Extrovert

(Partridge)

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Recordings

  1. Single version, 3'35.
    Recorded during sessions for Skylarking.
    Produced by Todd Rundgren for Alchemedia Productions.
    Engineered by Chris Andersen and George Cowan.
    Released on 16 August 1986 as a B-side of the Grass 12" single in the U.K.
    Also available on Rag & Bone Buffet.
    Dave Bendigkeit - trumpet solo
    Andy: “Originally for Skylarking: It's the only vocal I ever did while drunk. But this gives me the opportunity to finally thank Todd Rundgren for producing that album and ask him to forgive me for making it appear that I did not like him.”
  2. Demo version.
    Released on 25 September 2006 on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Eight in the U.K.
    Also released on the reissue of Skylarking on 14 October 2016 in the U.K.
    Andy: “Banged out in the attic for Skylarking. An untypically boastful kind of lyric, but then again, I am feeling like someone else.”
  3. 2016 stereo mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the reissue of Skylarking on 14 October 2016 in the U.K.
  4. 2016 5.1 mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the reissue of Skylarking on 14 October 2016 in the U.K.
  5. 2016 instrumental mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the reissue of Skylarking on 14 October 2016 in the U.K.

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Lyrics

Yes, it's true

I want that apple, just like William Tell
No more floor gazing, no more head down the well
I'm feeling extrovert
I should be shaking the stars instead of hugging the dirt

I swear!

I'm really burning, fit to boil up the sea
Human volcano at a zillion degrees
I'm feeling extrovert
Instead of quiet and shy I'm really dying to flirt

I feel like someone else
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
I feel like someone else
I feel new, not so blue
I feel
Extrovert

No hidden message, nothing political
You needn't listen, I just wanted to show
I'm feeling extrovert
I am the lion who's roaring not the mouse that gets hurt

I feel like someone else
Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
I feel like someone else
I feel new, not so blue
I feel
My trumpet plays for you
I'm gonna blow it now

Chords and Tablature

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:41:01 -0700
From: Darrell (at) theharveys dot net
Subject: Extrovert intro...from Andy Partridge!
Message-ID: <20110927214101.59180usgqo4gsoks (at) webmail dot theharveys dot net>


Fresh and straight from the horses mouth:
Andy Partridge - from the APE forum - on how to start "Extrovert"
(with chord names added by Jeff Truzzi):

*   *   *   *   *

Opening riff is.........

Top four strings only XXO111 (Bb9/D) first stroke

Second stroke all strings OOO111 (Bb9addA/E)
throwing on 11O111 (Bb9/F) quick,
so it sounds like one chord but you are 'gulping' on with the bottom F Bb

then XXO111 (Bb9/D)
XXO333 (Bb6/D)

then same as second 'gulping' chord but one string different 110011
(Bb 6/9 over F)

The inner movement of notes is Ab F Ab Bb G

*   *   *   *   *
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:32:06 -0500
From:  <jschreiber (at) hvc dot rr dot com>
Subject: Guitar solo tablature for Extrovert
Message-ID: <20100104163206.DD5BK.169638.root (at) hrndva-web28-z01>


Here is the solo for "Extrovert". This was my first indication that Dave
G. is a really smokin' player (the solo for Pink Thing also comes to mind
for technical flash) and someone whose style I would like to pick up things
from, which lead to being gaga over XTC in general. It's a quick one, so get
out those metronomes.

The first bar is a nice Fm arpeggio to the big stretch from Bb to F as a
travelling chord progression as the bass line walks up from Bb to B to C,
with which Dave ends out the I-V of the Cm chord. Dave probably does these
arpeggios more along the actual chord patterns, but I like to keep single
note solos as symmetrical as possible.


E|---------------------------------------15v--
B|-------------------------16--13----13-------
G|-----------------15--10---------------------
D|---------13--10-----------------------------
A|--11--8-------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------

The Eb arpeggio hammer pull sequence here fits over the Cm7 chord, followed
by the bend (unison with the G on the E string) and continuing down the
scale.

E|--18--15h18p15------15--------------------
B|----------------16------18b20r18--16--14--
G|------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------

This is a simple Ab major scale slide up pattern starting on the 3rd.

E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--13/14--14--14--14/16--16--16--16/18--18--18/20--
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------

This is the quick one. It follows the chord changes perfectly. Dave is a
major arpeggio hound. It'll probably take a little extra practice, so start
off slow (unless you're another arpeggio hound).

E|-15--16--18--15--------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------18--15------16--15--18--16----------------------------------
G|-------------------------15------------------17--15--13----------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------15--13--------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------15--13--11v-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Good luck and enjoy. It's a great solo.

Joshuacrime
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:01:00 +0100
From: christer liljegren <kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>
Subject: Chords to Extrovert
Message-ID: <B7AFD8EC.B22%kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>


Extrovert (Andy Partridge)

Main riff:
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B------------------3---1-----------------------3---1--------
G----5---1---------3---1---------5---1---------3---1--------
D----6---0---------3---0---------6---0---------3---0--------
A----5---x---------1---x---------5---x---------1---x--------
E----6---1-------------1---------6---1-------------1--------
    Bb9  Fm6       Bb Bb9/F     Bb9  Fm6       Bb Bb9/F
 /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

Chords:
E----3------8------4------x------8------6------6----
B----4-----11------4------x------9------6------8----
G----5------8------5------6-----10------6------6----
D----5-----10------6------5-----10------8------8----
A----3------x------6------6------8------8------6----
E----x------x------4------3------x------6------x----
     Cm    Cm7     Ab   Eb7/G   Fm     Bbm    Eb7

E----2------x------x------x------x------x------6----
B----2------2------9------9------9------9------9----
G----3------1------9------9------9------9------6----
D----4------4------9------9------9------9------8----
A----4------x------7------6------x------x------6----
E----2------1------x------x------9------7------x----
     Gb    Db/F    E     E/D#   E/C#   E/B   Eb7sus4

  Intro. (main riff x 6)

    Bb9       Fm6             Bb      Bb9/F
  I want that apple, just like William Tell
     Bb9        Fm6             Bb       Bb9/F
  No more floor gazing, no more head down the well
              Cm / / / Cm7
  I'm feeling extrovert
               Ab                          Bb
  I should be shaking the stars instead of hugging the dirt

  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F
                         I swear!
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F

      Bb9    Fm6             Bb      Bb9/F
  I'm really burning, fit to boil up the sea
    Bb9    Fm6         Bb         Bb9/F
  Human volcano at a zillion degrees
              Cm / / / Cm7
  I'm feeling extrovert
             Ab                       Bb
  Instead of quiet and shy I'm really dying to flirt

Ab            Eb7/G   Fm
  I feel like someone else
        Bbm       Eb        Ab
  Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
              Eb7/G   Fm
  I feel like someone else
         Fm          Bb
  I feel new, not so blue, I feel
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F
               Extrovert
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F

  No hidden message, nothing political
  You needn't listen, I just wanted to show
  I'm feeling extrovert
  I am the lion who's roaring not the mouse that gets hurt

  I feel like someone else
  Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
  I feel like someone else
  I feel new, not so blue, I feel
 E    E/D#     E/C#   E/B  Eb
  My  trumpet  plays  for  you

  I'm gonna blow it now

Solo
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F  (x 4)

  Cm    Cm7    Ab    Bb

  I feel like someone else
  Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do
  I feel like someone else
  I feel new, not so blue, I feel
Ab            Eb7/G
  I feel like someone
Gb            Db/F
  I feel like someone
 E  E/D#      E/C#   E/B  Eb / / / Eb7sus4 / / /
  I feel like some - one, now
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F
               Extrovert
  Bb9   Fm6    Bb    Bb9/F etc.
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