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Wrestling with the Controls
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Is it just me, or is everybody nowadays living right on the ragged edge? No it's just me.
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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 • Hard Rock
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Peak #55
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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August 01, 2015
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MP3 4.1 MB • 160 kbps • 3:35
Story behind the song
*** STOP PRESS *** Updated version amazingly remastered by Densyl uploaded 1 Aug. Thanks Denis for adding some much needed magic! So I had the riff, and was pretty pleased with it. But a quick count up of the total number of chords it contained revealed a disappointing tally of, well, two. Imagine the embarrassment - even Status Quo usually managed three. So I crawled back under my stone for a few hours of thrashing about on various guitars and I'm delighted to announce that the song now boasts all twelve major chords, without resorting to a key change or the cycle of fifths. Whether it works or not I'll let you decide.
Lyrics
I didn't know her from Eve, but she seemed the very model of grace and contentment. She said "I'm glad that's what you perceive but the truth is, shall we say, a little different - I'm on a runaway train going far too fast for the narrow track and I'm just about off the rails - just about the point when you can't claw back. I'm wrestling with the controls, watching helpless as the scene unfolds." I guess that's how it goes - what you think is rock-solid is really just hanging by a thread. Sheer luck I suppose - avoiding disaster by a hair's breadth. Trying to make sense of the world, in a state of dazed astonishment that we haven't yet hit the wall, as we wait for fate to serve punishment, meanwhile wrestling with the controls - watching helpless as the scene unfolds.
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FusionFall Project
Oct 28, 2015
Love the crunchy opener and the way the vocal & harmony sit in the mix. your sizzling guitar solos are unabashedly straight off the edge Steve :) loved every note!
Ken Sacco
Aug 21, 2015
Great song great guitar sound love it
Finnski
Aug 20, 2015
Really great....glad I stop by your page today..:-) Great solo by the way The best Finn
Oddger
Aug 12, 2015
Another brilliant rock epos from you. Steve. Catchy guitar riffs and very nice chord changes. Your playing is sharp as a razor blade and the hook line "Wrestling with..." stays in your head long after you heard it.
Dollar Bill and the Unmentionables
Aug 08, 2015
Marshall stacks on 11, bass shaking the floor, and a truly inventive song that makes you lose control. And those chord changes are a real tongue twister. Fantastic clear sound with tons of power. This one makes me wrestle with the volume control - turn it up!
Bob Forbes
Aug 05, 2015
Just listened to this at the CC - awesome Rock composition Steve - catchy stuff amigo ;)
Carlo D'Anna
Aug 03, 2015
Brilliant!! Outstanding energy and skill. Catchy hooks and all.
Rodrica Rudge
Aug 03, 2015
The hit maker is at it again! Brilliant stuff, sounds like the perfect radio hit - it explodes, grabs your attention and keeps you hooked right to the last note. Sensational guitar playing. A sure winner.
Sounds by Ramolly
Jul 31, 2015
Great rock song!!!