My original version of this song—a deliberately crude, low-fi affair created in loving tribute to the Misfits and 1950s science fiction—has met with mixed reception ever since I first recorded it (sometime in 2007, if I recall correctly). Some people got the joke; others wondered why it sounded so crappy.
I also have to admit that I thought it was a pretty good song at its heart, and occasionally felt a little guilty for burying the song in a tribute piece.
So now I’ve given the discerning listener a choice: introducing “Mars Needs Flesh 2!” That’s right…my punkeriffic love letter to B-movie sci-fi has been completely reinvented! Newly recorded from the ground up, this version features a better mix, more complex instrumentation, and an all-new opening sequence. Those of you who just couldn’t embrace “Mars Needs Flesh,” give “Mars Needs Flesh 2” a try!
(Why do I get the feeling I’m going to remake this song every year for the rest of my life?)
MARS NEEDS FLESH 2
Written and performed by Mike Hall
People of Earth…we are your new masters
Surrender your weapons…we cannot be defeated
Do not beg for mercy…we are beyond primitive Earthly notions such as compassion
We cannot be placated…we cannot be held at bay
Your death is assured…the only factor over which you have any control is the speed at which you die
People of Earth…Mars needs flesh!
Giant tripods in the street crush all things in their path
Their flying saucers dominate the skies
Behold the Martian war machine here for something to eat
It's Judgment Day now everybody dies
Mars needs flesh
The super-scientific minds of a planet laid to waste
Have come to Earth to feed upon us all
Atomic-powered death rays bring the Army to its knees
Amid the ash the human race will fall
Mars needs flesh
A thousand years after the end mankind rises anew
Though crudely armed with only sticks and stones
We'll fight these Martian bastards back to their hell in outer space
At the very least they'll choke upon our bones
Mars needs flesh
Copyright©2008, Mike Hall. All rights reserved. No unauthorized use is permitted.