Oasis' Royal Rumble
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Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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February 08, 2009
Director reveals 'scandalous princess' story behind clip for new single 'Falling Down'
Oasis' video for their new single sees the band snubbing a drug-taking, serial shagging royal character, director Wiz has told the NME.
The monarchy-mocking video for 'Falling Down', which also intersperses real footage of Prince Charles, is based on the double life of a would-be modern-day royal.
"The band were totally into it, Wiz explained. "I don't know where it came from but I just had this idea of using 'Falling Down''s lyrics as metaphor for a contemporary Princess Margaret - a sister of Harry and William maybe. A tragic figure who's never going to be crowned and only exists to smile at the right time. She's searching for meaning but ends up in this drug oblivion, out of her mind."
The royal figure is seen engaging in one-night stands and waking up in drug dens, before coming face-to-face with Oasis at a gala event. "It's aristocracy meets meritocracy, as I said to Noel," the director recalled.
"There's some other entertainers there - vague references to the Sugababes and that lot. But the reason Oasis are there is to meet someone else, a hero of theirs - sort of a Tim Burton-type figure, or Burt Bacharach maybe. They end up being the only people to snub the princess, and that's the straw that breaks the camel's back."
The director said he didn't have much trouble convincing the band to get their respective roles. "When we were filming, I said to Liam: 'I don't want you to react to the princess, just stare her out,' and he said: 'No problem mate my professional job is to f**king stare people out!"
Oasis release 'Falling Down' on March 9th.
Source: NME Magazine thanks to Squeezy