Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing at the Open Air Gampel in Switzerland on the 18th August!
Tickets are available from here.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing at the Open Air Gampel in Switzerland on the 18th August!
Tickets are available from here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play In Switzerland In August
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be playing at the Open Air Gampel in Switzerland on the 18th August!
Tickets are available from here.
Alan White
Andy Bell
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
'The Hindu Times' is a song by English rock group Oasis, and was the first single to be released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry on 15 April 2002. It was written by Noel Gallagher. Noel got the name "The Hindu Times" from a t-shirt he saw in a charity shop. The song was the band's sixth UK #1 single, staying on top for one week before being dislodged by the Sugababes' "Freak Like Me".
The title has little to do with the lyrics of the song, which are more in the vein of Definitely Maybe's "Rock 'n' Roll Star". It has been speculated that the title refers to the main riffs' similarity to Indian music in sound, sounding as if they were played on a sitar. Gallagher himself says that it is because he had already named the song before any lyrics were written for it.
The song, which combines the powerful fast rock of their earlier work with the psychedelic feel of their later work, was one of the first Oasis singles since (What's the Story) Morning Glory to receive almost unanimously positive reviews from the critics. However, some fans have criticised the song, stating that the main guitar riff was lifted from the Stereophonics song, "Same Size Feet", which was released in 1997 on their Word Gets Around album and uses the exact same, or at least very similar, guitar riff.
The song was unveiled during Oasis' Autumn 2001 Noise and Confusion Tour. The song was due to be released commercially at the same time but Noel decided the track needed more work done on it to be suitable for release.
The B-side, "Just Getting Older", was written at the time of the release of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.
Track listing
CD RKIDSCD 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03: "Idler's Dream" - 2:57
7" RKID 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
12" RKID 23T
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03:"Idler's Dream" - 2:57
DVD RKIDSDVD 23
"The Hindu Times" - 3:53
"The Hindu Times" (demo) - 4:32
10 Minutes Of Noise And Confusion - Pt One - 9:26
The demo version of The Hindu Times is radically different from the finished album version. Most of the lyrics (sung by Noel) are different, and the slower sound of the song is much more "grungy", with a heavy drum loop running throughout the song. It is also a semitone higher in the demo.
The "10 Minutes..." documentary is the first part of a unique 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.
On This Day In Oasis History...
'The Hindu Times' is a song by English rock group Oasis, and was the first single to be released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry on 15 April 2002. It was written by Noel Gallagher. Noel got the name "The Hindu Times" from a t-shirt he saw in a charity shop. The song was the band's sixth UK #1 single, staying on top for one week before being dislodged by the Sugababes' "Freak Like Me".
The title has little to do with the lyrics of the song, which are more in the vein of Definitely Maybe's "Rock 'n' Roll Star". It has been speculated that the title refers to the main riffs' similarity to Indian music in sound, sounding as if they were played on a sitar. Gallagher himself says that it is because he had already named the song before any lyrics were written for it.
The song, which combines the powerful fast rock of their earlier work with the psychedelic feel of their later work, was one of the first Oasis singles since (What's the Story) Morning Glory to receive almost unanimously positive reviews from the critics. However, some fans have criticised the song, stating that the main guitar riff was lifted from the Stereophonics song, "Same Size Feet", which was released in 1997 on their Word Gets Around album and uses the exact same, or at least very similar, guitar riff.
The song was unveiled during Oasis' Autumn 2001 Noise and Confusion Tour. The song was due to be released commercially at the same time but Noel decided the track needed more work done on it to be suitable for release.
The B-side, "Just Getting Older", was written at the time of the release of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.
Track listing
CD RKIDSCD 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03: "Idler's Dream" - 2:57
7" RKID 23
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
12" RKID 23T
01: "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
02: "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
03:"Idler's Dream" - 2:57
DVD RKIDSDVD 23
"The Hindu Times" - 3:53
"The Hindu Times" (demo) - 4:32
10 Minutes Of Noise And Confusion - Pt One - 9:26
The demo version of The Hindu Times is radically different from the finished album version. Most of the lyrics (sung by Noel) are different, and the slower sound of the song is much more "grungy", with a heavy drum loop running throughout the song. It is also a semitone higher in the demo.
The "10 Minutes..." documentary is the first part of a unique 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.
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Zenith in Munich, Germany.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Munich
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Zenith in Munich, Germany.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany (April 15th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Cologne
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany (April 15th).
Noel Gallagher
Record Store Day is quite literally, right round the corner. On Saturday (April 16), vinyl enthusiasts will convene in record shops across the UK to nab some exclusive and limited edition discs. One of the hottest releases will be a brand new set of Noel Gallagher remixes - and you can hear one of them here.
‘The Mexican’, from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds second album ‘Chasing Yesterday’, has been remixed by French-born producer The Reflex (Nicholas Laugier) and will be able for fans to buy on 12” picture disc.
The release, entitled ‘El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Remixes)’, will feature three new mixes, including a vocal mix, a dub reworking and the instrumental remix from the disco producer.
The tracklist for 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Remixes)' is:
1. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Vocal Mix)'
2. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion‘ Dub Mix)'
3. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion‘ Instrumental)
Source: www.nme.com
Listen To The Remix For Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ‘The Mexican’
Record Store Day is quite literally, right round the corner. On Saturday (April 16), vinyl enthusiasts will convene in record shops across the UK to nab some exclusive and limited edition discs. One of the hottest releases will be a brand new set of Noel Gallagher remixes - and you can hear one of them here.
‘The Mexican’, from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds second album ‘Chasing Yesterday’, has been remixed by French-born producer The Reflex (Nicholas Laugier) and will be able for fans to buy on 12” picture disc.
The release, entitled ‘El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Remixes)’, will feature three new mixes, including a vocal mix, a dub reworking and the instrumental remix from the disco producer.
The tracklist for 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Remixes)' is:
1. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion’ Vocal Mix)'
2. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion‘ Dub Mix)'
3. 'El Mexicano (The Reflex ‘La Revolucion‘ Instrumental)
Source: www.nme.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Zenith in Munich, Germany (April 14th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Munich
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Zenith in Munich, Germany (April 14th).
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has had his say on the line-up for this years Glastonbury Festival and if he will be playing at the event.
He told the NME “No. They’re yet to ask or make a serious offer. But I am going. The line-up isn’t exactly great though. Not talking about the headliners, but the entire thing… I think, ‘What am I going to see?’ ELO, they’re good. I try to go every year with the missus. We didn’t go last year so we’re going this year and I have the time off.”
He also spoke about the length of his current tour promoting his High Flying Birds album 'Chasing Yesterday' he said “I started this tour last March, it’s been a long one. Tours get longer as the record industry dwindles. No one is going to give up their lifestyle because no one buys records, so you just tour for longer.”
Noel Gallagher On Glastonbury And Touring
Noel Gallagher has had his say on the line-up for this years Glastonbury Festival and if he will be playing at the event.
He told the NME “No. They’re yet to ask or make a serious offer. But I am going. The line-up isn’t exactly great though. Not talking about the headliners, but the entire thing… I think, ‘What am I going to see?’ ELO, they’re good. I try to go every year with the missus. We didn’t go last year so we’re going this year and I have the time off.”
He also spoke about the length of his current tour promoting his High Flying Birds album 'Chasing Yesterday' he said “I started this tour last March, it’s been a long one. Tours get longer as the record industry dwindles. No one is going to give up their lifestyle because no one buys records, so you just tour for longer.”
Noel Gallagher
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher has revealed to NME that he is "halfway through making" his next album.
The former Oasis guitarist released 'Chasing Yesterday' in February 2015, his second album release with band the High Flying Birds. It followed on from their 2011 self-titled debut.
Speaking in a new interview with NME, in which Gallagher discussed The Stone Roses' new album and Glastonbury, Noel said: "I'm halfway through making a record now. I'll be back in [the studio] during May when I have some time. Then I'll get it finished by Christmas, hopefully."
"That is absolutely best-case scenario, that it's done in time for Christmas and I'll be able to sit on my arse for three months at the start of 2017, watching Man City's glorious run to football domination."
He did, however, go on to stress how this is his "best case scenario" but that things have "a habit of going tits up and I won't finish it this year and I'll still be working on it this time next year. You never know".
Asked what his third LP might sound like, Gallagher replied: "I don't like talking about it until it's finished, because many a record was bought and sold off people saying 'This is my Sgt Pepper' and then you hear it and you think 'what the fuck are you on about?'".
Source: www.nme.com
Noel Gallagher Says He Is 'Doing Something Different' With His Third Album
Noel Gallagher has revealed to NME that he is "halfway through making" his next album.
The former Oasis guitarist released 'Chasing Yesterday' in February 2015, his second album release with band the High Flying Birds. It followed on from their 2011 self-titled debut.
Speaking in a new interview with NME, in which Gallagher discussed The Stone Roses' new album and Glastonbury, Noel said: "I'm halfway through making a record now. I'll be back in [the studio] during May when I have some time. Then I'll get it finished by Christmas, hopefully."
"That is absolutely best-case scenario, that it's done in time for Christmas and I'll be able to sit on my arse for three months at the start of 2017, watching Man City's glorious run to football domination."
He did, however, go on to stress how this is his "best case scenario" but that things have "a habit of going tits up and I won't finish it this year and I'll still be working on it this time next year. You never know".
Asked what his third LP might sound like, Gallagher replied: "I don't like talking about it until it's finished, because many a record was bought and sold off people saying 'This is my Sgt Pepper' and then you hear it and you think 'what the fuck are you on about?'".
Source: www.nme.com
Lionel Messi
Noel Gallagher
Below is an interview with Noel Gallagher shot in Buenos Aires, he talks to as about Buenos Aires, C.A. Boca Juniors, his visit to an Adidas vintage shop in Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi, Manchester City, his new album and more.
Thanks to Kul Britania
Noel Gallagher On His New Album, Adidas, Argentina, Lionel Messi And More
Below is an interview with Noel Gallagher shot in Buenos Aires, he talks to as about Buenos Aires, C.A. Boca Juniors, his visit to an Adidas vintage shop in Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi, Manchester City, his new album and more.
Thanks to Kul Britania
This Feeling
A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?
A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Vienna
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Bob Geldof
Noel Gallagher
Bob Geldof examines the life and work of 20th-century poet William Butler Yeats. He argues that Yeats brought about immense change in Ireland's struggle for independence.
Click here and skip to 1:22:00 to watch Noel read 'Remorse For Intemperate Speech' sitting in a studio with Sir Bob (UK Only).
Watch Noel Gallagher Read 'Remorse For Intemperate Speech'
Bob Geldof examines the life and work of 20th-century poet William Butler Yeats. He argues that Yeats brought about immense change in Ireland's struggle for independence.
Click here and skip to 1:22:00 to watch Noel read 'Remorse For Intemperate Speech' sitting in a studio with Sir Bob (UK Only).
Dele Alli
Harry Kane
Jamie Vardy
Noel Gallagher
Roy Hodgson
Wayne Rooney
Noel Gallagher believes Leicester and Tottenham players should make up the core of team following their high-flying Premier League season.
Roy Hodgson is set to reveal which players he will take to the summer’s European Championship finals in a squad announcement on May 12.
The Three Lions boss has previously insisted he will not overlook players who helped the side through their unbeaten qualifying campaign, although the emergence of a number of young stars have put the places of some of the regular crop under threat.
The likes of Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier plus Leicester striker Jamie Vardy have starred at club level this term and excelled on an international stage in recent games for England.
And Gallagher believes Hodgson would disgrace himself if he continues to stick with the old guard despite having a number of exciting prospects at his disposal.
“If Harry Kane, Dele Alli and all that mob don’t start that first game, then the manager is in disrepute I’m afraid,” the High Flying Birds frontman told the Sports Bar.
“And if Wayne Rooney gets on that pitch it would be a disgrace. If that happens it would just about sum up English football.
“For me, you would just pick the best English players from the Leicester squad and the best English players from the Tottenham squad, and all the rest will just make up the numbers.
“Between the two teams they’ve lost about five games [it’s actually seven] all season. It’s unbelievable.
“Rooney is the captain, so that would cause too much of an uproar if he doesn’t get in the team, but really he shouldn’t get anywhere near it.”
Listen to Noel Gallagher on England, his beloved Man City and more here!
Noel Gallagher On Manchester City, Leicester City, Tottenham, England's Euro 2016 Chances And More
Noel Gallagher believes Leicester and Tottenham players should make up the core of team following their high-flying Premier League season.
Roy Hodgson is set to reveal which players he will take to the summer’s European Championship finals in a squad announcement on May 12.
The Three Lions boss has previously insisted he will not overlook players who helped the side through their unbeaten qualifying campaign, although the emergence of a number of young stars have put the places of some of the regular crop under threat.
The likes of Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier plus Leicester striker Jamie Vardy have starred at club level this term and excelled on an international stage in recent games for England.
And Gallagher believes Hodgson would disgrace himself if he continues to stick with the old guard despite having a number of exciting prospects at his disposal.
“If Harry Kane, Dele Alli and all that mob don’t start that first game, then the manager is in disrepute I’m afraid,” the High Flying Birds frontman told the Sports Bar.
“And if Wayne Rooney gets on that pitch it would be a disgrace. If that happens it would just about sum up English football.
“For me, you would just pick the best English players from the Leicester squad and the best English players from the Tottenham squad, and all the rest will just make up the numbers.
“Between the two teams they’ve lost about five games [it’s actually seven] all season. It’s unbelievable.
“Rooney is the captain, so that would cause too much of an uproar if he doesn’t get in the team, but really he shouldn’t get anywhere near it.”
Listen to Noel Gallagher on England, his beloved Man City and more here!
Ian Brown
Noel Gallagher
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher says the new Stone Roses album has put the band in the same mindset as when they recorded their classic debut.
Gallagher, who first dropped hints about the band "blooming" last year, recently bumped into Roses' frontman Ian Brown at a supermarket where he learned about their new music and also chocolate shower gel.
"I am very excited, for them mainly," Gallagher told NME of the band's return. "They're going to play some new songs. I bumped into Ian in a supermarket recently. He was buying chocolate flavoured shower gel. This is not a joke. He leant and said 'have you tried this?' and I said of course I hadn't. He swears by it, says it's amazing. And before it turned into a photoshoot with everyone and their cameraphones, he was telling me how excited they are by it all. He said it was like they were making their first record again."
Source: www.nme.com
Noel Gallagher On The Stone Roses New Album
Noel Gallagher says the new Stone Roses album has put the band in the same mindset as when they recorded their classic debut.
Gallagher, who first dropped hints about the band "blooming" last year, recently bumped into Roses' frontman Ian Brown at a supermarket where he learned about their new music and also chocolate shower gel.
"I am very excited, for them mainly," Gallagher told NME of the band's return. "They're going to play some new songs. I bumped into Ian in a supermarket recently. He was buying chocolate flavoured shower gel. This is not a joke. He leant and said 'have you tried this?' and I said of course I hadn't. He swears by it, says it's amazing. And before it turned into a photoshoot with everyone and their cameraphones, he was telling me how excited they are by it all. He said it was like they were making their first record again."
Source: www.nme.com
Noel Gallagher
Richard Ashcroft
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be taking part in Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park on the 26th August!
Tickets are on sale now and can be bought here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play In Glasgow In August
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be taking part in Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park on the 26th August!
Tickets are on sale now and can be bought here.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria (April 12th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Vienna
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Gasometer in Vienna, Austria (April 12th).
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the X-tra in Zurich, Switzerland.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
The Dying of the Light
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Zurich
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the X-tra in Zurich, Switzerland.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Talk Tonight
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
The Dying of the Light
Sad Song
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
The Mexican
Half the World Away
Listen Up
If I Had a Gun...
Digsy's Dinner
The Masterplan
Wonderwall
AKA... What a Life!
Don't Look Back in Anger
Source: www.setlist.fm
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will travel to Denmark to play Copenhagen's DR Concerthouse on Thursday 11th August!
Tickets go on sale 13th April 10am local time. Get yours here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to Play Copenhagen In August
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will travel to Denmark to play Copenhagen's DR Concerthouse on Thursday 11th August!
Tickets go on sale 13th April 10am local time. Get yours here.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will head to Zagreb, Croatia on Tuesday 16th August!
Tickets go on sale Thursday 12th April at 9am CET here.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Play Zagreb In August
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will head to Zagreb, Croatia on Tuesday 16th August!
Tickets go on sale Thursday 12th April at 9am CET here.
ACDC
Adele
Axl Rose
Blur
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Radiohead
Below are snippets from two Spanish interviews with Noel Gallagher that have been translated by frjdoasis and Jessica.
The original translation can be found here for El Mundo here for ABCdesevilla.
El Mundo
What inspires you most, love or hate?
Hatred has never inspired me. And I don’t think this is something that I have really experienced. I want to say that apart from terrorism I don't hate a lot of things. Love provides a lot more inspiration than the negative side of life. It is obvious that there are people who write songs about pain and sadness, like fucking Radiohead and damned Adele, but love is something much more noble to talk about. Falling in and out of live, finding love, detaching. It's one of the things that makes us human, and in the course of your life you fall in love with almost everything, your parents, your pets, music, girls, politics ...
What do you think of United Kingdom leaving the European Union?
I support it.
Politicians ...
They're idiots. They let Hitler did the same thing in 1938 and in 1939, annex this country and then this territory and then the ... The only thing you have to do when you face things like that is the fucking war and who dies in war is our working class, our young people. I understand that the rulers don’t want to send people to war, but sitting there with their idle hands they will irrevocably lead us to that.
I was going to say that you do not have a good opinion even of those who rule.
The only concern of politicians is the perception that one has of them through the media. They don’t give a fuck about people. We live in a very strange world, liberal and politically correct, in which one can speak of massacred people in the streets ... until you insult the people who made it. And this madness means that one takes refuge in his own little family and give them to everyone else. It deprives you of your natural goodness, soul, the one that tells you to help others. However, as there are evil people and rulers who either remain paralyzed or tell you to turn the other cheek, people today - and I'm not among them - are losing their humanity.
ABCdesevilla
Do you usually compose on tour?
Well, now that you mention it... In my previous tours, I wrote many songs, and on this one, not one. What I do is listen to lots of music.
What was the last new band that has impressed you?
Jungle, definitely. They're from London, and they're kinda like Sly & the Family Stone of the 21st century, they're brilliant.
Who knows, maybe at some point you influenced them. Do you often think about your enormous influence in the music of the last quarter century?
I know my songs mean the world to many people around the planet, but no, I do not usually think about it. In fact, when I'm not thinking about music, I usually only think of football.
You have achieved almost everything in the music world. But, is there something else you'd like to do?
Yes, I want to compose a soundtrack one day. But, you know why? So I can go to the Oscars with my wife and tell a few directors that their films are shit, haha! And it would be great to win an Oscar.
Having the power to reunite Oasis when they please must be like having within reach the nuclear button, right?
Haha! The question is, what for? To make lots of money? I have lots of money. To do something enjoyable? What I'm doing with the High Flying Birds is very enjoyable. To make people happy? I'm already doing that with my new band. Anyway, I'm a man who moves by instinct. If tomorrow I wake up in my Madrid hotel thinking that reuniting Oasis would be great, I'd do it.
What do you think of Axl Rose going to be the singer in the AC/DC tour?
Oh god, that can't happen.
The rumor continues to grow... Pictures have appeared of them coming out of rehearsal together.
Really? (He puts his hands to his face and backs down on the couch) Oh no, they're crazy. I'll just say one thing: That would be as ridiculous as Adele singing with the Supremes.
Did you like the last Blur album?
Mmm... Yes, there's three good songs. Perhaps four.
Thanks to frjdoasis and Jessica.
Noel Gallagher On Oasis, Adele, ACDC, Blur, Writing A Film Soundtrack And More
Below are snippets from two Spanish interviews with Noel Gallagher that have been translated by frjdoasis and Jessica.
The original translation can be found here for El Mundo here for ABCdesevilla.
El Mundo
What inspires you most, love or hate?
Hatred has never inspired me. And I don’t think this is something that I have really experienced. I want to say that apart from terrorism I don't hate a lot of things. Love provides a lot more inspiration than the negative side of life. It is obvious that there are people who write songs about pain and sadness, like fucking Radiohead and damned Adele, but love is something much more noble to talk about. Falling in and out of live, finding love, detaching. It's one of the things that makes us human, and in the course of your life you fall in love with almost everything, your parents, your pets, music, girls, politics ...
What do you think of United Kingdom leaving the European Union?
I support it.
Politicians ...
They're idiots. They let Hitler did the same thing in 1938 and in 1939, annex this country and then this territory and then the ... The only thing you have to do when you face things like that is the fucking war and who dies in war is our working class, our young people. I understand that the rulers don’t want to send people to war, but sitting there with their idle hands they will irrevocably lead us to that.
I was going to say that you do not have a good opinion even of those who rule.
The only concern of politicians is the perception that one has of them through the media. They don’t give a fuck about people. We live in a very strange world, liberal and politically correct, in which one can speak of massacred people in the streets ... until you insult the people who made it. And this madness means that one takes refuge in his own little family and give them to everyone else. It deprives you of your natural goodness, soul, the one that tells you to help others. However, as there are evil people and rulers who either remain paralyzed or tell you to turn the other cheek, people today - and I'm not among them - are losing their humanity.
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Do you usually compose on tour?
Well, now that you mention it... In my previous tours, I wrote many songs, and on this one, not one. What I do is listen to lots of music.
What was the last new band that has impressed you?
Jungle, definitely. They're from London, and they're kinda like Sly & the Family Stone of the 21st century, they're brilliant.
Who knows, maybe at some point you influenced them. Do you often think about your enormous influence in the music of the last quarter century?
I know my songs mean the world to many people around the planet, but no, I do not usually think about it. In fact, when I'm not thinking about music, I usually only think of football.
You have achieved almost everything in the music world. But, is there something else you'd like to do?
Yes, I want to compose a soundtrack one day. But, you know why? So I can go to the Oscars with my wife and tell a few directors that their films are shit, haha! And it would be great to win an Oscar.
Having the power to reunite Oasis when they please must be like having within reach the nuclear button, right?
Haha! The question is, what for? To make lots of money? I have lots of money. To do something enjoyable? What I'm doing with the High Flying Birds is very enjoyable. To make people happy? I'm already doing that with my new band. Anyway, I'm a man who moves by instinct. If tomorrow I wake up in my Madrid hotel thinking that reuniting Oasis would be great, I'd do it.
What do you think of Axl Rose going to be the singer in the AC/DC tour?
Oh god, that can't happen.
The rumor continues to grow... Pictures have appeared of them coming out of rehearsal together.
Really? (He puts his hands to his face and backs down on the couch) Oh no, they're crazy. I'll just say one thing: That would be as ridiculous as Adele singing with the Supremes.
Did you like the last Blur album?
Mmm... Yes, there's three good songs. Perhaps four.
Thanks to frjdoasis and Jessica.
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