First And Last - Noel Gallagher On Songwriting

FIRST AND LAST - NOEL GALLAGHER ON SONGWRITING (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 4th December 2022

In this episode of the second series of First & Last, legendary musician and songwriter Noel Gallagher shares his unique song-writing journey with Cerys Matthews, beginning with the Oasis hit Supersonic and finishing with Pretty Boy from the latest Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album. Listeners will follow the journey between these two songs, hearing about Noel's inspirations, creative process and what he's learnt about song-writing, and himself, along the way.

Noel says: 'There are no rules to this. There's no one to say, this is how you do it. It's just how you're expressing something that's within you. Who knows what that is. Who knows why I picked up the guitar in the first place. I'm just glad that I did.'

Noel Gallagher was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist and co-vocalist of rock band Oasis, after which he formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. He is the writer of eight UK number-one singles, and widely considered to be one of the most influential songwriters in the history of British rock music.