The United Dictators Of Mars - SONG

Last On Earth

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Music: Mody, Words: Harris

Dearest Anyone, how have you been? As for me I've been lonely since you all went away. Cant wait forever and the time goes by so slow. I squint to pen this letter as my candles burning low.

Tell my family I wish they were here. Are they thinking of me as I'm drowning in my fear. Cant wait forever and the time goes by so slow. I squint to pen this letter as my candles burning low.

My whole existence revolves around what may be's. What's the future have in store for me?

Dearest anyone, as I close. Please don't ever forget me since I carry the torch all alone. Cant wait forever and the time goes by so slow. I squint to pen this letter as my candles burning low. Please don't ever forget me.

This song was re-recorded on the UDM "Smash Hits" album and I prefer that version. We had 2 drummers during the EOR days. Brain Blaine was the first who also was with us in Archivon. Brian's wild style was probably better suited to drum this song than Tom Ackerman who was much more solid but Tom was with us during the recording. It went over well live when Tom played it but it sounds stiff and hookey in this studio version. I'm not really being critical of anyone's playing because the truth is that the original version is how I did it on "Smash Hits" and that could only be done with a drum machine so I probably wouldn't have like any drummers version in studio. Before entering the studio this was going to be the lead song but one thing I will pat myself on back for over the years is being able to sequence songs on an album and after hearing the finished product I made the right decision. I don't like this version musically at all. I absolutely love everything Jeff did and I comment on that more in the "Smash Hits" liner notes. We were able to create more of the broadcast effect on the "Smash Hits" verses but I think Jeff prefers his chorus on this version.

This is a song style which kind of opened up a door for myself and started the process to thinking in writing in a different light. At least that's the way I remember it. As one can imagine, the song has a special place in my collection. It is a great musical piece with a heavy yet groovey melody which is most welcomed from a vocalist's point of view. This song was particularly difficult to translate over to disc to capture the feel which we were able to do so when performing live. At the risk of sounding redundant, for more details, read the liner notes to the "Smash Hits" version of this song. By me informing the above, I believe I am admitting that the liner notes have not been reported in chronological order to the history. But forget that. In the studio, I didn't have complete control of the engineering since it wasn't our studio so the distortion in the verses isn't indicative or reflective of what I was shooting for. I think I like the way the chorus turned out. The experience of going in someone else's studio was exciting in some ways and disappointing in others. Thinking that all I had to do was go in and hammer out vocals was exciting to me at the time since I was the person who performed almost all of the engineering in those days when we recorded our own projects. If you have never done so, it can become tiresome & frustrating sucking the life blood right out of you. Guess what? The downside of recording in someone else's studio is budget and control. As the vocalist I had to lay down scratch tracks for every song beginning in the a.m. If you are a vocalist, then you will probably know what a chore it is to sing in the morning. It became boring for me.
When it became time for me to shine, I was tired and we were virtually running out of time and money (time is money). So I had little time to take and polish my segments. Most of what I did was one and two takes. Lucky for me and my partners I am a master at the over dub and/or double. Well, I think I have used more words than Tom so I will end it here.

Tom's Rebuttle: Yes, I've noticed that a few times, let's not make that a habit as I am counting : )

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