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Noel Gallagher: 'Radiohead have been making the same record since 'Kid A''

Oasis man still loves the Oxford band though

Noel Gallagher has said he doesn't feel Radiohead have evolved musically this decade.

Gallagher was speaking to Zagreb radio station Plavi when he admitted he hated being compared to the Oxford band.

"The biggest criticism that the music press have against us [Oasis] is that we're not Radiohead," Gallagher said.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, they've been making the same record since 'Kid A', have they not?"

Despite the perceived attack on Radiohead, Gallagher went on to say he was still a fan of the band's live shows.

"I like them. Every time I see them live they blow me away, but you know, it's kind of [like] we make very accessible rock and roll music and they constantly make difficult electronic records."

The guitarist also revealed that Oasis don't spend much time planning how their own songs should sound.

"It's not a conscious thing where we're like, 'right, we must write something avant-garde here'. If it happens naturally then we'll do it. If it doesn't then we won't. We do like sitting around strumming acoustic guitars."
 

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Comments (50)

Grimbo 

Nov 7, 2008

you could say the same thing about oasis and Be Here Now .....

Crowdedmouse 

Nov 7, 2008

I WOULD say the same thing about Oasis and Be Here Now. The man is an absolute tool. Maybe they should spend some time planning their songs and they might not all sound the same. They're the musical equivalent of Little Britain... repetitive dirge.

IndieWriter 

Nov 7, 2008

but you would be wrong...

Beatle_Matt 

Nov 7, 2008

You would be wrong. You need to listen to Dig Out Your Soul.

niittymaki 

Nov 7, 2008

wait wait waitdid he just said kid a and in rainbows are basically the same record?? he has hear both of them right

Soundedd 

Nov 8, 2008

Haha thats funny considering a lot of Oasis haters say the same thing about Oasis. So stand by for comments like "thats rich coming from you"

gazhat 

Nov 8, 2008

..........bring on the backlash !!!!!....i agree with Noel tho, Radioheed's electronica stuff does nowt for me, it just sounds like a rich band with no money worries just sat playing with synths...if you like that fair play, not by bag tho...

nickdearman.com 

Nov 8, 2008

I love you Noel, but that is ridiculous to compare Kid A to Hail to the Thief, and to In Rainbows. What about comparing Standing on the Shoulder of Giants to Heathen Chem, and then to Don't Believe the Truth??I think we all know which albums sound more alike. Regardless, Radiohead will always be my #1 - but Oasis will always be my #2!

slaphead 

Nov 8, 2008

The words Pot, Kettle & Black spring to mind.

The Bone engine 

Nov 8, 2008

why does noel gallegher always feel the need to make snide remarks and poke holes in anything that doesnt sound like oasis? maybe he made a snidey one to that bloke who knocked him over.

Bonehead_90 

Nov 8, 2008

Radiohead are the most depressing band ever. I'd compare Radiohead to smoking weed, just makes you dull!Oasis on the other hand, a massive tour like the 2009 one, shows they are arguably the best band ever.

mAttthhheaLy 

Nov 8, 2008

@ nittymaki - He's had Kid A on repeat for eight years now, he just hasn't noticed.

Mr.Kite 

Nov 8, 2008

Actually if any of you bothered to read beyond the headline Noel is defending the Oasis sound being accessible rock music. His point is that people see his band as a band that doesn't evolve and yet see Radiohead as this cutting edge band when in fact they haven't put anything groundbreaking out since OK Computer. I own every Radiohead album and when I listen to Kid A versus In Rainbows it's all very interesting electronic experimental music but the two records are very similar to each other. The same can be said about Hail to the Thief and Amnesiac. There is far more ground covered between Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer. Also, de-valuing Oasis because they aren't experimental is ridiculous. Anybody can hire Nigel Godrich to make them sound groundbreaking; it's much harder to make something resonate with the average listener like Oasis do and like Radiohead did until Kid A.

thekillersandthewombats 

Nov 8, 2008

I fucking love Noel Gallagher. He should just go all the way though. He should have just said 'Jay-Z is fucking shit and shouldnt be headlining Glastonbury'. Now he should just go all the way and say Radiohead are complete bollocks they have 1 or 2 good songs and are nealry as overrated as coldplay or muse

DoddyDoodie 

Nov 8, 2008

Will you shut your fucking mouth already!?Every week, I look up music news, and all I get is you barking your ridiculous opinion about other bands as if anyone cares to hear your narcissistic, arrogant opinions, get a life, go write another lame album about supernovas...

lawrencek 

Nov 8, 2008

Noel Gallagher is an absolute fuckwit. I like Radiohead, I'm not the #1 fan, and I like some songs Oasis make aswell, but Noel Gallagher is just ruining the band by being the stupid dickhead he is.

sc_jag 

Nov 8, 2008

Oasis and Radiohead are only compared basically because they've been the two biggest bands from the UK to emerge in the last 15 years or so.As a big fan of both bands, and having seen both of them live within the last 3 or 4 months, I can see Noel's view that Radiohead have been making quite similar sounding albums since Kid A - although Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows do differentiate a bit from Kid A and Amnesiac. There's no reason why the two bands can't coexist - with Noel admitting that he's a fan of Radiohead, I'm sure in his heart of hearts that Thom Yorke is a fan of an honest rock n' roll band like Oasis.

WolfAmoungWolves 

Nov 8, 2008

OK then Noel, I WILL correct you because you ARE wrong. Radiohead's 3 albums since Kid A have all been very different. To claim In Rainbows is a difficult electronic album suggests you either haven't heard it, or you really are the musical Luddite I've often suspected you of being. You've sold out all your tours now anyway so can you just shut up and go away until you've next got something to promote please.

jimi_napalm 

Nov 8, 2008

Consider Yourself very quickly corrected Noel, One of my biggest criticisms of Oasis is that they made a new song. Oasis used up all their creative juices on their 1st album

harvo 

Nov 8, 2008

You´ve been making the same music since the day you were born you old bastard.

Taggerty 

Nov 8, 2008

Oasis have been making the same record since the first crock of shite they delivered to our doorsteps. Half of their new albums are rip offs and once again the masses lap it up

Orangeboy 

Nov 10, 2008

Oasis have been a let down since WTSMG. A few good songs here and there, but the facts speak for themselves, how many recent songs were on Stop The Clocks? 1 or 2. Radiohead bore the tits off me. They might write intricate intelligent songs, but they have the charisma of a freshly dug grave. Their fans piss me off as well. They think anyone who doesn't appreciate Radiohead doesn't know music. I do know music, and I don't get any buzz from Radiohead.

rufiorules 

Nov 10, 2008

Kid A and Amnesiac were electronic albums, Hail To The Theif had 2 electronic songs. In Rainbows is all guitars and studio tricks to sound electronic when it isn't. I've no problem with Oasis churning out similar sounding albums, rock'n'roll bands have been doing it for the last 40 years! Radiohead tread a difficult line, being popular AND experimental. I think the world needs them both.

wukung73 

Nov 10, 2008

The funny thing is that Noel Gallagher doesn't give a fuck of what we said anyway...he's the bollocks

scottmmmm 

Nov 10, 2008

What a fucking moron. That's it, that's the final straw. I'm never buying another piece of music this utter cretin makes. In Rainbows was Radiohead's best since Kid A in my opinion, and in no way do they sound the same. He can fucking talk....if I hear Liam Gallagher sing 'sheeeeine' once more I'm gonna hunt him down and kill him.

caescarna 

Nov 10, 2008

Noel forgot the bit about actively plaguarising other bands' songs in Oasis' s creative process. "How Sweet To Be An Idiot" / "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" ring any bells?I agree that they ran out of steam after their first album, and have been replaying the same knock-off Beatles shapes ever since.

qcardy 

Nov 10, 2008

that's rich coming from you, old man!

Dicoooo 

Nov 10, 2008

hahah....dont take this article sriously guys...it's just Noel....u guys know noel rite....hahah.....oasis and radiohead both are still the biggest band in UK....n i love em.....

dazza85736 

Nov 10, 2008

I love Oasis but Noel is totally wrong about Radiohead trying to make the same album since Kid A. Kid A is rubbish. Amnesiac was decent. And Hail to The thief and In Rainbows are two tremendous albums. You've got to question Noels reasoning for such a comment but it's good to hear he appreciates one of Britain's best bands alongside Oasis.

A_Dis 

Nov 10, 2008

A tongue-in-cheek comment, perhaps? If not, Noel Gallagher critising anyone for making the same record has to be the ironic statement of the century. The way he mentions Radiohead albums as being 'difficult electronic records' like he can't grasp the concept of anyone making anything other than straight-up rock'n'roll.

marc_tiss 

Nov 10, 2008

Noel obviously just enjoys the reaction people give him when he says things like this. He's a funny man, I enjoy his piss taking but it's obviously a ridiculous thing to say about Radiohead who made one of the best (innovative, well crafted, Thom's voice better than ever, revolutionary in the way it was released) albums of last year, while Oasis haven't been relevant to the music industry since 1997 but are still good for a sing-along. Still, Noel will carry on saying things like this, and why not, people are still listening to him, but we don't have to get so angry about it. Jesus.

tomholio 

Nov 10, 2008

Noel has been using the same publicitiy seeking technique for the past 14 years (~get headline by having a dig at other name band~). I love him, but im not buying anymore of his records.

Phil2211 

Nov 10, 2008

Noel keep your mouth shut for once please. Oasis have been turning out the same bloody record for years and i honestly cannot see ANY similarity between kid a and inrainbows. oh and thekillersandthewombats, i really dont see how you can honestly say that you love noel and say muse are overated. i'm sorry but matt bellamy is a far greater singer and guitarist than this outspoken dinosaur. i dont mind oasis in terms of music but honestly think they are a negative force on the industry, by this constant verbal battering of anything that doesnt sound like oasis

jaygill 

Nov 10, 2008

YEAH!

MartynDavenport 

Nov 10, 2008

lol It's hilarious how Noel & Liam are in a battle of "Who can be the most hypocritical". Keep it up, it's entertaining, I'm wondering just how ridiculous their comments can get!?

maffyou1 

Nov 10, 2008

@ DoddyDoodie - Noel should get a life? if you've got nothing better to do than read things that make you that angry, you should get a job mate! Radiohead are fine for a Sunday morning, Oasis for a Friday night.... I hope neither of them change the music they make, horses for courses and vive le difference!

Damian Shaw 

Nov 10, 2008

So Kid A is are the same as Hail To The Thief and In Rainbows? Heathen Chemistry, Don't Believe The Truth and Dig Out Your Soul should be filed under 'F' for fraud their that similar. Its comical to see that the fact that Radiohead convincingly conquered the US still annoys Noel. The irony of it all is that all of Noel's interviews have been the same since day one.

RedBellyBoy 

Nov 10, 2008

The twatness of this man knows no bounds! Oasis have made 2 good albums that's it. He makes the same album again again and again, only each time it gets a little shitter.

Soundedd 

Nov 10, 2008

To say Heathen Chemistry is like Dig Out Your Soul is a joke. Get your ears tested Damian Shaw! or actually listen to them :)

tbob1927 

Nov 11, 2008

So Oasis haven't had any success in the US then Damian Shaw?? 3 top 10 albums ('(What's The Story) Morning Glory?', 'Be Here Now' and again now with 'Dig Out Your Soul'), a major hit with 'Wonderwall' and sell out tours where they play venues like Madison Square Gardens isn't that bad is it?! Ok, it might not be on a level with Radiohead or Coldplay but Coldplay are bland, faceless drivel for Volvo drivers and Radiohead can fuck off along with their pretentious, pompous, chin stroking fans. Oasis' music may not have evolved too much but at least it's REALLY fucking good. The first 2 albums are obviously their best but every album since has had top tunes on 'em. 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)', 'Go Let It Out', 'Little By Little', 'The Importance of Being Idle', 'I'm Outta Time' anyone?? The only thing Noel got wrong was saying Radiohead were amazing live. I saw 'em in Victoria Park in the summer and they were shit. I saw Oasis twice on the arena tour in Liverpool and Cardiff and they were amazing both nights.Roll on the summer for the stadium tour with it's world class supporting bill. Better than Bat For fucking Lashes at any rate!!

Damian Shaw 

Nov 11, 2008

Soundedd, come on, they're not far off - Lets look at the two albums....Heathen Chemistry's 'hey lets write a Oasis sun-shiiiine number one' Hindu Times = Shock of the Lightening. Liam's Lennon 'Oh Yoko' rip off Songbird = Outta Time. The psychedelic 'All In The Mind' is written into a couple of Dig Out Your Soul tracks....how many times do they have to tell us its 'oh-so-unorginally all in the mind'? The Lennon plodder 'I dont want to be a soldier' Born On A Different Cloud, is not far off 'Soldier On'....The idea of Radiohead making the same album, which of course is ludicrious, beats Oasis anyway in that they have failed in their attempts to remake their first two. Maybe I should listen closer, but no-one can doubt that Radiohead push things forward more than Oasis.....

MartynDavenport 

Nov 11, 2008

Wonders if Soundedd's salary comes from Gallagher Enterprises Ltd..?

James J 

Nov 11, 2008

Why do certain people have to get so mightly offended by every word that comes out of Noels mouth? Every single time he has a pop about some band or other or says anything at all really people get so upset. It's just his opinion, I thought we were allowed to have one still. If you don't like him then why do you care what he thinks? Why read what he says? Half the time he is just taking the mick to wind people up and people always fall for it. Damian Shaw, you seem not to like Oasis at all so why keep buying their records and comparing them to the last one? Oasis changed music in this country end of. Every successful band of the past ten years have credited Oasis with getting them to pick up a guitar. Libs, Arctics, Kasabian, Glasvegas etc etc. So I think Noel has a right to say if he likes a band or not without people having steam come out of their ears.

Soundedd 

Nov 11, 2008

fair point Damian Shaw fair point. I guess Radiohead are just a bit pretentious for me, and the only Radiohead album i've heard is In Rainbows so I can't really comment. What is MartynDavenport on about? Oasis are just one of my favourite bands, thats all. I have to mention this quote from tbob 1927 "Coldplay are bland, faceless drivel for Volvo drivers and Radiohead can fuck off along with their pretentious, pompous, chin stroking fans", haha I found that hilerious, I like Coldplay but it was hilerious!

Simon1975 

Nov 12, 2008

Noel is entitled to his opinion like anyone else. Why do so many people get their knickers in a twist? As usual, because people don't agree they start a tit-for-tat arguement. How childish. If you don't care about Noel/oasis dont read what he says, or if you do then read it properly!! For the record I agree with noel, I used to love radiohead but they have turned out drivel from Kid A onwards. Radiohead lovers say this is progressive and experimental, what rubbish if I'd produced that how many people would say its brilliant I wonder...? I'd rather listen to oasis anyday (and early radiohead for that matter!) over the recent rubbish radiohead have produced.

shaunyeah 

Nov 12, 2008

Whatever you think of Noel, Radiohead are disillusioned and shit.

aph3x_26 

Nov 12, 2008

Oh please. What is he talking about? The "experimental" vibe of the albums? So since they are "experimenting" with different/new sounds, that means it's been the same record? That's idiotic. You look at KidA, songs like National Anthem with the Ondes Martenot, the spastic horn section, the mechanical vocals, the repetitive bass line. Show me another song on any of the recent albums that goes in the same universe as that. Or the sonic edge of Everything in it's right place. The song KidA itself? He's singing through a fucking violin. Motion Picture Soundtrack? It sounds like an old Disney movie, with beautiful vocals. The french horns and Strawberry Fields Forever of How to Dissapear Completely? All unique compared to anything they've done sense. I don't get how All I need, House of Cards, Feux Arpeggio, Wolf at the Door, There There, Nude, Bangers and Mash, Scatterbrain etc.etc..none of these songs sound anything like each other, or anything like anything from KidA. What the hell song could you even begin to compare Pyramid Song to? Life in a Glass House sounds like a New Orleans funeral. Knives Out and I Might Be Wrong are guitar songs. What an idiot this guy is. I believe it's Oasis and their repetitive standard 3 1/2 minute 3 chord verse chorus verse guitar songs that never change. Oh yeah, and the exxagerated whine. Don't forget that.

Bobot_tompo 

Nov 12, 2008

I just can't help feeling that Oasis has been making the same record since... wait do they still make records?

deeaan 

Nov 24, 2008

i love everything radiohead has ever done, and the first 2 albums of oasis are great. i agree its best not to take noel gallagher too seriously. hey if noel loves radiohead live does that mean he went to see them in june at manchester cricket ground? if so i was there too woooooooooooo

bj5873 

Dec 5, 2008

firstly oasis albums form the last decade sound more the same than radioheads album from the last decades. secondly atleast radiohead do there own thing unlike oasis who just rip of beatles and other classic song the stupid idiot

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