The reason why noel gallagher is so positive and straight forward is cause he doesn't give a a flying fuck about what ppl have to say about him and also he's a very strong minded person love ppl like that.
One of the biggest rock swindles ever is this false notion that Oasis never cracked America.... fact is Oasis were HUGE in the US for a good few years. Morning Glory went to number 4 in the US, selling a whopping 5 million copies. Be Here Now went in at 2 in the US. Later on Dig Out Your Soul went to #5. That's three Top 5 US albums. They played arenas from 96 to 2009 there and have been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards.... And they did this without playing the game. I think that is great success Stateside. A real shame not many people know this, thanks to the British media!
It’s because of how big they were here. They went to USA and a band like Del Amitri were better known British band (Who were/are also brilliant by the way)
Lord Nose They were in the 90’s Oasis just didn’t do what the Beatles did in USA. Which is no disgrace of course You should check Del Amitri out mate, they’re amazing. They only hit a height for about a year Their PR agents are the worst ever lol.
One of my all time favorites. The amount of material that came out of this guy seemed never-ending. It's hard to believe. I think he's bigger than the Grammys anyway.
I’m American and I can’t remember anyone in my generation not loving Oasis. We had all the Seattle bands and a few other portraying what was going on in American. But Oasis opened me up to the UK, Legends. I’ve passed them onto my 5yr old daughter, she loves them as well. Fuck the Grammys Ann’s all that Shit
Love watching and hearing noels stories, they always make sense, genuine no bull attitude, fab guy, the sort youd want as a genuine friend and he totally deserves all his success and wealth, a dam fine guy
Liam Gallagher like his brother are incredibly average. Do you think Noel or Liam have anything on Steve Marriot? Nah they don't they're a pair of Mancs with a few good tunes. That's it. Thankfully The Smiths gave Manchester something to be incredibly proud of.
I adore Noel, he is still the same noel as he was in the mid 90s, aint changed a bit, still got that twinkle in his eye and that cheeky half grin when he makes a funny quip, is he not now a proper national treasure? he should be =)
Noel is just brilliant. I saw him live with his HFB in Cologne last week, and he was better than ever before. Amazing concert, awesome performance. No interjections from the audience about his (doomed) brother this time.
I'll tell you why americans never really did like Oasis, it's because they didn't have the suffering or the sense of humor to understand them and their music. Oasis was the first big british band in many years that stayed in England and kept recording there, unlike many other british bands who get a wee bit famous and move to America. Oasis in the 90's and 2000's were the voice of the british people, and their songs were anthems for them.
Lukas Troni only because were hypnotized into the blues bullshit, yeah we appreciate hardship fuck look at the we paved people dont speak on it though cause no other country can do what we accomplished ever or era in such a short time we did it with faith not satan
Oasis was good enough sure, but comparing to other bands in musicality , taste, and ideas nowhere to compare to bands from the states of the 90's. Just not in the same league musically, no matter what the hype was around them.
Noel is the REAL deal, mad respect for him and what he's done and doing now. He is the blueprint of an indie artist and what can be. My biggest regret is not being able to see him perform live.
Chris Christian me too i hope he come here liam was here in manila last august 14 and it was awesome we chanted oasis oasis he responded thats my dream too
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To say he was not lucky seems a bit out of place. Considering he did not know how to play but he managed to write good material and be promoted at the right time for the right audience. So thanks to the managers and the record company who believed in them. As David Gaffen used to say "don't worry, you gonna be rich, I gonna be richer than you, but you gonna be rich".
I have to agree oasis definitely deserves an award for the mark they've made on alternative music say what you want about them as people but you can hear their influence in a plethora of bands today Coldplay, Keane, Arctic Monkeys, and tons of american bands as well. You've got to at least give them that they wrote great pop tunes I mean I don't know anyone that doesn't know or at least have never heard an Oasis song before in their lives and they weren't even in vogue when I was growing up well i'm still growing up but you get my point.
Oasis has won a "shitload" of awards. In 2007 they won the award for "Outstanding Contribution to Music" and in 2010 For BEST Album in the last 30 yrs. Just to name 2.
He's absolutely right about Oasis being criminally underrated in the US. The music market blackballed them for whatever reason.....thank God for recordings!
yeah noticed that's, it's all the Beatles all over u.s known as their saviors in a way and what they sing like hymnes but oasis seemed to kind of rock the boat too much for the majority of their Christian thinking, and pleasant life, to see a swagger from Liam and cussing, what it's like in Manchester was probably too much to accept or the balance of it all for u.s which is understandable.
Oasis were huge in USA,at there peak but for some reason There legacy hasn't been remembered that well in USA,when you look at the likes of Green day they are gigantic in USA,and still are,but look at album sales from oasis in america,its platinum/double platinum and more,but yea agree its probably the rebellious british attitude
You nailed it, Mikey' Michael. Despite the Brits' inexplicable worship for these clowns, they are an exceedingly mediocre band with maybe 4 good songs and the rest forgettable shit. The comparison to the Beatles is delusional on the part of their fans. The Beatles were innovators who broke new musical ground with every album, NO ONE can say that Oasis broke ANY new musical ground. And Noel Gallagher is the biggest musical thief this side of Led Zeppelin -- but at least Zeppelin fucking rocked.
+Erik Killmonger I refer you to th-cam.com/video/9jXhMsoqZLE/w-d-xo.html where Ray Davies says that "every so often a band comes along and changes the musical landscape" although I will agree the music wasn't generally of a new genre, it was just very good simple music
It's very true that Oasis never achieved the success in the States that they saw everywhere else . Oasis is my favorite band of all time and I've literally never met anyone else here in America that would say that. Most Americans are really only familiar with Wonderwall, which was a massive hit here, and if they can name a 2nd song it would be Champagne Supernova. Its really ashame. They are such a great band and I've met many people that have never even heard of them.
They're one of my favorites, too. I don't mind that a lot of people on the street here in the US don't know them, what pisses me off is when even members of the so called "cult" audience here, only know "What's the Story"...like, fuck, at least get a copy of "The Masterplan" and "DM" while you're at it...
Oasis had an opportunity to take over America right after morning glory even with be here now but their arguing was their downfall Liam would skip concerts in the US not to mention the unplugged and right after that they split for a while. If they where just more consistent surely the states would of praised them more.
They didn't care about cracking there... they were young and loving what they were doing without being manipulated by record/media moguls... they had their own integrety and wouldn't be forced to do fuck all
I'll have you know Oasis have multiple top 40 hits on the alt and pop charts in America. They have 3 top five albums, sold 10 million records there, and sold out big arenas like Madison Square Garden, ten years after their American peak. They most certainly were, and are big in America.
Im a huge oasis fan! Bought their records and was able to see them twice :-). IMO America got really turned off by the fact of them not completing the first 2 tours they had here and their arrogance . One in particular I was planning to go to in 1996( Morning Glory tour), the week before the show they announced it was cancelled cause Liam went back to England for whatever reason. I believe Americans will forgive alot of things, but standing up your fans with no good excuse will kill your career here. their popularity went down from there after that
That's a big part of it BUT there's so much more. I think their brand of RnR, obviously very British influenced, was gonna have a very hard time against the typical American Rock bands that were very popular at the time ie: Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Korn etc.......Rap was also huge back then as were boy bands and Madonna style Pop. So they had a LOT of competition. Add to this their "Don't give a shit/arrogant" attitude, the volatility within the band (in particular the bros) and the fact that they couldn't complete their first 4 tours of America and to put it mildly they were up against it bigtime. The mere fact that BHN got to No. 2 on the US Billboard charts and they were able to sell out Madison Square Gardens on several occasions (after their initial surge in popularity) is a testament to the bands tenacity, hard work and talent. If they had done things right from the get go then they probably would've sold 5 or 6 times more albums than what they did.......I mean, WTSMG sold 4 Million in America, that's less than 800,000 what they sold in the UK, in a country that has 4 and half times more people. It should've sold 10 - 12 Million at least.
+stromer24 - I'm pretty sure that the reason Liam gave for cancelling that American tour in '96 was that he had laryngitis (read: too much partying, haha), and that he also needed to find a new house to live in with then-gf Patsy Kensit. I always found it ironic that Oasis piped up about how they were the greatest band in the world (and, to be fair, they were close to being that during their prime), yet they could also be so self-sabotaging. But, then, they were all hoovering vast quantities of cocaine up their noses in those days, so that might explain a lot. It was a shame though...
Even though there's not much doubt they took a LOT of drugs and partied hard I don't think they did as much as everyone makes out. There's an interview with a press guy from Creation that says that the stories in the papers were about 80% BS and 20% accurate. Of course the boys didn't mind, it added to their bad boy image. I've seen ppl strung out on drugs and drink and both Liam and Noel don't look like that at all.....even in the heady days of 94' - 98'.
Noel has often said himself that the lads partied hard/did a lot of drugs - this is straight from the horse's mouth (Noel), and not the media. There are many clips on TH-cam. That time when Oasis were booted off that Cathay Pacific flight to Australia (in 1998?), and Liam was then banned for life from ever flying with them again, Liam was interviewed shortly afterwards and he seemed coked to the gills. Same thing when Oasis collected a Brit Award onstage from Michael Hutchence. There are tons of these kinds of incidents. Don't get me wrong - I love Oasis and I've found most of the aforementioned clips hilarious, but you can't say they weren't tanked, when they clearly were (and when Noel has since admitted it as well). I've seen people pissed-drunk and high as well, though the ones on coke were fairly 'controlled', all things considered otherwise. Probably helped that they hadn't been boozing much prior to and during that, were fundamentally intelligent people (one guy had studied medicine, but abandoned that and spent a year living in New York and hanging around with present day-sober Depeche Mode - thanks to 'a -friend-of-a-friend' sort of thing). The other guy on coke there was actually Howard Marks (he'd only done a little coke to perk himself up for the post-show 'meet n' greet' thing). :) FYI, I don't condone or endorse drug use - to each their own.
SallyTheSeahorse Yeah, as I said, I believe they took a LOT of drugs but not as much as they OR the press lead us to believe. I've seen many of the videos you've mentioned and I agree wholeheartedly, and YES they are Hilarious. The Parkinson interview where Noel says he "could've won gold medals in drug taking for England at the Olympics" is very funny but obviously highly exaggerated......just take a look at the guy!! He looks extremely young for his age, has a teenagers hair, all his own teeth (I assume LOL) and is quite fit & trim......AND Liam (who's supposed to be worse) looks even better. These guys 'dabbled' in drugs, enjoy a drink or two now and smoke a bit and that's it. Nothing wrong with that, they know when to stop and how to control it.
As an American, Oasis were huge here in the 90s and still have a following. Champagne Supernova and Don’t Look Back In Anger are constantly on American radio, not to mention Wonderwall. It seems that Americans only know Oasis from Morning Glory, which is a shame, as their other albums are amazing too, but to say they never “broke the USA” is a lie.
He's great, I love his positive, straightforward attitude. I'm prone to 'what's it all about?' phases. I listen to Noel and it's right, get the fuck on with it, enjoy yourself and don't drift off into shoegazing bollocks. Life can be awesome if you want it to be. Helps that I love his music too.
I was wondering out loud to someone why NGHFB didn't do bigger/better venues, for example, the Tabernacle instead of Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and their opinion was because Oasis "never showed up." That was on Liam. Noel is surely bringing American fans back around cause he does show up. And he delivers. Liam, well, he still doesn't show up in America.
Oasis have sold over 10 million albums in America. That is hardly a disaster. Most biggish bands won't ever sell that worldwide, let alone in one country. And if having just one album sell over 5 million copies (Morning Glory) is not cracking America then what is eh?
I'm 43 and oasis were known in America they still are when they first hit the scene back in 94 i was 14 years old i was in to grunge michael jackson and rap i loved Alice in chains and nirvana the first oasis song i heard was whatever i liked it so i went to the record store and bought definitely maybe its a great record most of their records are great but i like nirvana more
WRONG Liam wrote several songs for Oasis and none of them were hits. His first composition was Little James, written for Oasis' fourth record. Subsequent records featured a few songs written by Liam as well.
Joseph Marrero So you have contradicted yourself. Your first comment said "He (Noel) penned ALL of Oasis hits, for fuck's sake! Did Liam write Wonderwall? NO! Live Forever? NO! Enough fucking said!" But now you said he DID write songs for Oasis. Make ya mind up. I was referring to little James when I said, he (Liam) wrote one for the band. So what other songs didnt he write for Oasis ?
How the fuck have I contradicted myself? READ!! I said Noel wrote ALL of Oasis hits, not ALL album tracks or otherwise. Here is a brief example of a "hit": Wonderwall was Oasis biggest hit. You can google or Wikipedia if you want to see a list of writing credits. "Contradict" that before you make another comment please. From Definitely Maybe until Be Here Now, Noel wrote EVERYTHING, including album tracks and b-sides AND THEIR BIGGEST HITS, period.
Joseph Marrero Read all your comments.....You said "He penned ALL of Oasis hits, for fuck's sake! Did Liam write Wonderwall? NO! Live Forever? NO! Enough fucking said!" Meaning Noel wrote ALL the songs . Then you totally contradict yourself when you said "....Liam wrote several songs for Oasis and..... " You gotta be really fucking stupid not to see (the duplicity) that you have contradicted yourself. Contradisc means saying two things that oppose each other. Or its like saying Liam didnt write any songs for Oasis and then a minute later saying Liam did wrote songs for Oasis. Wow you really are fucking dumb, sorry no offence.
I think the trouble was Liam's vocals and there songs. I'm not trying to knock them and Liam does have a strong voice and a decent range but his nasal singing and exaggerated whine he uses sounds irritating even when singing soft he is devoid of any harmonic tone. There songs were good ballsie rock but Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall good songs but melodies a bit pedestrian and their other rock songs lack a good hook
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is vastly underrated as well. There last great album in my opinion. Not that the others weren't good. But I totally agree with The Masterplan, it is better and a stand along album in many cases yet it is just B-sides and a Beatles cover that they have used in live shows since before they were big.
I love The Chief, but his Kicking Drugs story continues to change as the years go by. The reason he had to get off of Drugs was he was experiencing chest pains, not that it just got boring. A big credit for just kicking them cold turkey. though.
'you can't make people buy records and the sooner that changes the better' - classic! You've gotta love Noel he's always good value and probably not changed from the young lad in Manchester growing up
Knob reporter bringing up the Grammy thing. Oasis music will be remembered long after most one hit Grammy winners are forgotten. Right proper staying power, that's Oasis with meat on the bones!
I can never get enough of Noel and Liam and i can imagine them saying aye lets take the piss as if we have an issue with each other. We can milk it for decades haha
I read that Oasis were reasonably big in America, but they should have been much bigger. Their marketing people didn’t understand that describing your music as country was so important. Country is a religion in the states and most radio stations don’t play any other type of music. Even the Beatles realised this as well as the Police. So Oasis suffered with limited exposure on that all important medium called radio. It’s funny how this all resulted. Imagine Wonderwall, a modern classic. It should have been in the top ten of all time us sales. Can it be defined as country, yes, call it what you like, just get it on their radio stations.
He means a frontman who appealed more to an American audience. Liam Gallagher lived and breathed for his home city of Manchester (still does), which is something that isn’t very relatable towards American audiences. That didn’t stop them from having 3 top 5 albums in the USA though.
Love how Noel ALWAYS finds a way to disparage Americans or anything American...he's been doing it for years...and then moans why he can't get records sold here. I'm American and resided in England for most of the time Oasis were in existence and loved the band with a passion even though I was well aware of his anti American feelings. Funny thing is I agreed...and still do...with pretty much his feelings towards this AMAZING land of SHEEPLE and yee ha!! But then again I am truly blessed and gifted to have the ability to see through that and recognize and appreciate great music regardless of the personal feelings of the musician (s) who write (s) it. Personally though I WANT Wibbling Rivalry parts 2, 3, 4 and so forth and so on....get yer shit together you bunch of knobs and reform the original band and yes that includes Tony McCarroll on drums! Who...fortunately for da' Chief Mr. Noel... threw him out instead of me. Cause otherwise Meesta Noel would've been writing and recording Wot's The Story with 10...yes count em' !!!....10 broken fingas!! Any of you cunts from my beloved adopted Ingerlund wanna have a go at me for this, go forth, yer know what I mean?
wahdncx He was referring to the jumping around like jack rabbit on stage type charisma. Liam is more like Jonny Rotten. Why don't you finish the entire quote?
You changed the quote's meaning because you didn't include the entire thing. You quoted him out of context. Noel respects his brother's contribution to the band. You made it sound the opposite.
Americans like myself would have loved a frontman like Liam. The man is absolutely rock and roll. The fact is that Oasis didn’t do a lot in America. They didn’t tour America very much if at all. They might have done one MTV appearance and never MTV Unplugged which was enormous in the 90s. Nirvana’s appearance on MTV Unplugged solidified them as absolute legends. For Oasis it could’ve been their Ed Sullivan show. Oasis could’ve been huge here.
They did do unplugged but Liam refused to sing and made Noel do it by himself while sitting in the audience heckling him. American record labels didn't much want to deal with them after that and Liam not showing up for tours cause "he was busy buying a house".
Liam has wised up alot, Noels got worse as far as arrogance goes, put the ego aside man and get the train back on the road.. its never going to be the same but its better than high flying turds
Fucking word up Noel you wrote those songs off your own back with your own talent and your own personal influences and that’s why you can be proud and a cocky fucker!👍
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The reason why noel gallagher is so positive and straight forward is cause he doesn't give a a flying fuck about what ppl have to say about him and also he's a very strong minded person love ppl like that.
+Fog812 8 I am the best.
Hugely intelligent with a mind as quick as a fox.
Drew Layton Lol your comment tho haha
fuck yeah
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One of the biggest rock swindles ever is this false notion that Oasis never cracked America.... fact is Oasis were HUGE in the US for a good few years. Morning Glory went to number 4 in the US, selling a whopping 5 million copies. Be Here Now went in at 2 in the US. Later on Dig Out Your Soul went to #5. That's three Top 5 US albums. They played arenas from 96 to 2009 there and have been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards.... And they did this without playing the game. I think that is great success Stateside. A real shame not many people know this, thanks to the British media!
HarleyBeans "without playing the game" is such a good point that is often overlooked
It’s because of how big they were here.
They went to USA and a band like Del Amitri were better known British band
(Who were/are also brilliant by the way)
Lord Nose
They were in the 90’s
Oasis just didn’t do what the Beatles did in USA. Which is no disgrace of course
You should check Del Amitri out mate, they’re amazing. They only hit a height for about a year
Their PR agents are the worst ever lol.
Ballix
I'm from Canada AND I'M FUCKIN MADFERIT!
One of my all time favorites. The amount of material that came out of this guy seemed never-ending. It's hard to believe. I think he's bigger than the Grammys anyway.
He's always one of the best interviews. Even back when he was on drugs. I like his humor and I-don't-give-a-shit what people think attitude.
That's the only attitude to ha🙏ve as everyone has an opinion 😂 be a free happy thinker
I’m American and I can’t remember anyone in my generation not loving Oasis. We had all the Seattle bands and a few other portraying what was going on in American. But Oasis opened me up to the UK, Legends. I’ve passed them onto my 5yr old daughter, she loves them as well. Fuck the Grammys Ann’s all that Shit
Saw Oasis live (with Collective Soul) at the Olympic stadium in Caracas, Venezuela, 2001.
Amazing concert.
Love watching and hearing noels stories, they always make sense, genuine no bull attitude, fab guy, the sort youd want as a genuine friend and he totally deserves all his success and wealth, a dam fine guy
Noel always was and is a better musician than Liam. Liam is a better front man though.
Bollocks.
Paul Clark are you deaf?
Liam Gallagher like his brother are incredibly average. Do you think Noel or Liam have anything on Steve Marriot? Nah they don't they're a pair of Mancs with a few good tunes. That's it. Thankfully The Smiths gave Manchester something to be incredibly proud of.
why u think isaverage , u r average , make some music then , ignorant people , do you play any instrument or sing even?
Ren Jay I pity you
I adore Noel, he is still the same noel as he was in the mid 90s, aint changed a bit, still got that twinkle in his eye and that cheeky half grin when he makes a funny quip, is he not now a proper national treasure? he should be =)
+Alexandra Starr (photographer) Bang on.
any reason why your occupation is placed after your name? regards revol148 (landscape gardener)
self promoting youtube is a large platform,why not sell yourself on here
THthefirst adult lyric really? what for dude? he had many chart in the past with oasis and still on his album he get #1 uk just fuck off
His wit is so good and off the cuff. He believes in himself and his music and staying true to himself.
its always a pleasure to listen to this guy!
Noel is just brilliant. I saw him live with his HFB in Cologne last week, and he was better than ever before. Amazing concert, awesome performance. No interjections from the audience about his (doomed) brother this time.
I'm not some lucky bastard, I grafted it for it all lol
Love this guy. Cheers from America.
ditto
I'll tell you why americans never really did like Oasis, it's because they didn't have the suffering or the sense of humor to understand them and their music. Oasis was the first big british band in many years that stayed in England and kept recording there, unlike many other british bands who get a wee bit famous and move to America. Oasis in the 90's and 2000's were the voice of the british people, and their songs were anthems for them.
Lukas Troni only because were hypnotized into the blues bullshit, yeah we appreciate hardship fuck look at the we paved people dont speak on it though cause no other country can do what we accomplished ever or era in such a short time we did it with faith not satan
Oasis was good enough sure, but comparing to other bands in musicality , taste, and ideas nowhere to compare to bands from the states of the 90's. Just not in the same league musically, no matter what the hype was around them.
One word: Grunge
@@Madferit91 Grunge died with Kurt Cobain
Voice of the Irish too mate
Yes, criminally underrated for sure. Great song!
Noel is the REAL deal, mad respect for him and what he's done and doing now. He is the blueprint of an indie artist and what can be. My biggest regret is not being able to see him perform live.
Chris Christian me too i hope he come here liam was here in manila last august 14 and it was awesome we chanted oasis oasis he responded thats my dream too
He's not dead yet and I presume you're not either
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Anyone can quit coke its not hard! I do it every monday - friday no problem ;)
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To say he was not lucky seems a bit out of place. Considering he did not know how to play but he managed to write good material and be promoted at the right time for the right audience. So thanks to the managers and the record company who believed in them.
As David Gaffen used to say "don't worry, you gonna be rich, I gonna be richer than you, but you gonna be rich".
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@@tomyjusten3867 99% of addiction is the withdrawal
I don't drink, but I would have a drink if I could drink with that man.
I have to agree oasis definitely deserves an award for the mark they've made on alternative music say what you want about them as people but you can hear their influence in a plethora of bands today Coldplay, Keane, Arctic Monkeys, and tons of american bands as well. You've got to at least give them that they wrote great pop tunes I mean I don't know anyone that doesn't know or at least have never heard an Oasis song before in their lives and they weren't even in vogue when I was growing up well i'm still growing up but you get my point.
Oasis has won a "shitload" of awards. In 2007 they won the award for "Outstanding Contribution to Music" and in 2010 For BEST Album in the last 30 yrs. Just to name 2.
He's absolutely right about Oasis being criminally underrated in the US. The music market blackballed them for whatever reason.....thank God for recordings!
yeah noticed that's, it's all the Beatles all over u.s known as their saviors in a way and what they sing like hymnes but oasis seemed to kind of rock the boat too much for the majority of their Christian thinking, and pleasant life, to see a swagger from Liam and cussing, what it's like in Manchester was probably too much to accept or the balance of it all for u.s which is understandable.
Oasis were huge in USA,at there peak but for some reason There legacy hasn't been remembered that well in USA,when you look at the likes of Green day they are gigantic in USA,and still are,but look at album sales from oasis in america,its platinum/double platinum and more,but yea agree its probably the rebellious british attitude
sallie46 maybe they were criminally underrated because their songs were nonsense gibberish to us yanks
You nailed it, Mikey' Michael. Despite the Brits' inexplicable worship for these clowns, they are an exceedingly mediocre band with maybe 4 good songs and the rest forgettable shit. The comparison to the Beatles is delusional on the part of their fans. The Beatles were innovators who broke new musical ground with every album, NO ONE can say that Oasis broke ANY new musical ground. And Noel Gallagher is the biggest musical thief this side of Led Zeppelin -- but at least Zeppelin fucking rocked.
+Erik Killmonger I refer you to th-cam.com/video/9jXhMsoqZLE/w-d-xo.html where Ray Davies says that "every so often a band comes along and changes the musical landscape" although I will agree the music wasn't generally of a new genre, it was just very good simple music
Oasis and you guys have inspired me to such a point where im on my knees in worship man
Sucking away
@@vibalite395 enjoy your lockdown weirdo
8 hours! ain´t nobody got time for that
" Mini -bar was open wasn't it?!"
You’ve changed a lot in the last 13 years since this interview, and for better
They were the perfect combination. Liam is one of the greatest ever front men and Noel is a great song writer.
‘Criminally underrated, particularly in America’
Gotta love Noel. He’s a lovely fellow indeed.
Noel for the Grammy Award please
Good for him for never apologizing for success. He should be very proud of it.
It's very true that Oasis never achieved the success in the States that they saw everywhere else . Oasis is my favorite band of all time and I've literally never met anyone else here in America that would say that. Most Americans are really only familiar with Wonderwall, which was a massive hit here, and if they can name a 2nd song it would be Champagne Supernova. Its really ashame. They are such a great band and I've met many people that have never even heard of them.
They're one of my favorites, too. I don't mind that a lot of people on the street here in the US don't know them, what pisses me off is when even members of the so called "cult" audience here, only know "What's the Story"...like, fuck, at least get a copy of "The Masterplan" and "DM" while you're at it...
Oasis had an opportunity to take over America right after morning glory even with be here now but their arguing was their downfall Liam would skip concerts in the US not to mention the unplugged and right after that they split for a while. If they where just more consistent surely the states would of praised them more.
They didn't care about cracking there... they were young and loving what they were doing without being manipulated by record/media moguls... they had their own integrety and wouldn't be forced to do fuck all
Paddy K If you watch their other interviews they did care about cracking the US market. But Liam had other agendas.
Would HAVE*
I enjoy Oasis and would have loved to seem them in the US but I agree their idiotic brotherly fighting doomed them in the US.
I personally think is because their a shit band ..we saw through their mediocrity ...
Noel if you're watching ;
Let's catch up for a drink.
J.B on the rocks.
I can totally relate to Noel on so many levels. except for fame but I think I'd handle it the same (as an older brother from the skids)
I'll have you know Oasis have multiple top 40 hits on the alt and pop charts in America. They have 3 top five albums, sold 10 million records there, and sold out big arenas like Madison Square Garden, ten years after their American peak. They most certainly were, and are big in America.
coldplay haven't sold much more than that too
Im a huge oasis fan! Bought their records and was able to see them twice :-). IMO America got really turned off by the fact of them not completing the first 2 tours they had here and their arrogance . One in particular I was planning to go to in 1996( Morning Glory tour), the week before the show they announced it was cancelled cause Liam went back to England for whatever reason. I believe Americans will forgive alot of things, but standing up your fans with no good excuse will kill your career here. their popularity went down from there after that
That's a big part of it BUT there's so much more. I think their brand of RnR, obviously very British influenced, was gonna have a very hard time against the typical American Rock bands that were very popular at the time ie: Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Korn etc.......Rap was also huge back then as were boy bands and Madonna style Pop. So they had a LOT of competition. Add to this their "Don't give a shit/arrogant" attitude, the volatility within the band (in particular the bros) and the fact that they couldn't complete their first 4 tours of America and to put it mildly they were up against it bigtime. The mere fact that BHN got to No. 2 on the US Billboard charts and they were able to sell out Madison Square Gardens on several occasions (after their initial surge in popularity) is a testament to the bands tenacity, hard work and talent. If they had done things right from the get go then they probably would've sold 5 or 6 times more albums than what they did.......I mean, WTSMG sold 4 Million in America, that's less than 800,000 what they sold in the UK, in a country that has 4 and half times more people. It should've sold 10 - 12 Million at least.
+stromer24 - I'm pretty sure that the reason Liam gave for cancelling that American tour in '96 was that he had laryngitis (read: too much partying, haha), and that he also needed to find a new house to live in with then-gf Patsy Kensit.
I always found it ironic that Oasis piped up about how they were the greatest band in the world (and, to be fair, they were close to being that during their prime), yet they could also be so self-sabotaging. But, then, they were all hoovering vast quantities of cocaine up their noses in those days, so that might explain a lot. It was a shame though...
Even though there's not much doubt they took a LOT of drugs and partied hard I don't think they did as much as everyone makes out. There's an interview with a press guy from Creation that says that the stories in the papers were about 80% BS and 20% accurate. Of course the boys didn't mind, it added to their bad boy image. I've seen ppl strung out on drugs and drink and both Liam and Noel don't look like that at all.....even in the heady days of 94' - 98'.
Noel has often said himself that the lads partied hard/did a lot of drugs - this is straight from the horse's mouth (Noel), and not the media. There are many clips on TH-cam. That time when Oasis were booted off that Cathay Pacific flight to Australia (in 1998?), and Liam was then banned for life from ever flying with them again, Liam was interviewed shortly afterwards and he seemed coked to the gills. Same thing when Oasis collected a Brit Award onstage from Michael Hutchence. There are tons of these kinds of incidents.
Don't get me wrong - I love Oasis and I've found most of the aforementioned clips hilarious, but you can't say they weren't tanked, when they clearly were (and when Noel has since admitted it as well). I've seen people pissed-drunk and high as well, though the ones on coke were fairly 'controlled', all things considered otherwise. Probably helped that they hadn't been boozing much prior to and during that, were fundamentally intelligent people (one guy had studied medicine, but abandoned that and spent a year living in New York and hanging around with present day-sober Depeche Mode - thanks to 'a -friend-of-a-friend' sort of thing). The other guy on coke there was actually Howard Marks (he'd only done a little coke to perk himself up for the post-show 'meet n' greet' thing). :) FYI, I don't condone or endorse drug use - to each their own.
SallyTheSeahorse Yeah, as I said, I believe they took a LOT of drugs but not as much as they OR the press lead us to believe. I've seen many of the videos you've mentioned and I agree wholeheartedly, and YES they are Hilarious.
The Parkinson interview where Noel says he "could've won gold medals in drug taking for England at the Olympics" is very funny but obviously highly exaggerated......just take a look at the guy!! He looks extremely young for his age, has a teenagers hair, all his own teeth (I assume LOL) and is quite fit & trim......AND Liam (who's supposed to be worse) looks even better. These guys 'dabbled' in drugs, enjoy a drink or two now and smoke a bit and that's it. Nothing wrong with that, they know when to stop and how to control it.
I've never heard any of your music but I love you because you are a city fan CTID
As an American, Oasis were huge here in the 90s and still have a following. Champagne Supernova and Don’t Look Back In Anger are constantly on American radio, not to mention Wonderwall. It seems that Americans only know Oasis from Morning Glory, which is a shame, as their other albums are amazing too, but to say they never “broke the USA” is a lie.
It's not a lie. They never broke America. Three or four songs that did middling on the charts is not "breaking America."
At Liam's gig on Saturday at the Olympia Dublin 10/6/17 . Fucking mega what a legend ✌️🇮🇪🎼
I believe they were in the cover of Rolling Stone more than once...
The only band that were influenced by so many great bands and made sense of them all
From TREX to the BEATLES and BOWIE to WIZARD!! BRILLIANT
Noel is all about the music. Nothing else matters....and I for one agree. Bloody brilliant bloke...
He's great, I love his positive, straightforward attitude. I'm prone to 'what's it all about?' phases. I listen to Noel and it's right, get the fuck on with it, enjoy yourself and don't drift off into shoegazing bollocks. Life can be awesome if you want it to be. Helps that I love his music too.
Definitely I'd probably be a bit more cocky if I had a few quid!
NG does great interviews!!!
I was wondering out loud to someone why NGHFB didn't do bigger/better venues, for example, the Tabernacle instead of Fox Theatre in Atlanta, and their opinion was because Oasis "never showed up." That was on Liam. Noel is surely bringing American fans back around cause he does show up. And he delivers. Liam, well, he still doesn't show up in America.
The mini bar was open? Arent mini bars always open? Do love him tho
He said it as a rhetorical question
love his inteviews. the most honest and arguably funniest guy in music these days. and fame hasn't changed him a bit.
Good album i like it. Is'nt it weird how seperate the two bros are very good but together are outstanding? Both very arrogant but if you got it
Such a great songwriter.
verve92 In Oasis yes.
JAMIE LESTER what a life is a good song. That's not oasis.
Oasis have sold over 10 million albums in America. That is hardly a disaster. Most biggish bands won't ever sell that worldwide, let alone in one country. And if having just one album sell over 5 million copies (Morning Glory) is not cracking America then what is eh?
Noel Gallagher is my spirit animal.
he's also funny as fuck!
I would say you're pretty lucky, Noel.
Good thing weed ain't a drug
I'm 43 and oasis were known in America they still are when they first hit the scene back in 94 i was 14 years old i was in to grunge michael jackson and rap i loved Alice in chains and nirvana the first oasis song i heard was whatever i liked it so i went to the record store and bought definitely maybe its a great record most of their records are great but i like nirvana more
wish more american's like myself had good taste in music....
Shut the fuck up. Arguably the best music of all time has come out of America, knobhead.
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"The lion's share?!" He penned ALL of Oasis hits, for fuck's sake! Did Liam write Wonderwall? NO! Live Forever? NO! Enough fucking said!
WRONG Liam wrote one song by Oasis.
WRONG Liam wrote several songs for Oasis and none of them were hits. His first composition was Little James, written for Oasis' fourth record. Subsequent records featured a few songs written by Liam as well.
Joseph Marrero So you have contradicted yourself. Your first comment said "He (Noel) penned ALL of Oasis hits, for fuck's sake! Did Liam write Wonderwall? NO! Live Forever? NO! Enough fucking said!"
But now you said he DID write songs for Oasis. Make ya mind up.
I was referring to little James when I said, he (Liam) wrote one for the band.
So what other songs didnt he write for Oasis ?
How the fuck have I contradicted myself? READ!! I said Noel wrote ALL of Oasis hits, not ALL album tracks or otherwise. Here is a brief example of a "hit": Wonderwall was Oasis biggest hit. You can google or Wikipedia if you want to see a list of writing credits. "Contradict" that before you make another comment please.
From Definitely Maybe until Be Here Now, Noel wrote EVERYTHING, including album tracks and b-sides AND THEIR BIGGEST HITS, period.
Joseph Marrero Read all your comments.....You said "He penned ALL of Oasis hits, for fuck's sake! Did Liam write Wonderwall? NO! Live Forever? NO! Enough fucking said!" Meaning Noel wrote ALL the songs .
Then you totally contradict yourself when you said "....Liam wrote several songs for Oasis and.....
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You gotta be really fucking stupid not to see (the duplicity) that you have contradicted yourself. Contradisc means saying two things that oppose each other.
Or its like saying Liam didnt write any songs for Oasis and then a minute later saying Liam did wrote songs for Oasis.
Wow you really are fucking dumb, sorry no offence.
Noel Gallagher's Music Is Underrated in America.
"8 HOURS for a photo shoot!! 8 HOURS!!!....We ain't got time for that. The mini bar was open." I love NOEL!!!
„Life is brilliant, If only you could see it, You know what I mean?“
I think the trouble was Liam's vocals and there songs. I'm not trying to knock them and Liam does have a strong voice and a decent range but his nasal singing and exaggerated whine he uses sounds irritating even when singing soft he is devoid of any harmonic tone. There songs were good ballsie rock but Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall good songs but melodies a bit pedestrian and their other rock songs lack a good hook
I doubt it
best album he'd done like forever after oasis
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is vastly underrated as well. There last great album in my opinion. Not that the others weren't good. But I totally agree with The Masterplan, it is better and a stand along album in many cases yet it is just B-sides and a Beatles cover that they have used in live shows since before they were big.
Don't Believe The Truth was significantly better than SOTSOG.
Anyone know which drug(s) he was using?
Kind of agree about drugs... they do eventually get boring... although cannabis should definitely be legalised.
legend
I love The Chief, but his Kicking Drugs story continues to change as the years go by. The reason he had to get off of Drugs was he was experiencing chest pains, not that it just got boring. A big credit for just kicking them cold turkey. though.
Noel Gallagher forever...you rock man!!!
'you can't make people buy records and the sooner that changes the better' - classic! You've gotta love Noel he's always good value and probably not changed from the young lad in Manchester growing up
5:58 Someone needs to remind Noel that they were on the cover at least 3 times. I have 3. 2 with both of them and another with just Noel
a truly great man
Well, you can tell he's never been as much into drugs as he pretends.
Yeah mate cause ur the expert right
Wtf?
Yeah cause a rock legend doesn’t know a thing about drugs compared to random TH-camr TomTom the bellend fucknut
You appear to have lost your way a little
Rumour has it, he used to sniff through 7 or 8 grams a day...
I live in the States and everybody I knew loved Oasis. Don’t know what that’s about.
they sold 4 million of what's the story in america . coldplay have only done the same thing over there just more albums.
What did he mean by the reference to Dagenham?
Knob reporter bringing up the Grammy thing. Oasis music will be remembered long after most one hit Grammy winners are forgotten. Right proper staying power, that's Oasis with meat on the bones!
I LOVE THIS MAN!! ♡
Never fails to impress :)
What a great album high flying birds......I mean, to do Oasis and then come out with this stuff. Genius. The man absolutely is that. No question. 💖💋
I can never get enough of Noel and Liam and i can imagine them saying aye lets take the piss as if we have an issue with each other. We can milk it for decades haha
If there is nothing good on the news, all the more reason to write about it. I'm with Liam, this bloke is totally up himself.
I read that Oasis were reasonably big in America, but they should have been much bigger. Their marketing people didn’t understand that describing your music as country was so important. Country is a religion in the states and most radio stations don’t play any other type of music. Even the Beatles realised this as well as the Police. So Oasis suffered with limited exposure on that all important medium called radio. It’s funny how this all resulted. Imagine Wonderwall, a modern classic. It should have been in the top ten of all time us sales. Can it be defined as country, yes, call it what you like, just get it on their radio stations.
Him talking about not having Bono or Chris Martin. Liam's voice fit Oasis music way better than Bono or Chris Martin ever could.
He means a frontman who appealed more to an American audience. Liam Gallagher lived and breathed for his home city of Manchester (still does), which is something that isn’t very relatable towards American audiences. That didn’t stop them from having 3 top 5 albums in the USA though.
Love how Noel ALWAYS finds a way to disparage Americans or anything American...he's been doing it for years...and then moans why he can't get records sold here. I'm American and resided in England for most of the time Oasis were in existence and loved the band with a passion even though I was well aware of his anti American feelings. Funny thing is I agreed...and still do...with pretty much his feelings towards this AMAZING land of SHEEPLE and yee ha!! But then again I am truly blessed and gifted to have the ability to see through that and recognize and appreciate great music regardless of the personal feelings of the musician (s) who write (s) it. Personally though I WANT Wibbling Rivalry parts 2, 3, 4 and so forth and so on....get yer shit together you bunch of knobs and reform the original band and yes that includes Tony McCarroll on drums! Who...fortunately for da' Chief Mr. Noel... threw him out instead of me. Cause otherwise Meesta Noel would've been writing and recording Wot's The Story with 10...yes count em' !!!....10 broken fingas!! Any of you cunts from my beloved adopted Ingerlund wanna have a go at me for this, go forth, yer know what I mean?
Where is the gig footage filmed?
"We didn't have a frontman like bono or chris martin"
wahdncx He was referring to the jumping around like jack rabbit on stage type charisma. Liam is more like Jonny Rotten. Why don't you finish the entire quote?
Thank fuck
Robert Manley chill out mate, whats up with you?
You changed the quote's meaning because you didn't include the entire thing. You quoted him out of context. Noel respects his brother's contribution to the band. You made it sound the opposite.
who the fuck would want to be like bono or chris martin? thats your interpretation lad not mine
Noel for Prime Minister i say
Americans like myself would have loved a frontman like Liam. The man is absolutely rock and roll. The fact is that Oasis didn’t do a lot in America. They didn’t tour America very much if at all. They might have done one MTV appearance and never MTV Unplugged which was enormous in the 90s. Nirvana’s appearance on MTV Unplugged solidified them as absolute legends. For Oasis it could’ve been their Ed Sullivan show. Oasis could’ve been huge here.
They did do unplugged but Liam refused to sing and made Noel do it by himself while sitting in the audience heckling him. American record labels didn't much want to deal with them after that and Liam not showing up for tours cause "he was busy buying a house".
Says it Al about America😂
cool dude. pity they wont get bak together.
Why is this in oompaville's meme reaction playlist
Man, Noel is amazing
Oh and Don't Believe the Truth has some belters, total anthems. Also a geat album.
Let's admit it. He needs Liam for singing. The two is a brilliant pair of musician together and just mediocre without the other.
Noel’s solo material has been rarely as good as Oasis’. I still wait for something to catch me as back then.
You've got it right Neol good for you
His granny lived in Lecky road, Derry
Did she?
So
f-ing right mate! mad for it!
This guy is why Oasis were incredibly popular with the masses ... but he's also why smart people didn't like his band.
Liam has wised up alot, Noels got worse as far as arrogance goes,
put the ego aside man and get the train back on the road..
its never going to be the same but its better than high flying turds
Fucking word up Noel you wrote those songs off your own back with your own talent and your own personal influences and that’s why you can be proud and a cocky fucker!👍
That mirror in the back looks like the sticky one in Matrix
An hour and 45 minutes, for a photoshoot.