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Getting 2 Me

from The High Ones by The Low Countries

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A song I wrote way back when for The High Ones, casualties of the Britpop wars but a song I still admire - particularly the band arrangement - happy times.
Recorded on a reel to reel 8 track in Nick Swannell's bedroom for inclusion on our 1997 Northern Skies EP but, for reasons I can't recall, left off...well here it is now in its remastered glory.
As an additonal bonus here are my diary notes from the time regarding the song:

"My secret obsession with roy orbison manifests in my current songwriting. Being in a pop band means I write poppy songs by default, catchy if possible and singlalonga choruses i.e repeat three times a day. So ‘getting 2 me’ comes along with the spoken 1st verse, the singular guitar chord strums to introduce the song a la Roy, then the whole shebang kicks in and we’re off to the toppermost, or thereabouts. Thanks again Roy. Of course this particular song stretches my vocal chords a bit which also the point but I don’t have Roy’ 3 octave full on range, just game squawking.
I’m proud of the lyrics, thoroughly depressing as befits my current state of mind, bedsit and lovelorn, yet drizzled with a glaze of wit. The song comes alive with the band and the arrangement is fine tuned to include our whole bag of tricks – triplets, slowing down, stops, bookended verses, recording it in …. Bedroom on the 8 track reel to reel goes well and I sing it one take."

lyrics

Drifting through this life each day, going with the flow
Unitl a someone came my way, and then I start to know
How it feels when you're head over heels, you can't see left from right
Your stomach churns, your heart it yearns, you cannot sleep at night

She's getting to , she's getting to me, aaaahaaahaaah

Never had a problem being, it's easy to exist
Now people say 'what's wrong?' today, so I produce a list
My head it spins, I walk on pins, I hardly know her name
If she knew me, then I'd be free, before I go insane

She's getting to, she's getting to me...

Always found an easy way, never felt the need to pray
Now someone out there's made a change
Must be why I feel so strange

Ah but what's the use? There's no excuse, you're always going to find
That life is sweet, until you meet, the one to blow your mind

credits

from The High Ones, track released April 1, 2019
Recorded and engineered by Nick Swannell
Produced by Nick and the band
Written by Nigel Parrington

Mark Lee - lead guitar, keyboard, BVs
Adam Parfitt - drums, percussion
Nigel Parrington - lead vocal, guitar
Jim Rennie - bass, BVs

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The Low Countries are the off-road vehicle for songwriter-singer Nigel Parrington. Nigel is currently performing with Els D'hooge in Belgium after enjoying a heady 5 year run of full band activity in the UK.

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