#wonderwall

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Noel: I’m a completely different than Liam is. When I’m singing those songs, I know what those words mean to me and I can deliver them, I wouldn’t say better, but I can deliver them in the way that they were written. So I know what Wonderwall is about. Even if it’s about nothing, I know what kind of nothing it’s about, you know.

— 30/03/2012 BBC 4

"I never wanted to be a guitarist and songwriter. I never wanted to be a lyricist. So I have to use everything in my power, really, and I'm afraid rhyming dictionaries are one of the things that I do use when I get stuck." Still in cuddly candid mode, Gallagher goes on to say that Liam always "knows what I'm goin' on about, even when I'm goin' on about nothing. We have the same sort of semi-delinquent state of mind. And I've always realized the importance of him - it's just that Liam doesn't think that I do. Liam seems to think that I think he's a shithead, but I don't." Pause. Then a declaration. "I don't think he's any more--or any less--than the greatest singer in show business. Simple as that."

— Noel 12/1997 Pulse

Noel had accidentally stumbled across us on his way to Creation Records. “What the fuck are you doing?” was his first question; “We're shooting the Wonderwall cover” came the reply, “What the fuck is our kid doing here?” came the second question. “He's appearing on the sleeve” came the second reply.

“Our kid on the fucking cover of Wonderwall?” came the incredulous and rhetorical question. “Yes, is that a problem?” “Is that a fucking problem?" came another incredulous reply. “Wonderwall is a fucking love song! It's about a girl! I should know, I wrote it! There's no fucking way our kid is appearing on the cover, you're all wasting your time!” and with that Noel returned to the waiting black cab and continued on with his journey.

— Michael Spencer Jones: Supersonic - the Oasis Photographs

Noel: The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it. And how do you tell your missus it’s not about her once she’s read it is? It’s a song about an imaginary friend who’s gonna come and save you from yourself.

— 2002 BBC 2 documentary

Liam: I knew the songs were a lot richer than Definitely Maybe. ‘Wonderwall’ was the only one that I didn't get at the time, I was, ‘I don't know about this,man.'It just didn't seem right. I thought it was weird. Then when I heard it I was, ‘Ah, now I get it’. I was totally wrong and that's fucking right. I love that tune. Growing up we didn't have much money or anything, there was no carpet or shit like that, no wallpaper and we would just write shit on the walls and have posters up. I always thought that was our ‘Wonderwall’. But it's obviously not; apparently it's about some bird. Or ma not.

— Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews

Liam acknowledges the title’s nod to George Harrison’s experimental 1968 solo album, Wonderwall Music, but also feels his brother’s song harks back to the time when they would write notes and thoughts on the wallpaper in their bedrooms as kids. “But obviously that wasn’t meaningful enough for Noel,” he says, “so he decided to say it was about some girl.”