Oasis - Noel Gallagher On 'Be Here Now' The Album (Interview)

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• WA

  @wasabi4me2 · 9 years ago

  Noel drops so many "D'You know what I mean"s you'd think he's Liam

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• AM

  @americancurmudgeonhotsauce · 9 years ago

  My god, I could listen to Noel talk non-stop for weeks about Oasis. In fact, he could talk about a piece of bread and I'd be interested.

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  @TheCosmicFool · 5 years ago

  I remember the anticipation for this album. I was 14/15 years old and the talk in the playground was just how awesome Be Here Now was going to be. WTSMG was the soundtrack to our generation and I remember heading out to get D’you know what I mean? as a single and listening to the 4 tracks to death. I got the album for my birthday that year and listened to it none stop. Looking back, it just couldn’t live up to the hype but as a 15 year old it was brilliant. <br><br>The first three Oasis albums are like the original Star Wars films: Definitely Maybe is like A New Hope - instant classic, look at it with a critical eye and it’s not original in any way but it is of such high quality that you don’t care, Morning Glory is like Empire - bigger and better than the original and Be Here Now is like Jedi - over the top, some miss steps and not as good as the first two but still thoroughly entertaining and a classic regardless.

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• YA

  @yammy1000 · 9 years ago

  Anyone else think Acquiesce is one of the best songs they ever wrote?

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• LE

  @leemcqueen500 · 9 years ago

  I fucking love Be here now.

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• AN

  @andrewvaughan5686 · 9 years ago (edited)

  What be here now should/could have been:<br><br>1. Acquiesce <br>2. Stand by me<br>3. D&apos;ya know what i mean<br>4. The Masterplan<br>5. Don&apos;t go away<br>6. Talk tonight<br>7. Half the World Away<br>8. Rockin Chair<br>9. Listen Up<br>10. All around the world<br><br>that would have rivaled the first 2 albums<br>Edit (3 years later): I&apos;m aware the great b sides were part of what made oasis, this is just hypothetical and in hindsight what could have been had they kept the songs for be here now.

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• JA

  @jaydubs1696 · 9 years ago

  I don&apos;t give a shit what Noel says, Be Here Now is fucking great. Definitely Maybe, What&apos;s the Story? and Be Here Now represent the perfect trilogy of Manchurian jest, success, and excess. As a band&apos;s first 3 &nbsp;albums, nothing tells a story like it, or even comes close.

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• CH

  @christianzafiroglu6705 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Noel is right and fans of the record are right. It is a huge, indulgent, unfocused record. It is loud, cacophonous, and filled with detours and needs a break from to get through.<br><br>It’s also got some amazing songs and great performances from Liam and Noel. The opening song alone is genius. If great pop is putting the right notes in the right place at the right time and giving the audience a reason to sing along, then “D’You Know What I Mean?” is perfection. <br><br>.

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• TY

  @tylerleavitt2715 · 4 years ago

  There will never be another band with that level of bouncy 3 chord Brit pop. It’s the soundtrack of a generation and it’s our story we’re not done telling it.

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• LE

  @lemaywebdesign · 5 years ago

  This is how you interview people. Lead them on and then let them talk.

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• SI

  @silverdrizzle · 9 years ago

  &quot;cocaine is a hell of a drug&quot; and this was one hell of an album. never got the hate.

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• MA

  @marcosebastianodicaro6448 · 5 years ago

  &quot;Be Here Now&quot; is my second favourite album of all times, I don&apos;t care what critics or Noel say. I fockin&apos; love long songs (more than 5 minutes) and this album is perfect for my standard of music! I will always love Oasis, &apos;till the end!

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