How long would you wait before coming out of the Gin Blossoms closet?

it's ok, "unregistered," we already know and we accept you for who you are.

Yeah dude Gin Blossoms were great for a minute, even if you weren't the suicidal dude who wrote all the cool songs

no shame in hey jealousy

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Gin_Blossoms_Found_Out_About_You.jpg

gin blossoms rule

it's ok, "unregistered," we already know and we accept you for who you are.

o_O

my feelings about the gin blossoms are documented elsewhere but suffice to say they wrote a couple songs that are better than most ppl will ever write

I wouldn't immediately drop that I was the lead singer of any somewhat-famous band; just not a good way to make an intro IMO.

Gin Blossoms fine with me btw.

N/a. I'd say I was from Spacehog

i've only ever heard "hey jealousy" (to my knowledge) which is a great song. i wasn't aware that the gin blossoms were this big source of shame or w/e

go listen to found out about you, right now

I had no idea that several of their hits were originally recorded 3 or 4 years earlier for their earlier indie-label album in a faster, rawer style. I kinda like these....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5JNwinCmuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yj3f-GO1Ws

Personally, I think the only shame that comes with being hte guy from Gin Blossoms is the fact that you didn't write their best songs. But your average Joe probably doesn't know that.

those two songs are so great.

but how can you ever get past this: "The Gin Blossoms joined Everclear, Sugar Ray, Lit, and Marcy Playground on the Summerland Tour 2012, a 31-date nationwide tour that began on June 28, 2012 in Saratoga, CA, and ended on August 11, 2012 in Laughlin, NV.

Had no idea there was an earlier version of those songs. Man, they sound great...

there's nothing wrong with this band.

found out about you, hey jealousy, nothing to be ashamed of there

tell the world imo

As I said on the last Gin Blossoms thread, these guys were really damn good for a radio rock singles band. "Allison Road" for the win. I guess I'd discuss it whenever it came up, I guess? Like if the guy's still currently touring with the band it'd probably come up quickly when they ask "what do you do for a living?".

i would not tell them for months and then when i told them make a huge deal out of it. "you thought, all this time that i was just a normal person. but actually, all this time, i have secretly been ROBIN WILSON. yes, THAT robin wilson. i will never forget that you showed me kindness while thinking i was a lowly, worthless nobody. never."

i just went down an early 90's rabbit hole and remembered Live. Now, that would be a more embarassing admission yet I'm sure Ed Kowalczyk tells everyone he meets immediately who he is. Also, wiki tells me he is a giant crooked douche who weaseled his bandmates out of loads of money and now they're suing him.

"Mrs. Rita" and Marshall Crenshaw-penned "'Till I Hear It From You" also top-notch. Like Treeship said, nothing wrong with this band.

Jesus, Gin Blossoms fans are so defensive! I don't think I'd ever come out of the GB's closet, because I'm afraid people would pat me on the back and give me some patronizing fluff like, "you guys were really damn good for a radio rock singles band." and whenever they saw me in a bad mood, they'd try to cheer me up by saying, "stop feeling like you're a guilty pleasure or a one-hit wonder, because you're not." I just don't think I could deal with that.

(too bad I can't change my vote from "wait 10 years" "never tell anyone")

* "wait 10 years" to "never tell anyone"

I was the lead singer for Deep Blue Something fwiw

*gunshot*

all of the Gin blossoms albums are out of print. EXCEPT for the Rarities edition of New Miserable Experience, which is mostly outtake tracks and alternate versions.

I can't imagine anyone reacting that way. Most people are really excited to know anyone with any connection to celebrity.

I wouldn't immediately drop that I was the lead singer of any somewhat-famous band; just not a good way to make an intro IMO.

This is OTM. I'd let it come up naturally.

Treeship also makes a good suggestion, though.

That was an xpost to unregistered.

I mean, "I was in the Gin Blossoms" sounds like it would be easier for the average acquaintance to relate to and appreciate than e.g. "I'm a new music composer".

Gin Blossoms played at Disney Food and Wine recently.

they were actually well received, as far as those type of shows go

I still love that first album.

I want people I've recently met to like me because they enjoy my company, not because they like clinging to famous people. I'd be plenty proud of being the lead singer of the GBs, but telling people that right away would attract fame/attention whores, not people who genuinely liked me. I like the story of how Lily Allen enjoyed frequently hanging out with her dad's friend "Uncle Joe" when growing up, whom she regarded as her godfather. She had no idea he was Joe Strummer.

I agree. I never reveal my true identity (Obama)

Quit spying on us!

I would be like "Hey, check it out. Remember all those bitchin' Arizona rock songs from the mid-90s that still give you chills as you drive through the desert at night? Well, I just sang them. But the guy who wrote them killed himself. That's how good they were. Can you watch my dog for a week?"

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i would say the same things, president keyes. except if i were robin wilson, one of my affectations would be addressing everyone as "sexy".

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The people who hated Gin Blossoms the most were the people who loved the worst indie rock.

"Hey Jealousy" is such a magnificent song.

Funny thread, this.

N/a. I'd say I was from Spacehog

I like the approach of saying you're in a different band, to open their mind to the possibility that you're in a band that was popular in the 90s, and then once they're comfortable with that, come totally clean about being in the Gin Blossoms.

http://i.imgur.com/VGJfahm.gif

"no, we didn't do 'walk on the water'"

"or walk on the ocean" or whatever the fuck it's called

The people who hated Gin Blossoms the most were the people who loved the worst indie rock.

― the rofflestomper (dandydonweiner), Monday, August 5, 2013 8:02 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink

had to bump thread just to point out that this is the most otm thing ever

^^ yes, very otm.

also, "Hey Jealousy" is a great song, and as i've grown older, i've actually met a few people who could have been the dude singing. the "truth" of the experience being spoken to makes it an even better song imho.