Oasis at Slane: from R.E.M.’s support act to headliners
Their 1995 appearance came before ‘Morning Glory’; their 2009 headline show came months before the split. Slane holds two distinct chapters of Oasis history.
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[Intro]
One, two, ready, go
[Verse 1]
Pleasure is melting like chocolate
My blue ribbon gumption is gone
All my gravy must have soaked into something
[Chorus]
And the world
[Verse 2]
The filthy steps, the cold concrete
The phony earth below my feet
The ancient odor of the streets
[Chorus]
Yes, the world, it is a sponge
The world
[Verse 3]
And when the crisis passes
When the coast is clear
I'll be buffed down to a liquid
[Chorus]
And the world, it is a sponge
The world, it is a sponge
The world
[Verse 4]
Throughout this entire ugly outing
I've been mumbling the convex of what I should be shouting
But I'll soon be silent, you'll soon hear nothing
About this track
"Sponge" is a song by R.E.M. from the album Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation, released in 1996.
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[Chorus]
'Cause the world, it is a sponge
The world, it is a sponge
The world, it is a sponge
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Their 1995 appearance came before ‘Morning Glory’; their 2009 headline show came months before the split. Slane holds two distinct chapters of Oasis history.
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John Paul Jones’s string arrangements helped expand the sound of R.E.M.’s 1992 album without displacing the band at its centre.
A tree recording, Daft Punk textures and 'Drunken Sailor' all feature on the record