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Paper in the Wind
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Boogie on the bouzouki!
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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
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #74
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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June 19, 2010
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MP3 5.1 MB • 128 kbps • 5:34
Story behind the song
Created for the CBC Acoustic challenge, June 2010. Thanks once again to the inimitable Jude for getting us all together and setting another fiendish challenge! This is just 4 tracks - bouzouki, guitar, voice and drums. With tastefully arranged bum notes in all of them. This goes out to all those who travel the world for a living - especially the guys at my firm who end up in the furthest corners of the planet trying to fix things. We all love it really.
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Here we go on another risky escapade. My travel plans are made: I don't know when I'm coming back. I've packed a clean shirt, passport and a credit card Thinking it can't be hard To get the problem done with. And I must be too old for this now, I'm feeling the miles in my bones. And I'm trying to work out how I ended up so far from home. I've been living on my wits so long it's easy like Learning to ride a bike: You just sort of slip into the rhythm With a lack of planning tantamount to lunacy. Still they form a line to see Me pull the rabbit from the hat again. And I must be too old for this now, I'm feeling the miles in my bones. And I'm trying to work out how I ended up this far from home. And it's a reckless feeling Making it so appealing I'm blown like a paper in the wind Sometimes I think I'll never land. Just when you think you're done, whoopee! another trip. Another rip-rollicking rock and rollercoaster ride to the world's arse. And feeling like you've jumped without a parachute Isn't a substitute For relaxation And I must be too old for this now, I'm feeling the miles in my bones. And I'm trying to work out how To get them to carry me home. And it's a reckless feeling Making it so appealing I'm blown like a paper in the wind Sometimes I think I'll never land. And it's a reckless feeling Making it so appealing I'm blown like a paper in the wind Sometimes I think I'll never land.
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Michael R7 GT
Jul 08, 2010
Great tune!! Fun,,Love your style!!! Fabulous work!!
180 OUT
Jul 06, 2010
What a great feeling this song brings! Excellent lyrics and a great toe tapping melody. Hats off to your songwriting skills. I'm loving this one! God bless. Love and Peace, Beth
The SolitaireOne
Jul 05, 2010
Enjoyed this very much. A great recording.
Major Snagg
Jul 04, 2010
Nice to hear that you've got the Bouzouki out of storage again. This is very you, and very unique !Nicely done Steve.
Pinecats
Jun 29, 2010
This was perhaps my favorite song at the last challenge. It has it all...EXCELLENT lyrics...which would seem nearly impossible to phrase comfortably but you do it with ease. Great instrumentation and skillful playing...(it's obvious you love to play your instruments)..and a really nice mix and production. Clean, clear vox out front where they belong. A long song that never for a second gets redundent or boring and has a fresh, creative sound. I've never heard a song of yours that wasn't good. This one is perhaps the best so far.
Ken Sacco
Jun 27, 2010
Great tune! Great song-Great music 5 stars all the way!
Keyshardy
Jun 24, 2010
This is real quality!!..My feet are tappin to this..Top shelf playing and singing!
Michael Duran
Jun 20, 2010
great happy tune with a "take it as it comes" attitude :) Brilliant vibe and vocals Steve!!
Michael Bennett
Jun 20, 2010
Another great example of your keen wit and splendid talents, Steve! Nice work!!!
Carlo D'Anna
Jun 19, 2010
Another well made and clever tune, from the Smivet persuasion! Outstanding.
Ralph Atkinson
Jun 19, 2010
Steve, this is such a great tune in every way. Your songwriting is top notch! A deftly played bouzouki there, as well! :)
Rodrica Rudge
Jun 19, 2010
I'm always impressed that you can nail so many different genres! Quality writing, excellent lyrics, great instrumentation. Ever listened to McGuiness Flint? Great band from way back...this reminds me of them to some extent - their members/writers Gallagher & Lyle used to work for Apple Records...so you're up there with the best ;)