Noel Gallagher speaks about knife crime

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Jul 4, 2008
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Noel Gallagher has joined the debate concerning knife crime amongst young people.

Speaking at the Silver Clef Music Therapy awards, the Oasis songwriter admitted that the topic is inescapable.

"I was up in Liverpool for a week a couple of weeks ago and even on the news there it's every single night," said Gallagher told BBC Newsbeat.

He added: "In my day, status was trying to be somebody, do you know what I mean, not trying to kill somebody."

Asked for his opinion on the reasons behind the rise in knife crime, Gallagher considered the role of video games and drugs in youth culture.

"People say it's through violent video games and I guess that's got something to do with it", he suggested. "If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk and they become so desensitised to crime because they're playing these video games, it's really, really scary."

Gallagher added that finding a solution would be tough, saying: "I don't even know what [David] Cameron (opposition leader) or Gordon Brown (Prime Minister) are going to do about it."

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mojo_pin

Jul 4, 2008

Gallagher added that finding a solution would be tough, saying: "I don't even know what [David] Cameron (opposition leader) or Gordon Brown (Prime Minister) are going to do about it."Why do we always look to government to do something about it ?, that solution would probably make it worse, as does everything else the government is involved in does, war on terror = more war, war on drugs=more drugs on the streets.

komkid

Jul 5, 2008

He's right about it being scary, but I play violent video games, GTA 4 and the new metal gear solid most recently, yet the only thing I want to show violence to is the Kooks latest 'album'.

decibel

Jul 5, 2008

noel tactfully forgot to mention rap music glorifying criminal violence as one of the leading drivers of knife-related crimes. jay-z has been peddling this filth into a massive fortune.

LINK2K9

Jul 5, 2008

Well, in theory the government are supposed to do something. It's not a one way road though; there needs to be cooperation from both ends.

wellduhobviously

Jul 6, 2008

You're more likely to be a violent fuckhead by being an Oasis fan.

Ghvinianidzigol

Jul 7, 2008

It's parents and and schools and social networks that are failing. Scapegoating video games and HipHop is what politicians do to soothe the Sun readers, creating false targets to keep their minds off the real problems.