Lot 88
88
Noel Gallagher

Details
Noel Gallagher
Two rare pages of lyrics in Noel Gallagher's hands for two unreleased songs, 1988, both written in blue biro, one song No Cause For Alarm [the penultimate track on the tape in the previous lot] sixteen lines giving an optimistic message ...Hey You! If Your Feelin' Down And Out, Maybe You Think Your Not In With A Shout, Well Your Wrong! Hey You! If You Thank That Life Is Tough, Well Yesterday Maybe It Was, Well Tomorrow Its Not, (Gonna Be That Way)... inscribed to the vendor and dated December 1988 at the foot of the page; the other song Have Fun!!, [the last track on the tape in the previous lot], thirty-one lines giving a 'compassionate message to a kindred spirit' ...Dont Tell Me I Dont Understand Or Ever Raise Your Hand, I Know What Your Thinking No-one Means You Any-Harm, So Theres No Cause For Alarm...Y'Know Ive Been There Before, Y'Know Ive Had That Very Same Door Slammed In My Face... continuing with the advise ..Keep Believing In Yourself, Only You Can Help Yourself Youve Got To Have Fun!! Youve Got To Have Fun!!...Ive Been There Before And When I Heard Them Slam The Door I Raise A Smile, I Ran A Mile I Got Out Of This Place And I Had Fun!! Have Fun! initialled and dated NG, Dec 88 at the foot of the page (2)
Literature
DOGGETT, Peter Noel's Tunes - What Did Noel Gallagher Sound Like Before Oasis?.. in The Record Collector Magazine, April, 1998, pp 18-20

Lot Essay

Peter Doggett described Noel's song No Cause For Alarm! as performed on the tape in lot 87 as ..a touching message of faith and affirmation, in stark contrast to the nihilism of the other songs [on the same cassette]... Doggett said of the lyrics for Have Fun!! that ..Someone once described Noel's lyrics as "familiar phrases strung together until they no longer have a meaning" ..that's a perfect description of this optimistic, anthemic number....

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