Fans of Adele and her record-breaking album '25' are shaking social media walls over what they took as an attack on the 'Hello' singer by Oasis star Noel Gallagher. The musician, however, qualifies that he was only giving his own opinion: "If I get asked a question on anything, I give a straight answer... Not because I have any sort of agenda or because I'm trying to whip up any kind of hysteria."
Gallagher was heard to have said in an interview with Music Feeds: "If someone wants to know what I think of Adele, I'll ... tell them... I just don't see what all the fuss is about. I don't like her music. I think it's music for ...grannies."
The Wonderwall songwriter is known for telling it straight. His style, which does not bother with any honey-coating, has distressed many a recipient and their fans. While many have reacted in outrage, things do seem as the High Flying Birds singer said - that it was nothing personal that he had against the 'Skyfall' songstress.
What speaks volumes really is his take on how the industry has evolved: "It is interesting that no-one ever talks about my love of U2 and Coldplay, but there you go. Lately, the one I've been asked about is Adele."
"...music has nosedived into... blandness - a sea of cheese."
Admittedly the man makes for an entertaining listen, which almost always leads to thoughts of Oasis and their break up in 2009. Although loyal fans remain hopeful that the group will reform, Gallagher says that the chance for this is very slim.
"I wish - this is all in hindsight - that we hadn't broken up. That we all agreed we'd all do different things, and then one day we'd all get back together - but it all got vicious, and I wish it had been handled differently..."
With the successful 2015 release of his band High Flying Birds' 'Chasing Yesterday', that chance may have gotten just a little bit slimmer.