Matthew Clapham
Jan 31, 2025

The Gallaghers are wankers, and their lyrics (and music) are crap. This is true.

But this line, which is always brought up in evidence against them, I find quite justifiable.

I feel it's a valid poetic use of paradox, and could (no idea if it was meant to) serve as an effective description of the way that at times - in particular on drugs, as the context would suggest - one's body might be almost frozen while one's mind races uncontrollably.

Overall, though, I suspect their bogus argument would be 'Yeah, we're just like the Beatles, us. That 'I Am the Walrus'? It's all meaningless bollocks, right? Well so's our stuff. Fookin' genius.'

Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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