― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
there is def. a direct line between gin blossoms and late replacements, but then i like late replacements more than most.
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― f ath, Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
haha i was thinking about the wallflowers' "one headlight" the other day for some reason. i sort of mildly like that song too, and it was totally inescapable for a while there, but there's no way it's gonna appear on the ILM 1990s poll (w/good reason i suppose)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
You are welcome to him.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph pot (STINKOR™), Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link
ultimately just a Letter to Cleo cover band without an E.G. Daily imperonator up front
Careful, Alex, if you say that girl's name 5 times in a darkened roomyou become Paul Reubens.
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Sunday, 5 September 2004 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankE (frankE), Monday, 6 September 2004 00:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 6 September 2004 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 6 September 2004 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Monday, 6 September 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 6 September 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 6 September 2004 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:02 (nineteen years ago) link
WE MUST NEVER FORGET.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:06 (nineteen years ago) link
donkey voice? please expound on this.
― artdamages (artdamages), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Monday, 6 September 2004 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
What? Not only are Gin Blossoms about five times as good as any of these bands, they were hardly from the same era--none of these bands even had a single hit before the Blossoms were broken up.
And Anthony's right, BTE aren't nearly that bad--I'd peg 'em one below the Gin Blossoms. "Good," "In the Blood," "Desperately Wanting" are all fine songs.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Word. Actually, I picked both BTE albums up really cheap. Not very good, and "In The Blood" sounded awful - I remember it being less harsh. Must have been a single mix that I liked. "Desperately Wanting" is really, really good though.
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― 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
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― 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
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:33 (nineteen 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
good pop instincts and surprisingly well-recorded
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
mental note: ridicule cad at next bos-fap
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
lol excellent revive by me
― call all destroyer, Friday, 11 June 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
the story about them I saw on VH1 was pretty sad: band member who writes most of their songs including biggest hit is kicked out of band for drinking problem, holds grudge against them and commits suicide.
Huh I was just reading about that on their wikipedia article, inspired by this thread revive - bummer, man.
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
...sorry to be a downer on lighthearted 90s nostalgia thread. Got to admit I was glad to youtube Hey Jealousy after all these years.
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
(Also obv my reading of the article was inspired by this thread, not the article itself. Time I was less awake and less on the internet.)
― atoms breaking heart (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 11 June 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
appreciating the off-balance progression in the chorus of "Found Out About You". This is a lot like "With Every Heartbeat" - you never really get a nice return to the tonic, except a fake one that has the loud 1 note on "Whispers at the bus stop" but is actually a IV chord. They could have done away with the bridge but it's 1992 after all so I forgive them.
― skip, Thursday, 16 February 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
"follow you down" is some cast in amber 90's gold
the uncool Lemonheads
― hackshaw, Monday, 18 May 2015 22:39 (eight years ago) link
Haha I dig that comparison.
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 11:31 (eight years ago) link
really good songwriters
obviously part of the landfill alternative era but they really were in their hearts a mid-80s US jangle band, they should have put out two records on IRS, then a major label flop, and opened for half of REM's Life's Rich Pageant tour dates
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
otm. been weirdly stuck on 29 for the last few monthshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq7psoiaBkw
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
yeah, they were Phoenix and I would sometimes see them play in Tucson in the late 80s. They were part of this desert rock scene (basically Jangle Rock with some Crazy Horse influence) along with Sidewinders/Sand Rubies. It was pretty surprising when they hit big, as they seemed sort of an earlier era.
― Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
from Phoenix
― Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
"Allison Road" is such a beautiful song
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:09 (one year ago) link
looking at the spotify numbers and im surprised that one isnt up there with hey jealousy and found out about you, seems like its the one i hear in the open the most these days.
congratulations im sorry has three really beautiful songs; not only numb, as long as it matters and competition smile.
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link
i never listened to that kinda figured it wouldn't be much considering what happened
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
Gin Blossoms are shit .... then, now and forever.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:22 (one year ago) link
classic imohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFy0_DstfRk
― im a beacon of light (Spottie), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
yeah, I dug these guys a lot. still love "Found Out About You", and obv "Hey Jealousy", both karaoke favs. deep cuts are great.
my bro saw them a few years ago at a wine festival, said they were awesome.
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
Alex!! hey!
― Motion to adjourn to enjoy a footling (President Keyes), Wednesday, January 11, 2023 9:56 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
listening to the album Cuacha by Sand Rubies and yeah this is very Gin Blossoms wow
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
― fentanyl young (Neanderthal), Wednesday, January 11, 2023 10:25 AM (twelve seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
haha the gin blossoms playing the catalina wine mixer is perfect
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
The Wine Moms
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/gin-blossoms-new-miserable-experience/
― President Keyes, Sunday, 3 March 2024 21:51 (three weeks ago) link