Below are two pictures from the Rolling Stone Magazine from Argentina, that's on sale now!
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Beady Eye
Below are two pictures from the Rolling Stone Magazine from Argentina, that's on sale now!
Thanks to AG_foto
Beady Eye Feature In Argentinian Rolling Stone Magazine
Below are two pictures from the Rolling Stone Magazine from Argentina, that's on sale now!
Thanks to AG_foto
Beady Eye
Below are a few videos from Beady Eye's gig in Paris, earlier this year.
Watch the rest of the highlights here, the footage is taken from a special edition of Beady Eye's 'Different Gear Still Speeding' that is available in Japan.
Thanks to kvailas
Watch Highlights From Beady Eye's Gig In Paris
Below are a few videos from Beady Eye's gig in Paris, earlier this year.
Watch the rest of the highlights here, the footage is taken from a special edition of Beady Eye's 'Different Gear Still Speeding' that is available in Japan.
Thanks to kvailas
Noel Gallagher
Paul Weller
The video below is from October 2001, when Paul Weller was joined by Noel Gallagher to perform The Jam's classic 'That's Entertainment' on the Jools Holland show.
On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from October 2001, when Paul Weller was joined by Noel Gallagher to perform The Jam's classic 'That's Entertainment' on the Jools Holland show.
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 tenth and final track 'Stop The Clocks'.
"It will never live up to people's expectations of it [being written in Oasis]. But again, I thought, 'If I don't do it now, it's gonna be left in the corner, rotting away.' And it's too good to be left there. When I was doing it and the choir went on I thought, 'Yep I like it, it sounds definitive.' But it was only when we did the chaos at the end, with all the saxophones and the guitar solo that I thought, 'It's definitely worth putting on there now, for the last minute alone.' But I probably won't ever revisit it. It's kind of like a gift, clearing the decks for what comes next, the last postcard from the Oasis years."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On 'Stop The Clocks'
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 tenth and final track 'Stop The Clocks'.
"It will never live up to people's expectations of it [being written in Oasis]. But again, I thought, 'If I don't do it now, it's gonna be left in the corner, rotting away.' And it's too good to be left there. When I was doing it and the choir went on I thought, 'Yep I like it, it sounds definitive.' But it was only when we did the chaos at the end, with all the saxophones and the guitar solo that I thought, 'It's definitely worth putting on there now, for the last minute alone.' But I probably won't ever revisit it. It's kind of like a gift, clearing the decks for what comes next, the last postcard from the Oasis years."
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 Ninth track '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'.
"The album starts off with 'Everybody's On The Run' and a sense of having to leave where you are to go and find paradise, find out if the grass is greener on the other side. But you end up stranded on the wrong beach, where you end up in paradise thinking, This isn't really what I wanted. I should be where I fucking come from. I should be where I belong.' It's where you're from is where you're at, really. Kind of saying the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Subconsciously I must've been thinking about all this. The brackets? I don't know why I put brackets in there, I'm prone to doing that!"
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'
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 Ninth track '(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach'.
"The album starts off with 'Everybody's On The Run' and a sense of having to leave where you are to go and find paradise, find out if the grass is greener on the other side. But you end up stranded on the wrong beach, where you end up in paradise thinking, This isn't really what I wanted. I should be where I fucking come from. I should be where I belong.' It's where you're from is where you're at, really. Kind of saying the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Subconsciously I must've been thinking about all this. The brackets? I don't know why I put brackets in there, I'm prone to doing that!"
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 eighth track 'AKA... Broken Arrow'.
"Broken Arrow is Neil Young's ranch. As this one went on, I thought, 'It sounds like The Smiths, I fucking love it.' And of course it doesn't really sound like The Smiths - it only sounds like The Smiths to me. I tried to get Johnny Marr to play on it. I thought he would have put on a really incredible Johnny Marr guitar on it. But I called him, we exchanged messages for a week or two, and when he was in LA I wasn't, and when I was in LA he wasn't and it never quite happened. But I love it."
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On 'AKA... Broken Arrow'
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 eighth track 'AKA... Broken Arrow'.
"Broken Arrow is Neil Young's ranch. As this one went on, I thought, 'It sounds like The Smiths, I fucking love it.' And of course it doesn't really sound like The Smiths - it only sounds like The Smiths to me. I tried to get Johnny Marr to play on it. I thought he would have put on a really incredible Johnny Marr guitar on it. But I called him, we exchanged messages for a week or two, and when he was in LA I wasn't, and when I was in LA he wasn't and it never quite happened. But I love it."
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 seventh track 'Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks'.
"Very Kinks sounding; the opening line about the village green is a clue as to where it all came from. I was listening to that album ['The Kinks Arc The Village Green Preservation Society1] a lot on the last Oasis tour. The title itself, people are gonna think, 'What the fucking hell's this going to be about?' Each line is like the scene of a film, it's really visual. In my head, it reminds me of that scene in The Deer Hunter where the guy gets back from Vietnam, and the girl puts the record on the jukebox in the bar. The second half of the album, from here onwards, has got a separate feel. They're all darker sounding. It's night-time music. "
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On 'Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks'
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 seventh track 'Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks'.
"Very Kinks sounding; the opening line about the village green is a clue as to where it all came from. I was listening to that album ['The Kinks Arc The Village Green Preservation Society1] a lot on the last Oasis tour. The title itself, people are gonna think, 'What the fucking hell's this going to be about?' Each line is like the scene of a film, it's really visual. In my head, it reminds me of that scene in The Deer Hunter where the guy gets back from Vietnam, and the girl puts the record on the jukebox in the bar. The second half of the album, from here onwards, has got a separate feel. They're all darker sounding. It's night-time music. "
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 sixth track '...AKA What A Life'.
"After I made the demo, I was listening it back and thinking, 'Oh my God. This is disco music!' It was funny: when I played it to all the lads in the office they went, 'This is a bit weird'. But all the girls went, 'Fucking amazing!' I played it to my missus and she was like, 'At fucking last, something you can dance to,' so I was like, 'Right, I'm gonna fucking run with this!"'
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher On 'AKA... What A Life'
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 sixth track '...AKA What A Life'.
"After I made the demo, I was listening it back and thinking, 'Oh my God. This is disco music!' It was funny: when I played it to all the lads in the office they went, 'This is a bit weird'. But all the girls went, 'Fucking amazing!' I played it to my missus and she was like, 'At fucking last, something you can dance to,' so I was like, 'Right, I'm gonna fucking run with this!"'
Check out this week's magazine for the full article
Source: NME Magazine
Noel Gallagher
The much anticipated debut solo record from Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher came across the Your Daily SPA desk this morning and we just couldn’t help but jot down a few words about what this larger than life rocker has in store for us.
Some background rustling and a casual cough make for a disconcerting first couple of seconds of Noel Gallagher’s debut record, but it’s clearly there to throw us off the scent as Everybody’s On The Run erupts into an epic, anthemic piece, replete with strings, a choir and a big, bombastic chorus.
If I Had A Gun does away with the lavish touches and rest on more of a standard rock band formation. The sentiment is a little weird; “ If I had a gun, I’d shoot a hole into the sun and never burn this city down for you ” isn’t exactly Gallagher at his most poignant, but we’ve never been too romantic so who are we to judge?
Surely no one is looking forward to hearing a song called (I Wanna Live a Dream In My) Record Machine. We weren’t. The seemingly inappropriate sound of children chatting and playing opens it up, before we quickly realize this is yet another big ballad, this time driven by an acoustic guitar, some huge harmonies and before you know it, hello, here come those swirling strings and that choir again. It wouldn’t be that bad of a song, but when the chorus kicks in and Gallagher actually sings “_I wanna live a dream in my record machine_” you can’t help but laugh/cringe and then you just want those fucking kids to shut up. There’s a pretty nice guitar solo over an incredibly dramatic string interlude but it all feels a bit silly, really.
The rolling piano and static bass of What A Life starts the song of promisingly, and the song putters along just how a nice and inoffensive modern rock tune oughta. It won’t blow your mind but it’ll make you tap your foot and the little dash of mellotron thrown over the top of the solid groove established by the rhythm section is a very nice touch.
We certainly weren’t ready for The Death of You and Me. An intro that almost sounds inspired by a spaghetti western, Gallagher pulling out his finest falsetto and, frankly, one of the best choruses he has written in years is far removed from the sappy melodrama expected. It’s a perky tune with miserable subject matter and, most importantly, a big old fashioned New Orleans inspired horn section that kind of doesn’t fit, which actually makes it better. A bunch of rather disparate ideas smashed together doesn’t often work, but it has here. Might not be a single, but it’s bloody good all the same.
Stop The Clocks is boring, quite frankly, and it features the line “ What if I’m already dead? How would I know? “, which leads us immediately to the skip button. Dream On is a jaunty slice of Britpop that takes itself a bit too seriously to be fun, but hits the mark all the same. Suspicious as we are, a song called Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks has us pretty excited, but sadly it doesn’t get anywhere as dark as its title had us hoping for, but it’s not anywhere near as banal as AKA Broken Arrow, which honestly sounds like Gallagher is just reading verbatim from a book called Clichés for Dummies; you have to hear this shit to believe it.
The brackets are given a second run as (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach drops by. It’s far better than the last bracketed song and the gritty, swaggering chorus is one of the best on the record. It’s a bit more Stones than Beatles and shows us Gallagher has balls, without slapping us in the face with them as has happened a few times with the
Forget the kitchen sink; Gallagher and co have thrown the entire housing estate at this record. It sounds like it cost millions of bucks to make and as if it would have been a bit of a pain in the arse to do. The production is slick, the instrumentation intense (sometimes too much so) and Gallagher really belts it out on his vocal takes. The results are mostly pretty impressive – a few missteps aside – now we just need to kick back and watch the fireworks as Oasis fans tussle over whether or not it’s better than Beady Eye…
Noel Gallagher’s solo debut album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will be released on November 8th on Sour Mash/Mercury Records.
Source: themusic.com.au
First Listen: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
The much anticipated debut solo record from Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher came across the Your Daily SPA desk this morning and we just couldn’t help but jot down a few words about what this larger than life rocker has in store for us.
Some background rustling and a casual cough make for a disconcerting first couple of seconds of Noel Gallagher’s debut record, but it’s clearly there to throw us off the scent as Everybody’s On The Run erupts into an epic, anthemic piece, replete with strings, a choir and a big, bombastic chorus.
If I Had A Gun does away with the lavish touches and rest on more of a standard rock band formation. The sentiment is a little weird; “ If I had a gun, I’d shoot a hole into the sun and never burn this city down for you ” isn’t exactly Gallagher at his most poignant, but we’ve never been too romantic so who are we to judge?
Surely no one is looking forward to hearing a song called (I Wanna Live a Dream In My) Record Machine. We weren’t. The seemingly inappropriate sound of children chatting and playing opens it up, before we quickly realize this is yet another big ballad, this time driven by an acoustic guitar, some huge harmonies and before you know it, hello, here come those swirling strings and that choir again. It wouldn’t be that bad of a song, but when the chorus kicks in and Gallagher actually sings “_I wanna live a dream in my record machine_” you can’t help but laugh/cringe and then you just want those fucking kids to shut up. There’s a pretty nice guitar solo over an incredibly dramatic string interlude but it all feels a bit silly, really.
The rolling piano and static bass of What A Life starts the song of promisingly, and the song putters along just how a nice and inoffensive modern rock tune oughta. It won’t blow your mind but it’ll make you tap your foot and the little dash of mellotron thrown over the top of the solid groove established by the rhythm section is a very nice touch.
We certainly weren’t ready for The Death of You and Me. An intro that almost sounds inspired by a spaghetti western, Gallagher pulling out his finest falsetto and, frankly, one of the best choruses he has written in years is far removed from the sappy melodrama expected. It’s a perky tune with miserable subject matter and, most importantly, a big old fashioned New Orleans inspired horn section that kind of doesn’t fit, which actually makes it better. A bunch of rather disparate ideas smashed together doesn’t often work, but it has here. Might not be a single, but it’s bloody good all the same.
Stop The Clocks is boring, quite frankly, and it features the line “ What if I’m already dead? How would I know? “, which leads us immediately to the skip button. Dream On is a jaunty slice of Britpop that takes itself a bit too seriously to be fun, but hits the mark all the same. Suspicious as we are, a song called Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks has us pretty excited, but sadly it doesn’t get anywhere as dark as its title had us hoping for, but it’s not anywhere near as banal as AKA Broken Arrow, which honestly sounds like Gallagher is just reading verbatim from a book called Clichés for Dummies; you have to hear this shit to believe it.
The brackets are given a second run as (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach drops by. It’s far better than the last bracketed song and the gritty, swaggering chorus is one of the best on the record. It’s a bit more Stones than Beatles and shows us Gallagher has balls, without slapping us in the face with them as has happened a few times with the
Forget the kitchen sink; Gallagher and co have thrown the entire housing estate at this record. It sounds like it cost millions of bucks to make and as if it would have been a bit of a pain in the arse to do. The production is slick, the instrumentation intense (sometimes too much so) and Gallagher really belts it out on his vocal takes. The results are mostly pretty impressive – a few missteps aside – now we just need to kick back and watch the fireworks as Oasis fans tussle over whether or not it’s better than Beady Eye…
Noel Gallagher’s solo debut album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will be released on November 8th on Sour Mash/Mercury Records.
Source: themusic.com.au
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
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