Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On March 9th 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the ACL Live at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On March 9th 2015 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On March 9th 2016 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City, Mexico.

Listen to the set in full below.

On March 9th 2018 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, USA.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On March 9th 2018 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds released 'It’s A Beautiful World' on 12” vinyl.

Tony McCarroll's Drum Kit Is For Sale For £41,000

Tony McCarroll's drum kit is for sale on eBay with an asking price of £41,000.

This kit was used during the recording sessions for Oasis' Definitely Maybe and more. It was also used at numerous historic gigs and TV appearances.

It was sold by McCarroll via an auction with Christie’s in 2014.

Check out the auction here.

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Blast From The Past: Beady Eye

On March 9th 2011 Beady Eye played the first of two nights at the Troxy in London, England.

Watch a number of videos from both nights below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On March 9th 2003 Oasis played at the Philipshalle in Dusseldorf, Germany. 

Listen to 'Bring It On Down' below.

On March 9th 2009 Oasis released the 'Falling Down' single, it reached number 10 on the Official UK Singles chart.

It was the final single released by the band.

Cigarettes & Alcohol

CD - CRESCD 190

01: Cigarettes & Alcohol

02: I Am The Walrus (Live)

03: Listen Up

04: Fade Away

7" - CRE 190

01: Cigarettes & Alcohol

02: I Am The Walrus" (Live) 

12" - CRE 190T

01: Cigarettes & Alcohol

02: I Am The Walrus (Live)

03: Fade Away

Cassette - CRECS 190

01: Cigarettes & Alcohol

02: I Am The Walrus" (Live)

Release Date: October 10th 1994

Highest UK Singles Chart Position: 7

Cigarettes & Alcohol is a song by Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher. It was the fourth single to be released from their debut album Definitely Maybe, and their second to enter the UK Top Ten in the United Kingdom, peaking at number seven, eventually spending thirty five weeks on the charts, re-entering the Top 75 on several occasions until 1997.

Whereas earlier singles Supersonic and Shakermaker had used psychedelic imagery, and Live Forever used softer chords and tender lyrics, Cigarettes & Alcohol was the first real taste, among their singles, of the wilder attitude that Oasis appeared to be promoting. The song showcases the appeal of cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and partying as a remedy to the banality of working class life.

Lyrics such as "Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for" tapped into the mood of British working class youth in the mid-1990s. However, the song does not set out to hold up these minor releases of work-a-day life as some ideal. They are, rather, a compromise – "You could wait for a lifetime," they sing, "to spend your days in the sunshine/(so) you might as well do the white line".

Upon first hearing the song, the man who discovered the band, Alan McGee, claimed that the song was one of the greatest social statements anyone had made in the past twenty five years, such was his view on the song.

Another notable element of this song is Liam's unique pronunciation of many of the words. Most rhymes end in "-tion," and Liam draws these out into "-sheeyion," for almost every line. Noel has said that he writes many lyrics to fit Liam's extremely unique vocal style.

The song was one of the first cases when Oasis was accused of musical plagiarism, a reputation of the band that would later grow. The main riff of the song is supposedly "borrowed" from Get It On (Bang a Gong) by T-Rex and also bears a similarity to the opening of Humble Pie's cover of C'Mon Everybody from the album Smokin'.

Rod Stewart covered the song on his 1998 album When We Were The New Boys.

The song is included on Oasis' compilation album Stop The Clocks.

Contrary to the sleevenotes, which claimed it was recorded at the Glasgow Cathouse in June 1994, I Am The Walrus was actually recorded at a soundcheck for a gig at the Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland on February 6th 1994, as part of a Sony Music seminar. The reason why this wasn't mentioned on the original sleeve notes was because Noel thought mentioning the fact that it was recorded at a corporate event would look bad. The crowd noises at the beginning and end of the track are from a Faces bootleg of Noel's.

 

All three B-sides were featured on The Masterplan, although I Am The Walrus and Listen Up both appear as edited versions.

The Father Ted episode Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading is named after this song.

Don't Go Away

Catalogue No: - ESCA-6948

01: Don't Go Away

02: Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live from GMEX, Manchester, December 14th 1997)

03: Sad Song

04: Fade Away [Warchild version]

Release Date: May 13th 1998

Highest UK Singles Chart Position: 48

Don't Go Away is a song by Oasis from their third album Be Here Now written by Noel Gallagher. The song was released as a single in Japan.

The song, according to Noel, is about losing someone close and it was written when his mother, Peggy, was suspected of having cancer. His mother did not have cancer, but the experience gave Noel the idea to write something "quite bleak. The line "Cold and frosty morning" appears on The Kinks track Dead End Street.

Liam Gallagher claims to have cried whilst recording the song, as a result of dwelling on "a certain thing". He said, in a 1997 interview, "I just thought 'f*ck that, I can't be singing this song' and I had to go away and sort myself out". Listening back to the song he admits to being very proud of his vocal performance.

Interview

In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the song: "It's a very sad song about not wanting to lose someone you're close to. The middle eight I made up on the spot.I never had that lyric until the day we recorded it: 'Me and you, what's going on?/ All we seem to know is how to show/ The feelings that are wrong.' It's after a row. Quite bleak."

"We put Burt Bacharach horns on because he was the master of break-up songs. I did all the string arrangements. I tried to keep them as simple as possible. I like the way Marc Bolan used them on Children Of The Revolution. People do remember string parts as separate hooklines, you know. You just don't want to use them slushily."

Artwork

The cover of the single features the old Liverpool Speke Airport building.

The airport is famous as the scene thousands of hysterical fans greeting The Beatles on their return to Liverpool at the height of Beatlemania. Derelict at the time, it has now been turned into an exclusive hotel managed by Marriott.

B-Sides

The live version of Cigarettes & Alcohol was recorded on December 14th 1997 at the G-MEX Exhibition Centre in Oasis' home town of Manchester.

Sad Song originally appeared as a bonus track on the vinyl release of the first Oasis album, Definitely Maybe. It also appeared on the Japanese CD edition of Definitely Maybe.

The Warchild version of Fade Away is from the HELP album recorded in September 1995.

Blast From The Past: Liam Gallagher

On March 8th 2018 Liam Gallagher played at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On This Day In Oasis History...

 

On March 8th 1995 Oasis appeared on the 'Late Show With David Letterman.

Watch the band play 'Live Forever' below.

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.

📷  Model D Photography

Liam Gallagher's Latest Instagram Post

 

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GLOK Announce UK Tour

 

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Pretty Boy (Robert Smith Remix) (Official Lyric Video)

 

‘Pretty Boy’ (Robert Smith Remix) is taken from the digital and deluxe limited edition 3LP and 2CD formats of ‘Council Skies’, Out 2nd June on Sour Mash.

 “I was surprised and delighted when Noel asked me to remix this gorgeous song, and I had a lot of fun slowing it down and spacing it out - Cure drummer Jason Cooper gave me a great vibey drum track to play along with - and the rest just phased into place under the starry sky of my distant moon…” - Robert Smith.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On March 27th 2007 Noel Gallagher played the second of two concerts for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

The concert was released as 'The Dreams We Have As Children' album in 2009.

Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On March 7th 2015 Noel Gallagher took part in an exclusive in store signing at HMV’s Argyle Street before going on to play Glasgow’s SSE Hydro.

Watch a short video from HMV and videos from the set below.

Unheard 1997 Progression Of Oasis Recording 'Street Fighting Man' Noel Gallagher On Vocals

 
Uploaded by Kyle from the Oasis Collectors Group.

This is a portion of audio taken from a DAT Tape recording of the Oasis B-Side session for All Around The World. 

Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On March 6th 2012 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at Le Grand Rex in Paris, France.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On March 6th 2015 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at Capital FM in Nottingham, England.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.

On March 6th 2020 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds released the 'Blue Moon Rising' EP.

Tracklisting

Blue Moon Rising
Wandering Star
Come On Outside
Blue Moon Rising (The Reflex Revision)
Blue Moon Rising (7" Mix)

Video: Noel Gallagher On Soccer AM

 Below are a number of videos of Noel Gallagher on Soccer AM earlier today.

If anymore footage gets uploaded in the coming days I will add it to this post.

Taking casual to another level 🤣🤣🤣

Noel Gallagher's casual 1v1 is EVERYTHING pic.twitter.com/wyJSCRSr4N

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This is CLASS 🙌

Man City have revealed a new prematch collection inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst in celebration of International Women’s Day pic.twitter.com/c6NgefrXzI

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This is CLASS 🙌

Man City have revealed a new prematch collection inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst in celebration of International Women’s Day pic.twitter.com/c6NgefrXzI

— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) March 4, 2023

"It's nice for them to dream a little bit isn't it..." 😂😂

Noel Gallagher on whether Man Utd are in the title race 🏆 pic.twitter.com/T86XmlY3An

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🗣️ "It's just Carragher init..." 🤣🤣🤣

Noel Gallagher calls out @Carra23 over his Haaland comments 🍿 pic.twitter.com/jUyQm2XOhF

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On March 3rd 2000 Oasis played at the Marine Mese in Fukuoka, Japan.

Liam Gallagher left the stage after five songs due to problems with his voice and Noel finished off the set.

Listen to the full set below.

Blast From The Past: Noel Gallagher

On March 3rd 2015 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds played at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

Listen to the full set below.