Yestersday's Heroes's lyrics & chords

Yesterday's Heroes is a project perfectly realized by Haco and Terre Thaemlitz, although it is by it's nature mediocre. The title, 1979, refers to the year we are to imagine the record came out, and on the title track (also "Yesterday's Heroes," a nod to band theme songs of the time) Haco intones "We don't want to be/Yesterday's heroes" over a scratchy "Whiter Shade of Pale" backing track. That spills into "New Wave, New Days," the band's icy call to arms. Elsewhere there are such small tributes as a Kraftwerkesque vocoder and a buried "O Supe...read more