10 Positive Songs We Could All Use Right Now
7. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Oasis' music is so omnipresent in culture that it feels almost mandatory to listen to them if you want to get into popular music. While the band's music has won over millions of fans, there are still many people who just pass them off as the cheeky acoustic guys who gave us the curse of all coffeehouses with "Wonderwall." Regardless of how many people have butchered that tune over the years, that doesn't diminish the band's ability to win over the hearts of us all.
Out of all the tunes of the band's golden period in the mid '90s, "Don't Look Back In Anger" is by far the most positive track of their career. With an arrangement lifted from John Lennon's "Imagine," Noel Gallagher throws together some of his most beautiful melodic phrases into one concentrated piece of brilliance.
Is there a deeper meaning behind the lyrics? Probably not... but all the emotion comes from the feel of the song. Given everyone's actions in the past few days, it's important to follow this song's lead and not look back in anger at these events but instead find the beauty in them now. We may have to wait a bit until things are normal, but if Sally can wait, we can too.