this "story" just led me down an oasis wormhole where i read 50 of liam's and 50 of noel's best quotes.

Hahaha oh my god, I just got sucked in to watching this whole thing

For how prickly and ridiculous they are, it's remarkable their music isn't more interesting

pretty sure noel's a total bro

That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while

Be Here Now is finally coming as a box set, I can see it on Apple Music. Most of the unreleased stuff is from something called Mustique Demo.

I love how Noel talks about this album...

On the writing and recording...

"It was an album mixed on cocaine. That's why it sounds like it does. Loads and loads of trebly guitars...I wasn't prepared to make things any better. I'd get to a certain point and go, 'Fuck it, that'll do.' We made the record to justify the drug habit."

“‘Well I wrote it on holiday, and let’s put it this way, I had a fucking great holiday’.”

On revisitng the album for the re-issue....

"…I went into the studio and after about two days I was like, ‘This is missing the point, the album is supposed to be this fucking mental’. I went back to a couple of things I’d edited and though ‘nah, they sound fucking shit, they sound better when there’s no singing before three minutes’ [puts head back, inhales deeply through nose]. So, y’know, you’re kind of digesting the cocaine before the singing starts. It is to be accompanied with a crate of beer and a bag of fucking charlie, and don’t be making any plans for the next couple of days. That’s the spirit in which it was intended. And if you listen to it in that spirit, it might be the greatest album of all time."

On the Be here Now tour...

"…that tour and the whole experience of making that record was the most enjoyable experience I’ve ever had in the music business, because we didn’t give a fuck. We started the tour as the biggest band in the world and finished it outside the Champions League spots. We’d blown it somehow, but it was brilliant. I’ll never forget it."

saw Noel a couple days ago, opening to U2
it was a very good show, half Oasis, half solo
the new single sounds amazing live

We can probably drop the 'Beady Eye' from the subject now...

The finished product from Noel is very much him experimenting with quite non-textbook oasis offerings and I like that, it's fresh though I feel he may be getting a bit lost in the mix; I haven't gotten to a show but I'd like to to see how the songs come across live. His work with the Chemical Bros. and the like is really taking center stage now.

Liam's current gigs are almost all oasis material incorporating nothing he wrote. That said I think 'For What's It's Worth' is a solid effort and he sounds great, the YT Air Studios video with strings (assuming there wasn't a bunch of post-production) is pretty spot on.

I'd imagine I have said this at some point in this thread somewhere but for all Noel's songwriting strengths, his ear to create a good hook or melody and Liam's often timeless vox along with a dynamic stage presence well... the magic was really found in the synergy

the noel gallagher ep of netflix's new series once in a lifetime sessions is worth a look if you're an oasis fan

That's just bad.

I'm appreciative that the boys were Man City fans, even during Man Utd. glorious '90s and aughts run.

That's gotta account for something, right?

Nothing.

so liam is playing Columbia on his new tour
thats my jam
its one of my fav oasis songs

btw, new single out tomorrow

pretty good

Beady Eye wasnt that good, but i love this song: