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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 9, 2019 7:42:02 GMT -5
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 9, 2019 7:47:24 GMT -5
Few respond to “How are you?” more honestly than Noel Gallagher. The Oasis songwriter is about to break down a recent set he performed in Dublin with his current band Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, but he wants to be real first. “You want the honest answer?” he asks. “I’m completely fucked.” Gallagher has spent the last 10 years trying to build the perfect setlist. His number one rule: less than half of the songs are from his previous band. “It’d be very easy to put together a setlist of all Oasis songs, obscure ones and all that kind of thing, and it would be great,” he says. “But like I say to people, it’s not an Oasis gig. Oasis is done. If you missed them, that’s fucking tough luck.”
Though his brother Liam is also currently on tour, Gallagher says he doesn’t feel any competition: “I would imagine if he’s got any brains he’d be playing quite a lot of [Oasis songs] because his own music is dreadful,” he says. “One of us is still trapped in the Nineties dressing like a fisherman like he’s going to go to Norway trawling for sardines. He makes unsophisticated music for unsophisticated people. It’s not really my thing, so there can’t be any competition.” On September 27th, Gallagher will release This Is the Place, a five-track EP that includes the groovy single “Black Star Dancing.” On Thursday, he’ll kick off a North American tour in Camden, New Jersey alongside the Smashing Pumpkins, but he says he’s only met frontman Billy Corgan a handful of times until now. “We were in the studio together one time in L.A.,” he says. “I don’t remember a great deal about it apart from I think Billy had just bought a new Ferrari, and he was very proud. I remember smoking a cigarette, looking at this Ferrari, thinking, ‘I’m not into cars. It’s just a fucking car,’ you know what I mean?” While Gallagher isn’t the biggest Pumpkins fan, he does like some Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tracks. “I like ‘1979’ and ‘Tonight, Tonight,'” he says. “I remember seeing them do that at the MTV Awards in the ’90s with the full orchestra. I was like, ‘Wow, fucking hell. That’s pretty.'” He’s also relieved bassist D’Arcy Wretzky won’t be joining them on the tour: “Let’s put it this way. If she was a guy, she would have got fucking kicked in the bollocks.”
1. “Fort Knox” (2017) Gallagher kicks off with a mostly instrumental rocker he wrote with the hopes that Kanye West would record it. “It came out that good,” Gallagher says. “It was like, ‘Fuck giving it to that guy.’ ” He likes opening with it: “It’s a good way to set things up. You’re not throwing a big hit away. Usually the sound is quite shit for the first song. So it’s good for the ol’ sound man — whatever his name is — to get the sound in order.”
2. “Holy Mountain” (2017) “On the day I wrote it, I knew it was going to be a single and I knew it was going to be fucking brilliant live,” Gallagher says of this Who Built the Moon? track. He wrote the psychedelic stomper as a nod to “Chewing Gum Kid,” a song by obscure Sixties band Ice Cream that he discovered through his producer David Holmes. “No one had heard of it,” he explains. “I know quite a bit about music, I’ve got to say. So if I hadn’t of heard of it, it pretty much wasn’t fucking out there. But of course, as soon as I mentioned it, there it was.” The track was immediately shared on the internet by fans. “It wasn’t on fucking YouTube until I put that single out,” Gallagher says. “As is the way with fucking shit for brain assholes on the internet. Why don’t you go stick your fucking head in a meat grinder, you penis?”
3. “Black Star Dancing” (2019) A groove partly inspired by INXS and U2 with a bass line akin to David Bowie’s “Fashion,” this new track has disappointed some of his longtime fans. Gallagher doesn’t care. “If you’re not trying to rewrite ‘Wonderwall,’ people are going to go, ‘Oh fucking hell, it’s disco!'” he says. “Actually, it’s the most successful single I’ve ever had. I’m raising my middle finger to the audience.” When performed live, Gallagher claims that the song, “Sounds a bit more punchy and a bit more guitar driven live because there’s two guitarists,” he explains. “Boy, it’s a fucking great song. It’s funny when you see couples at the gig and you can see that the girl is really into it and the guy — who is a bit of a macho guy, like ex-Oasis fucking casual — is begrudgingly nodding his head thinking, ‘I don’t really like this, but I really fucking like it.'”
4. “The Importance of Being Idle” (2005) The latter-day Oasis singalong gets a wild reaction from the audience. “It’s incredible seeing kids in the crowd,” says Gallagher. “You think, ‘Hang on a minute. You were fucking 10 years old when we broke up!’ It’s fascinating, and it makes me think that I must have done something right when I was writing these songs. My whole thing as a songwriter is trying to be all-inclusive and universal when I’m writing the words. Songs like this transcend generations, so in that respect, I’m doing OK.”
5. “Dead in the Water” (2017) Recorded in Dublin, “Dead in the Water” is a bonus track from Gallagher’s latest LP, but to his surprise, he says, “Everyone’s gone mad for it. It’s a complete accident. I remember getting little shitty little comments from journalists about it just being an acoustic track. I always say, what journalists are writing aren’t the fucking world. They don’t decide — the people decide. So no offense, but fuck you.”
6. “Whatever” (1994) While it was never a U.S. hit, this early single is “a huge fucking song in England.” It’s the beginning of what he calls “the karaoke section”: “I really don’t have to do a great deal — just strum the opening bars of a few songs and let the crowd take over. It’s not one of my favorite songs, I don’t particularly look forward to playing it live. But the people have decided that it’s fucking amazing and that’s what they want to hear and we give it to them.”
7. “Wonderwall” (1995) “You play the opening first three seconds and everybody goes, ‘Right, this is what we’ve fucking come for,'” says Gallagher. “All the great artists have one of those songs. I’m lucky to have five. And it’s funny, in no fucking way is it my favorite song.”
8. “Half the World Away” (1994) Gallagher wrote this sweet ballad with Burt Bacharach’s “This Guy’s in Love With You” in mind, and he’s still proud of it 25 years later. “It’s got pretty much the same chords,” he says. “I did skate around the copyright so as not to be sued. The song itself is a national fucking treasure. I feel so lucky to have put the work in all those years ago when the rest of Oasis were frankly fucking drunk and high most of the time.”
9. “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995) The Oasis hit became an anthem of unity after the 2017 Manchester bombing. “It’s a fucking extraordinary song in the sense that it’s brought people together after tragedy,” Gallagher says. “My instincts around the time led me to start doing it acoustically so that the people wouldn’t have to sing over the band. [They] let it out, whatever it is they’ve got in them.”
10. “All You Need Is Love” (1967) Oasis used to close their sets with “I Am the Walrus,” and now Gallagher concludes performances with another Magical Mystery Tour Track: “All You Need Is Love.” “To do that without any irony is amazing,” he says of John Lennon’s classic. “If I was ever in any doubt of what a genius that guy was, you just got to read those words back. Who else comes up with that shit?”
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Post by andymorris on Aug 9, 2019 8:46:04 GMT -5
Thanx, entertaining as always, and good idea for an article
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Post by Binary Sunset on Aug 9, 2019 11:42:11 GMT -5
Wow, he's really turning insufferable. I've been a fan throughtout the post Oasis years and whatnot, but seriously reconsidering. You can say he's the same he's always been (a dick) but he never outwardly had contempt for his fans.
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Post by blkc on Aug 9, 2019 12:35:04 GMT -5
Wow, he's really turning insufferable. I've been a fan throughtout the post Oasis years and whatnot, but seriously reconsidering. You can say he's the same he's always been (a dick) but he never outwardly had contempt for his fans. I agree that these comments about fans aren't really smart or even necessary, but yes that's the kind of things he always have done, saying shit about scotland when playing in scotland, or whatever elsewhere... I don't think it should be taken seriously, he doesn't have a real issue with Scotland and it's the same for most of his fans. He isn't aiming at all fans imo, only to those who think they can dictate him what kind of music he should do and stuff like that, it's pretty obvious to me. He's a dick, but some fans are dicks too Some fans have said much worse about him you must know that, and he's answering to them, not to everyone.
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Post by oasisserbia on Aug 11, 2019 4:29:51 GMT -5
Why is Noel so obsessed with Norway? First he wrote those lines: "Woke up stinking on a train that was bound for Norway" and now this with Liam and Norway.
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Aug 11, 2019 12:36:49 GMT -5
“As is the way with fucking shit for brain assholes on the internet. Why don’t you go stick your fucking head in a meat grinder, you penis?”
How lovely..
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Aug 11, 2019 12:37:12 GMT -5
Why is Noel so obsessed with Norway? First he wrote those lines: "Woke up stinking on a train that was bound for Norway" and now this with Liam and Norway. Norway is a great, beautiful country.
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Post by dadrocker on Aug 13, 2019 9:43:26 GMT -5
“One of us is still trapped in the Nineties dressing like a fisherman like he’s going to go to Norway trawling for sardines.”
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Post by The Escapist on Aug 13, 2019 9:51:36 GMT -5
"On September 27th, Gallagher will release This Is the Place, a five-track EP that includes the groovy single “Black Star Dancing.”
Rolling Stone, everybody.
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Post by Marissa on Aug 13, 2019 13:10:25 GMT -5
Wow, he's really turning insufferable. I've been a fan throughtout the post Oasis years and whatnot, but seriously reconsidering. You can say he's the same he's always been (a dick) but he never outwardly had contempt for his fans. noel has always been insufferable... it's just that all of that internal anger he's wildly projecting out isn't funny anymore bc it's almost goddamn 2020 and the amount of room for tolerance for that shit is rapidly closing in the internet comment is definitely over the top unnecessary but so is telling someone to get aids and die. the difference is the reality that we're all shifting in to now really i've said it before but both these kids (and by kids i mean goddamn 40 and 50 year olds) need to get their shit together and deal with their issues or they're going to get left behind which i don't want to see happen. ALSO noel doesn't really have any idea what a perfect setlist is clearly lol you have so much good material even from the last 8 years .. come oooooooooonnnnnnnnn
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Post by sjc8 on Aug 13, 2019 16:27:43 GMT -5
wait, whats that grandpop? "it’s not an Oasis gig. Oasis is done. If you missed them, that’s fucking tough luck.”
there goes ol' granddad getting all grumpy again. now he's mad at the young whipper snappers wanting to hear Oasis tunes.
“One of us is still trapped in the Nineties dressing like a fisherman like he’s going to go to Norway trawling for sardines. He makes unsophisticated music for unsophisticated people. It’s not really my thing, so there can’t be any competition.”
Mr. Sophistication wants everyone to know that he does not prefer parkas as clothing and his music is too high brow for us to "get".
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Post by sgtpeppr on Aug 13, 2019 23:34:31 GMT -5
who cares? if the music is good, then what does it matter what he thinks? i dont listen to noel because he respects me as a fan so much. its the music.
funny interview as usual. people should not be taking comments from the gallaghers so seriously...
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Post by sjc8 on Aug 13, 2019 23:34:35 GMT -5
Wow, he's really turning insufferable. I've been a fan throughtout the post Oasis years and whatnot, but seriously reconsidering. You can say he's the same he's always been (a dick) but he never outwardly had contempt for his fans. take your time friend. it isnt an easy decision to make. many of us have come to this crossroad within the past year or two. first, its not your fault. second, there are many here like you and willing to support you through this. third, taking the first step is the hardest. you are on the path to enlightenment:"....he never outwardly had contempt for his fans". that is it in a nutshell. you nailed it.
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Post by bt95 on Aug 15, 2019 13:42:12 GMT -5
Wow, he's really turning insufferable. I've been a fan throughtout the post Oasis years and whatnot, but seriously reconsidering. You can say he's the same he's always been (a dick) but he never outwardly had contempt for his fans. take your time friend. it isnt an easy decision to make. many of us have come to this crossroad within the past year or two. first, its not your fault. second, there are many here like you and willing to support you through this. third, taking the first step is the hardest. you are on the path to enlightenment:"....he never outwardly had contempt for his fans". that is it in a nutshell. you nailed it. He's spent a good 10 years moaning about the decision to refund fans who went to the Heaton Park gig with all the sound failures...
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Post by Lennon2217 on Aug 15, 2019 22:05:01 GMT -5
take your time friend. it isnt an easy decision to make. many of us have come to this crossroad within the past year or two. first, its not your fault. second, there are many here like you and willing to support you through this. third, taking the first step is the hardest. you are on the path to enlightenment:"....he never outwardly had contempt for his fans". that is it in a nutshell. you nailed it. He's spent a good 10 years moaning about the decision to refund fans who went to the Heaton Park gig with all the sound failures... The fans deserved it. Multiple times on that UK tour did it happen. I mean what the fuck? Noel also said most people never took up the offer of refunds.
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Post by rnrs001 on Aug 16, 2019 3:58:59 GMT -5
According to Noel Gallagher a perfect setlist consists of both overplayed Oasis songs and irrelevant solo stuff. The last time Noel Gallagher had a great setlist was on the Chasing Yesterday tour. His "perfect setlists" are the reason I'm just no longer buying tickets for his shows anymore.
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Post by Gaspanic15 on Aug 17, 2019 1:50:36 GMT -5
“As is the way with fucking shit for brain assholes on the internet. Why don’t you go stick your fucking head in a meat grinder, you penis?” How lovely.. Sounds kinda...unsophisticated?
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Post by Sadie on Aug 17, 2019 5:22:43 GMT -5
According to Noel Gallagher a perfect setlist consists of both overplayed Oasis songs and irrelevant solo stuff. The last time Noel Gallagher had a great setlist was on the Chasing Yesterday tour. His "perfect setlists" are the reason I'm just no longer buying tickets for his shows anymore. I wouldn't call his solo stuff irrelevant cos at the end of the day he needs to play new stuff for there to be a point in him touring, but I agree, he needs to shake up the setlist in terms of Oasis songs. Don't get me wrong the songs he plays are great (especially Half The World Away and The Importance Of Being Idle which are some of my faves), but it all gets far too predictable. At least Liam occasionally dips into the Oasis rarities, there's no excuse for Noel not to though. He has so many incredible songs up his sleeve that have never seen the light of day live, it's mental
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Post by Sadie on Aug 17, 2019 5:29:00 GMT -5
"I feel so lucky to have put the work in all those years ago when the rest of Oasis were frankly fucking drunk and high most of the time." - fuck off, Noel. I fucking hate it when he acts like a saint all the time as if he was Mr Perfect in the 90s, when he was in fact nothing of the sort (much like every other Oasis member)
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Post by Tom Lord on Aug 17, 2019 7:19:19 GMT -5
There's no such thing as a perfect setlist that is going to please every single hardcore or casual fan. He has to promote the new stuff for business and he has to play Don't Look Back In Anger or he won't be let out of the fucking building! Everything else is subjective. It's a shame to hear he doesn't really like Whatever, one of my personal faves.
In my opinion, and I've been going to see Oasis and Noel and Liam since 1997, his best setlist was at The Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust between Oasis splitting up and him starting HFB (2010, I think it was).
I agree with @mrs001 that he's not worth going to see at the moment. But the Chasing Yesterday tour was brilliant. Lock All The Doors and You Know We Can't Go Back were fantastic live.
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Post by rnrs001 on Aug 17, 2019 13:18:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't call his solo stuff irrelevant cos at the end of the day he needs to play new stuff for there to be a point in him touring... Meh. I get he's out there promoting new stuff but it's just not happening, really. He can ramble about Fort Knox all he wants but every time he opens with it the crowd is just confused and happy once it's over. Keep On Reaching, It's A Beautiful World and She Taught Me How To Fly all go over like a lead balloon every time they're done as well so yeah, I'd say they're irrelevant.
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Post by warewolf95 on Aug 19, 2019 18:32:16 GMT -5
I wouldn't call his solo stuff irrelevant cos at the end of the day he needs to play new stuff for there to be a point in him touring... Meh. I get he's out there promoting new stuff but it's just not happening, really. He can ramble about Fort Knox all he wants but every time he opens with it the crowd is just confused and happy once it's over. Keep On Reaching, It's A Beautiful World and She Taught Me How To Fly all go over like a lead balloon every time they're done as well so yeah, I'd say they're irrelevant. Yea. I'm seeing him for the first time since 2012 tomorrow night and I'm honestly not that excited for his performance. If it wasn't for the Pumpkins I'd be sitting him out this go round I do love Black Star Dancing and This Is The Place but I ABHOR Who Built The Moon and All You Need Is Love is one of my all time least favorite Beatles songs (who I consider my favorite band). Kinda bumming myself out ahead of time with this :/
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Post by GlastoEls on Aug 20, 2019 6:45:20 GMT -5
Meh. I get he's out there promoting new stuff but it's just not happening, really. He can ramble about Fort Knox all he wants but every time he opens with it the crowd is just confused and happy once it's over. Keep On Reaching, It's A Beautiful World and She Taught Me How To Fly all go over like a lead balloon every time they're done as well so yeah, I'd say they're irrelevant. Yea. I'm seeing him for the first time since 2012 tomorrow night and I'm honestly not that excited for his performance. If it wasn't for the Pumpkins I'd be sitting him out this go round I do love Black Star Dancing and This Is The Place but I ABHOR Who Built The Moon and All You Need Is Love is one of my all time least favorite Beatles songs (who I consider my favorite band). Kinda bumming myself out ahead of time with this :/ Just go with no expectations pal. Honestly the band is better than ever before.
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Post by andymorris on Aug 20, 2019 7:03:13 GMT -5
Yea. I'm seeing him for the first time since 2012 tomorrow night and I'm honestly not that excited for his performance. If it wasn't for the Pumpkins I'd be sitting him out this go round I do love Black Star Dancing and This Is The Place but I ABHOR Who Built The Moon and All You Need Is Love is one of my all time least favorite Beatles songs (who I consider my favorite band). Kinda bumming myself out ahead of time with this :/ Just go with no expectations pal. Honestly the band is better than ever before. Agreed, very good sound. Gem is a nice addition too, since the other guy was too generic. And the keyboards players is still amazing. Has been since 96. Glad he's still there. Overall i suppose Noel has reached a time in his career when most of the crowd is not that interested in new stuff and just goes for singles and "classics". It was already like that for NGHFB and CY tours but the songs were more mixed with old stuff. For WBTM, there's clearly two sets, one for the new songs, then the oldies. So it's pretty cool to try something a bit dangerous for his "career", whatever that means.
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