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Music Appreciation

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6. Liam misheard Noel singing when the song was still being composed.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:42 PM

Aug 31

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.

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Oasis - Time Flies 1994-2009 (brilliant 2-hour video compiling 26 singles/videos, with commentary by Noel and Liam) [View all] highplainsdem Aug 31 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Aug 31 #1

Don't Look Back In Anger - When an artist is evasive about the meaning a song, speak easy Aug 31 #2

I'm glad you reposted that reply. I'd bookmarked some things for my reply to what had been highplainsdem Aug 31 #3

'I should never assume an artist or writer knows speak easy Aug 31 #8

Okay. Found the first performance, before there was a second verse: highplainsdem Aug 31 #4

Liam misheard Noel singing when the song was still being composed. speak easy Aug 31 #6

I have no idea. Just offering the info I found, and my own experience with how elusive and inexplicable highplainsdem Aug 31 #7

And I found this, from a 2016 Swedish documentary and interview with Noel: highplainsdem Aug 31 #5