Noel典型英格兰的幽默对Oasis的贡献绝对不可低估.Liam不愿上媒体,不愿做宣传,几乎全是Noel在大大小采访间忙碌.同时他的幽默也给兄弟两人的口无遮拦垫着底,为Liam的出格行为圆着场,也为Oasis铺着路.有这么个弟弟不容易啊!

注：本人只草草翻译了一下，如有异议还请指教，相互切磋！

1.He's gone to the zoo. The monkeys are bringing their kids to go and have a look at him.

  他(Liam)去动物园了,大猴子都领着小猴子去动物园看他了!

(October 2006, explaining why his brother Liam was not at the Q awards where their band Oasis was named Best Act in the World and Noel picked up the Classic Songwriter prize)

2.We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

  我们不是傲慢,我们只是认为绿洲是世界上最强的乐队!

3.The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mam not to be a liar.

  重点是我们诚实.如果有人问我们是否吸毒,我们当然会说是.要知道养大我们的是我们的妈妈,不是骗子.

4.With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.

  我会拿我写的每首歌跟甲壳虫的对比.我发现他们只不过是比我先写出来罢了.如果我与列农是同时代出生的,那么我肯定不比他差.

5.I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

  我对吉他一直都特别有兴趣......我们也打算加进键盘,但是键盘手在台上总顾不上抬头,显得不怎么好看.除了Elton John害从来没有一个键盘手看上去很养眼.

6.I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Mum. I know I've got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover.

  如果不是我妈妈我现在也不可能站在这里.而且我知道我从父母那里遗传到了爱尔兰血统,因为每天早晨我都是在宿醉中挣扎着醒来的.

7.I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

  我不认为我像列农,他一直自以为万能,我就是他.

8.If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah...fair enough...gotta go home now.

  如果我那天有机会能去月球,我可能会站在月球上然后就,嗯,对,好了,该回家了.

9.Now we all drink Pepsi(after being sued by Coke)

  现在我们都只喝百事.

10.Liam is a songwriting genius. His songs make me cry 'cause they are better than mine.

   Liam可是个天才词人.我总在他写的歌面前自惭形秽,因为他的歌比我写的要好.

11.I'm proud of my Irish background. That's where I get my sense of humour from.

    我对自己的爱尔兰血统很自豪啊,正是这才能让我这么幽默.

12.Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope!

    Phil Collins卖出的唱片数量几乎有我卖出数量的五倍,但是他的影响力如何,跟我比起来差远了.

13.Liam knows a version of that, It's called Me and Me.

    这句字面不好译.

14.Sure I love Liam, but not as much as I love Pot Noodles.

    当然我爱Liam,但是爱他并不比爱Pot Noodles更深.

15.It is  hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all shite!

   有时候我想谦虚都不成,所以索性就不去试着谦虚了.

16.I told Our Kid(Liam) the band was shite, but he definitely had something as a frontman. Then I said you either let me write everything, control everything, and make all the decisions, or forget it!

   这句太有名了,Oasis的成立前声,不译了.

17.In Liam's world it's better to talk bullshit all day than be silent for one minute.

    对于Liam而言,他宁愿整天瞎说个没完也不想让嘴停一会儿.

18.Noel: Why don't you go downstairs and smash the bar up and say you're the singer of Oasis?
   Liam: 'Cos I don't want to. If I did, there's nothing would stop me.

    Noel:你为什么不如下楼把整个酒吧都砸了,然后告诉所有人你是Oasis主唱......

    Liam:我如愿意,如果我想去早就去了,我想去的话谁能挡得住我!

19.Noel in Ireland: This one's called Hello.
   Liam: No,it's called Howareya!

    这个译过来就没意思了.

20.Liam: I need to be myself.
   Noel: I wanna be a Spaceman.

   这个也是,译过来就没意思了.

力挺Oasis,永远错不了.