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"Wonderwall"is a song by the English group Oasis. This song was realeased on the album "Moming Glory" in 1995. The song is about love, a man who's helpless and wants to describe his feelings but doesn't know how.  


Group

Oasis was a band gathering Noe Gallager (singing, guitar), Liam Gallager (singing), Gem Acher (guitar), Andy Bell (bass), Paul McGuigan (bass), Tony McCarol (drums), Paul Arthur (guitar) and Allan White (drums). The 8 musicians were already quite famous (actually two of them are brothers) when they decided to work on this album. This song was a hit because it is their most famous one. If we had to define it, we could say that it was more or less rock'n'roll, psychedelic pop music because they play simple and sustained rhythms. Actually in 1995 there was a kind of competition between them (Oasis) and Blur another group of rock. Obviously, they drew their inspiration from John Lennon, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, or Bob Dylan. Indeed, they did confess their admiration several times referring to Joy Division and The Stones Roses as their great masters.  

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As you many remember, the song itself dealt with love feelings in a contemporary UK facing unemployment and strikes all around the country.  Indeed, don't forget that at that time there were economic and industrial crisis, and some miners are still on strike. During the 90s a new movement of rock was born: the Britpop, which was a British rock movement, that lead to a lot od derivatives, and which was influenced by the groups of the 60s and 70s. Oasis was one of the pioneers of the Britpop movement, althought they always refused that label.

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"Imagine" is a song by John Lennon. This song was released on the album Imagine in 1981. The song is about utopia, a perfect world, a dream. (hence the title "Imagine").



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John Lennon (here with Yoko Ono) was an ex-member of the very famous band « The Beatles ». In this song, John Lennon sings and is at the keyboards. He was already very famous when he decided to work on this album. This song became a standard.

If we had to define it, we could say that it was more or less pop music because of the keyboard. This son gis very sweet and relaxing.

Obviously, the lyrics of "Imagine" describe a world of hope and peace.One cannot talk about John Lennon and Yoko Ono without mentionning their dress code and hairstyle… Indeed, have a look at this picture to get a glimpse of the time... NO COMMENT !

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As you may remember, the song itself is a utopia, a world without religion, living in peace contrary to what some people endured in real life.

Indeed, don't forget that at that time the nation was in quest of peace, John and Yoko had very long hair and were all dressed in white.

Do YOU KNOW that This song "Imagine" is a big classic nowadays, The Rolling Stone music magazine declared that it was the third greatest song of all times!

We do hope that this article was not too boring and that from now on you are DEFINITELY a great fan of John Lennon !

And don't 4get : UK ROCKS, that's for sure !

Zohra and Pauline.

 

 

 

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" Wonderwall " is a song by the English group ''Oasis'' . This song was realeased on the album ''Morning Glory'' in1995. The song is about an imaginary friend who WANTS to save you from yourself , that's why the song's name is Wonderwall : wonderwall is this imaginary friend !

Group

Oasis was a band gathering Paul « Bonehead » Arthurs and Noel (guitar) , Liam Gallagher and Noel (singER) Paul'' Guisgsy" Mc Guigan ( bass) Tony Mc Caroll (drums) The 5 musicians were already working together , and they decided to work in this album !This song was a hit ! If we had to give clues about this type of music, we could say that it was BritPop Rock !Actually , The song was ranked 3rd best song of all time UK by XFM in 2010 . Wonderwall was voted best British song of all time by listeners of Virgin Radio in 2005.Obviously , they found inspiration from the musix What Goes Around...Comes Around by Justin Timberlake or Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day .One cannot talk about this group without mentionning their dresscode which became basics at the time ...and still are nowadays !Have a look at this picture to get a glimpse of the time ...

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As you may remember the song itself dealt with freedom , indeed The 90s was rich in emotion.
tragic things happened at this time across the world. For instance, there were a lot of wars. But in England it was a very good period for creativity as musical matters were concerned... people wanted to dream of flying out of their body, and that's what the group did singing Wonderwall.

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It has often been said that Wonderwall was written for Meg Mathews, Noel Gallagher's girlfriend at the time (with whom he married in 1997 and from whom he divorced four years later). He now says that this song did not speak about Meg at all...

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« I stopped to fill my car up «  is a song by the English group Stereophonics. This song deals about a lie , a story invented to drive one's attention. An everyday life anecdote which seems to end pretty badly... about a man who fills his car up and when he goes back to his car he sees a middle-aged man at the back with a bag full of money who asks him to drive him away threatening him with a gun... ( hence the title i stopped to fill my car up)       




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Stereophonics is a band gathering Kelly Jones (singer , guitar),  text by Richard Jones, at the bass, Javier Weylex (drum since in 2004) and Adam Zindani guitar (choros since in 2007) . The 3 musicians were already friends, when they decided to work on this album. This song was a blockbuster. If we had to define it we could say that it is more or less alternative rock and Britpop music. Actually they named their band Stereophonics because Kelly come from Pheonix . They were influenced by bands such as AC/DC, Creedance.  


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This  was their 1st hit and they became the first all welsh group to top UK charts in 2000. It also bacame the band's first single to chart on the Billoboard Modern Rock Tracks charts peacking #34..........
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« Video killed the radio star » is a song by the British band The Buggles This song was released on the album 'The age of Plastic' in 1979, it's about how the music business killed the real music, how 'pictures came and broke your heart' (Hence the title « Video killed the radio star »)    



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The Buggles  was a band gathering Greff Downes (keyboard) Trevor Horn (singer and at the guitar).The 2 musicians were already working together when they decided to work on this album. This song was a hit ! Indeed, they are remembered for this single which was top 1 in several countries such as France and the UK ! If we had to define this type of music we could say that it was more or less « New Wave » New Wave emerged in the late 1970's. It was a subgenre of rock music, which incorporated aspects of electronic, experimental music, disco, rock and 1960s pop music. It incorporated much of the original punk rock sound but it was characterized by greater complexity in both music and lyrics. That song was the first to be broadcasted on the channel « MTV »  

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Don't Forget that the Rubik's Cube was created in 1974 ! Isn't that fun ! In the mid-70, new sounds invaded the dancefloors of nightclubs. Phenomenon Disco gave emphasis on the rhythm and the United States exported it in Europ. On the artistic scene, the 70's ended with the deaths of popular rock stars like Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin and Jim Morrinson (USA). At this time, their garnment was pretty eccentric, it was not unusual to see bands wearing strange colour combination...The 70's are synonymous with EXTREME. The Buggles played as a group in November 2004 during a concert to comemorate Trevor Horn's career . 

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« Imagine » is a song by the British singer John Lennon This song was released on the album « Imagine » in 1978. The song is about  a world with no possession in which everyone would share everything... John Lennon's ideal and imaginary world (hence the title « Imagine »)       




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John Lennon left the Beatles in 1970. Imagine was a hit. If we had to define this  type of music , we could say that it was more less experimental music , with country Jazz and blues music. Obviously, he found inspiration from American rock bands...







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A new world filled with peace, and without possession is the Ideal world imagined by John Lennon in this song. When the documentary about Lennon was relaesed, he was dead... Actually, Lennon was shot dead in the back 4 times in front of his residence, in New York. Nowadays no one can ignore The Beatles' legacy. Indeed, Lennon is both remembered for his band and his solo career. A gathering in his memory continues to be held in New York every December 8, the date of his death. Across the world, several memorials were erected in his honor.