This was the first song that came to my head:
I know, I KNOW. It's real bad. Listening to this once again, I noticed that I'm only fond of the first few measures, but then once the chorus arrives (too soon in my opinion), the lyrics and flat, whiney vocals are frankly unlistenable. What I'll call the bridge (bc I'm no music expert) is atrocious, probably because the singer starts belting out like a Hanson brother. Totally soured my bummer trip.
Then I noticed the featured videos on the side bar featured the Gin Blossoms' "Found About You"
Just as cheesy and mopey, but at least it's more melodic. Plus, the vocals are a hundred times better. Unlike "All I Want," the bridge is cleaner, which makes it more palatable for nostaglic staying power on soft rock radio.
As the 90s make its inevitable comeback, I'm sure there's people out that would like to talk shit on them. However, I bet if you play "Hey Jealously" at the end of party, 10 beers deep, they'll be crooning with the rest of us.
Oh, just for the record, I don't mind flat, whiney vocals. You just got crank the angst like Galaxie 500 does in "Blue Thunder." The "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAs" are absolutely tedious, but at least we can sing along when we're having a shitty day.
I love it!!!
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