This is a not so subtle song to a wandering boyfriend. I like the retro video and sound.
The Like was an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. Its final lineup consisted of Z Berg (vocals and guitar), Tennessee Thomas (drums), Laena Geronimo (bass), and Annie Monroe (organ). The band released three extended plays (EPs) and two studio albums.
This song was on their 2010 album Release Me.
Here is a partial interview of Tennessee Thomas the drummer.
First things first: Tell us what musical inspirations are behind the new album?
Tennessee: “The vocals were inspired by the Girl Groups of the ’60s [buy the Rhino Girl-group box-set “Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found: One Kiss Can Lead To Another” NOW!]. The music was inspired by the great British Invasion beat-combos [Beatles, Stones, Kinks, The Who] and Motown and the Wrecking Crew. The songwriting was inspired by the Women of the Brill Building: Carole King, Ellie Greenwich, and Lesley Gore and Jackie de Shannon!
Wishing He Was Dead
If I could kick his head in, fickle little boyfriend, I’d be satisfied
If I could smack some sense into his senses, I might feel alright
‘Cause I spent the weekend, waiting all alone
For that rat to come back home
When all the while, he was with somebody new
And now that I know, his hours are few
‘Cause I just can’t forgive and forget
When I’m through with him
He will be wishing he was dead
‘Cause I know what he’s been up to
And I know that he’s been untrue
When I am through with he
He will be wishing he was dead
If I could snap that neck, that broken record trainwreck
I might feel okay
If he could speak the truth or just say sorry
That would be the day
But he made me crazy, thinking I was wrong
That he wasn’t cheatin’ all along
When I gave him everything that I could give
Now he’s gonna wish he’d never lived
‘Cause I just can’t forgive and forget
When I’m through with him
He will be wishing he was dead
‘Cause I know what he’s been up to
And I know that he’s been untrue
When I am through with he
He will be wishing he was dead
And what can I do
And what can I say
To make it untrue
To take this pain away
‘Cause I just can’t forgive and forget
When I’m through with him
He will be wishing he was dead
‘Cause I know what he’s been up to
And I know that he’s been untrue
When I am through with he
He will be wishing he was dead
New to me, but I like it! Going to check them out now
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I like it! They are a mod version of The Suffragettes.
I love girl band music.
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I do also… they are the mod types…they play very well also… I would go see them
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I would, too.
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Nice music, the all girl sound takes me back to the 60s.
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The first time I saw it…for a few seconds I thought it was from then.
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I like the song, and that ’60’s look video is the best! Have to check out more of them…
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I will admit..I was fooled. For a few seconds into the song I thought it was an old 60s group. They do have the sound and look down.
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Very cool sound and they had the look too- might’ve expected them to do better, but I’d never heard of them. Have you heard much else by them?
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