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Jesus, the Devil, and so on
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Serving up the canapes of our lives
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Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
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Rock • Rock n Roll
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#152 in subgenre Peak #9
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Peak #95
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Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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December 08, 2021
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MP3 8.6 MB • 320 kbps • 3:47
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WAV 38.1 MB
Story behind the song
A little light hearted blasphemy why ever not? Had great fun with this trying to get the right sounds and feel for the track - never done anything remotely similar before so was pleased with the result.
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There was a glittering banquet at the Palace of Shame 10000 guests and every delicacy you could name But no clue to who had provided it all So I snuck into the kitchen at the back of the hall And there, cooking with cheap and nasty knives, I saw Jesus and the Devil and all their wives Cooking with cheap and nasty knives Cooking with cheap and nasty knives Serving up the canapes of our lives Jesus and the Devil and all their wives I said, uh, how the devil do you make this work, The heavenly harp and the pitchfork? They said although we occasionally disagree It's kind of like a democracy And we're mostly working towards the same ends Not so much enemies more like rival friends Mostly working towards the same ends Mostly working towards the same ends Despite what your catechism pretends Jesus and the Devil and all their friends Well it shook me down to the soles of my boots When I found those two were in cahoots Working together behind the scenes Corruption by all possible means Invented by humans without faces Keeping us firmly in our places Ruling over presidents and kings The final arbiters of all things Well when it came my time to die Weighed down by the terrible knowledge I had learned back then I felt relieved Knowing what would not be believed There to meet me at the gates Jesus and the Devil and all their mates There to meet me at the gates There to meet me at the gates Beware what comes to he who waits Jesus and the Devil and all their mates There to meet me at the gates There to meet me at the gates Beware what comes to he who waits Jesus and the Devil and all their mates
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soundsbyramolly
Sep 17, 2023
You always have great productions, keep them coming!!!
rodrica
Dec 09, 2021
Fantastic rock n roll...nailed that guitar work!! Really great job on the writing & performance. Incredibly good!!
KeithMitchell
Dec 08, 2021
Good ol' fashion rock and roll. What's not to like if you're still breathing. CLASS ACT!