Oasis interview with Steve Lamacq 1997
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Noel and Liam crash Lamacq's Radio 1 studio in this ebullient and legendary interview.
Been meaning to do this for a while as I've found myself looking for these quotes now and again. Listening more carefully to the interview, they were clearly each other's biggest fans, but could only muddle their way through any form of mutual praise.
11:11
Int - Who are you playing to?
Noel - On stage - on stage I just want him - and it’s like - and there's only me and him that will ever get this. When he turns to me and I turn to him at one guitar break or whatever and we both just look at each other [pause] and that’s what it’s about for us […] There’s only me and him. When he turns to me and just goes 'Are yer mad fer it’ and I go ‘Aye cocker’ that’s what it’s all about innit.
21:31
Int - We’re talking about people inspiring you. Do you find you inspire each other?
Liam - Well Noel inspires me, I dunno if I inspire him
Noel - Yes he does. He knows he does
22:15
Noel - He knows he’s a genius but he won’t admit it
Liam - I will admit I am a fucking genius, I been telling everyone forever
Noel - No you're not
Liam - He inspires me more than I inspire him
The most psychologically perplexing set of sentences. It basically goes: compliment, arrogance, compliment taken away, compliment given
23:05
Noel - Musically, as far as I’m concerned, being a ponce, musically, I get inspiration off a lot of people. He’s one [Liam]. His singing inspires me
compliment returned
23:24
Liam - This chap right is not erm...
Noel - What chap?
Liam - He's not been like bed friendly the last couple of days right yeah
Noel - Bed friendly?!
[...much awkward chuckling from Liam and repeated exclamations of 'bed friendly?!' from Noel...]
Noel - We're talking about your Tony McCarroll mate [laughing]
Liam - No, definitely not talking about - nothing to do with Tony...what was the question again before we got bed friendly?
Int - Your relationship changing
Gallagher brother manages to work sexual innuendo into the topic of their relationship, what a surprise.
26:43
Noel - [making fun of Liam] We're on this really big loved up expedition right, the pair of us we're on a big loved up expedition and we're gonna go build two love heart shaped igloos
Liam - Are we
Noel - [chuckling] in the South Pole
Liam - Hey shut up man
Noel - And we're gonna walk across the icy wasteland
Liam - [overlapping with Noel] Yeah bollock naked [unintelligible]
Noel [overlapping with Liam] ...with tennis rackets on an expedition
36:49
Noel - That man is a bigger man than I am
[silence]
Int - You think so?
Noel - Yes I do think so
Int - Why?
Liam - I think so
Noel - Why? Well, that’s nothing to do with you but I’m telling you now that man is a bigger man than I am. Because - because he has to deal with his life and he’s got to deal with somebody like me on top of everything that goes on and he’s a bigger man than I am. [pause] But he’s still a knob
40:22
Int - Would you like Liam to write?
Noel - Yeah. I would do yeah. I'd like him to write
48:30
Int - Is it important to you that they [the band] like it [Noel's new songs]
Noel - As long as he [Liam] likes it, right? When I'm sure about summat I'm really sure about something, right and then I only need him to like - to like - to say 'yeah'. And to say 'yes you are right' And he can sit there and say what he likes about oh I'm just the singer and all that but it's his band. You know, it's his band.
Int - You're giving him more credit than you've given him before
Noel - I suppose so
Int - Where's that come from then?
Noel - I don't know