You came

You Came
This song is the first song John Capanna ever wrote. It probably has the least profound lyrics of the Prufrock Visions
album.

You Came has a very Del Shannon-esque quality, and was probably influenced by the 1961 hit Runaway. That recording
was one of the first to use a synthesiser- a Clavioline. John was 13 when it was a hit.

You Came was one of the first songs played by the garage band that John formed with a next door neighbour prior to
Prufrock, and the first of John's songs that Tom recalls hearing.

We first recorded You Came on the 1967 Prufrock album Visions, creating a live-performance sounding rendition in the
studio by using an old BBC sound effects record that sounded just right for an audience going wild at every turn of the
song.

To keep from breaking out in peals of laughter while John sang the vocal, he faced away from the Control Room
window so he couldn't see the rest of the guys falling on the floor. John was the most reserved of all of us, but not on
this recording. The result was a one-take effort that had the rawness of a classic rock song.

You Came was one of the two songs that were re-recorded in the 1981-82 sessions. The later version is a more
grinding, anthemic rendition. It also has a bridge which was not in the original. The 81-82 version starts with an
opening curtain of voices and grunge guitar that preludes our drummer kicking off the beat. In true studio drummer
fashion, he sits right on top of the beat and lets everything float above it till we reach the bridge.

While still very rocky the bridge has an aggressive string section, and gospel background vocals that take the song to a
place of lamenting. The interwoven guitar solo takes our horse-riding hero across the vast bleakness of life’s
disappointment. He is now damaged goods because of a girl from another town.

At the end, a growling guitar leads to a gentle piano that goes off into the sunset and leads into Call It Love. The organ
plays an “Italian Western” counter melody from the second verse onward. Tom refers to the 1985 version of You
Came as the Ghost Riders' Version.

We thought it would be interesting to let you hear the contrast. Have a listen.