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Post by bonkers on Mar 17, 2011 15:36:44 GMT -5
In August it'll be 20 years since Gallagher and his brother Noel first took the stage as Oasis. It'll be almost two since they broke up backstage in Paris in a shower of guitar splinters. As in a proper divorce, Noel cited Liam's "verbal and violent intimidation." Meanwhile, Liam, 38, took custody of guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell (now on guitar), and drummer Chris Sharrock, renamed the group Beady Eye, and recorded Different Gear, Still Speeding (Dangerbird). Fresh from rehearsals for their inaugural tour, he swaggers into the band's London management office wearing a green parka and a fedora from his Pretty Green clothing line. Today he had an epiphany: "Guess what, mate? I reckon I'm in the best fucking band in the world. Twice that's happened now. Mega, isn't it?" Is Beady Eye really a new band? It's Oasis without the songwriter. Course it's a new band. We're writing great songs. We're doing things how we want them done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click to enlarge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are the songs new? Sixty percent is new. Forty percent is stuff we had knocking about -- demos that maybe Chris had never drummed on or I had never sang on. Never have all four of us been on those songs before. "Wind Up Dream" and "The Morning Son" was knocking about... When you say "knocking about," does that mean they are actually old Oasis songs? No way. Me and Gem always used to go to Wheeler End [Oasis' studio in rural England] and do demos. We went through all the demos, and it was obvious which were ours and which ones were the little fella's. How? They were the good ones. The little fella? How is life without him? The little fella's gone. I watch enough Sky News to know that we shouldn't have leaders. This band is four geezers all on the same page, wanting to make this the greatest band in the world. Another new song, "Beatles and Stones," pays tribute to your heroes. What did you do for John Lennon's 70th? I had a little drink. I didn't make a big deal of it. I didn't lie in bed naked or go for a fucking Japanese, if that's what you're on about. "The Morning Son," what's that about? It's about Jesus. It's about resurrection: "The morning son has rose." But most songs are about me getting to the end of the song and thinking, "Thank fuck that's over." I find words really hard. Do you feel you've got something to prove? No, I'm in the top two human beings on the planet. Who else is there? I dunno. Could be Elvis. Could be Gandhi. Could be the street sweeper. Could be you. We all think we're Superman from time to time. I feel like I've contributed. I feel like I've got kids off their arses. I think there's a lot of kids out there who have got something from our music. Let's go back to the breakup in Paris in 2009. Say you don't smash Noel's guitar. Say you sort it out. If you could go back, would you? No. Let's nail this down: This ain't no stopgap or side project. We're not hanging around waiting for the little fella to come to his senses. By the time he does that, we'll be flying. What's he doing? Recording probably. I'll check it out when the time comes. We share the same management, so I'm sure he's had a little listen to ours. Whether he likes it or not, who cares? What do you miss most about him? I'm not pleased we're not talking, but I want to do things the right way -- my way, for once. Noel used to have the big vision. Sometimes he treated us like his fucking backing band. Some of the videos we did were fucking shocking. "Lyla," for example -- we look like fucking Culture Club on shit acid. This time 'round, we're in control of the details. What don't you miss? Oasis was done. Even a blind man could see it. It was: new record, do the videos, big tour, have a fight. I'm glad that routine has come to an end. Noel had a baby in October. Didn't you send a card? A lot of people have kids. He's not the first and he won't be the last. I wished him all the best through me mam. Your clothing label, Pretty Green, has done well. What am I going to experience wearing your gear as opposed to, say, Jay-Z's Roca-wear? You're going to be fucking arrested wearing his gear and you're going to pull a really nice-looking bird wearing mine. So, we'll never hear Oasis live ever again? No. Never. I'll miss them songs, but they are in me head. They are in my life deeply already. In my DNA. But Beady Eye can't start banging out fucking "Live Forever," can they? Never say never, but…no. www.spin.com/articles/tough-questions-liam-gallagher
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Post by kimallenbewick on Mar 17, 2011 18:20:41 GMT -5
Noel had a baby in October. Didn't you send a card? A lot of people have kids. He's not the first and he won't be the last. I wished him all the best through me mam. ...................... LOL
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Post by bwilder on Mar 17, 2011 19:07:22 GMT -5
You'll get arrested wearing his and you'll pull a nice-looking bird in mine. ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC.
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Post by discworld on Mar 18, 2011 1:20:40 GMT -5
We went through all the demos, and it was obvious which were ours and which ones were the little fella's. How? They were the good ones. Does he really need to say that ? If he didn't like Noel written songs , why did he continue to sing them all these years ?
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Post by gdforever on Mar 18, 2011 1:43:27 GMT -5
I love his bit about being the in the top two human being on the planet. His answer about who the other person is is priceless. LOL
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Post by Heebeejeebies on Mar 18, 2011 2:24:01 GMT -5
Their mother is their message service, apparently. Saw another interview in which Liam said Noel had been asking about him to their mother. LOL. Siblings can be such idiots to each other.
Love his comment on why to wear Pretty Green!
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Post by songbirdsally on Mar 18, 2011 2:40:16 GMT -5
"Guess what, mate? I reckon I'm in the best fucking band in the world. Twice that's happened now. Mega, isn't it?" Liams interviews are priceless
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Post by thomaslivesforever on Mar 18, 2011 6:26:53 GMT -5
We went through all the demos, and it was obvious which were ours and which ones were the little fella's. How? They were the good ones. Does he really need to say that ? If he didn't like Noel written songs , why did he continue to sing them all these years ? Of course he likes the Noel written songs I bet he loves them. He did spend all those years singing them and giving them everything. God you're so protective over little noely, i'd take the stuff liam rants about in interviews less literally and with a massive pinch of salt tbh.
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Mar 18, 2011 9:55:40 GMT -5
I love his bit about being the in the top two human being on the planet. His answer about who the other person is is priceless. LOL Agreed, that's the best one. All his answers are great, though. Interesting that TMS is about Jesus. Never knew Liam cared for religion.
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Post by songbirdsally on Mar 18, 2011 11:46:51 GMT -5
Interesting that TMS is about Jesus. Never knew Liam cared for religion. He doesn't. And I quote: “If a guy suddenly appears before me with a big beard and locks and all that caper and performed some f***ing miracle, and then said to me "Liam, I am God", I'd say Fair enough, it's a fair cop. I didn't believe in you but fair play, you've got me. But until that day comes he can f*** right off.” -
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Post by gdforever on Mar 18, 2011 12:04:18 GMT -5
I love his bit about being the in the top two human being on the planet. His answer about who the other person is is priceless. LOL Agreed, that's the best one. All his answers are great, though. Interesting that TMS is about Jesus. Never knew Liam cared for religion. I think that one was Liam just being difficult and obstructive. The interviewer was trying to get him to repeat that it had lyrics about Noel IMO. It seems to me she did some research and probably found that quote by Liam about Morning Son being the only song that could be about Noel lyrically and was going to try and explore that a bit.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 18, 2011 12:22:49 GMT -5
Liam wrote a song called 'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel'. and i've seen several pics of him wearing crucifix necklaces. if i were to guess i'd say he's religious.
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Post by songbirdsally on Mar 18, 2011 12:32:54 GMT -5
Liam wrote a song called 'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel'. and i've seen several pics of him wearing crucifix necklaces. if i were to guess i'd say he's religious. He really isn't. Both he and Noel aren't religious. Reason is that their mum didn't want to leave their dad (even though she & her kids got beaten up every other day!) because it was against the religion to leave your husband and get divorced.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 18, 2011 12:47:23 GMT -5
Liam wrote a song called 'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel'. and i've seen several pics of him wearing crucifix necklaces. if i were to guess i'd say he's religious. He really isn't. Both he and Noel aren't religious. Reason is that their mum didn't want to leave their dad (even though she & her kids got beaten up every other day!) because it was against the religion to leave your husband and get divorced. i don't know. i can't imagine someone wearing a crucifix and not having some religious beliefs. and the story of Cain and Abel is straight from the Bible. personally, i think there's alot more acting going on with Liam, and Noel than meets the eye.
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Post by songbirdsally on Mar 18, 2011 12:57:07 GMT -5
Only saying what they said themselves offcourse, so don't know.. Just found this as wel, so I guess he does believe in something (like most people do, it's just easy & nice to believe in something, without being religious..) “I don’t pray and I don’t go to church but I’m intrigued by it, I dig it. I’m into the idea that there could be a God and aliens and reincarnation and some geezer years ago turning water into wine. I don’t believe when you die, you die. All the beautiful people who have been and gone, Lennon, Hendrix, they’re somewhere else, man. Whether it’s here or whether it’s there, they’re doing some musical thingummyjig. They got to be somewhere else, haven’t they? I’d like it if everyone were all right at the end of it.”Funny how he mentions God and aliens in the same sentence EDIT: And just found this as well, the guy is hilarious. I really need a book with Liam quotes Oasis rocker LIAM GALLAGHER has slammed U2 star BONO's "boring" attempts to convert him to Christianity - insisting he is his own God. The Wonderwall singer recently shattered his rock 'n' roll image by confessing he regularly goes to church to confess his sins, but his belief in himself rises above everything else. But Liam refuses to follow his sibling's religious beliefs, despite Bono's persistent efforts to show him the way of the Lord. He complains, "What can Bono tell me I don't know? I'm not looking for guidance! There are days I believe and days I don't. And days I think, 'F**k the lot of them, I'm going for a Stella (beer).'"And when I've had ten of them, I AM f**king God. F**k Bono. I don't need his guidance. He'd talk a glass eye to sleep."
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Post by agnhi on Mar 18, 2011 13:32:47 GMT -5
Not really having an opinion about how religious they are but some of the quotes here are like 15 years old... I think with personal beliefs and all that can be a loooong time and feelings might've changed. Or not. Who knows.
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Post by gdforever on Mar 18, 2011 16:55:58 GMT -5
He really isn't. Both he and Noel aren't religious. Reason is that their mum didn't want to leave their dad (even though she & her kids got beaten up every other day!) because it was against the religion to leave your husband and get divorced. i don't know. i can't imagine someone wearing a crucifix and not having some religious beliefs. and the story of Cain and Abel is straight from the Bible. personally, i think there's alot more acting going on with Liam, and Noel than meets the eye. Cain and Abel is from the bible...and they went to church as children so of course they would know the story is of biblical originas However the references of that story are known and understood by even those that aren't religious. It's the archtype of fratricide that is present throughout literature. From Dante, to Shakespeare, to Samuel Beckett, to Robert Ludlum. It's a common reference...and one that is mentioned in many an Oasis article. I always thought it was a bit funny that Liam refers to himself as Abel, the more well-loved brother which makes Noel Cain, the evil brother kills him for jealousy. Sometimes I wonder whether Liam isn't really clever...but then I listen to his talk for a while...=P
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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 18, 2011 17:12:48 GMT -5
i don't know. i can't imagine someone wearing a crucifix and not having some religious beliefs. and the story of Cain and Abel is straight from the Bible. personally, i think there's alot more acting going on with Liam, and Noel than meets the eye. Cain and Abel is from the bible...and they went to church as children so of course they would know the story is of biblical originas However the references of that story are known and understood by even those that aren't religious. It's the archtype of fratricide that is present throughout literature. From Dante, to Shakespeare, to Samuel Beckett, to Robert Ludlum. It's a common reference...and one that is mentioned in many an Oasis article. I always thought it was a bit funny that Liam refers to himself as Abel, the more well-loved brother which makes Noel Cain, the evil brother kills him for jealousy. Sometimes I wonder whether Liam isn't really clever...but then I listen to his talk for a while...=P people don't just wear crucifixes for no reason. and i can't imagine someone producing something with any religious, even undertones, for public consumption without even a slight belief in religion. there's no easier way to cause conflict than to mention religion or politics, especially in a very public format. i don't know, this is my rational thought process. but like i mentioned above, i think there's alot of acting going on with both Liam and Noel in the public realm.
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Post by ToneBender on Mar 19, 2011 9:27:49 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder whether Liam isn't really clever...but then I listen to his talk for a while...=P I've been saying for quite awhile that Liam is far more intelligent than people give him credit for. I don't know why he always sells himself short and I don't know why everyone assumes he can barely tie his shoes on his own.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 19, 2011 9:44:03 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder whether Liam isn't really clever...but then I listen to his talk for a while...=P I've been saying for quite awhile that Liam is far more intelligent than people give him credit for. I don't know why he always sells himself short and I don't know why everyone assumes he can barely tie his shoes on his own. Liam isn't stupid, he's quite intelligent. he's just not educated.
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Mar 19, 2011 9:54:05 GMT -5
^That's probably true. Neither Liam nor Noel seems to be stupid in interviews - they're both rather witty.
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Post by oasisfanboy on Mar 19, 2011 10:18:17 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder whether Liam isn't really clever...but then I listen to his talk for a while...=P I've been saying for quite awhile that Liam is far more intelligent than people give him credit for. I don't know why he always sells himself short and I don't know why everyone assumes he can barely tie his shoes on his own. Cos the early selling point was the dumb, swaggering, ball of charisma rock star. The real MAN behind that is rather sensitive, deep, family loving...
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Post by Jessica on Mar 24, 2011 22:51:57 GMT -5
Just got my iPhone version of this month's SPIN, thought I'd share the page of Liam's interview and review of the album. The Roller is one of the free tracks they're giving out. Sorry for the weirdness of the text. It's because you can make the words bigger.
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Post by cliffriff on Mar 26, 2011 0:07:45 GMT -5
Hey could someone from Europe or who knows clarify this line? "I had a little drink. I didn't make a big deal of it. I didn't lie in bed naked or go for a fucking Japanese, if that's what you're on about."
the line go for a fucking japanese, does he mean food? i hope so. it just sounds a bit racist, although i know he;s not, but is that just a way of saying go for a fucking japanaese meal? cause in america we wouldnt say it like that. anyone who could clarify be great
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Post by gdforever on Mar 26, 2011 0:17:09 GMT -5
Hey could someone from Europe or who knows clarify this line? "I had a little drink. I didn't make a big deal of it. I didn't lie in bed naked or go for a fucking Japanese, if that's what you're on about." the line go for a fucking japanese, does he mean food? i hope so. it just sounds a bit racist, although i know he;s not, but is that just a way of saying go for a fucking japanaese meal? cause in america we wouldnt say it like that. anyone who could clarify be great He means a Japanese meal. I've heard it before from British people. "Get a Chinese", etc.
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