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It's nice to think back to when you were in 1995, with your twelve years, while you were singing along with your little friends the entire discography of 883, sometimes even tuning in to "Certe Notti" but it was still the pop chart-toppers that were in vogue. And then one day, you hear this catchy tune, melodic, the piano intro seems familiar, and that sound isn't quite typical of the music you used to listen to... and that chorus that forced you to sing: "Soooooo Sally can wait...". It got you! And it all ended there, but you know that tune would have a place in your heart...
A few years pass until your best friend comes and tells you: "Oh Ste, I bought the second Oasis CD 'What's The Story Morning Glory', the 1996 one! It's so amazing!", and there your little brain makes some connections among the hits of this group: "Oh yeah the Oasis! The ones from 'Go Let It Out', 'Stand By Me', 'All Around The World'... and then?...1996... Oasis... um... of course! 'Soooooo Sally can wait....'!" You've got it! That CD becomes yours! You realize that they are just simple songs, sure, these five beer chuggers didn't invent anything, yet it must be the power of memories that drives you to make them your own songs! You realize you don't need a perfect knowledge of the instrument to write beautiful acoustic gems like "Wonderwall" and "Cast No Shadow", nor do you need a brilliant lyric when the musical structure is simple and immediate like "Some Might Say" or "Hello". You're moved listening to "Champagne Supernova" and you go wild singing "Roll With It", you have fun with "She's Electric" and then you find out it's copied (like most of the songs) from the Beatles. But you don't care, by now all these songs are the soundtrack of your happy and sad moments, these guys are your idols! And you get pissed off when you hear the whiny/wailing Carmen Consoli calling them "Backstreet Boys with guitars!". And you stand against other music lovers who think you're an idiot listening to "songs" for idiots made by idiots, but who cares! Let them think whatever they like; I'll keep my beloved idiots who don't write "songs" for idiots but rather, they write FANTASTIC "songs" for idiots.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Hello (03:21)
I don't feel as if I know you
You take up all my time
The days are long and the night will throw you away
Coz the sun don't shine
Nobody ever mentions the weather can
make or break your day
Nobody ever seems to remember life is a game we play
We live in the shadows and we had the chance and threw it away
And it's never gonna be the same
Cos the years are following by like the rain
And it's never gonna be the same
'Til the life I knew comes to my house and says
Hello
There ain't no sense in feeling lonely
They got no faith in you
But I've got a feeling you still owe me
So wipe the shit from your shoes
Nobody ever mentions the weather can make or break your day
Nobody ever seems to remember life is a game we play
We live in the shadows and we had the chance and threw it away
And it's never gonna be the same
Cos the years are following by like the rain
And it's never gonna be the same
'Til the life I knew comes to my house and says
Hello
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
It's good to be back
02 Roll With It (03:59)
You gotta roll with it.
You gotta take your time.
You gotta say what you say don't let anybody get in your way 'cause it's all too much for me to take.
Don't ever stand aside.
Don't ever be denied.
You wanna be who you'd be if you're comin' with me.
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside.
I think I'm gonna take me away and hide.
I'm thinking things that I just can't abide.
I know the roads down which your life will drive. (life will drive)
I find the key that lets you slip inside. (slip inside)
Kiss the girl, she's not behind the door. (behind the door)
But you know I think I recognize your face, but I've never seen you before.
You gotta roll with it.
You gotta take your time.
You gotta say what you say don't let anybody get in your way 'cause it's all too much for me to take.
I know the roads down which your life will drive. (life will drive)
I find the key that lets you slip inside. (slip inside)
Kiss the girl, she's not behind the door. (behind the door)
But you know I think I recognize your face, but I've never seen you before.
You gotta roll with it.
You gotta take your time.
You gotta say what you say don't let anybody get in your way 'cause it's all too much for me to take.
Don't ever stand aside.
Don't ever be denied.
You wanna be who you'd be if you're comin' with me.
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside. (so take me away) [x8]
03 Wonderwall (04:18)
Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you.
By now you should've somehow realized what you gotta do.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
Backbeat, the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out.
I'm sure you've heard it all before but you never really had a doubt.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
And all the roads we have to walk are winding.
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding.
There are many things that I, would like to say to you but I don't know how.
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
Today was gonna be the day but they'll never throw it back to you.
By now you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.
I don't believe that anybody, feels the way I do, about you now.
And all the roads that lead you there were winding.
And all the lights that light the way are blinding.
There are many things that I, would like to say to you but I don't know how.
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, (I said maybe)
You're gonna be the one that saves me?
And after all, you're my wonderwall.
I said maybe, (I said maybe)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
You're gonna be the one that saves me? (that saves me)
04 Don't Look Back in Anger (04:47)
Slip inside the eye of your mind,
Don't you know you might find, a better place to play.
You said that you'd never been,
But all the things that you've seen, will slowly fade away.
So I'll start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the brains I had went to my head.
Step outside, summertime's in bloom.
Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face.
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out.
And so, Sally can wait. She knows it's too late as we're walking on by.
Her soul slides away; but don't look back in anger, I heard you say.
Take me to the place where you go, where nobody knows, if it's night or day.
But please don't put your life in the hands, of a rock 'n' roll band, who'll throw it all away.
I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the brains I had went to my head.
Step outside 'cause summertime's in bloom.
Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face, 'cause you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out.
And so, Sally can wait. She knows it's too late as she's walking on by.
My soul slides away; but don't look back in anger, I heard you say.
So, Sally can wait. She knows it's too late as we're walking on by.
Her soul slides away; but don't look back in anger, I heard you say.
So, Sally can wait. She knows it's too late as she's walking on by.
My soul slides away; but don't look back in anger,
Don't look back in anger,
I heard you say.
At least not today.
05 Hey Now! (05:41)
I hitched a ride with my soul by the side of the road; just as the sky turned black.
I took a walk with my fame down memory lane; I never did find my way back.
You know that I gotta say time's slipping away; and what will it hold for me?
What am I gonna do while I'm looking at you?
You're standing ignoring me.
I thought that I heard someone say now, there's no time for running away now,
hey now, hey now!
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame.
The first thing I saw as I walked through the door, was a sign on the wall that read:
It said you might never know that I want you to know, what is written inside of your head.
And time as it stands won't be held in my hands, or living inside of my skin.
And as it fell from the sky I asked myself "why, can I never let anyone in?"
I thought that I heard someone say now, there's no time for running away now,
hey now, hey now!
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame.
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame.
I hitched a ride with my soul by the side of the road; just as the sky turned black.
I took a walk with my fame down memory lane; I never did find my way back.
You know that I gotta say time's slipping away; and what will it hold for me?
What am I gonna do while I'm looking at you?
You're standing ignoring me.
I thought that I heard someone say now, there's no time for running away now,
hey now! [x10]
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame, 'cause time's no chain.
Feel no shame.
07 Some Might Say (05:28)
Some might say, that sunshine follows thunder. Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine.
Some might say, that we should never ponder; on our thoughts today 'cause they hold sway over time.
Some might say we will find a brighter day. Some might say we will find a brighter day.
'Cause I've been standing at the station, in need of education in the rain.
You made no preparation, for my reputation once again.
The sink is full of fishes; she's got dirty dishes on the brain.
It was overflowing gently, but it's all elementary my friend.
Some might say, they don't believe in Heaven. Go and tell it to the man who lives in Hell.
Some might say, you get what you've been given. If you don't get yours I won't get mine as well.
'Cause some might say we will find a brighter day.
Some might say we will find a brighter day.
'Cause I've been standing at the station, in need of education in the rain.
You made no preparation, for my reputation once again.
The sink is full of fishes; she's got dirty dishes on the brain.
And my dog's been itchin', itchin' in the kitchen once again.
Some might say. (some might say)
Some might say. (some might say)
You know what some might say. (you know what some might say) [x8]
Woo!
08 Cast No Shadow (04:51)
Here's a thought for every man who tries to understand what is in his hands. (what's in his hands)
He walks along the open road of love and life, surviving if he can. (surviving if he can)
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say.
Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay.
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say.
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow.
As they took his soul they stole his pride. (pride) [x3]
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow.
Here's a thought for every man who tries to understand what is in his hands. (what's in his hands)
He walks along the open road of love and life, surviving if he can. (but only if he can)
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say.
Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay.
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say.
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow.
As they took his soul they stole his pride. (pride) [x4]
As he faced the sun he cast no shadow. [x4]
09 She's Electric (03:40)
She's electric.
She's in a family full of eccentrics.
She's done things I've never expected, and I need more time.
She's got a sister, and God only knows how I've missed her, and on the palm of her hand is a blister, and I need more time.
And I want you to know, I've got my mind made up now, but I need more time. (time)
And I want you to say,
"Do you know what I'm saying?", (what I'm saying)
But I need more.
'Cause I'll be you and you'll be me,
There's lots and lots for us to see,
Lots and lots for us to do,
She is electric; can I be electric too?
She's got a brother; (a brother)
We don't get on with one another, but I quite fancy her mother, and I think that she likes me.
She's got a cousin; (a cousin)
In fact she's got 'bout a dozen. (a dozen)
She's got one in the oven, (the oven)
But it's nothing to do with me.
And I want you to know, I've got my mind made up now, but I need more time. (time)
And I want you to say,
"Do you know what I'm saying?", (what I'm saying)
But I need more.
'Cause I'll be you and you'll be me,
There's lots and lots for us to see,
There's lots and lots for us to do,
She is electric; can I be electric too?
Can I be electric too?
Can I be electric too?
Can I be electric too?
10 Morning Glory (05:04)
All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade.
Today's the day that all the world will see.
Another sunny afternoon.
Walking to the sound of my favorite tune; tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon.
Need a little time to wake up.
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Need a little time to wake up.
Need a little time to rest your mind; you know you should so I guess you might as well.
What's the story morning glory?
Well?
You need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Well?
What's the story morning glory?
Well?
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade.
Today's the day that all the world will see.
Another sunny afternoon.
Walking to the sound of my favorite tune; tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon.
Need a little time to wake up.
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Need a little time to wake up.
Need a little time to rest your mind; you know you should so I guess you might as well.
What's the story morning glory? Well?
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Well?
What's the story morning glory? Well?
You need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Well?
What's the story morning glory? Well?
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
Well?
What's the story morning glory? Well?
Need a little time to wake up, wake up.
12 Champagne Supernova (07:27)
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide,
In a champagne supernova in the sky.
Someday 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 cannonball.
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide,
In a champagne supernova in the sky.
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova,
A champagne supernova.
'Cause people believe that they're gonna get away for the summer.
But you and I, we live and die, the world's still spinning around, we don't know why.
Why, why, why, why?
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.
Where were you while we were getting high?
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide,
In a champagne supernova in the sky.
Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova,
A champagne supernova.
'Cause people believe that they're gonna get away for the summer.
But you and I, we live and die, the world's still spinning around, we don't know why.
Why, why, why, why?
How many special people change?
How many lives are living strange?
Where were you while we were getting high?
We were getting high. [x9]
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