A Gin Blossom is an old drunk's nose. You know the old drunks with the red varicated bulbous noses? You'll see them on rubbies and in dark bars with afternoon drunks. I loved this band.
The 90s are unique in that there are 2 types of alternative rock that sprouted out of that decade. The heavier, grungy type which has the likes of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, then there's this type of easy-listening alternative rock. Now 2 songs embody that 2nd alternative rock type. Toad The Wet Sprocket's "All I Want", and Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy. Listening to any of those 2 songs instantly flashes me back to the early 90s. Good times man. I'm so proud to be a 90s kid
@@coldcreative4601 Thats like, your opinion man. Lol. All I Want is great song.. poppy, yes, but who cares? And huh? An elevator track? You ever been in an elevator? Seems like no. Maybe a dentist office track, that put down woulda made more sense. If you are gona insult a great song, at least get your comparisons right.
One of the cleanest voices in alternative rock n roll scene This album has great great fantistic guitar style. Hopkins was a true genius in songwriting.
@@estelita2173 the singer is robin wilson but the other comment was talking about doug hopkins who wrote the bands best songs. And yes he took his own life, if you read other comments you can an idea of how messy the situation was.
This is so my time...the Gin Blossoms...the Connells...10,000 Maniacs...REM...the BoDeans...Toad the Wet Sprocket...Sister Hazel...and if you are from the Norfolk, VA area the Waxing Poetics...that is late 80's early 90's music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love all of you guys!!!!!!!!!!
The greatest decade in music ever, The Gin Blossoms always manage to take me back to better times. If I could go back and just eternity in one decade it would be 1990 to 1999, I miss those years and the sounds of a generation. AIC, Better Than Ezra, Third Eye Blind, Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Bush, Candle Box, Sonic Youth, Collective Soul, Matchbox 20, Janes Addiction, Days of the New. Best sounding decade ever. Like Bruce Springsteen said, "Real bands are made primarily from neighborhood, from a real time and a real place that exists for a little while and then it changes and it's gone forever".
Proud 90's kid here! I never understood when older people talked about being proud of their unique music sound such as in the 70's or 80's. NOW I DO. We had our own sound in the 90's and man, is it AWESOME. You can always tell 90's music and Gin Blossoms is 90's to the core. 90's FOREVER MAN
@@revjim77 Dude that's like if he said, "So, I'll always want to listen for the rest of my life to music from the 70's" and you come back with, "Oh, so you could listen to The Captain & Tennille?"
f*ckin jolly right, kid!! As an official old fart who listened to Zep in my 73 duster, i love that 90's grunge-nirvana stuff...after the evil decade(1980's) this stuff was a welcome breath of musical air...even saw pearl jam at r.k.o. loved the 90's, was a great decade for me!!! The Blossoms are hard- core.
RIP Doug Hopkins. I was in tears reading your story. I hope you had all the help possible and that was the only outcome possible. You gave us a lot of good music
"If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down" This line always kills me, it's always a painful reminder of the obvious for those who know what I am trying to say.
Seeing them live back in the day was unbelievable... lived in Tempe watch them come from nothing and get to the success they did, saw them so many times honestly can't recall how many they always played so much louder, harder and faster live than any other albums sounded like... the Tempe scene was magical these guys and all the other bands at the time would mixitup change around members just goofing off night after night playing live in the tempe bar scene
A helluva band with tragedy mixed in. Super tight with the three guitars and a hard hammering drummer, plus you add in a lead singer with soul, you have a lasting hit! Sounds as good in 2024, as it did then.
I saw them for the first time on tv last year in one of nba play off halftime shows. Since then his voice just gets me. I didn’t even knew them before but I love them ❤
Uh Oh! You know what that means, right? It means you're old, and now you sound exactly like the people you rolled your eyes at when they told you "Todays music doesn't hold a candle to what we used to listen to." It's OK, it's always going to happen that way. That's part of what makes it so funny. I'm just pointing it out because I remember when older adults used to say that kind of thing when I was growing up.
you can see I'm in no shape for driving, and anyway I've got no place to go the past is gone but something might be found to take its place if you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down how many great lines can fit in one song?
Sad that Jon Stewart talks about the release of Wayne's World 2. The writer of Hey Jealousy, lead guitarist in this performance, Doug Hopkins killed himself 5 days before the release of that movie on December 10, 1993.
I wish I could make something look as effortless as Jesse does playing the riffs on this song (or any song really). Just saw them live and he's still on point.
It's nice when a singer can nail it like the album (you here that Adam Duritz!). I saw these guys years ago at the Canyon Club in Agora Hills, CA and they didn't disappoint.
Being in Tucson we go to The Tempe and Phoenix area. Seen them countless times in little bars. Was 18 in 87. Watched them start and go big. Word spread fast about a decent rock band. People were talking saying they would make it. First time I seen them. Knew for sure. Great people.
Great song brings back great memories of college, parties, beer, girls, and living for the weekend. What a freaking great time for music. Feel sorry for the kids today, the rock scene is nothing like it was then. 1991 to about 1996 or so was an AMAZING time for music! But I guess like the original Jon Stewart Show all good things must end.:(
I wish they had kept the original "you can trust me not to drink and not to sleep around" lyric seeing as it hits home even further with all that happened with Hopkins
60 now, but that was my time! Awesome rock!!
I don’t listen to the Gin Blossoms often but when I do, so do the neighbors!
your poor neighbours :(
@@mj.l i am knew to this band do you say your poor neighbors because its a bad song or just because of loud music
@@charlespoe1306
It's a classic joke, repeated 1000 times. It means "I love this song, the bloody neighbours are going to hear it, like it or not!" ;)
That's awesome! What a great comment... immediately made me smile!
Here in 2024
Same
You can trust me not to DRINK!!!
RIP Doug Hopkins.
Well that line was a lie!!
A Gin Blossom is an old drunk's nose. You know the old drunks with the red varicated bulbous noses? You'll see them on rubbies and in dark bars with afternoon drunks. I loved this band.
Pretty sure the line is "you can trust me not to think and not to sleep around."
@@jonathanmoody390it was changed to that after Doug Hopkins died.
And not to sleep around.
Damn they were good. Sad story of a great songwriter. Love this
It's a bummer music can't get back to 90s rock again.
The best era to ever exist ! The 90s !!!!!
YUP
Nope. 80’s.
@@scottzreality3061 80's had Oingo Boingo, the Fixx, and The Police....comparing the '90s to the '80s is laughable.
drummer is deadass one of the best I've ever heard. dude killed it
Funny because I thought he overplayed. especially in the choruses.
He ripped!
He played to an adequate professional level. Like thousands do
@@jimlahey3919 Your mom’s an adequate professional.
@@gbarrettomatesright? Barely made me go....
The 90s are unique in that there are 2 types of alternative rock that sprouted out of that decade. The heavier, grungy type which has the likes of Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, then there's this type of easy-listening alternative rock.
Now 2 songs embody that 2nd alternative rock type. Toad The Wet Sprocket's "All I Want", and Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy. Listening to any of those 2 songs instantly flashes me back to the early 90s. Good times man. I'm so proud to be a 90s kid
All I Want is a corny elevator track. The band is good, that song is not. Especially in comparison to Hey Jealousy
@@coldcreative4601 notice nobody thumbed up your idiotic take
@@coldcreative4601 Thats like, your opinion man. Lol. All I Want is great song.. poppy, yes, but who cares? And huh? An elevator track? You ever been in an elevator? Seems like no. Maybe a dentist office track, that put down woulda made more sense. If you are gona insult a great song, at least get your comparisons right.
@@brianmcgee127TTWS is incredibly underrated
One of the cleanest voices in alternative rock n roll scene
This album has great great fantistic guitar style. Hopkins was a true genius in songwriting.
What's his full name?what happened to him?suicide?
@@estelita2173 the singer is robin wilson but the other comment was talking about doug hopkins who wrote the bands best songs. And yes he took his own life, if you read other comments you can an idea of how messy the situation was.
Thanks
Is Doug in this video?
@@derrickhart1976 No, but he's in this one. He's the guy in blue flannel shirt playing the Les Paul:
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This is so my time...the Gin Blossoms...the Connells...10,000 Maniacs...REM...the BoDeans...Toad the Wet Sprocket...Sister Hazel...and if you are from the Norfolk, VA area the Waxing Poetics...that is late 80's early 90's music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love all of you guys!!!!!!!!!!
I still love Gin Blossoms
Early to mid 90's was a good era for bands like this and many others 😊
Robin Wilson voice is unflappable. Same perfect tone no matter where he is singing.
@Matthew Barnes Singing? No, that's Robin.
@Matthew Barnes Sorry Dude, I'm pretty sure this was filmed during the mourning period after Doug committed suicide .
Agreed I'm a child of the 70s with Plant, Rodgers, Gillian, Zander etc ..but Robin is one of my favorite singers/phrasers ever!
@@cjpaulusma That's true, but Robin has always been the lead singer. His voice is pure gold! Doug wrote the song, but that's Robin singing.
The greatest decade in music ever, The Gin Blossoms always manage to take me back to better times. If I could go back and just eternity in one decade it would be 1990 to 1999, I miss those years and the sounds of a generation.
AIC, Better Than Ezra, Third Eye Blind, Dinosaur Jr., Nirvana, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Bush, Candle Box, Sonic Youth, Collective Soul, Matchbox 20, Janes Addiction, Days of the New.
Best sounding decade ever.
Like Bruce Springsteen said, "Real bands are made primarily from neighborhood, from a real time and a real place that exists for a little while and then it changes and it's gone forever".
His voice is so pure. I love it.
The singer is fine. The songwriter is gone.
@@joecrowaz Thanks
Proud 90's kid here! I never understood when older people talked about being proud of their unique music sound such as in the 70's or 80's. NOW I DO. We had our own sound in the 90's and man, is it AWESOME. You can always tell 90's music and Gin Blossoms is 90's to the core. 90's FOREVER MAN
Uncle Rico so you would listen to Limp Bizcuit and Backstreet Boys?
@@revjim77 Dude that's like if he said, "So, I'll always want to listen for the rest of my life to music from the 70's" and you come back with, "Oh, so you could listen to The Captain & Tennille?"
@@trysometruth More like The Village People, lol.
f*ckin jolly right, kid!! As an official old fart who listened to Zep in my 73 duster, i love that 90's grunge-nirvana stuff...after the evil decade(1980's) this stuff was a welcome breath of musical air...even saw pearl jam at r.k.o. loved the 90's, was a great decade for me!!! The Blossoms are hard- core.
@@revjim77
That was late 90's garbage - the early-to-mid 90's had awesome music.
RIP Doug Hopkins. I was in tears reading your story. I hope you had all the help possible and that was the only outcome possible. You gave us a lot of good music
"If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down"
This line always kills me, it's always a painful reminder of the obvious for those who know what I am trying to say.
Yeah, same here. Line hits me hard to this day.
Guy a was a lyrical genius
RIP Doug Hopkins
Me too
Yea it really gets to me, Im so tired of being a loser.. 2021
Forever a classic. Will always be an amazing song.
I served in the Navy with the drummer Phil Rhoads.
This is so nineties it hurts
Slammin' drummer. Always loved this song.
The older i get the more the more i love this
I always felt like their drummer was underrated 🥁... Dude had chops
Phillip Rhodes could absolutely destroy a kit. Played like he was mad at his set.
That’s because you’re right. He was.
they all did
All those gigs at Long Wongs really paid off.
"And if you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down."
Slammin' drummer. Always loved this song.
This is so nineties it hurts
The Gin Blossoms are a national treasure.
to me, this is the epitome of 90's music...love it
The pure distillation of 90s alt rock.
Love this group miss their music
I'd blast and sing all their music
51 and still listen to them
57, and me too! ❤
I'm sooooo freaking missing the 90's
the only think that could make this video more 90's is if Matthew Perry walked by
@Nancy Pelosi 😂
We should've dropped Matthew Perry on a hospital in Bosnia. Now THAT would've been 90's as fuck.
@@hamupinhere no in YEMEN
@@SapphireDreamssss @Ayana J was there a war in Yemen in the 90s🤔🤔
@@SapphireDreamssss if im going down, im taking everybody with me..
This is a great live version! These guys are so solid live. A rare trait!
by far the best live performance of "hey jealousy". Terrific !
Amazing..Robin has some voice...sounds just like the record
That is 100% Robin.
@Matthew Barnes @Matthew Barnes bro that’s totally Robin
Real, raw music without autotune. Love it.
Probably the most underrated band ever
Fun fact: human civilization peaked during the 1990s.
This is a great live version! These guys are so solid live. A rare trait!
opinion
@shadowyshutterbug Definitely opinion. It actually peaked in the 1970s. The 90s were the tail end... (my opinion. )
Daaaaang that's an incredible voice live! Wow
I love finding the live versions of my fav songs. Gin Blossoms brownie points!❤️✌️
Seeing them live back in the day was unbelievable... lived in Tempe watch them come from nothing and get to the success they did, saw them so many times honestly can't recall how many they always played so much louder, harder and faster live than any other albums sounded like... the Tempe scene was magical these guys and all the other bands at the time would mixitup change around members just goofing off night after night playing live in the tempe bar scene
A helluva band with tragedy mixed in. Super tight with the three guitars and a hard hammering drummer, plus you add in a lead singer with soul, you have a lasting hit! Sounds as good in 2024, as it did then.
Sounds haunting.....RIP... Doug Hopkins 🙏
What a great live performance!! Everyone is doing their part to contribute to the great sound!!
My favorites in high school. Fortunate to see them in 2006 in a small club in Chattanooga. Robin signed my Hey Jealousy tattoo. What a show.
"Thanks to Gin Blossoms, you can look for their new song Idiot Summer on the soundtrack of Wayne's World 2"
Whoa, that sentence is so peak 90s.
When I think of alternative music in the 90s, Gina Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket are my first thoughts.
AGREED. Just saw both bands in the past week. Still great shows!
@@denisehicksbrown7502 Really?! Great to hear they are still doing it.
I saw them for the first time on tv last year in one of nba play off halftime shows.
Since then his voice just gets me.
I didn’t even knew them before but I love them ❤
That drummer has some good chops man !!! 💯🔥🎶🖐
Rip Doug, the genius of this band
Fun fact: human civilization peaked during the 1990s.
A very spot on observation...
it's all downhill from here...
Humans actually interacted with each other
@@TK_421_JT musicians actually played instruments.
What a hell of a time to grow up in. I’m sad for the 80s and 90s. Miss it.
Quite possibly the most 90's thing I've seen in awhile. I loved this tune back then. Seems like a million years ago
Well well, look at that Peace Corps shirt! Ahh, the times I laid in bed listening to this song during my two years in PC...
I think his brother (?) was in Peace Corps.
"Hey Jealousy" on the radio: What a lovely song to sing along to.
"Hey Jealousy" performed live: This song friggin' rips.
My friend in high school thought the song was HLC...still cracks me up. But it DOES sound like it, and you'll never forget it now!
Im so happy that i grew up listening to this kind of music. Was born on 1987.
Listen to that clean live performance, you just don't see skilled live singers like that anymore.
There out there, there's just no reward anymore Lol
@@frugal4twenty202 absolutely, they are out there just completely burried under a pile of the popular ones.
Uh Oh! You know what that means, right? It means you're old, and now you sound exactly like the people you rolled your eyes at when they told you "Todays music doesn't hold a candle to what we used to listen to." It's OK, it's always going to happen that way. That's part of what makes it so funny. I'm just pointing it out because I remember when older adults used to say that kind of thing when I was growing up.
One of the cleanest voices in alternative rock n roll scene
you can see I'm in no shape for driving, and anyway I've got no place to go
the past is gone but something might be found to take its place
if you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down
how many great lines can fit in one song?
great lyrics and music 90's . Oh , great bad
The days when the finished product you played in your car sounded like the same product you saw live!!!
i saw this live on tv when it happened, i played that CD in my CRX all the time, mixed emotions...so much nostalgia, times where so great!
I was in my Mothers womb for 5 months when this song came out
Just saw them in concert a weekend ago. Still super after all these years.
WOO HOO!!! The Blossoms KILLIN it!!!
Live !!! Wow ! Out of this world ! Great music
R.i.p Doug Hopkins
This song reminds me of my girlfriend in high school. What better days. So simple
Great Music... Great talent!❤
Sad that Jon Stewart talks about the release of Wayne's World 2. The writer of Hey Jealousy, lead guitarist in this performance, Doug Hopkins killed himself 5 days before the release of that movie on December 10, 1993.
Lead singer and guitarist sporting the 90s blunt cut. Cool cut. Great band.
I wish I could make something look as effortless as Jesse does playing the riffs on this song (or any song really). Just saw them live and he's still on point.
Jesse is awesome!!! 🎸 👏
Saw them live tonight. A+
It's nice when a singer can nail it like the album (you here that Adam Duritz!). I saw these guys years ago at the Canyon Club in Agora Hills, CA and they didn't disappoint.
Always thought Scott Johnson was SOOOO adorable back then as well as a fantastic guitar player. He's still a fantastic guitar player.
This album has great great fantistic guitar style. Hopkins was a true genius in songwriting.
Trust me not to drink
Is he is this video? I’ve been reading about him
Trust me not to drink
nobody does
Doug :(
I saw them in 1992 with Toad the Wet Sprocket! Such a fun show.
This is simply amazing !
Profound lyrics-and sounds better live. This is real music.
I miss the 90s so much.
Love these guitar players and the singer they rock!
nice music, enjoy blogging and support here
Being in Tucson we go to The Tempe and Phoenix area. Seen them countless times in little bars. Was 18 in 87. Watched them start and go big. Word spread fast about a decent rock band. People were talking saying they would make it. First time I seen them. Knew for sure.
Great people.
Dang, Jim from The Office makes those drums his bitch.
Dang!! And I thought it was only Kevin who moonlighted as a drummer in a band. Great comment even though I'm 3 years late.
Awesome band right out the 90's! Thanks for posting! Gin Blossoms #1 fan!
Saw them live in Fort Lauderdale last week. Sound even better than the record!
Lead singer looks like a medieval page boy who wandered through a 90's closet.
I hope you’re still around bestowing RUclips with beautiful comments like this.
😂he really does. and I hope the poster is still around too. 👏🙅♂️
🤣🤣🤣🤣
valenzuela never was a so charismatic front man....
Yep
That was tight man !!! 💯🔥🎶
Great song brings back great memories of college, parties, beer, girls, and living for the weekend. What a freaking great time for music. Feel sorry for the kids today, the rock scene is nothing like it was then. 1991 to about 1996 or so was an AMAZING time for music! But I guess like the original Jon Stewart Show all good things must end.:(
Seeing Jon that young gives me the creeps...excellent performance!
I’m wondering why people can’t sing anymore. I wasn’t a huge fan of this band but it’s a good song and he can sing!
I’ll forever love this song.. Gosh I miss the 90s
this is the perfect song to listen to when mowing your lawn!
Great song, impressive live performance
I wish they had kept the original "you can trust me not to drink and not to sleep around" lyric seeing as it hits home even further with all that happened with Hopkins
Everything about this video was amazing! God I miss good tv...
This always sounded like a Goo Goo Dolls song to me, great stuff!
Damn that is a good live performance!
Wow, Robin sounds exactly like the record! What a great vocalist.
Damn! Just damn, that was good.
Oh my kid and early teen years in the 90s...and I watch SNL just for this! Memories...
Thank yoU!