There is actually a lot going on in his relationships with the world. He recently said he doesn't feel the need to defend U2 anymore when he seems to have been mates with bono, he used to praise Ed Sheeran but now blasts him, with Richard it feels much more of a big deal because these two had much common history in the past and he's the only guy Noel ever dedicated a song to his genius. It could be the case of someone who has become deluded. For example he said he didn't collaborate with the producer on this last record because the producer doesn't play an instrument. However he said the producer told him which chorus out of 9 was the right one for a particular song. I mean, for someone criticizing songwriters for being fake, he barely shows he understands the phrase "songwriting" at all, unless of course it means having a producer telling you which parts to keep and loose from your songs. I noticed his character is predominantly showing his mood rather than reflecting his ideas (if he has any). Very inconsistent, and to be honest, if I was Richard I would only probably talk to him to see if he's ok or needs any help, cos it's clear that keeping friends with someone like Noel is just a headache. I don't mean to be cruel, I feel that Noel deserves the respect for bringing music to the fore again back in the day and made it easier for many others like Richard himself to break through the charts with classic songwriting once more; but I can't make sense of where his mind is going. Is he happy at all? Everything he used to call white he now calls black, and it's like he just says so just to say so. He never explains these claims and moves on to a new victim and starts blasting all over again.



I truly believe that his reputation might go completely sour in a few months if he carries on like this. As I said before I can't feel the same again about him after slandering Richard, as I know Richard writes his material, compared to others he slandered that I can't be too sure about cos I haven't "studied" them as much. I also feel he betrayed one of the few long supporting contemporaries whose support was always genuine and strangely, he has with this turned his back on someone he himself used to highly praise (back in the day). Most of all it's personal since it was his intention to literally nullify (bring to nothing) Richard's reputation, and that is what matters the most in this. He is to blame as much as this silly culture we live in, putting people on pedestals, calling them godlike geniuses and then expect the ego not to go to their head. Not everyone has the same character but Noel might unfortunately be one of those who has cracked beneath his public image so to speak and can't think rationally about anyone.