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Post by Adam (UTR) on May 20, 2010 15:00:21 GMT -5
From their official Twitter: googoodolls First single, "Home" shipped to radio today. Listen at googoodolls.com (click play on soundplayer) and call and request it! Sounds decent enough. I think it'll crack the top 20 or so.
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Post by Modern Myth on May 20, 2010 17:23:50 GMT -5
I LOVE THIS!
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Post by atlantaboy on May 27, 2010 15:39:41 GMT -5
Star 94 played it the other day, and I was really unimpressed (was hopin for somethin different - not just another Stay With You/Let Love In)
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Post by erzo01 on May 31, 2010 0:47:44 GMT -5
Top 50 in Hot AC!
78 44 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 242 44 198 1.268
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Post by The Party Captain on May 31, 2010 16:04:30 GMT -5
Yeah I thought two tries at a record would yield something more instantly resonating for me.
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Post by erzo01 on Jun 2, 2010 9:23:14 GMT -5
Top 50 in Triple A!
81 49 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 54 26 28 0.12
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Post by erzo01 on Jun 3, 2010 10:46:34 GMT -5
Top 40 in Hot AC!
51 38 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 329 161 168 1.544
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 0:40:08 GMT -5
seriously not feeling good about this one.hopefully they can still do well but i feel like their music isnt contemporary to last decade's music anymore.
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Post by erzo01 on Jun 9, 2010 7:46:11 GMT -5
Top 30 in Hot AC!
42 30 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 546 304 242 2.862
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 9, 2010 18:50:36 GMT -5
i feel like their music isnt contemporary to last decade's music anymore. What? ???
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Post by singingsparrow on Jun 10, 2010 1:11:42 GMT -5
Though it's far too early to start worrying about this single surely, this is having a notably slow start compared to previous lead singles of theirs.
"Here is Gone" had an explosive debut week much like recent lead single offerings from Rob Thomas and Maroon 5, and though neither their cover of "Give A Little Bit" or "Better Days" served as the official lead single from 'Let Love In", both had significantly stronger ascensions on the onset than this has so far.
And given this is their first release in several years ("Real" wasn't an official radio single), there really isn't any excuse.
Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by erzo01 on Jun 17, 2010 6:07:40 GMT -5
Top 40 in Triple A!
42 40 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 82 79 3 0.228
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Post by The Party Captain on Jun 19, 2010 13:20:15 GMT -5
The Goo Goo Dolls are a band that has made their bones by being quite formulaic. They take few chances. It's worked in the past, but I doubt it will now.
Every single lyric in the chorus is borrowed from another famous song. Hell, how many songs have we heard named "Home" or something like that.
The only mildly original or interesting element of the song is the intro.
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Post by erzo01 on Jul 5, 2010 9:42:14 GMT -5
This actually reached Top 20 in the official chart, but got bumped off by Maroon 5.
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Post by Rumors on Jul 5, 2010 17:14:55 GMT -5
Really weak start for a first single from them. Format fatigue? The format is changing and I don't think a song like this is what the big HotAC stations will play at least in high rotation. Take note Matchbox Twenty for your comeback full-length album next year.
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Post by erzo01 on Jul 13, 2010 6:21:13 GMT -5
Back in Hot AC's Top 20!
21 20 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 1357 1257 100 6.844
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Post by singingsparrow on Jul 13, 2010 18:54:34 GMT -5
Really weak start for a first single from them. Format fatigue? The format is changing and I don't think a song like this is what the big HotAC stations will play at least in high rotation. Take note Matchbox Twenty for your comeback full-length album next year. Rob Thomas is still performing as strong as ever on the format, however. I really think it's more the Goo Goo Dolls than the format why this single is underperforming. "Home" isn't all that radio-friendly to begin with, and moreover relies too much on regurgitating previous lyrics of theirs, which even on an adult contemporary format will leave listeners saying "Haven't we heard this before?" It's just a shame this happens to be a lead single performing this badly. I'd like to think this will be for the Goo Goo Dolls what "Who Says" was for John Mayer, and they'll rebound with their own "Heartbreak Warfare", but I don't think there's any guarantee of that given John Mayer has an advantage with his name recognition (even if tainted somewhat by that Playboy article remains an advantage nonetheless). Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by marv1978 on Jul 14, 2010 8:58:06 GMT -5
Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty are the core artist of Hot AC and Mayer is also a core artist. The Goo's have always been and i think they will continue to be. This isn't the best first single they've ever put out but it is a good song and i can't help but think they're are a few more hits on this upcoming cd, especially a beautiful ballad of some kind! In the Top 20 with a 3 digit bullet this early isn't bad at all and i'm kind of confused lol, i mean every song can't be Katy Perry "California Gurls". The competition is so much stronger on the format than in 2003 when it was solely owned by Pop Rock Alt Bands, now the format is more of a Top 40 than actual supposed CHR Top 40s lol. The balance is starting to be awesome on HOT AC and it is the new pop for many! I see this making it close to the Top 10 if not #10. The boys from Buffalo still have a large fanbase....they need not worry about chr and all it s hip hop and rap and teeny bopper stuff,just write songs from the heart :)
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Post by MinusName on Jul 15, 2010 9:42:51 GMT -5
I've heard them perform some of their other new songs from the album, and I thought this was one of the weaker ones. Although I like the song, I do think it was a poorer choice when compared to "As I Am" - which I was hoping for the first single.
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Post by erzo01 on Aug 22, 2010 8:14:06 GMT -5
Back in the Top 50 of Triple A!
57 47 GOO GOO DOLLS Home 45 34 11 0.201
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Post by atlantaboy on Aug 22, 2010 12:34:45 GMT -5
"Home" relies too much on regurgitating previous lyrics of theirs Agree with this...chorus is Come Take Me Home, I Need You Now, I'm Lost Without You, So I'm Holding On - No way this song would even be charting if it was sung by some new artist - it just plain sucks (sorry) Just seems like Rzeznik got writer's block IMO
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Post by marv1978 on Aug 22, 2010 14:42:33 GMT -5
"Home" relies too much on regurgitating previous lyrics of theirs Agree with this...chorus is Come Take Me Home, I Need You Now, I'm Lost Without You, So I'm Holding On - No way this song would even be charting if it was sung by some new artist - it just plain sucks (sorry) Just seems like Rzeznik got writer's block IMO it's catchy i think, love the guitars! the lyrics are not thought provoking like some of the geniuses today lol, i mean its not dynamite or caliufornia gurls, no but seriously if every song had to be great lyrics...even Elvis wouldn't be the king cuz he never wrote a song! i'd like to think that just good catchy pop/rock song can make it cuz theyre catchy. And if thats true about the song sucking and the only reason it's almost top 10 at it's CORE format ( like country is to Lady Antebellum,Sugarland..etc) then i can't wait 4 a so called good song, that means if a horrible song can go top 10, then a great song will conquer the charts! yay Goo's! i had no idea Rzeznik had that much pull after 20 years in the biz :)
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Post by marv1978 on Aug 22, 2010 15:06:51 GMT -5
Agree with this...chorus is Come Take Me Home, I Need You Now, I'm Lost Without You, So I'm Holding On - No way this song would even be charting if it was sung by some new artist - it just plain sucks (sorry) Just seems like Rzeznik got writer's block IMO it's catchy i think, love the guitars! the lyrics are not thought provoking like some of the geniuses today lol, i mean its not dynamite or caliufornia gurls, no but seriously if every song had to be great lyrics...even Elvis wouldn't be the king cuz he never wrote a song! i'd like to think that just good catchy pop/rock song can make it cuz theyre catchy. And if thats true about the song sucking and the only reason it's almost top 10 at it's CORE format ( like country is to Lady Antebellum,Sugarland..etc) then i can't wait 4 a so called good song, that means if a horrible song can go top 10, then a great song will conquer the charts! yay Goo's! i had no idea Rzeznik had that much pull after 20 years in the biz :) GOO GOO DOLLS Home 128 113 Leaders Starters
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Post by singingsparrow on Aug 22, 2010 16:09:27 GMT -5
"Home" relies too much on regurgitating previous lyrics of theirs Agree with this...chorus is Come Take Me Home, I Need You Now, I'm Lost Without You, So I'm Holding On - No way this song would even be charting if it was sung by some new artist - it just plain sucks (sorry) Just seems like Rzeznik got writer's block IMO Rzeznik has admitted repeatedly that he has suffered from writer's block, most notably in the span between their commercial breakthrough with "A Boy Named Goo" and the composition of the hit "Iris", which he claims was the catalyst for a creative streak that broke a period of writer's block. It's probably the main reason they've had four-year gaps between albums for over a decade now. Regardless of how frequently he has had it, he knows how to write an emotionally compelling song consistently. "Gutterflower" comes close to its two predecessors as far as quality is concerned (I'd argue "Gutterflower" is their most consistent album, even though I prefer the songs on "Dizzy Up The Girl" a little more). And with "Let Love In", the album didn't do it for me, but it wasn't so much the songwriting that turned me away as its overproduction. There was virtually no muscle to the album musically. It was caked with gloss and it just sucked much of the emotion dry from the tracks. I'm worried "Something For the Rest of Us" will follow in the footsteps of "Let Love In" and we'll get another overproduced set. But I don't necessarily think Rzeznik's writing quality has declined, even if he does rehash the same themes too much. After all, this is the same guy who used to write a song about pleading not to be beaten in the rear with a baseball bat! ;) Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by The Party Captain on Aug 22, 2010 16:49:50 GMT -5
As a fellow songwriter, if I wrote that chorus, I would feel like an idiot.
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Post by marv1978 on Aug 22, 2010 20:28:48 GMT -5
As a fellow songwriter, if I wrote that chorus, I would feel like an idiot. i am a songwriter too! like i said not the best lyrical chorus but neither is the #1 song on chr "i throw my hands up in the air sometime, singing a-o.... lol i think i wrote that in 4th grade but i like it lol, i see yor point, but its the stations thast play it and people who buy it that make it a hit, so wouldn't radio and the buyers be the idiots and can anyone be an idiot if they work hard for $$ and buy what they like? ? ?
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Post by atlantaboy on Aug 22, 2010 20:48:40 GMT -5
Marv1978 - just wondering if you've heard older singles by the Goo Goo Dolls, cause IMO they're a million times better (and really well-written)
IMO a quality GGD song would be topping the Hot AC charts now, and at least breaking Top 50 CHR
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Post by marv1978 on Aug 22, 2010 21:09:22 GMT -5
Marv1978 - just wondering if you've heard older singles by the Goo Goo Dolls, cause IMO they're a million times better (and really well-written) IMO a quality GGD song would be topping the Hot AC charts now, and at least breaking Top 50 CHR yeah i do remember slide,iris,name,here is gone,big machine,broadway,black balloon,smpathy,before it's too late,i'm still here,dizzy,better days,give a little bit,stay with you,let love in and i loved the earlier tracks too like "Ain't that un usual", "fallin; down", "stop the world","We are the normal", "Flat Top", "Long Way Down" & "Naked" i love this song and thats my opinion, it has a personal appeal to me and i relate and it's simplicity is comforting and i think it deserves what it's got on the top 40 right now, and yes i love the classics too and i know there will be stronger hits on the new cd with good lyrics and i know Rzeznik is a great songwriter and is capable of better :)
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Post by singingsparrow on Sept 4, 2010 3:10:57 GMT -5
I've just heard "Something For The Rest Of Us".
It is exactly what I feared it would be: another overproduced mess like "Let Love In" was. Except I consider "Something For The Rest Of Us" even worse slightly because it tackles all these serious, expansive themes, and the lightweight anthemic sound they have perfected doesn't weld well with much of the content.
When I hear "Still Your Song", "Notbroken" and "Soldier", I can easily envision them being exemplary, memorable "moments" on their own...............if only there was less gloss compromising the intimate emotional pull of the tracks. This album could have been a potentially great one if those three tracks alone were tooled to not let the generic epic production overshadow the topical depth. But what are truly great compositions on their own merit are compromised of their emotional weight because they're sandpapered by a gloss that has over-saturated everything they've done since after the "Gutterflower" era.
One bright spot of the record, however, is that I believe Rzeznik's vocals are the strongest they've been since their top-selling album era "Dizzy Up The Girl". I thought "Gutterflower" was a more consistent album overall, but even while Rzeznik gave his best that era, one couldn't help but tell he sounded strained at times (I think it had more to do with the fact he was reeling through a difficult divorce and the exhaustion that brought him than his vocals weakening). And "Let Love In" was an all-around disappointment, where Rzeznik this time didn't sound exhausted............he just sounded bored..............and rarely stretched himself throughout that album.
As annoying and cloying as the production is on "Something For The Rest Of Us", and as stiff as the musicianship is, with the songwriting also veering too often to a homogeneous dirge............Rzeznik makes a valiant effort to inject humanity and soul into the tracks, in a way he hasn't quite done consistently since "Dizzy Up the Girl". It's certainly true with the three tracks I mentioned earlier ("Still Your Song", "Notbroken" and "Soldier") while he can also service more aggressive material ("Sweetest Lie"). Rzeznik clearly remains one of contemporary music's most distinctive, heart-tugging, compelling vocalists, and it's a shame the production is so wafer-thin in comparison.
I'm tempted to give this album a discouraging two stars out of five, but I have to hand it to Rzeznik for his efforts vocally, and so two-and-a-half stars out of five actually seems fair.
Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus
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Post by marv1978 on Sept 4, 2010 6:57:25 GMT -5
I've just heard "Something For The Rest Of Us". It is exactly what I feared it would be: another overproduced mess like "Let Love In" was. Except I consider "Something For The Rest Of Us" even worse slightly because it tackles all these serious, expansive themes, and the lightweight anthemic sound they have perfected doesn't weld well with much of the content. When I hear "Still Your Song", "Notbroken" and "Soldier", I can easily envision them being exemplary, memorable "moments" on their own...............if only there was less gloss compromising the intimate emotional pull of the tracks. This album could have been a potentially great one if those three tracks alone were tooled to not let the generic epic production overshadow the topical depth. But what are truly great compositions on their own merit are compromised of their emotional weight because they're sandpapered by a gloss that has over-saturated everything they've done since after the "Gutterflower" era. One bright spot of the record, however, is that I believe Rzeznik's vocals are the strongest they've been since their top-selling album era "Dizzy Up The Girl". I thought "Gutterflower" was a more consistent album overall, but even while Rzeznik gave his best that era, one couldn't help but tell he sounded strained at times (I think it had more to do with the fact he was reeling through a difficult divorce and the exhaustion that brought him than his vocals weakening). And "Let Love In" was an all-around disappointment, where Rzeznik this time didn't sound exhausted............he just sounded bored..............and rarely stretched himself throughout that album. As annoying and cloying as the production is on "Something For The Rest Of Us", and as stiff as the musicianship is, with the songwriting also veering too often to a homogeneous dirge............Rzeznik makes a valiant effort to inject humanity and soul into the tracks, in a way he hasn't quite done consistently since "Dizzy Up the Girl". It's certainly true with the three tracks I mentioned earlier ("Still Your Song", "Notbroken" and "Soldier") while he can also service more aggressive material ("Sweetest Lie"). Rzeznik clearly remains one of contemporary music's most distinctive, heart-tugging, compelling vocalists, and it's a shame the production is so wafer-thin in comparison. I'm tempted to give this album a discouraging two stars out of five, but I have to hand it to Rzeznik for his efforts vocally, and so two-and-a-half stars out of five actually seems fair. Namaste, Lisping Hibiscus i agree on the production and most of what you wrote, but "As I Am" is awesome!
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