Noel Gallagher: I'll Write A Sitcom
There have been some really classic British sitcoms written by true greats.
Terry & June, The Likely Lads, Only Fools And Horses, Fawlty Towers — the list goes on.
And when Noel Gallagher, the man who penned the theme tune to the brilliant Royle Family, retires from writing lyrics he’s going to turn his attention to rib-tickling sitcoms.
The Oasis axeman plans to team up with best pal Russell Brand to make shows for the small screen.
He said: “I’d like to be part of a team of scriptwriters. I think I’d be good. Russell has been trying to rope me into something but at the moment I can’t commit to anything outside Oasis. But, one day. Who knows?”
Now that’s something that would be well worth watching.
For those of you who can’t wait, on the right I’ve put them in the Royle Family, with Noel as Jim and Russell as Nana.
Bizarre Lord Noel knows his way around a withering put-down and shagger Russell is one of the finest comedy minds of his generation.
The combination of their wit works a treat on Russell’s Radio 2 show.
If they could transfer that to TV they would be laughing: And so would we.
Noel thinks their chemistry comes from their contrary characteristics.
He explained: “Russell’s a big posh Essex boy former junkie who’s been to the dark side and got into Hare Krishna. He’s never seen a council estate.
“I’m a gruff Northerner who drinks Red Stripe. He finds that fascinating. He’s all ‘But Noel darling, don’t you believe in a higher existence?’ and I’m like, ‘Not dressed in a sheet banging a tambourine, you big Jessie’.”
The pair have formed a mutual appreciation society.
It’s not just Noel pontificating on radio Russ, the comedian has revealed he’s basing his next big screen part on his hit-making chum.
Russell is reprising his role as singer Aldous Snow in the sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
He said: “In Get Him To The Greek, Aldous is now back on drugs. With him being awful rather than clean I can use my friendships with British rock stars more successfully.
“Noel Gallagher will be a much better resource.”
He’s also dedicating a slice of his next novel to the Manc.
He revealed: “It’ll have a bit on Noel, on politics, West Ham and maybe a bit on The Sun.”
But if the two are to work in tandem, Russell had better scrub up.
Noel reckons uncharitably: “When you get close to him you smell a mix of garlic, coffee and alcohol.”
A hygienically-challenged sex addict and a former rock star bickering.
That’s a recipe for a cracking sitcom.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
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Grab Yourself Some Free Music From Oasis NOW
The competition on oasisinet is now open, visit www.oasisinet.com/digoutyoursoulsongs for more infomation.
There are lyrics & tabs to four songs, a bunch of wallpapers, screensavers and widgets and more.
Noel Gallagher is not a fan of giving away his music for free, but this way he gets people to pick up their guitars.
And that’s what it’s all about…
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Next Tribe Plays Oasis - "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady"
Here is some more footage we had of the rehearsal with Oasis. This is the band Next Tribe with a great version of "High Horse Lady" using electric sitar and beatbox guitar. The band loved the sitar guitar. They joked that they want to record the song again with the sitar guitar!
Band Members: Rob Mastrianni (Vocals, electric sitar), Pete List (Special Guest Beatboxer), KK Shunmugan (percussion), James C (bass)
More photos from the day can be found on the Flickr photo group here.
Thanks to Meghan of DAGMAR
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Get New Oasis Album Music Tomorrow
The new album doesn't hit the shelves until 6th October, but Oasis fans across the world are set to get an exclusive preview of 'Dig Out Your Soul', in a groundbreaking partnership between Big Brother Recordings and music magazine NME supported by Arts Council England and Guitar Hero.
The band have teamed up with NME in a musical first, which will see the magazine release the sheet music and lyrics to three brand new album tracks - 'Bag It Up', 'The Turning' and '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' in an exclusive companion disc give-away.
Packaged as an official collectable item featuring a unique Big Brother Recordings catalogue number, the Oasis 'NME Dig Out Your Soul Songbook' will be free with NME's September 17th issue and will also include a CD-Rom packed full of exclusive content and artwork.
We are inviting fans from around the world to play the as-yet unheard tracks themselves by filming their efforts and uploading them to a dedicated microsite housed at www.oasisinet.com/digoutyoursoulsongs. Fans who are unable to buy NME can download the sheet music from this website too. This radical move adds a new dimension to the 'free music' debate and encourages all you die hard fans out there to pick up your instruments!
Noel Gallagher of Oasis said, 'The gift of music is very special... and anything that can bring music into a kid's life is an incredible thing.'
You, the fans, are encouraged to interpret the new tracks in your own personal style on whichever instruments you please and Big Brother Recordings have put together a very special prize for the best entry. A lucky winner will be personally chosen by the band and will win a unique VIP experience to the Oasis gig of their choice anywhere in the world, including travel and accommodation. Additionally, the fan that receives the most views will win a trip to see Oasis play live at a venue local to them plus X-Box, 32" Plasma screen TV and copy of the latest Guitar Hero Game 'Guitar Hero World Tour'. Third place will be chosen by NME Editor Conor McNicholas and the fan will be awarded an exclusive, limited edition Dig Out Your Soul Box Set.
Conor McNicholas, NME Editor said: 'We are ecstatic that NME has been able to work with Oasis to give our readers the very first taste of 'Dig Out Your Soul'. The songbook really does mark a world first in including fans in the excitement of a new album release. With Arts Council England on board helping kids pick up instruments, this covermount could inspire and enable a new generation of Gallaghers right across the country.'
The Oasis 'NME Dig Out Your Soul Songbook' is backed by the Arts Council England's Take it away scheme which has given out £6m worth of interest free loans to budding musicians over the last 12 months.
Mary-Alice Stack, who manages Take it Away at Arts Council England, said:
'Take it away is about helping people to get started learning and playing musical instruments of all kinds. We're delighted to be involved with this songbook and competition, because we're sure it will do just that. Along with aspiring Noels and Liams, we hope that the opportunity to perform these songs might well turn up a would-be Vanessa Mae or Seth Lakeman for the next generation.'
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A Scan From Todays Sun Newspaper
A scan from todays Bizarre in the Sun Newspaper.
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Watch Oasis Discussing 'Dig Out Your Soul''s Creation - Exclusive
Oasis leader Noel Gallagher has spoken to NME.COM about the "religious theme" that crops up on the band's forthcoming new album 'Dig Out Your Soul'.
Speaking in an exclusive video interview, the guitarist revealed that a number of the songs on the album have been influenced by The Bible and "religious Armageddon".
"I was listening back to the mixes in America and I was thinking 'everything mentioned is the light'," he explained. "I was like to Gem [Archer, Oasis guitarist], 'there's a bit of a religious theme going on here, definitely Biblical'. The guy doing the [album] cover was like 'it's religious Armageddon', and I was like 'wow, fucking hell'."
The video chat also sees bassist Andy Bell discuss 'The Nature Of Reality', the track he penned on the album.
'Dig Out Your Soul' is set to be released on October 6, preceded by the first single to be taken from the album, 'The Shock Of The Lightning', on September 29.
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Oasis Get Hump In Camel Video
All die-hard Oasis fans should back stopcryingyourheartout.com in this year’s BT Music Awards.
The fansite has hired comedian Stevie Riks, dressed as Noel Gallagher and riding a camel, to drum up votes.
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Pictures Of Oasis From 'Filter' Magazine
Taken from the fall issue of Filter magazine.
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Noel Gallagher 'Royal Albert Hall' Teenage Cancer Trust Petition
The purpose of this Petition is for Oasis and The Cancer Trust to get together and make a DVD release of the complete Noel Gallagher set from the Royal Albert Hall in 2007.
Two reasons; firstly, it was an amazing set, with an amazing sound which presented to Oasis fans a whole new side of their music. To release this would share this music to the many fans who didn't get the chance to see the gig.
Secondly, with the Oasis fan base lets be honest it would sell like hot cakes.
This in turn would generate a significant amount of valuable money for this great charity cause!
We know they released a general DVD of the gig, but this would be even more in demand from the Oasis fans!
A great present for any Oasis fan under your Christmas tree.
Come on...whoever can make this happen...do it!!
Thanks for reading
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Oasis To Take Buskers On Tour With Them?
Street musicians preview 'Dig Out Your Soul' in New York
Oasis previewed their forthcoming new album, 'Dig Out Your Soul', on the streets of New York yesterday (September 13) by selecting a group of street musicians and buskers to perform album tracks at various locations across Manhattan.
Before the performances the Manchester band joked that the buskers were so good they were considering taking them on tour with them.
The event was filmed for a forthcoming film by directors Brendan and Emmett Malloy, who had previously directed music videos for Metallica, Foo Fighters and The White Stripes.
Buskers playing on subway platforms attracted large groups of onlookers. Those playing outdoors, such as duo Thoth and Dominic Del Principe, were forced to contend with constant rain throughout the day.
Despite the conditions, Thoth and Dominic Del Principe, who played violin and acoustic guitar, performed Oasis' new single 'The Shock Of The Lightning' and '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' to a small group of hardcore Oasis fans and a few homeless people in Central Park.
"We met Noel and Liam [Gallagher] this morning at a warehouse in Brooklyn and they really seemed to dig us," Del Principe told NME.COM. "Noel was fingering the fret-board on my guitar and showing me how to play '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' properly.
"I think they appreciated all the different musicians playing their songs and putting different perspectives on them. I've heard a lot of rumours about how they are but they were very affable and even said they wanted to take us on tour with them!"
While playing violin Thoth, a former 'America's Got Talent' contestant, wore bells and shells on his ankles to add a percussive effect – a touch that impressed the Gallaghers.
"They said, 'We should do that, then we wouldn't have to worry about having a drummer anymore!'," Thoth explained. "Liam liked us so much he said he was going to come out and see us, but I think the rain must have put him off."
Watch footage of the rehearsals and performances at Nycvisit.com/oasis.
Oasis are set to release 'Dig Out Your Soul' on October 6.
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Shocking NEW Video Of Noel Gallagher Attacked On Stage
See exclusive new footage shot from backstage
The News of the World today reveals unseen video footage of the moment a crazed drunk stormed the stage at an Oasis gig – attacking Noel and lunging for Liam.
Our exclusive footage – shot from the side of the stage – shows the full violent attack, and chaotic aftermath, as security desperately tried to restrain the attacker.
And it shows the assailant being bundled roughly off stage by at least four burly officials, who perhaps did look back in anger, as they struggle to subdue him.
One onlooker said: “From the side of the stage you could see just how violently Noel was hit.
“He’s just catapulted forward on to his speakers, then there’s a mass of bodies as the lights go up and the security guys chase in after and jump on the attacker.
“What the crowd didn’t see was him being literally dragged off by security.
“His shirt gets pulled up around his arms, and you can see his bare back.
“Then security stop and get the situation under control. It’s darker at the side of the stage and it looks like the man struggles and needs to be physically restrained.
“But security soon show him who’s in charge.”
Noel, 41, was left badly injured after the attack - during the Canadian V Festival last Sunday - when he fell forward heavily on to a set of monitor speakers.
The band – famed for a succession of Brit Pop hits including Live Forever and Wonderwall – has since cancelled two gigs, as Noel takes time out to recover.
The guitarist – the older of the Gallagher brothers – needed hospital treatment for bruised ribs and compared the assault to sparring with boxer Ricky Hatton.
He said: “Someone, who can only be described as a Canadian, was able to get on stage, somehow managed to evade our crack security team - Trotters Independent Security Service - and assaulted my midriff.
“Can't say much more than that as the perpetrator's gonna get the book thrown at him. Repeatedly.
“It was all going so well up until that point.
“Feel like I've had a sparring session with Ricky Hatton."
He’s also accused the “drunken Canadian” of having a mid-life crisis.
The attacker then lunged for Liam, 35, who managed to drop his shoulder and dodge out of the way.
The incident was also filmed from a fan in the crowd, and later put on YouTube, but our exclusive high-quality footage gives the band’s view of the attack.
The onlooker added: “It’s pretty violent, and people were worried for Noel.
“Hopefully the man will get what’s coming to him.”
Toronto police have charged 47-year-old Daniel Sullivan with the assault.
Watch the video here.
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Another New York Busking Video
Oasis "The Turning" performed September 12th on Times Square New York City.
Performance by Theo Eastwind. Theoeastwind.com
The performance part of pre release promotions by BBH and NYC & Company for Oasis' Dig out your soul" release on October 7th 2008.
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Liam From Oasis Loves Shopping, Moisturiser And Meeting Fans - It's Noel Who's The Grumpy One
I was working with Oasis as a producer and ideas man on their sixth album. Liam and Noel were working separately on their own songs and I was assigned to Liam, the charismatic frontman.
It was one lunchtime, very early on in our relationship, that he told me, out of the blue: 'Me and our kid never speak. Never.'
'So how do you get things done?' I asked. He told me the management sorted out all the arrangements.
'In fact, I've only been round our kid's gaff once,' he said. 'I hardly know him. We're so different.'
I looked around the table to gauge the sentiment. Nobody was saying a thing.
Having worked before with brothers in a band, I knew that this must be rubbish. I simply shrugged, said 'OK' and left it at that.
Right answer. A friend of the Gallaghers told me later that Noel and Liam often say this to team members, just to see if they will criticise the absent brother behind his back. It's a test.
'Fall for it and the chances are you'll be frozen out,' I was told.
My music career began when I signed a music publishing deal aged 14. At 19, I released my debut album on Virgin and since then I have worked with many successful bands on both sides of the Atlantic in a variety of roles, from playing keyboards and percussion to songwriting and production.
In 2002, after All Saints broke up, Nicole and Natalie Appleton made an album called Everything's Eventual which featured a cover of my song M.W.A.
When they performed it for an MTV Special being shot at the Brixton Academy, they invited me along. Nicole was Liam's partner and the mother of his young son Gene.
'Liam would like to meet you after the show,' she told me.
I knew all about Oasis, of course. Who didn't? They were one of the most successful and critically acclaimed British rock bands for years, but the Gallagher brothers - Liam and his older sibling Noel - who led them trailed havoc and chaos in their wake.
They were fiercely loyal to each other but also seemed to be constantly feuding. Woe betide anyone who fell foul of them.
They were rarely out of the headlines because of their wild antics.
However, after the brilliant start to their career, the last couple of albums had faltered.
I knew their next was the final one of the band's five-album deal with Sony. It was a make-or-break album. If it tanked, so would their ability to negotiate a decent position for themselves for the next decade of their career.
In the industry, a whispering campaign was in full swing. Oasis had 'lost their edge'. They were 'too rich' to make great rock records. The future of the band was on a knife-edge.
So it was with some trepidation that I rapped on the Appletons' dressing-room door on the evening of their MTV show.
Heidi from SugaBabes opened the door and a bank of cigarette smoke rolled out into the corridor.
Through the fug I could just about make out a room full of people. Liam was in the far corner holding court with a couple of acolytes.
Taller than I thought he would be, he wore a dapper navy pea coat, cords and, of course, the trademark tinted round glasses; very Lennonesque. Both he and Noel were Beatles fanatics. Nic introduced me.
'Hi Pete, man. That's a top tune, that M.W.A. Mad,' he enthused. 'Mega. Top,' he added.
From the off, we got on famously and we spent most of the evening talking shop. Liam sang me parts of his new songs. I suggested some production ideas.
He asked if I would go to the studio and try some of them out. They were looking for someone to collaborate with, he said.
Oasis were a famously tight unit so I wondered aloud how that would work.
'We put on white coats, like scientists,' grinned Liam. 'Walk about with clipboards writing down all the settings you use. Take all your ideas and move on.'
I liked his brazenness. As a jobbing producer/songwriter, people pay me to assist them in creating their artistic vision. If Liam or anyone else wanted to write down my methods, that was fine by me - so long as they were paying. A date was set.
Oasis had a long-term lease on Wheeler End, a wonderful facility in Buckinghamshire. It is a magnificent coach house, set in eight acres with accommodation for band and crew, with a studio attached.
My plan was to rehearse a version of The Beatles' Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey. This would give everyone - apart from Noel, who wasn't there - the opportunity to see if we could work together.
On arrival in the studio, I plonked myself down in the high-backed, faux leather swivel chair in front of the mixing desk.
There was a sharp intake of breath from Jan 'Stan' Kybert, the engineer. 'I wouldn't let Noel ever catch you sitting in that chair,' he warned. 'He'll fire you.'
'Don't kid a kidder,' I joked, but Stan wasn't laughing. 'Liam, am I right or am I right?' he said.
Both Liam and Oasis's guitarist Colin 'Gem' Archer nodded. I assumed they were winding me up.
We had fun messing about with the Beatles number and the following week Liam invited my girlfriend Bella and me to see him perform with Noel at a charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
The gig went well until Richard Ashcroft, playing an acoustic version of The Drugs Don't Work, forgot the words.
Liam sauntered on to the stage to riotous applause and sang the song faultlessly. 'That was great,' said Bella, as he walked off the stage, smiling.
'Thanks, love,' he said. 'I had to do it last year too, 'cos he forgot the f****** words then as well.'
He introduced me to Noel, smartly dressed in a blue suit and button-down plaid shirt. We chatted for about 20 geeky minutes about his extensive collection of microphones and vintage studio equipment.
I got the feeling he was weighing me up. Apparently this was the first time he had considered a collaborative recommendation from Liam.
I passed the test. Ignition, Oasis's management, called a couple of days later and outlined what was required of me.
I was to help Liam record his songs at Wheeler End, while Noel would work separately in London. I was to assist Liam's development as a songwriter - previously Noel had been the creative heart of the band - and generally, as Liam put it: 'Sprinkle some of that mad s*** that you do on our stuff.'
It was made clear that once the band was ready, I would hand over the reins to another production outfit that would conjure up the final product from the demos that Noel and I had produced.
A week later, on a sunny spring day in 2003, I met Liam and Gem at Paddington Station.
I was surprised that Liam was happy to travel on public transport, with all the other passengers gawping at him.
Just because he was the singer in Oasis, he explained, didn't mean he was going to take limos everywhere 'like a f****** ponce'. He liked going about his life like any normal person, 'because that's what I am'.
'It's weird,' he said, 'but when I'm hung over I like talking to people. Signing autographs, having me picture taken with fans is mega - especially when I've had a mad one the night before.'
However, while he was more than happy to indulge fans, he loathed the paparazzi.
'It's one thing talking to people but another when some git with a telephoto lens comes and sticks it in my son's face, when I'm pushing his pram,' he said.
'I mean, the guy has a telephoto f****** lens. Why can't he f*** off down the street and take a picture from there?' I couldn't fault his logic.
Once at Wheeler End, we got down to work straight away. Liam played about a dozen of his songs and we picked a shortlist to start working on.
Over the next few months we tried out a lot of sonic ideas: playing riffs over Liam's songs, learning to play them backwards, reversing the tape. The guys liked these new ways of doing things.
The first time we recorded Liam's vocals, I was alarmed. It sounded as though someone was mutilating a bull. Gem noted my concern.
'Don't worry,' he said. 'It's always like this for the first 20 minutes and then he'll get it.'
Sure enough, after 20 minutes we heard the transformation. It was as if someone had thrown a switch.
In terms of direction, Liam responded to four simple commands: higher/ lower, louder/quieter. Because he inhabits the songs, he doesn't require loads of technical direction. He would nail it in a couple of takes.
One afternoon Liam described the difference between him and Noel. He picked up a pack of cards. 'Imagine our kid and me are playing cards, poker, OK? This is me . . . waaayhaaay!' Assuming an expression of doe-eyed openness, he spread his cards and turned them towards me.
'But our kid, right, he does this.' Liam did a hilarious impression of a suspicious, narrow-eyed Noel clasping his cards close to his chest.
'That's him, he doesn't trust anyone, the miserable b*****. That's how we're different. I love everyone but our kid ... '
I cut him off, not wanting to be drawn into the sibling rivalry that seemed to lie at the heart of their relationship. 'The tension of opposites,' I said. 'If you were both the same, the band wouldn't work.'
'Exactly,' Liam replied. Then, as an afterthought: 'But he's still a funny one, our kid.'
Once in a while we would take the morning off and go into the nearest town, Marlow. Liam loves to shop.
On one occasion, two white-haired old ladies tottered up to Liam. 'Hello, dear, which one are you then?' asked one, sweetly. 'The one that effs and blinds and smashes things up, or the nice one?'
This tickled Liam. 'I'm the nice one, love.'
'Would you mind signing this for my grandson?' she asked, proffering a copy of the local newspaper.
Liam was charm personified. He laughed, he joked, he signed everything, chatting happily all the while, about the grandson, the weather, the shocking shortcomings of various local trading establishments.
'Hang on a minute, love,' he said. 'You've got a camera there. Hey, Pete, take a photo of us, will you?'
I got the shot of the wild man of rock, beaming broadly, arms around two adoring new fans.
When they finally ambled off - Ooh, isn't he lovely?' - I looked at Liam, grinning.
'What?' he said. 'I couldn't let them go just signing a scrappy newspaper, could I? I mean anyone could've autographed that, any local scally.'
Then there was the chair incident that happened when Noel came to see how we were getting on. He had promised to come before but hadn't shown up and I could see Liam, who was keen to show his brother how well he was doing, was irritated.
However, another date was set and on the allotted morning I was sitting in the producer's chair working the mixing desk. Liam, Gem and Stan were all in the studio.
Noel and Oasis manager Marcus Russell were due at 11am and there was tension in the air. How was it that Liam, 'our kid', was completing his songs and recording them to a standard that surpassed previous Wheeler End recordings? Noel had to find out.
At 11.20am we heard car wheels crunching over the drive. Noel and Marcus walked in. Noel smiled and said: 'Just carry on. Let's hear what you're up to.'
Then all conversation stopped and the temperature of the room dropped. I looked up. All eyes were on me. There was nowhere for Noel to sit - because I was on his special chair.
I'd forgotten Stan's dire warning. Marcus was glaring at me. Gem looked away. Stan suddenly found something deeply interesting on the computer screen.
When the ground failed to open up and swallow me, I slowly got up and left the studio to go to the bathroom. Outside the studio I found a three-legged milking stool and carried it inside.
Sure enough, Noel was sitting in the 'special chair', nodding his head in time with the music.
I gingerly placed the stool next to him and crumpled my 6ft 3in frame on to it. I was now sitting way below everyone's sightline. Each time a new song was ready for Noel to hear, I reached my arms above my head up to the desk to work the controls. Noel didn't bat an eyelid.
After we finished listening to the new songs, Marcus asked me some pertinent questions, which I answered, still hunched up on this tiny stool like a naughty schoolboy. Finally, Marcus stood and said: 'Well done, boys.'
I stood and Noel shook my hand and said 'Mega,' and left. 'Mega' is Noel-speak for 'Excellent work, chaps, I'm very pleased.' After that Liam's confidence seemed to rocket.
The next time Noel came, I made sure I left the chair empty. 'Aren't you going to sit down?' Noel asked, pointing to 'his' chair.
'No, I'm fine.' 'Really,' he said. 'It's cool.' He didn't fire me.
Indeed, on another occasion, when Noel asked what I thought of the songs we had recorded so far, I told him the truth. I told him that I didn't hear any singles, I didn't hear any of those era-defining anthems that the band were known for.
He glared at me. Here comes an argument, I thought.
'You're the only c*** around here that tells me the truth,' he finally said to me, while looking pointedly at Liam.
'Write some more songs,' I said. 'Yeah,' said Noel with resignation.
In September we went to Wheeler End to finish Liam's songs. This would be the last recording session.
The mood had changed, as had the weather. After a brilliant summer, it now rained continuously.
The first piece of information I was given upon arriving at Wheeler End was that Whitey (drummer Alan White) was gone.
Noel was there while we worked. The more he was around, the more my role diminished. It was a smooth takeover leaving everyone happy. 'We had a great time this summer, didn't we?' said Liam one day on the phone.
We certainly did. I'd spent nine months with the band and Liam had revealed himself to be a gentleman. Considerate, funny and amenable at all times. A joy to be with.
It would be another 18 months before the track list for what was to become Don't Believe The Truth was finalised. There were many more recording sessions in New York and Los Angeles.
This was Oasis's most difficult album to make, a rite-of-passage album marking the transition from youth to maturity as a band.
It was released in May 2005 to great critical acclaim and went on to sell around six million copies worldwide. I hope their new album, Dig Out Your Soul, does even better.
• Dig Out Your Soul will be released by Big Brother on October 6.
She flashed her knickers - and he fled
Liam and I were in Marlow one day when we walked past a pretty Anglo-African girl. She ran after Liam and asked for his autograph, which he gave her.
A few minutes later we bumped into her again. 'Oh, hi,' she said, affecting surprise.
Every few minutes after that we'd see her scurrying up the opposite side of the street, only to reappear in front of us.
Then, cornering us, she did a Marilyn Monroe. It was a windy day and she was wearing a skirt that she artfully allowed to billow up, exposing a microscopic G-string and a fine pair of legs. She stood there gazing longingly at Liam.
'Time to split,' he said, and we made good our escape.
It was the general consensus that Nic had calmed Liam down and I never saw him so much as look at another woman. He and Nic seemed a perfect match.
During a break in the Oasis recording sessions, I produced an Appletons track at a London studio. Liam turned up with his children. He seemed an excellent dad, tactile and gentle but firm.
He sat patiently in the studio for hours with Nic while I put the song together.
We taped Liam to the ceiling
I wouldn't say that the night we taped Liam to the ceiling was wholly typical of my summer with Oasis, but it is one of my fondest memories.
We were larking about in the Wheeler End studio after another hard day's recording, and it is fair to say that drink had been taken by most of those present. There was Liam; Alan 'Whitey' White, the drummer; Jason, the technician; Stan, the engineer; and myself.
For reasons that escape me now, we grabbed Liam, hoisted him up to the beam running the length of the studio and bound him to it with gaffer tape. He hung there like some sort of monstrous cocoon while we laughed until we were almost sick.
The conversation that followed went like this: 'How long shall we leave him up there? All night?'
'Do you think he's safe?' 'Yeah, that tape is pretty strong.' Meanwhile Liam wasn't making a sound. 'He's awfully quiet up there.'
'Come on, we'd better cut him down,' declared Jason after a while.
It proved to be a lot harder unravelling him than it was putting him up there. Once he was down, Liam looked at us, waited a beat and said: 'I really enjoyed that.'
I'm a dodgy geezer, he's a metrosexual
When my girlfriend Bella arrived at Wheeler End one day carrying loads of presents for me, Liam wished me a happy birthday.
I explained that as I was born on December 24, my parents celebrated my 'half-birthday' in June, so my birthday and Christmas did not just blend into one. Liam found this hilarious.
'Here, Gem, you heard this? It's Pete's "half-birthday". He's always on the make, a right dodgy geezer. He's a bloody Scouser. It's a Scouse birthday.'
He took 15 of us out to dinner to celebrate what he insisted on calling my 'Scouse birthday'.
For Liam's son Gene's birthday, which was only a few weeks after mine, I called Nic to find out what to get him.
'Gene loves trucks and cars,' she told me. And if I wanted to give Liam a present? 'There's a Space NK in Marlow, get him something from there.'
So, the hard man of rock moisturises, I thought. I bought him a gift bag. Enough goodies for any closet metrosexual.
Source: www.mailonsunday.co.uk
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Oasis 'Dig Out Your Soul' Review
4 out of 5 Stars
Nearly 15 years since they first swaggered and sneered their way into the public consciousness, the Gallaghers still polarise opinion like no other. Mere mention of Oasis in a blog prompts hundreds of posts, many asking why people are still interested. The answer is simple. As bona fide rock stars, no one else has come along and, as Rio Ferdinand would put it, 'taken up the mantelpiece'. Which leaves them slightly adrift and peerless. They remain, as Alan McGee said, 'too young to be the Stones and too old to be part of that whole Libertines thing'.
Last time out, Liam declared: 'I carry madness, everywhere I go', but of late, the rock'n'roll star seems somewhat tamed and sober, getting up at 6am to go running on Hampstead Heath before dropping off the kids at school. On Definitely Maybe, the young Gallagher sang about strawberries and cream and 'lassaagnnnya'. This month, he revealed his recipe for steaming salmon in soy sauce, and how the gastropub near his second home in Henley-on-Thames is owned by Antony Worrall Thompson. He still peppers most sentences with the F-word, but now also appears on The F Word, joking with Gordon Ramsay.
Noel, meanwhile, seems to be enjoying a second youth, appearing on Radio 1's breakfast show recently, evidently still drunk, having fallen out of a rock bar in Soho only an hour or so previously.
Their last album, 2005's Don't Believe the Truth, marked a long-awaited return to form and the basics that made us take notice all those years ago. This time around, Noel set out to write 'music that had more of a groove', which he has, but occasionally at the expense of the song. Since 2000's Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, Oasis have always come back with a no-nonsense call to arms - 'Go Let it Out', 'The Hindu Times', 'Lyla' - and there's no change here. Lead single 'The Shock of the Lightning' is a propulsive, heads-down rocker, full of those trademark non sequiturs Noel reaches for when there are many things he would like to say but doesn't know how. It's also one of the few obvious singles on the album.
Guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell contribute a song each - the hypnotic 'To be Where There's Life' and the rockier 'The Nature of Reality' - but they do nothing to challenge Noel's title of The Chief when it comes to songwriting. If anyone is going to do that, it's now clear it's Liam, who has come a long way since 'Little James'. The other clear single is his 'I'm Outta Time', a Lennon-esque (shocker) piano-led ballad, showing his new, more reflective side as he reveals how he strives to 'give myself some peace of mind ... you know it's getting hard to fly'.
The Beatles influences are ever-present - from the 'Dear Prudence' guitar at the end of 'The Turning' to the 'Give Peace a Chance' clap and stomp of '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' - but they're now borrowing more freely from the canon: the dirty guitar on 'Waiting For the Rapture' from the Doors' 'Five to One', the Who on Liam's 'Ain't Got Nothin" and even, er, Pink Floyd on opener 'Bag it Up'. Overall, they have eschewed the immediacy, bolshiness and classic pop songs for slightly wider ranging influences, from drone to acid rock.
You could say that if Definitely Maybe was their Stone Roses, Dig Out Your Soul is their Second Coming. It won't win them any new fans, but those that believed the truth last time will dig this.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere
Taken from Noel Gallagher's Tour Diary on www.oasisinet.com
Waking up in NYC knowing you're pretty much spending the day in bed is a fucker, let me tell you. Doctor's orders though. It's too much. There's shit going on out there that I need to be getting involved in and instead I'm laid up watching BBC America. I like Top Gear. Cash In The Attic's fuckin' ridiculous. And as for that David Dickinson on Bargain Hunt? He's on acid, right? Or maybe it's these pain-killers?
Read Q Magazine today. The new one. There's 2 covers. One with Joan of Arc on and one with Albert Steptoe on. I fuckin' love David Bailey but how DOES he do that?? It's a fuckin' monster piece. Slightly over the top though. Nice to see so many people saying nice things about us and all.
Went for some acupuncture earlier. Doc says it might help with straightening myself up. Can't see it but I'll try anything to make the gig happen. The guy's not a miracle worker. He is a funny little Chinese man though. He greeted me by saying, "Come in, don't worry, be happy!" KILL ME NOW!!! Didn't work. Still feel pretty sitff. I'm walking like an old man. The NYC gig's not gonna happen. Sorry 'bout that.
Best start thinking about packing up and going home, I guess. Yet another North American trip ends in chaos. If I believed in God, I'd begin to think he had it in for us.
To be continued...
GD
Source: www.oasisinet.com
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Oasis With Subway Performers In New York City
Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer & Andy Bell spend some time with Subway Performers In Manhattan.
Click here to see some more great pictures, the street musicians where taught the music and lyrics by Oasis and then spread out to the streets and subways of New York City.
If you recorded a video of any of the performances, TheMusic.FM encourages you to visit youtube.com/group/oasisnyc and click “add a video” (while logged in to your youtube account) and add your video to our group!
Source: TheMusic.FM & Flickr
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Oasis Fans Rush For Tickets In Paris
Tickets for Oasis' next show were on sale this morning September 13th at the Bataclan in Paris (France) for their concert at the end of the month (September 30th).
Price: 39 euros
1000 tickets were on sale at noon (1200 capacity), the queue was impressive going around the block.
Source: rockerparis.blogspot.com
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New York City Street Musicians Play New Oasis Songs
The British rock band teaches eclectic artists their music and lyrics to promote the new album.
Source: New York Post
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Pictures Of Liam Gallagher From 'Rockin' On' Japanese Magazine
Taken from the October 2008 issue of Rockin' On magazine from Japan.
Arigatou gozaimasu to Chiaki
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