I'm the same age as the Gallagher's and grew up working class in England. I get the little nuances Noel was talking about. Basically, the songs about how great it was growing up and being a teenager in the eighties/early nineties despite having no money..
'Ernie bangs the sound and the day begins'
Ernie is a slang term for a milkman - because of Benny Hills song from the seventies (he drove the fastest milk float in the West)
'The letterbox is open and your cash falls in
I'll meet you at the office
Just before the staff clock in'
Back then, your unemployment benefit would be posted to you in the form of a giro cheque which you could only cash at the post 'office'.
I spent most of my teens playing 20 a side football in the park - jumpers for goalposts!
Girls are minging is a cheeky joke at the local girls. Meams 'dirty' or 'rough'.
At the end of the song the milkmans come round again but they've all been unconscious mashed up on hash or whatever since half past four.
The whole song is an appreciation of where they live and a sense of belonging.
'The birds sing for ya, cos they already know yer.'
I'm the same age as the Gallagher's and grew up working class in England. I get the little nuances Noel was talking about. Basically, the songs about how great it was growing up and being a teenager in the eighties/early nineties despite having no money..
'Ernie bangs the sound and the day begins'
Ernie is a slang term for a milkman - because of Benny Hills song from the seventies (he drove the fastest milk float in the West)
'The letterbox is open and your cash falls in I'll meet you at the office Just before the staff clock in'
Back then, your unemployment benefit would be posted to you in the form of a giro cheque which you could only cash at the post 'office'.
I spent most of my teens playing 20 a side football in the park - jumpers for goalposts!
Girls are minging is a cheeky joke at the local girls. Meams 'dirty' or 'rough'.
At the end of the song the milkmans come round again but they've all been unconscious mashed up on hash or whatever since half past four.
The whole song is an appreciation of where they live and a sense of belonging.
'The birds sing for ya, cos they already know yer.'
Englands flippin brilliant!