Guilty Pleasure Tuesday: Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms

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I share my guilty pleasure music on Tuesday's and my selection this week is 'Hey Jealousy' by the Gin Blossoms. This song is featured on their 1992 debut album New Miserable Experience. 'Hey Jealousy' was released in June of 1993 and was a Top 40 hit.

I've been a fan of this song since it was the hotness on the charts. Mainstream alternative rock bands of the 1990's have been the victims of some major hate at times, but I'll defend 'Hey Jealousy' because it's an excellent rock song. If you watched the AV Club's 2012 Undercover series, you might remember that Cursive and Cymbals Eat Guitars covered 'Hey Jealousy'. It was brought up that 'Hey Jealousy' was "shit on" by people, and a guy from Cymbals Eat Guitars said if the song was recorded by Teenage Fanclub then it would be a classic. Ain't that the truth.

Guilty Pleasure Tuesday: Funplex by The B-52's

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This is a new feature at The Lost Soul of Rock and Roll. Tuesday's are my days to share with the readers some of my guilty pleasures in music. The first selection for Guilty Pleasure Tuesday is 'Funplex' by The  B-52's. This song is the fifth track on their 2008 album titled Funplex.

My wife is a huge fan of The B-52's and she has me hooked on their music. Most of their music. 'Rock Lobster' still freaks me out for some reason. 'Funplex' has been stuck in my head recently by The B-52's and the icing on the cake, as always, is the vocals of Fred Schneider who delivers one of his best lines ever when he says, "Faster Pussycat! Thrill! Thrill! I'm at the mall on a diet pill". This is pop music brilliance right here, kids. Enjoy the video below which features Fred raising hell in mall while using a Segway.




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