Morning Glory Song Analysis

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Released on the 2nd October 1995 “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” reached #1 in nine different charts worldwide including the European Album’s Chart. This release coincided with the release of Iron Maiden’s Tenth album “The X Factor”.
Starting with the first track on the Album, “Hello” is the perfect title to introduce the album. After a thirty second introduction, Liam Gallagher’s gravelly yet polished up voice sets the tone of the album early on. When you think you think you know this song inside out you will always find something you didn’t notice before. Oasis’s music on this album has been influenced by many different artists. Bizarrely the line: piece
“Hello, Hello, Good to be back” taken from convicted Paul Gadd aka convicted paedophile Gary Glitter ‘s “Hello, Hello, I’m back again” is believed to have earned him almost £1m due to the album’s success.
Reaching #2 in the UK charts in 1995 “Roll With It” – a song aimed to promote the importance of being yourself - follows “Hello” on the album. With the release of Blur’s “Country House” being released on the same date as “Roll With It” the battle of Britpop began. When being asked to perform on Top Of The Pops (TOTP) the Gallaghers accepted with open arms. However inviting the Gallagher’s was never going to be simple. Liam took up the position of Noel and Noel wielded Liam’s trademark tambourine, this only added to the difficultly that the public faced when differing between Noel and Liam.
The third track on the album is considered to be not only the greatest song on the album but the greatest Oasis song of all time. “Wonderwall”. Possibly the most played song ever. “Wonderwall” – originally written for Meg Matthews (Noel’s Wife at the time) – stole the hearts of millio...

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In a champagne supernova in the sky”
“Champagne Supernova”. Seven minutes twenty nine seconds long. By far my and many others’ favourite track by Oasis. When a journalist told Noel that he didn’t know what the lyrics meant and asked Noel if he did he replied: “I don’t f**king know. But are you telling me, when you’ve got 60,000 people singing it, they don’t know what it means?”.
When listening to the song you can experience many different emotions, it means so many different things to everyone. As a finale to the album Liam’s once again gravelly yet polished up voice almost giving you time to reflect on the journey that the album has taken from “Hello” right to “Champagne Supernova”.
“What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” is by far the greatest album produced by Oasis and it will always have a place in history and if you haven’t heard it, then you need to.

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