During a recent interview with NME, Liam Gallagher and John Squire reminisced about their collaboration on The Seahorses’ song ‘Love Me And Leave Me’ in 1997. Gallagher and Squire both took songwriting credit for the song which was shared by Squire as part of his short-lived post-The Stone Roses band, The Seahorses, and released as part of their debut and only album, ‘Do It Yourself’.
While discussing the response to their collaborative self-titled album and UK and European shows, the duo were asked about how they collaborated once before – during the first phase of Gallagher’s career and in the second stage of Squire’s career. Liam reflected on the song’s memorable opening lines “Don’t believe in Jesus, Don’t believe in Jah” and explained that he “was talking shite about Jesus and Jah and loads of stuff – and then John turned it into a tune”. Gallagher also recalls how he and Squire worked on the song after going out partying and brought friends over to his partner’s home, which actually belonged to actress Patsy Kensit.
Squire took part in a 1997 interview where he first revealed his hopes to partner with Gallagher on an official project. In the interview with NME, the two reminisced over that interview and Squire admitted that he “wouldn’t have had the balls to ask” Liam to commit to a full album at that time.
At their recent gigs, Gallagher and Squire played their full-length self-titled LP and a cover of Rolling Stones’ ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’. Despite being criticized for their headline sets running for less than an hour, Liam defended the length of his gigs stating that other new acts “wouldn’t f***ing do a cover” so audiences at his shows “can count themselves lucky”. Following the tour, Gallagher said it would “be rude not to do another album” with Squire in the future.
This summer, Gallagher will be embarking on a UK and Ireland solo tour to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘Definitely Maybe’, and will also showcase the album in full when he headlines Reading & Leeds 2024 in August
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