Mojo's Review Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Who Built The Moon?'

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Gallagher goes ape with the help of DJ/Producer David Holmes.

No wonder Noel looked so cosy singing 'We Got The Power' alongside new-ish bosom buddy Damon Albarn on the Graham Norton Show last May; there are no cartoon surrogates here, but WBTM's multi-guest genre-hopping mash-up is very Gorillaz.

It's lovely to hear the former Mr Magnolia go Technicolor on these (mostly) psych-pop songs, and co-conspirator David Holmes determination to up the beats-per-minute and positivity has definitely helped Gallagher shake off the cobwebs.

Though some things will never change (Messrs Weller and Marr - or Uri Geller and Har Mar Superstar, as Liam calls them - both appear, and 'Be Careful What You Wish For' clearly wants to be 'Come Together'), the Serge Gainsbourg-like instrumental interlude ('Wednesday Part 1') and electro-pop winners 'It's A Beautiful World' and 'She Taught Me How To Fly' are invigorating departures.

James McNair

Source: Mojo Magazine

Noel Gallagher To Do A Facebook Live Chat Tomorrow

Join Noel Gallagher & Noisey's editor in chief, Eric Sundermann, for a Facebook live chat tomorrow at 3.30pm EST / 8.30pm UTC!

Got any burning questions about the upcoming album or tour?

Click here for more details or to submit a question.

Review And Gallery: Liam Gallagher In San Francisco

Click here for a review and a number of pictures of Liam Gallagher at The Warfield in San Francisco yesterday.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Eh La what you saying LG x

Noel Gallagher Ranks His Top Three Crisps In No Particular Order

Video: Liam Gallagher In San Francisco

Below are a number of videos of Liam Gallagher at the Warfield in San Francisco, USA yesterday

Liam Gallagher Rolls Into Los Angeles

Liam Gallagher will play at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, USA later today.

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In San Francisco

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at the Warfield in San Francisco, USA yesterday.

Rock 'n' Roll Star
Morning Glory
Greedy Soul
Wall Of Glass
I've All I Need
Bold
For What It's Worth
Some Might Say
Slide Away
I Get By
You Better Run
Be Here Now
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Live Forever

Source: SetlistFm

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

I wanna thank all my brothers n sisters of San Francisco stay safe and I'll see you down the road as you were LG x

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

TONIGHT

A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) on Nov 13, 2017 at 4:30pm PST

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds To Headline UK Festival Next Year

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will headline Warrington’s Neighbourhood Weekender, Victoria Park, Sunday 27th May!

Tickets go on sale Friday 17th November, 9.30am.

To check out the full Neighbourhood Weekender line up & to get more ticket info click here.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Posts

You better run

A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) on Nov 13, 2017 at 8:35am PST

Rite up for this gig tnight in San Fran might even put some flowers in my hair as you were LG x

A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) on Nov 13, 2017 at 12:03pm PST

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Just been for a run across the Golden Gate Bridge biblical as you were LG x

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Rite up for this gig tnight in San Fran might even put some flowers in my hair as you were LG x

Noel Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

“There are 2 things in life my brother..Dry Shit or Wet Shit..now what are you gonna be?” #2GOOD2BTRUE

A post shared by Noel Gallagher (@themightyi) on Nov 13, 2017 at 5:00am PST

Noel Gallagher On Touring With U2 vs Touring With Oasis

Click here to watch a snippet of an interview with Noel Gallagher who talks about touring with U2 vs touring with Oasis.

Noel Gallagher On Dave Grohl And Green Day

Liam Gallagher Rolls Into San Francisco

Liam Gallagher will play at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, USA later today.

Yet Another On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below are from the 13th November 2000, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed on The Frank Skinner Show.

Another On This Day In Oasis History...

Familiar To Millions is a live album by Oasis from their July 21, 2000 concert at Wembley Stadium and was released on 13th November 2000. Familiar to Millions debuted at a respectable #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone (Platinum) and has estimated world sales of 1 million. The album was initially released simultaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, Double CD, Double Cassette, Triple Vinyl and MiniDisc.





















Track listing

All tracks written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted. Times are taken from the Double CD edition of the album.

Fuckin' In The Bushes (intro tape) – 3:04
Go Let It Out – 5:32
Who Feels Love? – 5:59
Supersonic – 4:30
Shakermaker – 5:13
Acquiesce – 4:18
Step Out (Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/Moy) – 4:05
Gas Panic! – 8:01
Roll With It – 4:43
Stand By Me – 5:49
Wonderwall – 4:46
Cigarettes & Alcohol – 6:52
Don't Look Back in Anger – 5:27
Live Forever – 5:09
Hey Hey, My My (Young) – 3:45
Champagne Supernova – 6:32
Rock 'N' Roll Star – 7:26

Video Version (DVD / VHS)

As well as the whole show the DVD features the following:

45 minute documentary shot in and around Wembley by Grant Gee including backstage interviews and fans footage.

Multicamera angles on the track "Cigarettes & Alcohol".

Live screen films for "Go Let It Out", "Supersonic", "Live Forever" and "Rock 'n' Roll Star".

Complete Discography (inc. international releases) with audio clips and artwork.

Stunning Dolby 5.0 stereo sound.

CDRom element - links to an exclusive page on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves to play 'Live Forever'.

'Tambourine' icon - click it and it takes you to and from the documentary in real time. A first for a non-film release.

The VHS features the whole show and a 20 minute documentary (entitled 'Mad Fer It') featuring exclusive interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is unique to the VHS format.

Audio Version (CD / Vinyl / Cassette / MiniDisc)

The CD features a extra bonus track, a cover of The Beatles' song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on April 16, 2000.

A highlights CD was released on October 1, 2001 to celebrate Oasis' tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin' In The Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand By Me", "Hey Hey My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all ommitted.

As Liam didn't bother to sing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other parts of the song ("By now you should have somehow... realised not to sniff glue" / "And all the lights that light the way are... doin' me fuckin' 'ead in!") at the July 21 gig, the version on the various audio formats features a different vocal track to the original one recorded at Wembley. This also applies to Noel's backing vocals. Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded live at Oasis' gig at the Yokohama Arena, Tokyo, on March 5, 2000. Only one line: "I'm sure you heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the actual Wembley gig, as Liam slightly messed up this line in the Tokyo performance.

The audio version of the album is also missing various bits of between-track banter.

Other Trivia

A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video featured visuals from throughout the gig and was slightly edited down to 6:57.

A "Gas Panic!" promo CD was issued in Brazil to promote Oasis' appearance at the Rock In Rio festival on January 14, 2001. The 2-track CD included the album version and an edited version of the Wembley track, which was edited down to 4:28.

The live album came about after the chaotic Wembley gig of July 22, 2000. This concert was being broadcast live to dozens of countries across the world but was hampered by an extremely drunk Liam Gallagher, whose out-of-tune singing and general ranting made it into an unappealing showcase of Oasis' live capabilities in the eyes of Sony BMG, who were worried about a large number of bootleg recordings being distributed.

Each of the six different formats (plus the 2001 highlights CD) had a different colour for its own cover art.