Line #37 Music/DefinitelyMaybeAlbum


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/definitely_maybe.jpeg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"You can have it all, but how much do you want it?"'']]
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4	''Definitely Maybe'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Music/{{Oasis}}, released on August 29, 1994.
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6	Noel Gallagher joined his little brother Liam's band in 1992. They worked on demos and played numerous live gigs. They finally released their first song, "Columbia", in late 1993. Much to their surprise, it started getting played. The band then decided it was time to record an album. After two ill-fated attempts and going through a few producers, they finally settled on producer Owen Morris and recorded the album in a few weeks. Prior to the release, they sent out two singles: "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker".
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8	!! Members:
9	* Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine, production
10	* Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, piano, backing vocals, production, bass on "Up in the Sky" and "Slide Away"
11	* Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – rhythm guitar, piano, production
12	* Paul "Guigsy" [=McGuigan=] – bass, production
13	* Tony [=McCarroll=] – drums, production
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15	!! Tracklist:
16	# "Rock 'n' Roll Star" (5:23)
17	# "Shakermaker" (5:10)
18	# "Live Forever" (4:38)
19	# "Up in the Sky" (4:28)
20	# "Columbia" (6:17)
21	# "Supersonic" (4:44)
22	# "Bring It on Down" (4:17)
23	# "Cigarettes & Alcohol" (4:50)
24	# "Digsy's Dinner" (2:32)
25	# "Slide Away" (6:32)
26	# "Married with Children" (3:12)
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28	"Whatever" (6:21) was included on the 1996 Mexican edition, and "Sad Song" (4:30) was included as track 3 of side two on vinyl editions of the album.
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30	!! "I live my life for the tropes that shine":
31	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Liam seems to have an issue with the word "shine":
32	** "Rock 'n' Roll Star":
33	---> ''I need some time in the sunSHEEYINE''
34	** And again in "Up in the Sky":
35	---> ''I heard the SHEEYINE's gone out of your life''
36	** And ''again'' in "Cigarettes & Alcohol":
37	---> ''You could wait for a lifetime\
38	To spend your days in the sunSHEEYINE''
39	* BrokenRecord: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QyF5UdhBJI "I can't tell you the way I feel cause the way I feel is oh so new to me, I can't tell you the way I feel cause the way I feel is oh so new to me, yeah yeah yeah! Yeah yeah yeah! Yeah yeah yea! I can't tell you..."]]
40	* BuriedAlive: Tony [=McCarroll=] in the British video for "Live Forever".
41	* EpicRocking: "Columbia" and "Slide Away".
42	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bring It on Down" --> "Cigarettes & Alcohol".
43	* LoudnessWar: [[DownplayedTrope While not nearly as bad as]] ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory'' and ''Music/BeHereNow'', this album is one of {{LoudnessWar/the worst offenders}}, for sure.
44	* LimitedLyricsSong: "Live Forever".
45	* LyricalDissonance: "Married with Children".
46	* MoodWhiplash: Let's see... the hard-rocking "Cigarettes & Alcohol" goes into the lighthearted novelty tune "Digsy's Dinner," which goes into the sprawling, anthemic ballad "Slide Away", and then the acoustic ditty "Married With Children".
47	* NonAppearingTitle: "Shakermaker", "Columbia", "Digsy's Dinner", and "Married with Children".
48	* OdeToIntoxication: "Cigarettes & Alcohol"
49	* OneWordTitle: "Shakermaker", "Columbia", "Supersonic".
50	* PepTalkSong:
51	** "Live Forever"
52	---> ''I think you're the same as me\
53	We see things they'll never see\
54	You and I are gonna live forever''
55	** Also this line from "Supersonic":
56	---> ''You need to BeYourself, you can't be no one else''
57	** And this one from "Whatever":
58	---> ''Whatever you do\
59	Whatever you say \
60	Yeah, I know it's alright.''
61	* RockstarSong: "Rock 'N' Roll Star".
62	* ShoutOut: "Shakermaker" is based around the melody of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)". Yes, the song from the vintage Coke commercial in TheSeventies.
63	** The lyrics also name drop Mr Soft, the mascot from the Trebor Soft Mint adverts of the time (and whose theme tune was sung by Steve Harley of ''Cockey Rebel''.)
64	* SplashOfColor: During the black-and-white scenes in the "Live Forever" music video, the only color that is shown is the green in the bushes and plants, [[FauxSymbolism although it doesn't appear it's supposed to mean anything important]].
65	* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes:
66	-->'''Noel Gallagher:''' At the time ... it was written in the middle of {{Grunge}} and all that, and I remember Nirvana had a tune called 'I Hate Myself and Want to Die', and I was like ... 'Well, I'm not fucking having that.' As much as I fucking like him [Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain] and all that shit, I'm not having that. I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, fucking saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That's fucking rubbish. Kids don't need to be hearing that nonsense.
67	* WordSaladLyrics: "Shakermaker". [[LineOfSightName Noel wrote it by sitting in front of the television one day and just jotting down whatever words or phrases came on.]]

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