― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 5 September 2004 17:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 5 September 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 September 2004 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link
the blandness, the unspeakable blandness....
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 5 September 2004 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― jake b. (cerybut), Sunday, 5 September 2004 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link
This man was absolutely correct.
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Sunday, 5 September 2004 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 5 September 2004 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― 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
HEY JEALOUSY
― ian, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
total jam imo
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Just heard they're playing down the street from my work at the Hard Rock Cafe during the Denver International Film Festival. True story.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
This band always seemed so dreary and same-y to me.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
love these guys
― iatee, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― ian, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 9:28 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― "I get through more mojitos.." (bear, bear, bear), Tuesday, 3 November 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't believe I thought this would be close:
Taking Sides: Gin Blossoms vs. Toad The Wet Sprocket
― Mark, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
don't forget baout 'found out about you'
― quaq quao, sweetie (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 02:44 (fourteen 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 (one month ago) link