Noel Gallagher has discussed about the possibility of selling off Oasis back-catalogue.
During an interview with Matt Wilkinson, the Mancunian songwirter already considered the possibility to sell the rights in 2025.
Ahead of the release of his fourth solo record, Noel Gallagher came back to talk about it, affirming that he’s still not sure about it.
Speaking with Dan O’Connell at Radio X, Noel said:
“It’s a tempting amount of money. I guess when the moment arrives, there will be a decision to make, but I’m not there yet.”
Adding:
“I do wonder if it will demotivate me though do you know what I mean? If you buy a yacht, you’re kind of going to be on it all the time, aren’t you really? I’m not sure I’ll be sitting on the back of the yacht with an acoustic guitar trying to write songs about the weather.”
Noel Gallagher also revealed that he gets asked by brands to use Oasis music all the time, and he worries that selling the rights would possibly mean hearing Oasis on adverts for anything.
“I get asked a lot for songs in adverts,” he said. “There’s been one on the Nationwide advert for the last three years, bless them and yeah it would mean they would own it for life and you could be in a McDonald’s advert and it’s like is that really how you want your music to be perceived?”
“Then the other part of you is thinking, ‘Am I being too precious?’ It’s only music, I don’t know… I’ll let you know.”
Source: Radio X
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