I'm making no comment on this whatsoever, except that while I might not agree with the result, I have to admit Noel's given a rather nice quote about his winning song. Oasis' 'Live Forever' has been named the greatest indie anthem ever by voters in an Xfm/NME survey. Asked about the song, Gallagher N told reporters: "It was written in the middle of grunge and all that and I remember Nirvana had a tune called 'I Hate Myself And I Want To Die' and I was like 'Well, I'm not having that'. I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That's just rubbish".
The top ten songs in the Xfm/NME indie anthem survey were as follows:
1. Oasis - Live Forever
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
3. Pulp - Common People
4. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
5. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
6. The Libertines - Time For Heroes
7. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
8. The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
9. The Strokes - Last Nite
10. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor