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Musings on music
21 August 2006 20:27Seems like I'm going back to my musical roots and being very un-tr00 and anti-gothic because I'm listening happily to -*gasp*- Bob Marley. And Goo Goo Dolls.
But I've always loved the feeling in Marley's music, it really flows through you. And dancing to it, it's such a great feeling. Liberating somehow. You guys should try. *smiles*
And Goo Goo Dolls. Those guys I've loved ever since I first saw the Iris video back in 1998.
There was some years in between though, before I decided to find out who those guys with that absolutely amazing song were and bought the Dizzy Up The Girl album. 2000 or 2001 it was I think.
Nevertheless I became attracted to the kind of beautiful honesty about them. John (whom I somehow immediately recognized to be a good person) sang with emotion; passion and pain, and his lyrics reflected those emotions. Or the other way around.
And Robby, Robby threw in some punk attitude and sense of fun and general wackiness.
In other words: a perfect combination.
I think I should get meself their A Boy Named Goo album because I've been told it's their best. Somehow they apparently lost a bit of their edge after DUTG, but I guess that's the effect of commercialism. When you become a big name, it's never going to be the same again. Appropriately enough, the compilation album that followed DUTG was called What I Learned about Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce. Then came Gutterflower in 2002 and after that on this year, Let Love In.
Gutterflower was a break-up album (one good example of a bittersweet break-up song: Here Is Gone), so it had some raw edge and bittersweet emotions (I am yet to hear the album as whole, though), but I hear this new one is somehow... flat.
Maybe it's the change in Johnny's voice or in his singing style, but somehow it lacks the certain element of unpredictability the previous albums had. Has the Goo Goo Dolls grown up and become safe, radio-friendly and somewhat boring? I hope not, though I have to hear more before I can make my final judgement.
Ah well. *goes back to listening to Bob Marley*
But I've always loved the feeling in Marley's music, it really flows through you. And dancing to it, it's such a great feeling. Liberating somehow. You guys should try. *smiles*
And Goo Goo Dolls. Those guys I've loved ever since I first saw the Iris video back in 1998.
There was some years in between though, before I decided to find out who those guys with that absolutely amazing song were and bought the Dizzy Up The Girl album. 2000 or 2001 it was I think.
Nevertheless I became attracted to the kind of beautiful honesty about them. John (whom I somehow immediately recognized to be a good person) sang with emotion; passion and pain, and his lyrics reflected those emotions. Or the other way around.
And Robby, Robby threw in some punk attitude and sense of fun and general wackiness.
In other words: a perfect combination.
I think I should get meself their A Boy Named Goo album because I've been told it's their best. Somehow they apparently lost a bit of their edge after DUTG, but I guess that's the effect of commercialism. When you become a big name, it's never going to be the same again. Appropriately enough, the compilation album that followed DUTG was called What I Learned about Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce. Then came Gutterflower in 2002 and after that on this year, Let Love In.
Gutterflower was a break-up album (one good example of a bittersweet break-up song: Here Is Gone), so it had some raw edge and bittersweet emotions (I am yet to hear the album as whole, though), but I hear this new one is somehow... flat.
Maybe it's the change in Johnny's voice or in his singing style, but somehow it lacks the certain element of unpredictability the previous albums had. Has the Goo Goo Dolls grown up and become safe, radio-friendly and somewhat boring? I hope not, though I have to hear more before I can make my final judgement.
Ah well. *goes back to listening to Bob Marley*
