Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about Jack Daniel’s, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Monkees and more.
Noel Gallagher
Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about Jack Daniel’s, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Monkees and more.
Noel Gallagher On Jack Daniel’s, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Monkees And More
Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about Jack Daniel’s, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Monkees and more.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at International Jazz Festival in Montreal, Canada (July 9th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Montreal
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at International Jazz Festival in Montreal, Canada (July 9th).
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Bluefest in Ottawa, Canada.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In Ottawa
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Bluefest in Ottawa, Canada.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Bluefest in Ottawa, Canada (July 8th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In Ottawa
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Bluefest in Ottawa, Canada (July 8th).
Noel Gallagher
Click here for a review and a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Artpark in New York, USA.
Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds At The Artpark In New York
Click here for a review and a number of pictures of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Artpark in New York, USA.
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Artpark in New York, USA.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In New York
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Artpark in New York, USA.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
"D'You Know What I Mean?" is a song by British rock band Oasis. It was the first single from their third album Be Here Now and was released on the 7th July 1997. It reached #1 in the UK singles chart, the 3rd Oasis song to do so. The song was written by Noel Gallagher. It was certified platinum for UK sales.
At the time "D'You Know What I Mean" was released, Oasis were at the height of their fame, and as a result, the single, along with the album, was highly anticipated. Upon its release it was critically and commercially successful.
The guitar chords on both the verse and the chorus are similar to the chords used for the Oasis single "Wonderwall" (F#m7/A/Esus4/Bsus4).
The song also shows more of Noel's influences. References include Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and they must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back in Anger "). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "bugger all", "pork pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." Oasis haven't performed this song since 2002.
B-Sides
One of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.
Interview
In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the first single: "I was going to make up some profound statement in the chorus but I couldn't come up with anything that fitted. Then I just thought "All my people right here, right now. D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah" Very vague, very ambiguous, that'll do. Look in the mirror and wink while you're singing it and it's quite saucy. And I f***ing love that line, 'Coming in a mess, going out in style'. We were a bunch of scruffs from Manchester and we're going out in a Rolls Royce."
In another 1997 interview, this time on BBC, Noel Gallagher said: "I cant believe I wrote it, it's going to blow people away."
"The morse code in the background was inspired by Strawberry Fields. We got hold of a code book and tried to tap out 'Bugger All' to follow that line 'Don't look back cos you know what you might see'. But if anyone can tell me what we really said, please let me know. Profound lagerisms..."
Seven Ages of Rock
In an interview with the BBC for their documentary Seven Ages of Rock, Gallagher said of the song, "Its eight and a half minutes, the first single, the drums haven't fuckin' come in for two minutes- its all feedback!". He also says that he expected someone to ask them to edit the introduction to the song down, but such was their status in Britain, nobody did. They even performed the song on Top of the Pops, still playing most of the lengthy introduction.
The performance on Top of the Pops ended with a stage invasion by surrounding fans- the second of three stage invasions in the whole history of the show (the first was Nirvana and the last Symposium).
Cover information
The single cover photograph, by Michael Spencer Jones and directed by Brian Cannon of Microdot, was taken in front of the 'Blind Steps', a staircase in Wigan so called because they run past the Blind Workshop, which can be seen to the left of the shot. The steps can still be found on Darlington Street. The shoot was shrouded in secrecy to protect mass media coverage, but newspaper The Wigan Evening Post got exclusive rights to cover the event and subsequently sold the photos to the Daily Mirror. At a lunchtime break, Liam Gallagher and sleeve designer Brian Cannon enjoyed a pint of beer in the nearby Crispin Arms pub by Birkett Bank.
Music video
The music video is filmed at Beckton Gas Works in London with many military helicopters and a strange landscape of concrete slabs and torn down buildings. Liam Gallagher is wearing a snorkel parka and sports a unique pair of sunglasses.
Track listing
CD CRESCD 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
"Heroes" - 4:09
7" CRE 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
12" CRE 256T
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
Cassette CRECS 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
On This Day In Oasis History...
"D'You Know What I Mean?" is a song by British rock band Oasis. It was the first single from their third album Be Here Now and was released on the 7th July 1997. It reached #1 in the UK singles chart, the 3rd Oasis song to do so. The song was written by Noel Gallagher. It was certified platinum for UK sales.
At the time "D'You Know What I Mean" was released, Oasis were at the height of their fame, and as a result, the single, along with the album, was highly anticipated. Upon its release it was critically and commercially successful.
The guitar chords on both the verse and the chorus are similar to the chords used for the Oasis single "Wonderwall" (F#m7/A/Esus4/Bsus4).
The song also shows more of Noel's influences. References include Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and they must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back in Anger "). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "bugger all", "pork pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." Oasis haven't performed this song since 2002.
B-Sides
One of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.
Interview
In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the first single: "I was going to make up some profound statement in the chorus but I couldn't come up with anything that fitted. Then I just thought "All my people right here, right now. D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah" Very vague, very ambiguous, that'll do. Look in the mirror and wink while you're singing it and it's quite saucy. And I f***ing love that line, 'Coming in a mess, going out in style'. We were a bunch of scruffs from Manchester and we're going out in a Rolls Royce."
In another 1997 interview, this time on BBC, Noel Gallagher said: "I cant believe I wrote it, it's going to blow people away."
"The morse code in the background was inspired by Strawberry Fields. We got hold of a code book and tried to tap out 'Bugger All' to follow that line 'Don't look back cos you know what you might see'. But if anyone can tell me what we really said, please let me know. Profound lagerisms..."
Seven Ages of Rock
In an interview with the BBC for their documentary Seven Ages of Rock, Gallagher said of the song, "Its eight and a half minutes, the first single, the drums haven't fuckin' come in for two minutes- its all feedback!". He also says that he expected someone to ask them to edit the introduction to the song down, but such was their status in Britain, nobody did. They even performed the song on Top of the Pops, still playing most of the lengthy introduction.
The performance on Top of the Pops ended with a stage invasion by surrounding fans- the second of three stage invasions in the whole history of the show (the first was Nirvana and the last Symposium).
Cover information
The single cover photograph, by Michael Spencer Jones and directed by Brian Cannon of Microdot, was taken in front of the 'Blind Steps', a staircase in Wigan so called because they run past the Blind Workshop, which can be seen to the left of the shot. The steps can still be found on Darlington Street. The shoot was shrouded in secrecy to protect mass media coverage, but newspaper The Wigan Evening Post got exclusive rights to cover the event and subsequently sold the photos to the Daily Mirror. At a lunchtime break, Liam Gallagher and sleeve designer Brian Cannon enjoyed a pint of beer in the nearby Crispin Arms pub by Birkett Bank.
Music video
The music video is filmed at Beckton Gas Works in London with many military helicopters and a strange landscape of concrete slabs and torn down buildings. Liam Gallagher is wearing a snorkel parka and sports a unique pair of sunglasses.
Track listing
CD CRESCD 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
"Heroes" - 4:09
7" CRE 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
12" CRE 256T
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
Cassette CRECS 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Click here to read a short interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about his new album, Oasis and brother Liam calling him a potato.
Noel Gallagher On His New Album, Oasis And Liam Calling Him A Potato
Click here to read a short interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about his new album, Oasis and brother Liam calling him a potato.
This Feeling
A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance, this weeks event is in London.
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, this weeks event is in London.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
Andy Goldstein
Jason Cundy
Noel Gallagher
Pep Guardiola
Noel Gallagher has told talkSPORT new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has not come to England ‘just pick up a cheque’ and insists the Spaniard will strive for move glory in charge at the Etihad.
Guardiola has officially begun his role as City boss having been confirmed as Manuel Pellegrini’s successor back in February.
Having won six league titles, four cup competitions and two Champions League crowns with previous clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola is expected to turn an inconsistent City side into a force on a domestic and European stage.
Rock legend Gallagher was one of the first to meet and interview the coach at the club’s training ground, and he joined Monday’s Sports Bar show to discuss the encounter.
“I was really impressed by him,” the High Flying Birds frontman told Andy Goldstein and Jason Cundy.
“He’s got that glint in his eye and he’s really young. Most managers come across like school teachers and prison wardens, but Pep feels like he’s one of the lads.
“I was asking him how the current squad would fare and how he’d know if players were going to be with him or not, and he just said: ‘I can smell it on them. I can literally smell it on them’.
“He said it wouldn’t take him long to figure out who is great and who isn’t, who he needs and who he doesn’t.
“Pep has got a legacy to protect, he’s not going to go there to just pick up the cheque and say, ‘oh well that was fun in England’.
“He’s going to want to come and win everything in the first season. That’s the thing I got off him.
“You look into his eyes, and he’s like a Jedi!”
Listen to the full interview here.
Source: talksport.com
Noel Gallagher Says Pep Guardiola Is Like A Jedi
Noel Gallagher has told talkSPORT new Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has not come to England ‘just pick up a cheque’ and insists the Spaniard will strive for move glory in charge at the Etihad.
Guardiola has officially begun his role as City boss having been confirmed as Manuel Pellegrini’s successor back in February.
Having won six league titles, four cup competitions and two Champions League crowns with previous clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Guardiola is expected to turn an inconsistent City side into a force on a domestic and European stage.
Rock legend Gallagher was one of the first to meet and interview the coach at the club’s training ground, and he joined Monday’s Sports Bar show to discuss the encounter.
“I was really impressed by him,” the High Flying Birds frontman told Andy Goldstein and Jason Cundy.
“He’s got that glint in his eye and he’s really young. Most managers come across like school teachers and prison wardens, but Pep feels like he’s one of the lads.
“I was asking him how the current squad would fare and how he’d know if players were going to be with him or not, and he just said: ‘I can smell it on them. I can literally smell it on them’.
“He said it wouldn’t take him long to figure out who is great and who isn’t, who he needs and who he doesn’t.
“Pep has got a legacy to protect, he’s not going to go there to just pick up the cheque and say, ‘oh well that was fun in England’.
“He’s going to want to come and win everything in the first season. That’s the thing I got off him.
“You look into his eyes, and he’s like a Jedi!”
Listen to the full interview here.
Source: talksport.com
Gordon Smart
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Roman Abramovich
We all know Noel Gallagher is a massive Manchester City fan.
The former Oasis guitarist has a box at the Etihad and is a regular in the away crowd when his beloved Citizens are on their travels.
But did you know the musician is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to prove his commitment to the cause?
Speaking on the Dream Team FC podcast, Sun deputy editor Gordon Smart claims Gallagher and Abramovich had a spat a few years ago.
It’s best if we let him explain…
“Noel Gallagher and I went to see U2 at Wembley in 2009,” he said.
“We went into the dressing room and it was an unbelievable who’s who of famous folk. Roman Abramovich, Bill Clinton, Salman Rushdie, Damian Hirst.
“Noel and I got really really steaming. Noel said ‘come on, we’ll go speak to Abramovich’.
“So, we wandered across slightly pissed. Abramovich’s missus does all the translating for him.
“Noel says to her, ‘tell him I’m a Man City fan and Man City have more money him’.
“She translates and Abramovich puts his hand in his pocket, pulls out a wallet and slapped Noel in the face with it!
“In a way that was a little bit more than friendly!
“Noel laughed. The conversation carried on and we were obviously enjoying it a lot more than he was.
“Then this massive lump of a bloke with an earpiece came across and said, ‘Mr Gallagher, Mr Smart…could you leave Mr Abramovich alone now.'”
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Roman Abramovich ‘Slapped Noel Gallagher In The Face’ With His Wallet
We all know Noel Gallagher is a massive Manchester City fan.
The former Oasis guitarist has a box at the Etihad and is a regular in the away crowd when his beloved Citizens are on their travels.
But did you know the musician is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to prove his commitment to the cause?
Speaking on the Dream Team FC podcast, Sun deputy editor Gordon Smart claims Gallagher and Abramovich had a spat a few years ago.
It’s best if we let him explain…
“Noel Gallagher and I went to see U2 at Wembley in 2009,” he said.
“We went into the dressing room and it was an unbelievable who’s who of famous folk. Roman Abramovich, Bill Clinton, Salman Rushdie, Damian Hirst.
“Noel and I got really really steaming. Noel said ‘come on, we’ll go speak to Abramovich’.
“So, we wandered across slightly pissed. Abramovich’s missus does all the translating for him.
“Noel says to her, ‘tell him I’m a Man City fan and Man City have more money him’.
“She translates and Abramovich puts his hand in his pocket, pulls out a wallet and slapped Noel in the face with it!
“In a way that was a little bit more than friendly!
“Noel laughed. The conversation carried on and we were obviously enjoying it a lot more than he was.
“Then this massive lump of a bloke with an earpiece came across and said, ‘Mr Gallagher, Mr Smart…could you leave Mr Abramovich alone now.'”
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Beacon Theatre in New York, USA.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Setlist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In New York
Below is the setlist from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the Beacon Theatre in New York, USA.
Everybody's on the Run
Lock All the Doors
In the Heat of the Moment
Riverman
Fade Away
The Death of You and Me
You Know We Can't Go Back
Champagne Supernova
Ballad of the Mighty I
Talk Tonight
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
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Artpark in New York USA (July 5th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In New York
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Artpark in New York USA (July 5th).
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Beacon Theatre, New York in the USA (July 5th).
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Land In New York
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will play at the Beacon Theatre, New York in the USA (July 5th).
Donald Trump
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about Oasis, Liam's Tweets, Donald Trump, turning 50 and more.
Noel Gallagher On Oasis, Liam's Tweets, Donald Trump, Turning 50 And More
Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about Oasis, Liam's Tweets, Donald Trump, turning 50 and more.
Beady Eye
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Johnny McDaid
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
One Direction
Snow Patrol
Liam Gallagher has reportedly teamed up with Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid to work on his music comeback.
The former Oasis frontman hasn't produced new music since the split of his band Beady Eye in 2014, and he had previously ruled out the possibility of a solo record.
The rocker has now changed his mind and has enlisted the help of Johnny from Snow Patrol, who Liam had previously branded "snore patrol" on social media, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper,
"It's all set to kick off with Liam, but this time it's about the music," a source said. "He's actually been rather savvy, getting on board some established and well-respected writers, like Johnny, despite his negative views on Snow Patrol previously.
"Liam still has the support of the hardcore Oasis following who will be keen to buy his records... Whether or not he can still attract other music lovers will be down to his new material."
Johnny, who is dating U.S. actress Courteney Cox, has previously written songs with Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles, for his first solo material outside of One Direction.
Liam, who is also reportedly working with The Raconteurs star Brendan Benson, wrote the disparaging tweet against Snow Patrol in 2012 when it was announced they were going on tour with his brother Noel's band the High Flying Birds.
He wrote, "Snore Patrol Noel Gallaghers high flying smurfs - who said rock n roll is dead. LG (sic)."
Liam, 43, had denied working on a solo album on Twitter earlier this year (16) and reportedly told a fan he had retired from the music industry. His brother Noel had been campaigning for Liam to go solo.
Source: www.tv3.ie
Liam Gallagher Teams Up With Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid To Boost Solo Relaunch
Liam Gallagher has reportedly teamed up with Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid to work on his music comeback.
The former Oasis frontman hasn't produced new music since the split of his band Beady Eye in 2014, and he had previously ruled out the possibility of a solo record.
The rocker has now changed his mind and has enlisted the help of Johnny from Snow Patrol, who Liam had previously branded "snore patrol" on social media, according to Britain's The Sun newspaper,
"It's all set to kick off with Liam, but this time it's about the music," a source said. "He's actually been rather savvy, getting on board some established and well-respected writers, like Johnny, despite his negative views on Snow Patrol previously.
"Liam still has the support of the hardcore Oasis following who will be keen to buy his records... Whether or not he can still attract other music lovers will be down to his new material."
Johnny, who is dating U.S. actress Courteney Cox, has previously written songs with Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles, for his first solo material outside of One Direction.
Liam, who is also reportedly working with The Raconteurs star Brendan Benson, wrote the disparaging tweet against Snow Patrol in 2012 when it was announced they were going on tour with his brother Noel's band the High Flying Birds.
He wrote, "Snore Patrol Noel Gallaghers high flying smurfs - who said rock n roll is dead. LG (sic)."
Liam, 43, had denied working on a solo album on Twitter earlier this year (16) and reportedly told a fan he had retired from the music industry. His brother Noel had been campaigning for Liam to go solo.
Source: www.tv3.ie
Noel Gallagher
Pep Guardiola
Is there any better person to welcome Pep Guardiola to Manchester City than Noel Gallagher?
The Spaniard, appointed in February to replace Manuel Pellegrini, has arrived in the city this week to begin his task of bringing the Premier League title and European glory to the Etihad.
But before then, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss met arguably the club's most influential and iconic fan - Oasis star Gallagher - and discussed the motivation behind his move to England, his expectations and his desire to work with the club's young players.
NG: So, El Senor: The Man. Welcome to Manchester... I see you brought the weather with you?
PG: The reason I came here was for the weather. I'll have to wear my coat.
NG: A new era at the club. Back to the old badge, a new manager. Why did you choose to come to City now and how tough is the task going to be?
PG: I chose Man City because they wanted me a long time ago, because Txiki and Ferran are here. I've know them for a long time - I played with Txiki and Ferran was on the board during my first period in Barcelona.
The challenge is to play as well as possible. We always want to win titles, how successful we will be will be a consequence of how we are going to play. I want to convince these guys to play as well as possible and try to make the fans across the world to be proud of how we play.
NG: All football fans will be excited to see you and if you weren't coming to City we'd be fascinated to see how it was going to play out.
Thank God you're here, it's going to be amazing. How have you prepared for the Premier League from afar? Have you any preconceptions about how it's going to be?
PG: I don't want any preconceptions before, no. I have to learn as much as possible. I have an idea how we are going to play but I learned in Germany - I arrived there with an idea and after I [found] I should change.
NG: Did you speak to any of the other managers who have been to England? When they come from other countries they quickly become obsessed with the place. They become addicted to the place...
PG: They told me it was so hard, so tough. All the people say 'Pep is not going to adapt good in that way' so that is why I'm here - to try and do it. Some of the people are confident it's going to go well but some of them - in Germany as well - say the way I play is not possible here in the Premier League.
So I said to myself 'why not travel there to try it?' It's a big challenge, not just for me, but always in my teams I was able to involve the players and it's going to happen here as well. When that happens everything will be easy.
NG: Are you ready for the intensity of the league? It's relentless, seven days a week... the games come thick and fast. How do you prepare for the workload?
PG: That is true, when you look at the statistics over the last two, three, four, five years in the Premier League every team wins and then loses the other ones. It's difficult to find one team with five, six victories in a row. It's so difficult to find it. It happened in one season, when Leicester won and was an amazing surprise for everybody.
That is amazing. What I have to do to control that - to avoid that, not to lose more often - I don't know. I've never been here before, I've never experienced here.
That's why I am here. If we are able to win one game and then say 'why can't we win again?' and then another one week later why can't we try again to win like we did in the last two games. That is the reason I am here. In Barcelona and Bayern - in Spain, in Germany - we were able to do that and people say 'ah, because we were in Barcelona and Bayern'. Yes, that's true. People say 'you will not be able to do that in England'. Ok, let's do it. We're going to try.
NG: So, we're at the City Football Academy. An amazing place. Some of our younger teams have won their respective leagues in three different age groups. How are you going to get involved in the academy side?
PG: I grew up at maybe the best academy in the world at Barcelona. When I arrived [as manager] in the first team I knew most of the players - [Sergio] Busquets for example, Pedro and others.
If you have the talent, quality and enough passion to become something in the world of football... if they show me something they will be in my hands. It depends on the quality of the players.
I'm a good trainer but not good enough for the players who don't have quality to convince them to play.
NG: Would you like to see it [the academy] with your own eyes or rely on your coaching team to look at the younger players?
PG: First of all I have to know them. In the pre-season all the big talents are going to join us - all of them. After they have to show me how good they are.
After my intuition (taps nose)... maybe sometimes I'll be right, maybe sometimes I make a mistake. But it depends on them. I'm not a genius to come here and say 'oh you are not good and now you are good'. But people tell me the academy at Manchester City compared to other places they have very very good talents.
NG: There are seven top managers in the world, only two don't work in the Premier League now - Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. Are you looking forward to locking horns with Jurgen Klopp, Claudio Ranieri, Antonio Conte... another guy across the road?
PG: Of course we know each other and the way they play. We're going to start to play and afterwards we're going to meet each other better. You have an idea but it depends on the quality of players you have. Normally I have a very good relationship with my colleagues so it is not a problem.
NG: Manchester is to become the centre of the football universe with two new coaches. The press are relentless... how do you plan to deal with that?
PG: The managers when we win and happy in the press conference we are funny guys, comfortable with the media. When you lose and people say b******* you are angry and don't speak properly so that is how it is. But I lived in Barcelona - the people in Madrid are absolutely crazy. I've never had a press conference with the English media here and I'm looking forward to what's going on. I can survive, no problem.
NG: You say you only really stay anywhere for three or four years, so do you intend to build a legacy here or at least put the foundations in place?
PG: I have come to learn – that's why I move on. If I was building legacies then I would have stayed in Barcelona.
NG: Is it true that Stuart Pearce turned you down when you were a player?
PG: I came here at when the club was at the other training ground. I have to say that Stuart Pearce was right because I came here at 33, 34 years old and at that age for a player it was a disaster. It was intelligent not to pick me up. My dream was to play in the Premier League. He offered me six months but I would have had to move my family and so in the end we decided not but if you analyse my physical condition at the time I think it was the right decision.
NG: Were you looking at Manchester City last season and worrying we wouldn't get in the Champions League? We were worried you weren't going to bother coming!
PG: I wasn't worried. I was coming to Manchester, I was never going to stay at home. But we are not in the Champions League, we have to be clear. That situation is now in this moment better than Manchester United's though.
NG: We like to think you went out of your way to avoid City in the Champions League last season. What would it have been like to play us?
PG: I don't know the players from Manchester City so it wasn't a problem. I know some to say hello to but not personally to have a coffee with or anything. It's better like this because you can make decisions easier but we are going to meet each other. I have spoken to Vincent Kompany and we have had a little brief.
NG: You have a reputation of being a very intense coach, but when you left Bayern Munich the players only had great things to say about you. How do you balance driving the players on but still maintaining their respect?
PG: It's difficult to think about what people think about you. I think they know I am here 24 hours a day thinking about them. I love my job and what I do. They have to know and they will realise that I am here just thinking and working for them. That is maybe the reason why some of them – because people who don't play hate me! – but those who try to understand the game and why we do some things and not the other situation we have a good relationship.
At the end our job is to convince the other guy that this is the best way to cross the road. Tactics are important, as are training and facilities but in the end it is what I have to do to convince them. Maybe with you, we take a beer in the bar and this will convince you and with other ones maybe we talk tactics, or with others maybe we don't talk football. It depends on the player.
NG: How would you sum up your time in Bayern Munich now, looking back on it?
PG: It was amazing. I know for some people it was a big failure because we didn't win the Champions League but for the other side it was one of the best decisions in my life to go there. When I went to America after my time at Barcelona I went there to improve my level of English but after two months I signed the contract at Bayern Munich.
At Bayern it is so demanding. You have to win and win and win or they sack you. But it is a fantastic club and especially during my time there we had amazing players with a huge mentality. That is the big difference.
NG: Three years from now when you threaten to leave and we tie you to a chair, because we won't let you leave, what does success look like for Manchester City?
PG: For the media it is how many titles you are going to win. That is success or not. But while titles are amazing, two days after you lift it people say what's next? The process here is being comfortable working with these guys. At the end my life depends on that. I'll be happy when we decide to play in a way and it works. I am sure the club will be fantastic and the people I am working with are going to help me. I am sure that will happen. It happened at Barcelona and it happened at Bayern Munich.
It will happen here. We are going to fight every day to lift the titles but especially for the people when the game finishes and they think '90 minutes that was not bad, I would have preferred to be here than in the bar' that will be a good signal. Finally, the relationship with the people. Maybe because I am a Latin guy I have to be close with the guys, to say 'I'm going to kill you' and five minutes later to love each other. I need that to be happy and I hope that in three years that is going to happen.
NG: The stadiums are always full in England so what are you expecting from the fans and the atmosphere?
PG: When I came to England to play in the Champions League with Barcelona and Bayern Munich the atmosphere was the big difference compared to the rest of the world. There is no doubt about that. I hope they are going to help me to please our fans. We need their help. Our fans are going to be proud of our players. They are going to fight and they are going to be proud to be Manchester City fans. I am sure of that.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Full Transcript Of Noel Gallagher's Interview With Pep Guardiola
Is there any better person to welcome Pep Guardiola to Manchester City than Noel Gallagher?
The Spaniard, appointed in February to replace Manuel Pellegrini, has arrived in the city this week to begin his task of bringing the Premier League title and European glory to the Etihad.
But before then, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss met arguably the club's most influential and iconic fan - Oasis star Gallagher - and discussed the motivation behind his move to England, his expectations and his desire to work with the club's young players.
NG: So, El Senor: The Man. Welcome to Manchester... I see you brought the weather with you?
PG: The reason I came here was for the weather. I'll have to wear my coat.
NG: A new era at the club. Back to the old badge, a new manager. Why did you choose to come to City now and how tough is the task going to be?
PG: I chose Man City because they wanted me a long time ago, because Txiki and Ferran are here. I've know them for a long time - I played with Txiki and Ferran was on the board during my first period in Barcelona.
The challenge is to play as well as possible. We always want to win titles, how successful we will be will be a consequence of how we are going to play. I want to convince these guys to play as well as possible and try to make the fans across the world to be proud of how we play.
NG: All football fans will be excited to see you and if you weren't coming to City we'd be fascinated to see how it was going to play out.
Thank God you're here, it's going to be amazing. How have you prepared for the Premier League from afar? Have you any preconceptions about how it's going to be?
PG: I don't want any preconceptions before, no. I have to learn as much as possible. I have an idea how we are going to play but I learned in Germany - I arrived there with an idea and after I [found] I should change.
NG: Did you speak to any of the other managers who have been to England? When they come from other countries they quickly become obsessed with the place. They become addicted to the place...
PG: They told me it was so hard, so tough. All the people say 'Pep is not going to adapt good in that way' so that is why I'm here - to try and do it. Some of the people are confident it's going to go well but some of them - in Germany as well - say the way I play is not possible here in the Premier League.
So I said to myself 'why not travel there to try it?' It's a big challenge, not just for me, but always in my teams I was able to involve the players and it's going to happen here as well. When that happens everything will be easy.
NG: Are you ready for the intensity of the league? It's relentless, seven days a week... the games come thick and fast. How do you prepare for the workload?
PG: That is true, when you look at the statistics over the last two, three, four, five years in the Premier League every team wins and then loses the other ones. It's difficult to find one team with five, six victories in a row. It's so difficult to find it. It happened in one season, when Leicester won and was an amazing surprise for everybody.
That is amazing. What I have to do to control that - to avoid that, not to lose more often - I don't know. I've never been here before, I've never experienced here.
That's why I am here. If we are able to win one game and then say 'why can't we win again?' and then another one week later why can't we try again to win like we did in the last two games. That is the reason I am here. In Barcelona and Bayern - in Spain, in Germany - we were able to do that and people say 'ah, because we were in Barcelona and Bayern'. Yes, that's true. People say 'you will not be able to do that in England'. Ok, let's do it. We're going to try.
NG: So, we're at the City Football Academy. An amazing place. Some of our younger teams have won their respective leagues in three different age groups. How are you going to get involved in the academy side?
PG: I grew up at maybe the best academy in the world at Barcelona. When I arrived [as manager] in the first team I knew most of the players - [Sergio] Busquets for example, Pedro and others.
If you have the talent, quality and enough passion to become something in the world of football... if they show me something they will be in my hands. It depends on the quality of the players.
I'm a good trainer but not good enough for the players who don't have quality to convince them to play.
NG: Would you like to see it [the academy] with your own eyes or rely on your coaching team to look at the younger players?
PG: First of all I have to know them. In the pre-season all the big talents are going to join us - all of them. After they have to show me how good they are.
After my intuition (taps nose)... maybe sometimes I'll be right, maybe sometimes I make a mistake. But it depends on them. I'm not a genius to come here and say 'oh you are not good and now you are good'. But people tell me the academy at Manchester City compared to other places they have very very good talents.
NG: There are seven top managers in the world, only two don't work in the Premier League now - Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. Are you looking forward to locking horns with Jurgen Klopp, Claudio Ranieri, Antonio Conte... another guy across the road?
PG: Of course we know each other and the way they play. We're going to start to play and afterwards we're going to meet each other better. You have an idea but it depends on the quality of players you have. Normally I have a very good relationship with my colleagues so it is not a problem.
NG: Manchester is to become the centre of the football universe with two new coaches. The press are relentless... how do you plan to deal with that?
PG: The managers when we win and happy in the press conference we are funny guys, comfortable with the media. When you lose and people say b******* you are angry and don't speak properly so that is how it is. But I lived in Barcelona - the people in Madrid are absolutely crazy. I've never had a press conference with the English media here and I'm looking forward to what's going on. I can survive, no problem.
NG: You say you only really stay anywhere for three or four years, so do you intend to build a legacy here or at least put the foundations in place?
PG: I have come to learn – that's why I move on. If I was building legacies then I would have stayed in Barcelona.
NG: Is it true that Stuart Pearce turned you down when you were a player?
PG: I came here at when the club was at the other training ground. I have to say that Stuart Pearce was right because I came here at 33, 34 years old and at that age for a player it was a disaster. It was intelligent not to pick me up. My dream was to play in the Premier League. He offered me six months but I would have had to move my family and so in the end we decided not but if you analyse my physical condition at the time I think it was the right decision.
NG: Were you looking at Manchester City last season and worrying we wouldn't get in the Champions League? We were worried you weren't going to bother coming!
PG: I wasn't worried. I was coming to Manchester, I was never going to stay at home. But we are not in the Champions League, we have to be clear. That situation is now in this moment better than Manchester United's though.
NG: We like to think you went out of your way to avoid City in the Champions League last season. What would it have been like to play us?
PG: I don't know the players from Manchester City so it wasn't a problem. I know some to say hello to but not personally to have a coffee with or anything. It's better like this because you can make decisions easier but we are going to meet each other. I have spoken to Vincent Kompany and we have had a little brief.
NG: You have a reputation of being a very intense coach, but when you left Bayern Munich the players only had great things to say about you. How do you balance driving the players on but still maintaining their respect?
PG: It's difficult to think about what people think about you. I think they know I am here 24 hours a day thinking about them. I love my job and what I do. They have to know and they will realise that I am here just thinking and working for them. That is maybe the reason why some of them – because people who don't play hate me! – but those who try to understand the game and why we do some things and not the other situation we have a good relationship.
At the end our job is to convince the other guy that this is the best way to cross the road. Tactics are important, as are training and facilities but in the end it is what I have to do to convince them. Maybe with you, we take a beer in the bar and this will convince you and with other ones maybe we talk tactics, or with others maybe we don't talk football. It depends on the player.
NG: How would you sum up your time in Bayern Munich now, looking back on it?
PG: It was amazing. I know for some people it was a big failure because we didn't win the Champions League but for the other side it was one of the best decisions in my life to go there. When I went to America after my time at Barcelona I went there to improve my level of English but after two months I signed the contract at Bayern Munich.
At Bayern it is so demanding. You have to win and win and win or they sack you. But it is a fantastic club and especially during my time there we had amazing players with a huge mentality. That is the big difference.
NG: Three years from now when you threaten to leave and we tie you to a chair, because we won't let you leave, what does success look like for Manchester City?
PG: For the media it is how many titles you are going to win. That is success or not. But while titles are amazing, two days after you lift it people say what's next? The process here is being comfortable working with these guys. At the end my life depends on that. I'll be happy when we decide to play in a way and it works. I am sure the club will be fantastic and the people I am working with are going to help me. I am sure that will happen. It happened at Barcelona and it happened at Bayern Munich.
It will happen here. We are going to fight every day to lift the titles but especially for the people when the game finishes and they think '90 minutes that was not bad, I would have preferred to be here than in the bar' that will be a good signal. Finally, the relationship with the people. Maybe because I am a Latin guy I have to be close with the guys, to say 'I'm going to kill you' and five minutes later to love each other. I need that to be happy and I hope that in three years that is going to happen.
NG: The stadiums are always full in England so what are you expecting from the fans and the atmosphere?
PG: When I came to England to play in the Champions League with Barcelona and Bayern Munich the atmosphere was the big difference compared to the rest of the world. There is no doubt about that. I hope they are going to help me to please our fans. We need their help. Our fans are going to be proud of our players. They are going to fight and they are going to be proud to be Manchester City fans. I am sure of that.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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