Chances are, we will never see Oasis reunited, because Liam and Noel Gallagher don’t exactly see eye to eye.

Or, put another way, Noel recently said he liked his mother until she gave birth to Liam.

If you want to know how the wheels come off on that front, here’s a look at the history of animosity between the brothers, and you should also watch the superb doccie, Supersonic.

Ranking one of the UK’s most iconic bands’ songs in order is no mean feat, so props to the Guardian for giving it a bash.

They have done their top 30, but we’re just going to check off the top 10.

Why? Because ‘Wonderwall’ is number 11, and we don’t want to encourage any more amateur guitarists to strum the first few chords every time there’s a braai in the hopes of getting laid.

Starting with 10, then…

10. Talk Tonight (1995)

9. Cigarettes & Alcohol (1994)

8. The Masterplan (1995)

7. Rock ’n’ Roll Star (1994)

6. Don’t Look Back in Anger (1995)

Footage of crowds spontaneously singing Don’t Look Back in Anger after the Manchester arena bombing underlined how the song has become part of the fabric of British life. The tune is indelible and the lyrics mix placeholder gibberish with a prescient note of caution regarding hero worship: “Please don’t put your life in the hands / Of a rock’n’roll band / Who’ll throw it all away.”

Absolute ripper, that one. If you disagree, get out.

5. Live Forever (1994)

4. Morning Glory (1995)

3. Acquiesce (1995)

With hindsight, Noel’s insistence that Acquiesce should be the B-side of the inferior Some Might Say was an early sign of a hubris that would be Oasis’s artistic undoing. It’s a fantastic song, and the pleading tone of the chorus still makes it sound like a rather moving depiction of sibling relations, despite its author’s constant insistence that it isn’t.

2. Slide Away (1994)

Definitely Maybe is packed with songs that yearn for escape from everyday life, but Slide Away is the greatest of the lot, the pent-up frustration of the verses, perfectly embodied by Liam’s vocal (“We talk of growing old / But you say ‘please, don’t’”) exploding into the chorus’s irresistible, longing euphoria.

And now, your top-ranked Oasis sone of all time, as chosen by the Guardian…

1. Champagne Supernova (1995)

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory opened with a song that rewrote Gary Glitter’s Hello! Hello! I’m Back Again and ended with Britpop’s equivalent of the great elegiac anthems that marked the waning of glam: Bowie’s Rock ’n’ Roll With Me, Mott the Hoople’s Saturday Gigs, T Rex’s Teenage Dream. Exalted company, but Champagne Supernova earns its place; self-aggrandising and melancholy, it’s the sound of Noel, at the peak of Oasis’s success, apparently realising it is a passing moment, offering the perfect epitaph for swaggering mid-90s hedonism (“Where were you while we were / Getting high?”) and delivering an oft-mocked line (“Slowly walking down the hall / Faster than a cannonball”) that’s actually a pretty good description of someone treading gingerly to avoid attracting attention to their head-spinning state of chemical refreshment.

Relive your glory days:

If you haven’t made a few bad life choices with Oasis as the soundtrack, you haven’t lived.

They don’t make music like they used to, says your dad.

[source:guardian]