I Dreamed There Was No War

[MikeA]

Tribute cover:



The guitar:

[TimothyBFan]

That is beautiful! Is that you Mike?

[Prettymaid]

Yea Mike! Beautiful!

[MikeA]

That is beautiful! Is that you Mike?

Yeah, I covered it. Thanks.

[sodascouts]

Very nice, Mike! Do you have a new appreciation for it now that you've taken a crack at playing it?

[Peekaboo]

Wow Mike!! That was really good . I so wish I knew how to play.

[MikeA]

Very nice, Mike! Do you have a new appreciation for it now that you've taken a crack at playing it?

Oh my, my past sins come back to haunt me <smile>. I don't believe I said that I didn't like the song. I did and do. If I didn't, I would certainly not have taken the time to "learn" it and interpret it myself. I know of no better way to honor an artist than to pay tribute by covering something they have done.

My shock was only that it won a Grammy.

I still have some doubts about the validity of it earning a Grammy, but seen in context with the other tracks on the album and where it "fits", I can see the following from where Glenn might have been coming from and appreciate it for what I think Glenn meant it to represent.

He must have been thinking of the fruitlessness of war, wishing without hope that War Would End. I can see him kicking back with an acoustic guitar, in a mellow (though not necessarily a depressed) state of mind and picking out that little tune in a major scale. Really soft. Really introspective I think. I think his mind was on something entirely different that playing or composing when that tune came out. He was just drifting in scale pattern letting his music echo the mood of his thoughts.

The orchestra, I'm sure was a very successful effort to further set the mood of the tune. That was genius on Glenn's part, for the melancholy background of those strings really did surround the entire melody with an ethereal ambiance.

And just maybe that was what those who awarded the Grammy saw or heard that led them to present Glenn the award for that particular composition.

I can accept that, and certainly give Glenn props for it.

[Koala]

This sounds really well!

[LWKUA]

He must have been thinking of the fruitlessness of war, wishing without hope that War Would End. I can see him kicking back with an acoustic guitar, in a mellow (though not necessarily a depressed) state of mind and picking out that little tune in a major scale. Really soft. Really introspective I think. I think his mind was on something entirely different that playing or composing when that tune came out. He was just drifting in scale pattern letting his music echo the mood of his thoughts.

The orchestra, I'm sure was a very successful effort to further set the mood of the tune. That was genius on Glenn's part, for the melancholy background of those strings really did surround the entire melody with an ethereal ambiance.

Wow, this is a great cover of this song.... While listening I could 'hear' your description of what this song means to you in your playing, Mike! ...Great job with getting the feeling through -- it's awesome!!

[Glennsallnighter]

Brilliant Mike! Well done