Take me when I'm young and true
Was it me or was it you?
Take me when I'm not so strong
Why has it taken you so long?
Take me when you feel I've gone
I always thought I'd be the one
Take me if you think you're right
Do it now before it's light
Take me if you think I'm sweet
Though my life feels incomplete
Take me when I wish to live
For I still have this to give
Take me 'cause I'm feeling old
All my life I've been so cold
Take me when I start to cry
Take mе, take me don't ask why
Demo #2
Take me when I'm young and true
Was it me or was it you?
Take me when I'm not so strong
Why has it taken you so long?
Take me when you feel I've gone
I always knew I could be someone
Take me if you think you're right
Do it now before it's light
Take me if you think I'm sweet
Though my life feels incomplete
Take me when I wish to live
For I still have this to give
Take me when I'm young and true
Was it me or was it you?
Take me when I start to cry
Take me, take me don't ask why
Q: Did the mod scene ever really die in England?
Liam: Yeah, 'course it did. It's dead, it's been dead for a long time, d'you know what I mean? But it's not a big thing, there's still mods. Unlike these new, so called mods—
Noel: Like Blur.
Liam: 'Cos they ain't mods.
Noel: Blur are mods.
Liam: They're not mods.
Noel: 'Course they are...
Liam: They're not, they're pretend mods, man. They're Essex boys! They're not mods. Paul Weller is a mod.
Noel: Paul Weller is not a mod, he's a punk.
Liam: Paul Weller is a mod, now he knows to be a mod, man, you have to chill out a little bit (...) You say now on live air, on this radio station, that Paul Weller is not a mod.
Noel: Paul Weller is not a mod.
Liam: You're a dick. You're full of it.
Noel: So?
Q: Are you guys gonna fight?
Liam: Maybe yeah, if he doesn't shut his bleeding mouth, 'cos he's talking crap!
Noel: (laugh)
Liam: Blur are mods and Paul Weller is not a mod?
Noel: Yeah! And 'r'kid doesn't have a sense of humour.
Liam: No, you're trying be real, you meant that, mate. That's not— A sense of humour is cracking a joke, mate, not saying stupid things like that.
Noel: Alright, get on with it, will ya?
Liam: You get on with it! You just think about what you're saying, dickhead.
Noel: Alright, alright, don't sack me. (Laughs)
Baj (fragments)
England (fragments)
I Am The Man (fragments)
Tracksuit Bottoms (fragments)
Womb to Tomb (fragments)
1989 Demo
But What If… (audio / lyrics)
Gotta Have Fun / Have Fun (audio / lyrics)
Hey You / No Cause For Alarm (audio / lyrics)
What's Been Happenin' / I Didn't Think So (audio / lyrics)
What's It Got To Do With You (audio / lyrics)
1991
Alice / She Always Comes Up Smiling (audio / lyrics / liam & bonehead)
Colour My Life (audio / lyrics / songwriter undetermined)
Reminisce (audio / lyrics / liam & bonehead)
See The Sun (audio / lyrics)
Take Me #1-2 (audio / lyrics / liam & bonehead)
1992
I Will Show You (live audio / lyrics)
Life in Vain (live audio / lyrics / liam & bonehead)
Lock All The Doors Demo (audio / lyrics)
Must Be The Music (audio / lyrics)
1993 notebook
Blue (lyrics)
Chill (lyrics)
I Am Always Right!! (lyrics 1, 2)
Is that A Fact (lyrics 1, 2)
The Mirror And The Razorblade (lyrics)
Only My Pride (lyrics)
Razorbarb (lyrics 1, 2)
A Shelter From The Fall (lyrics)
Song In A Suitcase (lyrics)
When I'm Around (lyrics)
1994 notebook
Callin' All (lyrics)
Feeling Like I Think... (lyrics)
On 'N' On (lyrics)
Rainy Summertime (lyrics)
Starchild (lyrics)
Others
Regina (lyrics / early 90s)
Comin' On Strong (audio / lyrics / 1993)
Purple Parallelogram (audio / lyrics / with evan dando / 1994)
The Hindu Times Demo (audio / lyrics / 1998)
It's a Crime / Let There Be Love Demo (audio / lyrics / 1999)
Show Me Your Love (audio fragment / liam / 2004)
NGHFB
!!Oh Lord!! (audio / lyrics / 2010)
Just Let It Come Down Over Me (audio / lyrics / 2010)
She Must Be One Of Us (audio / lyrics / 2010)
Since the documentary screening is still three months away, I was thinking it might be nice to do a minibang among those here still drowning in the gcest black hole, so we can keep ourselves busy and excited and make a sort of advent calendar for September 11th.
My idea is to get down to it in June and July and start posting some fic/fanart every week on August 11th, so there's a constant flow until the big documentary. Would anyone be interested?
Depending on participation, we could create a Discord server where we can organize the prompts etc. (I want to point out that this would be my first experience organizing a minibang, so any help or advice is very very welcome and probably needed :P)
there is something deeply embarrassing in finding comfort in noel’s singing voice like oh you’re having a bad day?? :(( and evil seme older brother gonna make you feel better?? well…yes unfortunately
I’m once again back with a Matt Morgan podcast ep request hehe, can you or anyone else remember which episode it was where he quizzes Noel on all his quotes about other musicians over the years? Some of them were absolutely brilliant!
i cant remember the exact episode but i have a feeling it was one of the ones after he came back from the brief hiatus in 2023... @oacest do you know?
not a clue im afraid :/ unfortunate bc i love that bit, it's so funny when people make him listen to the insane shit that's come out of his own mouth. when i find it in my relistening i can make a post tho
this list will be periodically updated as i go through the fics saved in my bookmarks/marked for later. it's mostly for my personal use, but feel free to lurk. or leave your personal recs!
grouped by author & in no particular order (save for the first one, a life slid out of view, which everybody should absolutely read, even if you hate oasis):
A Life Slid Out Of View by Lizz_88 (Bluejay00)
Sons and Heirs of Nothing in Particular by Lizz_88 (Bluejay00)
A Quiet, Melancholy Sort of Sunny Afternoon by Lizz_88 (Bluejay00)
you oughta hear my long snake moan by leavethebes (the only A/B/O fic on this list and one of the few A/B/O fics i actually finished, let alone thoroughly enjoyed. not a dig at other omegaverse authors let's be clear. but if you, like me, aren't a fan of this trope, i wholeheartedly recommend this. and everything by this author)
somebody’s sins but not mine by leavethebes (patiently waiting for the last chapter, head in my hands, teeth falling out, screamingcryingthrowingup)
weatherkeeper by leavethebes
if you don't get yours i won't get mine as well (series) by nonae
Back to the Old House by Izeoftheworld
Wish Me Away by Izeoftheworld
Bunkmates by Izeoftheworld
Rest Stop by Izeoftheworld
D'YA WANT SOME? (series) by matewan
Ride in the Whirlwind by matewan
comin' on strong by matewan
Noel Gallagher's Body Image Issues by matewan
the new millennium white-knuckle backslide by matewan
Live a Long Goodbye by grumfy
Well, I Hope That You Drown! by grumfy
For a Ride by grumfy
air that i can breathe by trill_gutterbug
little by little by trill_gutterbug
somewhat perplexingly by trill_gutterbug
easy midnighting by spoileday (milaway)
underneath the past by spoileday (milaway)
to satiate a famine (bite the hand) by spoileday (milaway)
lazy afternooning by spoileday (milaway)
Your Love And My Due Diligence by lifeisatrial
The Thing Speaks for Itself by lifeisatrial
Skipping at the Top by Fishfucker
(And) All That I Want From You by Fishfucker
The winding road by Fishfucker
all-nighter by Anonymous (the iconic liam/(noel)/justine/(damon) fic. must read)
Things We Never See by Jeevey (jill pov!!!)
Come in, come out tonight by shines_with_you
Yours sincerely, wasting away by shines_with_you
Here's Looking At You, Kid by RedheadAmongWolves
to photograph what the eye can't see by mansgotalimit
(don't know, don't care) all i know is you can take me there by mansgotalimit
she wore a star-shaped tambourine by mansgotalimit
Promised Land by Savageandwise
Haçienda by Savageandwise
Make a Killing by Savageandwise
355 by Savegeandwise
The Crisper Drawer by wreathed
The Narrow Gate by wreathed
The Incest Bug by dornfelder
Seconds by brotherpsychosister
big tex by lomond
Railroaded by lomond
there is something in the world that resembles noel too closely to be random (keep watching) by jaembinn
terminal by hereswonderwall
electric feel by hereswonderwall
get on the bus, cause no fuss by overflowinggently
thinking about how often noel gallagher's songs are about (partially or fully) time and about how you're always too late no matter where you stand in the present. either you realise too late that you're too late or you realise just in time but even in this case it's no use because you'll always need more time so you're already late anyways. his songs are often haunted by the idea that there's always a decision to take but never enough time to consider which one (and when you think about it it's very metaphysical despite the gallaghers lack of religious interest). the very terrifying idea that you're standing in a sea of sand always slipping away from you, cornered by your own finitude no matter what you do. fucking right noel g
the thing that's so fraught about interpreting noel gallagher songs is that he rarely is writing about only one thing. his lyrics are more a collage of different pieces sewn together. a verse or line here, a bridge or chorus here. he’s a song seamstress at heart and its the seams that are so damn good they make you think of one overarching thing. but a line or two sounding like a particular thing doesn't necessarily mean the entire song is about that.
lock all the doors is a frankenstein song that gets cut up and sewn back together with new verses for one song and a new chorus for another. if i had a gun can be about running away with sara from oasis but it also borrows a line from a simple game of genius seemingly directed at liam during a less strained time when the thought of having an orderly exit plan seemed possible. she taught me to fly can be about his wife inspiring them to fly solo and then sneak attack a shot fired at his brother in the bridge. there she blows! can be directed at his ex in exasperation look at what i did for you and also include taunts to his brother about the oasis ship appearing on the horizon: hurry up and don’t be late don’t get left behind.
the consequence is that this probably includes songs of big fan speculation like wonderwall. i'm taking to saying i'm wonderwall agnostic in the face of all the evidence about who its about. i'm less concerned with who wonderwall is about and more concerned with the themes that show up repeatedly in other songs. this search for salvation in absence of a higher power. this inability to say what you want to say. an unstable balance of awe and derision and insecurity.
ultimately i think the best thing a songwriter can do is to talk minimally to little about what a song is to them and leave it for the audience to hear and project on it themselves. when i'm looking at interpretations of oasis songs its 20-30 years later. the songs as they mean for me are set in stone regardless of what the songwriter intended or who they were influenced or inspired by. what i learn about the time of the writing does little to change how i feel about the song. thinking interpretations as a mental exercise is just one way to become closer to the music you already love. but there is a line for me. i start to hate on it when i pick it apart line by line. i think im more apt to have interpretations on their solo stuff cause they're less tied up in my own memories and so i'm more willing to consider other ideas. but even still i've started analyses on a full song and grow to hate it after some time cause its such picking at cotton in the dark. rather i like to pick out a line or two that starts reminding me of a particular thing. links to other songs or context details of the time. still a danger in it as it becomes too tied to biography and not enough just existing as a sonic wave. that is the one time i want to take in the song as a whole not on lyrics but on sound.
there really is too much focus on words in music driven by writers more in love with their own pen than the sounds coming out of their stereo. and much of the time the sound is the priority for songwriters and the words are only playing a supporting role. noel has said about wtsmg that the words were chosen more sonically rather than narratively (sounded good rather than made sense). sometimes the sound is doing something completely at odds with the words. i will have to write about the soundscape of council skies in another post cause i do think its a solid half of the story of that album.
so listening to the council skies album i can hear different layers. there’s the five stages of grieving a relationship crashing and burning but also seeking to find a new level of freedom belonging acceptance. i can hear him taunting his brother and returning to his roots more comfortably and stretching his muscles in future forward look to an oasis reunion. these layers often intertwine narratively and at times sound like they are in a tug of war. sometimes they twist and get him cornered stuck in a rock and a hard place. but what i hear most of all is significant for a songwriter who struggled for years to match the soundscape of his biggest album. what i hear is the most comfortable and authentic record he’s written since. i think more than anything council skies is the album noel was trying to write since 2009 if not since 1998. having done it his head was freed up to look elsewhere. there may be other things i do not hear. but these all link to what i heard when i knew nothing: frustration at the present and comfort in looking back and striving to rise above it all. cause his strongest survival instincts always seem to kick in after he’s been kicked in the teeth. get off the floor and believe in life
