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Is This the Deal
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How we fade
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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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Genre
Alternative • Post Punk
Charts
#801 today Peak #48
#33 in subgenre Peak #2
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
Uploaded
September 28, 2023
Track Files
MP3
MP3 8.4 MB • 320 kbps • 3:41
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WAV 37.1 MB
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BPM
127
Beat
4/4
Key
A min
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
Based on real experience - when I was recovering in hospital 6 years ago I had dreams that were so vivid and real I can still recall them even now. And yet I can't remember stuff that happened today. Most probably this is down to the drugs they give you but I wonder if this is what happens when your mind starts to go - you retreat more and more into a dream world until you can't find your way back? This is the first track to feature the eventually restored Vox V251 organ guitar - a gloriously eccentric piece of vintage electronic madness pictured in my photos section. Great fun to fix, a nightmare to tune (and a pig to play), but capable of some weird and wonderful sounds from way back in the space age. It's a little back in the mix, but it's there. Hopefully more soon if it doesn't blow up.
Lyrics
Were those dreams, then? Is that what they were? More real than real life More compelling than theatre Perhaps they were side-effects of the Propofol Or maybe the Fentanyl Or some other stuff that they gave me Not entirely against my will I left my panelled library Through a tunnel of leather and red To a busy market street Where I lay helpless in my hospital bed And all the bright shop windows Were thick with nickel flies So I turned to the sun-baked cliff face Seeking guidance from the wise Is this how it happens? Is this how we fade From one world to another? Is this how the deal gets made? But the dreams are dangerous Enticing you on So by the time it's time to go You've already gone And I can't remember Stuff you just said from one moment to another Or whether I'm supposed to be alive or dead But these dreams (if they are dreams) Are still pin-sharp in recall And if I find the way to get there I might not come back at all Is this how it happens? Is this how we fade From one world to another? Is this how the deal gets made? But the dreams are dangerous Enticing you on So by the time it's time to go You've already gone
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d.bill
Nov 05, 2023
That Vox guitar/organ looks absolutely wild, never heard of such a beast - I think I picked it out in the mix. I think - was distracted by the song itself, heh. One heck of a song, personal and real and just so dang good.
Nigel Hardy
Oct 12, 2023
Wow! This is one hell of a foot tapper! I hope it’s not how it happens! Another great topic against a thumpingly good riff! Great work!
steveweyman
Oct 09, 2023
Another superb track Steve . Great riffs . Yes very punky ! You come up with some great riffs . Always perform your songs flawlessly . Love the chord progression in the chorus and the drift off in between verses than back again . Brilliant ! Your vocals sound great too . Very accomplished musician Steve !