![]() ![]() ![]() Morning Glory has profanity, specifically the words “sh*t,” and “hell.” Morning Glory has references to narcotics, including a not-so-veiled shout-out to sniffing coke in the title track, plus, of course, the infamous questioning chorus on “Champagne Supernova,” in which Liam Gallagher croons “Where were you while we were getting high.”īut, overall, I’d argue, that Morning Glory is much more wholesome sounding than several other huge ‘90s rock albums, and for an innocent child (like my daughter), “getting high” means flying, and “chained to the mirror and the razor blade,” sounds like somebody shaving in the morning. And if your kids listen to this record, the impact will be nothing but positive. So, setting aside the ‘90s music history lesson - battling Britpop bands, grunge, sibling rivalry, and flannel shirts for everyone - what I’m saying is that Morning Glory as a rock album that exists now, in the 2020s, is a masterpiece. ![]() (!!!!) But, that’s also the point of writing about grown-up music for parents. So, I know at this point, I sound like a parent from that one Portlandia sketch, which somehow aired twelve years ago. Perplexingly, despite citing Ride’s “Vapour Trail” as one of her favorite songs, my daughter doesn’t care for Suede or Radiohead. No amount of coaxing will get my young daughter into Jimmy Buffett, for example, which is probably for best, if we’re being totally honest. Any parent will tell you, that kids will turn off music they don’t like. One could argue my child has no choice but to love the music my wife and I listen to that my daughter knows Japanese Breakfast and Cocteau Twins songs by heart because my wife does, or she’s down with The National and The Strokes because of me. She knows all the words to “She’s Electric,” and since she could walk, has jumped and down like a maniac to the stomping title anthem, “Morning Glory.” Let me tell you, friends, you have not lived until you have heard a little kid sneer “Need a little time to wake up! WELLLLLL!!?” The song “Some Might Say” can pick up her mood on a literal rainy day. ![]() How could she? She wasn’t around in the ‘90s! But, because this is one of my favorite albums I’ve been spinning her the vinyl of Morning Glory since she was born. My six-year-old loves Oasis without really knowing who Oasis are. Trust me, I know from personal experience. If you play Morning Glory for a Beatles-obsessed child in the 21st century, that child may actually think this is a Beatles record. If Oasis really were - as many detractors claimed - just a sh*tty version of the Beatles, the total brilliance of Morning Glory proves that insult is actually a good thing. Today, Morning Glory is just as good - if not better and more accessible - than it was in 1995. But, in the past (almost) three decades, this album has transformed into something bigger than it was when it first dropped. In the months and year following the smash release of Morning Glory, the ‘90s MTV generation was inundated with largely uninspired music videos for utterly classic tracks like “Don’t Look Back In Anger,” “Wonderwall,” and yes, “Champagne Supernova.” Arguing if there are ‘90s guitar rock albums that have better songs than Morning Glory is, of course, possible. In the time after ( What’s the Story?) Morning Glory was released on October 2, 1995, tweens and teenagers everywhere were coping with parents freaking out about a song in which the refrain was about “getting high,” while also, among ourselves, trying to determine what a “Wonderwall” was, anyway, without the aid of Google. In junior high school, in America, in 1995, saying your favorite band was Oasis was an act of rebellion. ![]()
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