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you might not be let down said the sad men with guitars to the 1990s these guitars could crunch or roar

or screech or snarl.

But prettiest of all, saddest of all, and maybe even angriest of all, they could jangle.

My name is Rob Harvilla. I'm a staff writer at The Ringer.

This podcast is called 60 Songs That Explain the 90s.

And I need to complain about something.

It has bothered me for 28 years or so that two consecutive songs on the Gin Blossoms

album New Miser miserable experience start basically the

same way it's their major label debut from 1992 that was my favorite song on the album it's called

found out about you it was written by the lead guitarist and co-founder a guy named dog hopkins it'somy, it's self-pitying, it's a post-breakup

unrequited love situation. He's basically stalking her. It's semi-problematic, and Hopkins wrote it,

allegedly, about an ex-girlfriend who kicked him in the head at an REM concert. Or maybe she just

punched him after the concert. Anyway, that's what it says on the

internet. Whatever the details, the song's real-life backstory, is way heavier than it sounds.

The very next track is called Allison Road. The lead singer of the gin blossoms, a guy named

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