Matthew Good – Hello Time Bomb

The devil’s on sugar smacks
Down at the Radio Shack
Turning shit into solid gold
Solid gold

CB sent me this link…Good sounds different and I really liked his songs. Some of the lyrics won me over to this one.

Matthew Good is an alternative musician from Burnaby…a city in British Columbia, Canada. He started with music in high school. He wrote lyrics for a folk band. He taught himself how to play guitar at 20 years old and started to play and sing with the Rodchester Kings.

In 1995 he formed The Matthew Good Band which lasted from 1995 to 2001. They released 3 EPs and 7 albums including Beautiful Midnight which peaked at #1 in Canada. This song was on that album and Hello Time Bomb peaked at #26 in Canada, #3 on the Canadian alternative charts, and #34 on Billboard’s Alternative Charts in 1999.

After the band broke up he went on to become a solo act. He has released 9 studio albums and 6 of them were in the top 10, 2 were in the top 20, and the last one during 2020 was at #49 in Canada.

Good had troubles throughout his life with medical things. One doctor said he had an ulcer and others said other things. In the mid-2000’s he was diagnosed with Bipolar and things got better for him after that. “I was so relieved to finally know what was wrong with me, and have the chance to deal with the impact a diagnosis would have on my life, before being on medications, my life went from a negative 10 to a plus 10. On medication, it’s a negative three to a plus three. I had to learn to accept that.” He gives tips for people with BiPolar disorder to manage it.

Good has been nominated for 21 Juno Awards and has won four: 2011 Rock Album of the Year for Vancouver, 2002 Video of the Year for Weapon, 2000 Best Rock Album of the Year for Beautiful Midnight, and Best Group of the Year.

Matthew Good has maintained a lukewarm relationship with the music industry and the media, often avoiding the spotlight and avoiding interviews and awards shows (he has not accepted any of his Juno awards in person). In addition to his music projects, he has become a well-known writer and blogger on politics and culture; his book, At Last There is Nothing Left to Say, was published in 2001.

Hello Time Bomb

I found me a reason
So check me tomorrow
We’ll see if I’m leaking
Push and push and push ’till it hurts

The Devil’s on roller-skates
The Devil’s on roller-skates
Down at the roller rink
Picking up chicks for me
Ones that push and push and push ’till it hurts
Push and push ’till it hurts

Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad
Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad

Life’s for the living
So check me tomorrow
We’ll see if I’m kidding
Push and push and push ’till it hurts

Did it on Ritalin
I got me some good grades
Now I work me the night shift, where I
Pull and pull and pull ’till it hurts
Pull and pull ’till it hurts

Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad
Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad
Hello, time bomb, I’m ready to go off
Hello, time bomb, I’m ready to go off

Hahahaha

If life’s for the livid
Check me tomorrow
We’ll see if I’m emperor

The devil’s on sugar smacks
Down at the Radio Shack
Turning shit into solid gold
Solid gold

Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad
Dirty enough, I got me a love
And it’s so bad, it’s so bad
Hello, time bomb, I’m ready to go off
Hello, time bomb, I’m ready to go
Ready to go off

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

21 thoughts on “Matthew Good – Hello Time Bomb”

  3. Woohoo, a good one. And a doppelganger for me back in those days, LOL. Matthew sang with vinegar, so to speak, but put out some really good rocking tunes both with his band & solo. Plus he had a feud with Nickelback, so he had that going for him.
    A shame he never caught on much here in US

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    1. When CB sent me the link…I heard his stuff and it was some good stuff… then I was surprised again on his success in Canada…that I never heard of him…of course I should have known from the other bands like The Hip, Blue Rodeo, and etc…

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      1. I’ve touched upon him a couple of times on mine, but maybe not enough. He’s good- no pun intended. And further what Jim and others was saying, it’s good he got help for his mental state. He’s pretty open about that too. I spent one year with a gal who was very bipolar…. didn’t know that til a ways in. Though she was older than me she was stunning looking, and most of the time a truly nice, very intelligent woman any guy would be proud to be with. But she battled the lows and when she got manic- THAT was something. It was a lot. And she took her meds, which many refuse to do. Type of girl who I thought could have been Prime minister, or president of a multinat, or spearheading some incredible charity were she not bipolar. But she was and that was that. We all have our demons or bad hands in life to deal with.

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      2. One of my friends…a drummer…was bi-polar…he would not take the medicine. I still think one day I’m going to get a call saying he killed himself. He would be the coolest guy and then you would ask him a question and he would be so depressed…I mean way down…it’s really sad.

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  8. Good song from a good album which I bought but for some reason I bought the next couple of God releases and moved on. My pals are going to see him next year in town but I’m on the fence of going to see him. I do got Big Wreck tix for the 18th though. Still supporting Canuck rock lol kinda ….

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