Noel Did Not Think Up New Oasis Album Title

Right back at ya Noel

Noel Gallagher of Oasis admitted in a BBC Radio 1 interview that the title for the latest Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul  did not come from his brain, but from someone else’s who shall remain nameless.

Noel explained: “I couldn’t think of any ideas and then somebody had just taken bits of the lyrics out and ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ was what came up.

‘Dig Out Your Soul’ is not the best one but it was the best title on a day when we had to choose one. Originally it was going to be called ‘Bag It Up’ and then it was going to be called ‘Shock of the Lightning’ and then it was going to be called ‘Standing On The Edge Of The Noise’.” 

Out of those choices, it definitely sounds like Dig Out Your Soul was the clear winner.

Noel went on to explain: “I was like, ‘You know what? Titles become themselves.’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ isn’t a great title but if the album is good enough it’ll become itself.”

Ah, definitely. Or, maybe.

When Noel agreed to join Oasis at the band’s conception it was under the condition that he would call all the shots. Maybe Noel allowing someone else to name the album is a sign that he is mellowing with age. Hopefully he has begun to embrace the great all powerful rock ‘n roll holy spirit that knows no hierarchies in the anarchic spirit of Sid Vicious.

Sid Vicious

Definitely.  Maybe.

Oasis are definitely on tour. Get your Oasis tickets here before they are gone.

Mark Ronson & Sister Sam Hit Back at Noel

Ronson doin' his thang

 

In a BBC 1 Radio interview Noel Gallagher slammed Mark Ronson recently saying that the musician and producer “wants to write his own tunes instead of ruining everyone else’s. Mark Ronson needs to learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune.”

Mark Ronson hit back on his MySpace page with: “I just want Noel to know that I’m actually taking guitar lessons from Jay-Z right now and he’s already taight me both chords to Wonderwall  (tune!). In fact, it’s so much fun having Jay-Z teach me all of Noel’s songs on the guitar (hooray!) that I’m thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay-Z remix album a la The Grey Album. 

Mark Ronson hit back on his MySpace page with: “I just want Noel to know that I’m actually taking guitar lessons from Jay-Z right now and he’s already taight me both chords to Wonderwall  (tune!). In fact, it’s so much fun having Jay-Z teach me all of Noel’s songs on the guitar (hooray!) that I’m thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay-Z remix album a la The Grey Album.

 

 

Potential titles are Champagne Superhova or Definitely Jay-Z. P.P.S. Noel, I did write a song called Back to Black  which actually has 7 chords in it!”

 

Ronson and Lindsey Lohan are rumoured to be an item

Mark Ronson’s sister Samantha also got in on the game on her MySpace, making a reference to a collaboration between Jay-Z and Kanye West called Jocking Jay-Z whose lyrics poke fun at Oasis and refer to the now infamous Glastonbury feud begun by Noel Gallagher: “Jocking Jay-Z – the closest Noel from Oasis has been in years to being on the radio. He should stop focusing his energy on dissing people and go back to ripping off Beatles songs…far more productive…jealousy is really unbecoming.”

Wow. Wham, bam, thank you m’am.

 

 

 

By the way, Oasis is on tour. You can get tickets here.

 

Noel Gallagher Slags Off Kaiser Chiefs, Amy Winehouse, and Mark Ronson

Noel Gallagher is getting in on the slagging game after his brother Liam slammed Coldplay, Radiohead, and Wayne Rooney in the Times recently. The Oasis boys are not afraid to speak their mind.

Noel Gallagher was on BBC Radio 1 to promote the Oasis tour and set Chris Moyles straight on a few things:

“The Monkees haven’t split up, they’re just going under the name of the Kaiser Chiefs. I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, ‘You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.’” 

Gallagher is also not impressed by Mark Ronson, saying of the musician and producer:

“He [Ronson] wants to write his own tunes instead of ruining everyone else’s. Mark Ronson needs to learn three chords on the guitar and write a tune,” the Oasis front man added.

Gallagher also called Amy Winehouse a “destitute horse”, which is a bit rich coming from a man who is not aging well and whose face is beginning to look like a prune infested by two hairy, bleached out caterpillars. Not to mention the fact that Amy winehouse can really sing. C’mon Noel, where is the love?

Noel, you are blind. Amy is no destitute horse.

 Noel Gallagher famously rejected the idea of Jay-Z playing at Glastonbury this summer saying:

 “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If you start to break it then people aren’t going to go.  I’m sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of guitar music and even when they throw the odd curve ball in on a Sunday night you go ‘Kylie Minogue?’ I don’t know about it. But I’m not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.”

Jay-Z ended up headlining the Glastonbury festival, and in an historic Glastonbury moment covered Oasis tune Wonderwall , singing his version of the Oasis hit to a massive adoring crowd who cheered and sang along. Jay-Z is so enamoured with the Wonderwall cover he has decided to work on the tune some more and possibly add it to an album.

We shall see what Noel Gallagher has to say about that. Get your Oasis tour tickets here.