Maybe You're Gonna be the One who Saves Me

Wonderwall. I decided to blog about this song because I finally mastered it on the guitar (thanks Evan for suggesting it)! Actually, I learned it last month, but I have it almost perfected now: Read as "I can get through the whole song without my fingers falling off. There are two versions of this song, one by Ryan Adams and the original by Oasis. So the first time I heard this song, I thought to myself What exactly is a wonderwall? I had never heard the term before, so I turned to the always reliable (ha ha) Urban Dictionary. What I found was this:

Aww! That's pretty cute! Then I read elsewhere that the song was based off a movie about a guy spying on a girl through a h0le in his wall. Ok, well, I liked the first version better. More romantic and less creeper-ish.

But anyways, why post Wonderwall? Aside from it being a great song that has a sweet meaning (well, depends on which way you look at it), this song has a personal significance to me. It was one of the first songs I learned how to play all the way through on the guitar. Everytime I hear this song, I think of the ages I had to spend practicing it to get the strumming pattern down and how proud I was when I finally achieved it. And that's why I love it.

Keep listening.

PS- I posted my attempt to play Wonderwall at the end of this video. It's not very good (actually, its pretty bad) but since the post was all about me learning to play it, I thought it would be fitting for me to post it. There are a ton of mistakes, but this was the best version I could get since my camera kept cutting off. Please, please keep in mind that I haven't even been playing half a year, so I'm FAR from pro. In a year, we can talk. :P Just kidding, but anyways, enjoy!

"So maybe, you're gonna be the one who saves me. After all, you're my wonderwall."
--Wonderwall