In occasion of the interview with the Dutch magazine OOR Noel Gallagher talked about his next single ‘Riverman’.
When he was asked to choose between ‘Live Forever’ and ‘Riverman’ Noel Gallagher answered:
“Well.. (makes a balancing movement with his hands) Pfff.. Then I would have to discard the historical significance of ‘Live Forever’. ‘Live Forever’ is of course the bigger tune, that has proven its significance. I find it to be a beautiful song and I’m proud of it and it’s great that many people feel the same way about it. But I don’t play it anymore, it’s standing further away from me then ‘Riverman’ is. So I’d have to go with ‘Riverman’. That is now, that is how I am now. From the two it’s the song I want to hear, play and let all the people experience right now. Fuck , I’m so immensely pleased with it. Ask me this in ten years, then we’ll see if it stood the test of time. I haven’t got a clue if these new tunes will be seen in line with ‘Live Forever’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. I do hope so, you never know—I knew directly I’d written a world hit when I finished ‘Live Forever’. But I feel exactly the same about Riverman: it’s fucking great. We’ll see down the line.”
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