#shakermaker

[todays-just-a-daydream]

The only music photographer who was allowed full access throughout the imperial phase of Oasis’ career was Michael Spencer Jones who followed the iconic band from 1993, he was with them at Knebworth in 1996, and accompanied them on tours up until 1998.

From studio recording sessions, to all the backstage action in the dressing rooms and front row areas, he gained unique, intimate insight into all aspects of the band’s life...

Noel Gallagher was working with the Inspiral Carpets when he met Spencer Jones. The first photo session with Oasis was at Out Of the Blue Studios in Manchester. “I walked into the studio,” he says. “They called it a studio, it was more like a rehearsal room. They were demoing ‘Shakermaker’ with Noel playing slide guitar. I realised that it takes an unusual amount of confidence and creative freedom not to care what people think”.

Most of the pictures taken were black and white. Once the processing was complete, he took the prints down to show the band. “They were pretty impressed, and that was instrumental in securing the gig I got with them..."

The intricate relationship between Noel and Liam was key to the band’s dynamic. The public perception was that they were always falling out, even when they got on well. “They did have a strong sibling relationship,” Spencer Jones explains. “It created an interesting creative dynamic that you wouldn’t get with other bands.”

“It was a creative rivalry amongst other rivalries, it went back to childhood, and Bonehead was the mediator. Noel has said that the creative dynamic also became the very thing that ended the band. When you look at any kind of artist or bands, there is always a fault line running through that personality, whether it’s Picasso or John Lennon”.

Inside The Explosive Rise of Oasis With Michael Spencer Jones | Clash Magazine | 5 November 2019

[pagan-stitches]

If you didn’t grow up on this commercial does Shakermaker (Oasis) even give you the same vibe? 😝

[guigsysdinner]

mr sifter sold me songs when i was just 15 ˚ ⟡ ⋆

01/08/24

[turnupthevolumebelgium]

29 June 2023

[todays-just-a-daydream]

i’d like to buy you all a coke and keep you company…

now we all drink…pepsi

Shakermaker - Oasis (Noel Gallagher live)

Note how he starts singing the Coke song “I’d like to teach the world to sing” at 2:54…he’s referencing how Oasis got sued because  Shakermaker blatantly rips off the Coca Cola song.

[rosewatergrapefruit]

Vibes are so crazy as always in this one

[headshrnker]

[animaltollkeeper]

Look at all these singles i found recently :)

[todays-just-a-daydream]

7 April 1994 | Introduced by Jo Whiley, Oasis plays a 5-song set during the Sound City Festival at The Tramway (Glasgow, Scotland). The set is broadcast on BBC Radio 1, which was recorded by at least one fan on a cassette tape. [source] [HQ]

Fan account of the gig from Murray Easton

NME review of the Glasgow gig (published 24 April 1994)

[x-artist-was-right]

Oasis was right - I'd like to be somebody else and not know where aI've been

[noelliam]

oasis ☆ shakermaker ☆ totp ☆ 1994

[ostensiblynone]

Liam Gallagher of Oasis in the appropriately named Oasis Bar of The King's Head Hotel in Newport, Wales, May 3 1994. The band were on their first headline UK Tour to support their second single 'Shakermaker'.

Photograph: Rob Watkins.

[likeasettingsun]

why is everything a gamified competition on oasistwt. you hate songbird and shakermaker so much you’re tweeting at liam about it? about how much you despise his brother’s art? I am sorry that you do not see the beauty in this world. i’m sorry you value your hot takes so much that you will carry them with you down into hell. personally when i love something i love it all, unconditionally

[todays-just-a-daydream]

​Watch out for local band Oasis to change all of this.

22nd October 1991, uptown

Manchester evening news, probably (one of?) the first Oasis articles published

[rosewatergrapefruit]

Songs that make me want to put noel gallagher under a microscope:

Dyer wanna be a spaceman

Alive (demo)

[ailichi]

if one was, for instance, interested in listening to oasis and had not done so in the past, what songs should one start with for the optimal introduction? 👀

Hi! Thanks, and good morning!

I'll try my best to give you a list that's representative without being overwhelming - they have a lot of songs, and anyway, discovering one of your all-time favourite Oasis songs on a B-side from the 00s is part of their charm (so if you end up falling in love, venture beyond this list without trepidation).

Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before ...

Stand By Me

Wonderwall

Don't Look Back in Anger

She's Electric

THE early Oasis anthems

Live Forever (<- You and I, We're Gonna Live Forever)

Supersonic (<- it's Supersonic)

Champagne Supernova (<- pure joy)

Some Might Say (<- Oasis tune par excellence)

Cigarettes and Alcohol (<- first big social commentary anthem)

"Britpop? Britpop? We're not 'Britpop', we're universal rock ... an' Irish" :

Shakermaker (listen to this, dear Lord)

Rock n Roll Star

Force of Nature (Noel on lead vocals!)

Bring It On Down (fucking TUNE)

I Hope, I Think, I Know

Gas Panic

How does Liam Gallagher's voice even do that?

Live Forever (again)

SLIDE AWAY

Up in the Sky (studio recording + acoustic version)

Columbia

Round Are Way (esp. the Knebworth recording)

My Sister Lover

Probably All in My Mind

"Noel Gallagher's recognised as one of the best songwriters of his generation and is still under-rated" :

Acquiesce (Gallagher-Gallagher duet ... "we need each other")

Carry Us All (go here immediately)

The Masterplan

Sad Song [Noel's live version 1994] [Liam's demo 1992]

The Importance of Being Idle

Half the World Away (Noel song, though Liam does it solo as well)

Talk Tonight

(You've Got The) Heart of a Star - written to complement Songbird - oh my heart)

I just want to listen to something that's so totally beautiful:

Let There Be Love

Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Liam's voice here ... )

Born on a Different Cloud (Liam song)

Whatever

All Around the World <3

Songbird (Liam's first song on a record - oh man - I put this last because it's just that simple and perfect you can't follow it)

And Oasis was - is, I can say that again now - about loving rock music, so here are some covers they did:

Octopus's Garden (The Beatles)

My Generation (The Who)

Hey Hey My My (Neil Young)

Street Fighting Man (The Rolling Stones)

plus, Noel covering There Is a Light That Never Goes Out <3

Enjoy .........