“Let me be the one who shines with you.” – ‘Slide Away’
‘Slide Away’ rightly deserves its place as the favourite Oasis song of many. The beauty of this song and the passionate love presented by the Gallaghers is a definite highlight of Definitely, Maybe, showing Noel’s writing ability as hugely flexible and above the talent of some many other songwriters. The respect and honour of the other person in this lyric triumphs over the rest of the track, as it almost worships the girl Noel is writing about. It’s lovely to have lyrics like these surfacing from rock and roll tracks;these are the ones to prompt so many other bands to write similar songs – when listening to the more romantic songs of Arctic Monkeys, Catfish and the Bottlemen and the Courteeners, lyrics like these are ricocheted throughout.