Song written by Ken Baker from the band Unicorn, who did the original version that was produced by David Gilmour who then covered the song on his first solo album
Unicorn has the best version IMO, and then Gilmore, but damn, once this MM Version picked up and got crunchy... I'm going to have to spin this one again.
So I always thought that the dude from Monster Magnet look like Gibby Haynes from Butthole SurfersAlso I really like the unicorn version the original cheers for the upload though.
As far as I know, Gilmour was in Unicorn when they laid it down... so Gilmour *IS* the original... despite the man's phenomenal success, Gilmour was never good at writing lyrics... so the story is that he formed Unicorn to essentially perform Gilmour solo material, but the other band members wrote the lyrics.
Fucking REAL ROCKSTARS*.Boy's You've been my Favorite for over a quarter century, in all this time......Never have you disappointed me. Not Ever. I LOVE YOU!!!!
Monster magnet always makes me think of my brother, we used to ride around listening to them so much. But he shot him self.. guess he blew his only chance away too.
This version drops the chorus " never vvas there an ansvver vvithout..." It's still a good unicorn cover though. I like Monster Magnet but in this case I think Gilmours version is the more sorrovvfull, as its supposed to be a sad song. Still I'd give it 4 and 1/2 outof 5
I've been imagining an ideal version, and haven't found anything that's all that close. What's so damn disappointing about Gilmour's version is how tame the guitar is, like they had a shitty producer who kept saying, "No, no, no. Tone it down, this is a low-key number." Crock. This rendition is closer to ideal. I still like Gilmour's voice. The instrumentals played it way too safe.
Word. Know what track I used to play when I was getting ready to kill my brain every day at a stupid bank, and meanwhile meth heads had invaded our apartment? "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin.
