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(Message started by: Dream of Goo on Apr 19^th, 2005, 4:05pm)

Title: Something my friend said......
Post by Dream of Goo on Apr 19^th, 2005, 4:05pm

Hi guys,

Today i got my friend to finally listen to some goo goo dolls songs, cos i woz talkin alot about them to him and he didn't know who they were and the only image when you said goo goo dolls 2 him woz of a rag doll!!!.......
Anyway, he loved the songs from dizzy up the girl and gutterflower.. :D but he said somthing thats never entered my mind but this is what he said....he goes that the music i.e guitars and drums r loud on the songs that they overshadow Johnny's voice for e.g on 'aint that unusual'.
Do u think this is true or not?
You guys r the only hardcore goo fans i know.. so don't b mad at me for even suggesting this. I love the goos! :D

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by babsil30 on Apr 19^th, 2005, 7:32pm

i guess i never looked at it that way... i'll have to pay attention to the sound level of the drums/guitars next time!

i know an acquaintance and he won't listen to them just because of their name.. now talk about being silly! LOL

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by Skkyer on Apr 20^th, 2005, 8:26am

Very true! I had to listen to Gutterflower a couple of times before I decided - OK, this is a cool album. For some reason, the band does not make John's voice out there enough. They have it more a mix in with the music. I think this is one of the factors that hurt sales of Gutterflower. :( DUTG You really notice John's voice and catch all the words, not so on Gutterflower, especially if you have a cheap system in your car!

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by Iris74 on Apr 20^th, 2005, 5:43pm

on 04/20/05 at 08:26:41, Skkyer wrote:

� DUTG You really notice John's voice and catch all the words, not so on Gutterflower, especially if you have a cheap system in your car!

I've got the opposite view of DUTG. I think the music is WAY too in the background on it. John's voice sticks out too much (as much as I love it, I like a full sound) Gutterflower would have sold better with better promotion. It's all about the advertising dollar, and Goo got very little of it in support of GF. (Only 2 videos? C'mon! And Sympathy only happened after it took off on radio)

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by Saz_Goo on Apr 21^st, 2005, 12:18pm

I've never really noticed John's voice getting "lost" with all the music. Personally, I prefer the sound of ABNG because it's a little less polished, and you really get the whole vibe of the guitars and everything... on DUTG, although I love it, you don't really get the same feeling of energy in the music, and I think that's probably because John's voice is more emphasised.

I agree that Gutterflower would have done better if it had been promoted more - the record company dropped the ball a little on that one, maybe they were expecting that the association with DUTG would get the albums to fly off the shelves without them needed to invest anything extra. ??? I hope they're a bit more pro-active for the next album!! ;D

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by MethodInMadness on Apr 22^nd, 2005, 12:34am

on 04/20/05 at 17:43:10, Iris74 wrote:

I've got the opposite view of DUTG. I think the music is WAY too in the background on it. John's voice sticks out too much (as much as I love it, I like a full sound)

Agreed. I really like the sound of all the instruments. It enhances the singing.

Title: Re: Something my friend said......
Post by Dream of Goo on Apr 27^th, 2005, 11:53am

yeh thats great everyone has their own views on it... i love the mix album, ego art and commerce, shows johns vocals differing over the years.