Noel Gallagher Compares Apple Music 24/7 Internet Radio to George Orwell

In an interview with the Varvet International Podcast, Noel Gallagher ripped into music in the digital age, taking shots at Apple Music's 24/7 Internet radio, Beats 1, by saying "Apple Music, world radio, is that some sort of George Orwell sh-t going on?"

"How can you be so arrogant that you can say, 'We now f-cking own world radio,'" Gallagher said. "It came up on my phone, it's there. What would I listen to? It's not playing the Kinks. Unless there's a f-cking section that says 'Noel Gallagher's music collection' then I won't be listening to it."

The 48-year-old musician continued to verbalize his opinion about the service's "connect" feature, which lets fans follow certain artists, by saying his appreciation for the Smiths and their music was never effected by how much or how little he knew about them. "Who cares what f-cking Thom Yorke is up to? Seriously, who gives a sh-t? I'd find it creepy if everyone wanted to know what I was up to," he explained.

The Oasis rocker believes Apple Music's heavily curated playlists are negatively effecting the way consumers look at music and the way they engage with their favorite artists. "If you tell me now that the record-buying era is over, that makes me sad; that the culture of buying and believing in a record is over," Gallagher said. "That era is over and the belief is that music is for hire and for rent; the money that you pay lets you access everybody's music but own none of it. I think that's a sad day. I understand that it's the future, but it's a sad day."

Gallagher has already taken shots at Jay Z's recent streaming platform, Tidal, in an interview with Rolling Stone. The musician sarcastically compared the gathering of top-notch musicians involved with tidal to the Avengers. "They were like, 'We're going to f*ckin' save the music business.' He continued, "Write a decent chorus for a f*ckin' start. Never mind f*ckin' royalties and the 'power of music.' Write a tune. F*ckin' start with that."

As of late, Gallagher described Kanye West's Glastonbury headline set as "as good as it gets" to start with but admitted that he lost interest after half an hour. The rocker also previously expressed his contempt for Jay Z's Glastonbury performance in 2008, conjuring what Vic Mensa belives to be racist feelings.

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Noel Gallagher, Apple Music