Also, now we mention chilled out tunes, I'm actually a really big fan of Soldier On. It gets an unfair kicking at times but maybe it's just because the preceding few tracks are terrible.

That has an eerie, sinister mood to it that I wish they could have used a lot more for that album. The mood of it would have made it perfect for Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. It's understated and more effective for it as it is quite contemplative.

I wish Oasis/Noel/Beady Eye would realise the impact of these kind of songs more as opposed to forcibly writing an anthem that turns out to be anything but, usually now ending up terribly cliched and tired sounding. Maybe those bombastic songs could only be written when they were younger and the hedonism and youthful energy drove that creative process, so perhaps in middle age they should be more contemplative and honest. You see it with acts like U2 as well, writing piss poor rocker anthems trying to recapture lost youth, but the only sense I get is it sounds like a mid life crisis being played out in the recording studio.