Outside Looking in the Best of The Gin Blossoms
Album details
Artist: Gin Blossoms
Year: 1999
Average fodder rating (out of 5): 4
Difficulty: Mostly simple
Assessment of suitability for parodying
The good news is that the songs manage to each tell a story (if a pretty ordinary one) while keeping it short and simple. The problem is that they are ordinary in a modern way. They mention cars and driving way more often than most artists, for example. The result is that the album has many 4-fodder songs, but only one 5-fodder.
The parodies
Follow You Down . . . Don’t Follow Him Down
Hey Jealousy . . . Hey Matey
Until I Fall Away . . . Until I Sail Away
Alison Road . . . A Sailing Boat
Mrs. Rita . . . Hideous Creature
Found Out About You . . . Found Out What He Blew
Not Only Numb . . . Not Only Dumb
Cajun Song . . . Ugliness
Just South Of Nowhere [Explicit] . . . Just Out With No Scares
Pieces Of The Night . . . Pieces of Eight
As Long As It Matters . . . The Method Always Matters
Til I Hear It From You . . . Can’t Feel Fear From You
Behind the scenes
- I wrote the parody album in March 2015.
- I like to call the parody album I’m Not Looking In.
- Reflections on my creativity with this album can be found in Album Story 9: Slackers.
Categories
Album categories: Mostly simple albums, 4-fodder albums
Song categories: 1990s songs, 3-fodder songs, 4-fodder songs, 5-fodder songs, explicit songs
Parody subject categories: Parodies about avoiding Davy Jones, sailing, going to port, insanity, story of Davy Jones and Calypso, not being scared, parodies about treasure, music critiques
Parody style categories: Pleasant parodies, repurposed songs, clever uses of songs, turnabout parodies, completely different takes on songs, others
Other parody categories: Parodies that are accessible to everyone