Noel Gallagher on Jazz

Steve922

I never heard any Jazz that I wanted to listen to - until I attended a birthday party in Brum (Pete Hartley who plays Electric Violin and Mandolin.)  Hi hired a jazz band who thoroughly entertained me for two hours. Great stuff.

Though I've never heard any jazz since which I want to listen to.  Strange!

octatonic

ICBM said:

octatonic said:

It is like criticising all pop music as sounding like the Beatles.

An easy mistake to make if you listen to a lot of Oasis.

Finally someone said it.
I set these things up for people and no one goes for it.

snakemanStoo

Saying you don't like jazz because of the weird bebop stuff is like saying you don't like classical music because you don't like Wagner, or indie rock because the bloke from Oasis talks shit.

Teetonetal

Typical Noel.

Handsome_Chris

Last time I had a pop at Jamie Cullam I was accused of being a racist, I am staying well away from this.

RandallFlagg

Handsome_Chris said:

Last time I had a pop at Jamie Cullam I was accused of being a racist, I am staying well away from this.

You'll get splinters in your arse

TheOtherDennis

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

I do get what you're saying, and I personally try very hard indeed to avoid that sort of stuff, but as has been pointed out on this thread already, Gallagher is being inflammatory for the sake of it, and is not to taken seriously.

Nor are most of the other comments on here (except the ones about Derek Bailey, he's fair game because I've seen a clip where he was just as dismissive and snotty about all other forms of music, not just jazz).

Megii

TheOtherDennis said:

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

I do get what you're saying, and I personally try very hard indeed to avoid that sort of stuff, but as has been pointed out on this thread already, Gallagher is being inflammatory for the sake of it, and is not to taken seriously.

Nor are most of the other comments on here (except the ones about Derek Bailey, he's fair game because I've seen a clip where he was just as dismissive and snotty about all other forms of music, not just jazz).

Fair play, and cheers for the reply - I wasn't particularly responding to you, it just happened that your previous post was in front of mine. And yes, I accept that NG is being deliberately inflammatory, as you point out (I quite like a bit of Oasis from time to time as it happens). For some reason I do like Derek Bailey's music, weird though that may seem to some. Not that I'd want to listen to it constantly, and I haven't seen the clip of him being snotty about other music forms, and I have to be a bit disappointed in him about that. I don't know about the other comments, but I'm happy to not take them too seriously, and I did say "bollocks" with a smile on my face.

Sporky

octatonic said:

Have a listen to this:

Imagine what that bunch could come up with if they ever discover you can play music on those instruments!

Moominpapa

impmann said:

Fuck my wellington boots - it sounds like someone who genuinely cannot play. 

So ...  umm ... your wellies ... are they seeing anyone at the moment?

Reverend

Jazz means sex, or at least that is the original meaning of the word. 

"

Clarky

Fretwired said:

The great British jazz guitarist Derek Bailey .. I expect lots of lols, wows and wiz's if you don't like this .... ;-)

ahhhh… for a minute there I thought is was a beginner trying to play Genocide by Judas Priest and having a bit of a mare..

RandallFlagg

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

'it's easy to laugh, it's easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind' (Morrissey)

Megii

RandallFlagg said:

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

'it's easy to laugh, it's easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind' (Morrissey)

Perhaps too easy to lose one's sense of humour occasionally too, sorry if I did that

blueskunk

RandallFlagg said:

Is that a cork I can smell?

No, Noel's shit talking

RandallFlagg

blueskunk said:

RandallFlagg said:

Is that a cork I can smell?

No, Noel's shit talking

No, it was the smell of people sniffing corks that I got a whiff of, that was it. It's a heady blend of holier than thou, mixed with condescendence and belittlement. 

PolarityMan

RandallFlagg said:

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

'it's easy to laugh, it's easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind' (Morrissey)

But Morrissey is pretty much the gold standard of bellend-ery.

RandallFlagg

PolarityMan said:

RandallFlagg said:

Megii said:

Why do people have to put down music they don't like? Noel Gallagher is doing it in the clip the OP posted, (humorously or otherwise) and plenty of others are waying in as well. It's not enough to say "it's not for me" or "just not my thing" - the offending music genre or artist must be put down and labelled as crap and not what music is supposed to be. Bollocks to that really.

'it's easy to laugh, it's easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind' (Morrissey)

But Morrissey is pretty much the gold standard of bellend-ery.

Don't be silly, he's tip top, I bet Mozzer hates Jazz as well, Johnny did.

Reverend

Fretwired said:

The great British jazz guitarist Derek Bailey .. I expect lots of lols, wows and wiz's if you don't like this .... ;-)

Spot the difference 

earwighoney

Noel Gallagher talking about Jazz is like Katie Price talking about Shakespeare.