The Blow Monkeys-inspired 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' Art Print Canadian Canada Rock Along with 'Underwhelmed'

Along with 'Underwhelmed'

This great vintage retro pulp paperback cover captured some of the isolation and loneliness of the song

but this time taking a slightly more sleazy approach to pulp paperback covers - as retro and vintage as they are

so those are absent here

This is the first of two versions

The Blow Monkeys-inspired 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' Art Print Canadian Canada Rock Along with 'Underwhelmed'The coolness of The Blow Monkeys' music is only matched by how sad it is, once you've dug into it. Both their two hit singles offer commentary on the AIDS fueled homophobia of the 80s: this terrific track 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way' and of course 'Digging Your Scene'. So for this one I went hunting for something that showed, at least in some degree, the terrible darkness of homophobia, and this amazing retro vintage pulp paperback cover shows