Do you want to scare people, Liam? "I'm arsed about all that. I want to be in Oasis and make records and be with the people I want to be with. That's it. I don't care about nothing else. Everyone else can fuck off." You sort of know how he feels. Sort of. The above quote was from Knebworth, just after he'd commandeered a glorified golf buggy and driven it straight over anyone about to get in his way. Without wanting to etch out any precise allegories, it's the way he's always wanted his life to be. It's not just the fact that Noel is older that makes him the far-sighted, considerate one. There's a difference in personalities, a combination that has made Oasis as successful as they are. Noel's the thinker, the genius songwriter with the tunes from the clouds and the (often frustrating) common sense. Liam's the bonkers one, the cross between Tasmanian Devil and long-lashed angel. You could never sum him up in a sentence and you'd be dumb to even attempt to. Writing about him previously, though, I did sort of mumble: "He's the most complex person I know. And also the most spiritual. While he's undeniably guilty of regularly shitty behaviour, he's also precociously aware of life's thunderously intangible subtleties. He goes for it, vindicated by his youth and an acknowledgement that he's a personification of the classic rock'n'roll star. And when he's wrong you can't expect him to admit it until the speedway inside his head has slowed sufficiently to reveal the world outside as more than just an impressionistic blur."
-Paul Mathur, British Esquire, Feb 1997
