In honor of his High Flying Birds solo album, we asked the ertswhile Oasis songwriter to rate his fellow high-soaring avians. By James Montgomery Noel Gallagher Photo: MTV News Noel Gallagher has never been one to shy away from stating his opinions, whether about Katie Holmes ( “top Scientologist” ), his new solo album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (“It’s just a good record, what can I say?”), social networking (“I don’t need a million friends; I’ve got six friends and I’m f—ing trying to get rid of one of those”) or innumerable other topics. This is just part of the reason why, in addition to being a genuine rock god, he’s also a bit of a New Age guru. So when Gallagher stopped by the MTV newsroom earlier this month to promote High Flying Birds — and dispel rumors that he was about to bury the hatchet with his brother Liam and re-form Oasis — in addition to talking all about the album, we had to ask him for his take on various other high-soaring members of the Avian family. And, of course, he didn’t disappoint. From his take on R
