Few days ago we reported an extract of the interview held by Noel Gallagher for ‘BBC Radio 2’ where he spoke aboutย Oasis split up and his releationship with his brother Liam.
During the interview, Noel answered to some questions sent by his fans.
The conversation with Jo Whiley started talking about his wife Sarah, compared to ‘Bravehart’ because “when she blows, she gets really Scottishโฆ oh wow, youโre gonna pull a dagger out now?โ and about the last addition of the Gallagher family, a Jack Russell rescue dog called Tommy:
โIโm having nothing to do with it, I donโt wanna have a relationship with him, because Iโm not a dog person โ thatโs not who I am, you know what I mean?โ
But when Jo asked him if he likes other kind of animals, Noel spent few words about their cat:
โWeโve had a cat for years, but I was never fussed about him until now, because he keeps himself to himself. Weโll both sit on the couch going: โ[Tut], dog.โ Itโll probably be gone [the dog] at the end of next summer.โ
The interview continued speaking about music, obviusly. And to Jo’s question “Do you go to record shops” Noel answered “God Lord,no”, adding that at the moment he’s listening to a 10-track compilation of music from 60s and 70s sent to him from a DJ fellas, that leads him to discover further music from that era.
But regarding modern music he declared that โThe last thing that I thought was great was that Foals record โ I seen them on ‘Laterโฆ with Jools’, and it was really greatโ and he obiusly spent few words about last Coldplay’s record which Noel guests on ‘Up&Up’:
โHave they got an album out? I hadnโt heard. But the new album will definitely cement their place as the 13th greatest band of all time โ theyโll be happy with thatโ adding that “his feature will gift the album โthe credibility and gravitas [that] can only do wonders for their record sales.”
The conversation then turned on ‘The Stone Roses’, which announced a series of gigs at the ‘Etihad Stadium’ in Manchester next summer:
โIโd love to see Ian Brown sing โChampagne Supernovaโ,โ he laughed.
“Are you going to join them on stage?”
โNah. If they asked, then yeah, but Iโm not planning on going to the gigs. I didnโt really go to the last ones. If theyโre going to make a new record, then Iโll go see them do that โ but Iโve seen them before, soโฆ nah.โ
One of the most interesting questions arrived was if he would have ever made it without Oasis…
โWould we really be living in a world where โLive Foreverโ had never been written? Or โDonโt Look Back In Angerโ? Those songs wouldโve been written by someone else. I may not have been as great, a bit lower-level: Liam took it and made it what it was – he was one of the last great rockstars.โ
Questions apart about his favourite ice cream โIโm not really big on ice creamโฆ but mint viennetta, thatโs alright, innit.โ and Oasis’ lost acid house demo, owned by his DJ Phil Smith โIt doesnโt sound too badโฆ but it doesnโt sound too good either.โ, Noel finished the interesting interview saying something about his next solo album:
โItโs gonna be great. Iโm attempting to write in the studio for the first time โ and I canโt believe I havenโt done [that songwriting method] until now. Itโs so exciting, because youโre discovering the music each day you go in there. By the end of January Iโll have nailed about six songs I hope โ itโs very eclectic: guitars, beats, blah blah.”
Source: NME