In 2006, before Violet Mice began, before I went to New Orleans, before a whole slew of life changing things went and happened and changed my life, I made an EP for my Mom’s birthday. Dubbed (naturally) The Mom EP, it had four cover songs on it. Songs that had the distinction of being songs my mom would play endlessly on repeat over and over forever. It’s her way of showing affection for the song, which I certainly inherited. The four songs on it are Modest Mouse’s “Baby Blue Sedan,” Coldplay’s “Amsterdam,” the Pumpkins’ “With Every Light,” and Bowie’s “Strangers When We Meet.”
Tonight I share with you the Bowie cover. I’ve just listened to it for the first time since I made it, pretty much, and I am very impressed with my young naive self! It’s got the build-up I strive for in my songs now, not to mention a vocal delivery I couldn’t ever compare to, and much more to recommend. It’s sparse, but not boring. It’s proof that I can go minimal if I want to. And it tells me that maybe I should!
Enjoy.
P.S. Happy New Year!
P.P.S. Happy Birthday to ME tomorrow!
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