Inside Tracks #39: "Found Out About You," Gin Blossoms (Doug Hopkins), 1992 w/Covers by Paolo Santos, Molly Parden, Robin Wilson, Wind in Sails
Doug Hopkins' aching heartbreak plays out over jangly guitars in two-part harmony. What they used to call "the blues" becomes a new generation's power pop linchpin. Art happens.
“An infectious brand of sun-baked jangle-pop soaked in darkness.”—Richard Turgeon
Did you love me only in my head?
There were things you said and did to me,
They seem to come so easily;
The love I thought I’d won, you give for free.—Doug Hopkins, “Found Out About You”
Genius.com: “This song is about someone who has not been able to get over a relationship an…
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