I could have found you if I wanted
I wouldn't even have to try
Saved you if I longed it
But you didn't wanna see me cry
You were gettin' high
You were gettin' high
I could have found you if I wanted
I wouldn't even have to try
Saved you if I longed it
You didn't wanna see me cry
You were gettin' high
You were gettin' high
I could have found you if I wanted
I wouldn't even have to try
Saved you if I'd longed it
You didn't wanna see me cry
You were gettin' high
You were gettin' high
I could astound you if I wanted
I wouldn't even have to try
Saved you if I'd longed it
You didn't wanna see me cry
You were gettin' high
You were gettin' high
Lyrics by:
Brown / Ibrahim
Available on:
Golden Greats (4.01)
Details:
Squire and Brown in their post-Roses work have each attempted to recreate Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir': Squire on Standing On Your Head (a song which originated from the Second Coming sessions), and Brown on Gettin' High. Brown's take is the better of the two. If one were to map the trajectory of The Stone Roses and Oasis, the former were falling to their nadir in the very same fortnight that the latter reached the peak of their powers. Gettin' High is aimed at Squire's celebratory guest appearance with Oasis at Knebworth, in August 1996, two weeks prior to The Stone Roses' shambolic last stand at Reading. At the Reading Festival press conference, both Ian and Mani were heavily critical of Squire's Knebworth cameo. Oasis' back-to-back shows at Knebworth, on 10th & 11th August 1996, drew the largest crowds ever to see a single act in British music history, with a combined audience of over 250,000 (a feat only topped by Robbie Williams' three night slot there in 2003). Over 2.6 million people applied for tickets for the Oasis shows, making it also the biggest demand for concert tickets in British music history. Squire appeared on both nights, performing two songs with Oasis - 'I Am The Walrus' and 'Champagne Supernova':
Oasis, Champagne Supernova (1995)
Brown's assertion is that Squire was getting high with Oasis, after deserting The Stone Roses.
 
 

 
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