You could argue that the songwriting plays to his strengths as a vocalist, and that's precisely what makes Noel a scientific 9 on the Songwriting Scale. As for the timbre, it can be super grating. But that's kind of the same thing that makes Liam one of the best and most recognisable to do it. He scores an 8 here. Noel is not as recognisable a vocalist as Liam is, and I think that's evident in the way that Oasis is a band that features Noel as the main songwriter but Liam as the main singer.
The one caveat? Noel sings lead vocals on that song and it is probably 2 on the list of Big Songs By Oasis. It's also maybe their best song, and a strong example of Noel's capabilities as a singer: not as identifiably tied-to-an-era as Liam's, but not less capable. It's surreal to hear The Classics in a voice other than Liam's, but it's also kind of beautiful to hear them as Noel wrote them. He's a larger-than-life hooligan frontman borne of the decade that embraced larger-than-life hooligan frontmen more than any other.
A high score for rock'n'roll is obviously also about living a rock'n'roll lifestyle, and Liam has lived it hard. He's been arrested two times — once each for drugs and fighting — lost his teeth once in a brawl, and one time he was also cautioned for grabbing a dude on a bicycle by the collar and dragging him along in his car. Liam seems like a riotous dude, in both senses of the word, and scores an 8 for his behaviour inside and outside of his rock and roll band.
Let it not go unnoticed that Noel is also a certified rock'n'roll Star. You might recall he wrote a song about it. When I took his picture after an interview last year he gave me a rock'n'roll death stare from which I doubt I will ever truly recover. Look at the boredom and unfuckwithable menace in this man's eyes. Noel scores a 6. Neither Gallagher brother is afraid to mince words, and they are both excellent at the art of the insult. Their approaches are decidedly different, but equally effective, like two wrestlers with different combinations of punch moves, loud noises and weapons.
Noel is sophisticated and unyielding. He's an insulter's insulter. He combines cunning, attitudinal directness and a firm grasp of the many requisite complexities of executing a good insult to shape up to anyone and anything — including, obviously, his brother. We'll award him a perfect 10 for being one of the best to ever do it. Liam's approach to insulting is a lot like former Brisbane Broncos front-rower Gordon Tallis' approach to being a National Rugby League football player: he severely lacks in the grace and eloquence of his combatant, but the sheer volition of the impact he creates is an unquestionably devastating one.
Potato pic. It is not a clever insult by anyone's standards, but goodness gracious it is effective. Liam also scores a 10 here for his ability to absolutely savage his opponent with maximum word economy. Tuesday 6 June am. Share Facebook Twitter Mail Whatsapp. Liam performed another pair of Oasis classics acoustically when he performed on the roof at Radio X's London studios in , namely Wonderwall and Live Forever. But the question is, does Noel Gallagher get paid if Liam sings the songs that his brother wrote?
The short answer is: yes. All music venues are required to have a Performing Rights Society license and each artist playing needs to fill out a PRS form for every show, detailing which songs were played. This means that the owner of the publishing receives a PRS cheque as payment for their work being performed. But instead of making him happy, it's made him even worse, it's made him even angrier.
But however "angry" Noel thinks Liam is, it doesn't look like the younger Gallagher brother will be stopping rolling out the Oasis tunes during gigs any time soon.
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