Lousy Lyrics Lambasted
And their lousy lyricists
The revival of Oasis, that overblown Beatles tribute band, brings to mind their Nineties smasheroo, ‘Champagne Supernova’, in particular the line about ‘walkin’ slowly down the hall/Faster than a cannonball.’
For comparable word-blindness, one has to go back to Elton John’s ‘Lady Samantha’ in 1969 and ‘When the shrill win…
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