Anyway, here's Wonderwall

MusicRadar made me write about Oasis and I enjoyed it more than I expected

When MusicRadar assigned me to write about Oasis, I was not overjoyed. I figured I would start with the Wonderwall meme and go from there.

Once you move past the joke, though, it becomes an interesting question: why did this seemingly unremarkable song become such a standard for amateur guitarists?

One answer is to say that it is actually a pretty good song, all this considered. Sure, the lyrics are kind of meaningless, but that is no obstacle to a song being fun to sing and play.

Ultimately, I think that both the song and the Gallagher brothers are a mixture of attractive and abrasive. You don't get popular without attractiveness, but if you want to get under people's skin and stay there, you have to be at least a little bit annoying.