Actually, Noel Gallagher himself writes on the Oasis site what this song is all about- Oasisinet.com: (basically it's about nothing...)
Champagne Supernova
"Some of the lyrics were written when I was out of it. There's the words: 'Someday you will find me/ Caught beneath a landslide/ ln a Champagne Supernova in the sky'. That's probably as psychedelic as I'll ever get. It means different things when I'm in different moods. When I'm in a bad mood being caught beneath a landslide is like being suffocated. The song is a bit of an epic. It's about when you're young and you see people in groups and you think about what they did for you and they did nothing. As a kid, you always believed the Sex Pistols were going to conquer the world and kill everybody in the process. Bands like The Clash just petered out. Punk rock was supposed to be the revolution but what did it do? F all. The Manchester thing was going to be the greatest movement on earth but it was f all. When we started we decided we weren't going to do anything for anybody, we Jut thought we'd leave a bunch of great songs. But some of the words are about nothing. One is about Bracket The Butler who used to be on Camberwick Green, or Chipley or Trumpton or something. He used to take about 20 minutes to go down the hall. And then I couldn't think of anything that rhymed with 'hall' apart from 'cannonball'. so I wrote 'Slowly walking down the hall/ Faster than a cannonball' and people were like, 'Wow, f , man'. There's also the line 'Where were you while we were getting high?' because that's what we always say to each other. But the number of people who've started clubs called Champagne Supernova is f ing unbelievable. And the album isn't even released yet."
i don't want to sound nerdish but even intentionally trying to be abzurd and make no sense gives sense to the lyrics..it's a very romantic ( in the sense that implies one considering an outcast from the rest of the world, the denial of reason or logic in the making of the song), nostalgic song. i can feel the melancholy of wanting to live young forever, and knowing it isn't possible, every time i hear it. he got high to live the moment and escape from his thoughts but even that wasn't enough to leave the sadness apart. if you...
i don't want to sound nerdish but even intentionally trying to be abzurd and make no sense gives sense to the lyrics..it's a very romantic ( in the sense that implies one considering an outcast from the rest of the world, the denial of reason or logic in the making of the song), nostalgic song. i can feel the melancholy of wanting to live young forever, and knowing it isn't possible, every time i hear it. he got high to live the moment and escape from his thoughts but even that wasn't enough to leave the sadness apart. if you ever were high, you know it's not a real gettaway but an exageration of feelings..
"Bands like The Clash just petered out." Give me a break. I like this song, but it pisses me off that he said something like that when he obviously has no idea.
"Bands like The Clash just petered out." Give me a break. I like this song, but it pisses me off that he said something like that when he obviously has no idea.
@RPZQ Its kind of bums me out when people explain songs. I remember Neil Young saying you're like a radio station and you just sometimes you tune into these frequencies and hear the songs; as songwriters. The meanings your own, I'm not a spiritual guy but I don't believe "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' is without meaning. That to me, epitomizes being totally fucked up, the weight you feel on drugs and alcohol but the internal bliss and energy.
@RPZQ Its kind of bums me out when people explain songs. I remember Neil Young saying you're like a radio station and you just sometimes you tune into these frequencies and hear the songs; as songwriters. The meanings your own, I'm not a spiritual guy but I don't believe "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' is without meaning. That to me, epitomizes being totally fucked up, the weight you feel on drugs and alcohol but the internal bliss and energy.
Actually, Noel Gallagher himself writes on the Oasis site what this song is all about- Oasisinet.com: (basically it's about nothing...)
Champagne Supernova "Some of the lyrics were written when I was out of it. There's the words: 'Someday you will find me/ Caught beneath a landslide/ ln a Champagne Supernova in the sky'. That's probably as psychedelic as I'll ever get. It means different things when I'm in different moods. When I'm in a bad mood being caught beneath a landslide is like being suffocated. The song is a bit of an epic. It's about when you're young and you see people in groups and you think about what they did for you and they did nothing. As a kid, you always believed the Sex Pistols were going to conquer the world and kill everybody in the process. Bands like The Clash just petered out. Punk rock was supposed to be the revolution but what did it do? F all. The Manchester thing was going to be the greatest movement on earth but it was f all. When we started we decided we weren't going to do anything for anybody, we Jut thought we'd leave a bunch of great songs. But some of the words are about nothing. One is about Bracket The Butler who used to be on Camberwick Green, or Chipley or Trumpton or something. He used to take about 20 minutes to go down the hall. And then I couldn't think of anything that rhymed with 'hall' apart from 'cannonball'. so I wrote 'Slowly walking down the hall/ Faster than a cannonball' and people were like, 'Wow, f , man'. There's also the line 'Where were you while we were getting high?' because that's what we always say to each other. But the number of people who've started clubs called Champagne Supernova is f ing unbelievable. And the album isn't even released yet."
i don't want to sound nerdish but even intentionally trying to be abzurd and make no sense gives sense to the lyrics..it's a very romantic ( in the sense that implies one considering an outcast from the rest of the world, the denial of reason or logic in the making of the song), nostalgic song. i can feel the melancholy of wanting to live young forever, and knowing it isn't possible, every time i hear it. he got high to live the moment and escape from his thoughts but even that wasn't enough to leave the sadness apart. if you...
i don't want to sound nerdish but even intentionally trying to be abzurd and make no sense gives sense to the lyrics..it's a very romantic ( in the sense that implies one considering an outcast from the rest of the world, the denial of reason or logic in the making of the song), nostalgic song. i can feel the melancholy of wanting to live young forever, and knowing it isn't possible, every time i hear it. he got high to live the moment and escape from his thoughts but even that wasn't enough to leave the sadness apart. if you ever were high, you know it's not a real gettaway but an exageration of feelings..
"Bands like The Clash just petered out." Give me a break. I like this song, but it pisses me off that he said something like that when he obviously has no idea.
"Bands like The Clash just petered out." Give me a break. I like this song, but it pisses me off that he said something like that when he obviously has no idea.
@RPZQ Its kind of bums me out when people explain songs. I remember Neil Young saying you're like a radio station and you just sometimes you tune into these frequencies and hear the songs; as songwriters. The meanings your own, I'm not a spiritual guy but I don't believe "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' is without meaning. That to me, epitomizes being totally fucked up, the weight you feel on drugs and alcohol but the internal bliss and energy.
@RPZQ Its kind of bums me out when people explain songs. I remember Neil Young saying you're like a radio station and you just sometimes you tune into these frequencies and hear the songs; as songwriters. The meanings your own, I'm not a spiritual guy but I don't believe "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' is without meaning. That to me, epitomizes being totally fucked up, the weight you feel on drugs and alcohol but the internal bliss and energy.