“Name,” The Goo Goo Dolls
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This is a song I associate more with the radio than MTV, but I’ll do my best.
Wow, kind of a melancholy video. Appropriate, I guess, but, jeez. The guy with the mohawk is so morose he can’t even pick himself up off the floor. These people all need some Prozac. (Remember when people would be like, “God, did you take your Prozac today?” when you said something even marginally mean? No? Just me and my hip posse? ‘Kay.)
Hey, this Goo Goo Doll guy is kinda hot in the black and white shots. Why was I not aware of this? Mmm, long 90s guy hair. Although I’m thinking that the hotness factor decreases a bit based on the fact that he is a Goo Goo Doll. Goo Goo? Really? Also, cleft chins just make me think of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, so really, I guess it could never work out. Gaston was a huge dick.
Never knew until this second that he says “Reruns all become our history.” How … deep.
So, this is a pretty depressing song, right? Slow tempo, acoustic guitar, longing for a lost love, “saw the dreams you never thought you lose tossed along the way,” etc. However, the thing I remember most about this song is that one day my mom and I were driving in the car and this song came on and she said “You know, this song just makes me so happy.” I was like, “Really? It’s kind of depressing.” She shrugged and said, “I know. But it just makes me feel really good and happy when it comes on.” So now, whenever I hear this song, or any other by the Goo Goo Dolls (which is kind of a lot, as I’m usually listening to Bob FM or 98.9 or 92.9), I think of my mom and hope she’s happy.
Okay, enough sappiness. Wanna know something funny? My husb often cannot tell the difference between the Goo Goo Dolls and the Gin Blossoms. I thought this was hilarious – DUH! The Goo Goo Dolls’ songs are usually slower and acoustic, and the Gin Blossoms are forever associated with Liv Tyler and Empire Records! – but then I realized that they do kind of sound alike. So now every time this song or “Allison Road” or “Iris” or “Til I Hear it From You” comes on, I’m like, “QUICK! Goo Goo Dolls or Gin Blossoms?!” He’s getting much better. I think he’s right like 75% of the time now. I have taught him well.
I was more familiar with the song than the video too. I wouldn’t say this song makes me happy, but it is pretty, in a melancholy sort of way. And in the Goo Goo Dolls vs. Gin Blossoms debate, I’m more of a Gin Blossoms kinda gal.
My dad came home from work one day a couple of weeks ago and asked me “Hey, do you know a band called… [pause while he thinks] Goo… something?”
Turns out my dad works with a guy whose son plays with the Goo Goo Dolls on tour. I was all “gasp! no way!” when he told me. It’d be a much more impressive story, I know, if it was me who actually knew the guy, but whatever.