Oasis

Released: May 30, 2005

Songwriter: Gem Archer

[Verse 1]
Listen to the monkey
Feeding on your brain
I feel okay
No pain!

[Verse 2]
I'm tired of shocking junkie
Suckin' on your veins
Forget no ways
No ways!

[Verse 3]
I'm tired of running hunchback
I've been tripping now for days
And there is no way
U don't say !

[Verse 4]
I got my drip drab velcro moustache
Keeps them all at bay
Get yours some day
Oh yeah !

[Verse 5]
'Cos we don't love our paycheck
Battle up your date
Don't get no love
No love!

[Verse 6]
Double takes for feeling
And empty realities
'Cos can't get no love
Get no love!

[Verse 7]
C'mon like eyeball tickler
Get up of your knees
And smile above
Above!

[Verse 1]
Listen to the monkey
Feeding on your brain
I feel okay
No pain!

[Verse 2]
I'm tired of shocking junkie
Suckin' on your veins
Forget no ways
No ways!

[Verse 8]
Desire all you want
But you got what you need
Not too much
Too much !

One of the most decorated artists of the 1990s, for the best part of two decades Oasis were an instantly recognisable part of British culture and a key cog in the all-conquering machine that was the Cool Britannia movement.

The group rose to fame with the release of Definitely Maybe in 1994, which became an instant success, debuting at number one in the UK charts. They went on to have a much-publicised rivalry with Blur, and despite losing the biggest singles chart battle in British history, they would go on to win the war, becoming global stars with (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, which includes arguably their biggest hit, “Wonderwall.”

The band released their third album Be Here Now in 1997, amid conflict between the Gallagher brothers. Although it went to number two in the US charts, sales were below expectations and it has since been regarded poorly. Fourth album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, released in 2000, was also received apprehensively by critics but managed to reach number one in the UK charts. It was during its recording that two members, guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs and bassist Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan, quit so Colin ‘Gem’ Archer and Andy Bell were brought on to replace them, respectively. Heathen Chemistry was released in 2002 to similar success, and the band continued touring. In 2004, drummer Alan White left and Zac Starkey joined for sixth album Don’t Believe the Truth, released in 2005, but only lasted until the next album Dig Out Your Soul (2008), when he was unofficially replaced by Chris Sharrock.

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