Genius Meanings
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Oasis – D'You Know What I Mean?
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“D'You Know What I Mean” was released as the lead single off Be Here Now. It is a “call to arms” song that samples a drum beat from N.W.A’s “Straight Outta Compton.” At the time of
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Oasis – D'You Know What I Mean? (NG's 2016 Rethink)
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[Verse 1] / Step off the train all alone at dawn / Back into the home where I was born / Sun in the sky never raised an eye to me / The blood on the trax and they must be mine
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Oasis – Stay Young
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“Stay Young” was released as a B-side to “D'You Know What I Mean?”
Noel Gallagher expressed some contempt for the song. Despite that, in 1998 it was included on the B-side
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Oasis – Angel Child (Demo)
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“Angel Child” was released as a B-side to the single “D'You Know What I Mean?.”
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Oasis – I Hope, I Think, I Know (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / They're trying hard to put me in my place / And that is why I gotta keep running / The future is mine and it's no disgrace / 'Cause in the end the past means nothing
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Oasis – Stand By Me (Live At Bonehead's Outtake)
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[Verse 1] / Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday / I've got a lot of things to learn / Said I would and I'd be leaving one day / Before my heart starts to burn / [Pre-Chorus] / So
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Oasis – It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) [Mustique Demo]
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[Verse 1] / Say something / Shout it from the rooftops of your head / Make it sort of mean something / Make me understand or I'll forget / The people here on lifes beaches / They
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Oasis – I Hope, I Think, I Know
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[Verse 1] / They're trying hard to put me in my place / And that is why I gotta keep running / The future is mine and it's no disgrace / 'Cause in the end the past means nothing
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Oasis – Untitled (Mustique Demo)
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[Instrumental]
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Oasis – She's Electric
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“She’s Electric” is a playful ditty, somewhat reminiscent of “Oh Yoko!” The story is based around an extraordinary girl Gallagher is torn about committing to. Much of the song
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Oasis – Setting Sun (Live Radio Broadcast)
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[Verse] / You're the devil in me, I brought in from the cold / You said your body was young but your mind was very old / You're coming on strong and I like the way / The visions we
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William Maranci – Wonderwall But Liam Keeps Singing the Wrong Song
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[Verse 1: Liam Gallagher (from "D’You Know What I Mean?")] / Step off the train all alone at dawn / Back into the hole where I was born / The sun in the sky never raised an eye to
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Oasis – Untitled (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Only for the young is the dreams you might not have / Only for the young is the things we won’t remember / And long ago there was things in the past / And they never
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Black Star – Thieves in the Night
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“Thieves in the Night” has some of its roots in an award-winning novel by Toni Morrison called The Bluest Eye, which focused on some really sick stuff, such as incest, molestation
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Oasis – My Big Mouth (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Everybody knows / But no one's saying nothing / It was a sound so very loud / But no one can hear / I got something in my shoes / It's keeping me from walking / Down
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Oasis – My Sister Lover (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Feeling sleeping deep inside / You hide it so I never find / Today I think I'll waste your time / You never notice, you are blind / The dream I have can never be / To
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Oasis – The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / If I may be so bold that I just say something / Come and make me my day / The clouds around your soul don't gather there for nothing / I can chase them all away / Why d
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Oasis – All Around The World (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / It's a bit early in the midnight hour for me / To go through all the things I wanna be / I don't believe in everything I see / You know I'm blind so why d'you disagree
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Oasis – Don't Go Away (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Cold and frosty morning, there's not a lot to say / About the things caught in my mind / As the day was dawning my plane flew away / With all the things caught in my
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Oasis – Help! (Live in LA)
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[Verse 1] / When I was younger so much younger than today / I never needed anybody to help in any way / But now these days are gone and I'm not so self assured / And now I find I'
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Oasis – Stand By Me (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Made a meal and throw it up on Sunday / I've got a lot of things to learn / Said I would and I'll be leaving one day / Before my heart starts to burn / [Pre-Chorus
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Oasis – Bonehead's Bank Holiday
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“Bonehead’s Bank Holiday” was included as a bonus track on the vinyl edition of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
The song should have been the first to feature rhythm guitarist
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Oasis – Heroes
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Oasis' cover-version of David Bowie’s “Heroes” was released as a B-side to the single “D'You Know What I Mean?”.
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Oasis – My Big Mouth (Live at Knebworth, 10 August '96)
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[Intro] / New songs, man / 'My Big Mouth' / It fucking rocks, this one / It gets us all into trouble / Not me, not me, not gettin' me in trouble, [?] / [Verse 1] / Everybody knows
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Oasis – Stay Young (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / One way out / Is all you're ever going to get from / Those who hand / Them out, don't ever let it upset you, 'cause / They'll put words / Into your mouth, they're
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Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
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“Don’t Look Back in Anger” was released as the fourth single off of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, February 19th 1996. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation
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Oasis – The Fame
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“The Fame” was released as a B-side to the single “All Around the World.”
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UGK (Ft. OutKast) – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
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The Underground Kingz (Bun B, Pimp C) and the Outkasts (André 3000 and Big Boi) unite in a classic track about the women in their lives. There are two stories about actually
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Oasis – My Sister Lover
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“My Sister Lover” was released as a B-side to the single “Stand by Me.”
The title may have been inspired by the female scottish band “Sister Lovers” that Oasis used to hang out
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