Thinking about going to see them tomorrow night at John Barleycorn in Schaumburg.
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 01:50 PM
Thinking about going to see them tomorrow night at John Barleycorn in Schaumburg.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 01:52 PM
Word.
This is a great, great, great power pop record.
Unfortunately it helped open the floodgates for every bland Dishwalla and Deep Blue Something out there and unfortunately suffers through association.
All I know is that I saw them open for Toad in fall 92 (before they had any promotion at all) and went to the record store first thing next morning (mine had the original album cover) to get it.
Fucking classic it is.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 01:55 PM
So what's the deal...the main songwriter killed himself after New Miserable Experience and that's why the band has sucked since then?
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:14 PM
So what's the deal...the main songwriter killed himself after New Miserable Experience and that's why the band has sucked since then?
I think the guy who wrote "Hey Jealousy" was kicked out right before it wen't huge. Not sure if he wrote all the songs or if he died. Still reason to be pissed.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:16 PM
I'd consider going if it wasn't twenty-five bucks. I walked out on a free GB show at one of the northwest suburban street fests last fall. I don't blame the band, though. Sound system couldn't stand up to the location/wind, mix was shrill/terrible, and one of the guitarists was out of tune, which I suspect was due to not being able to hear himself. They were great at a similar fest in Bartlett a few years ago. These guys are married to the 'burbs.Thinking about going to see them tomorrow night at John Barleycorn in Schaumburg.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:16 PM
6 classic songs, 6 forgettable ones.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 02:24 PM
So what's the deal...the main songwriter killed himself after New Miserable Experience and that's why the band has sucked since then?
from All Music:
New Miserable Experience and its singles dominated radio and MTV for the following year — "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You," both penned by Hopkins, were in heavy radio rotation nearly a year after their initial release — pushing the sales of their debut album to over one million copies.
However, all was not well. Hopkins' battle with alcoholism and depression had taken its toll on the band during the sessions for New Miserable Experience, and he was fired shortly after the record's release, with guitarist Scott Johnson taking his place. Speculation abounded as to whether the band would be able to maintain their success without Hopkins' melancholy songwriting voice. Tragically, on December 5, 1993, Hopkins shot and killed himself, even as the songs he had written were blanketing the airwaves.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:01 PM
6 classic songs, 6 forgettable ones.
seven classic songs, actually. Not a fan of "Mrs. Rita"?
Aren't there any girls out their who like good music? I need to and want to meet them. My favorite bands are Overkill River, The Nife, Songs:Ohio, and Nuetral Milk Hotel. Please let me know if your into indy music and like to go to show's and drink beer's and makeout.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:14 PM
Here's a well written and very moving article about Hopkins:
http://www.metrotime...ry.asp?id=12123
(Complain, I never did figure out if this is really yours or not)
http://www.metrotime...ry.asp?id=12123
(Complain, I never did figure out if this is really yours or not)
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:18 PM
6 classic songs, 6 forgettable ones.
seven classic songs, actually. Not a fan of "Mrs. Rita"?
I'm including "Mrs. Rita." Hell, I'm even including "Until I Fall Away" to get to six. ("Hey Jealousy," "Allison Road," "Pieces of the Night," and "Found Out About You" making up the rest of the six.)
Come to think of it, what's your seventh?
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:45 PM
you kidding me, Slackerman? "Lost Horizons" is better than all but two, maybe only one of those.
what does he file at the hall of records?
a declaration of tortoise intent
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:51 PM
you kidding me, Slackerman? "Lost Horizons" is better than all but two, maybe only one of those.
Yeah, i'd swap it for "Until I Fall Away," which marked the beginning of their VH1 leanings.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:56 PM
Word.
This is a great, great, great power pop record.
Unfortunately it helped open the floodgates for every bland Dishwalla and Deep Blue Something out there and unfortunately suffers through association.
hey now, Dishwalla had some great stuff. They were the victims of releasing an album during a label shake up and got no promotion (2nd album after Counting Blue Cars)
but yeahz
New Miserable Experience rocks
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 05:06 PM
you kidding me, Slackerman? "Lost Horizons" is better than all but two, maybe only one of those.
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Aren't there any girls out their who like good music? I need to and want to meet them. My favorite bands are Overkill River, The Nife, Songs:Ohio, and Nuetral Milk Hotel. Please let me know if your into indy music and like to go to show's and drink beer's and makeout.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 05:52 PM
6 classic songs, 6 forgettable ones.
seven classic songs, actually. Not a fan of "Mrs. Rita"?
I'm including "Mrs. Rita." Hell, I'm even including "Until I Fall Away" to get to six. ("Hey Jealousy," "Allison Road," "Pieces of the Night," and "Found Out About You" making up the rest of the six.)
Come to think of it, what's your seventh?
No "Hold Me Down"?? Great fuggin' track.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:02 PM
oh yeah, I'd put "Hold Me Down" over "Pieces of the Night".
Aren't there any girls out their who like good music? I need to and want to meet them. My favorite bands are Overkill River, The Nife, Songs:Ohio, and Nuetral Milk Hotel. Please let me know if your into indy music and like to go to show's and drink beer's and makeout.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:09 PM
oh yeah, I'd put "Hold Me Down" over "Pieces of the Night".
drunk drunk drunk, indeed
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:17 PM
classic record; high school and broken hearts
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:49 PM
their best of is worth having for the few great tracks that came after this record as well
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 06:57 PM
Here's a well written and very moving article about Hopkins:
http://www.metrotime...ry.asp?id=12123
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wow, what a great read. thanks
