I am suspicious.

Look BackIn Anger is a 1959 British film about a working class man who, deeply dissatisfied with his life, becomes mentally and physically abusive to his wife. She leaves him. He is angry and does not let go of his anger. His wife is pregnant and loses their baby - she too looks back in anger. At the end of the film they reconcile - the obligatory (somewhat) happy ending.

The film is set in Derby, a town in the Midlands, 80 miles from Manchester. The protagonist might have reminded Noel of working class men he knew, trapped by prejudice and poverty. His advice is to get out and 'find a better place to play / You said that you’d never been [outside of your home town] / But all the things that you’ve seen [there] / Will slowly fade away.'

Noel left Manchester, and did not look back in anger at the abuse he suffered growing up. In doing so I guess he was hoping to break the cycle of violence, as well as breaking free from the worst strictures the British class system. The chorus fits the film, a wife leaving an abusive husband, except the line 'Sally can wait' which Liam misheard. I think it was originally ‘Sally can’t wait,' but whatever: The chorus fits missing the last bus at night

Anyway, if Noel is referencing abuse, it's little surprise that he does not to talk about it. My 2c.

your reply 1 and then discovered you'd just deleted it.

Not the first time this has happened. And not just with you. Sometimes it seems as if I need a virtual butterfly net, or maybe a staple gun, to hold DU messages in place till I can reply to them.

Anyway, since you did repost, and I bookmarked some stuff...

The first thing I wanted to tell you is that you should never assume an artist or writer knows exactly where an inspiration comes from, because they honestly might not know, or might just be guessing. Your subconscious can offer things up piecemeal, and they can seem like unconnected jigsaw puzzle pieces, but arriving with a sense that they're definitely part of something larger.

The second thing I wanted to say was that it's very likely that Noel was aware of that 1959 film and the 1956 play it was based on, and might've been required to read the play in school - but he wasn't much of a student. He was aware, though, that Bowie - Noel's a Bowie fan - had used that title for a 1979 song that otherwise had nothing to do with the play and film. He might've heard the Bowie song first and then been told about the play and film, and subconsciously linked those words to his nightmare of a father who abused the family.

But even though he probably associated those words with that trauma, he didn't believe it was a good idea to look back.

From Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Back_in_Anger

exactly where an inspiration comes from, because they honestly might not know, or might just be guessing.'

I did not.

I did what any academic would do - Place the written word.as the corner stone for discussion and exegesis. The two indisputable facts are that Noel had left Manchester good, and he abhorred people who were stuck in the past

Anyway. I don't take myself too seriously. - I said 'whatever,' the chorus could be about a girl who had missed the last bus at night.

YouTube video with just audio. He already had the chorus in final shape.

Liam heard 'Sally' when Noel was singing something else. That changed the whole direction of the song. I still say that Sally Can't Wait makes more sense as the line of the chorus. Sally knows it too late and is walking away. She can't wait any longer.

creativity can be.

Right now watching for early videos from tonight's concert.

Oasis taking the stage:

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