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Wonderwall is one of the most boring songs ever

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Admarl · 17/07/2026 22:53

It's just the same note over and over.

Plus a wonderwall isn't even a thing.

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Antigny86 · 18/07/2026 15:47

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2026 15:42

Ian Brown is a bigger twat and far worse singer than Liam ever was though. At times this is quite the achievement.

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That's your opinion. At least Ian Brown was in a great band whose songs are enjoyable. Oasis are totally hyped, they are laughing down their coked up noses. I lived around the corner from them, unpleasant.

Pastlast · 18/07/2026 15:44

I like it then heard it sung by the BBC singers at the Prom last night. You are right droney. Waste of some amazing voices. Should have done Mr Brightside.

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2026 15:42

QuintadosMalvados · 18/07/2026 15:35

If it's England playing then it's got to be Fool's Gold. 😁
I too prefer The Stone Roses. They were far more melodic.

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Ian Brown is a bigger twat and far worse singer than Liam ever was though. At times this is quite the achievement.

luckylavender · 18/07/2026 15:41

It was playing in the hospital when my DC was born. Best song ever.

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2026 15:41

QuintadosMalvados · 18/07/2026 15:24

I think it's about being intoxicated and pretending not to be on the outside while your mind is buzzing.
Could be wrong.

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I think the following line to the above mentioned

"Where were you while we were gettin' high?"

Might be a give away.

Heartofglass12345 · 18/07/2026 15:38

I prefer it when Noel sings

QuintadosMalvados · 18/07/2026 15:35

Antigny86 · 18/07/2026 15:30

As a mancunian who cannot stand boring Oasis, I find it cool to dislike them. It has annoyed me throughout the world Cup. Much prefer man utd using a stone roses tune!

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If it's England playing then it's got to be Fool's Gold. 😁
I too prefer The Stone Roses. They were far more melodic.

Antigny86 · 18/07/2026 15:30

flutterby1 · 18/07/2026 06:24

i don’t like oasis, don’t like wonderwall. I always felt so UNCOOL for not liking them. But maybe there are a lot of sheep around! ?

As a mancunian who cannot stand boring Oasis, I find it cool to dislike them. It has annoyed me throughout the world Cup. Much prefer man utd using a stone roses tune!

Yellowpapersun · 18/07/2026 15:24

It's ok when it's on the radio but hearing thousands of people, who can't sing, droning on and on makes it sound awful.

QuintadosMalvados · 18/07/2026 15:24

SqueakyFromme · 18/07/2026 10:03

It’s a lyric from Champagne Supernova though ! Still doesn't make sense 🤣

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I think it's about being intoxicated and pretending not to be on the outside while your mind is buzzing.
Could be wrong.

QuintadosMalvados · 18/07/2026 15:21

foodforthought81 · 17/07/2026 23:43

As an additional Oasis fan, wonderwall fine by me.

I’m sure you wouldn’t want let loose crazy for you which only reached no 2 due to prolonged wet wet wet - love is all around 94 sticking in the charts. All same time in 90’s.

I love that Let Loose song.
Not because it's a good song but because it reminds me of a happy time when I started seeing my then boyfriend who incidentally bought me Wonderwall on CD.
I don't know why as I never said I liked it as I did not like it so I wouldn't have said that I did.

I've still got it. I still see him around even though we split up a long time ago.
Next time I see him I shall ask,

'why exactly did you buy me Wonder wall? ' 😁

GotALionInMyPocket · 18/07/2026 10:08

🙄

SqueakyFromme · 18/07/2026 10:07

I think it is on Amazon a documentary about them and there is some recording of R Kid and R Noel off their heads on coke taking utter nonsense and it’s painful to listen to, really embarrassing 🙈

SqueakyFromme · 18/07/2026 10:03

SqueakyFromme · 18/07/2026 09:09

That makes no sense at all !

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It’s a lyric from Champagne Supernova though ! Still doesn't make sense 🤣

forceofhabitandnotneed · 18/07/2026 10:00

Like most Oasis songs it's a boorish dirge. I just imagine it being bellowed by pissed up lads at their luckless girlfriends ("yer me fookin Wonderwall, babes").

It's rather depressing how the Gallaghers are now seen as the defining sound of 90s Manchester while the likes of M People often get overlooked.

leporello · 18/07/2026 09:47

I loved it in the 90s but that moment has passed and I'm mildly baffled by its 'national treasure' status now. I don't care if people want to sing it at football matches but when they sang it at the first night of the proms last night I raised an eyebrow. It's very basic (but agree with a pp that mull of kintyre is worse).

Wildywondrous · 18/07/2026 09:43

I was a teenager in the 90's and loved Oasis, Blur, Stone Roses etc and at the time would've defended Oasis to anyone but now as an adult I can admit they're shit, a big majority of their lyrics are shit and they can't sing.

If Liam and Noel had been two amenable, friendly guys I reckon Oasis wouldn't have been as popular, the fact they were arseholes made them seem cool to lots of people, it made many want to be them and many want to be part of what they thought was a cool gang. A bit like how high school bullies will have a big group of people around them.

Wonderwall has always been a crap song though but it's easy for fans to sing along to at a football match, the lyrics are simple and the Gallagher brothers were never good singers either, they've always sounded like a pissed bloke at a karaoke.

Hotmess101 · 18/07/2026 09:36

foodforthought81 · 17/07/2026 23:43

As an additional Oasis fan, wonderwall fine by me.

I’m sure you wouldn’t want let loose crazy for you which only reached no 2 due to prolonged wet wet wet - love is all around 94 sticking in the charts. All same time in 90’s.

That was actually a massive tune and far preferable to Caterwaul or whatever it’s called

Beetlebumz · 18/07/2026 09:33

Yes it’s dull and droning, never liked it.

DysmalRadius · 18/07/2026 09:33

Gallowayan · 18/07/2026 07:38

This is untrue. The basic riff comprises of four chords and the chords changes are quick and the strum pattern is quite tricky to execute. Its classed as intermediate level guitar.

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Who classes it as intermediate? And on what scale? What would be a 'hard song' by comparison?

x2boys · 18/07/2026 09:30

I.like it.

SusanChurchouse · 18/07/2026 09:29

My favourite Oasis track is She’s Electric, because it’s upbeat and jaunty and doesn’t really sound like the others. I find Oasis the musical equivalent of meat and potatoes. I don’t turn off the radio when they come on but wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to them. The devotion they inspire among my peers is a mystery to me.

Liam Gallagher is a talentless oaf. Having a go at Suede and the Manics when they announced their tour. I’d take either of them every day of the week over anything LG has done.

pouletvous · 18/07/2026 09:27

It’s a shit song

basic

basic lyrics, basic chords, basic tune

shite

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2026 09:26

pouletvous · 18/07/2026 09:23

I hate oasis. Pair of twats

There's five of them.

Sahara123 · 18/07/2026 09:24

Gallowayan · 18/07/2026 07:38

This is untrue. The basic riff comprises of four chords and the chords changes are quick and the strum pattern is quite tricky to execute. Its classed as intermediate level guitar.

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This may have just described what I was trying to say 🤣