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o A20. “Is the song The Wake Up Bomb about the band Oasis?

April 26, 2017A20 band OASIS Song

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o A20. “Is the song The Wake Up Bomb about the band Oasis?

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Not according to R.E.M. Peter Buck said in an interview in 1995 that Stipe wrote the lyrics about the Glam Rock period of the 1970’s (characterized by bands like T-Rex, Mott the Hoople, the NY Dolls, and David Bowie) after visiting a club in NY with a Glam Rock theme decor, and that the supposed Oasis references are being read into the song and not intended. B.