Oasis’s greatest songs – ranked!

Why did they waste their best tracks on B-sides? Were Noel’s lyrics really that bad? It’s time to reappraise the Mancunian legends …

A stand-alone single that was reportedly removed from Don’t Believe the Truth to cut down on the number of Noel Gallagher-sung tracks, Lord Don’t Slow Me Down offered fruitful, grimy repurposing of the old guitar lick from the Yardbirds’ version of Bo Diddley’s I’m a Man – by way of David Bowie’s The Jean Genie and the Sweet’s Blockbuster.

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