Idiomusic #2: Better Late Than Never

We're back with another idiom and some pop songs which appropriated it. This post was supposed to run yesterday, but...

See what I did there?

The album cover at the top of the page is from Eddie & The Hot Rods' 2004 comeback album, their first in 9 years, hence the title. Other than that, it appears to be business as usual. Hot Rods lead singer Barrie Masters sadly passed away in 2019... and if you're wondering about Eddie, he was just a shop dummy brought on stage in the early days, but they soon got tired of dragging him around...

Eddie & The Hot Rods - Bad Time Again

Sadly, that album didn't have a title track. And because I reckon you've waited long enough for a song named after this week's idiom... here it is. Better l...

Sigh. Let's start with some Love...

Love - Love Is More Than Words Or Better Late Than Never

Next up, York's finest.

Shed Seven - Better Late Than Never

Finest what, you ask? Monkey-faced Britpoppers, I answer.

Some Bangly Canadian power pop next...

Universal Honey - Better Late Than Never

You normally can't go wrong with a bit of Motown. The jury's still out on Bobby Breen though, who sounds to me like he's singing while gargling mouthwash...

Bobby Breen - Better Late Than Never

Here are The Cover Girls, with a track from the soundtrack of the 1988 Eddie Murphy movie, Coming To America...

The Cover Girls - Better Late Than Never

And purely because they've never appeared on this blog before, nor on my previous blog, meaning that I haven't given them even one mention in almost 18 years of blogging... ladies and gentlemen, I give you...

The Nolans - Better Late Than Never

OK, enough of this MOR stuff... let's ROCK!

FM - Better Late Than Never

Some 60s pop from Down Under next, with a teen star who was qualified to teach ballet by the age of 14.

Patsy Ann Noble - Better Late Than Never

Still in Australia, here's some dream pop from the 90s...

Tugboat - Better Late Than Never

In a similar stylee, here's a band Khayem introduced me to a while back...

Breathless - Better Late Than Never

Bang up to date now with some bouncy indie pop from Liverpool...

The Ragamuffins - Better Late Than Never

I've always got a bit of (lilac) time for Stephen Duffy... even though he's got today's idiom arse-backwards...

The Lilac Time - Too Sooner Late Than Better

Country star Tanya Tucker was 13 when she had her first hit single in 1972... which makes her just over 20 when she released this belter in 1979... I dunno, she looks older on the album cover.

Tanya Tucker - Better Late Than Never

Pick of the bunch today comes from My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James. I always have time for a good two minute pop song - they're useful for filling up the last slot on a compilation CD...