“One of the greats”: The 1967 Kinks song Noel Gallagher is forever linked to

The Kinks released ‘Waterloo Sunset’ in 1967, a song Noel Gallagher regards as one of the greatest ever written. Its tender portrait of two lovers watching the sunset over Waterloo Station stands apart from Gallagher’s better-known angsty style, while its warmth may echo in Oasis’s more delicate ‘Champagne Supernova’.

Gallagher has praised Ray Davies as one of history’s great songwriters and Dave Davies as one of his favourite guitarists. He also joked that the Kinks’ sibling tensions were relatable because he and Liam Gallagher are brothers; their feud has eased around Oasis’s reunion tour. The song came out on 5 May 1967, 24 days before Noel Gallagher was born.