oasis, men of the world?

[Kyoshi]

I quite like the words, thinking of having it played at my funeral (hopefully in the long and distant future). I dont know when the words drifted away but I believe that in the PGSG years it was only played as an instrumental. Greeny just didnt like singing them.

Originally Posted by mzero

bb, not an oasis fan, i guess. very funny in anycase. oasis could do it as an instrumental and you'd spared the vocals.

actually, as much as i love the music and the performance, i was never too fond of the words. i'd guess that pete feels the same recently since he did it as an instrumental with sg live and on 'destiny road'.

that reminds me to ask, those who have heard the live tapes of the '82-'84 jeff whitaker-led bands, was 'man of the world' an instrumental in those days?

zero

[UndoingTheLaces]

I'd never heard the song until reading Mick's autobiography. I was so touched by his description that I ran to the box set CDs to see if it was included. When I heard it for the first time I just sat there and cried. Who knows if the story is true but being a songwriter myself, I've poured my saddest moments into songs before so the idea of those words being true, even if were just for that moment when he wrote them, makes that the single saddest song I've ever heard. It's one of my favorites to this day.