Name: In the Hands of the Few
Duration: 4 min 55 s
Channel: Steve Smith
Description: "In the Hands of the Few" is a song by The Smivets. Fear and loathing. And Champagne shoes.

Fear and loathing. And Champagne shoes.

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The Smivets

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.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Garage Rock

Charts

#198 in subgenre Peak #13

Charts

Peak #225

Author

Steve Smith

Rights

Steve Smith

Uploaded

April 30, 2016

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.6 MB • 160 kbps • 4:55

Story behind the song

A return to one of my soapbox topics - that old paranoia conspiracy.
Sometimes we all feel we are mere puppets, our every action controlled by unseen strings.
Strings that all trace back to the hands of a shadowy few.

Lyrics

You don't have to see them
To know that they are there
Their fingers of malign persuasion
Insinuating everywhere
A quiet word teeing off the third
To make fortunes rise or fall
Like gods they move their chess pieces
Manipulating us all

It's a hidden echelon
That exists to sustain itself
With the kind of influence
Beyond the reach of wealth
In ones and twos
In their champagne shoes
These illuminati twist the rules
To act exactly how they choose
To the ruin of all else

No matter what you say
No matter what you do
Real power only resides
In the hands of the very few
And it's wielded with full force
Each and every day
Just to make damn sure
That it stays that way

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Ken Sacco

Jun 16, 2016

another great tune!

Gone4

Jun 12, 2016

This is awesome and yeah what can I say..love your guitar playing so much! yeah you rock Steve!!

Dollar Bill and the Unmentionables

Jun 04, 2016

I've heard this maybe a dozen or so times now and I'm still absorbing just how dang brilliant it is.  The enviable sound, the performance subtleties, use of arrangement to heighten the tension and the way it opens up for the tasty twisting solo... this is just too good.

FusionFall Project

Jun 02, 2016

Blowing the roof off the old garage mate ;)
Superb lyrics that cut to core of the human dilemma that are simply brilliant!

Rodrica Rudge

Jun 02, 2016

Absolutely brilliant!! Oh yeah, I can so relate to "A quiet word teeing off the third" line - seen it, experienced the fallout from it. Fantastic guitar work, love the melody line and the lyrics are superb. Great vocals too. One of those songs that will stay with me for a very long time.

Sounds by Ramolly

Jun 01, 2016

This arrangement is awesome, I had a mind freeze , enjoyed this very much!!!

Alan L Cole

May 14, 2016

Another smookin' track Steve. Awesome vocals, guitars and production, as usual. Love that guitar solo and tone! The bass and drums sound great. The organ is great. Just beautifully produced and played first class music - awesome!.