Alright so listen up and listen closely because I’m only going to be saying this once, and I won’t be taking any questions. This post right here is the real meaning behind the Oasis song Supersonic and any one that disagrees is an idiot and is blinded by their own stupidity or close mindedness. We’re here to talk about real life, so anyone who can’t bare that, just leave now, you won’t be missed.

Anyways, we all know about Supersonic, Oasis’s landmark debut single. Biggest single in the world forever and ever, huge smash hit, defined a generation, yada yada. Those are all facts, but honestly, that’s not what we’re here for. We’ve all heard the facts. Fact’s are, well, factual. And they get in the way. And, more often than not, they disguise the truth, give it a secret little place to hide away inside. So let us instead today, stop caring about facts. Today, we care about truth, about what is really REAL. About what these things really MEAN. The meaning the meaning the meaning, that’s what it’s all about, that’s what it’s always always been about.

But we’ve probably all seen another fella around these parts doing a similar thing before too, right? James Hargreaves, love him or hate him, talking about his own story, or what he thinks the Oasis songs are all about, and well, all credit to him, he makes some very interesting stuff. But maybe he’s forgotten, or maybe he never knew, that he was not the first to be an Oasis fanatic. To see through the games that Noel plays. He talks a big talk, and has some very original ideas, but, my friends he definitely was NOT the first to look at Oasis under the microscope, really up close and personal. And, frankly, it’s surprising, with his *obsession* for all things Oasis that this has never really come up, but trust me, there was another. Anyone remember that crazy character Burnweed? Yeah? Did you just feel something tickle in the back of your brain? Burnweed, Burnweed, where have I heard that name? How about another? One Love Story. That should be enough to get you ticking. Anyways, James Hargreaves, frankly, I find it shocking that such a core component to the Oasis story has never quite come up on your channel. I wonder why that is? Scared that it might make people realise that you aren’t quite as sensible as you put yourself out as? Scared that they might think you’re a bit less credible when they realise who’s shoulders you’re building upon, hm? When they realise that you Weren’t the first one to discover the masterplan??? But people probably aren’t ready to hear all that quite yet, are they? ONLS.

SO, with all of our preamble out of the way. Shall we get right into it? Let’s start getting into what I do best, what I do better than anyone else, and what I did before anyone else.

Being a bit of a nutcase and talking a bit too much about Oasis and The Stone Roses.

SKIP TO HERE IF YOU JUST WANT THE MEANING. THE TRUE MEANING.

Supersonic… supersonic, supersonic, supersonic, written in a day on the back of a fish and chip packet while the band was out slacking off at the pub while Noel was struck by a bolt of inspiration. Famously nonsense lyrics, especially the chorus. Vague Beatles references in the verses. But who’s Elsa? A farting dog in the studio? That’s the official line, isn’t it? And, what, pray tell, the fuck, does feeling Supersonic even mean? All these questions and more will be answered shortly, after an annoyingly long anecdote about me taking acid and smoking too much marijuana with a bunch of strangers you don’t give a shit about. Just kidding! I’ve moved on a little bit from there now. Okay, Let’s start easy, what does “feeling Supersonic” mean? Noel claims he hasn’t got a clue, Liam is the only one that really gets it. Somehow Liam brings the feeling, ‘feeling Supersonic’ to the song. Well, ultimately, that’s bollocks. Absolute Bollocks. Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks. Do the easiest thing, literally the easiest thing. Google the word supersonic and see what it means, just like, literally. Dictionary definition. Are you keeping up? Have you done it? If so, you should have seen that it literally means to be inaudible, to be unable to be heard by human hearing. To be making a noise that noone can hear. That alone should have been everyone’s first clue that there’s something deeper going on here, ‘feeling supersonic’, the protagonist feels like they’re saying things that can’t be heard. Speaking of, who is that protagonist? Liam? Could be, but honestly, we’ve all read the book, Tony McCarroll’s little book where he tells the truth of the Oasis story (and also about how the only reason Tony could get the drum beat together for Bring It On Down was because he was imagining bonehead cucking him with his girlfriend. His story, not mine!). Liam was the one getting Beatles albums fed down his throat, the true Beatles fan was Noel. And we’ve all heard the stories of how Noel became Mr ruthless businessman the second the first contract was signed. This first verse, is the story of Noel wanting to becoming the biggest band in the world, wanting to become a rockstar, by any means necessary, including signing any contract that could get him even slightly closer to that goal. “Can I ride with you, in your BMW. You can sail with me, in my Yellow Submarine”. He’s selling his music to record companies. And we’ll see a little bit later, this song is Very guitarist centric, in more ways than one, giving even MORE evidence that it’s about Noel. Look, honestly, it’s too much to get into right now, but just trust me, it’s about Noel and, well, let’s say, his imaginary friend. And I will say NO MORE than that! You’ll all just have to wait. OR, maybe try figure it out yourself, hm? “You need to find a way, for what you want to say. But before tomorrow”, Guess you’ll all just have to wait for tomorrow, won’t you? Because, trust me, no one is EVER gonna tell you what I’m on about. Least of all me, isn’t that right? Alright, I guess I’ll just say just one thing because I can’t help being nice to you all. Look at the music video. Notice anything strange? Did you notice who got left behind? Did you Notice?

But Now, the Chorus. This is the big one. The moment when things start getting blown wide open. “‘Cus my friend said he’ll take you home” We’ll get back to that line in just a little second, because it’s gonna go DEEP, but for now, what you need to do, is trust me, that this ‘friend’ we’re talking about here, is in fact John Squire of the Stone Roses. Yes yes, I know, there he goes talking about the fucking Stone Roses again, but please, trust me, hear me out for at least the chorus. The second line “He sits in the corner all alone”, where does the guitarist go on the stage? Right in the corner, off to the side, away from the center, where instead we might find the frontman. “He lives under a waterfall” Do I even need to say it? Fine, for the folks at the back, The Stone Roses had a song called Waterfall, carried, largely by John Squire’s incredible playing. “Nobody can see him, nobody can ever hear him call” We’ll get back to this line in a little bit when we talk about the verse, but for now, have a listen to what happens in the song immediately after this line in the song.

The guitar solo. And, mind you, not just any guitar solo. This is the solo to Supersonic! The incredible, powerful riff that knocked a thousand socks off the first time it was ever heard live on TV on the Word in 1994. It’s the solo that defined a generation! But, actually, listen a little closer, it’s literally just a direct lift of the riff from My Sweet Lord, George Harrison’s hit song! And George Harrison, where have I heard that name before? Oh right, he’s only from the fucking Beatles. But more specifically, he’s the Guitarist of the Beatles. That’s already one point towards the John Squire connection, but if you think a little harder, which George Harrison song is it? My Sweet Lord, right, the song all about wanting to talk to, to meet, and to admire your sweet lord. John Squire, if we look back at the Stone Roses debut album, as I have many many times, has a very big habit of referencing religious christian imagery, even quoting the Bible itself. I could give you a million quotes, but at this point, I hope you’d know where to find them ONLS. (And, there’s even a few more connections here with Noel’s imaginary friend, but really! That must wait!)

But think some more, George Harrison is famous as the quiet Beatle writing hundreds of songs but oft getting them rejected in favour of Paul or John’s songs. Nobody hearing his calls. This, to me, is obviously Noel pointing to another guitarist, and the thing that happens across bands across the world, the quiet guitarist stands at the side of the stage, George Harrison, John Squire, while the frontman takes all the glory. Well, what if this time, this time, things could go a little differently? Wouldn’t that be a Story, Morning Glory? But we’re getting FAR FAR ahead of ourselves, honestly forget I even said that.

Instead, lets look at the second verse, and more specifically who’s that girl called Elsa? And could it be Her? “I know a girl called Elsa”. Farting dog farting dog shut up about the farting dog and just do the tiniest of anagrams with me, just humour me, for a second, but maybe you can already see where I’m going (and isn’t that proof enough??? Your brain already KNOWS). ELSA => SAL E => SALLY => SALLY CINNAMON. It’s almost too unbelievably simple to be true, right? So unbelievably obvious that you’re amazed you had never thought of it yourself? Or had never seen anyone else think about it. But, well, that can’t be all can it? Just some silly little Sally anagram? That’s no proof (unless you know how to properly FEEL, and see with your BRAIN, but I won’t belabor the point), so let’s look for any other connections. “She’s into Alka Seltza” Anyone remember what the Stone Roses told everyone was the cause of their break up (but was later disavowed, we know what they’re up to). That’s right, Cocaine. Google it, you’ll find what you’re looking for. But obviously cocaine isn’t Alka Seltza I hear you say, but again, please think, for just a second. Because obviously you can’t just go out and write a song about cocaine use (unless you’re already writing about Cigarettes & Alcohol I guess! HAHA!), but it just works doesn’t it? “She sniffs it through a caine on a supersonic train” Ah yes, alka seltza, notoriously taken nasally, no? No. “She sniffs it in a tissue selling the big issue” Look, cut the shit. Honestly, you already thought it was about cocaine, right? That’s not the big mystery here, what’s special, what the big secret staring you in the face for literally almost 30 years is, that this is about Sally Cinnamon and the stone roses. No question and no doubt, and all the lyrics DO make sense, actually, they’ve never for a second been nonsense.

So let’s look for some more connections then. “Supersonic train”, what could that mean? Well, we know what it means to be supersonic, we learned that earlier. It means that there’s a secret there that hasn’t been heard. That can’t be heard. Some big mystery that people are too deaf to be able to perceive with their ears because they never listen. But what about a train? A train? A train is the secret? A train is the mystery that can’t ever be heard? Hmmm, do the stone roses do anything with trains? Maybe there’s something in their history with trains??? No. It’s far cleverer, and far FAR simpler than that. A train, what’s a train? Something that runs on tracks, on a collection of tracks, a train is thing that runs through a collection of tracks in a particular order. A train is an ALBUM. A train is a fucking ALBUM! A TRAIN IS AN ALBUM. Do you know how spaced out I was when I first realised this??? It’s so simple, it’s so easy, it’s so obvious, “why couldn’t you see it earlier?” you ask yourself. An album, a train, they’re the same. A supersonic train. A supersonic ALBUM!!!! A SUPERSONIC ALBUM!!! An ALBUM with a secret, that no one will ever be able to hear. Or so they fucking thought. Because, if you’ve done your reading ONLS, then you should know ONLS, there was a guy who heard it ONLS, a crazy guy ONLS, a guy that no one could really believe ONLS, because well ONLSl, it was just too insanely believable for people’s minds to accept how truly revolutionary this all was (and the drugs probably didn’t help ). They were all too closed minded, too shut into their own little world of answered questions and simple truths. But NOW. NOW. THE PEOPLE are ready. So, let’s keep going. That second line there, “Selling the big issue”, I wonder if that could give us any hi- OH RIGHT YES OF COURSE IT COULD. “Selling the big issue”, the big issue, a magazine that people hawk on side streets. But the stone roses obviously weren’t selling the big issue. They were selling the Big issue. They had a plan, they had something to say, and they were using their album to say it. I don’t want to go into too much detail here, don’t wanna scare you all off. But the ones who know, know, and the ones who don’t, well, ONLS.

“I got her autograph” Oh the Stone Roses, the stars that hated stardom, the GENIUSES that made some of the best music ever to grace this god given planet. Noel had met them before, that much is obvious. Had they talked about this? Did Noel even write this song? Maybe he’s just saying he’s got their signature style, maybe, maybe, maybe, too many ‘maybe’s. Maybe I don’t wanna know how your garden grows. The jury is still out on this. Tune back in later.

“When she finds out, that no one’s gonna tell her what I’m on about” Wait, did the stone roses not even know about this? Did the stone roses not even know about Noel’s plan? I Wonder…….

Okay. As our grand conclusion. It’s time for me, your friend, to take you home. But Bear with me, and go into this with an open mind, because we’re about to go a little further than you probably expected. No, more open than that. More open that that. Look, just trust me here. It’s going to get very weird, very fast, are you okay with that? Like, really really weird. This will blow your mind or convince you I’m insane, there is no middle ground. Are you okay with that? One final time, open your mind…

Champagne Supernova. Yes, we all know it. We all love it. The closer, the end, the beginning, whatever way you think about it, that is the song being referenced, nearly two years earlier in this song. Don’t even start with the excuses and reasons why this is literally impossible, let me explain why it MUST be true first, then you can start trying to bring reason and logic into this. REMEMBER! OPEN MIND! Okay, the song “Bring it on Home” By Led Zeplin, you may have heard it, you may not have. Give it a listen, right now, RIGHT NOW! Recognise it? Think again? It’s Champagne Supernova, the riff the main riff, that’s just the Champagne Supernova riff. Maybe that’s not enough for you. Maybe you think it’s just a coincidence. Well let me add a few more coincidences to your pile. Bring it on Home is also from the second ever Led Zeplin album, that’s already enough to get my gears turning, don’t know about yours, but it’s ALSO the closer to the second Led Zeplin album. And if we listen to the lyrics we see again, more references to trains, which again, is just another point in a steadily building pile. But, frankly, Champagne Supernova needs it’s own post and it’s own deep dive into the lyrics of Bring It On Home and how it all connects. For now, all I want to do, is show you that that Champagne Supernova is Bring It On Home and now let’s think back to that first lyric “My friend said he’ll take you home”. And my friends, this is simply the tip of the Ice Berg when it comes to getting taken home. There is more than you could ever EVEN IMAGINE down this rabbit hole. But again, tomorrow will come any day now, so you’ll just have to be patient (or go looking yourself). Anyways, now, once again, remind me, who is the friend that is going to take us home? Yes, it is indeed John fucking Squire. And now, who played with Oasis at possibly the highest peak of the entire band, at what may be effectively considered, by the people and even NOEL HIMSELF, the END of the Oasis story, on that fateful concert at Knebworth 1996? Why yes, yes it was ALSO JOHN FUCKING SQUIRE. AND, MY FRIENDS!!! GUESS WHAT SONG HE PLAYED ON??? YES. IT FUCKING WAS CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA. …and guess what he had hanging down from his neck as he was playing said career defining crossover performance of the century. He was wearing a lanyard. But, what’s that, take a closer look at the lanyard. What’s on it? Wait? That kind of looks like a… like a… like a girl? Who…? But what…? But… but…? Do you even know what to believe anymore? I know I don’t.

But that, my friends, will have to unfortunately, be a story for another day. I’ve probably said a little bit too much already, but really, I can’t help myself. I want to give, and you want to know, don’t you? Or why else would you have clicked on this post, hm? You know there’s a mystery too don’t you? You know that there’s something not quite right about all this? I wonder if She knows too? Good luck my friends. See you again very soon. ONLS

Peace and Love
ONLS


(Also, by the by, I’m not actually Burnweed, and don’t want anyone to believe I am, I just thought it’d be fun to make James Hargreaves remember that he wasn’t the first person to think a lot about Oasis, even if the guy that came before him was absolutely fucking insane. It also makes it easier to just care less about the quality of what it is that I’m writing and just actually get it out on the page because Burnweed’s style was so erratic and deranged that it makes it easier to get past the mental perfectionism block. Some day, I would like to do a more honest, genuine write up of my crazy theories about Supersonic and Oasis in general, but I feel like it would need to be a 3 hour long video just talking about everything (And there really is a lot!) Oh, and if Burnweed is reading this, Hello! I have no idea you ever will stumble upon this, but I feel sorry that you managed to get onto something so ahead of your time and that you had so many people doubting you, and that all the connections you made, completely on your own, are incredibly impressive. You have had some fucking incredible insights into these songs and I admire you a lot! I really hope you appreciate me not allowing your genuine contributions to understanding some of the best music in the entire world be forgotten to time. I hope you are doing well. It also just feels important to state that James Hargreaves was not the first and should not be considered the final call on all things Oasis, there have been others before him and there will be others afterwards, and as much as his videos can be a fantastic resource for thinking about your own feelings towards Oasis, they should not be considered the final say on them. Oasis is for everyone and I think everyone should be able to have their crazy theories heard, not just big famous youtubers . I’ll probably be posting a little bit more of my own stuff in the future, maybe in the Burnweed persona, maybe not, giving some more details on what I think the Oasis story is. This shit takes a long while to write though, and like 6 people will probably ever see it, so it’s hard to commit to it lol. It’s fun though! Trust me! There’s a lot more to Oasis than first meets the eye, challenge your perceptions and see what you can hear, and see what you can find. My first, and probably most important piece of advice: Noel doesn’t steal songs. He uses them. He weaves them into his albums to tell deeper and more full stories, and frankly, the limits of how well they all work together are at some points, genuinely terrifying in an awe inducing kind of way. So, keep a listen out, and you really, truly, never know what you might find.)

(Very clever for JH to have also picked up on this little trick though, it must be said! Too bad he doesn’t seem to have realised the true implications of it quite yet..... but I hope he can keep up! )

(If you or anyone you know is aware of a song that Noel stole, please, get in touch. The more obscure the better. I want to know about the stuff you vaguely suspect, but aren’t 100% certain of. If anyone knows what song theft was the inspiration for Roll With It, I would be eternally grateful <3 <3 <3)