Give it up for the fucking Gin Blossoms

"Follow You Down," "'Til I Hear it From You," "Found Out About You," "Lost Horizons," "Day Job," "Alison Road"...also great.

Ken fucking rocks for representing. DOUG HOPKINS 4 LIFE!!

Gin Blossoms vs. Bush, Our Lady Peace, The Tea Party, I Mother Earth, Tonic, The Verve Pipe etc. ad nauseum = no contest!

I like this assessment.

It's not the band's fault, but I remember one odious interview from Flipside around 1994 where some other noname group that thought they were going to get somewhere had one member say, "It's so great that KROQ has started playing real music like the Gin Blossoms instead of Depeche Mode." I hope said no-name's act's bones are bleaching somewhere.

the blandness, the unspeakable blandness....

This man was absolutely correct.

Death is too good for that man. He should be flayed alive and have bits cut off of him for an entire year, and then served on fine china to his own family in a lovingly prepared stew.

there is def. a direct line between gin blossoms and late replacements, but then i like late replacements more than most.

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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)

You are welcome to him.

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 room
you become Paul Reubens.

WE MUST NEVER FORGET.

donkey voice? please expound on this.

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.)

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.

part of what ended up getting cut in my editing was that "hey jealousy" does what "mr. jones" tries to do much better.

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.

I smell revolution.

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.

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.

HEY JEALOUSY

total jam imo

Just heard they're playing down the street from my work at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Denver International Film Festival. True story.

This band always seemed so dreary and same-y to me.

love these guys

HEY JEALOUSY

― ian, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:28 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Can't believe I thought this would be close:

Taking Sides: Gin Blossoms vs. Toad The Wet Sprocket

don't forget baout 'found out about you'

hahaha found out about you came up twice on the radio recently, taunting me into buying a gin blossoms best of.

good pop instincts and surprisingly well-recorded

mental note: ridicule cad at next bos-fap

lol excellent revive by me

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.

...sorry to be a downer on lighthearted 90s nostalgia thread. Got to admit I was glad to youtube Hey Jealousy after all these years.

(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.)

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.

"follow you down" is some cast in amber 90's gold

the uncool Lemonheads

Haha I dig that comparison.

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

otm. been weirdly stuck on 29 for the last few months
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq7psoiaBkw

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.

from Phoenix

"Allison Road" is such a beautiful song

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.

i never listened to that kinda figured it wouldn't be much considering what happened

Gin Blossoms are shit .... then, now and forever.

classic imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFy0_DstfRk

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.

Alex!! hey!

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.

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listening to the album Cuacha by Sand Rubies and yeah this is very Gin Blossoms wow

my bro saw them a few years ago at a wine festival, said they were awesome.

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haha the gin blossoms playing the catalina wine mixer is perfect

The Wine Moms

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/gin-blossoms-new-miserable-experience/