Tag Archive for: songs we like

Song We Like: Goodbye Johnny by Quinn Powers

Song We Like: Goodbye Johnny by Quinn Powers

The maximum-integrity HLYCRP editors broke our own rules about covers for this one (it was written by Jeffrey Lee Pierce & The Gun Club). All covers should be like this: Quinn Powers took a song by someone else and made it totally about himself. It’s lighter and prettier than the original, and totally, completely, 100% different.

Song We Like: Evil by the Mongrels

Song We Like: Evil by the Mongrels

A deceptively-complex song, in which the mongrels’ satan/not-satan singer digs into some big poetry about religion and commerce, while pretending to be just some Irish fucker at a bar (they’re not Irish, they *claim*). Nice work.

Song We Like: Flying Saucers/Heatwave by Mega X

Song We Like: Flying Saucers/Heatwave by Mega X

The beauty is in the details! It takes musicians who’ve been doing this a while to come up with something so perfectly balanced. This is a great song for the soundtrack of your high-drama life. (His teeth were perfect! He was wearing a jacket made of spun glass!)

Post 4: Songs We Like: Bleedin Out (New Wave) by Tongues of Fire

Post 4: Songs We Like: Bleedin Out (New Wave) by Tongues of Fire

I think I grew up with so much New Wave in my brain that I can’t distinguish New Wave from the sounds of birds singing. To me it just sounds good. John says New Wave means ‘catchy’, so clearly he has no idea either. Good job to Tongues of Fire. Find it here.