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Wonderwall is one of the most boring songs ever

159 replies

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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pouletvous · 18/07/2026 09:23

I hate oasis. Pair of twats

Sahara123 · 18/07/2026 09:23

Oh no ! I love Wonderwall ! I do get why people don’t like it , but for me I love the guitar on it, I’m not particularly musical and can’t describe it but I love the kind of off beat playing of it !

tttigress · 18/07/2026 09:17

You could say that about a lot of Oasis stuff.

I guess they just had the Zeitgeist if the 90s.

If a lot of songs were produced now, their flaws would soon be highlighted.

Also there stuff sounds like an AI repro of earlier material. So in that respect they were ahead of their time!

ilovesooty · 18/07/2026 09:13

It's played after MCFC matches. I don't like it being adopted for England.

SqueakyFromme · 18/07/2026 09:09

Lumpycat · 18/07/2026 07:34

Slowly walking down the hall. Faster than a cannonball. Deep.

That makes no sense at all !

A671090 · 18/07/2026 09:09

Admarl · 17/07/2026 22:53

It's just the same note over and over.

Plus a wonderwall isn't even a thing.

Never have I agreed more with a post on Mumsnet - solidarity 💪

RedCarsAreNice · 18/07/2026 07:39

I feel this way about Mr Brightside. It's utter shit

Gallowayan · 18/07/2026 07:38

Admarl · 17/07/2026 23:15

Probably popular because it's easy to get the notes right when there's only two of them in the whole frigging "tune".

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.

RedToothBrush · 18/07/2026 07:37

'Stand By Me' is much much worse. The droning on that has always annoyed me. Hate, hate, hate that song.

I'm an Oasis fan. Wonderwall was great back in the day. It is simple and connects with a large number of people. That's an exceptionally hard song to write even though it sounds easy. But it's been killed by over playing and that's the real issue.

It's every buskers song. It's every pub sing along. It's every karaoke night.

Give me Masterplan every day of the week.

Lumpycat · 18/07/2026 07:34

Slowly walking down the hall. Faster than a cannonball. Deep.

Glowglowdancer · 18/07/2026 07:32

Oh never understood why Sweet Caroline gets people going either.

My favourite drunken pub singalong song is the Proclaimers one

Glowglowdancer · 18/07/2026 07:31

Its an easy song to sing in terms of singalongability.

The one I hate is Celebration. It always makes me feel depressed 😂

lovecotswoldsliving · 18/07/2026 07:30

Another goody post.
Hasn’t it always been, that people like different types of music?
Having seen Oasis in Wembley last year I can assure you they were brilliant. And all the millions of people who lost out on tickets shows just how many people like their music.

SakuraTea · 18/07/2026 07:26

I always assumed people just like it because even a really bad singer can drone sing along

The lyrics are inane and the "tune" is dire

Hideouslyhot · 18/07/2026 07:26

It’s dire.

grinandslothit · 18/07/2026 07:10

It is a strange song and the way they drone on makes it sound off key

hattie43 · 18/07/2026 06:57

No that mantle goes to mull of kintyre

dirtytiles · 18/07/2026 06:26

I don’t think whether you like Oasis or not makes you a sheep? I’m not particularly into them but I quite like Taylor Swift so presumably as she’s popular I’m a 🐑

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! ?

HoraceCope · 18/07/2026 06:23

i hate it so much

dirtytiles · 18/07/2026 06:20

It’s easy to sing along too.

PaperFlyingFucks · 18/07/2026 00:27

Hate it.

Thepossibility · 18/07/2026 00:23

Thank you! I've never understood the love for it but thought it must be me, everyone else belts it out with such joy. It actually sounds to me like the singer is deadpan and bored the whole way through and the music is basic.

deepseaargyllfish · 17/07/2026 23:45

Hate it too. Stupid, meaningless lyrics, a dreary rhythm , not much instrumentation, unmusical singing.

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.