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Noel Gallagher: '60s Music Meant More




















Burnage-born Oasis star Noel Gallagher believes music does not mean as much as it used to.

The band are taking part in a Radio 2 programme celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' legendary album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

And Gallagher told the station: "Music was the only outlet for kids at that time. Now it's all video games and all-day television. Music doesn't mean as much today as it did back then.

"At the time that the Beatles were exploding around the world, youth culture was exploding. Youth was in. You can't compare those days to today."

Oasis will join the likes of Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight and Travis on Saturday night's show.

Abbey Road

Each band has recorded their own version of a Sgt Pepper track, using the original equipment from the Abbey Road studios.

Oasis chose George Harrison track Within You, Without You.

Gallagher said of the album: "It's special for me because I was born on May 29 and it came out on June 1, so when I was being born in St Mary's, Manchester, it was being played on hospital radio.

"I'm 40 this year, like Sgt Pepper. It gets better with age, that album."

The Sgt Pepper 40th Anniversary documentary will be aired as part of the 60s Season in BBC Radio 2 on Saturday at 8pm.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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