Erm, Is This Noel Gallagher Song Really Good Enough?!
One of Britain’s greatest rockstars has just released a new single. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are back with the new song “Pretty Boy”. I am and have been a big Oasis fan for a long time, so let’s see if this song holds up to his reputation as one of the best songwriters around.
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@JustinHawkinsRidesAgain
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
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@johnparker4366
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Dare I say it but there is a little Gorillaz in there too.
@philnmarks
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Live, its the key change in the song which is just perfect.
@jaycos5978
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Hi Justin. Great stuff. Kansas and Missouri are different states. did you mean Kansas City (which is a city partly in kansas and Missouri)??? hahahah
@Marimusic2024
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I love this song 💗
@mikeydflyingtoaster
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Adam Neely did a great video on 'The Devil's Interval' and he argues there's really very little evidence it was banned or even associated with the demonic. It's more likely that it was known as a 'devil' to sing. A misunderstanding
@BelfastManUtdTherapy
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
'He needs a post chorus-tag@? LOL He's a SONGWRITER first sir and a rhythm guitar player. He says he's never considered himself a lead guitarist as hes not good enough. "Challenging ears", 'diablo intervals' and 'Pentatonic lead guitar solos' are something he hasn't heard of. Those things are learnable to you me and everyone else. ANYONE can do it.
But no one can go to a college and learn to write the masterplan, wonderwall or live forever. He's a d*ck, but hes a songwriter and a half!!
@garytaylor-ty6xt
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Some might say it's something called artistic freedom 🤔
Also a Forrest 🤔
@propovedny5ermon319
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Justin, you are in a very balanced mode here, great vibes, made my day, cheers from NYC. This snippet is both cute and hilarious at the same time. Serge
@calebkelly5535
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Ya he’s really gone into unNoel’n territory hasn’t he. 😏
@Noyb.265
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
There's no bigger legend in their own mind than Noel Gallagher, a common Beatles knock-off artist and drunken manlet with a baseless big mouth. He's basically is a marginally talented pub punk with limited ability or musical endurance. He seriously, and with a straight face, says his band was the best of the 90s. Absolutely, hysterically laughable. That would be REM or RHCP, punky boy. When it comes to mainstrean R&R, Oasis catalog will be a mere musical footnote in the long run.
@michaelwelsh226
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Chords on this are wrong… they are totally mental tbf.
It has the B, tuned down to an A. Then it’s basically a run down from Asus, cmaj7, G#,F#, F
@Unfunny_Username_389
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
6:35 – insightful, and (I would totally agree with your VERY implicit point), it's basically a cop out on his part to neglect the harmonic minor side of stuff….then again, I do actually like this track
@stevens5541
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
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@badgersalesman5595
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
It is Jonny Marr dozy bollocks. Noel can’t play like that in his wildest dreams 😂
@karlatkin01
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
johny marr plays the guitar on the track lol 🤣
@atxdrummer80
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Noel's songs after oasis are all terrible
@carolpiza1090
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Have you ever met Noel?
@Neil-pv8pw
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
its old fashioned but they have always been a beatles tribute band at least they have moved on to be a smiths tribute band
@prismonthethehorizon5793
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Lovin the chords and then that drop beat… Cool tune! Great riff!
@Gabrielishere
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I don't want to hear this song, lol. How can I after Definitely Maybe, Wha'ts the Story… and all the b sides and rarities of Noel Gallagher songs that's as good as anything out there, for my generation. I was fortunate enough to see Oasis at Coachella, during the Hindu Times album, and it was amazing. Surfed San Clemente all day, then arrived at Coachella right as Oasis was taking the stage, because I wanted to see the only band worth seeing there without ruining it with anything before. 😆 AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
@hzafary
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I love Pretty Boy!
And i enjoy listening to a cover of sorts of the song
@SatelliteSam0303
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
In an interview, Noel said this song was influenced by The Cure. I couldn't hear it myself until I started paying closer attention, and now agree it has a bit of a Cure "sound".
@jasontompkin3953
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I think it sounds like a CURE song, not 100% which one, maybe Boys don`t cry?
@hamiltonmackenzie3340
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I loath Oasis, released the same song 100 times, dressed up with plagiarism to disguise the lack of talent. No group has ever made me break the sound barrier in my rush to turn off the radio like Oasis. A desert of talent surrounded by blooms.
@seanhartofilis9114
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
It's a G, buddy! E-G
@kenwatts3848
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
This was mixed by Robert Smith of The Cure and Johnny Marr did actually play on this.
@doriangray8970
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I’m surprised he didn’t pick up on the similarity to The Cure’s, A Forest (?)
@englishkiwi3051
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Well when Steve Vai, one of the top 5 guitarists of all time was in Whitesnake is that such an insult? If he'd said he wouldn't cut the mustard in the darkness then maybe 😝 jokes JH!
@luskyonline
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I never rated him. He's written 4 songs. The rest is filler. He's not a genius, he's a very NAUGHTY BOY.
@MidnightinSpace
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
This song is for the birds
@TheAmateursOriginalMusic
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
So it is good enough then??🤷♂️ Love the way your titles are always so misleading! You naughty man!🫵🏻🤨 🤣🤣✌🏻
@woolgathered
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I’ve been obsessed with this song since it came out. Just something about it.
@damiancarbonaro7589
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Think the g# thing is an e inversion with 3rd in bass
@--thatbih
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Something tells me Supersonic might be his favourite Oasis song 🤔
@brianaiton5971
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
Reminds me of Reverend and the Makers' He Said He Loved Me
@jimbobrust
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 pm
I’m no expert but I just think if you get Johnny mar on your track you need to push a bit more
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