Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, "Holy Mountain"
I know that a number of my friends hate this one, but I love it. In fact, it's probably my favorite Gallagher-related song since the Chemical Brothers' "Setting Sun" (which came out over 20 years ago). Part of that is the fact that the melody is cribbed from Plastic Bertrand's new wave classic "Ca Plane Pour Moi." But it seems to be reaching back even further, to some of the 60s bubblegum pop that influenced New Wave artists like Plastic Bertrand; the tinny organ on this reminds me of songs like Tommy James and the Shondells' "Mirage."
It's like an alternate universe Oasis, where Noel spent more time listening to American pop acts of the 1960s rather than British Invasion acts like the Beatles. And I love it. In fact, if anyone knows Noel's address, I've got some Five Americans and Ohio Express records I'd like to send him.
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