Sábado 2 Feb 2008, 4:28
Such a dramatic event has occured in my life! I have decided my favourite song should be a different one than I had until that point. Of course, something like that isn't decided in just a flash (especially since I'm 22 now :p). It's a slow, continuous (don't really know how does one spell that) process, and it started a while ago. It was in the days that I tried learning every song with a couple of easy chords on my guitar.
Don't Look Back In Anger didn't have very difficult chords, so it didn't take me too long for me to learn them and sing along at the same time. That's where it all began.
What happened next… My mp3-player (Sony Walkman) had a little glitch in it's top 100 function. When you listen to a song more than average, you might find a song in the top 100 eventually. The rating of those songs is also eventually changed, so there's really nothing you have to do. But, as soon as songs hit the 5-star rating, they vanished from the top 100. Don't Look Back In Anger made it back though. At the end of the ride it had made it's way back into the top 10. Then I decided it was a good idea to format the whole thing, and refill it again. Again, Don't Look Back In Anger has made number 1.
Everytime I hear the song, I start to smile. Everytime VH1 plays it, I'm going into "screw-the-neighbours"-mode, and turn the volume way up. It's not just a happy song though, it's for all moods. A couple of days ago, I wasn't feeling too great, and when the song came up, it just made sense.
Besides all that, it's a great song to sing along. When you hit the "sooooooooo, sally can wait"-part (also knows as the chorus :p), it just gives you a rush. And, apparently (again, do you spell it like that?), when you're making some music with your friends, and you sing/play it, they start suggesting doing an Oasis-set. It's especially rewarding when the lead-guitarist claims the band "already knows that one". 2 weeks later he's bitching about the tricky solo's and violin-parts.
So that's why Don't Look Back In Anger, has taken the top spot from Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.
The King is dead, long live the king.