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“Here Is Gone” by The Goo Goo Dolls, Monday, September 12, 2022 (Updated Repost)

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  The Goo Goo Dolls ’ 1998 album  Dizzy Up the Girl  encapsulates the acoustic alt-rock sound that listeners can instantly identify late '90s rock. The follow up to their massive 4x platinum record released four years later,  Gutterflower ,  charted higher than their previous records, but ultimately sold much less than  Dizzy . The band continues to release music from time to time, including this year's Chaos in Bloom , but their heyday remains in 1998. Gutterflower  is a fine record and “ Here Is Gone ” is a fine song. But the acoustic rock band from Buffalo, NY had been there and done that, and the 2002 music scene was moving past pop rock aimed at adult contemporary radio. I WAS NOT THE ANSWER SO FORGET IT WAS EVER ME.   Johnny Rzeznik  has said that the music video for "Here Is Gone," which features some  of the time  film tricks, sped up footage of several scenes, cost more to produce than the entire album. The video at youth counterculture in what looks like urb

“Here Is Gone” by The Goo Goo Dolls, Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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  Speaking of massive hits of the late’90s, The Goo Goo Dolls ’ 1998 album Dizzy Up the Girl also encapsulates that acoustic alt-rock sound that listeners can instantly identify the era. The follow up to their massive 4x platinum record released four years later, Gutterflower charted higher than their previous records, but ultimately sold much less than Dizzy . The band continues to release music from time to time, but their heyday remains in 1998. Gutterflower is a fine record and “ Here Is Gone ” is a fine song. But the acoustic rock band from Buffalo, NY had been there and done that, and the 2002 music scene was moving past pop rock aimed at adult contemporary radio. I WAS NOT THE ANSWER SO FORGET IT WAS EVER ME. Johnny Rzeznik has said that the music video for "Here Is Gone," which features some of the time  film tricks, sped up footage of several scenes, cost more to produce than the entire album. The video at youth counterculture in what looks like urban decay. The

"My Secrets Have Secrets Too" by Search the City, Sunday, August 1, 2021

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Capitalizing on the pop-punk sound of the time Tooth & Nail signed Search the City , and they released their first album A Fire So Big the Heavens Can See It in 2008.   The band played at Tooth & Nail Day at Cornerstone that year and produced several radio singles from the radio-friendly album. Tongue-in-cheek lyrics in songs like " Son of a Gun " and " Ambulance Chaser " lyrically could connect this Detroit-based band with the likes of a clean-lyriced Blink-182 , Angels or Airwaves , or Relient K . Five years after Fire , the band reformed with a new drummer, bassist, and vocalist, 21-year-old Travis Bobier , who was much younger than the other band members. The 2012 album Flight  was very similar to Fire, with   Bobier's vocal performance on the album of high-register, energetic emo sound like original singer Josh Frost .  YOU HAVE A PLACE TO CALL YOUR OWN THAT NO ONE CAN EVERY TAKE FROM YOU. The opening track of Flight , " My Secrets Have Secr