The Wake-up Bomb Lyrics

Lyric discussion by geminder 

Cover art for The Wake-up Bomb lyrics by R.E.M.

Duh. This is Michael Stipe having a pop at Liam Gallagher from the band Oasis when the whole Britpop thing was in full swing.

The arrogant, swaggering Liam, with his band that sound like Status Quo/The Beatles etc

Even down to the line "Supersonic. What a joke"

Supersonic being a song (released as a single) from Oasis debut album

Song Meaning

@geminder Wtf does this have to do with Liam friggin' Gallagher aside from one word? When did he ever talk about liking Queen or T. Rex? Wtf did he care about writing the great American novel? You're making a huge leap with little to base it on.

@geminder not so simplistic, but yes he\'s having a pop at Liam and more importantly himself