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How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you when we were getting high?
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
Cos people believe that they're
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world's still spinning round
We don't know why
Why, why, why, why
How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall
Faster than a cannon ball
Where were you while we were getting high?
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova in the sky
Some day you will find me
Caught beneath the landslide
In a champagne supernova
A champagne supernova in the sky
Cos people believe that they're
Gonna get away for the summer
But you and I, we live and die
The world's still spinning round
We don't know why
Why, why, why, why
How many special people change
How many lives are living strange
Where were you when we were getting high?
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
We were getting high
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 12:20 i really don't like these guys most of the time this song, tho, "Pretty Good". |
| berrydoo (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 11:39 Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball. That's just stupid. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 11:37 Whiny first half. Then kick ass. Still a bit of an '80ish mashup. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 11:36 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| Grizzly_old_man (I'm in the state of confusion on the west coast of Illinois) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 08:05 I think you may be right this sadly is the best thing these guys ever did,... and its a waste of electrons. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 07:48 Best thing these guys ever did |
| Zeito (Sieur du Lhut) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 07:47 Funny how I always dismissed this band as Johnny Come Latelies when living in the US. When I moved across the pond in the late '90s a British friend lent me this album and I gave them another chance. My opinion changed drastically after a couple of listens. |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 07:45 Still love this album! |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 14:01 n4ku wrote: In retrospect, this is a lot better than it seemed at the time. This is from a period I seem to have, somehow, missed completely. And yet, maybe I did not miss anything. The whole Oasis thing is something I have managed to live without and I have no plans to rectify this apparent deficit. |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 05:11 I never rated this band back when they were hotter than the sun in the UK (not that its hard to be hotter than the sun in the UK). But in recent years I’m starting to think that I may have under rated them. |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 16:10 Most successful Beatles cover-band ever. |
| Orodrigues (Resende (RJ), Brazil) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 15:51 Sucko-barfo!!! |
| BCarn (British Columbia) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 15:46 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: I've heard of them all and even own some of their music. Have you heard of the bands that influenced those bands? Quick measuring dicks. Makes no difference in this world of anonymous. |
| BCarn (British Columbia) | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 15:44 Odd how this is only rated a 6.3 here. notwithstanding the antics of the Gallaghers, they pumped out some instant classics. Like this one. Oh well. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 17:43 thais wrote: This tune is the best definitions of ... SUCKO-BARFO. SSSSHHHHHH..get some therapy... |
| Steve (In The Shadow Of The Superstition Mountains) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 17:41 n4ku wrote: In retrospect, this is a lot better than it seemed at the time. I was just thinking the same thing. I don't care what the haters think, I like this! |
| n4ku (Lexington) | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 17:40 In retrospect, this is a lot better than it seemed at the time. |
| dw (PHill, CA) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 00:44 WayUpNorth wrote:  That is so cool! I want it! |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 06:02 jjjss20 wrote: Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. So long, and thanks for all the fish. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 06:00 A champagne supernover in the sky! I always thought this song was sort of campy and silly. This is a band who thinks pretty highly of themselves too as I recall. |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 06:00 |
| thais | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:53 romeotuma wrote: This song is soooo good for the ears... Sorry, I can not agree, dear fellow. In so many times i have followed you, but now... (someday I thinak I will ask why you are "romeotuma". I mean: I know the family Tuma, and I sometimes met Mr. Romeu Tuma, Sr., and I know his son (also named Romeu Tuma, Jr.) and his younger son) So, I am very curious about this... But someday... someday... |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Deep in the heart of South California) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:48 jjjss20 wrote: you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. I've heard of them all and even own some of their music. Have you heard of the bands that influenced those bands? |
| thais | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:47 This tune is the best definitions of ... SUCKO-BARFO. |
| Dave_K (Waterbury, CT) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:42 jjjss20 wrote: Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. You must understand that the artists the evoke the most negative commentary are usually unique and talented in ways that are not universally accepted as "good". The critics here kill most of the bands that I love the most. Bill plays them anyway. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:38 jjjss20 wrote: Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. Relax dude, and no need for the name calling "ignorant losers." Many here in the states of a certain age were not emersed in the Brit pop scene of the 90's. However these guys did get quite a bit of play - radio and music press - around this song - a great great pop rock song in my book - and album. Most of us had to dig to learn about and listen to the early Blur,Pulp and Stone Roses. I'm sure an easily parallel could be made about the UK exposure to and reaction to the American rock bands that either gained fame here or over there or went unnoticed in the wake of Nirvan's success |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:36 jjjss20 wrote: Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. Wow, such hostility. People's opinions are always right. That's because it's THEIR OPINION!!!! My opinion, this is good shite. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:34 This song is soooo good for the ears... |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 12:33 jjjss20 wrote: Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. Right on. |
| jjjss20 | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 02:44 Bunch of pretentious morons on here, this isn't even Oasis at their best and if you ignorant losers took the time to listen to their other universally acclaimed albums from the 90's you'd see how much epic music they've made. back in 1994-2000 Oasis' 3 or 4 B sides per single were better than most if all bands A sides, that's why they are still so popular around the world except from the US, that prefer's Coldplay. One of the best bands of the 90's and I'm not even their biggest fan, you lot probably haven't even heard of Blur, Pulp or even The Stone Roses. |
| miniospina | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 18:51 Oh god, how I abhor you all. Champagne Supernova is a classic; How people can say it's bland and boring is simply beyond me. No band since has come close to creating something as epic and emotive as this. I'm sure all of you haters are a million times more pompous than these guys. Bunch of pseudo-intellectual idiots. |
| OmegaConcern (Sunrise, FL) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 12:02 I can't tell you how many times I've sung this song...drunk at Kareoke (sp?). |
| Ballzak | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 12:01 If they were really busy getting high they were apparently not using the right stuff. Maybe when the get hold of the goods they'll learn how to write better lyrics. |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 12:00 oy. that whiney little putz is singing thru his nose again. |
| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 12:00 DoctorHooey wrote: Love love LOVE this song! One of my faves of the 90's.
agreed. however for me the title track is the best by oasis. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 11:56 Love love LOVE this song! One of my faves of the 90's. |
| esotericderek | Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 06:21 Paul_in_Australia wrote: I don't claim to have a definitive answer to that question, but what I can say is that at the time Oasis were at their pomp, record companies hyped up an alleged rivalry between Oasis and Blur. This was similar to "rivalry" between Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran many years before, and no doubt there are countless parallels in the US throughout the last 40 years. What may not be as transparent to commentators from across the pond is that geography and class are intertwined in British society- which is one reason why I live in Australia! Blur were/are from the south of England and their somewhat twee style contrasted with the gritty, urban authenticty of Oasis. This article states that both bands were working class, but I am not sure that working class life in Essex has quite the same cachet as working class life in Manchester. Yeah, Oasis and Blur were the two greatest bands in 90's Britpop, for sure. The difference is that while Noel Gallagher could write a very good guitar pop song, Damon Albarn could write an absolutely brilliant song in just about any style (and did). Which is why Albarn was able to continually redefine Blur, became equally successful with Gorillaz, and recently collaborated with Paul Simonen (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve), and Danger Mouse on The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher....well, let's just say that the last time Oasis charted in the U.S. was in 1998, and nearly half of the set list in the last big Oasis tour (2005) was comprised of songs from the 90's. The other half of the set list sounded like it came from the 90's. So much for originality and longevity. |
| esotericderek | Posted: Feb 08, 2008 - 06:18 Paul_in_Australia wrote: I don't claim to have a definitive answer to that question, but what I can say is that at the time Oasis were at their pomp, record companies hyped up an alleged rivalry between Oasis and Blur. This was similar to "rivalry" between Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran many years before, and no doubt there are countless parallels in the US throughout the last 40 years. What may not be as transparent to commentators from across the pond is that geography and class are intertwined in British society- which is one reason why I live in Australia! Blur were/are from the south of England and their somewhat twee style contrasted with the gritty, urban authenticty of Oasis. This article states that both bands were working class, but I am not sure that working class life in Essex has quite the same cachet as working class life in Manchester. Yeah, Oasis and Blur were the two greatest bands in 90's Britpop, for sure. The difference is that while Noel Gallagher could write a very good guitar pop song, Damon Albarn could write an absolutely brilliant song in just about any style (and did). Which is why Albarn was able to continually redefine Blur, became equally successful with Gorillaz, and collaborated with Paul Simonen (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve), and Danger Mouse on The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Meanwhile, Noel Gallagher....well, let's just say that the last time Oasis charted in the U.S. was in 1998, and nearly half of the set list in the last big Oasis tour (2005) was comprised of songs from the 90's. So much for longevity. |
| LPCity (Salt Lake City, Utah) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:30 BigTimber wrote: what ever happened to these guys?
I think they might have been getting high... |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:28 tompoll wrote: I've heard they're quite dull live, like a set of mannequins. No?
Maybe Liam. Noel is a great rock guitar player, and Zak is one of the best rock drummers you'll see. |
| igmoid (Bowels of a tapeworm) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:27 BigTimber wrote: what ever happened to these guys?
Not sure, but someday we'll find them caught beneath the landslide in a champagne supernova in the sky. |
| sidetrak (Herriman, UTAH) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:27 govna wrote: 10 bucks to the first person who says "whiny"
These guys are more whiny than the Beatles! I've never really liked this song. In fact, I would rather scratch my nails on a chalkboard. |
| lemmoth | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:25 lee_sf wrote: There seemed to be plenty of people in the States that liked Oasis as well, based on radio time.
Re not getting it... absolutely true. Oasis is a British version of a genre of generic pop rock fronted by guys who can't really sing (though he's not too bad here), working through puerile, simplistic lyrics, often with seemingly clever but meaningless oppositions ("Slowly walking down the hall/Faster than a cannonball"). At least, seems to me. But, since a number of otherwise sane, intelligent people seem to like them... what am I missing? Is there something about them that really captures the experience of a particular demographic? Is it a form of protest against a generation's yuppie parents that already had all the good music? Did one need to grow up watching Teletubbies and Sesame Street? Did one need to have heard them in that impressionistic 15-22 age range, possibly stoned and open to anything? Inquiring minds are looking for clues. Two words: Great Pop |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:25 keller1 wrote: They tour on the backs of the two great albums they made. Darn good live too. |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:24 BigTimber wrote: what ever happened to these guys?
They tour on the backs of the two great albums they made. Darn good live too. |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:23 BigTimber wrote: what ever happened to these guys?
They came down with a severe case of ego and died. |
| Dave_Mack (On the bus) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:23 Wipe that Sarah Wayne out of your eye? |
| lemmoth | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:22 nigelr wrote: Personally, I find it impossible to dislike this song!
Ditto |
| govna (beantown) | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:21 10 bucks to the first person who says "whiny" |
| alcal74 | Posted: Feb 06, 2008 - 13:21 HOLY CROW, is this "Worst of the Nineties" day on RP? |