“Let’s All Make Believe” (2000)
From the Go Let It Out single. A dark, cinematic masterpiece that Liam reportedly hated because it was “too depressing.” It’s brilliant: strings, a doomed atmosphere, and Liam’s best vocal performance of the later era. “We’re all just living to die” – pure post-90s hangover.
“Carry Us All” (2000)
Noel on vocals, reflecting on class, greed, and losing your soul. “They’re trying to steal the soul of everyone.” A rare political moment for Oasis, and it’s hauntingly beautiful. Buried on the Who Feels Love? single. oasis b-sides
“Idler’s Dream” (2002)
A B-side to The Hindu Times. Noel alone at a piano, crooning like a lounge singer in a noir film. No guitar, no drums, just heartache. “I’m a man of choice, in an old Rolls-Royce.” Fans either adore it or find it unbearably maudlin. I adore it. “Let’s All Make Believe” (2000) From the Go
Noel wrote this in a hotel room in Los Angeles during the infamous 1994 tour meltdown (when he briefly quit the band). Recorded on a four-track, it is just an acoustic guitar and a weary, vulnerable vocal. It’s a love song to a stranger who talked him off the ledge. It proves that behind the "Rock 'n' Roll Star" bravado was a deeply sensitive, anxious songwriter. The live versions, where Noel plays it solo, are enough to make a grown man weep. “Carry Us All” (2000) Noel on vocals, reflecting
The Verdict: The best Oasis song that never made an album.
"Acquiesce" is the ultimate statement of the Gallagher brotherhood. Built on a jagged, descending guitar riff that sounds like The Rolling Stones trapped in a Manchester alley, the song famously splits vocals: Liam sings the verses, Noel sings the bridge. "We need each other / We believe in one another."
It’s a song about surviving the apocalypse of fame together. The chorus explodes with a melody so triumphant it’s ridiculous. Why wasn’t it on Morning Glory? Because, as Noel puts it, they "had too many songs." It remains the perennial opener for fans’ mixtapes (and later, Spotify playlists).