Creation Records founder Alan McGee has revealed Oasis' 1994 track 'Digsy's Dinner' was a "piss-take" of then-rivals Blur.
McGee, who managed Oasis at the height of their fame in the 90s, told XFM the Definitely Maybe track was a dig at Damon Albarn and co. "I think it was a piss-take of Blur," he said. "I don't think Noel's ever admitted to that. It's a piss-take of that Britpop thing. It was Noel proving that he could do that in his sleep."
Listen to 'Digsy's Dinner' below:
McGee was speaking to XFM about Definitely Maybe to mark the release of its 20th anniversary reissue yesterday (May 19). He also revealed how Liam developed his famous "sneer" after he performed a live session of 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' in the style of Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon.
"As a joke, he was sneering like Lydon," McGee reminisced. "Noel played me that and I said, 'That stays!' And Noel went back and said to Liam: 'That stays!' Liam kind of brought in that sneer. He was always Lennon-y, but he brought in the Lydon thing to the vocal. Noel told me: 'Alan, he's only taking the piss'."
The 20th anniversary reissue of Definitely Maybe is out now.
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