THE DARK SIDE OF NOEL GALLAGHER: Oasis & The Real People

Summary

このビデオでは、オアシスバンドとリバプールのバンド「リアルピープル」の間の関係について語られています。兄弟のクリスとトニー・グリフィスによって率いられたリアルピープルは、オアシスの初期の影響力とトレーニングに大きく貢献し、彼らをスーパーグループに成長させる鍵を握っていました。彼らはデモテープの製作を手伝い、オアシスの曲作りに影響を与えました。しかし、ノエル・ギャラガーによる詐欺的な行為と権利の独占、そしてその後の紛争と訴訟が起こりました。この物語は、友情、裏切り、そしてロックの歴史における真実と嘘の複雑さを垣間見せます。

Takeaways

• 🎶 OasisとReal Peopleは、バンドの初期段階で出会い、Real Peopleの兄弟がOasisの音楽スタイルに大きな影響を与えた。
• 👥 ChrisとTony Griffithsは、Real Peopleのメンバーで、Oasisのデモテープの製作を手伝った。
• 🔁 Oasisのライブパフォーマンスを見た後、Griffiths兄弟は彼らのポテンシャルを見出してサポートを申し出た。
• 📼 Real Peopleのスタジオで3か月間のレコーディングを通じ、Oasisは12曲を録音し、そのうち8曲が有名なデモテープに収録された。
• 🎵 「Colombia」という曲は、OasisとReal Peopleの共同作業の結果として生まれたが、ノエル・ギャラガー一人のクレジットがなされた。
• 🤔 Oasisの他の曲にもReal Peopleの影響が見られるが、ノエルはそれらの貢献について公に認めていない。
• 💬 ノエルはReal Peopleの影響についてメディアで触れたが、彼らへのクレジットを与えることはなかった。
• 🚫 1994年にノエルはReal Peopleとの関係を断ち、彼らを今後のゲストリストから外すことを命じた。
• 🤝 Real Peopleはノエルに詐欺的な行為の嫌疑で訴訟を起こし、庭外和解を結んだ。
• 📖 Tony McCarrollはReal Peopleとの関係とOasisの初期歴史を書いた書籍を出版し、その情報を公開した。

Q & A

リアルピープルはいつ結成されたのか？

リアルピープルは1988年に結成されました。

クリスとトニー・グリフィス兄弟は、 Oasis の音楽にどのような影響を与えたのか？

クリスとトニーは、 Oasis の初期のROUGHなボードウォーク時代からパワーハウスバンドに変貌させるためのトレーニングと影響を与えました。

リアルピープルはどのアーティストとツアーをサポートしたことがありますか？

リアルピープルはスピラルカーペットのUKツアーをサポートしました。

ノエル・ギャラガーはリアルピープルのどの作品を購入していたと話していますか？

ノエル・ギャラガーはリアルピープルのレコードとアルバムを購入していたと話しています。

リアルピープルはどのようにしてオアシスを録音し始めたのですか？

レコード会社は興味を示さなかったにもかかわらず、リアルピープルの兄弟がオアシスを録音し、デモテープを作る手伝いを申し出ました。

「ユニオン・ジャック・スワール・ライブ」デモテープにはいくつのトラックが含まれていますか？

「ユニオン・ジャック・スワール・ライブ」デモテープには12のトラックが録音されましたが、そのうち8つのトラックがテープに含まれています。

「コロンビア」という曲はどのように作られたのですか？

「コロンビア」はバンドのジャムセッションから生まれ、全バンドの貢献が曲に寄与しました。

ノエル・ギャラガーは「コロンビア」のどの部分を書いたとされていますか？

ノエル・ギャラガーは「コロンビア」の1行の歌詞のみを書いたとされています。

リアルピープルはなぜ訴訟を起こしたのですか？

リアルピープルは、彼らが Oasis の形成とサウンドに多大な貢献をしたにもかかわらず、ノエル・ギャラガーによって裏切られ、欺かれたため訴訟を起こしました。

トニー・マッカロルの書籍「Oasis The Truth」はどのような内容を持っていますか？

トニー・マッカロルの書籍「Oasis The Truth」では、リアルピープルが Oasis の初期の影響力とサウンド形成に寄与したと同時に、ノエル・ギャラガーによる裏切りと権利の独り占めについて述べています。

Outlines

00:00

🎶 OASISとリアルピープルの出会い

ビデオでは、OASISとリヴァプールバンド・リアルピープルの物語が語られています。このバンドはクリスとトニー・グリフィス兄弟によって率いられ、彼らはOASISの初期段階の影響力、教育、そして形作りに関わりました。彼らの助言とトレーニングのおかげで、OASISはキング・チュートでアラン・マックギーに感銘を受けるほどのパワーハウスバンドに成長しました。ビデオでは、過去のビデオ同様に、物語を語るだけでなく、情報源も提供しています。リアルピープルは1988年に結成され、1989年にはソニーと契約し、翌年にデビューアルバムをリリースしました。彼らはインスパイラルカーペットの英国ツアーでサポートとして出演し、そこでノエル・ギャラガーとマーク・コーイルと出会い、彼らと連絡を取り続けることになります。

05:01

🎵 「コロンビア」の創作と貢献

第二段落では、OASISの曲「コロンビア」の創作プロセスが焦点となっており、これはリアルピープルとOASISのバンドメンバー全員による共同作業の結果でした。トニー・マッカロルの著書「OASIS the truth」によれば、この曲は最初はライブでのインストルメンタル・ループとして演奏されていたものの、最終的には全員の貢献で完成しました。クリス・グリフィスがメロディーを提案し、リアムがコーラスを書いたとされていますが、ノエル・ギャラガーはそのほとんどを書かなかったとされています。しかし、リリースされた楽曲ではノエルの名前だけがクレジットされています。

10:05

🤔 クレジットと権利の争い

第三段落では、リアルピープルがOASISの成功に多大な貢献をしたにもかかわらず、彼らは適切なクレジットや報酬を受け取ることができませんでした。特に「コロンビア」のクレジット問題や、彼らのデモテープがOASISのシングルB面としてリリースされたことについても触れられています。クリス・グリフィスは、ノエルが彼の貢献を認めてくれると信じていたが、それは叶わなかったと語っています。この問題は、後にリアルピープルがノエルに対して訴訟を起こす原因となりました。

15:05

📜 裁判と解決

第四段落では、リアルピープルがノエルに対して裁判を起こし、権利を主張した過程が描かれています。彼らはノエルとOASISに対して、彼らの貢献に対する適切なクレジットと報酬を求める訴訟を起こしましたが、最終的には和解に終わりました。和解の結果、クリス・グリフィスは「ロックンロールチェア」の共同作曲家としてクレジットされる約定でしたが、それは実現されませんでした。その後、トニー・マッカロルは自分の経験を公表するために本を出版し、リアルピープルの貢献とノエルの背信行為を明かしました。

20:07

🔍 真実と裏切り

最終段落では、ノエル・ギャラガーの行動と、リアルピープルに対する彼の背信行為が評価されています。ノエルは自らが「少しの野郎」であると認め、自分自身の独立性と自己主張を強調しています。しかし、彼の行動はリアルピープルに多大な損害を与え、彼らの貢献が適切に認められることなく、彼らを裏切りました。この物語は、偉大なバンドの形成過程における裏切りと権利の戦い、そして人々の弱さと強さを浮き彫りにするものです。

Keywords

💡Oasis

Oasisは1990年代に代表的な英国ロックバンドで、ノエル・ギャラガーとリアム・ギャラガーの兄弟が中心的なメンバーを務めました。このビデオでは、彼らの音楽的スタイルと影響力について語り合い、特に初期のOasisがどのように成長し、彼らの音楽がどのように発展したかが焦点となっています。

💡The Real People

The Real Peopleは、クリス・グリフィスとトニー・グリフィス兄弟によって率いられた Liverppol からのバンドです。彼らは Oasis の音楽的成長とスタイルに大きな影響を与え、特にデモテープの製作において重要な役割を果たしました。ビデオでは、彼らがどのように Oasis の初期の音に寄与し、彼らとの関係がどのように発展したかが説明されています。

💡Influence

インフルエンスは、あるアーティストやバンドが他のアーティストやバンドの音楽的スタイルやアプローチに与える影響を指します。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis の音楽的スタイルに与えたインフルエンスに焦点が当てられており、彼らがどのように Oasis の音楽を形作ったかが詳細に語られています。

💡Demo Tape

デモテープは、アーティストが自分たちの音楽をプロデューサーやレコード会社に提示するために録音したものです。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis のデモテープの製作を手伝ったこと、特に「Union Jack Swirl Live」デモテープの製作プロセスが語されています。

💡Songwriting Credits

ソングライトクレジットは、曲の作詞や作曲を行ったアーティストや作家に与えられるクレジットです。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis の曲作りに寄与したにもかかわらず、正しいクレジットがノエル・ギャラガーに集中されているという問題が取り上げられています。

💡Court Case

裁判事件は、法律的な紛争を解決するために裁判所で行われる法的手続きです。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis とノエル・ギャラガーに対して裁判を起こし、彼らの寄与に対するクレジットと報酬を求めたことが語されています。

💡Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

秘密保持契約は、特定の情報や知識を公開しないことを誓約する法律文書です。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis と合意した NDA について触れており、それが彼らが物語を語ることができるかどうかに影響を与えると説明されています。

💡Supersonic

「Supersonic」は Oasis の曲で、ビデオではこの曲の制作プロセスと、それが The Real People による影響を受けたとされる点が強調されています。また、この曲がどのように Oasis の成功に寄与したかについても語られています。

💡Rocking Chair

「Rocking Chair」は Oasis の別の曲で、ビデオではこの曲が The Real People の作品から影響を受けたとされる点に焦点が当てられています。また、この曲のクレジット問題がどのように解決されたかが説明されています。

💡Betrayal

裏切りとは、信頼関係内で期待や義務を破る行為です。ビデオでは、The Real Peopleが Oasis と特にノエル・ギャラガーに裏切られたと感じた経験について語られており、それが彼らの関係にどのような影響を与えたかが説明されています。

Highlights

Oasis和The Real People的早期故事，以及Griffiths兄弟对Oasis早期发展的影响。

The Real People自1988年以来的历史，以及他们与Oasis的相遇。

Noel Gallagher作为Inspiral Carpets的巡演工作人员与Griffiths兄弟的初次会面。

Griffiths兄弟对Oasis在Boardwalk的小型演出的观察，以及他们对Oasis潜力的认识。

Griffiths兄弟提供录音和制作帮助，帮助Oasis制作他们的第一盘正式演示带。

Oasis在Griffiths的工作室录制了12首歌曲，其中8首出现在著名的Union Jack Swirl Live演示带上。

The Real People对Oasis的音乐风格和歌曲结构的影响。

关于歌曲'Columbia'的创作过程和各方的贡献，以及Noel Gallagher在其中的作用。

Noel Gallagher对The Real People的不满，以及他在机场决定不再与他们合作的事件。

The Real People对Oasis歌曲'Supersonic'和'Live Forever'的影响。

Noel Gallagher在歌曲'Rocking Chair'中未给予Griffiths兄弟创作信用的情况。

Oasis的歌曲'Don't Go Away'与The Real People的歌曲'Feel the Pain'之间的相似性。

The Real People决定对Noel Gallagher提起诉讼，以争取他们应得的创作信用和报酬。

The Real People与Noel Gallagher的庭外和解，以及他们未能获得应有的歌曲创作信用。

Tony McCarroll未签署保密协议，并通过他的书揭露了Oasis和The Real People之间的历史。

Noel Gallagher在纪录片'Supersonic'中对自己性格的描述，以及他对The Real People的态度。

Transcripts

today's video is one that i've been

asked for multiple times it's the story

of oasis and a liverpool band called the

real people fronted and run by two

brothers chris and tony griffiths

the paths of oasis and the real people

crossed very early on in the oasis story

and the griffiths brothers were central

to teaching training and reshaping the

very early quite sloppy boardwalk era

oasis into the powerhouse that they

became

without the influence input and training

from the real people oasis might never

have blown away alan mcgee when he heard

them at king tutu

they might never have even been signed

now as i've done in a few videos in the

past

rather than just telling the story i

want to give you guys my sources so

we're going to start at the beginning

with an extract from getting high by

paulo hewitt

the real people a liverpool group have

been going since 1988

they've been formed by two brothers

chris and tony griffiths

in december 89 they signed to sony and a

year later their debut album was

released

the real people were offered a support

slot with the in spiral carpets on their

uk tour

and it was there on that tour that chris

and tony griffiths met noel gallagher

the roadie for the inspiral carpets and

mark coyle their sound engineer

the inspiral carpets were all right tony

griffiths confirms

but noel and mark coyle

were dead sound we got talking and all

that and after a few gigs i found out

that noel was actually into our band he

bought our records and our album and

seen us a few times

shortly after this meeting noel and mark

were fired from the inspiral carpets but

they stayed in touch with the griffiths

the griffiths came to watch and listen

to oasis performing a really small gig

at the boardwalk in manchester

when the griffiths brothers arrived at

the boardwalk

tony spotted john bryce who used to work

for sony he went over said hello and

together the pair of them watched the

gig

oasis played their customary short set

to an audience of about 50 people

bryce found it impossible to convince

his people in london of the wisdom of

recording a band that never seen or

heard so tony and chris decided to do it

themselves

so the real people came to see them at

their gig at the boardwalk in manchester

and they saw potential

the record companies weren't interested

yet but the real people were the

griffiths brothers offered to record and

produce oasis to help them get their

first proper demo tape together so over

a period of three months the band would

drive to liverpool on the weekends and

they would record at the griffiths

studio

and over that three period they recorded

12 tracks

eight of which made it on to the very

famous union jack swirl live

demonstration tape

paul moody from the nme tells it like

this

used to the hard knock school of the

manchester scene oasis was shocked by

the cooperation of their scouse mates

because we got our own eight-track

studio we let them come down to the dock

road and record there says tony they

were quite naive about recording so we'd

show them how to play the songs how to

think about the structure of the songs

and the dynamics we were just helping

them because that's what bands do in

liverpool i don't think it's quite the

same in manchester because no one had

done anything for them before

and now i'm going to continue the story

with some excerpts from this

oasis the truth by tony mccarroll

this book which is a brilliant read was

released in 2010

there's no question in my mind that noel

gallagher would have been aware of it he

would have been aware of what it said

about him

and here's the interesting thing the

film

supersonic was released in 2016 and in

it

of tony mccarroll noel says this

we might have had words

it's quite likely i don't know

whatever he says is probably true

i wouldn't deny at all

i don't know what your feeling is about

that comment but to me

i think that is the closest noel

gallagher will ever come to saying

what the book says is true noel was

aware of the book it came out six years

before supersonic and he said basically

whatever tony says about me is probably

true

in the preface to the book tony writes

this

don't worry this isn't going to be a

vicious swipe from a rejected band

member

it is a recollection of times past which

i hope you will be able to relate to and

enjoy once again

but most importantly

it's the truth

so as i share excerpts from this book

with you

my gut feeling is that most of the

actual life events that tony relates are

the truth

i think noel gallagher has indirectly

actually said that on supersonic and

also

i really recommend buying and reading

this book

we drove up the east lancashire road in

the van

liam was already hyped and was jumping

around excitedly

the next three months would see us

change the way we rehearsed the way the

songs were constructed

and the way noel composed his lyrics

the real people sound is probably most

evident on tracks like don't go away or

all around the world

it was a departure from the brash punk

of rock and roll star and bring it on

down but it was one that would change

our fortunes forever

the first oasis song that the real

people got directly involved in was

colombia the song was just an

instrumental loop of three chords a d

and c that was originally just an

instrumental designed for liam to walk

on stage two at the beginning of a gig

according to tony the song developed out

of a band jam session so it was

basically written by the whole band

according to chris griffiths the writing

of this song actually pre-dated noel

joining the band

so who wrote colombia

this is what tony mccarroll says about

the recording of colombia

it was our second week in bootle with

the release

one of our earlier rehearsals had

developed into colombia a simple

instrumental that needed finishing

liam sang a melody quietly to himself

while chris riffiths plucked away on his

acoustic

crash bang wallop oasis and the real

people collided

it sounded bang on and in the next

couple of hours it was completed

and we had another new song

we headed back to tony griffiths and

noah and sang the new melody and lyrics

to them

we told him that chris had come up with

it

noah looked proper chuffed and was

immediately repeating the melody

liam then proudly told noel that he was

involved in the writing as well

a null smile seemed to vanish as quick

as the light after the flick of the

switch

and tony's story lines up exactly with

chris griffith's story have a listen

we had a question from one of our guys

on the live forever forum sort of asking

about that columbia the genesis of that

correct me if i'm wrong is that liam had

come in with some lyrics but because it

had hung around from kind of pre-knoll

days even but then you'd sort of put

together

you know some of the other lyrics to it

[ __ ] story is it was an instrumental

song he's recording instrumental like

this chocolate you've got to know i've

not have lyrics to be an instrument but

you walk onto

so i grabbed the mic and then once he

sunday everywhere here we are all this

confusion nothing's the same to me but

all of the same things

yeah and liam comes down

likes it and wrote him up the chorus

i can't tell you the way

[Applause]

yeah yeah yeah

so to answer the question who wrote

colombia this seems to be the truth the

original instrumental was written by the

whole band minus noel it seems to have

come out of a jam

the first verse and the vocal ad-libs

were written by chris griffiths the

choruses were written by liam and only

one line of lyrics was actually written

by noel

what i heard is not what i hear i can

see the signs but they're not very clear

he didn't write the melody he didn't

write the chords he wrote one line of

lyrics but if you look in the credits on

any version of columbia you only see one

person credited for the songwriting

no prizes for guessing who

noel gallagher chris griffiths

apparently still has the original

reel-to-reel where the band recorded

their instrumental and he sang the

lyrics for liam to learn have a listen

i've still got a real reveal of the rock

and roll style and

at the vehicle of colombia as well with

which i've meeting in the vases which

are the ways that i wrote at the time

paolo hewitt tells it this way

noel had the chord structure for

colombia but he had no melody or lyrics

one night chris griffiths sang a melody

over it which began with the words

there we were now here we are all this

confusion nothing's the same to me

that was the thing that started it off

griffiths recalls

and it was liam who wrote the chorus

i can't tell you the way i feel because

the way i feel is oh so new to me

a collaboration then yet when the song

was released noel gallagher was the only

name credited

similarly the fact that the eight-track

demo of alive ended up on the b side of

the band's second single shaker maker

was a contentious point

chris said that kind of pissed us off a

little bit the fact that three months of

our work was getting put out and

creation records are making loads of

money out of it but see we're not asked

if we wanted to suit oasis we would have

already done it so if all those people

were actually involved in the writing of

colombia

why is only noel credited

that question was also clearly in chris

griffith's mind

apparently after oasis took off he began

asking noel when he was going to be

credited for his songwriting on colombia

but have a listen to this

there were so many little singles so

many little coincidental

songs that sound similar or riffs or

little waves or sayings that i i was

getting pissed off with

but i i

approached chambers of regard to

colombia because

it was always it was always a case of no

don't worry about it your name will be

on it you know what i mean we've only

just done this first press number

hundred thousand next time it comes

about i'll let the publishers know um

your name will be on it don't worry

about it

and we may never go on to colombia

so time passed and the truth about who

wrote colombia was suppressed and buried

presumably by noel and alan mcgee

next we jump forward a bit in time

supersonic recorded and produced by the

real people has been released and has

charted

shaker maker has released and been

charted and now they're putting out live

forever

and to tell this part of the story i'm

going to read to you once again an

excerpt from tony mccarroll's brilliant

book

our third single was a stormer and my

personal favorite our first top 10 hit

i suppose if anything reminded me of the

fantastic time we had in liverpool it

was this song

noel was furious though after reading an

nme review that alluded to the same

i had this lot marked down as the beetle

browed saviors of rock and roll and more

as the real people for 94.

remember the real people

scally bruisers with a heavier take on

baggy a taste for scrapes and an

inevitable obsession with the fab four

the fact that john mulvey had alluded to

the influence of the real people had

upset noel's equilibrium

to throw petrol on the fire i asked if

they would get their production credits

on supersonic

noel seemed less than amused a few pages

later it's the 11th of september 1994

and the band are sitting in the airport

lounge waiting to go on tour in japan

we were sitting in the airport lounge

waiting for the shuttle to london when

noel told everyone that for whatever

reason they were not to put the real

people on any future guest lists

this came as a shock to everyone

liam told him to write off

i'll put on whoever i want he said

angrily

and then i'll take them off came the

reply from noel

he would soon take to checking the guest

lists and removing people he didn't want

this would cause constant problems for

the rest of us

the recordings from the studio in bootle

and also the recording we released as

supersonic had original production

credits to the claggies this is what

noel would call the two scousers as a

joke and was part of the deal we struck

when we had arrived at their door with a

desperate look and three songs

i have noticed no production credits on

the album's version for them though

following that conversation in the

airport noel never seemed to acknowledge

the real people in future years

even when talking about the writing and

recording of colombia he only said this

you could tell the lyrics of it in

liverpool it's very scarce to say there

we were but now here we are

it's all this confusion not the same to

me we were at the real people studio in

uh liverpool

and somebody went and somebody always

does ayla you want to let some weird for

that all i remember about the night is

there was a there was a lot of acid

taken river was tripping weren't they

everyone was tripping in the studio we

done the demo that subsequently ended up

getting about 50 plays on radio 1 all

cabbage

beyond belief

and so

with all the ties having been cut with

the real people

having all the money all the power and

null being the arch song thief that he

openly admits to being

he stole another one

that song was rocking chair which they

recorded during the morning glory era

and once again

no songwriting credit to the griffiths

with rock and [ __ ]

obviously your name wasn't going to come

out for the decide i'll blow with it so

how come you get the co-write credit on

rocking chair then

it was a complete lift off of something

that i had called growing old my this

ain't growing old man i'm older than my

attitude i'm colder than you'll ever be

there's nothing left to say to you now i

don't have to say to me and then the

brother went on the same session where

you were sawing about finger on down no

play with our kid he said i've got

somebody beside the other players

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it all came to a head in the be here now

era where noel literally lifted an

entire chorus almost note for note and

called for chord from a real people song

the oasis song that he stole was don't

go away and the real people song that it

came from is a song called feel the pain

you can find it on spotify and if you

listen to it from about one minute 32

it is identical

wait don't go away if anyone i mean

anyone that listens to this has heard

this because i've i've dropped it in a

couple of times and what i've done is

where you just play the clip of the

oasis don't go away song and then you

just drop in feel the pain and it's

ridiculous when did you first hear that

and what was your reaction i was

actually listening to the album on the

day come out in um the ex-manager

recordings you go i just stared at don't

go away

and then i went goodbye

there's no evacuation i punched all over

at this point having been robbed lied to

taken advantage of stabbed in the back

and then cut off three times over by a

now super rich rock star who they had

helped to launch

the real people decided enough was

enough they decided to go to court to

finally sue noble for what was

rightfully theirs

when we were trying to get our name on

the record we were probably advised by

solicitors and everything this would be

silly we should have took a lot more

money on i think just held on

your name on the record which is all i

wanted i don't want to i didn't have to

ever got

five percent of it yeah i just wanted my

name on that record yeah absolutely yes

you went to court this was this is the

sort of thing you know listen we'll give

you a little bit of money if you get

about two songs because your legal fees

are really high at the moment unless

they were doing those no was doing you

just said might switch for the letter so

much was about sending a letter okay he

was just more or less charging they

could go bankrupt because by sending

letters so in the end our legal fees

were astonishing you're finding someone

who's got so many millions of pounds and

and you've just earned a little bit of

money for the first time in your life

so i mean it's not it's not a lot of me

and it's getting up by core costs

for something that you shouldn't be

fighting for yeah i took i took a

meaning getting put onto a rock and

cheer and a small payoff yeah the other

two trucks which was a really silly

thing to do at the time yeah so in the

end it's just like oh [ __ ] this you know

what i mean give us a little bit of

money paid the swift said either and you

know what in the end

everyone knows everyone knows the street

anyway so exactly

so following the court settlement chris

griffiths was supposed to get a

songwriting credit on rocking chair

however

that never materialized either he got

credited in one place

and that's in the oasis chord book

if you go on to spotify today and click

on information on rocking chair it just

says written by noel gallagher

just as in the early days with colombia

noah promised to give credit where

credit was due and then just never

delivered

so as you heard in that clip from the

oasis podcast the griffiths ended up

settling out of court with noel and with

the out-of-court settlement i think

there were nda's non-disclosure

agreements when the real people signed

the ndas it bound them to not talk about

these private matters however

tony mccarroll did not sign an nda

he released his book putting all this

information into the public domain

so the nda was now completely pointless

the information that tony shared about

the history of the real people was now

globally known public knowledge

so it's actually massively thanks to

tony mccarroll that the real people are

pretty well known now to have been

massively involved in the formation and

the sound of one of the greatest british

bands of the 90s

and that they were also betrayed tricked

and robbed by noel gallagher

it can be hard to understand

why noel gallagher did what he did i

wonder what happened just previous to

that

conversation with the band in the

airport to make noel decide to cut the

real people out

i wonder if it was a conversation with

alan mcgee about maybe losing royalties

or something i wonder if there was an

argument between noel and one of the

griffiths brothers about their lack of

songwriting credits

i wonder if it was just simply greed i

wonder if noel realized i can cut these

guys out and have all the money and he

just wanted to

we may never know

the confusing truth of the matter is

no one's all good and no one's all bad

we're all a mix of the two really so you

can get really great people

who sometimes do really shitty things

we're all a mix of the two and we've all

in our lives have moments where we've

done kind of heartless ruthless things i

think all of us can look back and go

that was a bit of a mistake

i think we've all had our moments where

we realized in hindsight that we took

things a bit too far

i suppose if you have a moment like that

scaled right up on the world stage

as a multi-millionaire rock star

the size of the selfish act is going to

be scaled right up as well to the size

of something as monumentally wrong as

noel's treatment of the real people

but i think i should close this story

with a quote from the man himself

in the supersonic documentary noel i

believe

pretty much endorsed tony's account of

things and he also said this about

himself

liam's like a dog

and i'm like a cat

cats are very independent creatures they

don't give

right bastards i'm a cat

okay that's just what i am

i've accepted it

i'm a bit of a bastard