Rock N Roll was born – well, his version of it, anyway – when the label believed Love Is Hell too gloomy and thus shelved it. This Oasis cover gives you a hint why. Noel and Liam Gallagher could be accused of many things, but sleepiness was never one of them. Adams takes a stridently beautiful song – almost arrogant in its melodic assurance and minor-chord strut – and slows it down, gives it his typical hangover aura of self-pity and brokenhearted enthusiasm. To hear this version is to remember how cocksure the original was. In his own perverse way, Noel wrote this ditty to cheer up and provoke his lover; Adams merely wants to sedate his – or maybe just himself. Taking the song down down down, he never quite figures out all its dimensions. This proves once again that dumped guys never have the perspective necessary to make important decisions about art or anything else.

source: thesimon.com