How Kanye West Influenced Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher has spoken to www.rollingstone.com and discussed how Kanye West influenced 'Who Built The Moon?' album opener "Fort Knox,".

He said "On the day that Kanye released that track 'Fade,' it fuckin' blew my mind," he says. "And I go into the studio and I'm going, 'Wow, have you fuckin' heard this Kanye track?' ... I've always loved that track by him called 'Power.'" Holmes suggested he write a track like that. "And I'm like, 'What? fuckin joking, are ya? I'm no rapper.' He had the idea of, 'Let's pretend we're doing a track for Kanye and we're going to send to him.' And as it was going along, I was going, 'This is amazing. He's not getting this.' So the reason why there's no singing on it is we had this idea we were going to send it to Kanye and then [throws middle finger in air] fuck him."

Noel Gallagher On 'Who Built The Moon?', Kanye West And More

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

Not for the first time, Liam Gallagher recently stunned a fairly large number of people with something he said.

At a show in front of a record industry-crowd, he attempted to justify his new album being written with collaborators. "It ain't all about the music," he said in an audible intake of breath. "It's also about being a cool cunt like me"."

Oasis or no Oasis, if you needed a precise articulation of the difference between Liam and Noel Gallagher, that would probably do it. One is still justifying himself, while the other has comfortably made it. One knows there's more to the magic of rock 'n' roll than just the music; there's attitude and charisma. And, actually, the other knows that too, but prefers to push his own party line. Namely that its all about the songs.

Interestingly, for so irreconcilable a pair, right now, Liam and Noel actually have quite a lot in common. Not that for a second Big Brother would see it this way, but he - in his way - is also using guest writers, looking for a way forward. Rather than present another album of great rockers and midtempo ballads, here he has enlisted the help of producer/remixer/movie soundtracker David Holmes to reimagine his meat and potatoes as a rather more exciting plate of food.

Early remarks about the record were of it's purported "psychedelic" sound. This might perhaps make long long-service Noelers cast their minds back to the tracks he cut about three years ago with the psychotropic Amorphous Androgynous crew, or further, to 1996's "Setting Sun", which cast him as the monk on the mountain top in the Chemical Brothers' own "Tomorrow Never Knows".

The Amorphous collaboration ended badly, with Noel apparently junking their proposed LP and Garry Cobain from AA describing Noel as "too afraid to be weird".

Nonetheless, two tracks "The Mexican" and "The Right Stuff", offered a pleasant space/time slippage and made it onto the last Noel album 2015's "Chasing Yesterday".

Apart from the possibly "It's A Beautiful World", which has an agreeably droney vibe before mutating into a Coldplay-style anthem, this album will not fry your brain, though that's not to say that a substantial change has not been attempted.

Encouraged by Holmes to collaborate, Noel has pushed as far out of his comfort zone as a person can while still having Paul Weller and Johnny Marr guest. Rather than presenting completed songs to his producer, the pair -working together on and off since 2013, apparently - have jammed, and listened, then revisited the material to turn into something more like a song.

It has yielded some interesting moments. Lead-off single "Holy Mountain" imagines 'The Sweet' covering "Diamond Dogs", or a Phil Spector production of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs". It is, as Noel has said, a lot of fun. "If Love Is The Law" continues the mood, this time channelling the spirit of A Christmas Gift To You From Philles Records, with some appealing sleigh bells and a flavour of "That's Entertainment" by The Jam.

"The Man Who Built The Moon?" near the end of the album, takes the tune and and rhythm of "Wonderwall", and puts it in the epic setting of a Bond Theme. Additional nods to a more widescreen production come with "interlude: Wednesday PT1" and the closing "End Credits".

Best by some distance though is "Black And White Sunshine". It's not unfamiliar territory by any means (Except for mention of "thanks and praise", which gives it a flavour of Sunday School we probably never expected from him), and it is very good indeed. And entirely unfamiliar guitar rift opens proceedings with a Johnny Marr level of freshness and virtuosity. the chorus, with reference to ships coming in, is jubilant in the pure Knebworth fashion. The descent back to the verse is done with some tastefully basic guitar playing.

If this excellent rocker were surrounded by a family bearing some strong genetic resemblances to it, "Who Built The Moon?" would be a superior album. That's not quite the case, sadly. "Keep On Reaching" find Holmes pushing some Curtis Mayfield presets. "She Taught Me How To Fly" is a fusion of Pulp's "Common People" with Blondie's "Heart Of Glass". And even if Noel doesn't like to talk about The Beatles any more, there's no hiding that "Be Careful What You Wish For" sounds rather like the riff from "Come Together".

Which is a strange thing about the album. As the album's bonus track (a live-in-the-studio version of "Dead In The Water") makes plain, Noel has broadened his horizons beyond the plaintive acoustic ballad. But to still be making records that sound a bit like other records after all this experimentation suggests he's gone an awfully long way round the houses simply to end up exactly where he started.

07/10 By John Robinson

Source: Uncut Magazine

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 week's events are in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Leicester.

Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.

Noel Gallagher On Feminism

Click here to watch a video of Noel Gallagher talking about feminism to Virgin Radio.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet

Rock n roll is not about been in detention it's smash and grab any body who plays over hour an half is a wanker in my book as you were LG

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In Los Angeles

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at the The Wiltern in Los Angeles, 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

Video: Liam Gallagher In Los Angeles

Below are a number of videos of Liam Gallagher at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, USA yesterday.

Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds In London

Click here to read a review of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in York Hall in London earlier this month.

Listen To Noel Gallagher On The Ricky Gervais Podcast 'Ricky Gervais Is Deadly Sirius'

Episode 4 - Ricky chats with Noel Gallagher and David Baddiel

Ricky Gervais is Deadly Sirius: Ricky with comedian chums and eminent guests discussing the big issues. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and often taboo-crunching chat about ethics, science and art; interspersed with utter bollocks and the greatest songs of all time.

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

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⠀ 📸 @charlielightening

A post shared by Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) on Nov 14, 2017 at 11:57am PST

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