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

Cant believe found out abt u was released in 1989

you guys act like you've never heard Ebeneezer Goode

Xp to myself

Wait so was hey jealousy

Wtf

https://gataplex.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mindblown_st.gif

if you're talking about the original versions that were on their album Dusted, yeah, but the versions we 'know and love' were re-recorded in the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OurHnqWp0

so they're the equivalent of the version of crash that was re-recorded for the dumb and dumber soundtrack?

the raw punk ferocity xp

so much better than "runaway train", "runaway train" gives me the same vibes you folks get from the 4 non blondes song

currently d/ling dusted

this version of hey jealousy effing rox doods~

Love this song. Voted no.

Love this song. Voted no.

Love this song. Voted no.

^someone check the Diebold machines

This is not even top 5 Gin Blossoms and Gin Blossoms were not that good.

Limpid, kinda loathesome song

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

what's yr top 5 tho?

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!?

There's real Byrds in that song.

^ yes totally. also this performance is good as fuck, can't deny it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIW5VLy4vZM

Do we have a Spotify playlist of these?

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

"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.

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.

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.

^ why i ever come to ilx

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.

"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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCWabygmTg

"Mrs. Rita" is the best non-single track tbrr.

― 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"

I honestly had no idea that people liked the GB. This is a very weird thread for me.

Like I said, I know 6 songs. But I'll admit feeling invested in 2 or 3 of them.

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