OASIS: Solved - What Is A 'Wonderwall' Anyway?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- Oasis released Wonderwall in 1995. Yet no-one seems to know what a 'Wonderwall' actually IS.... Would you like to find out?
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Many thanks, JH.
James with Oasis is like MatPat with FNAF, never stops trying to figure out the meaning of things
Great comparison!
That's just a theory, an Oasis theory, thanks for watching!
NOEL GALLAGHER PURPLE GUY CONFIRMMMMMED!?!?!?!
"Wonderwall," is a George Harrison album, released (long before there ever was an Oasis) in 1968.
Oasis got a lot from Harrison. Noel knew about George's beautiful song called 'Be Here Now' (on Living in a Material World) and thought hey that sounds sweet.
Edit: Jeff Beck even had a song called 'Definitely Maybe' in '72
He's always been a magpie has Noel. If it's not The Beatles, it's Slade, if it's not Slade it's T Rex, if it's not T Rex it's Burt Bacharach etc.
Yep even the "and all the roads we have to walk are winding" is a nod to the long and winding road!
Great video! Your theory makes a lot of sense! But shouldn’t you have mentioned the “talk tonight” girl from Sam Fransisco? He was looking through the wall to her?
I thought the same - that's who the fan was at least
Top fair as per usual, James! I'm imagining you have a crime detective-style 'Wonderwall' on which there are names of Oasis songs connected by string.
Outstanding job as usual, James. Personally, I believe Noel is both deceptive and truthful about his lyrics depending on the circumstance. I believe the story about the lyrics being "wishing stone" and I also believe that he told his girlfriend it was about her, and I'm certain it was nicked from the Harrison album. I think he just thought the word is cool and used it with an understanding that it's about a woman who is his "ray of light", so to speak. I don't believe he saw the movie, though. But as Noel has always said about his lyrics, he likes for people to interpret them as they choose to make the songs more personal to them, so a Wonderwall can be whatever you want it to be. But I like your definition best and that's the way I always interpreted the song myself, not knowing about the movie, of course.
I was lucky enough to see oasis twice in a week, at Loch lomond and Knebworth in August 96....wonderwall has been my ringtone for years....
Your videos are great...I still love everything 90s
Damn! Lucky you! Liam doesn't even tour near me.
@@polycube868 I am lucky...I've got tickets to see him in June
There's a Travis song that has that same line as the video's title. It was also briefly featured in the iconic Boulevard of Broken Songs mashup from Dean Gray and now I want Green Day and Liam to actually play it live.
The Mike Flowers Pops version isn't so bad, it's very much it's own thing but very 60's esque.
And I wouldn't be surprised if his hair was lego.
Ha yeah I bought the single myself when it came out
Classic
A wonderwall is like your bedroom wall when youre young of all the things you dream about etc and its a homage
I'm not English speaker but I've always assumed it was something like that, like the wall with all your best photographs (when they were still printed) and notes, messages, etc.
There’s a track on the Harrison soundtrack titled “Wonderwall To Be Here”, so the word is a pun on “wonderful”.
Great video James, would love to see a video about Allen Klein and his relationship with the Stones and the Beatles!
Great shout
There's hours of interview 's on TH-cam with Allen Klein
And how he was responsible for Richard Ashcroft not getting any royalties from Bittersweet Symphony till I think 2019.
Hi James. Just wanted to ask about 4.17 into champagne supernova. Of all Oasis material I've consistently found the background vocal of Liam shouting( Come On) to be the most uplifting and real thing they ever got on tape. Thoughts appreciated.
Old movies weren't easy to see then as they are now. I'd be surprised if really Noel saw the film but rather just had the album.
Noel is definitely watching this video thinking “fucken’ell this geezer has done it again”
Let us not forget Ryan Adams cover which hit the charts in the US!
The Travis reference was awesome when I heard it!
Also, the black and white video has only little bits of colour such as a blue guitar which could be further hinting at this meaning of the word
yeah whats about that? whats the meaning behind the video
Can't believe the Talk Tonight girl didn't get a mention, it's obviously about her.
Well said; I tend to agree
You nailed it I think James, as usual! Well done.
Thank you! You made it sound simple and obvious! Maybe not even Noel understands it this well.
lol I can only imagine this guy watching a movie like taxi driver or something and thinking, "wow I guess it was socially acceptable to murder people back then times sure have changed" lol ITS A MOVIE BRO
What a lovely interpretation. I like that!
Love this, thank you. I'd never heard of the movie. I thought it was about loving someone who's like a wall, impenetrable - unable to be reached, closed off. I like your interp better!
Pretty much what I thought: someone who brings a light to your world and is a "wall" against the dreariness of loneliness. Your definition definitely solidifies that.
Writing to Reach You uses the same chords as Wonderwall. “good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
Just the first 2
Writing to Reach you was a homage to Oasis.
Great video James - cheers. Be interesting to know whether Noel has seen that movie - I suspect he has.
Yeah I reckon he has. Back then at least, he was well into stuff from that era, including really obscure 60s deep cuts.
Its just my opinion, but I think he would not have used the word 'wonderwall' without having a decent grounding in what a wonderwall actually was.
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar for someone who has been at the forefront for so long he remains a bit of an enigma.
It can be someone giving you a chance to see light, I get that. Yet, the saviour in the film seems to be the ("lonely") scientist, not the wonderwall.
🙏 thank you - an intwresting thought on the "Wonder Wall"
Ps glad i came across you 😊👍
George's album Wonderwall Music
It's the thing that saves you....
I've not watched the video yet (2 mins in) and I would guess a wonderwall is like a moodboard, a bedroom wall where people put pictures of things they love and want to do. Either that or a wall on which you sit and wonder things.
Well done James.
Well done James! Good explanation. Noel has said a few times in his drunken Matt Morgan interview/podcast chats that it what it refers to. Song writers are creative people, they see a different meaning in something that’s maybe normal to us, they’re able to remove the self censoring aspect in the brain and see a different perspective to something. And Noel did a lot of drugs back then, lol
Again well done mate, 👍👍👍👍👍👏
Phenomenal, thank you.
I think you're spot on
Slightly on topic , what were the 12 songs that oasis recorded in 12 days , what where the b sides
every day Noel gets another 5000 pound cheque for Wonderwall.
Slightly on topic , what where the 12 songs recorded at Rockfield in 12 days , what where the b sides
Nailed it again mate!! 👌
Really enjoyed that! 👍👍
Cheers :)
Hi James I guess only Noel knows but id go with the GH idea, but while watching a recent movie of with I really can't recall but there was a BnW photo of a few old English shops and there it was - a big sign saying - yep you guessed it but its just more possible theories. I'm past caring about that word by now. Great bloody song though.
Do a video on LG and Squires new collab!
bruh this video came out as i was listening to the song at work
100% correct. ( It makes perfect sense & it’s what I always thought anyway…)
Could noel have thrown us off track and it be about the wall pink floyed. I've just listened to a recent interview and he seems to love that album. Any links people can think of to wonderwall and the wall pink floyed...I've checked lyrics but don't know PF enough.....
Edit. I've just googled and others have noticed Vera has similar lyrics or melody x
A late Oasis B-Side by Noel was called 'Those Swollen Hand Blues' which is a lyric from the song 'Nobody Home' off The Wall. Usually when he mentions that album (which I think is his favourite Floyd album like it is for me) he mentions that song & even says in one interview that he was obsessed about it like he gets with other classic songs & that when he gets obsessed with a tune like that he'll rip it off in multiple different songs lol.
But yeh 'Vera' just needs to say "about you now" after the "feels the way I do" bit & it would be very 'Wonderwall'-esque so I wouldn't be surprised if it did come from that song knowing how much Noel loves The Wall.
Looking forward to the new Liam G / John Squire song on 5th Jan 🍋🍋🍋
new camera for christmas? video looks good.
Cheers! Yeah I’ve been working on upgrading my whole setup, and this is the first video I’ve ever done in 4k. exciting times!
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar well done mate, been here for the entire rise of you and your channel. keep it up!
I think a Wonderwall is that love in your life that's support system and someone is your Rock
I thought wonderwall had something to do with Laurel and hardy remember reading something years ago 🤔
the more you wonder about the wall the further and further you climb until you get to the top and fall off and have to start all over again
Wonderwall was taken from George Harrisons Lp Wonderwall Music...just take a look at the cover and it will explain what a Wonderwall is...which is basically a wall of wonder from one side of the wall being boring and unfulfilling to the other side of the wall being whatever you desire or dream of
good dig
Not for nothing…but check out the song George Harrison produced by the band, the Remo Four titled “In the First Place”. It wasn’t released for 30 years after the film, but it’s an excellent track and a lost piece of Beatles history.
So, what happened to the theory of the wishing stone?
Dude. It's you're lucky day because here you are now about to read the ultimate most profound meaning of wonderwall okay you are thee ultimate source which is pure imagination and everything you are experiencing now is yo mamma.... the wonderwall!
Maybe Meg watched him through a Lens and rescued him at a time of need. Who Knows eh !
George Harrison's album is called "Wonderwall Music" ... the film that came with it was called "Wonderwall" and it is about a girl.
I bet this comment won't be published !!!!!!
Not only published, but liked by everyone who knows.
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IMHO music video of 'Where Did It All Go Wrong?' might suggest that Noel had seen that movie
Wonderwall…Wonderall? My whole world?…
This is how big it was. Another classic wonderwall anecdote from an SNL alum: th-cam.com/video/OipoNrxZaVc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ue5a4lWFbF4wXaYq
So a wonderwall is a glory hole.😂. Love your videos 👍✌️
Hahahahahahahahaha
I guess you could say that...
he had a 'wonderboner' but that just didnt work, too many syllables
The answer has always been (Capo 2) Em7, G, Dsus4, A7sus4.
…and shitloads of coke.
After watching this video, beyond brief reinterpretation of the film towards the end of the video, I'm not so sure that any of this is actually new information. The title gives the vibe that it is an unsolved mystery, but all this information is freely available on the songfacts page. I do appreciate the interpretation, but this video really seems like it was just made to try and gain views rather than share something genuinely new. This one was not for me, unfortunately.
Love your v.log but cannot stand wailing wall. Awful. No melody.
Literally the most hack song to ever be popular. Recently saw Noel bitching about someone “ripping off wonderwall’s chord progression” I was shocked…I didn’t know there was one in that song.
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I've never understood the fascination with this song. It's not extraordinary. It's not that musically interesting. Is it mass hypnosis via the establishment? There are far more musically interesting songs. There are only 3 major record companies left, and only a handful of companies run the corporate media, who have far too much influence over the masses. The fact that people have been hypnotized to think Oasis is anywhere near the same ballpark as The Beatles, is beyond ridiculous. Acts like XTC, Elvis Costello, Smiths, Sparks etc are far closer to that ballpark. They've written and created far more musically interesting songs. 'Wonderwall' bores me silly, no matter what the story is behind it.
I never liked this song.
Oh, thanks for your contribution…
Not one of their best is it. Give me I Hope I Think I know over Wonderwall any day!
You are very uninteresting
Noel didn't want Liam on the cover. Just because he didn't want his brother to be in the front and not him. That's why he asked to change the person on the cover. Just jealousy, not some hidden meaning
@@biblical1982 Nah
Wonderwall put me off oasis. Its an overated shit tune.