Liam Gallagher: "Oasis will return when Noel's money runs out"

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The interview with Liam Gallagher (Manchester, 1972) was set for when the singer was still 46 years old. But the postponements and cancellations arrived at the last minute (10? 11?), So time went by, Liam released his second solo album, 'Why Me? Why Not. ' (Warner), and turned 47. More coal for the machinery of his legend of defiant star and chunga of British pop, operating since the time of Oasis , the group that was born and died of his animosity with his brother Noel.

So, first of all, it's time to sing the 'Happy Birthday'. "Thanks dude". How are you? "Considering that I have lived to the limit, a very 'hardcore' life, I'm fine . As with 46. I feel great and you're not going to get rid of me so soon."

'Why me? Why Not. ' He takes his title from two drawings that John Lennon painted and which ended up in the hands of the little Gallagher. In addition to the obvious references to Oasis, it seems as if the album intended to continue Lennon's path where he left it at the time of his murder. How to imagine what he would do if he were still alive. "I would like to think it would be like that. If I was still here, I think I would continue to release new music, although this would be the same one he did during his life. Paul McCartney is there, making good songs, still . And, in the end, it is about that".

Even so, Liam tries to dissociate himself from that image he has fed: the heir of the 'working class hero'. "Lennon was not the first person who made music, you know? There were so many before him. John just joined the tribe of rock 'n' roll and made great songs, yes. But that form of music, rock or whatever you want to call him, it doesn't belong to John Lennon. Not to Noel Gallagher. Not even to fucking Paul McCartney. It's from anyone who wants to make good music. Or from anyone who wants to hear it. "

"He's my hero," says the author of I'm the walrus, "but in the same way that Elvis was his hero. It's an honor when they say that my songs sound like the Beatles. I'm proud and that will never change in me. It's wonderful. "

But you have to talk about Oasis, of course. For example, in 'One of us', a song that not only remembers its old group in the lyrics (recadito for his brother?) But in the sound. Pure nostalgia. "It's a cross between 'Wonderwall' and 'Cast no shadow'. A very Oasis song, come on. And that's the spirit we had in our heads when we did it in Los Angeles."

In this second album with his name, Liam has been escorted by producer-composers Greg Kurstin (Adele) and Andrew Wyatt , among others. He does not mind recognizing that he does not completely use himself, in a mixture of humility and arrogance. Like when he remembers his previous project, Beady Eye , with musicians from the last Oasis who were also in Ride, The La's, Heavy Stereo or Kasabian . "I have never disappointed my audience. All the concerts I have given have been the host, a fucking madness," he proclaims. "When Beady Eye appeared, people did not know where to put ourselves, that if we were this or if we were the other. Well, we were a fucking supergroup that I am very proud of, nothing to do with those shits of bands that were out there and still there. And I think we could have been much bigger than we were, not shame, but not for music, but for other factors: we appeared almost immediately after the dissolution of Oasis and maybe the name was not the best in the world. People did not understand that 'eye with them'. "

And Oasis for when?

And, from there, again to Oasis. Are you tired of being asked all the time when your old group will come back together? "It's just a question, I'm not going to kill anyone for asking," he laughs. "Oasis will only exist again if Noel and I talk to each other again, that simple. Because Oasis cannot work without one of us. It has nothing to do with the press or with the fans," he says. "Look: Oasis will come back when Noel runs out of money, because he's obsessed with pasta. It's that simple," he lets go.

But, he strives to underline, he is fine as he is. "If Oasis were back, well cool. If not, I'm still making good music," he shrugs.

The key, he says, is to take it with that humorous mark of the house that he and Noel made clear in the documentary 'Supersonic'. "Maybe it's something Irish , which is where our family comes from. Or maybe it's that when you don't have a kid, like us at the beginning, you have to entertain yourself with births. And feel alive."

Better than music, he says. "The music is like the blanket of Charlie Brown's friend. Something that comforts you. You put on a record and take you to another place, at another time, when you were happier ... But it's not the most important thing, not even a joke. Before there is your health, your family, your children. "

And, of course, much better than what happens in high places. "I am not doing politics at all . I just hope that my children will live their best," he says. "Still, I think people should mess it up more, ride more riots . Now with the internet, you can reach places that seemed impossible not so long ago, but in England and other European countries people are off, uncle." Nor is it that he thinks the situation was different before: "There were the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis, Kinks, Jackson 5, Sly & The Family Stone, the fucking Sex Pistols ... But none managed to make the world a better place, by very great that his music was. The only thing that can make the world change is the people. Music only becomes a mere accompaniment. "

Speaking of shutdowns, he is also not the most active person on stage. "I don't dance. I just go out and sing. When the voice is good, it works. I guess my looks are beautiful, too," he shrugs again. "No, seriously, it all has to do with music and the person. I have no idea why molo people, really."

And how do you want to grow old? "I look like Johnny Rotten, more provocative than Paul McCartney. Touching the balls to people . We need that kind of rock, not the ones from Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and all that gandaya . I'll never be like them. I'm the fucking Liam Gallagher , uncle".

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