Manchester Legends Join Granada Football Review Panel

There were some unexpected guests on this weeks Granada soccer night.

Primal Scream basest and Stone Roses legend Mani (Manchester United) and good mates boxing legend Ricky Hatton and the Oasis chief Noel Gallagher (Manchester City) gave there distinct review on the weeks football.

Noel's Reason For Not Buying Manchester City

Oasis star Noel Gallagher won't be joining the race to buy the club.

The guitarist said: "There is no way I would want to buy City.

Why would I want to give every penny I have earned to some horrible little chav footballer so he can buy his wife dresses to wear at Aintree? I would rather piss it up the wall!"

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Noel Goes From Bad To Verse

Rock superstars from Oasis and Razorlight to 1980s favourites Duran Duran and ABC have topped a chart to find the worst verse in pop history.

They may be responsible for some of the biggest selling hits ever but these and other top songwriters are also behind the most banal, odd, pretentious and plain silly lyrics of all time, a new poll shows.

The eventual winner of the Worst Pop Lyrics ever will be chosen today from a shortlist of 10 which also includes rockers like Toto and Black Sabbath to cult hits from Snap, Des'ree and Human League.

Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher is to blame for "Slowly walking down the hall/Faster than a cannonball/Where were you when we were getting high?"

Sometimes the lyrics seem to be a desperate search to find words that rhyme such as Toto, looking for a way to describe Africa's most famous mountain, Kilimanjaro, hit upon "like Olympus above the Serengeti."

Listeners to the music radio station BBC 6 have seen the original nominations whittled down to 10 by resident DJs including Tom Robinson - whose own hits include the song Wish I had a Grey Cortina.

01 ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now
02 Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
03 Human League - The Lebanon
04 Razorlight - Somewhere Else
05 Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?
06 Oasis - Champagne Supernova
07 Des'ree - Life
08 Black Sabbath - War Pigs
09 Toto - Africa
10 U2 - Elevation

Source: www.eveningtimes.co.uk

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May The 4th Be With You...

Wanted For Crimes Against Rhymes

Music legends from U2 to Oasis and Duran Duran are in the running for the least coveted prize in rock - the award for the worst verse of lyrics ever written.

All three bands are on the list of 10 nominees for the title, handed out by radio station BBC 6Music.

They're up against some stiff competition including techno duo Snap, who penned the unforgettable line: "I'm as serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer."

But the Durannies are hotly tipped to take the prize for this gem from Is There Something I Should Know: "Don't say you're easy on me, you're about as easy as a nuclear war."

U2's Bono earned his nomination for a verse from Elevation, which featured the line: "I've got no self control, been living like a mole now."

And Oasis main man Noel Gallagher is "honoured" for this baffling line from Champagne Supernova: "Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball."

Other top contenders include 80s pop stylists ABC for: "Can't complain, mustn't grumble, help yourself to another piece of apple crumble."

Listeners to 6 Music sent in their nominations and the top 10 was chosen by the station's DJs. The winner will be announced today on Marc "Lard" Riley's show.

Lard's 6 Music colleague, rock hero Tom Robinson, once wrote a song called Wish I had A Grey Cortina.

But he said: "One of the benefits of only ever having had a handful of hits myself is that most of my own monumentally awful lyrics have been mercifully forgotten.

"A couple are so cringeworthy that I've deleted them from my website in the hope that no one will notice."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Nirvana Lyrics Inspired Live Forever

Noel Gallagher Wrote Hit Song As A Backlash To Nirvana....

Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher wrote uplifting hit song Live Forever after he became depressed listening to US band Nirvana.

Gallagher admits he wrote the track in the mid 90s after he heard a particularly downbeat Nirvana song.

He reveals, "It was written in the middle of the grunge and all that and I remember Nirvana had a tune called I Hate Myself And I Want To Die and I was like 'Well, I'm not having that.' "I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That's just rubbish."

Live Forever was recently voted as the Greatest Indie Anthem of all time by British music magazine NME.

Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk

The Answers Are...

Here are the answers to the quiz the other day (here).

01: Roll With It
02: Two
03: Some Might Say
04: Paul Weller
05: Six
06: Owen Morris And Noel Gallagher
07: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
08: Anais
09: Robbie Williams
10: Number 1
11: Be Here Now
12: Johnny Depp
13: Berwick Street
14: Sir Isaac Newton
15: Three: Go Let It Out, Who Feels Love? And Sunday Morning Call
16: Familiar To Millions
17: (B)
18: Don't Go Away
19: Stocks Hall, In Hetfordshire
20: The Beatles' Sgt Pepper And Queens's Greatest Hits
21: Producer Owen Morris and DJ Sean "Guilty Pleasures" Rowley
22: Bonehead's Bank Holiday
23: Stevie Wonder's Uptight (Everything's Alright)
24: Champagne Supernova
25: 10 Weeks
26: The Masterplan
27: Ride
28: Deja Voodoo
29: Lisa Moorish
30: Songbird
31: Mucky Fingers
32: Don't Believe The Truth
33: Chris Hutton
34: 18 Wheeler
35: Paul Arthurs
36: £18m
37: £600,000
38: Alex James And Damon Albarn
39: Scott Mcleod
40: Cum On Feel The Noize
41: 13.5 Million
42: (A)
43: She Claimed He Had Bitten Her Nose
44: Two
45: Michael Hutchence
46: Matt Deighton
47: The Black Crowes and Spacehog
48: No Way Sis
49: Chris Evans
50: Wibbling Rivalry

Source: The Essential Q Quiz Book in this months copy.

Syd Barrett - Madcap's Last Laugh

The spirit of Syd Barrett is invoked by an all-star line-up of music and lights. The many guests include Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, Captain Sensible + more tbc

The house band includes, Andy Bell on bass (Oasis), Simon Finley on drums (Echo & The Bunnymen), Ted Barnes on guitar (Beth Orton).

Syd Barrett was an eccentric genius and the founding member of Pink Floyd, and his creative legacy and quintessential English vocal delivery has proven remarkably influential.

An obscure figure whose life-long struggle with mental illness shortened his creative period in music to only 7 years, however during that short time such classics as Arnold Layne and See Emily Play and Floyds first album The Piper at The Gates of Dawn were all written and recorded. Recently David Bowie, Bobby Gillespie, Brian Eno and Jimmy Page have all paid personal tribute to the 'Crazy Diamond'.

Lighting Design by Peter Wynne Wilson
Producers, Joe Boyd, Nick Laird-Clowes

Plus Rare film footage, and projections of Syd Barrett's paintings.

Produced by the Barbican

With guests Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, Captain Sensible + more tbc

10 May 2007 / 19:30

Barbican Hall Tickets: £15 / 20 / 25 and available here.

Source: www.barbican.org.uk

The Greatest Indie Anthem Ever Revealed

This week NME and Xfm have announced the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - as voted for by you.

We've counted up all the songs you suggested and now on NME.COM we're getting ready to reveal who has made the cut, and which song you have proclaimed the Number One Indie Anthem Ever.

The full list, plus exclusive interviews with the acts who've made it, features in this week's issue of NME, which hits UK newsstands today (May 2).

Having brought you the rest of the list on NME.COM this week including the likes of Pixies, The Killers, My Bloody Valentine, Franz Ferdinand, The Verve and The Gossip, we can now reveal the Top Ten.

Despite both The Smiths and The Libertines getting two songs each into the Top Ten, it's Oasis who are behind your Greatest Indie Anthem Ever', with 1994 single 'Live Forever' taking the most of your votes.

So here's Greatest Indie Anthems Ever Top Ten:

1. Oasis - 'Live Forever'
2. Nirvana - 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
3. Pulp - 'Common People'
4. The Smiths - 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'
5. The Libertines - 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun'
6. The Libertines - 'Time For Heroes'
7. The Smiths - 'How Soon Is Now?'
8. The Stone Roses - 'I Am The Resurrection'
9 The Strokes - 'Last Nite'
10 Arctic Monkeys - 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

You can now see the full list on NME.COM, with numbers 30-11 and 50-31 online already.

Also a special show based on the list will feature on XFM between 2-4pm on Monday (May 7) so be sure to tune in. Go to www.xfm.co.uk for more information.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Anthem's Indie Number 1

NME announces Live Forever as their Greatest Indie Anthem of all time in this week’s mag.

Noel Gallagher reveals he wrote it as a backlash to a miserable Nirvana track.

He said: “It was written in the middle of grunge and all that and I remember Nirvana had a tune called I Hate Myself And I want To Die and I was like, ‘Well, I’m not having that’.

“As much as I like Kurt Cobain and all that, I’m not having that.

“I can’t have people like that coming over here, on smack, saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That’s just rubbish.”

Er, well said, Noel.

But he’d probably give a completely different answer had he been asked at 9am after a night on the ale.

And Noel is a huge Smiths fan — a band famous for encouraging shoe-gazing misery among their fans.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Features Again On The Russell Brand Podcast

Noel Gallagher once again is on the Russell Brand Podcast. Noel speaks about the movie This is England and speaks about returning to the studio soon!

For more information on how to download the podcast click here.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Andy Bell Appearing At Syd Barrett Tribute Concert

As previously announced on oasisinet.com Andy Bell will be taking part in the Syd Barrett tribute show on 10th May 2007 at the Barbican Hall and will be part of the house band which includes Simon Finley on drums (Echo & The Bunneymen) and Ted Barnes on guitar (Beth Orton). Guests include Kevin Ayers, The Bees, Vashti Bunyan, King Creosote with Gordon Anderson (The Aliens), Mike Heron, Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde + more

For more information on the show and ticket purchase details check out the website below;

www.barbican.org.uk

Source: www.oasisinet.com

The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - Number One Is Getting Close

Today NME.COM reveals Numbers 30-11 of your ultimate songs

This week will NME and Xfm announce the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - as voted for by you.

We've counted up all the songs you suggested and now on NME.COM we're getting ready to reveal who has made the cut, and which song you have proclaimed the Number One Indie Anthem Ever.

The full list, plus exclusive interviews with the acts who've made it features in this week's issue of NME, which hits UK newsstands today (May 2).

On NME.COM we're also counting down to Number One throughout this week.

Yesterday (April 30) we brought you Numbers 50-31, with the likes of Pixies, The Killers and My Bloody Valentine all featuring.

Now today it's the turn of the of Franz Ferdinand, The Verve and The Gossip all to claim their places in the countdown.

So the Greatest Indie Anthems Ever Numbers 30-11 are:

11. The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'
12. The Stone Roses - 'She Bangs The Drums'
13. The Libertines - 'Can't Stand Me Now'
14. Oasis - 'Don't Look Back In Anger'
15. Blur - 'Song 2'
16. Franz Ferdinand - 'Take Me Out'
17. The Stone Roses - 'I Wanna Be Adored'
18. The Verve - 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'
19. Joy Divison - 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
20. Joy Division - 'Transmission'
21. The Smiths - 'Panic'
22. The Breeders - 'Cannonball'
23. The Gossip - 'Standing In The Way Of Control'
24. Babyshambles - 'Fuck Forever'
25. Oasis - 'Supersonic'
26. Radiohead - 'Creep'
27. Oasis -' Wonderwall'
28. Pavement - 'Cut Your Hair'
29. Arcade Fire - 'Rebellion (Lies)'
30. Manic Street Preachers - 'A Design For Life'

The countdown will conclude tomorrow (May 3) when we will bring you the full Top 10 and will reveal your Greatest Indie Anthem Ever, so stay tuned to NME.COM.

Source: www.nme.com

Inside This Weeks NME

NME and Xfm present: The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever

Source: www.nme.com

The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever

This week will NME and Xfm announce the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever - as voted for by you.

We've counted up all the songs you suggested and now on NME.COM we're getting ready to reveal who has made the cut, and which song you have proclaimed the Number One indie anthem ever.

The full list, plus exclusive interviews with the acts who've made it will feature in this week's issue of NME which hits UK newsstands from May 2.

On NME.COM we're also counting down to Number One throughout this week, and today (May 1) we bring you Numbers 50-31, with the likes of Pixies, The Killers and My Bloody Valentine all featuring.

So the Greatest Indie Anthems Ever Numbers 50-31 are:

31 Oasis - 'Cigarettes & Alcohol'
32 The Stone Roses - 'Fool's Gold'
33 The Killers - 'Mr Brightside'
34 Radiohead - 'Just'
35 Pixies - 'Monkey Gone To Heaven'
36 Kaiser Chiefs - 'I Predict A Riot'
37 Kasabian - 'LSF'
38 Pixies - 'Gigantic'
39 Oasis - 'Champagne Supernova'
40 Klaxons - 'Golden Skans'
41 Blur - 'Parklife'
42 The Cribs - 'Hey Scenesters'
43 Suede - 'Animal Nitrate'
44 The Stone Roses - 'Love Spreads'
45 The La's - 'There She Goes'
46 Dinosaur Jr - 'Freak Scene'
47 The Libertines - 'Up The Bracket'
48 Sonic Youth - 'Bull In The Heather'
49 The Rapture - 'House Of Jealous Lovers'
50 My Bloody Valentine - 'You Made Me Realise'

The next stage of the countdown continues tomorrow (May 2) when we will bring you Numbers 30-11.

The full Top 10 and The Greatest Indie Anthem Ever will be revealed on Thursday (May 3).

Source: www.nme.com

Quiz Time

Just for fun, I will put up the answers in a few days.

01: Which Oasis single was kept from the top of the charts by Blur's Country House?

02: How many nights did Oasis play Knebworth in 1996?

03: What was Oasis's first UK number 1 single?

04: Which British rock legend supplied backing vocals and guitar to Champagne Supernova?

05: How many studio albums have Oasis released?

06: Who produced (What's the Story?) Morning Glory??

07: Which Oasis album featured in Q's list of the worst 50 albums of all time in 2006?

08: What is the name of Noel Gallagher's daughter by Meg Mathews?

09: Whom did Noel Gallagher once describe as the "fat dancer from Take That"?

10: What was the highest chart placing Definitely achived in the UK?

11: Which Oasis album charted highest in the USA?

12: Which Hollywood star guests on Fade-In-Out?

13: Which London Street features on the cover of (What's the Story?) Morning Glory?

14: From whose original quote did Oasis take the name of Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants?

15: How many singles were released from Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants?

16: What was the name of 2000's live album?

17: How many copies of Be Here Now were sold in the UK on the day it came out?
(A) 323,000 (B) 423,000 (C) 523, 000 (D) 623,000

18: Which track from Be Here Now was released as a single in Japan, but not in the UK?

19: What is the name of the stately home on the cover of Be Here Now?

20: Only two albums have sold more copies in the UK than (What's the Story?) Morning Glory?. What are they?

21: Who are the two people on the cover of (What's the Story?) Morning Glory??

22: What was the name of the bonus track on vinyl copies of (What's the Story?) Morning Glory?.

23: Step Out was withdrawn from the (What's the Story?) Morning Glory? track listing at the last minute. Which song was it said to resemble a little to closely?

24: Which (What's the Story?) Morning Glory? song was released as a single in Australia, but not in the UK?

25: In total how many weeks did (What's the Story?) Morning Glory? spend on top the UK charts?

26: Which was the last Oasis album to be released by Creation Records?

27: With which band did Andy Bell find fame in the early' 90s?

28: before joining Oasis, Gem Archer had been in Heavy Stereo. What was the name of their only album?

29: Who is the mother of Liam Gallagher's first child?

30: Which Oasissingle was the first to be written by Liam?

31: Which track on Don't Believe The Truth was initially meant to be the lead single?

32: Which Oasis album was first to top Japanese charts?

33: Who was the original singer of Rain, later to become Oasis?

34: Which group were Oasis supporting when Alan Mcgee spotted them?

35: What is Bonehead's real name?

36: When former drummer Tony McCarro;; sued Oasis in 1999, how much did he claim for in compensation for his part of the band's five-album deal?

37: ...And how much was he awarded?

38: Which members of Blur did Noel say he hoped would "catch Aids and die" (he later apologised)?

39: Who replaced Guigsy when he briefly left the band in September 1995?

40: Which cover of a Slade song did Oasis preform on Top Of The Pops in February 1996?

41: How many people applied for tickets for Oasis's Knebworth shows?

42: Why didn't Liam participate in the bands MTV Unplugged show of 1996?

43: What did Gaynor Simonelli claim Liam Gallagher did to her in 1996 (police didn't press charges)?

44: How many teeth did Liam Gallagher lose in his Munich brawl?

45: What dead rocker presented Oasis with an award at the 1996 Awards.

46: When Noel quit overseas touring in 2000, who filled in as live rhythm guitarist?

47: Which two bands joined Oasis on the Tour Of Brotherly Love in 2001?

48: Which Oasis tribute band made the top 40 in 1996 with a cover of The New Seekers' I'd Love To Teach The World To Sing?

49: During a Loch Lomond show in 1996, Liam said: "Oi twatty face...You're f88king getting it. Come backstage and meet me, you f**king ginger bastard." Who was "twatty face"?

50: What was the name of the 1995 single, released by Fierce Panda under the name Oas*s, that featured Liam and Noel bickering for 14 minutes.

Source: The Essential Q Quiz Book in this months copy.

Noel Gallagher And Other Rock Stars To Design A Guitar For Charity

Guitarists to decorate their 'axes' for charity

Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller and Slash are among a number of guitarist getting creative for charity - by designing their own giant Les Paul guitars.

The unique project, entitled Gibson Guitartown London, will see the stars unleash their artistic talents on 30 ten-foot tall guitars and 30 regular-sized versions, which will go on display across London for 10 weeks from June.

Musicians will team up with eminent visual artists for the scheme - pop artist Sir Peter Blake will be painting Paul Weller's guitar, while cartoonist Gerald Scarfe is in charge of Ozzy Osbourne's.

However, a handful of rockers, including the famously artistic Ronnie Wood, will be painting their own instruments.

The giant guitars will go on display at More London by Tower Bridge, while the regular instruments will be exhibited at the 02 Arena - formerly the Millenium Dome - in Greenwich.

"I am very proud to be associated with the Gibson Guitartown London campaign as it combines my passion and appreciation for the guitar, whilst raising money and awareness for three very worthy and deserving charities," said Paul Weller of the project.

The full list of artists involved in the event so far is as follows:

Paul Weller
Slash
Ronnie Wood
Rod Stewart
Noel Gallagher
Mark Knopfler
Roxy Music
New Order
Bruce Dickinson
Brian May
Gary Moore
Gorillaz
Dirty Pretty Things
Lostprophets
James Dean Bradfield
Ocean Colour Scene
Graham Coxon
The Kooks
The Magic Numbers
Ozzy Osbourne
Paul Rodgers
Suggs
KT Tunstall
Razorlight
Hard-Fi
Corinne Bailey Rae
Depeche Mode
James Morrision
Motorhead
Sir Cliff Richard
James Blunt

The Princes Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Teenage Cancer Trust will all benefit from the event, which will culminate in all the instruments being auctioned off in September.

For more information go to www.londonguitartown.com

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis Featured In German Guitar Mag

Oasis feature in this months copy of Guitar magazine.

Source: www.sadsong.net

There Ain't Noel Stopping Him

It's just as well Noel Gallagher's missus is up the duff or he’d spend his entire life on the ale.

Stunning Sara MacDonald had to drag her fella home on Thursday after another boozy night on the tiles.

Sara, who still looked ace in a pair of leather trousers even though she’s five months preggers, thought she was in for a civilised evening celebrating the opening of top music photographer Lawrence Watson's exhibition in East London.

But my Bizarre Caner Of The Year went on to put in another liver-punishing shift at the Groucho club well into the wee small hours.

Caners League

1. Noel Gallagher
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Serge Pizzorno
4. Sarah Harding
5. Paolo Nutini

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

What's On Your iPod?

Former Blue singer turned solo soul man Simon Webbe.

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

"I'm a Manchester lad and I've always liked muddy guitars so it's natural for me. I'm probably going to cover Wonderwall when I play my home town."

Source: South Wales Echo