Haha, recently I found both Soul Asylum's Grave Dancer's Union and BTE's Deluxe for $3 each, and I could only buy one--I ended up going with Soul Asylum, but now I'm not so sure.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
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― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge/Alternative Bands
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:49 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I've become one of those people and life's not all bad, and Follow You Down is still bloody great.
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
he's right in this instance.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
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― danh (danh), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link
from there:The Replacements couldn't work up the same dippy enthusiasm for lightweight stuff that the Gin Blossoms did, cuz they weren't as dippy.
I guess it depends on the meaning of the word "lightweight". Lightweigh in what way?
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― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, the way he drags out "yeaars" (in "If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago") a bit longer than the rest of the words is truly depressing. Maybe cuz he's so desperate for something that happened a long time ago. This is not some fresh wound. It's been festering.
― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Thinking about it, this song actually has a lot in common with "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"--the driving theme, the sense of urgency and importance of the moment ("oh god, my chance has come at last"), the feeling of having nowhere else to turn, the doomed and hopeless romanticism. The main difference, I suppose, is that Morrissey couldn't be totally honest ("but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask") but Wilson / Hopkins are, though the next day they'll probably wish they hadn't been.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
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― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link
The guitar solo is one of the best parts of the song, also.
(yeah, I saw that you voted for it--really the fact that 10 people voted for it at all is sort of an accomplishment, even if it wasn't quite enough to get it on the list. It's a start.)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:35 (nineteen years ago) link
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― john'n'chi cago, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess I sort of understand what you're saying, with the "believe in me / 'coz I don't believe in anything" break especially. That song always seemed a bit too good-timey to really be a cry of desperation, though. I think closer to "Hey Jealousy," in fact, is "A Long December"--it's much slower, but it sounds just as desperate and defeated. The video goes along way towards that as well.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:40 (nineteen years ago) link
part of what ended up getting cut in my editing was that "hey jealousy" does what "mr. jones" tries to do much better.
― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Another song along the same lines is Soul Asylum's "Somebody to Shove," though it's a bit more hopeful sounding and (unfortunately) has a bit of a throwaway bridge and title. The chorus, though, fucking knocks me dead.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link
I smell revolution.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 03:51 (seventeen years ago) link
haha, just heard "Found Out About You" for the first time in about 15 years. Back then that song (and all the Gin Blossoms songs) were so ubiquitous and "alternative" they were a total joke, even to us 12 year olds. But you know what? It's some pretty OK pop. Of course I still smile my ass off whenever someone jokingly plays "Hey Jealousy" in a bar.
― burt_stanton, Monday, 23 June 2008 06:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha I was hoping this thread'd remind me of the one really good song these guys had and hey, I told me just about straight away. Thanks, me.
― Niles Caulder, Monday, 23 June 2008 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
HEY JEALOUSY
― ian, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
total jam imo
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Just heard they're playing down the street from my work at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Denver International Film Festival. True story.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
This band always seemed so dreary and same-y to me.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
love these guys
― iatee, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― ian, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:28 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― "I get through more mojitos.." (bear, bear, bear), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't believe I thought this would be close:
Taking Sides: Gin Blossoms vs. Toad The Wet Sprocket
― Mark, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
don't forget baout 'found out about you'
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha found out about you came up twice on the radio recently, taunting me into buying a gin blossoms best of.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link