118. The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Just Like Honey” “People don’t realize you can make much better records our way,” Jim Reid insisted, back in 1985. “A good record is a good record. What difference does it make how you get it? I realize you can make a good record going through the same process that others have done in the past, but it’s not vital.” Appropriately for a band whose music rattled the senses with abrasive pop lushness, the Jesus and Mary Chain always thrived on that sort of concerted contradiction. The group, led by brothers Jim and William … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 250 Songs, 1979 – 1989, 118 – 116