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[Meier]

Equally blunt and well-made is the newest Oasis record, Don't Believe The Truth. It's a decided return to form after the disappointment of 2002's Heathen Chemistry. But that's all information a listener will be able to glean for themselves. When presented with an opportunity to chat up one of the battling Gallaghers there's more important things to discuss. Like Weezer.

"Yeah, we met [Weezer]," says Gallagher. "I like 'em. They're one of those bands you see on TV and go, 'I just like 'em.' I think they're pretty alright."

Gallagher saves his highest praise for Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo.

"Very strange man, him," says a bemused Gallagher. "He's my new favourite rock star. He freaked me out.

"He's just the total opposite to me, man. He's just very timid. He's like Yoda or something. But I respect that. He's a top man. There's totally a place for him. He's like the Andy Warhol of fucking music, that's what I think."

There won't, however, be a place for Oasis at the big London, U.K. edition of the Live 8 festival on July 2. According to Liam, it's not because they didn't want to though. They were already booked for a sold out gig at the City Of Manchester Stadium.

"If we were free we'd be there man," says Gallagher. "And I am a bit disappointed, but that's life man. Our shows were booked. And I had a word with management the other day, and I said 'Look, I feel a bit guilty.' Everyone's down there doing all this, know what I mean? We're down the road doing our thing. A little bit of guilt kicked in. I thought maybe we should fucking book... then it's 60,000 kids disappointed.

"But if we weren't doing a gig that day we'd have been there without a doubt. And I'd love to. Y'know why I'd love to do that gig?

"First of all, it's fucking awareness and all that stuff," he says, before getting to the real meat of why he wanted to play. "I just love to go on and do four fucking songs and really fucking rip it up. Come in and fucking bang it with fuckin' four of your classics. And walk off. And fucking flick Robbie Williams in the eye and say 'Follow that you dick!'"

Hahaha that Robbie Williams quote is one for the record books! Fucking classic.

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[Kabuki Waq]

:lol Man he has the best quotes ...if only he did something in the past 10 years that could back up his comments.

 

[bjork]

"I wish I were John Rotten."

 

[Agent Dormer]

Clone him, please. The world needs more Noel!

 

[Meier]

Clone him, please. The world needs more Noel!

I agree, especially being one of the 5- funniest Londoners and all, but this time it was Liam talking.

 

[Guzim]

From Weezer.com

...MB '05 Tour: Day 28: Paris, France - Olympia
Flying on the same day as a show is never the preferred way, but today was just one of those days where the rules had to be broken to make things happen. So we go to the airport in Dublin for an early flight to Paris, fly, and while waiting for our baggage in Charles deGaulle airport, we see some familiar looking blokes sitting over on the bench, obviously waiting for their luggage too. Well, whattaya know, its Oasis. We've never actually ever met them before, but eventually Pat breaks the ice like a trooper, and thank goodness. Turns out theyre big fans of weezer (or at the very least Liam is - hes just a bit more talkative than his brother Noel), and in fact, in Liam's words, weezer is their favorite American band! Now thats cool. After some small talk, its established that while Weezer is on their way to the Olympia gig, Oasis are basically just waiting around till their own TV gig tomorrow. So I slip in a little "do you wanna go to the show tonight?", which is enthusiatically embraced as the plan. When I asked "how many will there be?", they said "A lot." The necessary phone numbers were exchanged amongst tour managers, and the plan was set: Oasis were coming to see weezer tonight!

Off we go thru the busy streets of Paris directly to The Olympia for soundcheck, which is a very nice and rather large venue thats hosted countless famous shows over the years. Come showtime it looked totally full but there was some question as to whether it had actually sold out or not. Well, no matter, it was very full and the crowd was very loud, and thats all that mattered!

After the show, the band met up with Oasis (or rather, part of Oasis, as some of them bailed right after the show for parts unknown), namely Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer and some of their friends/crew, for a rousting round of conversation which was frequently quite hilarious, such as when the Oasis men went into detailed and hysterically funny acting out of several choice parts of the Metallica documentary! Contrary to what you may have read in the press, Liam was warm, friendly, and funny as hell. I guess having just seen his "favorite current American band" didnt hurt the mood! Top men, the lot.