{"id":803967,"date":"2020-02-07T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=949557"},"modified":"2020-02-07T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:29:11","slug":"liam-gallagher-on-oasis-reunion-possibility-weve-got-to-become-mates-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/liam-gallagher-on-oasis-reunion-possibility-weve-got-to-become-mates-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Gallagher on Oasis Reunion Possibility: \u2018We\u2019ve Got to Become Mates Again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liam Gallagher<\/a> admits it took him a while for him to back on track after Oasis<\/a>, which ended in 2009 when he got into a backstage fistfight with his brother Noel. It was the end of a classic musical partnership, and set the two brothers off into the musical wilderness. Noel Gallagher<\/a>, Oasis\u2019 main songwriter, formed the musically adventurous High Flying Birds. Liam created Beady Eye with former members of Oasis. But even Liam admits those years \u201cweren\u2019t so fruitful.\u201d The band broke up in 2014, and Liam decided go solo. Writing songs with studio pros like Greg Kurstin (Adele, Sia) and Andrew Wyatt (Lorde, Lady Gaga), Gallagher got back to what he does best: \u201cBrawny Britpop, Beatle-esque ballads,\u201d David Fricke wrote at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His new album, Why Me? Why Not,<\/em> follows that same path. Gallagher singles out \u201cOnce\u201d as his favorite, a ballad that takes stock of a fizzled partnership. \u201cWhen the dawn came up, you felt so inspired to do it again, but it turns out, you only got to do it once,\u201d Liam sings, in a chorus that could be about his legendary band. \u201cI think \u2018Once\u2019 is the most unique song on that record,\u201d says Liam.<\/p>\n

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A new version of the song appears on from Gallagher\u2019s new Acoustic Sessions EP<\/em>, a surprise release that was recorded for MTV Unplugged<\/em> in September in Hull City, U.K. Gallagher has also released a video for \u201cOnce,\u201d starring Manchester soccer star Eric Cantona. It was directed by Charlie Lightening, who directed last year\u2019s As It Was <\/em>documentary<\/a> about Liam\u2019s solo journey. We caught up with Gallagher late last year to talk about his new music, his tortured relationship with his brother, and his terms for an Oasis reunion. This week, Liam made headlines when he tweeted that his brother had turned down a \u00a3100 million for an Oasis reunion tour; Noel replied saying he had never heard of any such offer. \u201cI am fully aware, though,\u201d he tweeted<\/a>, \u201cthat someone has a single to promote, so maybe that\u2019s where the confusion lies.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think your new album is your best in a long time.
<\/strong>Yeah, I\u2019m loving this album. It\u2019s got some good songs on it. Me, Andrew [Wyatt], and Greg Kurstin, and Simon Aldridge, we work well together, so I\u2019m lucky to have some good songwriters now, man.<\/p>\n

Is it more difficult approaching your second solo album? On the first, you can do anything.
<\/strong>Well, the second one was more of the same again. We didn\u2019t want to do anything really different from the first. It was just the same again: Good songs, good production, good voice, good words. And that\u2019ll be the same on the third album, man. That\u2019s the genre of music I like, and that\u2019s the kind of music I think the fans like, you know what I mean? We\u2019re never going to make a reggae record. Not that I got anything against reggae music, \u2019cause I do like it, but I know what I\u2019m doing. So we\u2019ll stick to that.<\/p>\n