About
“Wonderwall” is a rock song by the English band Oasis. Due to its popularity and easy chord progression it’s often played by young, beginning guitar players, and this reputation leads it to be mocked.
Origin
“Wonderwall” is the third track on Oasis’ sophomore album, (What’s the Story)Morning Glory, released on October 2nd, 1995.[1] Because of its popularity and easy chord progression it is often one of the first pop songs a young guitarist will learn. The stereotype that teens and college-aged guitarists would somewhat randomly or frequently pull out their guitar to play the song at gatherings led to the online memes mocking it.
Spread
Scumbag Amateur Guitar Player
On March 14th, 2012, a photo of a smiling man with a guitar was captioned "I don’t know that one….here let me play “Wonderwall” again," on Weknowmemes.[10] The photo was titled “Scumbag Amateur Guitar Player” in reference to the Scumbag Steve meme. The image appeared on the same day on 9gag[12] and on September 17th, on FunnyJunk[11].
London Olympics Closing Ceremony
Liam Gallagher, the lead singer of Oasis performed “Wonderwall” with his new band Beady Eye at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on August 12th, 2012. The video was uploaded to the Olympic’s official YouTube channel[5] the same day. As of March 2014, the video has over 1.4 million views.
One Direction Cover
On August 14th, 2012, YouTuber Lori B[6] uploaded a video of the British boy band One Direction performing a cover of “WonderWall.” The cover has reported on by many sites such as Buzzfeed[7], The Huffington Post,[8] and Celebuzz.[9] Within two years the video has gained over 8 million views.
Anyway, Here’s Wonderwall
On December 10th, 2013, YouTuber Julia Banks uploaded a video to her channel[2] titled “Anyways Here’s Wonderwall,” which featured her introducing her ukulele cover of the song with that phrase, before launching into a parody that altered the song’s first line to “Today is gonna be the day that you’re gonna shut the fuck up about Christmas.” As of March 2014, the video has over 5,000 views.
The phrase became a popular way to caption photos of people with guitars and other string instruments on Tumblr[4], even spreading to other sites like entertainment site IGN[3], where a photo of a character from The Walking Dead holding a guitar was captioned with the phrase.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Amazon – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
[2]BodyBuilding Forums – harry potter is a better love story than twilight (spoilers)
[3]IGN– The Walking Dead: Which Group Has the Best Chance?
[4]Tumblr – notkatniss
[5]YouTube – notkatniss
[6]YouTube – littleroyalty
[7]Buzzfeed – One Direction Covers Oasis
[8]The Huffington Post – One Direction Covers ’I’m Yours,’ ‘Wonderwall,’ And Other Hits (VIDEO)
[9]Celebuzz – One Direction Covers Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’ In Brand-New Clip (VIDEO)
[10]We Know Memes – Scumbag Amateur Guitar Player)
[11]Funny Junk – Scumbag Amateur Guitar Player