smh at the number of not-that-great songs mentioned in this thread.
https://i.imgur.com/utzTCyo.png
― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 11:25 (six years ago) link
Earlier in the thread tho lol
xp Oh damn, but "Til I Hear It From You" was so fire.
I think I've now heard "Allison Road" at Walgreens, Marshalls and Whole Foods. I would guess it's G-Bloss's biggest spinner in retail stores.
― billstevejim, Monday, 27 November 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
no
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 27 November 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
allison road is a tom petty song with a gen x shrug
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
There's real Byrds in that song.
― timellison, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
^ yes totally. also this performance is good as fuck, can't deny it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIW5VLy4vZM
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
Do we have a Spotify playlist of these?
― calstars, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
The lyrics originally contained the line "you can trust me not to drink", referring to Hopkins' addiction, but this was changed by the band.
Whoa, weird. I always heard it as "drink" but I hear now that he actually sings "think" in that line. The original version, and my original hearing, is much better imo.
Tbh, "Found Out About You" is the one I remember hearing in the 90s
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
"Til I Hear It From You" gave me serious 4th grade love pangs along with "lovefool" in 96. Think I somehow didn't know that all of these similar sounding hits were from the same band until this thread.
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 05:36 (six years ago) link
True they go more for McGuinn than Westerberg on "Allison Road." I hear only Byrds on "Found Out About You."
Fully supporting multiple mentions of "Lovefool" itt.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
I saw the Gin Blossoms live a few times before they blew up--I lived in AZ and they would sometimes open shows or play on bills with Tucson's Sidewinders (later Sand Rubies) Both of those bands were 2nd generation "Desert Rock" groups, a genre that was maybe only written about by local critics, and seemed to mean jangle guitar music with some Crazy Horse soloing. I think they were playing "Hey Jealousy" for years before it became a hit.
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
^ why i ever come to ilx
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:35 (six years ago) link
Are there non-single fan favorites? I've given their full lengths a fair shot 2-3x but it seems like their 6 most popular songs are their best stuff by far.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
"Mrs. Rita" is the best non-single track tbrr.
Playing in a band that does 90s covers, I would say that this song and Sublime's "What I Got" are easily the two most-requested songs we get.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCWabygmTg
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, November 28, 2017
yep that's the one.
fwiw "hey jealousy" seems pretty fun to cover. i'd rather be forced to sing "takin' care of business" again than "what i got"
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
I honestly had no idea that people liked the GB. This is a very weird thread for me.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
Like I said, I know 6 songs. But I'll admit feeling invested in 2 or 3 of them.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
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.
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
like i've definitely heard all of them except for maybe "until i fall away" in the wild over the past 12 months
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
"until i fall away" is kind of a stinker, it's true.
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
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
― intheblanks, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
Is "Time Stood Still" the best rock song of the 80s?
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
about 60-70 percent of new miserable experience is great i think
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link