Band of Georges: They Painted Their Bodies

They Painted Their Bodies by George. From Volume III Side B of the Band of Georges. Music and lyrics by G. Davies/Y. Crone/S. Steel. Composed 8th July 1983, updated 5th January 1986. Recorded July 1986. Mixed October 1986. Lifted from cassette March 2025. Copyright © 1983 Explicit Music. Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records. Fun Facts: They Painted Their Bodies was the first finished song for The Concept Album. Although a lot of the music for The Concept Album came fairly quickly, the lyrics did not. They Painted Their Bodies was composed in a caravan in some woods near Dunsford, on the edge of Dartmoor. George and Yvonne were ostensibly going to write a lot of songs during the week they stayed there, but only managed the one. The did manage to enact a ceremony that would feature later on the concept album. The Concept Album told the tale of some adventurers who embarked upon an epic quest to defeat a terrible evil against insurmountable odds. The idea came from a computer game on the Apple II called Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord by Andrew Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. They Painted Their Bodies is in the key of C minor and is the second song for the album. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-iii-side-b/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/ https://linktr.ee/wudrecords