Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the fifth track '(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'.
"This was recorded for 'Don't Believe The Truth', but never got finished. Then it was recorded again for 'Dig Out Your Soul'. There's a couple of versions that have been around [the internet] for ages but I thought, 'If it doesn't come out now, it never will, and it's too good a fucking song.' I guess it's got a classic Oasis feel to it, but if it was on an Oasis album I think people would've dismissed it, like, 'Oh they've done all that before.' It's funny how the perception of songs changes because the circumstances in which they're being released changes."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On '(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the fifth track '(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'.
"This was recorded for 'Don't Believe The Truth', but never got finished. Then it was recorded again for 'Dig Out Your Soul'. There's a couple of versions that have been around [the internet] for ages but I thought, 'If it doesn't come out now, it never will, and it's too good a fucking song.' I guess it's got a classic Oasis feel to it, but if it was on an Oasis album I think people would've dismissed it, like, 'Oh they've done all that before.' It's funny how the perception of songs changes because the circumstances in which they're being released changes."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the forth track 'The Death Of You And Me'.
'The only song I've ever written where I kept going back to it and chipping away at it, changing little bits. I came up with the melody and I'd tried it on different instruments: piano, guitar, organ, and it didn't work. So by a process of elimination we got to trumpets. I don't know any trumpet players, so I called Serge, and then Gary, who plays trumpets with Kasabian. Sent it to him, and said, 'I need three of you, and I want it to sound like New Orleans.' He went, 'Oh... right...' and then we all did it round one real old mic."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On 'The Death Of You And Me'
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the forth track 'The Death Of You And Me'.
'The only song I've ever written where I kept going back to it and chipping away at it, changing little bits. I came up with the melody and I'd tried it on different instruments: piano, guitar, organ, and it didn't work. So by a process of elimination we got to trumpets. I don't know any trumpet players, so I called Serge, and then Gary, who plays trumpets with Kasabian. Sent it to him, and said, 'I need three of you, and I want it to sound like New Orleans.' He went, 'Oh... right...' and then we all did it round one real old mic."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher
How much does it cost to get Noel Gallagher to appear in a TV advert?
Easy. Two VIP tickets to the World Cup Final, bags of cash and the chance to design his own range of footwear.
The former Oasis star is releasing 120 pairs of limited edition Adidas trainers in a couple of weeks' time.
If you are lucky enough to beat the queue at the only shop they are going on sale, Adidas on Newburgh St, London, they will set you back £80.
It's all part of the wise deal he cracked when he agreed to feature in the ace Adidas Originals Star Wars ad a couple of years ago.
Noel said: "I've been buying Adidas trainers since I was a young dude.
"To have my name put to a pair is truly mind-blowing."
So here's the bit for trainer geeks.
The runners are based on the firm's classic Training '72 shoe – his favourite as a youngster.
Noel took a binliner full of old pairs when he went to meet designers and came up with the new version with his initials on the heel and face on the tongue.
They are available from October 22, with a limited number of signed pairs up for grabs on the Adidas Originals Facebook page. Russell Brand will be first in the queue.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Noel Gallagher’s Releasing 120 Pairs Of Limited Edition Adidas Trainers
How much does it cost to get Noel Gallagher to appear in a TV advert?
Easy. Two VIP tickets to the World Cup Final, bags of cash and the chance to design his own range of footwear.
The former Oasis star is releasing 120 pairs of limited edition Adidas trainers in a couple of weeks' time.
If you are lucky enough to beat the queue at the only shop they are going on sale, Adidas on Newburgh St, London, they will set you back £80.
It's all part of the wise deal he cracked when he agreed to feature in the ace Adidas Originals Star Wars ad a couple of years ago.
Noel said: "I've been buying Adidas trainers since I was a young dude.
"To have my name put to a pair is truly mind-blowing."
So here's the bit for trainer geeks.
The runners are based on the firm's classic Training '72 shoe – his favourite as a youngster.
Noel took a binliner full of old pairs when he went to meet designers and came up with the new version with his initials on the heel and face on the tongue.
They are available from October 22, with a limited number of signed pairs up for grabs on the Adidas Originals Facebook page. Russell Brand will be first in the queue.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Fans in Finland will be pleased to know that there will be a playback of the forthcoming debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
It takes place in Helsinki on the 8th of October, details can be found here.
'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' Album Playback In Helsinki
Fans in Finland will be pleased to know that there will be a playback of the forthcoming debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
It takes place in Helsinki on the 8th of October, details can be found here.
Noel Gallagher
"These songs never would have ended up on an Oasis record," Noel Gallagher says about the 10 tracks on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, his solo debut. For the first time in his 20-year career, Gallagher is stepping beyond the Britpop sound he popularized with Oasis (who split in August 2009) by experimenting with new styles, including New Orleans-style ragtime and 80s dance.
Q&A: Noel Gallagher on Solo LP, Oasis
So far, "What a Life" and "The Death of You and Me" have leaked online in advance of the LP's November 8 U.S. release. To get the stories behind those two songs and four more new tracks, we recently sat down with Gallagher.
"If I Had a Gun"
Gallagher has some unlikely collaborators on this acoustic ballad: his fans. "I was out one night in London and somebody asked me, 'Have you got a song called 'If I Had a Gun?'' I said, 'You couldn't possibly fucking know that.' He said, 'I was just listening to it on the internet.' So I went to YouTube and there it was. It was recorded during soundcheck on Oasis' 2008 tour of South America, which is where I wrote the song. There was only about a minute of the audio. And while it didn't have any of the finished words, the basic structure was there, so people started writing their own words and finishing off the song and posting it to YouTube. Those cheeky fuckers. Before I'd even finished writing the song they're covering it. But it's flattering, too -- a quarter million people watched it."
"Everybody's on the Run"
Like "If I Had a Gun," this gigantic ballad was also bootlegged during soundchecks on Oasis' South American tour. It's a dark, propulsive wall of sound with swaying bass, a church choir, and Gallagher's emotive singing, all set to an echo effect. "I'd more or less finished it when it was posted to YouTube," says Gallagher. "It's nice that people still care enough to sneak down and stick it online. The song has a 100-piece choir and 24-piece orchestra. It sets the scene for the rest of the album. It's about a couple -- boyfriend and girlfriend, man and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, best friends, doesn't matter -- that take each other by the hand and say, 'We've got to get out of here.' Although it's about two people on the run, the narrator of the song -- that being me -- is saying, 'Everybody is on the run from something. Nobody is settled. Nobody is where they're supposed to be. Everybody is looking for something.'"
"The Death of You and Me"
This orchestral first single from High Flying Birds is indicative of Gallagher's experimental streak on the LP. "It's one of my favorite songs because it's different from what people expect from me," he says. "There's trumpet, saxophone, and trombone, and I mouth some of the horn parts as well. It's all recorded through one really old microphone. I had the melody for the instrumental break and I knew it had to completely change color from a British pop song to something very different. We tried a few instruments that didn't work, but then all of a sudden it was like … Jazz! It just fit." Gallagher's lyrics continued the album's theme: "[It's] about two people just saying, 'Let's run away.' When I was writing these songs, I never wrote the lyrics down. They were lodged in my brain. When I went into the studio the engineer, David Sardy (Oasis), said, 'Have you got any lyric sheets?' I said [points to his head] 'they're all in here!' I walked up to the mic and they all came out. But the theme of the album didn't dawn on me until I had finished the record and my publisher said, 'We need the words,' and I had to type them out. And as I was typing and reading them, I thought, 'Wow, there's a story unfolding here. It's all about hope, love, escapism, the journey, and the longing to be somewhere else."
"Dream On"
It's a charging rocker with dramatic gliding guitar, walls of pounding piano, wailing horns, and Gallagher's accented crooning all meeting in one of those unforgettable hooks that have become his calling card. It's arguably one of the best tracks on the LP, but it doesn't have deep meaning to its songwriter: "'Dream On' is throwaway-pop," he laughs. "It's a great tune, but the lyrics don't mean a great deal."
"(I Wanna Live a Dream in My) Record Machine"
This poignant acoustic ballad, featuring mournful strings and audio of children's laughter, "is about 10 years old," says Gallagher. "It was written and recorded for both Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis, but I never got it to a place where I could accept it as finished." For High Flying Birds, however, Gallagher tweaked and experimented with it -- and it worked. "Compared to the previous demos, the new version is in a different key and slightly quicker. The arrangement, melody, and words are exactly the same, though. It's about the power of music and how it can transport you to a different place, even if for just three minutes."
"What a Life"
This driving track started as a simple "acoustic shuffle" inspired by the Kinks, but evolved into something altogether different. "One afternoon I was listening to -- not on purpose I might add, but completely by accident -- 'Strings of Life' by a band called Rhythim is Rhythim (listen here). I stopped at the piano bit at the song's beginning and thought, 'Wow. How can something like that bit fit in my song?' So I got the guitar out and played the song again and thought, 'Yeah. This is going to work.' I recorded a demo in the studio with a bass drum and piano, and thought, 'This is fucking disco! How am I gonna dance to this?' But I'm a big fan of dance music, like the acid house movement. Between the years of '87 and 1990, I was completely into running around Manchester high on ecstasy, just being a fucking nutcase. Those were happy days."
Source: www.spin.com
Noel Gallagher Tells Stories About Tracks From High Flying Birds
"These songs never would have ended up on an Oasis record," Noel Gallagher says about the 10 tracks on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, his solo debut. For the first time in his 20-year career, Gallagher is stepping beyond the Britpop sound he popularized with Oasis (who split in August 2009) by experimenting with new styles, including New Orleans-style ragtime and 80s dance.
Q&A: Noel Gallagher on Solo LP, Oasis
So far, "What a Life" and "The Death of You and Me" have leaked online in advance of the LP's November 8 U.S. release. To get the stories behind those two songs and four more new tracks, we recently sat down with Gallagher.
"If I Had a Gun"
Gallagher has some unlikely collaborators on this acoustic ballad: his fans. "I was out one night in London and somebody asked me, 'Have you got a song called 'If I Had a Gun?'' I said, 'You couldn't possibly fucking know that.' He said, 'I was just listening to it on the internet.' So I went to YouTube and there it was. It was recorded during soundcheck on Oasis' 2008 tour of South America, which is where I wrote the song. There was only about a minute of the audio. And while it didn't have any of the finished words, the basic structure was there, so people started writing their own words and finishing off the song and posting it to YouTube. Those cheeky fuckers. Before I'd even finished writing the song they're covering it. But it's flattering, too -- a quarter million people watched it."
"Everybody's on the Run"
Like "If I Had a Gun," this gigantic ballad was also bootlegged during soundchecks on Oasis' South American tour. It's a dark, propulsive wall of sound with swaying bass, a church choir, and Gallagher's emotive singing, all set to an echo effect. "I'd more or less finished it when it was posted to YouTube," says Gallagher. "It's nice that people still care enough to sneak down and stick it online. The song has a 100-piece choir and 24-piece orchestra. It sets the scene for the rest of the album. It's about a couple -- boyfriend and girlfriend, man and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, best friends, doesn't matter -- that take each other by the hand and say, 'We've got to get out of here.' Although it's about two people on the run, the narrator of the song -- that being me -- is saying, 'Everybody is on the run from something. Nobody is settled. Nobody is where they're supposed to be. Everybody is looking for something.'"
"The Death of You and Me"
This orchestral first single from High Flying Birds is indicative of Gallagher's experimental streak on the LP. "It's one of my favorite songs because it's different from what people expect from me," he says. "There's trumpet, saxophone, and trombone, and I mouth some of the horn parts as well. It's all recorded through one really old microphone. I had the melody for the instrumental break and I knew it had to completely change color from a British pop song to something very different. We tried a few instruments that didn't work, but then all of a sudden it was like … Jazz! It just fit." Gallagher's lyrics continued the album's theme: "[It's] about two people just saying, 'Let's run away.' When I was writing these songs, I never wrote the lyrics down. They were lodged in my brain. When I went into the studio the engineer, David Sardy (Oasis), said, 'Have you got any lyric sheets?' I said [points to his head] 'they're all in here!' I walked up to the mic and they all came out. But the theme of the album didn't dawn on me until I had finished the record and my publisher said, 'We need the words,' and I had to type them out. And as I was typing and reading them, I thought, 'Wow, there's a story unfolding here. It's all about hope, love, escapism, the journey, and the longing to be somewhere else."
"Dream On"
It's a charging rocker with dramatic gliding guitar, walls of pounding piano, wailing horns, and Gallagher's accented crooning all meeting in one of those unforgettable hooks that have become his calling card. It's arguably one of the best tracks on the LP, but it doesn't have deep meaning to its songwriter: "'Dream On' is throwaway-pop," he laughs. "It's a great tune, but the lyrics don't mean a great deal."
"(I Wanna Live a Dream in My) Record Machine"
This poignant acoustic ballad, featuring mournful strings and audio of children's laughter, "is about 10 years old," says Gallagher. "It was written and recorded for both Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis, but I never got it to a place where I could accept it as finished." For High Flying Birds, however, Gallagher tweaked and experimented with it -- and it worked. "Compared to the previous demos, the new version is in a different key and slightly quicker. The arrangement, melody, and words are exactly the same, though. It's about the power of music and how it can transport you to a different place, even if for just three minutes."
"What a Life"
This driving track started as a simple "acoustic shuffle" inspired by the Kinks, but evolved into something altogether different. "One afternoon I was listening to -- not on purpose I might add, but completely by accident -- 'Strings of Life' by a band called Rhythim is Rhythim (listen here). I stopped at the piano bit at the song's beginning and thought, 'Wow. How can something like that bit fit in my song?' So I got the guitar out and played the song again and thought, 'Yeah. This is going to work.' I recorded a demo in the studio with a bass drum and piano, and thought, 'This is fucking disco! How am I gonna dance to this?' But I'm a big fan of dance music, like the acid house movement. Between the years of '87 and 1990, I was completely into running around Manchester high on ecstasy, just being a fucking nutcase. Those were happy days."
Source: www.spin.com
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher will join Steve Lamacq to talk about his album.
The show is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 and starts at 4pm (UK time), to listen live click here.
EDIT: It looks like BBC Radio 6 will play tracks from the album all day, this was found on the BBC website.
You've heard every track here first as our Album of the Day Plus. Now Noel Gallagher joins Steve to talk about his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', which is released next Monday.
Noel Gallagher To Join Steve Lamacq Next Tuesday
Noel Gallagher will join Steve Lamacq to talk about his album.
The show is broadcast on BBC Radio 6 and starts at 4pm (UK time), to listen live click here.
EDIT: It looks like BBC Radio 6 will play tracks from the album all day, this was found on the BBC website.
You've heard every track here first as our Album of the Day Plus. Now Noel Gallagher joins Steve to talk about his debut solo album 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', which is released next Monday.
Noel Gallagher
Exhibition runs from 27th October until 13th November 2011.
Documenting 18 months in the recording of Noel Gallagher’s hugely anticipated first solo album High Flying Birds, Lawrence Watson was given unlimited access to capture the thoughts and processes behind the creation of the songs.
Moody black-and-white shots are dispersed with upbeat colour photography taken in various locations from London to Los Angeles. The reportage-style imagery is supported by a short film lacing together super-eight, video and still images.
“I have been working with Noel for the past six years,” says Lawrence. “As an artist I have great respect for his song writing talent and the new album is a testament to his skill. Working so closely and for such a consistently long time with him, has given me a great opportunity to experience his creative process at first hand.”
Lawrence Watson Photographs Noel Gallagher
27th October to 13th November
Londonewcastle Project Space
28 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP London
Mon-Fri 12pm-8pm; Sat & Sun 12pm-6pm
More details in the flyers below.
Thanks to AG_foto
New Exhibition: Lawrence Watson Photographs Noel Gallagher
Exhibition runs from 27th October until 13th November 2011.
Documenting 18 months in the recording of Noel Gallagher’s hugely anticipated first solo album High Flying Birds, Lawrence Watson was given unlimited access to capture the thoughts and processes behind the creation of the songs.
Moody black-and-white shots are dispersed with upbeat colour photography taken in various locations from London to Los Angeles. The reportage-style imagery is supported by a short film lacing together super-eight, video and still images.
“I have been working with Noel for the past six years,” says Lawrence. “As an artist I have great respect for his song writing talent and the new album is a testament to his skill. Working so closely and for such a consistently long time with him, has given me a great opportunity to experience his creative process at first hand.”
Lawrence Watson Photographs Noel Gallagher
27th October to 13th November
Londonewcastle Project Space
28 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP London
Mon-Fri 12pm-8pm; Sat & Sun 12pm-6pm
More details in the flyers below.
Thanks to AG_foto
Alan White
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The video below is from October 4th 1997, when Oasis performed on Saturday Night Live in New York.
On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from October 4th 1997, when Oasis performed on Saturday Night Live in New York.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the third track 'If I Had A Gun'.
"It's been bumped as a single twice now! That was gonna be the first thing that anybody heard. I was thinking, 'People are just gonna go, 'It's great -but it sounds like Oasis." It was literally on the day we were gonna shoot the video, and we just went, Fuck it, let's change it.' Then I changed my mind again, when it was the second single, two days before it came out. It was one that came out on the internet from a soundcheck. But I only heard it a few years after, and I was quite impressed that I had pretty much nailed the arrangement. I didn't have the words fully formed, but I knew instantly, 'That's gonna be great when it's finished.' It's kind of up there as one of the big ones that I've done."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On If I Had A Gun
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the third track 'If I Had A Gun'.
"It's been bumped as a single twice now! That was gonna be the first thing that anybody heard. I was thinking, 'People are just gonna go, 'It's great -but it sounds like Oasis." It was literally on the day we were gonna shoot the video, and we just went, Fuck it, let's change it.' Then I changed my mind again, when it was the second single, two days before it came out. It was one that came out on the internet from a soundcheck. But I only heard it a few years after, and I was quite impressed that I had pretty much nailed the arrangement. I didn't have the words fully formed, but I knew instantly, 'That's gonna be great when it's finished.' It's kind of up there as one of the big ones that I've done."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Gem Archer
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the second track 'Dream On'.
"This particular track was written just at the end of the 'Dig Out Your Soul' sessions in 2008. It was the last week of mixing the album, and me and Gem did a little demo of this song. I think it might have been because Liam had fuc*ed off home and didn't tell anybody - we were in the studio like 'f*cking hell, what are we going to do?' It's a bit of a throwaway... It's nonsense, the words don't mean anything. But it's got a great 'She's Electric', 'Digsy's Dinner'-esque quality to it. Someone somewhere will go 'Everybody's On The Run' is alright, 'If I Had A Gun' that's good, but fu*king 'Dream On' what a tune.
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On Dream On
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the second track 'Dream On'.
"This particular track was written just at the end of the 'Dig Out Your Soul' sessions in 2008. It was the last week of mixing the album, and me and Gem did a little demo of this song. I think it might have been because Liam had fuc*ed off home and didn't tell anybody - we were in the studio like 'f*cking hell, what are we going to do?' It's a bit of a throwaway... It's nonsense, the words don't mean anything. But it's got a great 'She's Electric', 'Digsy's Dinner'-esque quality to it. Someone somewhere will go 'Everybody's On The Run' is alright, 'If I Had A Gun' that's good, but fu*king 'Dream On' what a tune.
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher
Below is a video of Noel Gallagher performing if 'I Had A Gun' acoustically on Virgin Radio in Italy.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Watch Noel Gallagher Perform 'If I Had A Gun' On Virgin Radio Italy
Below is a video of Noel Gallagher performing if 'I Had A Gun' acoustically on Virgin Radio in Italy.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the albums opener 'Everybody's On The Run'.
"It was always going to be the opener on the album. It's the kind of track that people would end a record on, but I've got three of those songs in 'Everybody's On The Run', 'Stop The Clocks' and 'Record Machine'. So I was forced to split them up, and I thought this would be a great way to kick off, that's like putting your fu*king cards on the table and saying 'This is going to be a fu*king album'. The whole album has got the narrative of escape, hope and love, and it sets the album up as somebody saying 'I've gotta get out of this situation, or out of this town, or out of this city.' When I was doing the strings, I said to the girl who does my string arrangements: 'I want it to sound like Ennio Morricone, and all the string players had to be women,' and she thought I was a bit of a perv. I was like 'No, no, they play strings a lot sexier than men.' She said it doesn't make any difference, but I said, 'I need to fuc*king know it's women playing it' So we did the strings and choir the first night at Abbey Road, which was a bit of a moment."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On Everbody's On The Run
Noel Gallagher has told the current issue of the NME his thoughts on each track from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album.
This is what Noel had to say about the albums opener 'Everybody's On The Run'.
"It was always going to be the opener on the album. It's the kind of track that people would end a record on, but I've got three of those songs in 'Everybody's On The Run', 'Stop The Clocks' and 'Record Machine'. So I was forced to split them up, and I thought this would be a great way to kick off, that's like putting your fu*king cards on the table and saying 'This is going to be a fu*king album'. The whole album has got the narrative of escape, hope and love, and it sets the album up as somebody saying 'I've gotta get out of this situation, or out of this town, or out of this city.' When I was doing the strings, I said to the girl who does my string arrangements: 'I want it to sound like Ennio Morricone, and all the string players had to be women,' and she thought I was a bit of a perv. I was like 'No, no, they play strings a lot sexier than men.' She said it doesn't make any difference, but I said, 'I need to fuc*king know it's women playing it' So we did the strings and choir the first night at Abbey Road, which was a bit of a moment."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher has described this year's X Factor bands as "f**king appalling".
The former Oasis star said that the groups - who will be mentored by N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos - are the worst category of the series.
Gallagher told Digital Spy: "I watched this series for the first time this weekend. I'm usually quite good at picking who is going to go through, and I think I managed to pick them all correctly this time.
"The groups are f**king appalling; they really are f**king dreadful!"
The singer-songwriter continued: "The over 50s or 25s category are f**king sh**te too. It's only a TV show, though, and the whole thing is more like a soap opera with all their back stories and that carry-on.
"The live shows are when it's at its best and it's great Saturday night TV, especially when you've got an 11-year-old daughter. That show is her life!"
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher Has His Say Over X Factor
Noel Gallagher has described this year's X Factor bands as "f**king appalling".
The former Oasis star said that the groups - who will be mentored by N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos - are the worst category of the series.
Gallagher told Digital Spy: "I watched this series for the first time this weekend. I'm usually quite good at picking who is going to go through, and I think I managed to pick them all correctly this time.
"The groups are f**king appalling; they really are f**king dreadful!"
The singer-songwriter continued: "The over 50s or 25s category are f**king sh**te too. It's only a TV show, though, and the whole thing is more like a soap opera with all their back stories and that carry-on.
"The live shows are when it's at its best and it's great Saturday night TV, especially when you've got an 11-year-old daughter. That show is her life!"
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
Since departing Oasis in the summer of '09, alt rock fans across the globe have been anticipating the next move of the band's lead songwriter Noel Gallagher.
While most column inches about the guitarist are currently dedicated to his ongoing feud with brother Liam and his outlandish remarks about rock 'n' roll or Lady GaGa, most press would still agree that hype surrounding Gallagher's new solo material is rarely overshadowed.
As you can imagine then, we were more than a little excited when we at Digital Spy were sent an advance copy of said LP last week. Read our first impressions of the tracks below:
'Everybody's On The Run'
"Hang in there love/ You've got to hold on," Noel belts with stadium-rousing gusto over swooping string sections and toe-tapping guitar hooks. The track delivers a dramatic opening to the record and is certainly a festival-ready set opener.
'Dream On'
Pounding beats and heavy guitar strums initially serve as a reminder of Oasis's 2005 album Don't Believe The Truth; reinforced all-the-more by chant's of "Dream On/ Shout it out for me" that wouldn't sound out of place on the terraces of football grounds. Better still, by the song's end we are treated to a jamboree of jazz piano and blues-driven brass.
'If I Had A Gun...'
Definitely the most Oasis-sounding track on the album and currently slated as the record's third single. 'If I Had A Gun...' is a gooey love song with 'Wonderwall'-inspired riffs and a raw, breezy vocal.
'The Death Of You And Me'
You'll already know this one, but the quirky mix of circus-inspired organs and whizzing rattles as Noel sings of escaping his demons sounds as fresh as it did upon its release this summer.
'(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'
The track starts off as a hazy Britpop number with light guitars and hollow beats, but by the middle eight a whirlpool of rattling cymbals and light thuds give way to a mesmerising electric guitar solo that will easily blow the roof off any live venue.
'AKA... What A Life'
Already available to download as NG's second solo single, 'AKA... What A Life' is a reflective number with toe-tapping beats, grungy disco-riffs and Hacienda-inspired piano tinkles. "I'm going to take that tiger outside for a ride" easily remains the best line in the song.
'Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks'
Gallagher's political lyricism is given an injection of humour by the track's romp'n'pomp bassline and sassy trumpet solo that conjures up imagery of the village green he takes aim at in the song. There's a distinct whiff of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper with this one.
'AKA... Broken Arrow'
AKA part two continues to use Spanish-inspired guitar riffs and rumba-styled tom-toms as a backdrop to Gallagher's wistful oohs and poignant lyrics: "She's a siren and I'm a warning," he laments.
'(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'
"Falling, I'll see you on the way down/ I'll meet you on the rebound/ Somewhere in between," Noel promises over raspy bass and a traditional soft-rock double-clap beat. By the end of the song he asks, "come and rescue me," as waves crash on the shore.
'Stop The Clocks'
Originally an Oasis demo that later leaked online, Noel's version of the track now ten years in the making continues the airy vocal but works in a gentle electronic keyboard riff. After the 2m44s mark a crescendo of crashing cymbals and an impressive guitar solo seals this song's fate as an epic anthem.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be released in the UK on October 17 and the US on November 8.
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Album: First Listen
Since departing Oasis in the summer of '09, alt rock fans across the globe have been anticipating the next move of the band's lead songwriter Noel Gallagher.
While most column inches about the guitarist are currently dedicated to his ongoing feud with brother Liam and his outlandish remarks about rock 'n' roll or Lady GaGa, most press would still agree that hype surrounding Gallagher's new solo material is rarely overshadowed.
As you can imagine then, we were more than a little excited when we at Digital Spy were sent an advance copy of said LP last week. Read our first impressions of the tracks below:
'Everybody's On The Run'
"Hang in there love/ You've got to hold on," Noel belts with stadium-rousing gusto over swooping string sections and toe-tapping guitar hooks. The track delivers a dramatic opening to the record and is certainly a festival-ready set opener.
'Dream On'
Pounding beats and heavy guitar strums initially serve as a reminder of Oasis's 2005 album Don't Believe The Truth; reinforced all-the-more by chant's of "Dream On/ Shout it out for me" that wouldn't sound out of place on the terraces of football grounds. Better still, by the song's end we are treated to a jamboree of jazz piano and blues-driven brass.
'If I Had A Gun...'
Definitely the most Oasis-sounding track on the album and currently slated as the record's third single. 'If I Had A Gun...' is a gooey love song with 'Wonderwall'-inspired riffs and a raw, breezy vocal.
'The Death Of You And Me'
You'll already know this one, but the quirky mix of circus-inspired organs and whizzing rattles as Noel sings of escaping his demons sounds as fresh as it did upon its release this summer.
'(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine'
The track starts off as a hazy Britpop number with light guitars and hollow beats, but by the middle eight a whirlpool of rattling cymbals and light thuds give way to a mesmerising electric guitar solo that will easily blow the roof off any live venue.
'AKA... What A Life'
Already available to download as NG's second solo single, 'AKA... What A Life' is a reflective number with toe-tapping beats, grungy disco-riffs and Hacienda-inspired piano tinkles. "I'm going to take that tiger outside for a ride" easily remains the best line in the song.
'Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks'
Gallagher's political lyricism is given an injection of humour by the track's romp'n'pomp bassline and sassy trumpet solo that conjures up imagery of the village green he takes aim at in the song. There's a distinct whiff of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper with this one.
'AKA... Broken Arrow'
AKA part two continues to use Spanish-inspired guitar riffs and rumba-styled tom-toms as a backdrop to Gallagher's wistful oohs and poignant lyrics: "She's a siren and I'm a warning," he laments.
'(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'
"Falling, I'll see you on the way down/ I'll meet you on the rebound/ Somewhere in between," Noel promises over raspy bass and a traditional soft-rock double-clap beat. By the end of the song he asks, "come and rescue me," as waves crash on the shore.
'Stop The Clocks'
Originally an Oasis demo that later leaked online, Noel's version of the track now ten years in the making continues the airy vocal but works in a gentle electronic keyboard riff. After the 2m44s mark a crescendo of crashing cymbals and an impressive guitar solo seals this song's fate as an epic anthem.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be released in the UK on October 17 and the US on November 8.
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Noel Gallagher
In his own words Noel Gallagher gives his views on his High Flying Birds Album, that's out later this month.
The magazine goes on sale tomorrow.
Noel Gallagher's Guide To His Album In This Week's NME
In his own words Noel Gallagher gives his views on his High Flying Birds Album, that's out later this month.
The magazine goes on sale tomorrow.
Noel Gallagher
Time for a little inspiration, via NYC. Enter to win an all-access weekend in New York, including 4 VIP concert tix from Mercury Records, rooms at the Hudson and $5,000 in clothes from Club Monaco.
Click here to enter (US only).
Win Tickets To See Noel Gallagher In New York
Time for a little inspiration, via NYC. Enter to win an all-access weekend in New York, including 4 VIP concert tix from Mercury Records, rooms at the Hudson and $5,000 in clothes from Club Monaco.
Click here to enter (US only).
Beady Eye
Katy Perry
Noel Gallagher
Matt Pinfield talks to Noel Gallagher about Beady Eye, Katy Perry and meeting his heroes.
The videos are ones that I posted the other day from the 120 Minutes website, they were not visible to visitors outside the US.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Noel Gallagher On Beady Eye, Katy Perry And Meeting His Heroes
Matt Pinfield talks to Noel Gallagher about Beady Eye, Katy Perry and meeting his heroes.
The videos are ones that I posted the other day from the 120 Minutes website, they were not visible to visitors outside the US.
Thanks to frjdoasisfan
Noel Gallagher
Sony Records Japan are pleased to announce that they will be hosting another fan only playback of the forthcoming debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
It will be held in Sapporo Japan, details can be found here.
'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' Album Playback In Sapporo Japan
Sony Records Japan are pleased to announce that they will be hosting another fan only playback of the forthcoming debut album from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
It will be held in Sapporo Japan, details can be found here.
Beady Eye
Three interviews with Beady Eye will be broadcast in Japan later this month, details are below.
Channel: M-ON TV
Program Name: GGTV
Date: October 8th
Time: 12am-1am (local time)
Details: here
Channel: Space Shower TV
Program Name: International Flash
Date: October 11th
Time: 10:30pm-11pm (local time)
Details: here
Channel: MTV
Program Name: Obizarus
Date: October 11th, 12th and 13th
Time: 7pm-8pm(local time)
Details: here
Thanks to Raspberry_mr
Three Interviews With Beady Eye To Broadcast This Month In Japan
Three interviews with Beady Eye will be broadcast in Japan later this month, details are below.
Channel: M-ON TV
Program Name: GGTV
Date: October 8th
Time: 12am-1am (local time)
Details: here
Channel: Space Shower TV
Program Name: International Flash
Date: October 11th
Time: 10:30pm-11pm (local time)
Details: here
Channel: MTV
Program Name: Obizarus
Date: October 11th, 12th and 13th
Time: 7pm-8pm(local time)
Details: here
Thanks to Raspberry_mr
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