I was two when I got into Oasis. My mam was at home looking after me, a big fan of Take That she was and had the radio on so she could hear their new single. 'Don't look back in anger' was number one that week and was regularly getting played, my mam often tells me that as soon as the piano entered the speakers and sounded around the living room I would drop whatever toys I was playing with and just listen.
The first album I ever bought, out of my own money, was 'Stop the clocks' - the best of Oasis, soon after that my parents split up. I was twelve. I began drifting into a pit of depression and I would shut myself in my room, all day and all night I would lay on my bed and listen to Oasis because the words that were being sang to me were the only words that ever made sense. I had grown ups, family, friends, councilors, and strangers telling me that everything was going to be fine but it was only Noel Gallagher who made me believe that I will find a brighter day.
Recently I found out I have bipolar, for a couple of days I was distraught thinking that nothing will ever be the same again - that I would just be classes as a freak and an outcast in society. But I went to see Noel Gallagher in Newcastle, it was the first time I had seen my hero in the flesh and as I sang 'Don't Look Back In Anger' with him and the crowd I got back my hope.
I know that if I didn't have the power of music and Oasis behind me I would have never been able to cope so long. Thank you Oasis.
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