someday we'll bully jackie into writing fic too and link it here <3
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the gallaghercest primer by @snickfic
oasis + gallagher timeline by @storyshark2005
the oasis/gcest ep of the talkin' fanfic podcast (also by @storyshark2005)
↳ and its companion ep, an interview with @jeevey
excellent meta on the causes of the 2008/9 relationship breakdown
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matt morgan podcast eps directory
songs liam & noel have written about each other (?)
our fic recs tag
some gig recs
resources for finding gigs to watch
our overview of oasis books
a few documentary recs
some liam interview recs (will we ever do one for noel? is that physically even possible? who can say...)
archive of print press links by @sssaaassshhh
trill's gdrive of random bootleg oasis tunes
bal's found oral history of the infamous Whisky A Go Go gig
(pre)meditation - noello going solo found poem thingy
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#communiques is our ask tag, lots of random info + resources
#print archive stuff is... exactly what it sounds like; here is a list of resources we use to fill that tag
#ours is where we put our edits, clipped audio/video, etc
BEFORE YOU SEND YOUR ASK:
we believe noel & liam/oasis' breakup was an incredibly complex situation comprised of decades of mutual micro- and macro-aggressions that finally came to an ultimate head, resulting in a separation that was painful for both of them. as far as we know there is no single grand reason they split up. we believe they have truly loved all their individual partners before and after their separation, and in varying ways and degrees love(d) each other. we are not #team either of them, as their relationship is far too tangled and intricate to choose sides. we do not subscribe to soap opera-level conspiracies — we approach all speculation with awareness of the many nuances of what it is to be human (which, against all odds, they are). and finally, we do not know them or have any behind the scenes information that cannot be discovered through public research.
we get a lot of anons, and even though there are three of us running this blog we don't have time to get to all of them. we tend to prioritise ones that ask questions we can actually answer, suggest interesting ideas, or engage in good faith fandom fun. if we don't answer yours, it's probably not personal!
we block liberally! if you (or someone you know) feel you've been blocked by accident, give us a shout.
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DARRYL STERDAN: Did I read correctly on your website that you've been riding across the country in the bus instead of flying?
NOEL GALLAGHER: Oh, that was just one trip (from Edmonton to Winnipeg). But I've always preferred driving instead of flying. You get to see the cattle close up. You get a sense of where you are and where you've been and where you're going. And I prefer being below the clouds than above the clouds, that's for sure. More chance of survival if anything goes wrong … (and) you get to stop at wacky truck stops and meet people.
DS: Speaking of wacky truck stops, you went to West Edmonton Mall, I heard.
NG: It's mental. Who put the lake in there with the ship? I've never seen a lake indoors before. Unless, of course, they built the shopping centre around the lake. But where did the ship come from? And what does it mean? It certainly puts paid to the f---in' saying, 'Only in America.' 'Cause evidently, it's in Canada as well.
DS: The new album feels different than the last couple. It's looser, it's noisier, it's messier. How did that happen?
NG: Those are just the songs that we wrote. We're bound by what we write. And we're not the kind of band that sits down and makes a decision of, 'Right, this year, we are gonna mostly be playing reggae.'
We just wrote these songs, and the best ones sounded more trancy and heavy and lent themselves to what you hear on the record. Now, we wrote a bunch of other songs that sound more like what you would commonly call Oasis music, but it just so happened these were the best songs.
DS: That looseness is reflected in the production. There's lots of background noise. The songs aren't all clean and neatly broken up. Some of them drift into each other.
NG: That wasn't a concept. We were just going with it. Though we do write the songs before we go in, the whole feel of it wasn't thought-out. It just kind of made itself apparent. With (older) stuff like Live Forever and Wonderwall, they lent themselves to being very clean, produced songs, because they're classic songs, so you're not going to put a bunch of noise over them just to sound cool.
DS: So the songs on the new CD aren't classics?
NG: Well, not yet, 'cause it's not out yet, innit?
DS: But they will be classic songs?
NG: Give it 15 years.
DS: You think it takes that long? That doesn't sound optimistic.
NG: I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic. I'm not -istic of anything. I'm on the road doing what I do. Other people can be optimistic for it. We don't set targets. I don't give a f--- what it does.
DS: One -istic I've seen you labelled is atheistic.
NG: I don't see the hand of God anywhere that I've been, let's put it that way. But maybe I watch too much TV.
DS: Your beliefs seem at odds with the lyrics about the Rapture and other spiritual concepts on the new album.
NG: Well, I do think the Bible is a great story. And I do think religious imagery is fantastic. It makes for great things to write about -- angels and devils and all that. But I don't believe in angels. Metaphorically, you could say that your loved ones are angels. But I don't believe there's people in the sky flying around with wings.
DS: Your brother was quoted saying that if he weren't in Oasis he'd want to be God. I would think that's reason enough for you to be an atheist.
NG: (Laughs) Well, you know, he is in Oasis, and he thinks he's God, so he's having his cake and eating it, isn't he?
DS: Back to songwriting, it seems that over the past couple of albums you -- and maybe this is the wrong turn of phrase -- have been letting the other guys have more say and make more contributions. Was that difficult?
NG: Well, it is the wrong turn of phrase. Everybody has always been required to write music in the group. It's just that the people who were in before didn't write anything. And Liam has been writing for about eight years, but he's only just recently got good. I'm not that arrogant that it's like, 'I will now let somebody else write a song.' It's as much their band as it is mine. If a producer was to say, 'Noel's written 12 classics, they're all going to go on the record,' I'm sure everybody would go along. By the same token, if I only write a third of the songs on the next album, it doesn't matter to me. It's a band. It always was -- it's just that everyone else is a lazy little (*?#&!).
DS: So you're the guy who shows up and does the work.
NG: Add to that the fact that I'm brilliant -- that helps as well.
DS: Talking about Liam again, he recently said that you two don't talk much. And seeing you on this tour, there didn't seem to be any interaction. Is that the way that it works for you?
NG: Well, what's to say? I've known him for all his life. Put it this way: When I haven't seen him for three months, I ask him what he's been up to and how his kids are and blah blah blah. But when you see us on the road, we've been together rehearsing for seven weeks, so I know what he done last night, 'cause I was (screwing) with him. I don't really have a great deal to say to anybody about anything. I'm a loner.
DS: Over the years, both of you have acquired reputations as tough guys. Are you?
NG: You don't expect me to say yes, do you? That would be ridiculous. I've got an opinion on almost everything. And I know who I am. And I stand up for what I believe in. That's it.
DS: But you and Liam have had your share of fights.
NGN: Oh, yeah.
DS: If it comes down to it, can you still kick his ass?
NG: It never comes down to it.
DS: Why is that? He's wised up?
NG: Um, there's enough conflict in the world right now.
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Chatting about forming the band to XFM's John Kennedy, Noel said: "We used to share a room, he used to sit and watch me play acoustic guitar. Not once did he join in."
"There was no inkling, not even a twinkling in the eye or a clearing of the throat. To get rid of him I'd have to lend him a fiver. I'd sit there playing the guitar, i'd say 'Have you got nothing better to do?' He'd say 'Lend us a fiver and I'll go out.' It carried on like that for the next twenty years!"
Noel: there's a whole cd bootleg you can get called "The Whole Story" and there's about twelve or thirteen songs before the original demo that we gave to McGee, "Colour my life" being one of them (...) But "Take Me" was the one that Liam and Bonehead wrote, which is a really, really, really good tune, if it was done properly, but I don't know whether Bonehead would agree. Well, Liam's always hated that song, but I love it."
Q: Was it strange the first time you heard Liam singing one of your songs?
Andy: It was awesome. I think he’s better than Lennon, Elvis, or anyone else. And he knows a good pair of shoes when he sees one.
— Andy Bell interview for Creation Records, June 2001
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