You're a oasis nerd because you have a great oasis knowledge and create pleasant oasis videos! By the way, the best oasis channel on youtube. Your video about the masterplan song is remarkable. Congratulations!
James, I was originally drawn to your channel as I am a fellow music academic and hobbyist Oasis/90s rock nerd. I was super impressed with your analysis, especially the attention to detail you paid to justifying your speculative ideas with music examples; that takes your work from the typical tabloid-level RU-vid commentary to academic. (Your video on "D'You Know What I Mean" could easily become a musicology-journal article.) I am sure that you will one day be teaching an "Analysis of Oasis" seminar. Hoping to hear more about your analytical work in the future! Bravo to you and yours. As far as the Noel comment; Noel making a joke of Oasis fanboy commentary is his acknowledgment of your existence. If he didn't like it, he would not mention it! That simple... You done good, man! Keep it up!!
NG is a weapon grown to dislike him a lot. When he slagged off anyone that dressed like Liam or used his style - well he used to dress exactly like a Beatle and got a Beatles haircut and spent a lot of money to do it so who's the weapon Noel?
Haha. Awesome. Can totally imagine Noel watching your Masterplan vid in his cinema room on a 8 meter projected screen saying 'what the f*ck' and silently nodding at the bits you got spot on.. Edit: he's too cool for school these days but can't and won't ignore you forever. I look forward to the inevitable interview. Cum on, NG, feel the noize
not unless you private 'the real people' stuff - he must despise that...but maybe he is in some way happy that he is exposed as he always said he was a thief. Stealing from Marc Bolan is one thing but stealing from guys you know is a bit more cunty.
Your channel is a blessing for music nerds around the world, James. Thanks for keeping us in good company. Keep up the great work. Cheers from across the pond.
🏆🏆🏆 AMAZING! Good for you man! In the year 2000, I was studying Renaissance painting techniques abroad in Italy. We spent a few weeks in Florence and my friends and I went full on crazy partying. One day the class was supposed to go to the Uffizi gallery but I was so hungover that I missed going with the class and had to show up late with a couple of my friends who were also late and hungover. While we were waiting in line, I look behind me, and there is Noel Gallagher with a gorgeous blonde (who was NOT Meg matthews). I started to get nervous and told my friends “that’s the main songwriter from oasis right next to us!!” I was so nervous to ask for an autograph but my friend knew how much I loved oasis and forced me to get my courage up and ask for an autograph. I had seen an interview with Noel where he said something to the affect of “Being famous is GREAT! Whenever anyone asks me for an autograph, I’m always happy to give it to them.” So in spite of my nervousness I had that going for me, I thought. So I walked up to him and with my hands shaking, stuck out my pen and paper and said: “hey I hate to seem like a crazy fan, but do you think I could have your autograph?” Noel looks at the pen and paper, then gives me the look of death right in the eyes and goes “No.” and that was it. I was crestfallen. HOWEVER! The way the Uffizi gallery is laid out, you have to walk through the collection in a linear way, there’s no real jumping around, you have to follow a set path. So my friends and I were basically stuck with Noel and his girl for the whole of the tour. So by the third room or so we all became one big group and Noel and his girl were hanging out with us! We didn’t become best friends or anything but we did admire Michelangelo together and Noel had totally warmed up to me. Once we made it to the end of the tour people began to recognize him and come up to us and say things like “that paintings almost as good as wonderwall” and stuff like that and Noel would smile and nod. But that was my day spent with Noel and his sexy Italian blonde girlfriend. After they’d left, my friends and I went straight to the bar at 10am. The bartender got us shitfaced bc we were 20 year olds asking for gin and tonic at ten am, so he made us the strongest drinks I’ve ever had and the party from the night before rolled on. Make no mistake: Noel Gallagher can be a total jerk and give you a look that would freeze water. I would NEVER want to be on his bad side lol. In spite of that, Oasis is STILL my favorite band of all time, and I LOVE this fucking channel and all the great deep dive content for us oasis NERDS to feast upon! Thanks for making such great content!
Excellent work, James. It was only a matter of time before one of the boys (Noel or Liam) watched your videos. And now, this only proves how well researched and put together your content is. Big congrats, mate. Please keep inspiring us by preaching the good word of Oasis!
I appreciate you and your channel mate. Seroiusly I do. I got into that band on the Saturday 9th April 1994 the day I first heard Supersonic on The Chart Show. I met Noel briefly as an Inspirals fan and chatted with him after one of their gigs for a few mins because to cut a very long story short he had replied to my letter to the band as a fan (Inspirals) and sent me loads of cool stuff along with a hand written letter in the post.He was just a roadie in those days and it meant nothing meeting him at the time. But it certainly does now! That band (Oasis) changed my life and I wouldn't be the person I am today had they not smashed their way in to my world in 94. Love your content and I tip my hat in your direction mate. Keep doing what you do it is as I said earlier... greatly appreciated!
I passed him a joint backstage at the Reading festival while he was chatting to two of 'the strokes'...which he rejected :D He actually looks a bit Dylanesque in real life - small frame big head...but with the face of a Thunderbird.
The fact that Noel got nervous when the real identity of Sally was hinted should honestly be discussed more. How are we all not freaking out about that?!
Came here to say same thing. My take is he knows James is onto something, and he didn't outright deny it or call it a load of shi*e as he is normally prone to do.
As an American (28) who’s loved Noel’s work for a long time since he was a kid and used to play guitar, your videos help with breaking down and demystifying a lot of the guitar work.
Your Masterplan conspiracy video made me revisit WTSMG, which I always loved, and appreciate it even more. Thank you for that. It brought back all those memories of being a huge Oasis fan in the mid 90s in the US,. None of my friends liked them. But I tried by god, I TRIED!
We are all Oasis nerds and you are feeding our addiction James. What a compliment to have your channel be sounded out by Noel. He clearly has watched your videos.
“There’s only one thing worse than being called an Oasis nerd by Noel Gallagher… that’s not being called an Oasis nerd by Noel Gallagher”.. Oscar Wilde’s cat.
You rock mate. Thanks for all that you bring and helps reflectinh and seeing Oasis in a new light. Even if some analysis aren't accurate, they help and contribute. Much admiration from Chile.
But... wait... THIS IS HUGE! When I saw your Masterplan video I considered the (I thougt faint) possiblity of Noel finding out about it. Now it seems that not only has he, it has hit some kind of nerve too! Like... "someone finally found out!" Hilarous. It clearly bothers him because he and not Matt keeps talking about it, returning to the subject and mentioning Sally when he doesn't have to. Him being a nerd himself, and a much more intricate artist than he lets on, must be part of his projecting here I think.
You are fantastic, and it's fun to hear what you pull out of your deep dives (especially when Noel is being a bit secretive). I'm in the States otherwise I'd be there to hear you. Keep making the clips!
What a channel this is, hope you get the recognition for all your hard work and dedication that you deserve. You should go on mastermind with Oasis as your specialist subject! Keep up the hard work, I'm sure you are making plenty of people very happy and feeding us with some great knowledge!
What an absolute shocker. The cover was brilliant and you deserved it. To even think the man himself has said these words about you must have been nerve wracking. A well done to you James!
Well done James, must be feeling amazing. I had been really shocked when Oasis promo team used my video asking a question to Noel for the 20th anniversary of WTSMG, and to see him actually answering my question in one of the videos. I consider myself as an Oasis nerd to but I've been severely questioning my fan status when Liam left the stage after 5 songs last saturday in France (festival Beauregard), without saying a word to the crowd, pissed to the technical staff, and giving no reasons for that. And now he's saying he's got laryginits on Twitter ? Doesn't suit the events I've seen there, and it was the first tim I've seen him live, and surely the last... Maybe it could be interesting to investigate that. He's been giving "sore throat" reasons for years when he's in a bad mood.
As far as I know, happened in Chile as well though. then he mentioned it was bc of his sore throat. Luckily I saw him 3 weeks ago in my city Buenos Aires and everything was ok, BUT I must say at some point he did stop a song and sat in one of the big speakers waiting for the sound tech to fix it (it might take 2 mins) but you can clearly see he was pissed af though. And also if you watch the concert in Mexico (Corona festival I think is the name) check the first song, just the beginning with he started singing, it was the 'effect' of the outro of RNR star, he literally stared at the sound check like he's gonna kill him lol
U deserve the recognition mate having met Noel myself working backstage for show and event security and a life long fan just speaking to him showing him my dog out ur soul tattoo when he was walking from car to green room I know I will never forget that day
I've just discovered your channel and having thoroughly enjoyed and been kinda blown away by your The Masterplan documentary I'm delighted to see your love of the band and nerdy investigations getting acknowledged by the big man himself. Keep up the great work!
Haha! Matt’s been listening. That Masterplan conspiracy was mind blowing I’m sure Matt heard it and would have been pretty blown away with how much sense the ‘oasis fanboy’ made 🤣🤣 This is awesome James ✌🏼💙
I feel ya 😆 I was a proud Oasis nerd. I could answer any question about them. I can remember about 3 or 4 years ago, there was a guy on Mastermind and his specialist subject was the life & times of Oasis. He did pretty well and answered most of them correctly, but I ended up getting a full house, screaming at the telly on the ones he got wrong. 😇
I always assumed that he must be aware of you. How could he not be? Unless he never searches for anything oasis related on social media? Your interviews with Paulo, Rockfield,various books etc/ his people online ("have you heard what this bloke thinks about...").... In any case, you must be the top nerd! Definitely a compliment.
You're a oasis nerd because you have a great oasis knowledge and create pleasant oasis videos! By the way, the best oasis channel on youtube. Your video about the masterplan song is remarkable. Congratulations!
Ha I’m 100% certain this was you being acknowledge by Noel. Congratulations on your great work. I really enjoy your content and I’m still learning stuff about Oasis 25 years on thanks to your videos.
I bet Noel has watched every single one of your videos. Yes, he's absolutely spot on in his diagnosis, but what you do is brilliant and we are mad for it.
Your doing a great job James! This is by far the best for oasis content but I also like the other deep dives you do i.e. Jarvis cocker and Michael Jackson at the brits.
Nice James! Some of your recent vids have me hearing their first three albums as autobiographical. I hear completely different songs now and love them more; ty for your (as always) awesome takes
Noel always has this way of taking things from the outside. He seizes an opportunity by being reluctant and throwing away the first clue. I think he's building some kind of expectation with this, whether it's for a film or a book, maybe that's what they mean by "young novelist." Be that as it may, I congratulate you for having reached the stage in which he takes note of your existence, he has not insulted you either, as you say. (I speak spanish, this is a translation)
I really do love these videos and when you say ‘I have a theory’, I’m like oh here we go. I’m already in for the ride and with your attention to detail I’m always on board (rightly or wrongly). My theory is you’re probably closer to the truth than Noel would like you to be. Us lesser fans are mad for it so please keep them coming and thanks for the brilliant insights.
So the Novelist/Sally is Tony McCarroll? If it is true that's beautiful that Noel could harness those emotions into song and create an anthem sung by 'mates' in pure camaraderie...he obviously felt for Tony and was very fond of him, amazing how art imitates life & life imitates art.
Cheers James. I love the videos. It's very interesting they didn't mention the Conspiracy Theory video when so much effort obviously went into it. Noel and Matt are obviously teasing something. Why are they talking about Sally now? All these years later. And roughly a month after the Conspiracy Theory video.......Intriguing.
LOWESTOFT? That’s great. I live in Lowestoft and am almost as much of an Oasis nerd as yourself James. Would be honoured to play a song with your good self.
Boy Noel really didn't want to get into the discussion there did he? Nerve struck...his comment about leaving her ('Sally') alone, how it was all a long time ago - plays to confirm she was a real person he knew, & not an abstract concept or amalgamation of people as said previously. He is also still protective of whomever it is, & wants their privacy maintained. I also don't think it affects his current wife, he met her years after he wrote the song, he was only just getting together with yhe 1st wife at the time. Both wives knew who they were marrying (a songwriter) & what comes with that territory.
Is it not possible they sat around before the podcast and said "who can we say Sally is? I know what... Salman Rushdie!" They might be winding us up I think!
Defo about you, you're the Novelist and your masterplan video was sensational, I've never been so entertained and it seemed so true! Anyone can see that that breakdown would make a great film
Also add I don't think NG has plans for any book or movie, about Sally, Oasis or himself. Not at the moment and maybe not ever, I just don't see that in his plans. The 'Sally' story fascinates us here, but I don't think it's interesting enough for the world at large to care about. Movies are costly to make.
I took Noels comment to mean he took up someone's offer to write an autobiography, but hes got a ghost writer. And having the sally story would be good PR for the book
