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}} "Cigarettes & Alcohol" is a song by English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher. It was released as the fourth single from their debut album ''Definitely Maybe'', and their second to enter the UK top ten in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 7 (three places higher than "Live Forever"), eventually spending 35 weeks on the charts, re-entering the Top 75 on several occasions until 1997. ==Background== Whereas earlier singles "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker" had used psychedelic imagery, and "Live Forever" used softer chords and tender lyrics, "Cigarettes & Alcohol" was the first single promoting the rougher musical attitude that Oasis appeared to be promoting. The song proclaims the inherent appeal of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as a remedy to the banality and seemingly futile nature of the working class life. Lyrics such as "Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?" taps into the common sentiment of western disenchantment that was particularly common in the mid-1990s. Upon first hearing the song, the man who discovered the band, Alan McGee, claimed that the song was one of the greatest social statements anyone had made in the past 25 years. The song was the second case in which Oasis was accused of plagiarism, the first being the song "Shakermaker". The main riff of the song is purportedly "borrowed" from "Get It On" by T. Rex〔(Oasis: Biography ) Allmusic. Retrieved on 2013-11-04. Note: "Get It On" was originally titled "Bang a Gong", but was later retitled to its current name. The biography states the title as "Bang a Gong" rather than "Get It On", but they are, in fact, the same exact song.〕 and "Little Queenie" by Chuck Berry, and bears a similarity to the opening of Humble Pie's cover of "C'mon Everybody". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cigarettes & Alcohol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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