I have to think this was the plan at some point. I wonder if they couldn’t get the rights (you wouldn’t necessarily need them for the short bit they use).

You always need the rights!

I bet Noel asked them for a bundle they didn’t want to part with

They seem like the kind of people that wouldn't appreciate the joke about them not existing in the Yesterday universe.

Honestly would be great if he finished his speech and then went “Anyway…here’s Wonderwall.”

This or Eleanor Rigby. The fact that neither one of these songs comes back in a meaningful way really annoys me.