On This Day In Oasis History...

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" is a song by British rock band Oasis. It was released as the second single from Heathen Chemistry on 17 June 2002, peaking at number two in the UK charts. It went silver in the UK.

The song is an "epic weepy" anthem in the spirit of "Don't Look Back in Anger", reassuringly advising that in times of hardship, simply get over it and get on with your life. Noel Gallagher explained the song saying "A friend of mine was going through a pretty bad time and I sort of wrote it with him in mind."

Noel Gallagher had great expectations for the song, saying "I hope it does for us what 'Don't Look Back In Anger' did... I didn't want it as a single because I thought we'd done all that before, but everyone's going, 'You're fucking mad.'". NME said, 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' [is where] you really start rolling out the red carpet. A return to the long lost humanism of 'Don't Look Back In Anger', it's a reminder of Noel's knack of cheering up his audience just when they need it most." Q magazine held up the song as proof that "genius never completely left Oasis".





















"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" was one of the songs played during the end credits of the movie, The Butterfly Effect, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. It has been on the TV show Smallville too. The song also appeared after England's defeats in the 2002 Football World Cup and the 2006-07 Ashes. Noel Gallagher dedicated it to the English football team before playing it at the 2004 Glastonbury Festival. The song is also featured in the film Made of Honor, Starring Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan and appears towards the end of the film.

This blog and my Oasis site was named after the song.



Track listing

CD RKIDSCD 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32
"Shout It Out Loud" - 4:20

7" RKID 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32

12" RKID 24T
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:02
"Thank You for the Good Times" - 4:32
"Shout It Out Loud" - 4:20

DVD RKIDSDVD 24
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - 5:03
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (demo) - 5:08
10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion - Pt. Two - 7:24
"10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion - Pt. Two" is the second part of a feature covering 48 hours on the road with Oasis during the Tour of Brotherly Love which took place in the USA with the Black Crowes during May and June 2001.

Last Chance To Vote For Noel Gallagher As 'Best Live Act' At The Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards

Noel Gallagher is in the Top 30 shortlist for the Best Live Act Award at the Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards.

It's really easy to vote on the Nordoff Robbins’ website www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/bestliveact.

The vote is live now and closes on 17 June 2013. The winner will be announced at the O2 Silver Clef Awards on Friday 28 June 2013.

All those who vote will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a £500 Ticketmaster giftcard or 4 VIP tickets to a concert at the O2 (subject to availability).

Please visit www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/bestliveact to read more about how the shortlist was compiled.

Beady Eye On The New Album, Demos And More

Beady Eye interview excerpt from Clash Magazine.

There were a lot of songs demoed. How many did you originally have, and what happened to them all?

Andy: Well, at the end of our demos we had twenty-one things but they weren't all songs. One of them was just sort of noises...

Gem: That was the thing that kind of hooked [Dave]. We sent him five songs and he went, 'These are really strong, have you got any more?' So we thought we should send him the lot, because you should be open. And in amongst that there was a thereemin solo and he went, 'Right, you guys' songs are really strong - do you want to go there?' We went, 'Absolutely', and he went, 'Perfect!' Because he didn't know if we were going to be precious and uptight or 'this is how it is', you know? That was it. And then we attempted to record them all in five weeks.

Andy: That was the only battle, really, being up against it with the time in the studio. Dave was trying to get the number of songs down to cut his workload down but we just wouldn't let him do it. Towards the end of every week he just kind of said, 'You know guys, over the weekend can you have a little think about the priorities?' And we would be like, 'Yup'.

Gem: Until the fourth week in and he was like, 'Can you guys make a fucking list?!' And we thought, We've only got one more weekend to put him off and we will have done the lot!'

Andy: We came out with eighteen.

Gem: 'Second Bite Of The Apple' was the last song to be recorded. Initially it was Liam going, 'Fuck it, we're doing the lot, man, because you never know.' And that's the point of working with a producer: the possibilities are there, everything is up for grabs, and you just don't know until you get your hands dirty.

Liam: It was a good song, but if we hadn't have kept at doing it, it wouldn't have turned out like that. You've got to give every song a chance, because shit can happen. You can bring it in dressed like summat, and it can come out dressed like summat else.

So it surprises you as much as it does anyone else?

Liam: Yeah. The first idea might not be the best idea - it might be your third or your fourth. And we're up for that, man, we've always been up for that. In Oasis it wasn't so much - it was pretty much: 'This is if, boom, 'That's it', and that's what we do. But with Beady Eye, the world is our oyster, man. We can do what the fuck we want, because we're all for going with the flow, you know what I mean?

Clash Magazine is on sale now!

New Oasis T-Shirts From Microdot's Brian Cannon

Brought to you by Brian Cannon at Microdot - the man responsible for all Oasis artwork in the nineties. The image on the shirt is a direct scan from Brian's un-played copy of the Acquiesce promo on Creation Records 1995.

The shirts themselves are Gildan brand 'Ultra Cotton' a premium pre shrunk, heavyweight garment.

For more details click here.

Beady Eye Forced To Scale Back Party Plans After The Voice

Rock-n-roll hellraiser Liam Gallagher was forced to scale back plans for a booze-fuelled aftershow party at The Voice last night - after refusing to cough-up for a mammoth drinks order.

The former Oasis star - who performed live on the BBC1 show last night - had requested thousands of pounds worth of alcohol on a rider list for his band Beady Eye.

But he was told the only free refreshments on offer were Water and fruit.

He had ordered several bottles of Verve champagne, spirits and crates of beer from the studio bar.

But after the Champagne Supernova singer, 40, was delivered a bill by Pinewood Studios totalling around £2,000, they had to send most of the booze back.

A source said: “Liam and his management had initially ordered copious amounts of champagne and spirits for a booze session after their performance on The Voice.

"They planned a lavish party for a load of his friends and family at the studio bar.

“From his hell-raising days with Oasis, Liam is used to huge amounts of alcohol and treats being laid on during world tours.

"They’d draw up a list of want they wanted and it would all be complimentary.

“But it’s a bit different when you’re doing a gig at the BBC - they are very conscious about keeping a tight budget. The only thing free is water and fruit.

“They obviously got a bit carried away with the amount of booze they had pre-ordered and when the bill came in, they had to halve it, taking off a lot of the champagne and spirits.

“They were left with just a lot of beer.

"They’ve all been getting very hyped up about the performance so it was a bit disappointing when they realised they were going to have to fork out so much money for the booze.”

Liam performed Beady Eye’s new single Second Bit Of The Apple for the live semi-final of the BBC1 show.

Robbie Williams, 39, and Dizzee Rascal, 27, were also at the studios doing a pre-record of their single Goin’ Crazy for next week’s final.

Voice host Holly Willoughby, 32, was so looking forward to the drinking session that she tweeted the band’s guitarist Andy Bell, 42, and said: “Cant wait, lots of fun to be had! #tequila?”

Meanwhile Voice coach Will.I.Am, 38, doesn’t order a rider when he performs because he doesn’t want to waste money.

The show insider added: “Will would not be impressed with Liam Gallagher’s long rider list.

"He’s been trying to teach the artists that there’s no need to spend money on crazy elaborate requests for backstage.”

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Video: Beady Eye Performing Second Bite Of The Apple On 'The Voice'

The video below is of Beady Eye performing 'Second Bite Of The Apple' from their second album 'BE' live on 'The Voice' yesterday.

Watch A Preview Of A Beady Eye Documentary That Will Air Next Week

Noisey Films is proud to present the trailer for their new documentary with Liam Gallagher and Beady Eye.


Over the past couple of months, Noisey has had exclusive access to one of the most iconic figures in British music as he tries to step out of the shadows of Oasis with the release of Beady Eye's second album 'Be.' Will the discerning choices of Dave Sitek on production and Trevor Jackson on design allow them to become an artistic endeavor in their own right?

From rehearsals and interviews to instores and playbacks, Noisey documents the story of our kid as he and his band attempt to prove that they are more than the sum of their parts and that this record will take them in a new direction. In Liam's own words "I wouldn't put it out if I was nervous. I hope people like it. If they don't they can go fuck themselves."

The full-length film will premiere on Noisey next week.

Gallery: Liam Gallagher In Manchester

Click here to see a number of pictures of Liam Gallagher in Manchester earlier this week.

Mega Gallery: Beady Eye Acoustic Set In Glasgow

Click here to see a number of pictures from Beady Eye's in store appearance at HMV in Glasgow earlier this week.

Thanks to AG

Gallery: Beady Eye In INROCK Magazine

Below are a number of pictures from INROCK magazine that is on sale now in Japan.

Thanks to Mari

Beady Eye To Appear On 'The Voice' Later Today

Beady Eye will be appearing on BBC's The voice later today (June 15th) at 7pm on BBC 1.

BBC1 HD, BBC1 (UK Only)
7pm - 9:10pm
Saturday 15th June

Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates present the live semi-final of the singing competition. Remaining acts Ash, Matt, Joseph, Mike, Andrea, Karl, Leah and Cleo each perform a carefully selected song before taking part in a group number with their coaches for the first time, hoping to persuade viewers to vote them into the final. Musical guests Beady Eye and Avril Lavigne and Robbie Williams also take to the stage while the audience at home makes its decision.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from June 15th 1994, when Oasis performed on Nulle Part Aulleurs in France.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from June 15th 2000, when Oasis played the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.

Liam Gallagher Says Stone Roses Fans Should Expect Them 'To Be On Fire' In Glasgow Today

Liam Gallagher says the Stone Roses will light up the stage with their talent when they play Scotland today.

Beady Eye star Liam rolled out of Glasgow yesterday after playing an in-store show and a signing session for hundreds of fans at Glasgow’s HMV on Wednesday night.

His departure from the city coincides with the arrivals of his pals the Stone Roses, who play their headline show at Glasgow Green today.

Though Liam won’t be at today’s massive outdoor gig because his band are appearing on tonight’s televised The Voice semi-final, he says Scots will be in for ­something special as the Stone Roses return.

“I’ve seen the Roses a lot,” Liam told the Razz.

“We’ve got a gig with them in Japan.

“I’ve seen them in Dubai and I’ve seen them about 10 times since they got back.

“I don’t want that to be Stone Roses on tap.

“They are a special band. They mean a lot to me so I can’t go see them every time they play.

“I don’t want it to be the norm. I want it to stay special.

“They are a mega-band. They have mega songs and when they are on fire, like any band, they can move you.”

The Stone Roses’ return to Glasgow Green is the second time they have played there after a 1990 show to 10,000 fans which has gone down in rock history.

Also playing in the run up to their headline slot are the View, Jake Bugg and veteran rockers Primal Scream.

And former Oasis singer Liam recalled how being a fan of the Stone Roses inspired him to get involved in making music in the first place.

He said: “I knew by looking at the Roses and the bands I liked there was more depth to making music than being recognised in the street or buying a fast car or taking drugs and that.

“It was deeper than that. I tried to do that with our kid and our band.”

He told how he hd to miss the Roses show in order perform on the The Voice with Beady Eye.

Liam, whose band are back with an album called Be, said: “I’m heading back. What have I got to do? We’ve got to do The Voice tomorrow night.

“As much as I’d like to see the Roses, I’ve got to do my own thing.

“It’s far more ­important.

“The Voice is The Voice.

“I’ll be getting on there and I won’t be licking a***.

“I’ll be doing exactly what I do, whether it is that or Jools Holland’s ­supercool show. I’m just doing it.”

But Liam will return with Beady Eye for a show at ­Glasgow’s ABC next Saturday.

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Video: Beady Eye Talk Through BE Track By Track

In the video below Beady Eye talk through BE track by track.

Behind The Scenes With Beady Eye

Behind the scenes on Clash's photo shoot with Beady Eye. Check out our exclusive feature in issue 86 - a special, double-cover edition.

 

Moving Portraits Of Liam Gallagher To Be Shown At Free London Exhibition

The three-minute HD video portraits, 16ft tall, will be projected onto the Royal Albert Hall's gallery walls.

"Moving portraits" of artists including Liam Gallagher and Miles Kane are to be shown at a free exhibition in London later this week (June).

Face To Face: The Moving Portrait will also feature video portraits of The Maccabees, Azealia Banks and Wretch 32, among others. The exhibition's free open evening takes place from 6pm-9pm this Sunday, June 16 at London's Royal Albert Hall.

During the exhibition, the three-minute HD video portraits - which are 16ft in height - will be projected onto the Royal Albert Hall's gallery walls. According to the exhibition blurb, "this enables the viewer to study each subject up close and personal, providing them with an intimacy into the character of each artist that they have never been seen before".

Face To Face: The Moving Portrait is the work of Tom Oxley, who has created several new works especially for the Royal Albert Hall exhibition, including portraits of Queens Of The Stone Age, Haim and MS MR.

Further information about the exhibition is available on the Royal Albert Hall website.

Source: www.nme.com

Beady Eye's Andy Bell Talks About Dave Sitek, Sitars, Oasis Reunions And More

Beady Eye’s softly-spoken guitarist Andy Bell opens up to Michael Hartt about working with Dave Sitek and admits that if Oasis were to reform, he’d be there in a flash.

Having been greeted by a somewhat lacklustre reception, both critically and commercial, with their first album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, Beady Eye have returned with their second album, BE. The record sees Liam Gallagher and his ex-Oasis cohorts Gem Archer, Chris Sharrock and Andy Bell pursuing different sonic terrain to the swaggering rockers of their first outing. With the aid of TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek on production duties, their second outing is a spacier, more adventurous affair.

When I reach guitarist Andy Bell he is a laid back mood and in his softly-spoken Oxford accent talks passionately about how Dave Sitek helped Beady Eye find their new sound, learning the sitar and those ever-present Oasis reunion rumours.

On a scale of one to 10, how surreal was it to play the Olympic closing ceremony last year?
Oh, it was brilliant. It was a 10, without a doubt. It’s just something that, when you get the chance to do it, you’d be insane to turn it down. The experience of it was brilliant and it was a really, really funny day out as well. There was one bit where we were walking from our dressing room to the stage and the acts and crowds of extras that we were passing as we were going by was just like being inside some, I don’t know, Liberace’s acid trip or something. There were troops of Indian Maharajas riding elephants, then you’d have break-dancers and the Spice Girls would be passing. Basically all the bits and pieces from all the other acts were all milling around through these backstage areas as we walked through. It was a really insane but very enjoyable moment; even more so because I was miming so I didn’t have to do anything really. I just stood there and pretend to play guitar. Liam had to sing live though.

What was the recording process like for BE; how long did you spend in the studio?
We only had five weeks booked with Dave Sitek but we worked fast and we finished 18 songs. We did that in four weeks. In the last week we basically left Dave and his assistant to get on with what they were doing and we kind of chilled.

We recorded it in a studio in Richmond, about an hour from London, which is called State Of The Ark. It’s a private studio owned by a successful songwriter who wrote a lot of hits for Tina Turner and Cliff Richard. His name’s Terry Britten. [Ed: Britton was a member of Australian band The Twilights with Glenn Shorrock in the 1960s].He’s an interesting guy. Obviously he doesn’t have to work anymore, he’s got this studio and he just kind of potters around. He used to always bring in weird pedals for me to try out. Little prototypes of things. He’s working on a really cool idea for a stereo guitar where half the strings go through to half the amplifier and half go through to the other side. I’ve ordered one.

That must have appealed to the shoegazer in you?
Totally man. Anything that makes guitars sound weirder.

How does Beady Eye work in terms of song writing? So you, Gem and Liam work on the songs then bring them to one another or is it more collaborative?
It’s slowly changing but basically we bring them in. I’ll explain how it works and this has been the same for both albums. After the Oasis break-up, we were back in a room working on new music weeks after we’d split because that’s all we really knew how to do. We went straight into demoing mode because I think we were a bit unsure how to deal with it all. We hit on this formula where Liam would bring a song and we’d work on that for a week or so; this was in Gem’s home studio. We’d work on Liam’s song, finish everything that needs finishing with it, record a demo and then the next week we’d move on to mine or Gem’s and we’d go round in that same order. So you’re more or less bringing something in to polish up, that you’re ready to work on with the band.

That’s the formula we used on both albums but then we kind of changed it with this new one, slightly towards the end. We were just finishing up and we knew we had a set number of days with Dave left and Liam had a great burst of inspiration where he came out with three songs at once, which were ‘Soul Love’, ‘Evil Eye’ and one more. We also hadn’t finished ‘Flick Of The Finger’, which was an instrumental demo that we had knocking about years before called ‘Velvet Building’, which had no words, no actual song or anything. It was just the riff with Liam singing over it. We really liked it and Liam suggested that me and Gem finish it off for him. So working on ‘Flick Of The Finger’ was the first time that we’ve taken a song from that little start until completion. It was a true collaboration between the three of us.

The tracks on BE tend to have a bit more space to them as opposed to the full-on rock ‘n’ roll of the first album. Was it a case of using the studio more or messing with arrangements?
I’d credit that as probably the biggest contribution Dave Sitek [brought] to what we do. I think in the past, we’ve kind of seen records as places to just fill every corner with dense sound and it’s taken Dave to make us question that by saying , “How about having a section where almost nothing happens, almost nothing changes and you just have some time to think or just enjoy the moment?” When you take that thought and run with it then you get some of the moments on this album, which are really the best bits. The end of ‘Don’t Brother Me’, the end of ‘Soul Love’, some of the middle sections of songs kind of seem to open out. It’s quite freeing to realise you can do that. It was really good and I credit Dave for that, without a doubt. He brought that in.

Would you it be fair to say that, musically and lyrically, BE is a far more introverted record than Different Gear, Still Speeding?
Yeah, definitely. Again, the production brings that out because it does feature the voice front and centre and some of those tunes that have the more introspective subject matter are now sonically way more interesting than they could have been. They’re the ones you’re drawn to. Like ‘Don’t Brother Me’, which was an acoustic tune originally and that became this cosmic epic. Conversely, as song like ‘Ballroom Figured’ we had a band arrangement for that and it was brought down to guitar and voice which gave it that intimacy.

Is that you playing sitar at the end of ‘Don’t Brother Me’?
Yeah, it is. I bought one for the first album because we used it on ‘Millionaire’. In true Brian Jones fashion, I bought the thing in the morning and put the overdub on it about an hour later. I tuned it all to the right notes and then put it away for the next two years and then brought it out for this outro. One day I want to do the whole George Harrison thing and go to India and learn how to play it properly. It’s fairly hard with the sitar to tune it to the song you’re doing and pick out some notes that sound good but I’d like to be decent at it someday.

It seems like something people dedicate their lives to learning.
It’s amazing. I’ve seen films of Ravi [Shankar] teaching George to play it. I think the timing’s really important in Indian music. It’s always really odd counts per bar. There’s a formula that they have to learn so it’s kind of like remember a bank statement or something. It’s counting to five, then it’s counting to three, then it’s counting to seven. You’re basically playing music to a formula, a very complicated formula. When you do it right, it sounds great. If everyone’s doing the same thing; when you have a tabla layer playing at the same time, it’s really good.

Given that it’s only been four years since Oasis split, do you find the continuing press about a possible reunion detracts and distracts from what you’re doing now?
It doesn’t really bother me. All it really says to me is that people still care about Oasis in the same way that I do occasionally get asked about Ride as well; about whether we’ll reunite. To me, I kind of put it in the same category as things I would like to happen. I’ve got no problem doing it at all. If the Oasis thing came up, I’d be there like a shot but it’s something that relies on Noel and Liam. I don’t know if it’s likely to happen in this millennium really.

What about Ride then?
Similar deal really. Ride is more like something that’s on the backburner where all of us have said “Yeah, that’d be really nice to do one day”, but we’re all really busy. We’ve all got lots of things going on – music and other things. It’s something that I don’t wanna leave forever. I think right now I’ve got unfinished business to work out with Beady Eye and we have to get to a certain point before I’d consider taking a bit of time off from it. I just think it’s not that time right now. We’ve got a lot going on and we’re fully committed to it.

Is part of that unfinished business coming to Australia this time after not touring here on the first Beady Eye album?
We’re definitely going to Australia this time. I keep hearing conversations about it. We wanted to last time as well but we didn’t. This time we definitely are.

Beadyy Eye’s BE is out now through Sony.

Source: www.fasterlouder.com.au

Oasis Stalwart Is Fired Up About A Return To Spotlight

Is there life after Oasis? Well, the Gallagher brothers are both treading fairly successful, if lower-profile, paths since the demise in 2009 of the erstwhile mega-group.

Liam and the rest of the band continue as Beady Eye, while Noel ventured into a solo project called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

But what of founding member Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, rhythm guitar player in young pre-Gallaghers Manchester outfit The Rain, and stalwartly on stage in the Oasis glory years from 1991-1999?

Well, he might not have been in the mainstream spotlight, but he's been beavering away quietly in the small basement studio he built after he quit the band to enjoy family life with his wife and their son and daughter, now aged 18 and 16.

"Oasis was an incredibly tense band to be part of," recalls Paul. "The sheer volume of gigs we did was crazy and we never had a day off. The fun went out of it for me and you can't carry on unless you are 100 per cent committed. I think overall the highs outweighed the lows, though."

There have been some wanderings into the live arena with other musical collaborators in The Vortex, some DJ sets and radio show hosting around Manchester. But now comes Parlour Flames – the project Paul, now 47, feels he has been waiting for.

This time it's a collaboration with Manchester musician and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes); their eponymous self-produced album was released last month on Cherry Red Records and now they are in the middle of a UK-wide tour that brings them to Bristol and Glastonbury Festival later this month. The album is an intriguing quasi-psychedelic pop creation that's rich in lyrical reminiscence and features some delicious brass arrangements. Paul is absolutely delighted with it.

"It almost feels like it did in 1994 – you really enjoy something and it is really what you want to do," he declares. "Vinny is a proper storyteller – he talks about love and life and death. His lyrics are like a good book. After Oasis I got together with Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke from The Smiths and they became Vinny's drummer and bass player, so I got to know him through them.

"We became good friends and kept saying we should do something together; as soon as we did, it just gelled. Two songs turned into four, then six, then an album."

Paul admits he surprised himself with some of the intricate guitar work using an e-bow.
"I'm known for hammering those big Bonehead chords and there's some quite delicate stuff on the record," he says. "We really tried to better ourselves on it and that was easier because we had no outside pressures or time constraints."

One of the hardest challenges was deciding on a name; Vinny finally came up with Parlour Flames.

"I think it conjures up a lovely old-fashioned imagery that is romantic and comforting," says Paul, who hasn't been back to Cornwall since Oasis "attempted to re-record" Definitely, Maybe at Sawmills Studio by the River Fowey in 1994.

Convincing people to listen is the next hurdle, but there is still a heartening core support from Oasis fans.

"We aren't two teenage boys aiming for world domination, but we have both made something we are really pleased with and we can't wait to play it to people," he adds.
Parlour Flames play at Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, on Friday, June 21, the Fleece in Bristol on June 22 and Glastonbury Festival on June 28. Call the venue for tickets.

Source: www.thisissomerset.co.uk

Beady Eye Signing Copies Of Their New Album In Cardiff Later Today

Beady Eye will be signing copies of their new album 'BE' later today at 5.30pm at HMV in Cardiff.

Details can be found here.