Im a huge, massive supporter of Noel going solo, without a doubt. THE reason why I love Oasis is Noel Gallagher. Noel once said:

"Oasis is dependent upon 3 equal parts. That's Liam, me and the songs."

Well, for me, Oasis is dependent upon 99% Noel, and his songs, 1% Liam and 0% anything else.

When you say about Noel singing "Liam's songs" , the only one I think I have heard him sing is Songbird, to be honest. Or, did you mean Noel singing Noel's songs, but which Liam had sang on the recorded version? I have never heard a song written by Noel Gallagher which Noel Gallagher does not sing better - obvious examples would be Wonderwall, Whatever, Lyla, Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Live Forever, Married With Children, Slide Away.. etc etc.

I also think that it's a myth that Noel doesn't sing the rockier songs as well as Liam, or that a Noel solo album would consist of ballads. If you listen to the times when Noel sang the entire gig (or most of it) due to Liam not performing, he sings them better than Liam does!! Also, Full On is one of my favourite "Oasis rocky songs" ever. If you look at the work Noel has done outside of Oasis (The Chemical Brothers, Teotihuacan, Ian Brown, Goldie etc) then I think it's clear that a Noel Gallagher solo album would consist of a range of different styles, it would allow him to experiment more than he is able to do under the banner of Oasis and would not be a purely acoustic album.

For me, Noel Gallagher doing solo work would be perfect

I agree that Noel's voice has improved throughout the years massively, yes, and that Liam perhaps isnt quite as good as he was in the earlier days, no. That said, I disagree vehemently with the slating and criticism that Liam gets for his voice these days. I have seen him singing live 41 times and he has never, ever "let me down" or left me with a feeling of "he didnt perform very well".

Every single gig I have seen he has been fantastic and brilliant, he is my second favourite singer of all-time and I think the guy is wonderful!! I think it's a lot easier to be a music critic now, with downloads/youtube easily available, and you can find "poor" performances for any single artist you want to, you just search for a wee while, ignore the classic performances and select the less classic ones to prove your point. I hate that.

BUT, he's simply not Noel Gallagher!!

Talking of a "Noel-less Oasis" - if either Noel or Liam leave, then its not Oasis, full stop. As much of a huge fan as I am of Noel, it wouldnt be Oasis without Liam there, too.

Yeah, some of Liam's performances werent great, but he sang SCYHO and Lyla superbly in 2005 (Ive got loads of recordings from that period and he was amazing) on many occassions. It's just a popular thing to go on about that he doesn't sing well now.

I post a lot on oasisinet.com and that is said ALL THE TIME there, which gets boring, predictable and is simply not true.

Not to me. Noel is the brain and Liam is the face of the band, but without Bonehead, Guigsy, Alan there would have been no Oasis and without Andy and Gem there will be no Oasis at all.

I don't want Noel going solo and I don't think it will happen.
He's a great songwritter, guitarist, but I believe he loves being in a band, not like "Noel Gallagher solo project" or "Noel Gallagher and his band" etc...

I mentionned Rockin Chair because I think it's boring
*waits for shocked reactions...*

Get a room

i would have no problem if he idid it he can do whatever he wants ,,, i would just like more product period , a noel solo album between oasis records would be great, aybe something like kelley jones did , i really enjoed his solo lp

To say that Noel needs Liam is implying that he lacks something what does he lack?

hes the greatest songwriter ever, superb singer, great musician, fantastic frontman, best interviewee in music, coolest "rock star" presently (and has been for some years now) - what other quality could he possibly need?

saying that Noel and Liams qualities compliment each other perfectly to create a great band and image is fair enough, but Noel Gallagher certainly doesnt lack anything whatsoever, or need anybody else at all.

I'm more than happy to have Noel doing acoustic tours and maybe even a side project album or two, but I hope/think he never leaves oasis and Liam and him will always be together making music. I think they both realize they are two sides to the same oasis coin.

I would certainly welcome a Noel solo tour and album. Noel's acoustic shows last year with Gem were brilliant.

I'd be down with it.

imho, Noel's stuff without Oasis seems to be a bit more 'experimental' (i loosely use that word) than most of his stuff with Oasis.

Teotihoucan (sp?) being a prime example of that. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he ended up coming out with a solo album that was more Chemical Brothers-esque than Oasis-like.