Is "Hey Jealousy" the best rock song of the 90s?

for the record, i would have been totally happy if the post-REM/post-Replacements thing that the Gin Blossoms were pointing to for a minute had actually materialized, but then we got grunge instead

If we're doing radio-friendly '90s rock hits, I prefer The Wallflowers "One Headlight".

^ fuck NO i hate that song

more like One HeadACHE amirite

Srsly tho

Let s/he who hath never tubthumped nominate another tune

First time I heard "One Headlight" I thought it was new Floyd.

If we're doing radio-friendly '90s rock hits, I prefer closing time

Life is a highway

wanna thank u whoever u r tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSOQBcz9hc

How Bizarre, semi charmed life, that everclear song, cigarettes and alcohol

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What's the Frequency Kenneth

voted "yes"

this is when they were indie rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YL9YfmlhyU

This song just came on the muzak at Kroger.

Buffalo Tom's '90s output >>> everything else in this genre.

Also, I feel like the original Friends soundtrack could be the definitive document of this era and style of music:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Friends

(the 1999 follow-up comp, meanwhile, attests to the sheer diffuseness of popular music at the end of the decade)

ehhh that's a bold claim, is it just because j. mascis recorded them? that dude had a gruff ass voice and a lot of their stuff is pretty rote. gin blossoms, however, are sugar-y and exciting even if it's, you know, nineties blah rock.

Man, if you ever want to prove to scientists that 1989 and 1992 are in different decades despite being only three years apart, just play 'em those Dusted/New Beautiful Experience versions.

they're the bubblegum mats

Ross goes for the whiskey for Rachel's father

Playing at a party at Monica's, when Ross pours whiskey for the father of Rachel.

Joe appears with a volleyball ball.

hey can we keep it copacetic in here

imma keep it copper blue

thanks sugar

Local H bruh!

Keep it up and yr bound for the floor

How Bizarre, semi charmed life, that everclear song, cigarettes and alcohol

― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Saturday, November 18, 2017

Not Gin Blossoms. Also horrible. These are all the worst. Weirdly, I've heard "how bizarre" twice in the past week, both times in a CVS. But different CVS's...

It is telling in the remake of Wings of Desire as City of Angels, you get "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls instead of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Can't stop singing "bravely bold sir robin ran away" to the verses of "found out about you."

Bravely bold sir robin ran away / bravely bold sir robin ran ahhh-WAY-HEY-HEYYY

hwarf

Hey Jealousy is a melancholy power pop song. None of the other suggestions are melancholy power pop songs.

always wondered if the powerpop scene claims the gin blossoms as one of their own.

Is there an actual powerpop scene? In the UK its always felt like a descriptor rather than a genre

The concept, taillights fade, sick of myself, I should have known,

Hey jealousy (92 version) is not power pop

If anything pj’s black (which i suggested above) is a “melancholic power pop song”

How is Gin Blossoms not power pop!?

They’re really good at it too. Not song of the decade good but definitely competent at making catchy power pop melodies

Hey Jealousy is a melancholy power pop song.

Why you gonna give me the runaround?

Is there an actual powerpop scene? In the UK its always felt like a descriptor rather than a genre

I assumed so. I've heard of clubnights and festivals, there have to be a few mailing lists out there somewhere.

Sorry but it's "Watch That Girl Destroy Me"

Sorry but it's "Watch The Girl Destroy Me" :)

I think of power-pop as existing only in a non-pop scene and not the radio. The most hook-driven thing in the indie club: Sloan, etc.

i read that the gin blossoms were pretty influenced by tommy keene (eighties jangle/college rock power pop dude) whom everybody should check out. he's pretty underrated.

Tommy Keene rules
those first two Possum Dixon albums were very good

guys we all know the best song is Bug Powder Dust

is that a cocktail

https://youtu.be/trbvx1U6Ry8

Is this what it’s all devolved to

Did they even have guitars

Best 90s power pop rock song award goes to aphex twin’s tamphex hedphuq mix

Voted yes. There are days where I prefer "Winona" or "I Think I'm Paranoid", but most days it's "Hey Jealousy".

I like coffee and I like tea
But I can't stand "Hey Jealousy"

feel like the cultural shelf life of those 6 gb songs is pretty impressive, given that the band was never really that huge at their peak.

like i've definitely heard all of them except for maybe "until i fall away" in the wild over the past 12 months

"until i fall away" is kind of a stinker, it's true.

i don't think it's that bad, it's just a little downbeat to be played in a cvs or a sub shop or the other places you might hear the gin blossoms

Is "Time Stood Still" the best rock song of the 80s?

about 60-70 percent of new miserable experience is great i think