Brendalove found this lovely little story tucked away in NME this week, and I just had to share. I know this probably borders on sacrilege to most of you, but I am not one of the people who think Oasis walks on water, and I think sometimes Noel Gallagher goes a little overboard in his Johnny Rotten I hate everyone imitation. That being said, this is classic, and I would feel the same way, but probably do things a little differently.
Turns out that Noel Gallagher has put his Ibiza home on the market. Now, other than the fact that it has doubled in price since he bought 9 years ago, why would he do such a thing? I'll tell you why. James Blunt lives just a few doors down. Just like I could never stand the thought of living close to Denise Richards, Noel can't stand the idea of living close to James, “It’s taken the charm out of it for him so he’s put his villa up for sale. It’s close to Blunt’s place, and he says he can’t stand the thought of Blunt writing crap tunes up the road.”
If I were Noel, and I'm certainly not, and will never be close, I would probably be more pissed about the loudspeakers around James' property that play "Beautiful" 24 hours a day. The doorbell, the speakers in the pool, the horn on his car, all reminding the world of why you should always illegally download songs from one hit wonders and never add to their coffers.
Making matters worse is although Noel has been going to Ibiza for years and years, and considers it a second home, he has never tried to claim it as his own. Apparently James "My girlfriend that I cheated on is doing an Academy Award winning cheater" Blunt has been going around telling anyone that will listen that Ibiza was crap until he decided to move there and that blah blah blah. He is a jackass of the world. If there were an Olympics for the jackasses of the entertainment world, I don't know if he would make the medal stand but he would be in the running for it.
Way to go Noel.
I love this story, I agree...I don't even care if it's true but I choose to believe it. The quote sounds like him.
ReplyDeletePetra and Sean Penn together at the Elton Oscar party. Love her- be gentle, Sean.
that was a strange developement, a very odd couple.
ReplyDeleteNoel has actually mellowed out over the past ten years and has turned into a halfway decent brooding musican. Liam is still a twat, but at least he's a married twat now. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't blame him. I'd move if James Blunt came into my neighborhood. Either that or pull a Sharon Osborne and throw a ham in his backyard every day.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't stop giggling. The man is going to SELL HIS HOUSE because someone near him is making bad music. Not that he has to listen to it, but the fact that the bad music even exists in his airspace. Gotta love him.
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ReplyDeleteI don't know. This crap's been going on for years. In-fighting between bands. It could be crap based on one tiny flippant comment then blown up into a huge crap conflict. The press live for this crap.
ReplyDeleteI don't doubt Noel can't stand a lot of people. Noel rocks though.
The press has it in for Blunt. I am neutral about it all, plenty must get made up about him too because once the UK press calls you a twat it's a printroll on you being a twat forevermore, regardless of what you do, right or wrong.
Between James and Noel, I don't think I'll ever be going to Ibiza until both of them go 'way.
ReplyDeleteLove you Noel! I'd do exactly the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you could buy a home in Ibiza based on one friggin' song. I get it, Noel. Classic vs crappie. There goes the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteWhat a whiney little baby. I thought rockers were supposed to be tough. No real man I know would be particularly annoyed by, or feel threatened by, some no talent hack plodding away at his piano somewhere up the street at a noise level that wouldnt get past the main walls.
ReplyDeleteThey're both douches.
the thing about this is that i thought noel gave meg his house as part of their divorce?
ReplyDeletei now live in ibiza - his house is about 2 minutes drive from es cubells church (go down the windy dead-end road)
i also worked for sony music europe when i had a couple of run-ins with mr g
quite frankly speaking as an ibiza resident if mr g doesnt like it here then piss off
"the thing about this is that i thought noel gave meg his house as part of their divorce?"
ReplyDeleteAdeibiza, since you live there, you may know better than we do. How funny would that be if he didn't even own the house anymore but is bitching anyway?
Adding to Twis's line, maybe the ex-Mrs. Noel will become the 2nd girl Blunt ever sleeps with. Eww.
ReplyDeleteJames Blunt looks like an ugly Big Bird (Sesame Street). He is repulsive.
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