Shakermaker Lyrics Oasis

Shakermaker Lyrics Oasis - "Shakermaker" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was first released as a single on 13 June 1994 and later released on Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe. The single narrowly missed the UK top 10, peaking at number eleven. It was also the first song performed by the band on Top of the Pops. It is the only single from the band's debut album not to be certified Silver by the BPI.

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 Trebor 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; Sifter told Noel to mind his words if he ever got famous.

The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing from the past: the chords are a simple twelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F#) raised to a flat-VII (A)) and the melody for the verse was originally taken from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" (the song made famous from its use on Coca-Cola adverts in the 1970s) by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer and Billy Davis. However, this led to Oasis being successfully sued for the unlicensed use by The New Seekers and were ordered to pay $500,000 in damages. When asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher joked "Now we all drink Pepsi."

SHAKERMAKER LYRICS OASIS

I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been 

I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine 

Shake along with me 

I've been driving in my car with my friend Mr. Soft 

Mr. Clean and Mr.Ben are living in my loft 

Shake along with me! 

I'm sorry but I just don't know 

I know I said I told you so 

But when you're happy and you're feeling fine 

Then you'll know it's the right time 

It's the right time 

To shake along with me! 

Mister Sifter sold me songs 

when I was just sixteen 

Now he stops at traffic lights 

but only when they're green