Just a coincidence; that those egregores known as Oasis have decided to make a comeback; straight after those Fabian Society; puppets, were recently elected back into Westminster? @MusicMatters_SC
Noel may be one of the few musicians who is still passionate about his art who hasn't suffered from depression or died from drugs or complained about how hard life as a celebrity is lol
@@thesingingaccountant1 of course he had a rough time who didn't?! but he stayed focused and kept his shit together unfortunately there are a lot of stars who end up dead in the swimming pool or something lol
No. If he’s honest. He’s took all the hooks and riffs from his favourite songs growing up. Not exactly copying them but developing them into his songs. Still very clever.
I'm 54 years old and I've been a fan of Noel since '94. Noel Gallagher is an absolute master of songwriting. From Live Forever to Easy Now, Noel is in a class all by himself. Hail to the Chief.
Totally agree, I’m 50 and a fan since the start, and for years until the present his critics bang on about the Beatles etc etc , he’s as good a songwriter as Lennon or Mccartney imo. I love the Beatles but oasis moved me more. And the music snobs still go on about all that, and still he doesn’t give a fk , and I love that.
Noel is as good as it gets. Could have been a Beatle. He knew if he combined his songs with his charismatic brothers band and stuck together it would be huge. He casted a vision and then they did it bigger than they could fucking imagine.
This elegant compilation of interviews with Noel Gallagher about the craft of songwriting is a real treat. It is hard to believe 'Live Forever' is 30 years old now and still sounding as exuberant as it did when I first heard it. And what's inspiring is to learn how competitive Noel Gallagher is about his vocation and wants to write songs as great as the ones "caught" by Bono or Chris Martin. Another interesting thing I learned is that Noel Gallagher cannot write anything good when he is sad! He leaves the angst-induced songwriting to Thom Yorke! Don't you think Noel is in the minority of creators with this mindset? Bono, in another video speaks about how depressed he was when he wrote 'With Or Without You.' And Bono speaks openly about the darkness that always engulfs him. Usually, an artist needs a lot of pain to generate anything that could make a big impact on the world. But, Noel is that rare exception! He has to be happy to write good songs! So, let's hope his beloved Manchester City keeps winning everything! And, regardless of how anyone ends up writing songs that become classics, we must realise that great songs, just like its creators get to live forever. (Thank you to the person or persons behind this TH-cam channel Music Matters for this inspiring video). 23 September 2023.
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living chord progressions are public domain and not copyright-able. There are far too few usable chord progressions to have them be unique. That’s why the case against Ed Sheeran failed.
A key distinction to make is that whilst Noel (and other pop songwriters) didn't formally study music, they all did informally. Noel spent years learning music by ear, figuring out chords, keys and scales. He just did it in his bedroom rather than in a classroom. Nobody is born with complete knowledge of the craft of songwriting, it has to be learnt and harnessed. And the craft element is probably more important. I'm a songwriter myself and whilst talent and inspiration are natural and very important, knowledge and skill on an instrument are necessary to be able to compose music. Just because Noel doesn't know the language of music theory (he actually does know a fair bit, if you dig around) that doesn't mean he doesn't understand musical composition because he obviously does. There's a difference between knowledge and understanding. A good video on this: 'How much music theory did The Beatles know?' th-cam.com/video/HmjRM3AziTY/w-d-xo.html
Yeah I really agree, great comment 👍🏼 I think generally since people prefer to program music now using a DAW there has been a decline in people spending the time to learn an instrument. It’s a craft and takes patience but leads to more creative output in my opinion. Expediency brought by technology isn’t always progressive. Would love to hear some of your songs, drop us a link if you can. My album: open.spotify.com/artist/3AiQPORjpFEja8WMDuJDz8?si=qZ0d3OtjQOewGoHfI17bPQ
@andrewkevinnewtontotally, he's a very guarded person and also does not want to seem like a 'student' or a 'boffin' - he wants people to think he's just like them but the man has a fantastic understanding of music, maybe he can't write out every chord type etc but he's not illuterate
For some reason a comment Noel made right back in an early 90s interview came back to me recently and I realised for me it is the key to his genius. He talked about being taken to see Manchester City at main road by his dad, who would then promptly disappear to the bar and leave him with his mates for ages. He said he didn’t mind, because he was surrounded by good people who would sing their hearts out to either football chants of the day, or their favourite records that came over the stadium PA. Think of that from the perspective of a young kid, he’s literally getting a psychological masterclass in what makes people want to sing their hearts out and that’s why, love them or hate them, Oasis set was full of stadium-filling mega tunes.. it’s in his DNA.
Nice video 👍🏻 I think people take Noel for granted and don’t really appreciate how he is an excellent songwriter. If it was easy, we all would have hit songs.
@@voidx6782 There are plenty of great songs by bands that didn't make it like Rainbow Arch. I've heard their stuff. Just like you get novel writers who don't make it. Mind you uou can produce your own stuff a lot easier now when it comes to books.
Regardless of what some people say, Noel is a true prodigy, is not a normal thing to write tunes of Oasis' quality no matter if he ripped off T-Rex or The Beatles. Only a handful of people can do it like him and if it was that common (or easy), we would have even today songs of that calibre.
Why waste time trying to promote this one trick pony as some kind of songwriting genius? He’s just a plagiarist, and not a very good one at that. I still like some of their early stuff but let’s be honest they showed now ability to develop musically beyond ripping off the Beatles, Slade and John Lennon. Let history consign them to the dustbin of mediocrity.
Really enjoyed this video. As a huge Noel fan, it's great to hear his thoughts and musings consolidated like this into different topics. And with that haunting background music, it's just 👌
Thanks bud! Appreciate the kind words. Big Noel fan here too so tried my best to do him justice 👌🏼 and yes that background music, haunting is the word 😂 but copyright free! So it’s a reasonable compromise ha
Extremely inspiring, as a songwriter myself Noel has been a huge influence on me.....I learnt guitar listen by ear to Oasis Albums.....I cant imagine a life without writing songs. Thankyou. If anyone is interested you can check out my band. We are called Sebastian & Me.
Noel Gallagher Is Quite Simply The Best Songwriter of The last 30 Years. He’s produced So many Classics That We Forget About Just how dedicated a Songwriter & Work Ethic This Legend Has. A True Great of Our Times. ✌️✊✌️
What absolute nonsense! He wrote some good songs yes but he certainly isn’t the best songwriter of the last 30 years - not even close but ‘Talk Tonight’ was a beautiful song so I’ll give him that.
@@MusicMatters_SC true but the songs sounded bigger somehow - maybe compression or slight distortion, the cd always sounded a bit cleaner and less rocky
What you do is you write lyrics to a load of classic tunes. Then you improve the lyrics whilst DISGUISING THE TUNES. I dare you to ask him if this was what he did (should you get the chance).
NG can, did, & does still, write his OWN great songs . Nonetheless - and the reason I capitalized his 'OWN' great songs here (actually inferring there's more to his song-writing than that) - in my considered ooinion, he also became an absolute MASTER of taking some classic bits of PREVIOUS classic songs and incorporating them into his own work.. very many, if not most, songwriters have always done this - and this is not knocking Noel's creativity & even genius in his field, btw - but the man took it to another level.. as he and Liam & the lads did with Oasis, performance wise.. From what I understand, Noel did this more often, and evidently 'lifting' lol, lines, notes, even lyrics (whatever he really liked &/or felt HIS song(s) needed) sometimes 'wholesale', when he was younger & just getting Oasis going... Still he's a great musician, song-writer, & artist, & at the end of the day, you gotta - no, not roll with it, lol (but that too, if ya like)- give it to him that he totally MASTERED his art!!...
Noel and Chris Martin crafted undeniably great melodies. Tracks that defined a moment and mean the world to countless people. Great tracks. Not great songs, and nowhere near classic songs.
As opposed to what? Please give comparable tunes. The thing about music is that it affects different people in different way, and they relate to to for personal reason that other don’t, so I suppose nobody is actually right or wrong. Eg I’ve never listened to country music but Americans that have and do, think it’s the only music in town, but it’s alien to me . and you can say that about any music genre.
I’m a couple years younger than Noel and have a huge record collection. He’s still my fav songwriter of all time. I think it’s bc, as he said, he writes joyful tunes full of hope. He’s not Jimmy Page but he’s very, very competent w a guitar and he’s brilliant as a composer. For my money, I think if I was on a desert island and could only listen to one songwriter, it would be NG, mostly w Oasis but some of the new stuff on Council Skies is pretty great.
Every single artist is inspired by others. Some directly copy but the greats incorporate their inspiration so that it’s not noticed. “Good artists copy. Great artists steal." - Picasso
noel, liam & Oasis, honestly changed my life since i 1st saw them at maine road in the 90's, it changed my outlook on life, they were that powerful to young impressionable men. They came just at the right time
I'm really not sure about this _"not knowing music theory..."_ 🤔 I've been playing guitar for a few years now & I would say you *HAVE* to have a basic knowledge, even just of keys. That said, Noel it's not a great guitarist, practically all his songs use open chords so I suppose you could sit down long enough & put enough chords together to come up with something?
@@MusicMatters_SC I think you might have something there. A few musos over the years have _claimed_ not to know music theory including, I think, The Beatles. It is possible that someone could be so gifted as to have some weird, unearthly ability to just put shi+ together but I think it's like Clapton's or Hendrix's "gift," it was a "gift" that took years & a lot of hard work to come by! I also don't know why you wouldn't then learn theory? It's always going to add to your ability, not detract from it? 🤔
@@pup1008 yeah agreed, I think if you spend decades around other musicians, writers, performers, fully immersed in the music industry and playing an instrument for decades, you would think that you would inevitably absorb some theory through osmosis if nothing else. It would be like driving for 30 years without a license and never picking up the idea that a speed limit or stop signs exist. But equally a primary source saying they don’t know it would be taken as a gold standard of evidence in a court of law. So we’ll have to take him at his word.
Lifted ideas from bands nobody heard of. The Real People, Shack and The La’s- stole from dead artists so they couldn’t sue him - like Marc Bolan - and then fused them together with a Beatles-lite sound. A winning formula.
He’s clearly got a brilliant ear and a sense for where chords and melodies should go to make the maximum emotive power. That comes out of love of music and listening to it endlessly. O and really good taste - the Beatles, the Stones, the Cure, Pet Shop Boys etc. you can’t go wrong.
@@MusicMatters_SChe may not write it down or have a degree but he definitely understands music theory - he knows five leads to one, he knows the power of a VI-vi - he's taken those things and reused them mate - he understands it at some level
Amazing video, in regards to your description of Noel as oasis' rhythm guitarist, Noel was the lead guitarist of oasis until 2000, and after 2000 he shared lead and rhythm with Gem Archer
Well spotted!! I put that in as a test, you passed 😉 I’ve updated the description so should be accurate now! Thanks for checking out the video and pleased you enjoyed it 🎸 🔥
"I can't even spell theory", oh how sweet it is to be an idiot. "I've never been taught anything, musically, by anyone" I think the Real People might disagree. "It's very easy to write angst, I find it very difficult" so if you can do a thing that Noel finds difficult, it's because it's easy. He ought to put these insights to a mash up of 60s bubble gum pop, 80s kids TV, and a bit of Bach.
Oasis thought they were bigger than they were and got swept up into their own hype, as did many people in the cringe-worthy Britpop / Cool Britannia era, yukk. Of course, they did some very memorable songs which defined the era, but standalone now they do not stand the test of time. They remain just songs of that particular short-lived era. It's funny how the loudest ones often have the least to shout about. And the quietest ones, for example people like Dave Gilmour, could speak volumes but don't. Gallagher? Don't believe the hype. Legohead.
Great artist and I love his honesty on musical theory. I play a few chords, single note stuff, and I think that's all you need. They just have to be in the right key or order to work. Noel Gallagher is living proof of that. Never been a fan until I've watched interviews in recent years.
Lennon/McCartney only wrote great songs for 10 years. Noel's been doing it for over 30 years ! There'll probably never be a rock songwriter as talented as him. Plus, he's one of the sharpest, funniest people on the planet !
Lennon n McCartney changed the whole paradigm of music....virtually every song written by them is years ahead melodically of anything Gallagher did...just facts that Noel would accept
@@MusicMatters_SC I honestly don't think he is. I think he's a solid songwriter, but to me, it's often plodding and neat and two veg. Deffo prefer his high-flying birds stuff. I think they're a good indie band...very good...but because of the scarcity of talent and the tabloid friendly appeal they got huge. The stone roses are a way better , more nuanced act...interesting, original, wierd Ruth's. Gallagher always goes for 4/4 timing and whilst cool, it gets predictable. Look at macca..he could write effortlessly...his melodies are just so beautiful..song structures great and they try to say smthg. Same with Lennon. More so in terms of strangeness. Gallaghers lyrics always feel like add ons to me. He's a good solid indie writer. Very good. I want to reiterate that but in no way could he write something as nimble on it's feet as paperback writer....as fedt as the long and winding road....as subversive and dreamlike as strawberry fields. As mystic and poetic as across the universe. It's just levels below. I enjoy it for what it is. And bloody hell, he keeps ripping off Lee mavers!!
I love Oasis. I love Noel’s style and appreciate what he’s done…but let’s be real, there are SO MANY examples of borderline plagiarism and the simplicity that all leads to his songwriting being derivative. Yes, he’s written anthems and classics, no arguments there, but don’t break your arms jerking someone off that looks at everyone in this comment section as “no bodys”.
A mixture of banality, that kind of self-belief that accepts the first idea as self-evidently right… and ripping off other people’s stuff? Just idle musings.
Easy. He nicked most of the riffs and chord progressions, chuck in some meaningless lyrics that roll off the tongue and Robert’s your aunties other half.
he grew up on jam, smiths and roses... sneak in the obligatory beatles influence, new order, joy division, buzzcocks easy to determine how... not to take anything away from noel's talents but he's planets away away from the things he was writing 30 years ago.
Still he doesn’t actually make it clear what exactly he is doing to write these songs… just poetic nonsense. Where is the formula… ? Is Noel Gallagher a closer music scholar? These songs don’t just fall out of a casual guitar player.
There isn’t a magic formula for songwriting really, everyone does it differently. There’s as many ways to write a song as there are people on the planet.
I love Noel and Oasis, but let's be a wee bit honest here... Shakermaker by Oasis (1994) = I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers (1971) Whatever by Oasis (1994) = How Sweet To Be An Idiot by Neil Innes (1973) Half The World Away by Oasis (1994) = This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1968) Hello by Oasis (1995) = Hello Hello, I'm Back Again by Gary Glitter (1973) Morning Glory by Oasis (1995) = The One I Love by REM (1987) Step Out by Oasis (1996) = Uptight by Stevie Wonder (1966) x Rosalie by Thin Lizzy (1978) The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis (2005) / = Clean Prophet by The La's (1988) Headshrinker by Oasis (1995) = Stay With Me by The Faces (1971) Lyla by Oasis (2005) = Confrontation Camp by The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (1996) Cigarettes And Alcohol by Oasis (1994) = Get It On & Telegram Sam by T-Rex (1971) Acquiesce by Oasis (1998) = I Only Wanna Be With You by Dusty Springfield (1963) She's Electric lifted from Kids TV program called Stop, Look and Listen and The Kinks etc etc etc
@@MusicMatters_SCit's how music works...people take snippets and become influenced, hopefully Noel's crafty stealing might get you into other bands he took from; The Real People, Kinks, The Las etc
What he did was look for successful songs that sold well that no longer had copy write on them he then stole the chord progressions and some of the lyrics and made songs from them
I've gained such respect for Noel as a musician. He views music like it should be viewed, it's about the melody and feeling. He is so right about what has happened with the internet and how a band can be written off because of their look and lack of image. When I was still playing music the saying that we lived by was, go hard or go home. No matter what the style or tempo, be there with both feet in and give a 100 percent.
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Noel's best composition? Thoughts and opinions below!
Dead in the water.
Let’s All Make Believe. Gas panic. ✌️2 underrated beautiful songs.
@@Gavaldo gas panic is a great tune 💨 😱 🎸
@@MusicMatters_SC From The Same Album SOTSOG. where Did It all go Wrong. 👍
@@Gavaldo noice 👌🏼 you have good taste sir
Noel has brought great happiness to a lot of people. What an achievement in life. 👏
Hear, hear!
Just a coincidence; that those egregores known as Oasis have decided to make a comeback; straight after those Fabian Society; puppets, were recently elected back into Westminster?
@MusicMatters_SC
So does Trump, is he any good though?
Noel may be one of the few musicians who is still passionate about his art who hasn't suffered from depression or died from drugs or complained about how hard life as a celebrity is lol
Haha this is a funny point but it’s also very true! Possibly the most well adjusted musician to celebrity life ever.
He did apparently have some kind of breakdown before sotg and gas panic was about his panic attacks - but yeah he seems still like a normal bloke
@@thesingingaccountant1 of course he had a rough time who didn't?! but he stayed focused and kept his shit together unfortunately there are a lot of stars who end up dead in the swimming pool or something lol
@@galagalaxia6286 yeah it was very minor for a rock star. I Love noel he's so interesting to listen to
Bob Dylan, and he's no Dylan
These Noel Gallagher Meditation CDs are fookin mental
😂 😂 bruh
Daily meditations with ng
The Masterplan is pretty perfect.
Agreed, lightning in a bottle 🎸 ⚡️
Yep
Pretty much a perfect song
And a b side
@@fuzzy1237 can only really say that about one of Noel’s lol
100% agree. One of the best songs he’s ever done.
@@Joelster-og4pf for sure
No. If he’s honest. He’s took all the hooks and riffs from his favourite songs growing up. Not exactly copying them but developing them into his songs. Still very clever.
When the greatest band in the world is unstoppable, media and entertainment will do anything to bring oasis down. 😂😂😂
I'm 54 years old and I've been a fan of Noel since '94. Noel Gallagher is an absolute master of songwriting. From Live Forever to Easy Now, Noel is in a class all by himself. Hail to the Chief.
Couldn’t agree more!! 👌🏼 🎸
Totally agree, I’m 50 and a fan since the start, and for years until the present his critics bang on about the Beatles etc etc , he’s as good a songwriter as Lennon or Mccartney imo. I love the Beatles but oasis moved me more. And the music snobs still go on about all that, and still he doesn’t give a fk , and I love that.
@@nez9751 Noel gives zero fucks.
No doubt! He’s my fav all time and I’m a couple years younger than him.
@@jasonq111 good taste 👌🏼
Noel is as good as it gets. Could have been a Beatle. He knew if he combined his songs with his charismatic brothers band and stuck together it would be huge. He casted a vision and then they did it bigger than they could fucking imagine.
Yeah it took off so quick as well. From the dole to Knebworth in a few short years 🎸
Overrated tea leaf. Horrible singing voice as well.
Music is the soul untethered
The soul is Good untethered
This elegant compilation of interviews with Noel Gallagher about the craft of songwriting is a real treat. It is hard to believe 'Live Forever' is 30 years old now and still sounding as exuberant as it did when I first heard it. And what's inspiring is to learn how competitive Noel Gallagher is about his vocation and wants to write songs as great as the ones "caught" by Bono or Chris Martin. Another interesting thing I learned is that Noel Gallagher cannot write anything good when he is sad! He leaves the angst-induced songwriting to Thom Yorke! Don't you think Noel is in the minority of creators with this mindset? Bono, in another video speaks about how depressed he was when he wrote 'With Or Without You.' And Bono speaks openly about the darkness that always engulfs him. Usually, an artist needs a lot of pain to generate anything that could make a big impact on the world. But, Noel is that rare exception! He has to be happy to write good songs! So, let's hope his beloved Manchester City keeps winning everything! And, regardless of how anyone ends up writing songs that become classics, we must realise that great songs, just like its creators get to live forever. (Thank you to the person or persons behind this TH-cam channel Music Matters for this inspiring video). 23 September 2023.
Just relistened to all of his oasis albums. Every one is a classic. How can 1 man produce so many bangers!!
Right? Gifted for sure
Because he stole chord progressions from old successful song that nobody owned or had copy right on and changed it to the ideas he had
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.livingthat's how a lot of music works....
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.livinghow many chord progressions do you think there are?
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living chord progressions are public domain and not copyright-able. There are far too few usable chord progressions to have them be unique. That’s why the case against Ed Sheeran failed.
A key distinction to make is that whilst Noel (and other pop songwriters) didn't formally study music, they all did informally. Noel spent years learning music by ear, figuring out chords, keys and scales. He just did it in his bedroom rather than in a classroom. Nobody is born with complete knowledge of the craft of songwriting, it has to be learnt and harnessed. And the craft element is probably more important. I'm a songwriter myself and whilst talent and inspiration are natural and very important, knowledge and skill on an instrument are necessary to be able to compose music. Just because Noel doesn't know the language of music theory (he actually does know a fair bit, if you dig around) that doesn't mean he doesn't understand musical composition because he obviously does.
There's a difference between knowledge and understanding.
A good video on this: 'How much music theory did The Beatles know?'
th-cam.com/video/HmjRM3AziTY/w-d-xo.html
Yeah I really agree, great comment 👍🏼 I think generally since people prefer to program music now using a DAW there has been a decline in people spending the time to learn an instrument. It’s a craft and takes patience but leads to more creative output in my opinion. Expediency brought by technology isn’t always progressive. Would love to hear some of your songs, drop us a link if you can.
My album: open.spotify.com/artist/3AiQPORjpFEja8WMDuJDz8?si=qZ0d3OtjQOewGoHfI17bPQ
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@@Gavaldo 🎸 🔥
@andrewkevinnewton a bold claim, but I respect it
@andrewkevinnewtontotally, he's a very guarded person and also does not want to seem like a 'student' or a 'boffin' - he wants people to think he's just like them but the man has a fantastic understanding of music, maybe he can't write out every chord type etc but he's not illuterate
"The songs are already there"...in Noel's case, by The Beatles and Slade.
😂 savage
"I practice a lot." - Noel Gallagher
😂 😂 bruh
For some reason a comment Noel made right back in an early 90s interview came back to me recently and I realised for me it is the key to his genius.
He talked about being taken to see Manchester City at main road by his dad, who would then promptly disappear to the bar and leave him with his mates for ages.
He said he didn’t mind, because he was surrounded by good people who would sing their hearts out to either football chants of the day, or their favourite records that came over the stadium PA.
Think of that from the perspective of a young kid, he’s literally getting a psychological masterclass in what makes people want to sing their hearts out and that’s why, love them or hate them, Oasis set was full of stadium-filling mega tunes.. it’s in his DNA.
Interesting point! I guess oasis was ultimately a product of their dad’s alcoholism ha
Main road?
How he wrote champagne supernova I’ll never know
Right?! Insane
@andrewkevinnewton which one? I’ll have a listen 👂
@andrewkevinnewtona lot of musicians steal...
Nice video 👍🏻
I think people take Noel for granted and don’t really appreciate how he is an excellent songwriter.
If it was easy, we all would have hit songs.
Thanks bud, appreciate your kind words 👌🏼 and yeah, anyone can write a song, but it’s a rare skill to be a great songwriter that’s for sure
I was thinking the same thing, if it was easy, all the popular songs of today would be as good as Live Forever or Don't look back in anger
@@voidx6782 exactly
@@voidx6782 There are plenty of great songs by bands that didn't make it like Rainbow Arch. I've heard their stuff. Just like you get novel writers who don't make it. Mind you uou can produce your own stuff a lot easier now when it comes to books.
I really admire Noel’s passion for music and songwriting, and how he’s never been taught anything still amazes me.
Right?! Very bizarre but cool
Regardless of what some people say, Noel is a true prodigy, is not a normal thing to write tunes of Oasis' quality no matter if he ripped off T-Rex or The Beatles. Only a handful of people can do it like him and if it was that common (or easy), we would have even today songs of that calibre.
@@voidx6782 yeah exactly, anyone could try to rip the Beatles off, but it wouldn’t often end up as a classic
Well, Paul McCartney never learned musical theory before making it big with the Beatles.
@@schris3 correct!
Why waste time trying to promote this one trick pony as some kind of songwriting genius? He’s just a plagiarist, and not a very good one at that. I still like some of their early stuff but let’s be honest they showed now ability to develop musically beyond ripping off the Beatles, Slade and John Lennon. Let history consign them to the dustbin of mediocrity.
The interviews i am watching of Noel's lately are some of the best interesting music interviews i have ever seen
Yeah I watched a lot when making this video and he’s always interesting
Really enjoyed this video. As a huge Noel fan, it's great to hear his thoughts and musings consolidated like this into different topics. And with that haunting background music, it's just 👌
Thanks bud! Appreciate the kind words. Big Noel fan here too so tried my best to do him justice 👌🏼 and yes that background music, haunting is the word 😂 but copyright free! So it’s a reasonable compromise ha
I believe anyone can write music it’s just the amount of time you put into it an also being in right room with the right ears
Ear quality is key I think
Extremely inspiring, as a songwriter myself Noel has been a huge influence on me.....I learnt guitar listen by ear to Oasis Albums.....I cant imagine a life without writing songs. Thankyou. If anyone is interested you can check out my band. We are called Sebastian & Me.
Thanks for checking out the video!
Will check them out mate
Thats a matter of opinion to be absolutely honest
Out of all the songwriters on earth to reference he chooses Chris Martin and Bono...god he's such an old boring man now 😂
Don’t forget the pet shop boys 😂
The thing i love most about noel's songs is that they are so optimistic and full of live and hope. It motivates you.
Absolutely. Well said 👌🏼
Waiting for the melody to arrive. It's well worth the wait, Noel. We love you.
Hopefully one day he’ll read this comment! 🎸
This man simply will go down in history as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He lives and breathes for music which makes it even sweeter
Correct! Hall of fame-r 🎸
Nonsense
Greatest songwriter of all time? Wow. He’s probably not even top 10 of the 90’s
@@JP-thatsme a bold statement, but I respect it.
@@JP-thatsme he is in the top 10 of the 90s
Noel Gallagher Is Quite Simply The Best Songwriter of The last 30 Years. He’s produced So many Classics That We Forget About Just how dedicated a Songwriter & Work Ethic This Legend Has. A True Great of Our Times. ✌️✊✌️
Agreed, I watched a lot of his HFB interviews and he still writes daily. Definitely didn’t waste his talent or rest on his laurels.
Not in mccartneys league
@@timcomley5948 ah come on, who is?!
What absolute nonsense! He wrote some good songs yes but he certainly isn’t the best songwriter of the last 30 years - not even close but ‘Talk Tonight’ was a beautiful song so I’ll give him that.
@@MusicMatters_SCfacts
Little By Little, Wonder Wall, Live Forever, Some Might Say, Slide Away, What's The Story Morning Glory. so epic, so bliss.
Amen
"I dont write when im sad, i write when im happy" 👏👍
"Stand by me" and "Dyou know what i mean", are my fav oasis songs. just amazing.
Just been watching Liam do some solo gigs on YT and he still covers stand by me, great song 👍🏼
Dya know what I mean is bloody brilliant - remember taping it off radio one when it came out - exciting times
@@thesingingaccountant1 always annoying when the dj talked over the intro to songs ha
@@MusicMatters_SC true but the songs sounded bigger somehow - maybe compression or slight distortion, the cd always sounded a bit cleaner and less rocky
@@thesingingaccountant1 agreed, the old days were the best days for music. Access to unlimited streaming killed the industry imo
What you do is you write lyrics to a load of classic tunes.
Then you improve the lyrics whilst DISGUISING THE TUNES.
I dare you to ask him if this was what he did (should you get the chance).
NG can, did, & does still, write his OWN great songs . Nonetheless - and the reason I capitalized his 'OWN' great songs here (actually inferring there's more to his song-writing than that) - in my considered ooinion, he also became an absolute MASTER of taking some classic bits of PREVIOUS classic songs and incorporating them into his own work.. very many, if not most, songwriters have always done this - and this is not knocking Noel's creativity & even genius in his field, btw - but the man took it to another level.. as he and Liam & the lads did with Oasis, performance wise.. From what I understand, Noel did this more often, and evidently 'lifting' lol, lines, notes, even lyrics (whatever he really liked &/or felt HIS song(s) needed) sometimes 'wholesale', when he was younger & just getting Oasis going... Still he's a great musician, song-writer, & artist, & at the end of the day, you gotta - no, not roll with it, lol (but that too, if ya like)- give it to him that he totally MASTERED his art!!...
The best borrower in the business!!
Noel and Chris Martin crafted undeniably great melodies. Tracks that defined a moment and mean the world to countless people. Great tracks. Not great songs, and nowhere near classic songs.
“Tracks that defined a moment and mean the world to countless people” is the very definition of a classic song though isn’t it?
As opposed to what? Please give comparable tunes. The thing about music is that it affects different people in different way, and they relate to to for personal reason that other don’t, so I suppose nobody is actually right or wrong. Eg I’ve never listened to country music but Americans that have and do, think it’s the only music in town, but it’s alien to me . and you can say that about any music genre.
Absolute bollocks. Songs come from the inside out, nowhere else. They ain't floating around the universe.
U borrowed a few off other people too
I’m a couple years younger than Noel and have a huge record collection. He’s still my fav songwriter of all time. I think it’s bc, as he said, he writes joyful tunes full of hope. He’s not Jimmy Page but he’s very, very competent w a guitar and he’s brilliant as a composer. For my money, I think if I was on a desert island and could only listen to one songwriter, it would be NG, mostly w Oasis but some of the new stuff on Council Skies is pretty great.
Well said 👏 👏
Competitive plagiarism.
Every single artist is inspired by others. Some directly copy but the greats incorporate their inspiration so that it’s not noticed.
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal." - Picasso
noel, liam & Oasis, honestly changed my life since i 1st saw them at maine road in the 90's, it changed my outlook on life, they were that powerful to young impressionable men. They came just at the right time
Their impact was/is undeniable
I'm really not sure about this _"not knowing music theory..."_ 🤔
I've been playing guitar for a few years now & I would say you *HAVE* to have a basic knowledge, even just of keys.
That said, Noel it's not a great guitarist, practically all his songs use open chords so I suppose you could sit down long enough & put enough chords together to come up with something?
Yeah plus I don’t see why he would lie about it, unless maybe it’s not ‘cool’ to know music theory? Difficult to know for sure I guess
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I think you might have something there.
A few musos over the years have _claimed_ not to know music theory including, I think, The Beatles.
It is possible that someone could be so gifted as to have some weird, unearthly ability to just put shi+ together but I think it's like Clapton's or Hendrix's "gift," it was a "gift" that took years & a lot of hard work to come by!
I also don't know why you wouldn't then learn theory? It's always going to add to your ability, not detract from it? 🤔
@@pup1008 yeah agreed, I think if you spend decades around other musicians, writers, performers, fully immersed in the music industry and playing an instrument for decades, you would think that you would inevitably absorb some theory through osmosis if nothing else.
It would be like driving for 30 years without a license and never picking up the idea that a speed limit or stop signs exist.
But equally a primary source saying they don’t know it would be taken as a gold standard of evidence in a court of law. So we’ll have to take him at his word.
I always wonder if Noel Gallagher has ever got stoned and listened to Beethoven. Id f**king love to hear his opinion on this.
😂 😂 I’d honestly pay money to hear that conversation
Lifted ideas from bands nobody heard of. The Real People, Shack and The La’s- stole from dead artists so they couldn’t sue him - like Marc Bolan - and then fused them together with a Beatles-lite sound. A winning formula.
He’s clearly got a brilliant ear and a sense for where chords and melodies should go to make the maximum emotive power. That comes out of love of music and listening to it endlessly. O and really good taste - the Beatles, the Stones, the Cure, Pet Shop Boys etc. you can’t go wrong.
Yeah totally agree. The fact he doesn’t know or use music theory only makes it clearer that he’s running on natural talent 👌🏼
Some people can just write a good melody, he is up there with the best
@@dave-jk6en yeah it seems to be a natural gift for some
Great comment totally agree
@@MusicMatters_SChe may not write it down or have a degree but he definitely understands music theory - he knows five leads to one, he knows the power of a VI-vi - he's taken those things and reused them mate - he understands it at some level
Fishing 🎣 in the river for songs some you catch some you don’t
MAGICAL
I think this is so good. I listened to it before I went to sleep. I love the background music. Well done!!!
besides the ton-heavy insight of noel, what gets me is the background music. in no way, shape or form fitting. what is it supposed to make me feel?
9:15 This is all a MELOTRON advert in case you didn't realize
Amazing video, in regards to your description of Noel as oasis' rhythm guitarist, Noel was the lead guitarist of oasis until 2000, and after 2000 he shared lead and rhythm with Gem Archer
Well spotted!! I put that in as a test, you passed 😉 I’ve updated the description so should be accurate now! Thanks for checking out the video and pleased you enjoyed it 🎸 🔥
@@MusicMatters_SC As Noel would say it, you're a blagging bastard...
I get off the bus after the first two albums.
"I can't even spell theory", oh how sweet it is to be an idiot. "I've never been taught anything, musically, by anyone" I think the Real People might disagree. "It's very easy to write angst, I find it very difficult" so if you can do a thing that Noel finds difficult, it's because it's easy. He ought to put these insights to a mash up of 60s bubble gum pop, 80s kids TV, and a bit of Bach.
Noel writes great songs because he believes he writes great songs simple as that , also I believe he writes great songs
Haha love this
Oasis thought they were bigger than they were and got swept up into their own hype, as did many people in the cringe-worthy Britpop / Cool Britannia era, yukk. Of course, they did some very memorable songs which defined the era, but standalone now they do not stand the test of time. They remain just songs of that particular short-lived era.
It's funny how the loudest ones often have the least to shout about. And the quietest ones, for example people like Dave Gilmour, could speak volumes but don't. Gallagher? Don't believe the hype. Legohead.
Great video. Glad O’Leary was mostly cut out.
Hope he keeps writing. Love the new album
I think he’ll be doing it into his 90’s ha
@@MusicMatters_SC hope his 90s is as good as the 90s
@@shredder9536 😂 I see what you did there 😉 we can only hope! Maybe oasis will get back together for his 90th 👌🏼
All of Noel's songs are other people's songs.
Thats "how he did it"
Why the irritating dumb ambient music in the background? Do you thing we are 5 years olds and can't concentrate? .
To stay untucked is a kind of magic. Thats unfucked lol
Handful of decent songs ffs 😆
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This country needs new life in bands like Noel music is pure crap at this time world falling apart and music seen
BOB DYLAN HAS MORE THROW AWAY SONGS THAN NOEL HAS CLASSIC SONGS...
Dayum!!
Great video mate. I play guitar and write, DLBIA is one of his best compositions for sure.
Cheers bud, appreciate your comment. Keep up the writing! 🎸 🎵
looks like the last 30 years have been a long wait(so far) for Noel...
"a song called live forever", yeah no one heard of that song, very unknown
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Fishing 🎣 in the river for songs some you catch some you don’t
MAGICAL
Great artist and I love his honesty on musical theory. I play a few chords, single note stuff, and I think that's all you need. They just have to be in the right key or order to work. Noel Gallagher is living proof of that. Never been a fan until I've watched interviews in recent years.
Yeah I think he’s very sincere in interviews, tonnes of great songwriters don’t rely on theory
Black star dancing pure class
Lennon/McCartney only wrote great songs for 10 years. Noel's been doing it for over 30 years ! There'll probably never be a rock songwriter as talented as him.
Plus, he's one of the sharpest, funniest people on the planet !
Yeah I watched a lot interview footage when making this video and didn’t grow tired of hearing him chat 😂
Lennon n McCartney changed the whole paradigm of music....virtually every song written by them is years ahead melodically of anything Gallagher did...just facts that Noel would accept
@@oliverbird6914 yeah I mean he’s not in the same league as the Beatles, but it must be nice to be in the same conversation
@@MusicMatters_SC I honestly don't think he is.
I think he's a solid songwriter, but to me, it's often plodding and neat and two veg.
Deffo prefer his high-flying birds stuff.
I think they're a good indie band...very good...but because of the scarcity of talent and the tabloid friendly appeal they got huge.
The stone roses are a way better , more nuanced act...interesting, original, wierd Ruth's. Gallagher always goes for 4/4 timing and whilst cool, it gets predictable.
Look at macca..he could write effortlessly...his melodies are just so beautiful..song structures great and they try to say smthg.
Same with Lennon. More so in terms of strangeness.
Gallaghers lyrics always feel like add ons to me.
He's a good solid indie writer. Very good. I want to reiterate that but in no way could he write something as nimble on it's feet as paperback writer....as fedt as the long and winding road....as subversive and dreamlike as strawberry fields.
As mystic and poetic as across the universe.
It's just levels below. I enjoy it for what it is.
And bloody hell, he keeps ripping off Lee mavers!!
@@oliverbird6914 eloquently put!
One of the best songwriters of past 30 years
Agreed, still going strong too 👌🏼
One of maybe but not the best
@@ukebox00oftheworld63 😬
@@ukebox00oftheworld63yeah which is why he said one of…
Wish that stupid pad sound weren’t over the whole thing
She was man cos she felt like going to school was a waste of time
Noel your gonna LIVE FOREVER
Could you make the synth a bit louder ??---I can ALMOST hear what he is trying to say......
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He’s full of it about not ever being reached anything musically. Anyone is if they say that. The dude is nearly 60 and still spouts BS. Smh
Taught*
I could do without the ambient noise interference in the background.. ughh
The MOST OVERRATED band EVER!
I love Oasis. I love Noel’s style and appreciate what he’s done…but let’s be real, there are SO MANY examples of borderline plagiarism and the simplicity that all leads to his songwriting being derivative. Yes, he’s written anthems and classics, no arguments there, but don’t break your arms jerking someone off that looks at everyone in this comment section as “no bodys”.
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A mixture of banality, that kind of self-belief that accepts the first idea as self-evidently right…
and ripping off other people’s stuff?
Just idle musings.
They’re quite advanced concepts for idle musings! Have you considered working in the field of philosophy?
Easy. He nicked most of the riffs and chord progressions, chuck in some meaningless lyrics that roll off the tongue and Robert’s your aunties other half.
Hmmmmmm
My favorite singer-songwriter…… so much more to him and Oasis then just Wonderwall which a lot of people think……
Agreed
As usual, fascinating to hear Noel yet we learn nothing 😂
Bruh 😂
Put most of their best songs on b-sides.
Yeah that was a strange choice
he grew up on jam, smiths and roses... sneak in the obligatory beatles influence, new order, joy division, buzzcocks easy to determine how... not to take anything away from noel's talents but he's planets away away from the things he was writing 30 years ago.
Yeah everyone has their creative peak, but he’s still doing solid work 👌🏼
Let the man e xperiment....he's proved his point surely
@@matthewlewis1706 never! 🤭
Still he doesn’t actually make it clear what exactly he is doing to write these songs… just poetic nonsense. Where is the formula… ?
Is Noel Gallagher a closer music scholar? These songs don’t just fall out of a casual guitar player.
There isn’t a magic formula for songwriting really, everyone does it differently. There’s as many ways to write a song as there are people on the planet.
Why do so many say he stole all his hits
"I can't even spell theory."
Genius
I laughed for about 15 minutes when editing that bit 😂
It's called plagiarism, drunk people don't notice....
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Most songs of his are in same key and have the same plodding tempo. Over rated by a factor of 1000. in every regard.
Not in every regard though, surely?
Why has he not been made a Sir? If Elton John can be a made a Sir (does anyone really listen to his music??) then surely Noel can
Sir Noel does have a certain ring to it 👌🏼
Noel did learn a a fair bit from the real people tbh, something he tends to not mention
Interesting 🤔
Learn or lifted??
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@@davesharp7315 for sure a bit of both!
Unfortunately his solo output is absolute dross!
I’m all for a technical guitar solo, but I don’t think it would’ve worked for his songs
And yet Noel's first solo album would have been the next Oasis record
how's that? one of the most overrated bands ever. every song is sung at the same tempo. no stage presence. they are self proclaimed.
Didn’t ticket and album sales support their self proclamation though?
I love Noel and Oasis, but let's be a wee bit honest here...
Shakermaker by Oasis (1994)
= I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers (1971)
Whatever by Oasis (1994)
= How Sweet To Be An Idiot by Neil Innes (1973)
Half The World Away by Oasis (1994)
= This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1968)
Hello by Oasis (1995)
= Hello Hello, I'm Back Again by Gary Glitter (1973)
Morning Glory by Oasis (1995)
= The One I Love by REM (1987)
Step Out by Oasis (1996)
= Uptight by Stevie Wonder (1966) x Rosalie by Thin Lizzy (1978)
The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis (2005) /
= Clean Prophet by The La's (1988)
Headshrinker by Oasis (1995)
= Stay With Me by The Faces (1971)
Lyla by Oasis (2005)
= Confrontation Camp by The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (1996)
Cigarettes And Alcohol by Oasis (1994)
= Get It On & Telegram Sam by T-Rex (1971)
Acquiesce by Oasis (1998)
= I Only Wanna Be With You by Dusty Springfield (1963)
She's Electric lifted from Kids TV program called Stop, Look and Listen and The Kinks
etc etc etc
Phenomenal list mate. Songs I’d never heard of, I’ve checked them out and well, they kinda do check out!
Great songwriters steal. If it was easy pinching why ain't I a fuckin great songwriter?
@@Uk5haky great point!
@@MusicMatters_SCit's how music works...people take snippets and become influenced, hopefully Noel's crafty stealing might get you into other bands he took from; The Real People, Kinks, The Las etc
wow, that's impressive. Yeah... they weren't exactly timid with their influences.
why put that music in the background it's annoying.
To annoy you, pleased to hear it worked
Love him to bits but it makes me sad when he talks down on Thom Yorke.
Noel dislikes him because they cracked the US market and Oasis got laughed out of town
He didn't!
What he did was look for successful songs that sold well that no longer had copy write on them he then stole the chord progressions and some of the lyrics and made songs from them
Interesting! 🤔
Noel is definitely up there with the best song writers of all time
Noel's an Arturia soft-synth fan. That's excellent 😂
Right?! 😂
I've gained such respect for Noel as a musician. He views music like it should be viewed, it's about the melody and feeling. He is so right about what has happened with the internet and how a band can be written off because of their look and lack of image. When I was still playing music the saying that we lived by was, go hard or go home. No matter what the style or tempo, be there with both feet in and give a 100 percent.