"The past is gone but something might be found to take its place" ... man, probably one of the most optimistic, hopeful lyrics in a song ever. Really makes you feel that all is not lost.
It's really sad when you realize how many songs on this album make obvious references to drinking and being drunk, and that the band fired him for drinking too much, then he offed himself watching the band sing the lyrics he wrote and getting famous. Even the name of the band is a reference to a condition alcoholics get.
The older I get, the harder it is to reconnect with that feeling of blissful happiness that came with being a kid. But a song can open that door for just a second and fill my heart with a gust of happiness I thought long gone. Even if it’s only for a moment, sometimes a moment is all you need.
Vincent Vega That’s what I love about songs like this. Growing up I was listening to them, and while I sang along I didn’t know the impact of the words. Listening now, I feel it and also just remember those great times as a kid, carefree.
CG I know right?!?! I can remember the video playing in the background and my memory is what I was doing at the time. It’s like seeing through the eyes of 7 year old me. Probably the closest thing to time travel we’ll ever get.
Definitely!! I was 13 when this was playing constantly on the radio during the summer. It was such a fun and memorable summer, and this song takes me right back to that time.
There's certain 90's songs that give me emotional trauma. Like that mc hammer song(please please-no need to remind me of the name of that song...) And vanilla ice song that we all pretended wasn't some kind of remake of Bowie. However Gin Blossoms were in a league of their own. I considered them musicians. I still do
My mom died about a year ago. This was her favorite song. We would hear it on the radio from time to time all through me growing up. Today was the first time I heard it since she passed. I was in the middle of the store and had to hide in the diaper aisle while I cried. But I when I heard "cause all I really wants to be with you" I felt like she was making me hear that line, so i knew she was with me. I miss her and this song is solidified as super special to me and will be for the rest of my life. I love and miss you mom.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I only discovered this song last summer, but still get memories of how terrible it was because of personal reasons. This song was one of the only good things that got me through my dark times. Thank you for sharing this and know your mother will always be with you
Sorry for your lost, I first saw Gin Blossoms video "Hey Jealousy" at The Levis Store thirty one years ago. I brought their CD a year later great memories, I hope that their song continue to give you happy memories with your mother as it gave me happy memories of my early twenties.
I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my mom almost two years ago. She loved old Italian religious songs. And for a while I couldn't listen to them, without feeling like my soul was being tortured. But at least our moms are with God now.
Yeah! I got a disposable THC vape. The strain is “Jealousy”. It malfunctioned, so I cracked it open and smeared the oil on a cigarette. Yo homie, I’m high as a giraffe’s ass. Godspeed to you and yours
Takes me back to those hot summer days hanging around playing street hockey with my friends . No cell phones , no stress, no complexities. Just living , RIP 90s 😪
Pretty much have the same experiences from the mid 90’s. Lol. Pop the Boombox on 101 The Wrif or 98.7 WLLZ (I’m from Detroit originally) and play some street hockey. This was definitely one of the songs we pucked to. Lol. Can’t forget Blind Melon, The Offspring, Nirvana or one off bands like The Toadies and Rusted Root either lol
1999, I was 13 and I heard it on the radio. You couldn't google lyrics back then, so I called the radio station to ask what the band was called. I thought the DJ said "Jim Possums" 🤷 but fortunately the record store guy knew what I was talking about.
I see this comment for just about every band, but on this one I agree completely. You should check out Sister Hazel for "underrated" (especially the songs "Danger Is Real (But Fear Is a Choice)" and "Change Your Mind")...at least it's cheaper to see them both!
As such a great fan of the band, it's odd that you aren't aware of how hard they fought to be called Gin Blossoms, not THE. Check out some interviews, they were totally uptight about the article THE. Not part of their name.
@@liamcomery6574 99% percent of their fans refer to them as "The" gin blossoms, rock DJ's refer to them as "The" gin blossoms. Only pretentious a-holes call them only gin blossoms!!! I will continue to call them "THE" Gin blossoms ,it just sounds better. Hope this helps 😊
I am not sure about criminally underrated. Back in the 90's they were constantly played in the radios & parties that everyone enjoyed. Too bad music of today is crap.
RIP Doug Hopkins. This was your song and you did a beautiful job. Too bad you couldn’t find beauty in the world. Either way your impact is undeniable ❤️
Amen. But takes nothing from Robin. Dougie is gone by his own mental health issues. He should never be forgotten, as a sensational songwriter who penned much of best of Gin Blossoms!
I think about this song more than I should. It’s not a cry for help, it’s a scream. He’s already lost. And he’s living after the credits stopped rolling. “ if I hadn’t blown the whole thing years ago, I’d still be her with you...” no one ever shows what happens to the guys that lose the girl. Lose the war. Lose themselves after the movie ends and the lights go up. This is the last cry, not for help, but for one last good bye before he goes his way forever. Sad. Beautiful. Real.
It’s a good quote because of the contradiction where you can’t appreciate things at the time the way you do when you’re nostalgic for them. It is the perspective of nostalgia that makes it impossible to have that same appreciation at the time.
“If I hadn’t blown the whole thing years ago, I might be here with you/I might not be alone” is the line(s) that gets me every time I listen to this song. Just gets me in my feels. Great song.
When you read the backstory of the songwriter getting kicked out of the band before they made it big and eventually killing himself having watched his ex-band mates achieve fame playing his songs, well....
@@cookslooking10 So. . . would it have been better if his songs had gotten deep sixed WITH him? Self destructive people can't be redeemed if they don't make the decision themselves. His band members gave him every opportunity. His lyrics live on through them.
Hard to believe it's been over 30 years since this band hit the scene. I was 22 and just out of college when this was released. What good times we had. This song was part of the soundtrack to our lives back then. RIP Doug Hopkins.
lol the only reason I’m here. It’s not exactly the style I listen to, nothing reminded me of it, I just wanted to go back to my grandma’s house in 1993 for a few minutes
God this song hits me hard. "All I really want is to be with you, feel like I matter too" "If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down." As someone who has struggled with depression and low self esteem most of my life, it's crazy how much I relate to that. This song is always one of the first I play if I'm feeling down, helps me out in a cathartic way. We all need songs like that.
Maybe why I, an 80s baby 90s kid, was so ill prepared for life 😅 but I still think the 90s was the best decade, for music, fashion and lack of technology 🥰!
At the rollerskating with my first girlfriend at summer camp, tearing it up on DDR in the arcade and just feeling this song. First time hearing this song at least 15 years later. I feel alive again
Take me with you. I don't have any money but one should not time travel alone. To bad I didn't know then that those would be the best years of my life. Being a responsible adult sucks.
I am, presumably, much older than you. Stop being too responsible. ;-) Drive to New York for a hotdog and a pizza. Drive back home the slow way - make a week of it.
This one will always remind me of my first girlfriend. Her family just moved one day, wasn't told or got to say goodbye, I hope she is having the time of her life. 90s Never Die.
"You can trust me not to beg, and not to sleep around,....and if you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down." (Perhaps one of the finest lyrics ever written)
TheNewAmericanMedia Absolutely. My favorite is "Your boyfriend's over...I watch your light go out" from "Found Out About You." That gift of understatement in his lyrics, and it WAS a gift.
+TheNewAmericanMedia I always thought it was "you can trust me not to think" - as you know he was an impulsive ex-boyfriend who did stupid things hence the reason they're broken up - and he's sayiing 'yeah I'm predictable in that respect - you can trust that I'll do stupid things...but I also won't sleep around and if you don't expect too much - you might just be satisfied with me.'
+nativesun It was originally "You can trust me not to drink" because Hopkins had a very visible alcohol problem all through the band's timeline. The use of "trust me not to drink" would have been grossly ironic because it's obviously something Hopkins would pay lip service to, but not adhere. It further didn't make any sense to use "drink" over "think" as the song itself starts off very early with "and I'm in no shape for drivin'" suggesting to say "you can trust me not to drink" is nothing more than, well, drunk talk.
@@lookatmepleasesirtoo bad if you missed it. People were a lot nicer. Music was great and colors and nightlife were fun. This shit for brains culture is a waste of oxygen. He's praying for another pandemic that does its job better 😂
There is always something about this song, that really hits you, especially those who lived in the 90's. Thank God I was able to experience and feel this kind of music during my teens.
“If you don’t expect too much from me, you might not be let down” What a fantastic lyric. Everyone can say they’ve felt like that at some point or another with someone. If you don’t want much out of me, then maybe I’ll meet your standards.
I don't think so. For a man to tell you to not expect much from him means he's a low life and will continue to treat you badly, but it's okay so long as you continue to have low expectations.
I was probably 8 when I first heard this song. It reminded me of the theme song to Pete & Pete for some reason. But I miss this sound. I’m almost 40 now and I recently asked someone what happened to music like this? Bands and groups almost seem like a thing of the past. Everything is shock value and no substance. Such a great song.
I've always loved this band and how they kept going after Doug Hopkins sadly passed - such a great visionary songwriter. His songs on New Miserable Experience were exceptional. In fact I love the whole album, one of the few albums in my collection I love from start to finish. This is a tune!!!
I never appreciated this song when I was younger... now it is a bittersweet reminder of good times and lost opportunities... you gotta take the good with the bad, but either way you look at it this song takes me back!
I was born in '75. Truly blessed. Old enough to love the '80s...young enough to love the '90s as well. Jams like this are just legendary and bring you back to an easier time.
Me too bro, i grew un with the awesome hard and heavy bands from 80s(motley, def leppard, Dokken, Ratt, etc) but, i think that we had a good rock band's on 90s
75 as well!! So nice to connect with people who were 18 when this came out. Stepping into adulthood, but still incredibly young, naive, hopeful but lost and scared. This song like so many other songs of that time was so upbeat that you think it’s about something happy. But in this case it’s about heartbreak and trying to move on from a big loss or f**king up a big piece of your life (which I did around this time).
Going through my soul mate’s things, I found this video on his computer. His favourite band was the Velvet Underground, but this was a song he loved. I think the words are timeless. I miss you, Scott, RIP.
If We Can Remember These Moments, That Means We Can Still Live In These Moments. We Just Have To Find That Spirit, And It All Will Come Flowin Back. Live In The Moment And The Spirit Will Find You ❤
I always find it amazing when one alcoholic throws another alcoholic out of the band, even though that alcoholic wrote EVERY good song on the album. RIP Doug Hopkins. You always rode the lightening in a way your mates could only dream of. They are in fact a tribute band: a tribute to you.
I´m also 45. I used to hear this music when I was attending to the university, studying architecture. My girlfriend Maria and me used to hear this music when going to Patanemo beach in Venezuela :-). We split soon after, but we are still friends. That was a mix tape which contained Pearl Jam, U2, Gin Blossoms, Cranberries, Radiohead, Nirvana, 4non blonds and other i cant remember. People die. Love dies. Life is only stories we use to create our world which is only experiences and memory.
Well, tell me do you think it'd be all right If I could just crash here tonight? You can see I'm in no shape for driving And anyway, I've got no place to go And you know it might not be that bad You were the best I'd ever had If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago I might not be alone Tomorrow we can drive around this town And let the cops chase us around The past is gone, but something might be found To take its place Hey jealousy Hey jealousy Hey jealousy Hey jealousy And you can trust me not to think And not to sleep around And if you don't expect too much from me You might not be let down 'Cause all I really want is to be with you Feeling like I matter too If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago I might be here with you Tomorrow we can drive around this town And let the cops chase us around The past is gone, but something might be found To take its place Hey jealousy Tomorrow we can drive around this town And let the cops chase us around The past is gone, but something might be found To take its place Hey jealousy Hey jealousy Hey jealousy Hey jealousy Well, tell me, do you think it'd be all right If I could just crash here tonight? You can see I'm in no shape for driving And anyway, I've got no place to go And you know it might not be that bad You were the best I'd ever had If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago I might not be alone Tomorrow we can drive around this town And let the cops chase us around The past is gone, but something might be found To take its place Hey jealousy Hey jealousy She took my heart Well, there's only one thing I couldn't start
Why does this song makes me cry... 😢 I guess it's the nostalgia. It's like living through faded memories that replay an intangible reality. Makes me feel like it never really happened...
One of the deepest songs ever. This singer is singing about regret. He passed up what went well for him, but thought there was a better route. But there was no better option. He sings "hey jealousy" cause he is jealous of what of the fact that someone else could have what he could have had. He can't let go. He tries to plead and pleads by making promises, but the best is to not get one's hopes up, because big promises can't be kept. The past is gone but something might be found to take its place, he hopes to replace the foul mistakes he made. He hopes for a something to start.
I started singing alternative rock songs to my baby before she goes to bed...I realized songs like jealously and 2 princes will be called "my dad's music." For some reason this makes me smile like a wacko ;)
God Bless you and your baby Richard. Keep on being a great Dad. The hard work is worth it and to many young people don't care about their kids or raise them with Love. I am a 60's and 70's Rocker, but the Gin Blossoms for me were the best in the 90s.........
Tracy Langley Would have consented to your request but your snide retort at the end killed my motivation. I do not like snide remarks and will attempt to use that word in my everyday vernacular. Additionally, do you realize that your sensibilities are largely lost in the sea of refuse that is RU-vid...stupid.
richard splichal That was hardly a snide retort, and you deserved being called out. Both your refusal to acknowledge the word being offensive, and then deciding to continually say it more just out of spite, merely because someone said the word "seriously", show that you are an incredibly immature person, and perhaps not ready to be a parent. Furthermore, justifying your immaturity because "LULZ YOUTUB" is just sad. The reason RU-vid is a vile cesspool of humanity is because of attitudes like yours, and frankly you're just setting a terrible example for your daughter to follow. If you get that offended over the word 'seriously' how do you think people who are effected by mental retardation (both people who suffer from it, and those who are family members or caretakers of those that do) every day feel about your callous use of the word? We all use words that are offensive, but that doesn't mean we don't deserve being called out when we do. Own your mistakes, think before you speak, and realize that you are far from being in the right here.
Egitel First off, depending on a person's interpretation of how the word "seriously" can be inflected, a person can derive a mocking affectation from it, but honestly I don't care about the semantics. You mistake offense with indifference. Also, I wasn't justifying my immaturity, I was responding in jest to hide my disdain of people who think that their sensibilities are something that all people should abide. I try not intentionally hurt people, but I will disregard the sensibilities of people that have an air of assumed importance, especially those that confront me in the manner that you have. To put it simply I was trying to be cheeky. How you view maturity means little to me because of what I believe and what I hold important to me. You've made more than a few assumptions about my character, which needless to say could be equally judgmental as anything I have said. You know me as much the few written words I have made and sought to illustrate my character akin to that of a vile cesspool. I have my doubts that you would apologize for the offenses you give insomuch as would buffer your great and wise character. You want to know what is sad...the destruction of natural habitats for human habitation, starvation and internment camps in DPNK, exploitation of environment and children for cheaper comodities, the AIDS epidemic in Africa, dismissal of basic human rights... Your designation of my behavior as sad is a gross misrepresentation of neoliberal political correctness. Good job making the world a better place by getting onto a RU-vidr that doesn't know how to take things seriously, you've really changed the world.
richard splichal For someone who doesn't want to argue semantics, you're sure making a big deal out of "offense" vs "indifference". You can call it what you like, but choosing to do something you know is offensive, merely out of spite for such a small word (it is a small word, she could have been a lot more harsh than she was) shows that you did, in fact, find it offensive. If you were 'indifferent' to it, you would not have responded in the first place, nor found "disdain" for her "expressing her sensibilities". You're also being petty by saying you're going to use "that word in your everyday vernacular", just to get back at a random RU-vidr who will never know the difference anyway. Which is, in fact, going out of your way to intentionally hurt people, despite your stating that you have no intention of doing so. The only person here that as an air of assumed importance is yourself, by assuming you're beyond reproach, and above the criticisms of your fellow man, even when you're clearly in the wrong. You are essentially throwing a well-worded temper tantrum in response to a single RU-vid comment. Again, you can call it what you will. Don't mistake my intention, I couldn't care less about your original comment. It was your response to being called out about using an offensive word, that admittedly, most of us (including myself) use far too often. However, people don't typically lash out at someone for calling them out on it. Usually, they just apologize and move on with their lives, which you easily could have done. Also, I haven't made a single assumption about your character that you yourself did not provide the evidence for. Consider that most of the people reading your comments will have never met you, therefore it amounts to little more than a first impression. If in that impression you immediately come off as immature and petty, then most people are going to assume you're an immature and petty person. You might be an awesome person, that donates to charities around the world and is a champion for civil rights, but that's not what this is about. Also, I didn't illustrate your character as being a vile cesspool, I implied that your comments add to the vile cesspool of humanity that is RU-vid. Everyone who has ever been to RU-vid knows that it represents the worst in people, but that doesn't justify the behavior of anyone on it. They are all still responsible for their own words and actions. This last part is my favorite. It is just so rife with logical fallacies, I don't even know where to begin. Deflection, for example, always loved that one. Where you could have just simply apologized, or made your argument and moved on, you decide to bring up topics that are in no way related to or effected by the topic at hand. Politicians use this tactic all the time to avoid having to answer tough questions. Congratulations, you win. Sure, there are terrible things happening in the world, and not a single one of them justifies your behavior. Furthermore, a single person (or two, depending on how you look at it) calling someone out on RU-vid, doesn't distract from any of those issues. This isn't something that's going to make the evening news, or cause countries to not send aid where it's needed, or whatever other possible scenario that could come from this. And yes, your behavior is sad, even if it's not on the same scale of sad as say, starving children in Africa.
My freshman year of high school was 2000, my whole childhood before that was this amazing, beautiful, under appreciated decade of music. Love love love this band.
Life seemed so much more full of promise before September 11, 2001. Since then it has been war, hate and bitterness, and plague. Respect each other and treat people with dignity and respect. Don’t let the haters drag you down. Peace to all!
I agree! My brothers went to war because of 9/11 they're not the same...lots of PTSD. Seen things kids (because they were only 18 they were still kids) shouldn't have seen. Its a disconnect from the world. We lost our bond. They no longer have a spark and faith in people. Mom and I pray for them to find the happiness but it's tough. My brother is having twins next year so I'm praying that will bring life back into him. The other one has since drowned himself into work. Has 3 kids numbs himself from all the hate and diversity. So sad but im hopeful. This world still has time to change! Always look for the one good thing it will bring you back to life and let love flow in!
Lack of promise has nothing to do with this song or any music for that matter. Enjoy the music when you hear it and apply the lyrics according to what they were written for and you’ll always get more out of it. 09-11-2001 was not the initial turning point in the USA as the event itself was somewhat inevitable. The world the USA once knew changed shortly following the death of JFK and has been a roller coaster for most in it since. Those thinking the world changed after 09-11 actually was simply awakened to the highs and lows of life.
I'm sorry for all you millennials out there born post 1990 who have absolutely no idea what the hell good music sounds like. This song came out when I was in Jr High and it was just a sign of the times. Real musicians, no stupid gimmicks, no stolen riffs or beats, no butchered English, no retarded scandals to sell downloads, just good freaking music played with feeling.
mastersnet18 Well most late 80s babies were too young to discover the good stuff until it was over. By the time you were 8 or 9 it was over with and all the suck boy and girl bands were in.
***** well 1) I was born in January 1989 2) I have a very good memory 3) I have two older sisters who graduated high school in 1995 and 1999 so I remember a lot more because of that.
