Noel Gallagher blamed Friends for the decline in music sales. According to the musician, the fact that the famous series showed the characters in the Central Perk coffee shop in New York City contributed to the rise of upscale coffee shops and the collapse of coffee culture.
“Since the rise of the coffee shop, the culture has disappeared. People are horrified that they have to pay for music. But 20 dollars for two coffees, ah… I don’t have the brain capacity to process that. I feel that the resistance to paying for music came after people got used to it,” said the former Oasis member (via NME ).
"Maybe it's because they got used to spending a lot on commodities that look like culture – like coffee – and then changed their financial priorities. I blame Friends for the rise of the coffee shop. Sitting around in their sweaters drinking overpriced coffee and talking nonsense."
Recently, Noel Gallagher also got involved in another controversy when he Sam Smith 's pronoun wrong and said that "today's pop stars are idiots" .
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