Oasis: “Supersonic” turns 20
Alejandro De Luna
‘I need to be myself, I can’t be no one else. I’m feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic’, sings born to be arrogant – born to cause trouble – born to be impertinent – born to conquer, Liam Gallagher in the Oasis debut single that turns 20 today. A song that change the direction of British music and that beyond the track title and Noel´s druggy psychedelic riffs, is an impudence tribute to the Gallagher´s main musical influences: The Beatles (‘You can sail with me in my yellow submarine’) and The Stone Roses (‘He sits in a corner all alone, he lives under a waterfall’.)
The track also hints Noel Gallagher´s black legendary humour (‘She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train, she made me laugh’/’She’s sniffin in her tissue, sellin’ the Big Issue’); the anticipation of their world conquer (‘You can have it all but how much do you want it?’) and Oasis´s legendary fucked up early years (‘You can sail with me in my yellow submarine, you need to find out cause no one’s gonna tell you what I’m on about’.)
A true British classic. But at the end, ‘you need to find a way for what they want to say, but before tomorrow…’
The B-sides:
TAKE ME AWAY
I WILL BELIEVE (LIVE)
COLUMBIA (WHITE LABEL DEMO)
