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RE: STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 78 - They - by Jem - cover by @bennettitalia
Excellent rendition, and thanks for introducing me to this song!
I'm sorry that I didn't see this in time to upvote it in time for payout, not that my upvote counts for much anyway, but I'll definitely be on the lookout for more of your posts.
We Chris Moore fans have to stick together. ;-)
HA! Yes. Surprising how many people I talk to haven't had the pleasure of laughing their faces off to a Christopher Moore novel...
Thank you :) Yeah I've always loved this one <3
Yeah, the lyrics bring to mind "Land of Confusion," by Genesis, along with "Sign O' the Times," by Prince.
And the latter song I might still not know, had it not been for Steven Wilson doing his cover version, which I fell in love with years ago.
If you're not familiar with Wilson, and his amazing and wide-ranging body of work, this video, of Wilson and his touring band covering the song the day after Prince's death, is a good tribute.
I've posted some of his work in the past which may interest you as well. In the twelve years I've been familiar with his work, my own skill as a songwriter has grown, and the one time I met him, I told him that it was because of his music that I began making music again, after a multi-year gap.
This, however, is a better overall introduction to his work, "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here," performed with his band Porcupine Tree, on the "Arriving Somewhere" DVD.
I've seen him live multiple times, with Porcupine Tree, Blackfield and solo, and he is far and away one of the best live performers I've ever seen.
Of course, he has more projects than most musicians have albums, and recently, he has been remixing the back-catalogues of some of the greatest prog bands of the 70s, including King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Camel, Caravan, Yes, and more. He has four Grammy nominations and counting for his 5:1 Surround mixes.