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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
As with all tracks on ''[[Seven More Minutes]]'', "Getting By" was written by [[Matt Sharp]] while spending time in Barcelona, Spain.<ref>''[[Seven More Minutes]]'', liner notes</ref> "Getting By" was released as promotional-only CD<ref>"Getting By" ''Discogs'' https://www.discogs.com/The-Rentals-Getting-By/release/7177874</ref> and cassette<ref>@therentals "#tbt when the record company gave out these free promotional “getting by” ca-singles, they accidentally included the incorrect version of the b-side “hello, hello” with extra petra haden vocals over the instrumental section of the song." ''Twitter''. 28 March 2019. https://twitter.com/therentals/status/1111405055196815360?s=20</ref> singles. The cassette release features a version of "[[Hello, Hello]]" with additional [[Petra Haden]] vocals. An alternate mix done by [[Chris Shaw]] was included on the demo and outtake compilation ''[[Little Russell Street]]''. | As with all tracks on ''[[Seven More Minutes]]'', "Getting By" was written by [[Matt Sharp]] while spending time in Barcelona, Spain.<ref>''[[Seven More Minutes]]'', liner notes</ref> "Getting By" was released as promotional-only CD<ref>"Getting By" ''Discogs'' https://www.discogs.com/The-Rentals-Getting-By/release/7177874</ref> and cassette<ref>@therentals "#tbt when the record company gave out these free promotional “getting by” ca-singles, they accidentally included the incorrect version of the b-side “hello, hello” with extra petra haden vocals over the instrumental section of the song." ''Twitter''. 28 March 2019. https://twitter.com/therentals/status/1111405055196815360?s=20</ref> singles. The cassette release features a version of "[[Hello, Hello]]" with additional [[Petra Haden]] vocals. An alternate mix done by [[Chris Shaw]] was included on the demo and outtake compilation ''[[Little Russell Street]]''. | ||
The song’s opening chant of “kawaba, kawaba, kawaba” was inspired by a ritual performed by director [[Wikipedia:Francis Ford Coppola|Francis Ford Coppola]], who employed the ritual of chanting the nonsense word “puwaba” three times, for luck, with his crew at the beginning of every production (as seen in the 1991 documentary ''Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse'').<ref>@_mattsharp ''Instagram''. 14 April 2024. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5wqCqMvcSm/?igsh=ejNmeWg1eGoxbWZn</ref><ref>Syme, Rachel. “ Sofia Coppola’s Path to Filming Gilded Adolescence” ''The New Yorker''. 22 January 2024. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/sofia-coppola-profile</ref> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Matt Sharp]] - vocals, bass, Moog, extra guitars | *[[Matt Sharp]] - vocals, bass, Moog, extra guitars | ||