Blast From The Past Beady Eye

On October 18th 2011, Beady Eye played at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Watch a number of videos from the set below.



On October 18th 2013 members of Beady Eye and Bonehead played at a very special night organised by The Charlatans at the Royal Albert Hall in memory and celebration of Jon Brookes.

Watch a number of songs from the set below.

Bonehead To Join Alex Lipinski Onstage At A Charity Event Next Month

On June 11th Bonehead will be joining Alex Lipinski and playing a few Bob Dylan songs.

The event is taking place at

Humblest of Pleasures
35 Market Street
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6EU

Entry is free and donations are welcome.

On This Day In Oasis History..

On August 3rd 1996 Oasis played the first of two days at Loch Lomond at Balloch Castle Country Park in Scotland.

The setlist and bootleg from the second night.

The Scottish town saw its population of 5,000 increase 17-fold to 80,000.

Support over the two dates came from Black Grape, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene, The Bootleg Beatles and Heavy Stereo.

On This Day In Oasis History...

On July 1st 1994, 'Something For The Weekend' broadcast Oasis playing Shakermaker, Rock 'n' Roll Star and Supersonic.

On This Day In Oasis History

The video below is from July 17th 1995, when Oasis appeared on Zona TV in Spain.

Liam Gallagher: Manchester Official Aftershow Tickets On Sale Now

Liam Gallagher Official Aftershow in Manchester on August 18th with Paul Gallagher, Bonehead, Alan McGee and more.

Limited to 500 tickets available from www.skiddle.com

On This Day In Oasis History...

"D'You Know What I Mean?" is a song by British rock band Oasis. It was the first single from their third album Be Here Now and was released on the 7th July 1997. It reached #1 in the UK singles chart, the 3rd Oasis song to do so. The song was written by Noel Gallagher. It was certified platinum for UK sales.

At the time "D'You Know What I Mean" was released, Oasis were at the height of their fame, and as a result, the single, along with the album, was highly anticipated. Upon its release it was critically and commercially successful.

The guitar chords on both the verse and the chorus are similar to the chords used for the Oasis single "Wonderwall" (F#m7/A/Esus4/Bsus4).

The song also shows more of Noel's influences. References include Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and they must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back in Anger "). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.

The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "bugger all", "pork pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever." Oasis haven't performed this song since 2002.

B-Sides

One of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.

Interview

In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the first single: "I was going to make up some profound statement in the chorus but I couldn't come up with anything that fitted. Then I just thought "All my people right here, right now. D'You Know What I Mean? Yeah, Yeah" Very vague, very ambiguous, that'll do. Look in the mirror and wink while you're singing it and it's quite saucy. And I f***ing love that line, 'Coming in a mess, going out in style'. We were a bunch of scruffs from Manchester and we're going out in a Rolls Royce."

In another 1997 interview, this time on BBC, Noel Gallagher said: "I cant believe I wrote it, it's going to blow people away."

"The morse code in the background was inspired by Strawberry Fields. We got hold of a code book and tried to tap out 'Bugger All' to follow that line 'Don't look back cos you know what you might see'. But if anyone can tell me what we really said, please let me know. Profound lagerisms..."

Seven Ages of Rock

In an interview with the BBC for their documentary Seven Ages of Rock, Gallagher said of the song, "Its eight and a half minutes, the first single, the drums haven't fuckin' come in for two minutes- its all feedback!". He also says that he expected someone to ask them to edit the introduction to the song down, but such was their status in Britain, nobody did. They even performed the song on Top of the Pops, still playing most of the lengthy introduction.

The performance on Top of the Pops ended with a stage invasion by surrounding fans- the second of three stage invasions in the whole history of the show (the first was Nirvana and the last Symposium).

Cover information

The single cover photograph, by Michael Spencer Jones and directed by Brian Cannon of Microdot, was taken in front of the 'Blind Steps', a staircase in Wigan so called because they run past the Blind Workshop, which can be seen to the left of the shot. The steps can still be found on Darlington Street. The shoot was shrouded in secrecy to protect mass media coverage, but newspaper The Wigan Evening Post got exclusive rights to cover the event and subsequently sold the photos to the Daily Mirror. At a lunchtime break, Liam Gallagher and sleeve designer Brian Cannon enjoyed a pint of beer in the nearby Crispin Arms pub by Birkett Bank.

Music video


The music video is filmed at Beckton Gas Works in London with many military helicopters and a strange landscape of concrete slabs and torn down buildings. Liam Gallagher is wearing a snorkel parka and sports a unique pair of sunglasses.

Track listing
CD CRESCD 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
"Heroes" - 4:09

7" CRE 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06

12" CRE 256T
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06
"Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28

Cassette CRECS 256
"D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
"Stay Young" - 5:06

On This Day In Oasis History...

On July 1st 1994, 'Something For The Weekend' broadcast Oasis playing Shakermaker, Rock 'n' Roll Star and Supersonic.

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In London

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at Finsbury Park in London yesterday.




Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'N' Roll Star
Morning Glory
Greedy Soul
Wall Of Glass
Bold
For What It's Worth
Bring It On Down
Listen Up
Slide Away
I've All I Need
Whatever
Supersonic (With Bonehead)
Some Might Say (With Bonehead)
Cigarettes & Alcohol (With Bonehead)
Live Forever
D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?
Wonderwall

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from June 26th 1994, when Oasis played at the Glastonbury Festival.

Happy Birthday Bonehead...

Happy Birthday to Bonehead who is 53 today.

On This Day In Oasis History...

The videos below is from June 23rd 1995, when Oasis played at the Glastonbury Festival.

Oasis' 'Don't Look Back In Anger' Has Hit One Million Sales In The UK

The 'Official Chart Company' has announced that Oasis' 'Don't Look Back In Anger' single, is one of the latest songs to pass one million sales.

The figures are from physical CD sales and digital downloads in the UK.

Setlist & Gallery : Liam Gallagher In Dublin

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at Malahide Castle in Dublin, Republic Of Ireland yesterday. 

A number of pictures can be found here.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Morning Glory
Greedy Soul
Wall of Glass
Bold
Paper Crown
Bring It on Down
Listen Up
Slide Away
I’ve All I Need
You Better Run
Whatever

Encore
Supersonic (With Bonehead)
Some Might Say (With Bonehead)
Cigarettes & Alcohol (With Bonehead)
Live Forever
Wonderwall

On This Day In Oasis History...

The video below is from June 15th 1994, when Oasis performed on Nulle Part Aulleurs in France.

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Shakermaker" is a song by British rock group Oasis, written by their lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. First appearing as a single, released on the 13th June 1994, which peaked at number 11 in the UK charts, it was later released on Oasis' groundbreaking debut album Definitely Maybe. It was also the first song performed by the band on the UK's world famous music program, Top Of The Pops.

Gallagher admits the lyrics are taken from the world around him, for example, a Shaker Maker was a popular toy in the 1970s, the character of "Mr Soft" was taken from a Trebour Soft Mints commercial, which featured Cockney Rebel's song "Mr Soft", "Mr. Clean" is a song by The Jam, one of Gallagher's favourite bands, "Mr Benn" is a British children's cartoon and the entire last verse - Mr Sifter sold me songs/When I was just 16/Now he stops at traffic lights/But only when they're green - was written in a taxi on the way to the recording studio to record the song. Apparently, Liam Gallagher was pestering Noel to finish the song. At this point, the taxi stopped at the traffic lights outside 'Sifter's"' (a record shop in Burnage, Manchester). Noel penned the lyric and it became part of the song. Noel used to frequent the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums and Mr Sifter refers to the owner of the record store.

Track listings

CD CRESCD 182
"Shakermaker" - 5:11
"D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" - 2:41
"Alive (8 Track Demo)" - 3:56
"Bring It On Down" (Live) - 4:17

7" CRE 182
"Shakermaker" - 5:11
"D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" - 2:41

12" CRE 182T
"Shakermaker" - 5:11
"D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" - 2:41
"Alive (8 Track Demo)" - 3:56

Cassette CRECS 182
"Shakermaker" - 5:11
"D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?" - 2:41

Music Video

The field they are playing football in is Didsbury Toc H rugby field in Ford Lane (Didsbury South Manchester) near Fletcher moss.

The Album Liam shows to the camera is Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway from 1973.

Gem Archer to Q in April 2000 on his favourite Oasis songs to play live.

"Shakermaker. It's bang on. I've always thought that was a really good attitude, rip off the Coca-Cola song and have it large. It's cheeky psychedelia. And Champagne Supernova. We all go "Tune!"

On the back of Oasis' 'Shakermaker' single everything appears to be normal.

On the front you can see @Microdot66 hand pressing play on an stereo with an Oasis cassette inside. The concept was that when the music came out of the speakers it melted all the objects in the room.

Setlist: Liam Gallagher In Manchester

Below is the setlist for Liam Gallagher at the Parklife Festival in Manchester, England yesterday .

Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'N' Roll Star
Morning Glory
Wall Of Glass
Greedy Soul
Bold
For What It's Worth
Some Might Say
Slide Away
You Better Run
Supersonic (With Bonehead)
Cigarettes & Alcohol (With Bonehead)
Live Forever
Wonderwall

D'You Know What I Mean? was also played.

On This Day in Oasis History...

The video below is from June 7th 1994 when Oasis appeared on Naked City and performed 'Shakermaker'.

Liam Gallagher On Bonehead, Richard Ashcroft, The Rolling Stones, The Killers, Ed Sheeran And More

Part two of Absolute Radio's interview with Liam Gallagher was broadcast this morning, listen to it in the video below.



Thanks to CIGSALC

On This Day In Oasis History...

Twenty five years ago today Oasis played at the King Tut's in Glasgow and captured the attention of Creation label owner Alan McGee, who signed them to Creation Records.