Some might say we will find a brighter day

Some Might Say – Oasis

In some ways, it seems weird to bring up anything from Oasis as a forgotten classic. After all, they are still massively big in the UK, where voters in ‘best albums of all-time’ polls get into fights about whether Morning Glory or Definitely Maybe is the single best album in rock history.

Still, over here in the States, Oasis hasn’t really been relevant for over a decade. And while people probably still listen to “Wonderwall” or “Champagne Supernova” when they want a bit of nostalgia, I doubt that very many people regularly revisit this track. Which is a shame because it is a great song, and embodies just about everything that made listening to this band in the mid-90s so glorious.

Big, brash guitars. Muddy mixing that makes the whole thing sound like it’s been blown apart by a tornado and hastily reconstructed. The sneering lilt of Liam Gallagher, who can somehow make the utterly banal sound meaningful (seriously, how bad a line is “I’ve been standing at the station, in need of education in the rain”).  This is rock music like it’s meant to be played: with limited precision and a whole lot of energy.