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i know its over (the smiths)

Horror Vacui

i know its over - jeff buckley [the smiths cover] (slowed + reverb)

The third in this set of Bandcamp EPs finds Honey Smugglers at Bark Studio in Walthamstow in the Autumn of 1990 during initial sessions for a follow up to the `Listen' EP. As it turns out we recorded a different set of songs for the `Closer' EP in early 1991.

Each of the first three songs were longstanding stage favourites and could be heard in most Smugglers setlists. `Anybody But You' embodies the Smugglers groove as well as any of their tunes and check out the spontaneous studio magic as Steve kick starts the piece on an Organ with a mind of its own.

`Pie In The Sky' appeared in live form on an album recorded at The Sausage Machine in Hampstead, (`Now That's Disgusting Music') but this is the studio version. In a gigging situation we used to see how long we could extend the gap in the middle before people would start clapping, but here....just an uneasy, digital silence.

`Beautiful People' was played in a number of arrangements throughout the band's career, this perhaps being the best and most concise. The improvised vocal coda at the end by Chris assures this version's place as first choice. It was a first take vocal.

The final track `Whole Wide World' was a unique cover version which was only ever played this once. It was part of a planned Fiction Records sampler which never happened. It didn't even cross our minds to play it live, great song though it is, I guess we had too many of our own songs vying for position in a setlist of ten.

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Anybody But You

Session 250829 - anyway

Paranoia (God Given Edit)
© Simon St John Chamberlain 2025
Remix of the "Paranoia" first published in 2020

Lyrics:

They know your name
And they know where you are
They look at you
And everything you do
They made the rules
And they run everything
They're playing with your mind
And they're telling you you're paranoid?

It's all a game
They love controlling you
You can't suceed
The odds all favour them
They look at you
With daggers in their eyes
And then they'll look at you
While they’re telling you you're paranoid?

(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)

How many times
Must I explain to you?
It's make believe
And nothing like it seems
Just look around
Do you believe it all?
You know it's all a dream
Any you're telling me I'm paranoid?

(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)
(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)
(You're Paranoid)

God so help me
(I have to escape you)
God please help me
(I have to escape you)
God release me
(I have to escape you)
I'm not paranoid!

(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)
(Paranoia)

Paranoia (God Given Edit)

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