Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies track by track | X-Posure | Radio X

[@BassManDan1018]

Liams track-by-track = 4 mins ‘it’s a choon man, I’m ‘avin it’ x 12 Noel’s track-by-track = 1hr

[@mrfarenheit26]

As much as i love liam, it’s because noel writes his songs himself

[@swish843]

Noel has a lot more to say, he was the thinker, the more literate of the 2. Noel has always been more interesting. Liam had more swagger. C'mon i dont know

[@aleccopile]

Either "It's a tune, man" or "I don't know what it's about" 😄. That shows who the real songwriter is ... and that's not a dig at Liam. He was/is by far the better frontman than Noel and that was the magic combination of Oasis. It was Noel's songs and Liam's swag that made them big.

[@MACHINArebirth]

Because Noel can actually go in depth because he writes his own music Unlike Liam

[@themightyi67]

@@aleccopilehe said the same thing about songbird, man just doesn’t give things too much thought, which is respectable

[@robsol123]

I love it when Noel releases something new and does loads of interviews! 😆 it’s an amazing time of my life 😎👍🎶

[@JackFlash23]

It’s been said that Noel releases albums to promote his interviews.

[@joeterzio7175]

He always gives great interviews and does a lot of them. lol

[@linirving6558]

I get as excited about all the new interviews as I do about the new album 😂

[@maxcoy]

@@JackFlash23Dont be daft

[@Flow_State1991]

Yes I love it.

[@alessandroferrettitv]

Dead to the World is already an all time classic. Majestic tune

[@williammacnally8175]

I could listen to Noel talk about how he writes songs all day

[@81Albertine]

I could listen to Noel all day. No matter the topic of conversation 😅

[@hollyanna4985]

Same!

[@mattslim2775]

I would absolutely love to hear the second part of Trying to Find a World that's Been and Gone. Beautiful song.

[@T0FFII]

A brilliant album where each track is fantastic, a few are quite masterful as well in typical Noel fashion.

[@Batters56]

I like that Noel sees his role as like a curator of his own music. Bringing people onto his songs that thinks will add something.

[@unacceptableviews6231]

Noel would never admit it, but this is a concept album about the end of his Marriage. He always downplays the meaning of his songs, but he is quite prolific.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

There's not really enough lyrical substance there to justify that interpretation.

[@unacceptableviews6231]

@@lucasoheyze4597 That's on purpose, he hides the meaning through seemingly nonsensical lyrics. But the Beatles and Floyd were big influences on his writing style.

[@theselector4733]

He's admitted that 2 of the songs are about that. From memory he said "Think of a number" and "Dead to the World".

[@N.F.F.C]

Absolutely. So many clear references and general vibe of it. He's also admitted a couple of them are

[@SunnyVane]

@@unacceptableviews6231 I'm so glad that people sees that his lyrics are not really nonsense, there is a lot of hidden meaning in them

[@AntZombie121]

Noel interviews are just the best

[@ChocoJoestar]

Thank you for this! This album + the phenomenal weather we´ve been getting so far this month has been a blessing. It´s shaping up to be one of the best summers ever

[@dutertreangelot9290]

I love Think of a number Noel!! Beautiful song.

[@chrisgeorge4325]

Dead to the World is a stunning track...his best solo moment...channelling John Barry and Jacques Brel... beautiful song, beautiful production...and the lyrics are heartbreaking

[@ThePopCultureGeek]

I was definitely waiting for this one

[@ChocoJoestar]

sameee along with his interviews with Matt

[@garycorfield7312]

Great album. His best yet

[@RM-lj8bv]

Truly the best album of 2023, so far.

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

Huge respect that he won’t do interviews over zoom, I hate seeing that on tv now 🙏

[@MFCMUFC]

There She Blows! Is so great

[@RomanoLemm]

Favourite type of interview he does. Always looking forward to those in depth moments with him and John.

[@adamturner1563]

So so sorry for your loss my man. You are helping so many to stand up. Me included. 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼

[@patriciahbaruffi]

This is so precious and so is this album! I was lucky enough to be able to tell NG myself when I met him in person. Best album he's ever made so far! May the Chief live forever !!

[@MrBluoct]

Great insights and conversation - Thanks

[@veravera4825]

His best album!

[@silverlining7298]

Think of a number is my favourite atm. Love the petshop boys mix. Great interview

[@billybonkers94]

Aways so brilliantly interesting and articulate.

[@martinhayes3002]

Noel, you hit the nail on the head with the communication thing 👍

[@PhilWilkinsGo]

Enjoyed this. Great interview from John Kennedy, intelligent and leaves plenty of space for Noel to talk.

[@steve10]

I do agree with him about us not getting over the pandemic yet, something has changed about the feeling of the world now , I used to go to a pub on a Friday before the pandemic and it was full with music , now its empty and has no atmosphere. Music is the only constant , and I do prefer this album of Noels , it's got more of the Oasis B sides feeling to some of the songs. Noel has said he often goes out his way to not write oasis like tracks so while I prefer Noels singing in oasis these days , I've never been into high flying birds, but this album is more my cup of tea. I could listen to Noel speak all day tbh, he makes a story sound interesting.

[@modernchampionmusic81]

Pandemic?You must be joking..I was due to go and play music and instead I was stuck taking calls for NHS111..Guess how many calls we took a day?..8 calls ..so if there was a pandemic none of us noticed

[@devout666]

Dead to the World is a classic

[@istisel]

Definitely my favourite album

[@tylerdarling6895]

Definitely maybe my favorite album

[@simonsuniverseofmusic8585]

My favourite album this year I’d say and . It will definitely be up there for one his best albums in the future

[@rileyindieman1]

Great stuff. Can't wait to hear it live...

[@karanbirchahal3268]

Love the album !

[@devileddoll]

I agree "Riverman" was class

[@camilamelo6846]

this album is amazing!! i love you so much noel!!! we are waiting for you here in brazil

[@jefflikeusual20]

Noel talks so much truth. Last of the real ones

[@stuartlusty604]

Seeing him in December, cannot wait.

[@mrc5653]

The albums crafted superbly brilliant listen flows beautifully

[@jumpboy29]

I love the Easy Now bit. If Noel wrote an Oasis song since 2009, that's it. For like a 15 second solo its pretty effective

[@laurajazzpiano401]

Great interview really funny and interesting! Just purchased the Deluxe album for my car!

[@miabarry]

Stupendous album.

[@RobLawson1982]

Can’t believe David Gilmour turned him down but I think my head would have exploded if he had done it. 😂 But that explains why it sounds like the “Mother” Solo. Great track.

[@ollyhughes1]

That there she blows story is quality 😂

[@alexhigh6907]

Shame it didn't make number one in the UK. Gutted. It's his best album aswell.

[@aisle_of_view]

Trying to Find a World is the sound of ascending into heaven. How's he do it?

[@alvarotulaniche7274]

La canción para el solo de D. Gilmour era sin dudas "Dead to the world"!! genial el programa! gracias, saludos!

[@johnthompson3504]

Noel must be the world's easiest interviewee.

[@mtz65goldy21]

Genius

[@mwbp]

Would love to hear Noel’s thought in the Think of a number Pet Shop Boys remix, not even seen him mentioned it yet

[@jaggass]

He's become like the Paul McCartney of songwriting now.

[@bmc8871]

Noel Gallagher's hair is a HELMET

[@Civilian2.0]

I've heard Noel say before that Riverman is his favourite solo song that he's wrote, but I still can't appreciate what he's hearing, I think he's done a lot of better stuff.

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

I have a personal connection to Riverman, as it starts what has become my divorce album so maybe I'm biased, but I agree with Noel.

[@delboy20091]

Just 1 day left to get this album to 1, keep streaming everyone & go buy it if you haven't already.

[@Cthulhu013]

I don't think Noel understands that people are still interacting with others on the internet. In fact, for many, they are interacting with more people than you might ever have a chance in person. Interaction is still happening, it's just evolving to a new format. Less in person, more digital. More recently, it's in virtual reality too. This will change society, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It's just different. The key point is that interaction is still happening. I love that I can move to another state and still keep in touch with my friends, not just through voice, but through video. I can see them and talk to them daily. We can jump into VR together and interact if we wanted. That's great! It's freeing.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

That's not real interaction though.

[@Cthulhu013]

@@lucasoheyze4597 Sure it is. Why wouldn't it be? And define 'real interaction'. How does it differ from 'fake interaction'? It's two people interacting, just in a different environment through a different method. That is as real as any other method. It's more difficult interaction, as you're missing detailed body language, but as the tech is refined and introduces that sort of detail, it will eventually be indistinguishable. Every new technology faces the same sort of complaints. When the telephone was introduced, people had similar concerns. Is telephone interaction real interaction or fake interaction?

[@Cthulhu013]

@@firetv2169 You can disagree. But what specifically do you disagree with? And why? More importantly, which of us is right, if either of us? How do we find out? Do you actually care to know?

[@Pazuzu82]

I have to say that broken arrow and stranded on the wrong beach have to be my favourite high flying birds tracks, ive still yet to hear Council Skies though.

[@martinpowell5769]

Fabulous album

[@Gaggyboy8]

Think of a number should be a single it’s by far the best track on the album (as great as it is) the collaboration with pet shop boys is phenomenal it’s the best collaboration since pet shop boys worked with dusty Springfield

[@dave-jk6en]

“Yeah totally”

[@garoteperu]

Think of a number sounds like love song by the cure more than Bowie

[@Ninjatoast96]

It really does! That baseline on Lovesong is super similar to the melody of Think of A Number

[@leewhieldon4299]

J spaceman/Spiritualized has been laying down everything peeps on like…if yers ain’t listened to spiritualized already

[@davo_7486]

Come on … who hasn’t wept into their pint listening to Dead to the World

[@MACHINArebirth]

As soon as I heard that lead tone oj Easy Now i knew that someone was trying to repliace David Gilmour! Such a shame he couldn't do it

[@goodbyebluesky43]

Nobody can sound like David Gilmour he's a one off, my favourite of all time could be argued the greatest of all time.

[@edwardbates2562]

Radio X Mic covers need a wash!!!!

[@MYEVILTWIIN]

A NGHFB album with Jonny Marr produced by Robert Smith …

[@carlanthonyholmes2162]

As an expat in Thailand, I still see 70% of the population still wearing masks even when outside. It's depressing. Can't see it changing for years either.

[@ChainNonSmoker]

Oasis and The Cure? Maybe they're not like super similar maybe but I don't feel like they're really polar opposites either. They're both guitar bands and capable of writing melodic catchy songs, I know they don't share too much of the fanbase together and looking at the big picture The Cure in dig'd deeper of the darker and more obscure side of theird, especially considering their less-popular more-indie albums whereas Oasis always wished to move the big crowd but to me they're both huge bands.

[@damienkearns3654]

He didn't ask how you were Noel 😂

[@skellvarnsen23]

RAD

[@Flow_State1991]

I reckon Noel could roll out of bed and still have a cool hair do.

[@rigsby1454]

Not sure why he didn't put DEAD TO THE WORLD out straight away.

[@chrisgeorge4325]

Pretty Boy was ready first...I think it had come out of the David Holmes era

[@richardgardner90125]

Its obvious this album is all about his marriage breakdown, its a fine album though

[@Jm-wc2ym]

That man should be onstage with his brother rocking the whole world,

[@jordanjacksonshouseofhorrors]

Liam is dead weight, and that’s coming from an Oasis fan

[@steve10]

Since the divorce Noel has come round more to a reunion , but everytime he says to the camera, speaking to Liam about Liam getting in touch, for whatever reason Liam is now the one who has bottled it. I guess that's liams personality, Noel doesn't want it and Liam is on twitter calling for a reunion, now Noel would do it , Liam just will not phone him. As Noel said , if Noel says yes , then Liam has to be in the same room as him.

[@footballvslife2413]

I don't think they should unless its with the intention of new music...if it's just for nostalgia then that's a bad reason to reform. Both of them are doing really well without each other.

[@bigdaddy4069]

@Steve E Because Liam uses it for cheap publicity and that's all he can do.

[@craiganderson275]

​@@jordanjacksonshouseofhorrors the man who sold out Knebworth is dead weight. Riiigghhhhttt 🙄

[@OneForTheNorth]

Noel talking about a song and its lyrics in a way he rarely does, mind he doesn’t usually explain his lyrics and tells you to make your mind up… an absolute moment that the presenter kills with the ungodly analysis of “it’s so lush” 🤢 😂 it’s like showing someone a Lucian Freud and they go “nice drawing that” haha

[@ChristopherPoitras]

Dont mind what anyone says to you in California. We are all embarrassed thats a part of the US.

[@damianrf6309]

Those “conspiracy theorists” just knew about “Event 201”, NYC October, 2019. They also knew about WTC 7.

[@dave-jk6en]

Don’t forget the fake moon landings 👍

[@Forestgravy90]

Album is far too safe and uninteresting

[@dizzyupthefool5180]

Dead to the World is the only track I skip on the album.

[@Cthulhu013]

You have no soul.

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

I must like different stuff now because i think every song is flat and terribly boring.

[@dalyrichieify]

His second favorite song Riverman and Little by Little. I wish he never played them live again. Not great songs

[@jordanjacksonshouseofhorrors]

I agree with you about Little By Little. Too cliche sounding for me, like a faux anthem. I love Riverman though, specifically the album version. Such a badass track to me

[@Ro_Morgen]

Riverman is great! Little by little not so much.

[@stevens5541]

Both amazing songs in opinion

[@philippetsoukias833]

Love little by little

[@OakwiseBecoming]

Please don’t refer to Californians as Americans. That also goes for New Yorkers. If you’re talking about NYC. The rest of us from the wider STATE of NY are nothing like. NYCers. The State of NY is as large as the entire country of England with many cities and towns. Americans, real Americans, are NOT the people in LA and NYC. I’m a Western NYer (the state, near Niagara Falls nowhere near NYC!) living in UK. Most of the English will always tell you that London does NOT represent England or the English. It takes the same amount of time to drive from my home in Western NY to NYC as it takes to drive from Newcastle upon Tyne to London! NY is NOT NYC. NYers from NYC and Californians (sorry in their case it really is the whole state) are NOT representative of Americans. Rich British people only go to NYC, LA, and Las Vegas. Other British people basically go to NYC, Vegas, and Florida. They don’t know what real america is like anymore than someone who has only been to London. I spent all of lockdown in England and, believe me, they were just as hysterical about masks. Went up to Edinburgh during Covid and the Scots were WORSE!

[@Cthulhu013]

The mask thing wasn't hysterical, it was just common sense. The interesting thing about the masks was that it spotlighted the people who truly care about you, from the pretenders who don't.

[@benjaminsavage4204]

With an album like that, Noel, you should be working at the council...

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

The Style Council, maybe (?)

[@benjaminsavage4204]

@@alipanroosendaal9503 Matalan?

[@samuelgillard2196]

Gutted he says he probably won't play 'Dead to the World' live! 😢