Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free Mucky Fingers Everybody’s On The Run Dream On If I Had A Gun The Good Rebal The Death Of You And Me Freaky Teeth Supersonic (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine AKA... What A Life! Talk Tonight Solder Boys And Jesus Freaks AKA... Broken Arrow Half The World Away (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach Let The Lord Shine A Light Whatever Little By Little Don’t Look Back In Anger
"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 Video was Shot in Manchester outside of their house.
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.
To celebrate the British Fashion Council's London Collections, Shortlist Magazine has designed three limited editions covers to front their style specials. Knowing a man who is clear of his sartorial choices, Liam Gallagher was naturally asked to submit his own design.
Shortlist Magazine recently caught up with Liam to talk through the ideas behind his psychedelic cover, the meaning of British style and what's next for Pretty Green.
SM: So what is the idea behind your cover?
LG: "The cover was inspired by the psychedelic portraits of The Beatles taken by Richard Avedon in the late 60's, which I’ve got hanging in my house. I wanted to create something that had the same vibe and also used the paisley logo that we created for Pretty Green."
SM: How did you go about putting it together?
LG: "I worked on it with the graphic design team at PG and this one jumped out the minute we did it."
SM: What does British style mean to you?
LG: "British style for me is a look back over the decades especially in the 60’s where lads were buzzin and defining their style and where bands like the stones and the Who were creating their own classic look. Take album covers from the Kinks to The Small Faces they all had a clean smart British look that made a statement. It’s all about iconic classic pieces like the Parka or the Trench which epitomise British style. I try to capture a bit of that in what I do with Pretty Green. Fashion and music will always go hand in hand and that has a major bearing on the Pretty Green designs."
SM: What are your personal style rules?
LG: "It’s about the look and whether I personally like it or not. I’m into quality clothing with a vintage vibe. Pretty Green is a reflection of my personal style and taste, one foot in the past one foot in the future."
SM: What is your worst fashion mistake you’ve made?
LG: "Its not for me to point out, I’m sure there’s been a few mistakes but overall I’m cool as fuck!"
SM: Who is your all time style hero?
LG: "There’s several – Stone Roses, George Harrison / Bryan Jones / Steve McQueen."
SM: Who gives British style a bad name??
LG: "Anyone who wears what they are told to wear and not what they want to wear, you know the ones who have stylists, if you don’t know what you look good in then I feel sorry for you."
SM: Give us a guide to looking good on-stage? What are the essentials?
LG: "For me it’s starts with the shoes and then work you’re way up."
SM: What next for Pretty Green??
LG: "We are opening a new store next week in Leeds which will be our 11th in the UK, and then our first international store in Tokyo which opens at the end of July just before the mighty Beady Eye play Fuji Rocks, it gunna be mega we are having a big party on the Wednesday if your in town and you’re not a clown then you’re invited!"
Look out for your copy of Shortlist Magazine this Thursday or read it online HERE.
Punters singing along to Don’t Look Back In Anger won’t be the only ones crying on Noel Gallagher’s new DVD.
Footage of Noel bawling when Manchester City won the league in May will be included in a documentary featured on his live DVD, due out at Christmas.
He said: “I was in a bar in downtown Santiago in Chile. Fortunately, I had a film crew with me on that leg of the tour and they were filming all of this. So you’ll be able to see all of this.
“I am dreading watching this footage back because it’s just going to go from every emotion that can come out of a human being. Tears, anger, it’s just unbelievable.
“Unfortunately I did shed a tear. You have to just let it out.
“I said the same phrase that rhymes with cucking bell about a hundred times at the top of my voice into the television.”
At least the Chilean folk around him wouldn’t have understood all the swear words.
Some of the world's finest musical talent will descend on the lush environs of Kinross in the stunning Scottish countryside over the weekend of 6 – 8 July. You and three friends could enjoy a VIP festival weekend there, if you are the winner of this Guardian Extra competition.
From Noel Gallagher's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere' tour diary.
Yes comrades. . .
Festival season is upon us. Non-stop now. Flying here, there and everywhere.
You currently find me in the great city of Moscow. Did a festival last night with that band The Cure and a load of other bands no-one's ever heard of (Everything Is Made In China?? Nope me neither!!). Had a pretty good one. Not sure the Cure fans down the front enjoyed it though. They did look a bit miserable it has to be said. I enjoyed it anyway so fuck 'em!! Seemed to be more police there than punters.
Legged it early to watch the England-France game. Not bad. Not great but not bad. Off to the Ukraine today . . . Kiev to be exact. Never been out that far. Gonna be hot, hot, hot by all accounts!!
I put this mixtape together for my own entertainment towards the end of the last Beady Eye tour. It got a few plays backstage after gigs on the last UK dates, (I remember it being on after a fantastic gig in Blackpool with Hippy Mafia) and then I passed it on to Pretty Green when they asked me for some music to use this Spring in their stores and online. DJ Shadow and Stereolab tunes feature heavily as I was listening to them a lot at the time. One of the DJ Shadow tracks is a really short segment of a much longer live mix CD called Brainfreeze, which I picked up in Melbourne a few years ago - in other words, that's not me scratching it's DJ Shadow haha... get hold of the CD if you can, it's cool. (Also, the intro comes from aDJ Shadow single called High Noon). The first track, which gives the mixtape it's name, is an old Krautrock tune, the vocals may not be to everyones taste, she kind of sounds like Grace Slick meets Johnny Rotten but the band sound amazing. The Black Crowes tune Evil Eye and The Johnny Guitar Watson track are probably familiar to anyone I've ever made a compilation tape or CD for ... no apologies at all to the taste police, who will be after me for including Joan Armatrading... she's a great acoustic guitarist and I dug that CD out after probably 20 years since I last heard it... there's a hip hop cover version of a reggae tune, there's a reggae version of a rock and roll tune... there's Beck doing Black Tambourine, which reminds me (in a good way) of the long long DJ sets I used to do at Bangers and Mash in Sweden on the nights where there was no guest DJ... that's about it. Enjoy - and thanks for listening.
When asked about his fashion mistakes, there was only one answer Liam Gallagher was ever going to give:
"I’m sure there’s been a few but overall I’m cool as f*ck!"
As a man who is clearly sure of his sartorial choices, we decided to ask him to design one of three limited edition covers for our London Collections style special.
Click here to see Liam's spectacular effort. And for those of you eagle-eyed folk, you'll have spotted his cover bears a resemblance to legendary snapper Richard Avedon's shots of the Beatles.
Apparently, Liam has some of Avedon's images hanging in his house. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for us.
Below is the setlist for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds concert at the Maxidrom Festival in Moscow, Russia yesterday.
(It’s Good) To Be Free Mucky Fingers Everybody’s On The Run Dream On If I Had A Gun The Death Of You And Me (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine AKA... What A Life! Talk Tonight AKA... Broken Arrow Half The World Away (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach Little By Little Don’t Look Back In Anger
Rock star and fashion designer Liam Gallagher has chosen Leeds as the latest location for a branch of his clothing store Pretty Green.
The shop, in King Edward Street – part of the Victoria Quarter development – will open on Saturday.
It is the 11th store in the former Oasis frontman’s portfolio. The label’s flagship shop is in London’s Covent Garden, but it also has outlets in Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
As well as stocking a full range of clothing and accessories – including its Black label – the store will also act as a music venue for up and coming bands.
Nigel Grant, brand director at Pretty Green, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: ‘Wherever we see a demand for the brand we will act accordingly. Our on line offer is extensive and successful but stores allow customers to get up close to us.
“The label has always been about an experience and stores allow us to give our customers exactly that.’
* See this Thursday’s YEP Scene supplement for your chance to win £500 worth of Pretty Green clothing.
We’ll also be printing a voucher which will bag the first 50 who present it in store an exclusive Pretty Green gift.
The videos below are from June 11th 2000, when Oasis played the Rock Im Park in Nuremberg, Germany. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.
Guitarist Matt Deighton was bought in. He had performed with Paul Weller and Mother Earth in the past.