"he Writes All Those Words For Me To Sing, LikeNoels Gonna Tell You What Youre Gonna Do AndI Wish I Wasnt

"he writes all those words for me to sing, like “Noel’s gonna tell you what you’re gonna do” and “I wish I wasn’t me” and I still sing them."

ugh I always wondered how Liam felt about this type of lyrics, especially when I first heard it's good to be free, I love the song, yet I couldn't believe Noel freaking made Liam sing his own thoughts and feelings on their conflict/why he left him, how over-powering...

To me that confirms that while Liam still sings the song like he meant every word, he may still get crushed inside while doing so.

In the white room live, you can see that for once Liam blatantly ignores Noel, while Noel tries to turn towards him.

Liam and I went off for a drink.

‘See what happened then?’ he said. ‘That’s what happens all the time. That’s why people say we’re always fighting. I’m just standing up for myself. He thinks it’s his band and we’re all supposed to be sheep. The rest of them go along with it, but I’m not going to. I mean, if he told them all to turn up tomorrow because we were going to play a gig under a lamp post, they’d just do it. I’d ask him, “Why are we playing up a lamp post. Can’t we play a stadium or something?” […]’

And, while he wasn’t denying the importance of Noel in shaping the band’s sound, he wasn’t about to give his brother sole credit.

‘We’re not just old Bartholomew’s backing band like he sometimes thinks. I mean, he wouldn’t have joined if I hadn’t been there in the first place. If he hadn’t joined we might’ve been shit or we might’ve ended up being good. I wrote three songs back then and I admit two of them were shit. The other one was all right, though. And I wrote the chorus to “Columbia”. I’m not useless. […]’

Would Noel welcome the creative input from him?

‘No, of course he fucking wouldn’t. I remember I said to him, “If I’d came up to you and I’d written something as good as ‘Hey Jude’ - I know it’s not likely, but if I had - would you let us record it?” And he went, “No, I’d quit.” It really hurt when he said that. I mean he writes all those words for me to sing, like “Noel’s gonna tell you what you’re gonna do” and “I wish I wasn’t me” and I still sing them. I don’t complain about that to him because I know he writes brilliant songs, but I don’t think he should just ignore my ideas.

‘It’s like when we were on the last tour. I had an idea for backing vocals on one of the songs, but when I told him, he just went, “No, that’s shit.” Then when we did the song, he started doing backing vocals just like I’d said. I went, “I’d told you that would be good,” but he went, “No, they were different backing vocals.” He’s just too proud to admit that I’m right sometimes.

‘There’s only a few songwriters that really inspire me. People like John Lennon and Paul Weller. And Noel’s up there with them. I’m not going to pretend he isn’t. I’d just wish he’d remember sometimes that Oasis is a band.’

- “Take me There: OASIS - The Story” by Paul Mathur (p. 151-153)

Again, very normal behaviour.

…

Noel said later he was thinking them having kids would either « make them or … make them even madder » (added but in the end it made Liam grow up etc) I guess he meant, plainly, will having kids break us and that’s how he felt back when it happened.

Oasis bad boy Liam Gallagher has had an emotional reunion with brother Noel - thanks to his new baby. The two had been barely speaking to each other after a bust-up earlier this year. Liam's baby son Lennon was born a month ago - but neither Uncle Noel nor wife Meg had even been to see him. Until last week that is. Liam, 26, has been left 'angry and hurt' by his big brother's astonishing snub.

The wild singer first clashed with Noel, 31, while they worked on songs for the new Oasis album in a New York recording studio just days after Lennon was born. Guitarist Noel had insisted that Liam tear himself away from Patsy, 31, and their newborn baby to go to the States. Liam flew back from America last weekend and rushed to be with his wife and first child.

A source close to Liam told Sunday People: "Liam couldn't believe the way Noel had behaved over the birth of Lennon. It was one of the biggest if not the biggest day in his entire life. Noel's absence for nearly three weeks after the birth had soured his relationship with Liam to an all-time low. But it's all sorted out now. They've made up and they are now getting on better than ever.”

Source: People, October 1999

um. unless i'm misremembering smth that is NOT what he said in the supersonic doc

Romance, Nostalgia & Constancy

( 10th of June 2021)

ZEIT ONLINE: You once said that music is always about nostalgia. In what way?

Gallagher: Romance is a nostalgic feeling, and my songs are all in some way romantic. Loving something is nostalgic. After all, you can't be in love with the future because it hasn't happened yet. Rather, many people are in love with the past and look back on it to measure some kind of meaning for their lives. Therefore: music is nostalgic.

ZEIT ONLINE: So you would describe yourself as nostalgic.

Gallagher: I wouldn't call myself that, but I don't mind being nostalgic on stage and playing songs that are twenty years old. But I don't have any Oasis posters hanging anywhere in my house, if that's what you mean. I don't wear parkas anymore either. (laughs) I'm a person who lives in the present. I don't think too much about the future.

( ... )

ZEIT ONLINE: In previous interviews you have said that you wish Oasis had split up at their peak in 1996 - rather than in 2009. What do you think your solo career would look like today if the band had broken up earlier?

Gallagher: Wow, I have no idea. Oasis would probably be back together by now. (laughs) What I was trying to say at the time was: How fucking cool would it have been if, after those huge concerts we played back then, we had just stopped at the peak of our career! It couldn't have been any cooler. But if there's one thing Oasis weren't, it was cool.

( ... )

DIE ZEIT ONLINE: What is more important to you as a musician - artistic change or constancy?

Gallagher: If I had to choose one of the two, I would probably choose constancy.

ZEIT ONLINE: Why?

Gallagher: Above all, I don't like change that only happens for the sake of change. And if you can be consistently great instead, that's a good thing. (laughs)