funky sax and rap I orig. wrote in 1980, this vers. recorded in '88--always a crowd fave, inspired by The Prince by Machiavelli
the vistanauts
majortomandthemoonboys
majortom
majortomandthepirates
Story behind the song
funky sax and rap I orig. wrote in 1980, this vers. recorded in '88--always a crowd fave, inspired by The Prince by Machiavelli...I first recorded this in 1980 on a cheap tape deck, bongo drums and toy air organ .. Then again with some friends in fledgling band--all in Davis, Calif. ... Then the song became a staple crowd fave/encore at live shows 82-83 with my band Innernational Man ... Then recorded again with post IM band "The Tremors" .... in a home studio .... Then recorded at Pegasus Studios in Tall. Fl, with all new players...the sax guy, heh a local black short muscley policeman .. and good ol' Steve Taff on guitar... me on keyboards, vocals ... most folk misunderstand the song .. thinking its a drug song... but when I wrote it, I actually, just smoked an old fashioned tobacco pipe... age 19 ... reading "The Prince" by Machiavelli ... and it is nominally too about a sort of messianic political type in the coming era...