Noel Gallagher talked about the day before his first Oasis gig saying that it was the “most stressful f***ing day” of his life.
Speaking with Gibson TV for their Icon Series, Noel Gallagher recalled how stressful was the day before his first Oasis‘ gig.
Noel said that at the time he never played guitar while standing.
“We were doing one song of mine, which was Columbia, but it was instrumental,”
“We’ve got a gig on Tuesday, and it suddenly dawns on me that I’ve never played guitar standing up. Not only that, I don’t own a fucking strap. This is Sunday night. And I’m skint. Never played guitar standing up.”
“That seems preposterous f***ing notion now. But I can only tell you that the Monday was probably the most stressful fucking day of my entire life.”
Noel also revealed he had to borrow a guitar strap and he spent a considerable amount of time in the mirror working out just how high to wear it.
“I’d say a good hour looking in the mirror…and I think where you hold your guitar for the first time is crucial.”
“It kind of signifies how much of a c*** you’re going to be, because if it’s too high, you don’t get no fit birds, mate. If it’s too low, she gettin’ a goth, alright? But if you get it right, you know, the ‘Gunslinger’… And I remember looking in the mirror thinking, ‘Doesn’t look right’.”
Despite the fact that he thought he’d “nailed” the performance in the end, Noel admitted: “I was stressing about it for 24 hours”.
He also added:
“Thank f***ing God it was before phones and cameras, because there would be some pretty f***ing awkward footage of it now. But you know, an exhilarating experience all the same.”
Source: Radio X
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