Thread: Could "The Shifters" Hackett?

After recent discussions and manbag chucking, could "The Shifters" ever be a force to be reckoned with again?

"They've been great for the effects pedal business, but there is only so much yardage a company can get hanging out of a bunghole"



The great and legendary Bob Harris once said of "The Shifters"


"Can they back up their musical vision with anything?

I believe they can".




They probably crawl on carpets.

Liquid Len, bastard drummer from the Smashbottle men, was more direct.
He quoted a direct quote from a quote.

"There is lambswool under my naked feet
The wool is soft and warm, gives off some kind of heat
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid

The fleas cling to the golden fleece hoping they'll find peace
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
There's no hiding in my memory
There's no room to avoid

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ocher corridor
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

There's only one direction in the faces that I see
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be
Like the forest fight for sunlight that takes root in every tree
They are pulled up by the magnet believing they're free

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

The porcelain manikin with shattered skin fears attack
The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack
The liquid has congealed which has seeped out through the crack
And the tickler takes his stickleback

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

Withnall is waxing lyrical again, and it's not even Friday night.

Originally Posted by palexxxx

Withnall is waxing lyrical again, and it's not even Friday night.

It is now.




Have this:-



Mr. Wakeman applied for a job in "The Shifters".


"They told me to fuck off and buy a trumpet or a clarinet and shove it up my arse" said a bandy legged musical bottomed Rick.

"I was turned down by better bands.
My audition for Elton Johns part went well."

The great and legendary Bob Harris once said of Yes that they would never make it musically, like what "The Shifters" would.

He was right.

I'm thinking: REBRANDING!


Howz about: The Damned Shifters?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

a new amp!

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

two new distortion pedals

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

we're on our way

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

REBRANDING!

Get fucked.

Behind you!!

Annie Nightingale is 75!!!!!


At least Andy Kershaw still looks the same.

How has your creative forces been foregrounding themselves recently, Bumpet? We need new material - what you got?

I'm liking the idea of covering New Rose (above) with the twist that it sounds eggasckery the same as the original, just with more distortion and make-up! Like it?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

How has your creative forces been foregrounding themselves recently, Bumpet? We need new material - what you got?

I cannot choose between Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks (some wiggle in mauve hotpants)



and taxidermy for Arctic monkeys, should I buy Polar?

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

New Rose

I presume you mean Rose Garden?

Performed by a lovely lady.

Potential for the back up three ladies?

Nice tune from young Dan there David.

Artics?

Odd

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

New Wave Necrophilia. No Artic Monkies or Northerners of any sort...

Vera Lynn?

The Vera I knew was from Dagenham. Just sayin...




Would you? Stoker would!

[QUOTE=withnallstoke;3111072]After recent discussions and manbag chucking, could "The Shifters" ever be a force to be reckoned with again?

"They've been great for the effects pedal business, but there is only so much yardage a company can get hanging out of a bunghole"



The great and legendary Bob Harris once said of "The Shifters"


"Can they back up their musical vision with anything?

I believe they can".




They probably crawl on carpets.

Liquid Len, bastard drummer from the Smashbottle men, was more direct.
He quoted a direct quote from a quote.

"There is lambswool under my naked feet
The wool is soft and warm, gives off some kind of heat
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid

The fleas cling to the golden fleece hoping they'll find peace
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
There's no hiding in my memory
There's no room to avoid

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ocher corridor
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

There's only one direction in the faces that I see
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be
Like the forest fight for sunlight that takes root in every tree
They are pulled up by the magnet believing they're free

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

The porcelain manikin with shattered skin fears attack
The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack
The liquid has congealed which has seeped out through the crack
And the tickler takes his stickleback

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out"

Marvelous lyrics right there, written and sung by Gabriel. Phil should have stuck to the drums tbf.

A psychadelic dream inspired composition, the whole Lamb.

He's lobbing Bob the Nob across the gob ah...and Lliquid Len

Oh dear,

Are you guys even allowed out to perform ?

Here's a new name for ya -

The Pilot Lights

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Are you guys even allowed out to perform ?

I thought you were in.

You've got to get in to get out.

I can't get out either nowadays after last weekends record 3 dayer

My bender days nights and mornings and days and nights and mornings are well and truly over.

Sorry fellas, you will have to find someone else to play your pigskin flute

I've written some new material for The Shifters.

It wasn't difficult.

We haven't got any old material.