"Hey Joe" Plus Opinions on Lifeguard

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot sit down with Jason Schneider, author of That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of ‘Hey Joe’ and Popular Music’s History of Violence. The hosts also review the new album from Lifeguard.

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Featured Songs:

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Lifeguard, "It Will Get Worse," Ripped and Torn, Matador, 2025

Lifeguard, "Ripped + Torn," Ripped and Torn, Matador, 2025

Lifeguard, "Under Your Reach," Ripped and Torn, Matador, 2025

Lifeguard, "How to Say Deisar," Ripped and Torn, Matador, 2025

Wilson Pickett, "Hey Joe," Right On, Atlantic, 1970

Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe," Are You Experienced, Polydor, 1967

Tim Rose, "Hey Joe," Live on Later With Jools Holland, NA, 1997

The Byrds, "Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)," Mr. Tambourine Man, Columbia, 1965

Lee Moses, "Hey Joe," Time and Place, Maple, 1971

The Leaves, "Hey Joe," Hey Joe, Mira, 1966

Patti Smith, "Hey Joe (Version)," Hey Joe (Version) / Piss Factory, Mer, 1974

Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Hey Joe," Nymphomaniac (soundtrack), Zentropa, 2014

Body Count, "Hey Joe," Born Dead, Virgin, 1994

Roy Buchanan, "Hey Joe," That's What I Am Here For, Polydor, 1973

Spirit, "Hey Joe," Spirit of '76, Mercury, 1975

Golden Cups, "Hey Joe," The Golden Cups Album, Capitol, 1968

Bruce Springstreen, "Dancing in the Dark," Born in the U.S.A., Columbia, 1984

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0:00.0	Hey, sound opinions listeners. If you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast,
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0:08.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is start time. Are you ready for start time? You're listening to sound opinions, and this week we chat with author Jason Snyder,
0:35.0	whose new book, That Gun in Your Hand, looks at Hey Joe, not just a song,
0:40.0	but a window into the American psyche. I'm Jim DiRogadis. And I'm Greg Cod, but first we'll
0:45.9	review the debut album by the rock band Lifeguard. Sound Opinions is supported by Goose Island
0:52.3	since 1988, Goose Island's been brewing beers in the spirit of Chicago.
0:57.5	You can find 312 weed ale, big juicy beer hug, and so many other limited releases at either of Goose's locations in Chicago.
1:07.0	Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago's Beer.
1:46.2	It's not enough to seek your time. That is a little bit of a song called It Will Get Worse, Greg, a little bit of a song called, It Will Get Worse. Greg, a little bit of a song called It Will Get Worse by the Trio Lifeguard.
1:48.2	Greg, a little confusing.
1:55.6	The new album they have just issued on Matador Records is being generally described as the groups first, although there were EPs that preceded it and a self-released album back in 2021.
2:01.6	Okay. Who are these fellows?
2:04.6	Chicago-based trio came together in 2019 while still in high school.
2:11.6	Gee, is that sounding like a familiar story?
2:13.6	Yes, Horse Girl has been one of our favorite groups, not just from Chicago,
2:19.6	but from anywhere in the last couple of years, put out their second album this year, blew us
2:24.0	away. We had them on the show. There is a familial connection. Drummer and percussionist
2:30.0	and sometimes synthesizer player, Isaac Lowenstein,
2:38.4	is the brother of Penelope Lowenstein of Horsegirl.
2:42.6	Horsegirl is part of this crew of bands that came together like Lifeguard
2:45.6	around a fanzine called Hallow Gallo.
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