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Still Harping On ( 12" Extended Remix )

V6-WILD

[Intro – 16 bars: tom drums + tambourine, then fuzz bassline enters, then wall of guitars crashes in with a feedback swell] [Verse 1 – drums and bass groove, rhythm guitar jangly and tight, vocal close and sneering, Vox organ stabs on the offbeat] Still at it—still harping on about this stupid story... Still throwing a triviality in my face that I don't even remember anymore... and that means absolutely nothing... But not to you... [Pre-Chorus – guitars open up, drums build with floor tom, vocal rises] To you, it's the mountain peak—unreachable... You don't even try to climb it... You stop at the lodge where the chairlift ends, you stop at the bar, and you have a beer... And you sharpen your blades for when you need to start busting my balls again... [Instrumental Break 1 – 32 bars: wah-wah guitar riff over baggy groove, organ doubles the melody, drums drop to kick and tambourine for 8 bars, then full band returns with a fuzz lead solo] [Verse 2 – same groove, vocal more arrogant, backing "ah-ah" double-tracked] You haven't just become tiresome... You've pushed my patience past its limit... So you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to open my address book and call back all my ex-lovers... All of them... and gather them all together... [Chorus – full wall of guitars, big stomping drums, gang vocals on the last line of each phrase, anthemic] So they can tell you how lucky you are that I'm still with you... And that I haven't run off... To someone who would gladly take me back without asking questions... Without making comments... Without throwing anything in my face— [Instrumental Break 2 – 48 bars: drums and bass alone for 8 bars, then slow build with two guitars in harmony, feedback and delay swells, climbs into a big Oasis-style guitar solo, ends on a held chord with cymbal crash] [Final Chorus – full band at maximum, vocal ad-libs over the top] Oh yeah... Oh, yeah... [Chorus – full wall of guitars, big stomping drums, gang vocals on the last line of each phrase, anthemic] So they can tell you how lucky you are that I'm still with you... And that I haven't run off... To someone who would gladly take me back without asking questions... Without making comments... Without throwing anything in my face— [ break 24 bars: loop the riff from Break 1, guitars fade out in feedback, last tambourine hit] la-la-la-la la-al-la-la [Extended Instrumental Jam – 32 bars: bassline and breakbeat carry the groove, house piano hits hard, phased guitar swells in the background] [Vocal Dub Ad-Libs – distant with heavy delay and echo] Yeah... Still here... Not going anywhere... Listen to the piano... [Instrumental Break – 48 bars: full wall of fuzz guitars enters with a soaring wah-wah solo, building maximum pressure, organ and piano driving the rhythm] [Outro Peak – 16 bars: absolute wall of noise, feedback swells, maximum energy, sudden hard stop on the final beat] (YEAH!)