Their song Black Balloon is a hidden gem they sing.

This song is representative of that melancholy 90's sound. "Scars are souvenirs you never lose." "Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are?" A Gen X coming of age song. Takes me back to the year I graduated college.

"A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio" is one of the best single lines in any song. And I am an unapologetic music snob who listens to a TON of music🙋‍♂️🏆

Not sure if you’ve heard the song already or not, but “LONG WAY DOWN” by the Goo’s is simply AWESOME!! 🔥

This is my favorite Goo Goo Dolls song !!! The line in the song where he said (Scars Are Souvenirs You Never Lose) I have it tattooed on me.

One of the songs that encaptures the 90s. It just has this FEELING that sums up this decade. Female Friday, another song like this Stay by Lisa Loeb. This song is so beautiful and simple. Please check out Gin Blossoms next.

"Better Days' from the Goo Goo Dolls is a beautiful song I think Amber would really appreciate.

This is one of my very favorite 90s songs. It’s a real banger!

This is the song that put the band on the map. From 1995's "A Boy Named Goo" album. "Slide" and "Iris" are from 1998's "Dizzy Up the Girl" -- which also includes "Black Balloon" that is mentioned in the comments a few times (and rightly so). Both albums are pretty incredible, top to bottom. Just a great band.

Reruns all become our history….true today more than ever🙏

This is one of those bands that i didnt realize was so deep until i started listening to them again as an adult

This means much more to us…we were in our 20’s when this song came out and now in our late 40’s-early 50’s…means so much more because we’ve lived our lives out … girlfriends, boyfriends, marriage, divorce, kids, etc…

I always say Johnny's voice is like a woolen blanket: warm, comforting, and a little scratchy. Such a lovely sound. This is also one of the songs I could listen to forever on repeat without getting tired of it. Something about the alternate tuning just gets to me.

I have loved this song since I first heard in 1995!!! Their whole Dizzy Up the Girl album is awesome from the first song to the last one … and they put on one heck of a great show

This is the song that made them famous. They had been playing music for like 10 years at that point started thinking they weren’t gonna make it. The night radio DJ at KROQ in LA loved the song and would play it. Finally people started requesting it during the day and it blew up.

YES!!!! Have been waiting months for y’all to listen to this masterpiece. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This song is from a very specific time in my life that I remember very fondly. The Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms, Matchbox 20 and others take me down memory lane. 😊

"Don’t it make you sad to know that life… is more than who we are." ❤️

The lyrics to this song are just beautiful- And now we’re grown-up orphans who never knew there names We don’t belong to no one, that’s a shame And scars are souvenirs you never lose The past is never far I think about you all the time But I don’t need the same Just gorgeous.

The thing you’re hearing in that guitar is alternate tuning. John Rzeznick seldom composes in standard tuning.

❤John Rzeznik(say Resnik) lead singer. They have a great live cover of Give A Little Bit that I love among so many other songs.

"A Boy Named Goo" is a fine album.

Name is the first song of theirs that got popular, and endeared them to me. So sad...so pretty.

"Scars are souvenirs you never lose" hits me everytime

They stayed at the Marriott Hotel I was bartending, 1995 in Scottsdale AZ. I got them drunk as hell and partied with them all night. They gave me 4 tickets to their show and I didn't even ask. Very down to Earth guys and one of my favorite memories in my life.

Jay never fails to disappoint those who love songs being paused at the worst time possible.

Thank you for doing Name, my all-time favorite song! Great reaction. Will be seeing the Goos again this weekend for the 24th time! I was able to see Johnny acoustic solo back in December and and it was magic. Thanks again for the great reaction.

I've see The Dolls in concert a few times, once when they opened up for Matchbox 20. They put on a great show! 🤟😎

a 90's band that is STILL putting out new music today AND touring. You can't name many 90's bands still doing that. John Rzeznik's song writing is unmatched. The band needs to be put into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with how many chart topping hits they have had over 30 years, and their longevity!

Johnny Rzeznik is one of the best singers and one of my favorite. He wrote this for his parents who passed very close together and was raised by his sisters

“Scars are souvenirs you never lose, the past is never far.”

This song embodies middle school for me. Still have to turn it up every time I hear it. Deep lyrics (many have already mentioned my favorite): "Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who we are."

John Rzeznik and the Goo Goo Dolls are so underrated. That sound and that voice. Love this song so much. Thank you for covering it. Great reaction as always. You two nail it every time.

Back during the 90s, when this song was out, my roommate had me go with him and his girlfriend to the Korean restaurant because it had a karaoke bar in the back. She wanted him to sing, but the man can't carry tune, let alone Keri the beat of one. So he enlists me to sing for him. After a long look; I came upon this song, which I knew very well, so that was the song I sang. It will always be one of my favorite songs

Loved this song then and now. Still goes straight to my heart even now.

Name is my all-time favorite Goo Goo Dolls song. Another absolute classic that flies a bit more under the radar, even though it was a big hit back in 1998, is Black Balloon. The band just puts out incredibly deep songs.

Man, what a classic 90's song!!!

Goo Goo Dolls had a TON of hits, but to me their best song was "It's Over" which was never released on the radio, so a lot of people don't know about it. The absolutely sick bass drops layered in with the driving guitar during the chorus bring so much intensity. Add in the escalated auditory posture of the bridge and you just have a masterpiece.

One of my favorite songs of the decade

the most nostalgic song, makes me feel a yearning for times gone by

Good stuff. Check out also “Long way down”. It was on the soundtrack for the movie Twister. 🌪️

Might be my favorite band of all-time, i definitely recommend checking out more of their stuff!

Yea he has such a calm soothing voice it puts you at ease

“Here is gone” is one of my favorite googoo songs.

One of the best songs of that time, imo. And we've all lived some of this, too.

Awesome!!! Apparently a girl i went to high school with married the lead singer. Not positive. But I grew up in Toronto and Goo Goo Dolls were from just across the border in Buffalo, NY.

Name has hit me since I was a kid and black balloon since high school. They literally write my life ❤

The Goo Goo Dolls' vibe always reminds me of Five For Fighting who came later. The song "100 Years" hits harder as time goes by.

Just recently saw these guys live. They always put on a great show - "Long Way Down", "Black Balloon". This is a great tune! John Reznik wrote this about his childhood. His parents died when he was young and his sisters raised him - ""We're grown up orphans who never knew their names" reflects his past. His dad was an alcoholic and part of the song describes his moment of flirtation with an MTV VJ Kennedy where they shared a kiss and had romantic phone calls even though he was married at the time. Kennedy didn't want anyone to know her real name - "I won't tell no one your name" is inspired by that. time.

The very first Goo Goo Dolls song that ever "caught my ears" was "We Are The Normal" from 1993. Great song!

Not too many men can pull off a name like the Goo Goo Dolls! Love them!!

Jay and Amber, The lead singers "name" is Johnny Rzeznik. Pronounced "Reznik"

“Scars are souvenirs you never lose.” Such a great line. Makes you look back on things…

This is one of my favorites the acoustic guitar is done perfectly

Love Goo Goo Dolls! This is my all-time favorite of theirs...Thanks a ton! You guys nailed it. The slow haunting bass combined with the melodic strumming guitar, Amber as you pointed out so well, along with his voice, all just fits perfectly together.

This song reminds me of my older brother, who I miss dearly. R.I.P. my beautiful brother. I love you. ❤ Thank you for the reaction. ❤

So glad you’re looking into this group! I’ve loved listening to them for a long time. You might enjoy showing your children the Goo Goo Dolls appearance on Sesame Street maybe 25 years ago during which they performed a version of Slide reworded to be Pride. Elmo sang lead about making his bed and combing his hair etc., taking pride in his behavior. So cute! I appreciated that children’s show so much, that they would throw in something like that for the parents to enjoy! Around the same time, REM’s Furry, Happy Monsters is really cute too (Shiny Happy People tune, sung with muppet monsters displaying emotions). Great old bands with senses of humor.

The Goo Goo Dolls have so many great songs but this was the one that really started it for them in the mid 90’s. You should check out more of their work like “Big Machine”(one of my favorites), “Better Days”, “Dizzy”, “Sympathy”, and many many more. You’ll even love their newer stuff too.

Thank you two for reacting to this song! One of my favorites. The tuning is pretty cool as standard tuning looks like this E A D G B e and this song the tuning looks like this D A E A A e!

He has a special guitar tuning known as a string breaker. He tunes the ( G string up to A { breaks } and B string down to A ) this gives his guitar a light 12 string sound .

Just over 33 years ago I saw this band open up for The Replacements. Check out "Can't Hardly Wait" by The Replacements.

Boy, this song takes me back to my high school days

Once you turn 40. Anytime you hear this song it hits so hard. Memories of friends and family both gone and alive. Your own journey in life (successes and failures). How fast time flys and how the only thing really keeping your name, and the names of others you know, is your connection to others around you. Eventually, those images/pictures/vids in your phones, photo albums, and picture frames will be filled with nameless ppl looked upon by strangers wondering who they were and what they did. Strangers who are on their own journey to the same inevitable destination.

" Scars are souveniers you never lose,, the past is never far. That so dope dont matter if the scar is physical or internal, you will remember were it came from and how it got caused.

The lead singer Johnny Rzeznik wrote/performed a song for the Disney movie 'Treasure Planet', called "I'm Still Here" which is pretty good too.

Ur playing poetry at its Best. GGD was The Band. I'm fifty years old and this brings back so many precious memories of being young and loving being young...😢 The reason GGD and Seattle rock grunge connects with you is because Seattle rock was music from the heart and what ppl go thru in life, it was kind of depressing music but because it was deep and connected. It wasn't artificial... settle rock helped me deal with my suicidal thoughts back in the day and i over came that part of my life...

Great reaction this one needed to be done..my favorite song from the goo goo dolls..🙏

They’re great seeing them live. We don’t miss a chance to see them when they’re near us.

If you ever get a chance to see them live, DO IT!!!!

Love the blended guitars great strumming. I love the dolls. Crisp unique sound. His voice is great. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.

They did the soundtrack for a movie you really need to react to. "City of Angels". With Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan. Such a great movie

They did this song live acoustic on some show in 95, it’s here on KZfaq. They don’t look like they would sing like this. It’s pretty cool though. They host says “you guys are gonna be hit someday” lmao

Oh my.... You're going to see tons of comments about the lyrics on this song. Everyone I know talked about them when this song came out. It's rare that a song has a profound line that really resonates with you and makes you think. This song is filled with those lines. Great song.

WOW does NAME bring up a strong feeling of nostalgia for me!

As soon as that first chord hit I was instantly taken back to being 21 and finishing up undergrad. Such a fun, simpler time before adulting set in! 😂😂

They were so good for such a short time. Many hits.

Try Black Balloon.. It's my favorite song from them ☮️

The Lead Singer is The Amazing Johnny Rzeznik.

This song makes me nostalgic as hell for a time I never even had

❤❤❤❤❤ Saw them free in Smyrna, GA in fall 2023.... incredible band!!!!

Probably my favorite 90’s song. Such beautiful lyrics!

This song hit #1 on AT40 in 1995. It was one of my favorite songs of all time.

"Better Days" is another really great song by Goo Goo Dolls.

Such a beautiful song. Johnny Rzeznik has his guitar tuned in a very unusual tuning where the 2 high strings are tuned to the same note, which gives it this gorgeous ringing sound. One of my favorites. Pronounced REZ-NIK btw.

Seeing these guys are a bucket list thing for me. I love them. Thank you

The first song I heard from Goo Goo Dolls. This song was actually about a real person. Black Balloon should be next 🕊️💜

This song came out when I was in high school and it brings me back to that time like it was yesterday. It truly has a perfect blend of everything. I also second the Black Balloon suggestion. That entire album really had some hits.

OOh, you're reacting to another one of my very favorite songs! I'm glad y'all picked this one

Amber mentioned the sound of the guitar. It is said that Johnny Rzeznik was as randomly turning the tuning knobs on his acoustic guitar when he was writing this song and needed to use a tuner to determine the notes after the fact so he could replay the song again without it sounding different. Therefore unless a guitar is specifically tuned for this song it will never sound right.

Black Balloon is my favourite one by them. Fire.

This song and Iris used to be 2 fave songs of my youngest daughter way back in the ‘90s. She was a preteen then and now in her 30s d so he still loves these songs. I love them too, this band headlined for Bush at the first concert I took my son to, he was 13 then.

One of the fun things with Johnny Rzeznik is that he uses a lot of different tunings, which helps give the acoustic that ringing sound.

Goo Goo Dolls- Naked is a great tune as well.

LYRICS AND THAT ACOUSTIC GUITAR GETS ME EVERYTIME .

One of the first songs I learned on guitar, one of those songs that remind me of my childhood.

Amber, because of the tuning of his guitar, it creates a drone sound that is apart but in tune with the chords that he plays. Much like the drone of bagpipes. Great question!

Love thier musics back in the 90s. This song was played everyday/everywhere! Please do “Goo Goo Dolls - Big Machine “. ❤👍

Johnny is such an underrated guitarist and lyricist

"Don't it make you sad to know to know that life is more than who we are"

You should check out the song Black Balloon next. It was another hit on the same album as Iris and Slide. John Rzeznik is the lead singer and songwriter. One of the best song writers of all time, he’s been recognized by the songwriting hall of fame. Name was their first big hit, on the album before Iris and Slide