classico degli Oasis che non può mancare nella collezione personale di un loro fan. i tempi di consegna sono stati rispettati, peccato per la copertina leggermente danneggiata.
When Oasis released this single they were riding high in the charts from the success of their first two albums and the highly anticipated third album Be Here Now on which this track appeared. They were at the peak of their Britpop fame and entitled to produce huge sounding like productions that only the biggest acts at the time can safely release without sounding big-headed. It is fitting that the official live version of this powerful track appears on 'Familiar to Millions' since that is exactly what it is. Looking back from 1997 to today, it has with-stood the test of time as a classic example of the sort of slow powerful heavy-sounding ballad beloved of modern pop music. This is despite its writer continually dissing the Be Here Now album as a bloated work of self-indulgence inspired by taking too many drugs due to their fame & fortune - the balance between producing a massive track of a song and sliding into self-indulgence will always be a fine line for any big act of the moment, but in this track it seems Oasis managed to stay back from the creative abyss. I suspect that Noel Gallagher is secretly pretty pleased with writing this song himself. It has the usual Noel Gallagher references to older well-known songs - the title is a 1975 John Lennon rock 'n' roll cover, the music is reminiscent of Bowie's All the Young Dudes (as Noel has admitted - 'but I changed the chords enough'), but it would be unfair to describe the track as derivative in content, although the style is nothing ground-breaking. The lyrics are simple and effective, the music catchy and infective, a triumphant piece of grand pop that only missed being a UK #1 thanks to Elton John's re-hash of Candle in the Wind as a Diana tribute. The video for this track is worthy, a nod to The Guardian's 'whole picture' campaign of the time, cleverly showing scenes that initially look like crimes but are eventually exposed as good acts. Noel's commentary on the DVD version is hilarious but you can tell he enjoys the finished effect. The extra tracks on the single CD are worth a listen, the best of them is Going Nowhere which is Noel's nod to Burt Bacharach and available on The Masterplan - it was a pre-Oasis song that he exhumed.