“Maybe it’s not for you!”: The awkward advice Noel Gallagher gave his daughter after hearing her early musical endeavours
Is a penchant for music hereditary? If you’re the child of the Oasis Gallagher brothers, you’d certainly expect so…
But in a new interview with W, Noel Gallagher‘s daughter Anaïs recalls giving music a go as a child, and her father’s brutal response to her musical potential.
She says she had a “brief stint playing the cello at 11”, but during some of her early recitals, she recalls her father telling her: “Maybe it’s not for you!”
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Of course, Noel Gallagher has a reputation for not being shy with his opinions, but Anaïs says he was reasonably delicate about his thoughts on her musical skills. She remembers noticing his “comedic knowing looks at the camera” during a rewatch of some old home videos.
While music ultimately wasn’t for her, Anaïs took a different yet still creative path: photography, modelling and filmmaking. Her work includes the music video for Inhaler’s My Honest Face, and she recently documented her father’s tour with his solo band, High Flying Birds.
Like Anaïs, her cousin, Liam Gallagher‘s daughter Molly also doesn’t consider herself a musician; she says that she “honestly couldn’t think of anything worse than being onstage in front of an audience”.
Liam’s other two children – Lennon and Gene – have picked up the musical baton, however. Lennon plays with his alt-rock band Automotion, while Gene’s band, Villanelle, plays heavier riff-tinged indie music.
Lennon’s Automotion sees his taste for ’70s German progressive rock creeping in as an influence. He says his dad has “always been supportive” of the project, adding: “Dad has given me some great pointers. One of the best ones is: Don’t think about what you’re doing when you’re getting onstage. Just get up there and belt it out. It’s a pretty perfect piece of advice, because if you ever think too much, you’ll just get locked in your shell.”
Oasis’s massive comeback tour is set to commence tomorrow (4 July) at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
For a full list of dates, head to Oasisnet.com
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