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A couple Goo articles
« on: Jun 6th, 2006, 6:39pm » |
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I was poking around on MSNBC tonight and found a couple of Goo articles. There are pages of stuff but these are the most current.
The first one is an interview with Paul Westerberg. He has a little blurb about John. You can read the whole article here ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13121949/site/newsweek/
Are you annoyed when people say that the Replacements gave birth to bands like Goo Goo Dolls?
I just wish there would be a newer one we could be blamed for. About a month ago, [Goo Goo Dolls lead singer] Johnny Rzeznik called me up and said he had something to give me, which of course frightened me. I ended up having one of the road cats go over, and he'd bought me a 1965 cherry red Gibson guitar, probably worth $4,000 or $5,000. He'd just gone into a shop, picked it out and wanted to give it to me. That was a lovely gesture.
The other article John talks about We'll Be Here (When You're Gone) and Better Days.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12978755/
Updated: 7:27 p.m. ET May 25, 2006
Goo Goo Dolls front man Johnny Rzeznik, who grew up in working-class Buffalo, N.Y., went home to gain inspiration for the band’s latest album, “Let Love In,” which was released in April.
While there, he saw the disparity between the haves and have-nots. He drove out to the old factories and saw that buildings had vanished and were replaced by fences with barbed wire. It made him question lots of things: what happened to these people; who’s protecting humanity; and most of all, how can the United States survive without a middle class?
This inspired the song “When You’re Gone” and his eye-opening experience back in Buffalo guided much of the album’s content.
“I started to feel helpless and hopeless and numb — as a human being,” Rzeznik said between stops on the “Let Love In” promotional tour. “I wanted the theme for this album to be hope. When you get older you have to make a conscious decision — especially as a man — to be brave enough to feel and allow people to love you.”
But the song on “Let Love In” that has kept the Goo Goo Dolls relevant and part of the zeitgeist is “Better Days,” which was picked up by both CNN and Oprah Winfrey almost as an anthem following Hurricane Katrina.
Rzeznik said he originally conjured a wealthy erstwhile girlfriend who lavished him with ridiculously expensive gifts when all he wanted was for her to recognize the need for a little more reality.
After the song was attached to the hurricane remembrance, Rzeznik was taken aback.
“It caused this unintentional paradigm shift of the meaning in my mind. It was startling,” Rzeznik said. “It felt really good that we could contribute something other than money or playing some shows. We gave a little piece of our soul.”
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