I have long been an admirer of the feeling and emotion Rightly puts into his unconventional songs and I'm always moved by the depths of his lyrics. It was,therefore,with some trepidation mixed with excitement,that and with his permission,I recorded a version of his song,'All the Best People Have Gone Home'.
I thought to approach the song retaining the raw,stripped back aspect and attempting to make it as angsty and emotive as I could.
I hope you all enjoy the song as much as I did working on it. 
As usual I include the original song,then my cover.
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13138.0
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955/rightly-cover-all-the-best-people
All The Best People Have Gone Home
all the best
people have gone home
when I go
I'll not return, I know
well I guess, I'm the next, the here-after-show
all the best people have gone home
a change of
scenery doesn't hurt
it's all about
perspective makes things work (work it out)
like a jealous wind, where am I to begin?
a change of scenery wouldn't hurt
I've made mistakes, one made me think twice
should I die today will tomorrow be alright?
all the best people have gone home
there's no need
to enter like a thief
show me your
hunger, show me your greed
take some more, take anything you want from me
there's no need for you to enter like a thief
I've made mistakes, one made me think twice
if I die today will tomorrow be alright?
It's a quiet place, in death as in life
would it be okay, if I turn off the lights?
all the best people have gone home
That was a really beautiful cover, skub. Beautifully sung and I liked what you did with the music. It highlighted the lyrics and mood really well.
Beautiful song, Rightly. I hadn't heard it before. I was overwhelmed with grief with all of their deaths. The passing of Prince in particular had a deep effect. His death was instrumental in my songwriting journey. Somehow the doors opened the day he died, and I wrote my second ever song. Then they came one after another in a creative wave that seemed almost out of my hands. I see now it wasn't just me. Lovely tribute.
Lynn
hey, yes thanks Lynn. Bowies death was a surprise for me, confusing.
I distinctly remember thinking - Along with Prince, Bowie was a massive influence on me personally. After hearing Prince was gone it took me weeks to believe it. Cohen was also an inflence, still is, but after Bowie and Prince were gone I was sort of hardened and could accept that Cohen was old and had lived a rich life.
I didn't really care for the local musicians cover song tributes - though well intended,I just didn't know what to make of it all.
My song, "All the best people have gone home" came about almost effortlessly.
There's a connecting chord in it that I found in Prince's "Sometimes it snows in April".
And a big thanks to Davy!I was delighted to get news of the cover/interpretation.
I was busy with exams at the time and listened intermintently over a few days.
The feeling was touching and the divergence from the original won me over.
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It's unique, I'll appreciate it forever. My songs are important for me.
I'm really too busy to record and post my attempt at my Paul Ads cover, but I will get around to it.
I'm also very keen to get another track finished, where I used most of the Lyrics of a track I didn't hear, written by Hardtwistmusic "The truth that really hurts".
I'll need to ask him his permission to post it.
Exams are robbing me of my joy, and along with a new romance they're slowing me down.
