#noel interview

[lochallthedoors]

Context: For every one of Noel's songs they play on the show, they're asking him to tell a story about the song. They've just finished playing "Lyla."

Interviewer: Anything on that one? Noel: No-- Interviewer: Oh, there must be one. Noel: I remember giving Liam the lyrics and him looking at it and going, "Is this about your bird?" And I'm like, "No, no, no, no, what?" He had a real problem if there was a song that was clearly about the love of a woman. He'd be like, "Who's this about?" Interviewer: Why? Noel: (pause) Because he's an idiot. [They all laugh] Noel: You know, who cares what it's about? Sing it, please. You know? "Is this about your bird?" "No, no, no, no, Lyla doesn't--it doesn't rhyme with Sara. No, not at all!" Um, and he was suspiciously like "This better not be about your bird." Well, and it clearly is. Interviewer: Yeah. He couldn't work that out though. Noel: Eh? Interview: He didn't work that out. Noel: No, no. Interview: Does he know now? He might be listening, going, "I knew it! I knew it!" Noel: Oh, he'll be listening--don't you worry about that. I'd be surprised if he's not tweeting by the end of the show. Interviewer: How long does it take? I'm always curious--how long does it take from when you show him-- Noel: Showed. Showed. Interviewer: Showed him. Noel: Yeah. Interviewer: A new song 'til he can learn it and remember it when you play it? Noel: (thinking) Erm. Interviewer: Hours, days, weeks? Noel: Um, no, we'd usually be in the studio, and, um--there was always this, uh, funny--well, there'd be a funny--for years, 'cause I'm kinda dyslexic, and when I write--write sentences out, I miss-- Interviewer: So it was called "Sara," but you just spelled it-- [They laugh] Noel: I, uh--I write, I miss whole chunks of sentences out, and I think I've written. And Liam would be looking at these words, going, "This doesn't make any sense!" And I'd be like, "Just sing what's on the paper!" And then he'd be singing it, and I'd think, "That's a bit psychedelic. What's all that about?" And, uh, so, my writing's not--was never the best back then. But he could pick it up pretty quick actually, particularly in the early days. He had an uncanny habit of picking it up pretty quick. Interviewer: And when you write a song like that, does he sing it differently to you would have written it? Do you go, "Okay, it sounds different, as I imagined, or--?" Noel: Well, hence, all the arguments stemmed from, um, you know, me going, "Yeah, it don't go like that. It goes like this." And him saying, "Well, I'm not singing it like that. I'm gonna sing it like this." And me going, "Okay, well, that's fine, all right? But it goes like this." Interviewer: Right. Noel: "Yeah, yeah, but I'm not gonna do that." You're like, "No, I get that! I get that, all right? But it goes like this!" You know? And, uh, repeat incessantly to our band breaking up in 2009.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FSZjiyzoAo

[lonely-soul-02]

Pictures unrelated to the excerpt below but it is interesting that Noel brings up the topic of Liam's self-esteem for another publication in the same year, 2006

From birth, says Noel, the relationship was built on "relentless piss-taking". Anyway, his brother is "an idiot". Liam, insists Noel, still has "something to prove", and his colossal front hides a canyon-sized self-esteem issue. "Liam can't get his head round the fact Oasis wouldn't be Oasis without him," insists Noel, "he doesn't see it. He constantly needs to reassure himself. Ultimately, deep down, he wants to be a great songwriter. But I can't be him either. He's a force of nature. He's stunningly beautiful. And I am not sitting round a table telling him, You're the man', I'm still trying to convince myself that I'm the f***ing man, I can't be f***ing helping you, I'm trying to help myself here! Liam's glass is always half-empty, mine is always half-full. And that's it." But then he adds: "Only I'm allowed to slag him off, though. He's my idiot, I guess."

The HeraldScotland 2006

I find the Gallagher psychology endlessly fascinating, especially the idea that Liam was a pessimist and Noel an optimist. Both brothers are propelled by their massive creative egos, yet both struggle with deep-down self-doubt. Both hugely admired each other, yet could not support each other when it really mattered.

It didn't help not knowing how to communicate effectively. Noel's admission that he couldn't reassure Liam because he was struggling to reassure himself sums up the extent of their communication block. And whilst Liam took pride in their 'telepathy' saying that they never needed to compliment one another out loud, the reality is that years of endless piss taking, belittling and undermining one another only served to feed their self-doubt, not to mention Liam's paranoia.

They needed a trusted middle person to act as translator, the role that Brian Epstein successfully played for John Lennon and Paul McCartney, to keep the lines of communication open, and smooth over the harsh northern-men-don't-have-feelings ethos. Epstein's death left John and Paul with no way to deal with each other.

Liam and Noel never had an Epstein and they never really figured out how to deal with each other. They still haven't. So it's really a miracle that they were able to last in Oasis as long as they did.

[lochallthedoors]

@todays-just-a-daydream:

#the expressions say so much about their conception of yin yang #noel divides it like opposites #liam goes back and forth like a sphere indicating it’s not static there’s movement #a study in contrasts

Yin & Yang: 2002 vs. 2017

[iamjackstylerdurden]

liam gallagher inventing mpreg while talking about his brother (black & white, 2006)

[definitely-rubbish]

get his ass clint

[lochallthedoors]

Reporter: Um, there's a song on the album called "The Death of You and Me." NG: Yes. Reporter: Are we to assume that's about you and Liam splitting up? - Press conference to announce NGHFB, 6 July 2011

[lochallthedoors]

Noel Interview in The New York Times, June 11, 2024:

Nor did he seem too enthused recently when the television cameras picked him out at Fulham, just as the entire City end turned their backs to the pitch for the ‘Poznan’. Well, the entire City end bar one man. “I was too hungover,” he explains. “I��d had a spectacular night out on the Thursday — it wasn’t even the night before. But it was such a late night I was still feeling rough even by the Saturday. The Poznan starts. And suddenly the whole City end are looking at you. This lad in front is going, ‘Come on you miserable c***, join in’. And I’m like, ‘Oh f***ing grow up, will you? I’m sweating here’.”

INSTANT FUCKING CLASSIC

[starshapedoasis]

"You see, I always wanted him [Liam] to grow up and be like me, to be all nice and normal and not to be so much of a fucking headcase. And he always wanted me to be like him. He's going, 'You're a boring old man,' and I'm like, 'You're a fucking psycho nutcase.' Whereas now it's like, 'All right, well, you do that if you want, but I'll be in a different room to you, watching telly or something.' Because I'm not into chaos. I used to be, but not any more."

-Uncut, March 2000

[lochallthedoors]

Since the original link is broken, here's one on Wayback.

‘The only reason I would ever do [Oasis reunion] is if I was broke, or maybe if Liam was broke… And I would fucking stand in front a room of a thousand people of the press and I would say, “This isn’t for musical reasons. I’m broke, so I need to do it.” And if Liam was broke and he was destitute, then I would fucking help him out.’

[oacest]

(x)

highlights include but are not limited to: interviewer: how long have you been together? noel [sloppily chewing gum]: two--eh, it'll be three years in october. and... me and him have been together... [long silence, giggle] y'know. for life. well we're brothers, aren't we! we've been together a long time.

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interviewer: have you two been playing at home all your lives? noel: we actually played... with each other, yeah. [both giggling]

[smashkara]

Soccer AM (09-05-1998)

[praypanic]

he was like being bathed in sunlight

[eyeux]

Noel Gallagher’s 5 1/2 shoe size

Noel: “Shoes are all important. Women have the best selection of shoes.” Jarvis: “Too true, too true:” Noel: “The amount of times I’ve walked into a shop and said, ‘Can I have them in a six?’ and they’ve said, ‘They’re womens.’ Women are so fucking lucky. They get periods, but they’ve got better shoes. Yours are good though, Jarvis.” Jarvis: “These are doing it. These are from Notting Hill Chungarama.” Justine: “I haven’t found it to be the case that women have a better selection of shoes. Women do generally have a better selection of clothes, but is that a blessing?” Jarvis: “If only they made stilettos in a size nine.” Noel: “I’m pissed off. I’m size five-and-a-half. I can’t get any shoes.” Justine: “Five-and-a-half! Is that all?” Noel: “You know what they say? Small shoes, small socks. How big are yours?” Justine: “Seven.” Noel: “That’s a disgrace! I bet yours are big, too. You’re about a nine.” Jarvis: “Yes, I’m about nine. Yes, I’m rather large.” Justine: “You don’t want to wear high heels, though, Noel, because you fall over all the time.” Noel: “But I want some nice flat women’s shoes. Blokes always have to wear chunky brown geezer boots or trainers, and I’m pissed off with that.” Andy: “Did you ever have Derry boots?” Noel: “No, that’s more our kid’s sort of look.”

NME Originals: NME Juke Box Fury Interview, 1994

[anywayxstarchild]

noel gallagher on polaroid, circa 2000-01

"to liam, best wishes, noel gallagher" [sent as a gift to liam]

&

"greatest love? life."

&

"greatest fear? love."

[wereonlydollparts]

Here are some of my 90s Oasis articles. Just a few for now because sadly I don't have an actual scanner at home so I'm sorry for the quality.

[5nocerte]

Noel Gallagher on Parkinson November 25 2006

Full video link