Sir Paul McCartney comments on Oasis & Yoko Ono to Q Magazine
If you thought Paul McCartney missed the time(s) Oasis compared themselves to his former band, The Beatles, think again.
The 70-year-old legendary musician recently spoke out about the comparison, saying he doesn’t really feel any band should even attempt to make that parallel.
In an interview with Q Magazine, McCartney talks about The Beatles’ influence on the Britpop wave in the ‘90s and says that, although he was flattered to have been looked up to as an inspiration by a new generation of musicians, he felt the comparison was a bit over-the-top.
He says, “I’m actually kind of honored. They could be copying anyone – even when things happen like Oasis saying, ‘We are the next Beatles’. But I also think, Listen lads you can’t say that. And don’t say that, because it’s probably the kiss of death!”
Regarding Liam and Noel Gallagher’s well-known public boasting, McCartney admits that he’s pretty sure it’s them speaking and not their management. He adds, “In Oasis’ cases, I think it was coming from them. In others it’s the record label or management and that’s never a good idea: The poor band! Now go and do better than the Beatles did. Not an easy task.”
McCartney also touched on the much-discussed subject of The Beatles vs. Yoko Ono. For years and years, it was rumored that John Lennon’s wife caused a bit of a rift in the band, and McCartney pretty much confirms this.
“Because we’d been such a tight-knit group, the fact that John was getting pretty serious about Yoko at that time, I can see now that he was enjoying his new-found freedom and getting excited by it,” admits McCartney.
He adds, “But when she turned up at the studio and sat in the middle of us, doing nothing I still admit now that we were all cheesed off. But looking back on it – [me and Yoko] have talked about this – I think she realizes it must have been a shock for us. But lots of things that went down were good for us, really. At the time though, we certainly did not think that.”
Although there was definitely some strain when Ono was around the band in those days, McCartney has previously denied that she was solely responsible for the splitting of the band. He’s said that had more to do with management at the time. Ono has since thanked him for finally putting that issue to rest.
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