Given that the Gallagher brothers from Oasis resented and despised each other even more than the members of the Eagles and Beatles combined, it’s easy to overlook how much they hated everyone else in the world, too. As with their spiritual forefathers, they had a knack for packaging bile, jealousy, and selfishness in musical camouflage so radio-friendly that it seemed natural to sing along.
What I love about Cat Power’s acoustic cover of Wonderwall is that it strips away the song’s indignant-frat-boy-anthem aspects and lays it bare as the rambling of a manipulative, delusional misanthrope who wants you to know that you’re completely worthless and hopeless, your life is –generally speaking– an existential sham, and your love for him is literally the only thing that justifies your continued consumption of oxygen on this planet.
No one understands the intricacies of romance quite like a bitter asshole.