Genius Meanings
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Oasis – The Girl in the Dirty Shirt
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Noel Gallagher wrote “The Girl in the Dirty Shirt” with his (then) girlfriend Meg Mathews in mind, after he saw her iron a dirty shirt before an Oasis gig.
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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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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 Go Away (Demo)
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[Verse] / Cold and frosty morning, not a lot to say / 'Bout the things caught in my mind / As the day was dawning, my plane it flew away / All the things caught in my mind / [Pre-
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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 – Trip Inside (Be Here Now) (Mustique Demo)
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[Instrumental]
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Oasis – Stand by Me
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The second single from the band’s third album Be Here Now, written by Noel Gallagher while he was suffering from food poisoning. The song borrows elements from David Bowie’s “All
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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 – The Fame (Mustique Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Breaks like glass but not in your hand / Shoot you down right where you stand / And it don't care for what you wear / Or which way you might sway / It calls you up but
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Oasis – Be Here Now
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Some of the music recorded and used in this song was played on a plastic piano, which guitarist Noel Gallagher “acquired” from one of Mick Jagger’s kids while they were on vacation
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Oasis – Fade In-Out (Mustique Demo)
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[Intro] / Should I just go? / Yeah / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Get on the roller coaster, the fair's in town today / Ya gotta be bad enough to beat the brave / So get on
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Aqua – Barbie Girl
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“Barbie Girl” was dance-pop group Aqua’s third single, appearing on their debut record Aquarium.
Due to its explicit removal of innocence from the children’s toys of the same name
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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? (Mustique Demo)
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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 / Blood on the trax, they must be mine / Fool on
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Oasis – Fade In-Out
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A bluesy slow played song that features guitar lines taken straight out of the wild west and indian/jungle drums with a potent psychedelic feel to it. The song features a pretty
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Oasis – Magic Pie
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Noel Gallagher sings this tune, which started as he misread “magpie” in a rhyming dictionary.
The jazzy bit at the end is played on a Mellotron, which was made for the The Beatles
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Oasis – Don't Go Away
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“Don’t Go Away” was released as the fourth and final single off of Be Here Now. It is a sad song about not wanting to lose someone you’re close to.
There are two general (and
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Oasis – Cum On Feel The Noize
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Oasis’s “Cum On Feel the Noize” is a cover of Slade’s 1973 song. It was released on the promotional single CD for “Don’t Look Back in Anger” in 1996.
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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 – All Around the World (Reprise)
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The album closes with a two minute instrumental track that picks up, where “All Around the World” left off.
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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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Nirvana – Polly
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This song is about the actual kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl. In 1987, she was returning from a concert in Tacoma, Washington when she was abducted by a man named Gerald Friend
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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's mine and it's no disgrace / 'Cause in the end the past means nothing
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Blur (Ft. Phil Daniels) – Parklife
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This #10 hit features Phil Daniels on spoken word and was awarded Best British Single and Best Music Video at the 1995 BRIT Awards.
Phil Daniels has often appeared on stage with
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Garth Brooks – Friends in Low Places (Live)
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This is a song about a blue collar fellow who disrupts his ex-girlfriend’s (or ex-wife’s) wedding reception, already drunk and talking about getting drunker.
It’s one of Brooks'—
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Oasis – It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!)
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“It’s Gettin' Better Man(!!)” is one of the longest (The lyric “gettin' better man” is repeated 41 times!) and most epic songs Oasis have ever released.
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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 – 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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Frank Ocean (Ft. Young Thug) – Slide on Me (Remix)
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The “Slide On Me (Remix)” featuring Young Thug was released on April 24th, 2017 through the fifth episode of Frank’s Blonded Radio.
This track, originally from Frank’s visual
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Silk Sonic – Leave The Door Open
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“Leave The Door Open” is Silk Sonic’s debut single, a side project featuring Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars. Throughout the song, the two profess their love for a significant other
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Ed Sheeran – Shivers
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“Shivers” is the third single released from Ed Sheeran’s fourth solo studio album, = (Equals).
Sheeran first previewed the song by playing a snippet during his August 19 Instagram
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T. Rex – Get It On (Bang a Gong)
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Originally entitled “Get It On”, this song was renamed “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” to avoid confusion with the Chase song.
The song features a classic Bolan riff, heavily inspired
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The Beatles – I Am the Walrus
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“I Am the Walrus” was made up of three distinctly different songs–the first is the beginning of the song, which John was given the idea of by hearing a distant police siren. The
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