― 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
― 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?
― john'n'chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
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― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― 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
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