Mixed in with the nonsense lyrics and brazen attitude, I always thought there was a strong streak of optimism running through Oasis songs. Live Forever is a good example. I suppose it was so popular because it arrived at a time when people really needed something hopeful and defiant—that seems to be the case once again.
I was seventeen when this record came out, and it had a big impact on me at the time. Listening to it now transports me back to 1994—sixth form college, nightclubs, and a strikingly beautiful girl with dreadlocks.
Rock 'n' Roll Star by Oasis must be a good shout. Not the song that reminds me most of when the band rose to prominence—that would be their first single, Supersonic—but what an opening salvo for a debut album. A snarling statement of intent that perfectly captures the swaggering confidence of youth.
