Liam Gallagher names his favourite Blur song, but says he “could have written ‘Song 2’ standing on his head”

nme.com:

Liam Gallagher’s favourite Blur song is, you won’t have to wait any long – see what Liam Gallagher considers to be his top Blur track below.During Blur’s pre-Coachella warm-up gig at the Fox Theater Pomona in California on April 10, frontman Damon Albarn spoke of several instances of Americans trying to claim songwriting credits for their hit track ‘Song 2’.Albarn said onstage: “Because of the nature of American law, if someone gets a lawyer… they can come quite a long way with absolutely no grounds.

Someone else this year – not only is it that person who’s convinced they’d written it, but there was another person who was convinced.

Firstly, I wonder why it’s only that song that they’re interested in.”A clip of the speech was recorded and shared on X (formerly Twitter) by a Damon Albarn fanpage.

Liam Gallagher responded to the post, writing: “Gotta be out of your box to claim to have written that song absolute TURDOS”.Gotta be of your box to claim to have written that song absolute TURDOS— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) April 11, 2024Gallagher’s response resulted in an exchange with another user on the platform, who told the Oasis icon that ‘Song 2’ is “better than any song you wrote Liam”.