Lost Horizons (Gin Blossoms song)
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Lost Horizons" is the opening track of New Miserable Experience
by the Gin Blossoms
. Written by Doug Hopkins
, the song has an autobiographical ring to it. As detailed in "Jesus of Suburbia," Hopkins was a fatality of alcoholism and personal demons. In particular, the refrain seems to reflect at least a part of Hopkins' reality: "I'll drink enough of anything to make this world look new again/Drunk, drunk, drunk in the gardens and graves."
The first public performance of the song was on December 20, 1987, at Edcel's Attic, in Tempe Arizona.
New Miserable Experience
New Miserable Experience is the breakthrough album by pop-rock band the Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992. The album was released to little fanfare and relatively lackluster reviews. However, nearly a year after its release, lead single "Hey Jealousy" ascended into the top 40, with "Found...
by the Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms is an American pop rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona. They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption "W.C. Fields with gin blossoms", referring to what appeared to be the actor's gin-ravaged nose, but was actually a skin condition known as rosacea...
. Written by Doug Hopkins
Doug Hopkins
Douglas "Doug" Hopkins was an American musician and songwriter from Tempe, Arizona. He co-founded the Gin Blossoms, a popular modern rock band of the early 1990s, with Richard Taylor...
, the song has an autobiographical ring to it. As detailed in "Jesus of Suburbia," Hopkins was a fatality of alcoholism and personal demons. In particular, the refrain seems to reflect at least a part of Hopkins' reality: "I'll drink enough of anything to make this world look new again/Drunk, drunk, drunk in the gardens and graves."
The first public performance of the song was on December 20, 1987, at Edcel's Attic, in Tempe Arizona.