Name: Jem and the Holograms - Set Your Sails by Jem Songs in Jem!
Duration: 1 min 21 s
Description: Original recording taken from master tapes.

And if I said this is song is for the clubs?

Jem!

Original recording taken from master tapes.

Jem and the Holograms - Back In Shape

The Jem Jam Artists - Jam All Night Long

Jem and the Holograms & The Misfits - We're Up/You're Down

Jem and the Holograms - Set Your Sails

Jem and the Holograms & The Misfits - It's Workin' Out/It's Doin' Me

Jem and the Holograms - The Last Laugh

I think it's the only duet instead of the usual duels between Jem and Pizzazz. Their harmonies sound great together.

Jem & The Holograms & The Misfits - Bad Influence (Kai Woodland Mix)

I think this is the only song by Pizzazz with 'romantic' lyrics in them. I cleaned up the disturbing sound effects of the instrumental as usual ;) 

The Misfits - Lovesick (Kai Woodland Mix)

I apologize for the delay on the instrumental. I took the two background channels of the DVD release, because the front channels were full of cheering people.

Jem & The Holograms - Let Me Take You To the Mardi Gras (Kai Woodland Mix)

A blues anthem for anyone who's ever felt broken beyond repair.

This song tells the story of Maya Chen—a disbarred lawyer serving time for embezzlement—and Rosa, the older woman who taught her a simple Buddhist chant in their shared cell block. What starts as desperate skepticism becomes a practice of transformation: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Through gritty fingerpicked guitar, raw vocals, and layered harmonies that build from one voice to a chorus of women, "Cell Block Chant" explores what "protection" really means. Not a shield from hardship, but the strength to stand in the storm. Not magic, but the daily work of turning poison into medicine. Not receiving salvation, but discovering you had the power all along—and using it to help the next person who needs it.

The song moves from the isolation of Cell Block D to a circle of voices, from shame to purpose, from one cracked mirror to an unbreakable reflection. It's about what happens when you help someone else wake up: you wake up more.

This isn't prosperity gospel. This is survival blues. This is the sound of resurrection through giving what you were given.

Musically rooted in deep blues, folk, and gospel traditions—think early Mavis Staples meeting Brandi Carlile in a prison yard—with handclaps, foot stomps, harmonica, and a Buddhist chant that sounds like it's always belonged in American roots music.

For everyone who's been told they're irredeemable. For everyone who found strength in their scars. For everyone who learned that protecting others is how you protect yourself.

"It ain't magic, it ain't mercy—it's a mirror in the morning, showing you who you're gonna be."

CONTENT NOTE: This song deals with themes of incarceration, shame, addiction, and transformation. It's meant to honor the resilience of people navigating these realities.

ABOUT THE CHANT: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is a practice from Nichiren Buddhism meaning "I take refuge in the mystic law of cause and effect." It's used here with deep respect for its tradition and the real people who've found strength through it.

Featured: Acoustic guitar (DADGAD), upright bass, vintage drums, electric guitar, Hammond B3, harmonica, layered vocals, handclaps, foot stomps

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Cell Block Chant

This is not an album. It’s a ritual. A saga carved in breath and silence.

The Flame That Spoke in Silence is a 20-track mythic folk journey through exile, grief, and the quiet power of memory. It follows the flameborn—cast out by his warband, forgotten by his village, erased from the stone. But he does not burn with vengeance. He walks with silence.

Each track is a chapter of emotional reckoning:

He descends into the cave where silence first chose him.

He returns to the village that forgot its name.

He sings for the warband that broke their oath.

He carves the final rune—not for glory, but for those who were never named.

This is music for those who’ve been cast out. For those who carry grief like a blade. For those who walk alone, not to escape—but to remember.

There are no gods here. No kings. Only breath. Only flame. Only silence.

If you’ve ever felt forgotten, this album remembers you.

The Flame That Spoke in Silence Part 1

Music 'n Danse...Mixes

Jem & The Holograms - Midsummer Night's Madness (Jensen's La Playa Del Sol Mashup)

Featuring hits songs by Jem and The Holograms and The Misfits from the popular 80's Animated Series!

Making Mischeif

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie

Only The Beginning

Like A Dream

Taking the original master tapes from the TV show "Jem" and bringing the songs to the fans! Enjoy the show!

Jem and the Holograms - Set Your Sails

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