How is there a moral high ground?

Whether BDI or Noel choose to play songs they wrote or not is up to them and neither choice is right or wrong.

BDI could of/can play oasis songs, but chose not to, whereas Noel took the opportunity and fair play to him, they are his songs and he has the right to play them.

As for interviews, both can say what they want. Simples.

But on the other hand BDI (Liam) talked that split to death. And to say he didn't say anything nasty isn't really true.

Noel hasn't made a serious comment about it for 3 months. Personally, I preferred Noel's take. Say it once, say it clear, say it on record, and avoid talking about it again. I got sick of reading or listen to BDI interviews because half of them would be devoted to saying the same old things about Noel.

"Noel stole material" "Noel's shows/album will be boring" "Noel wanted to leave the whole tour" "Oasis ended because Noel wanted to be a solo artist" "Noel travelled seperately"

As for the PR companies. Maybe BDI should have switched judging by the significantly higher profile of NGHFB. What is the moral high ground in staying with a company that isn't pushing hard to promote you. There is no such thing as a homespun PR company. You go with the company that promises you the best support.

Also Murray Chalmers has The Stone Roses and Radiohead so it's not like it's all Maddonna and Robbie Williams.

I am more excited about the new songs but I'm fine with Noel playing Oasis songs to pad out the set as long as he isn't dropping HFB songs for them. I hope he keeps working at ASGOG and LTLSALOM and slots them in instead later on in the tour.

But none of that is morality. Neither of them is doing anything wrong.

I agree with some of your points but in fairness every single interview Beady Eye did they got asked the same questions about the split. They gave their view of it and Noel gave his. Whose view I believe I don't know but you could tell Beady Eye were sick of talking about it as well.

As for the original posters comments I can see where he is coming from but I don't think neither parties have took the moral high ground. I think Noel has tried to take it bit by handling the split a bit more calmly.
To the general public it will look like Noel has the moral high ground as he seen as the sensible or sane one but I think we all know that they are both to blame. Even Andy Bell could be to blame we don't know really do we?

As for Noel playing Oasis songs well I have no problem with that, they are his songs after all. Also, I have big respect for Beady Eye just playing their new songs on tour. They needed and wanted to form a new identity and I think they have.

also, beady eye is no longer with marcus russell for management.

Moral high ground? No, I don't think either party can claim the moral high ground as I don't think either have gone about it the 'wrong' or 'right' way. They've chosen different approaches but both are valid.

Beady Eye can be very proud of what they've achieved so far. I don't think they would have really had any credibility left had they gone down the Oasis best-of route, so it was either that or semi-retire. I do think they deserve a lot of credit though for sticking to their guns, putting the work in and releasing a decent album that surpassed expectations, as it would have been very easy for Liam to jack it in, make the occasional public appearance airing his views and still remain high profile. Especially when they will have surely known that this is as big as they're ever going to get, and it will be very difficult for them to win over any new fans beyond the hardcore Oasis fanbase.

At the same time, the same can be said for Noel. He wanted to make the solo record, but do it with the safety of Oasis to fall back on if it went tits up. He chose to leave/had no choice but to leave (depending on your view) but could have easily thought "fuck this, I don't need the hassle". Not only has he put his bollocks on the chopping board when he's clearly not comfortable gigging on his own, but he's got the AA album coming out as well when he could have easily put out another few albums of easy-listening Oasis leftovers. He's earned the right to play Oasis songs and is giving the audience what they want. I'd rather hear the classics mixed in with his solo songs, and would rather hear Beady Eye playing all their own songs than Oasis songs without Noel. It just wouldn't be the same.

They've both did well, and we should be proud of them, rather than Noel fans trying to laud it over Liam fans or visa versa.

Yeah agree with that assessment. The boys have done good.

that is really, really interesting. should have done it at the start I thought.

maybe t's not all over then, could be very interesting times ahead if there's no 'conflict of interest' type planning in the proceedings. BDI to support Macca maybe???