clever, not pretentious.

What a juxtaposition with Paul Simon's Only Living Boy in New York. Simon's song is so much better crafted, and so beautiful. But Wonderwall has an immediacy and a simple passion which is transparent and accessible, whereas Simon's song is layered and benefits from understanding the background and context.

There is no such insight needed in Wonderwall! It is just real. Sorry to apply a class analysis, but the Gallagher brothers couldnt pass an exam if they tried, no twee College background for them, just simple feelings about universal experiences expressed by real people.

I love the ending, so poignant. Reveals the extent to which they were influenced by a popular beat combo from the other end of the East Lancashire Road...

It's a shame to see this being rated so "low". Shame on you old tarts!

do you think this song kicked off the string section craze? add a few violins to a pop song and voila!... it's a hit. i do like it though..

Last couple of comments are right on. From what I've been able to glean over the years, I don't know enough about Oasis to hate them, so I can only go by what I know -- which is that I really love this song.

Despite their personalities, Oasis came up with some good songs. Like this one.

When this band was talked about on VH-1's I Love the 90's, one guy said "Oasis was one of those bands I just wanted to hate but couldn't." My sentiments expressed right there

:nodhead: 8)

mig7 wrote:

I shall accept either version, EITHER!!! ( pronounced EYE-ther).

driftersescape wrote:That's probably because he cannot hold a note. It is very grating.

Why do I feel the need to feel guilty for liking this song? Oh yeah, it was a hit. Thirty lashes with a wet noodle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tapedshut: Mea culpa!!!

coding_to_music wrote:

Shame on you!

The inner-dialogue rages on... Do they suck? Are they geniuses? Are they NOT geniuses but still highly listenable? Do they SUCK? My mind wants to turn them off, but my toe is tapping! Damn you, toe!

yay, my upload!

ouch.

This song blows but I MUST recommend Ryan Adam's version! It's amazing! Completely different song-haunting if you can imagine that.

driftersescape wrote:Couldn't agree more, I hate whiney singers.

The song is decent, but it really shouldn't be any longer--- the voice is getting on my nerves after a while.

davveld wrote:

well known in germany as well, so it's not french exceptionalism.

i love this song, reminds me of highschool years, getting drunken to tell her all and everything ... and then just ended up in the corner, quiet and lost. ;)

great to have this song here.

Well, at least the French college students like it -- to me, a 40-something American it's tired old dreck. On the other hand, it's a lot better than the Ryan Adams version that came out last year.

Blech.

It was overplayed at the time, but I'm not going to rate it down for that.
Plus I'm a sucker for cellos.
An outstanding track.