Noel Gallagher admits to forgetting classic Oasis lyrics on stage
Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher has admitted he often forgets lyrics to his classic songs while performing on stage.
He confessed that sometimes he has to “make s*** up” when he forgets the lyrics mid-song in front of his adoring fans.
Noel said he stumbles over the words in the band's biggest hits, including Don’t Look Back in Anger, which spent several weeks atop the charts after its release in 1996.
During a conversation with The Sun newspaper, he said, “Brain freeze, I get it. I get them when I’m doing gigs to 70,000 people.”
“As the next line is coming I think, ‘Seriously, what is the next line to this song?’ You’re thinking, ‘I genuinely don’t know what it is’.
“Somehow it falls out of the sky. But sometimes I just have to make s*** up,” he said.
The rockstar also branded musicians who regularly cover hits by Bob Dylan as dull.
Noel, who is currently compiling a covers project of his own making, said, “Everybody does Bob Dylan covers albums — it’s boring.”
The rocker is working on a unique covers album, after he said he wouldn’t care if he never wrote an original song again.
He insists he would “be happy with what he’s done” with his extensive catalogue that has won over fans all around the world.
His covers album will have a unique spin on hits by Burt Bacharach and The Smiths that Noel recorded in his own home studio.
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