Oasis: Shakermaker (Music Video 1994) Poster

(1994 Music Video)

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10/10
The Pure Manchester.
BrunoHerbert8611 June 2019
On June 13, 1994. "Shakermaker" was released as the second single from the Definitely Maybe album by British band Oasis. Noel Gallagher wrote the verse of the song based on a song called "The New Seekers '' I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)," a song famous for being featured in a Coca ad -The 70's band. The Oasis band was sued and forced to pay $ 500,000. When asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher stated, "Now we all drink Pepsi." Liam in some live performances, has already sung the part of the reference. Noel Gallagher claims that the lyrics were 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 Trebor Soft Mints commercial, which contained the song by Cockney Rebel "Mr. Soft", "Mr. Clean" is a song by The Jam, one of the Gallaghers' favorite bands, Mr. Benn is a British children's drawing and the whole last line - "Mr. Sifter sold me songs / When I was only 16 years old / now he stops at the 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 that point, the taxi stopped at the traffic lights outside "Sifters" (a record store in Fog Lane, Didsbury, Manchester), named after people who "plowed" records and directed Peter Howard since 1977. Noel wrote lyrics and became part of the song. I used to go to the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums. The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing things from the past: chords are a simple progression of twelve-bar blues. The music video was filmed in Burnage, Manchester, on the outskirts of the Gallaghers' childhood home. The field on which they are playing football is Didsbury Toc H Sports Ground, in Ford Lane, Didsbury, in the south of Manchester. The album that Liam shows for the camera is Paul McCartney's 1973 album, Red Rose Speedway.
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10/10
Captures what was to be the biggest rock band of the 90s
sptolomey7 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Shakermaker is humbling capturing the band in the midst of their Mancunian heritage. Directed by New Zealand filmmaker Mark Szaszy it has a low quality feel that suits the mood of the song...We see the young fresh faced Liam Gallagher being Liam,Noel looking serious and scowling and the rest of the band looking subdued.

Filmed at the back of Boneheads former house on Stratford Avenue Didsbury in 1993 meshed with footage outside The Gallagher's family home,Fog Lane park with Bonehead heading a football with a crash helmet and being driven about in a yellow vintage Rover driven by Graphic designer Brian Cannon who designed most of Oasis record sleeves posters and promotional material and Liam going into Sifters record shop as part reference to the lyrics.

It's a great video for its time and just a no frills capture of a band that was soon destined to change the course of 90s music forever.
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