This song was constantly on the Vh1 top ten list the week after Easter in 2002, I was in the CCU recovering from a failed suicide attempt. There was something about waiting for the daily countdown to watch this video that started giving me a reason to start looking forward to something for a change. 45 days later and in a mental hospital I still looked forward to hearing it play on the radio. Eventually I found other things to look forward to and though I won't claim that this song saved my life, it definitely taught me to get out of my head and to be hopeful for something. If anyone is reading this and struggling for a reason to keep trying, its been 22 long years since I was there and I am so grateful to have gotten more time to work through things I thought were impossible. Don't give up
This song is my high school nights, how the air felt different when you were younger in a small town. Moreover, this band, this era, this song bring a certain someone to mind and bring back the same butterflies and chills as the first night we spent together and how this song is almost magnetic enough for me to reach back out. But here is gone.
Monica Dahl Yeah. I remember when I was in high school and also seeing outcasts who were great people but the design of life got in their way. And I think about Johnny's divorce and how it's such a mess with the conflicting emotions. I like how the song doesn't really slow down like the intensity of thoughts after a loss.
+Jonathan Sturgeon that's probably why I get a huge surge of feels whenever the chorus comes. It's like this huge swell and kinda breaks at the chorus but stays strong afterward too. Can it be 2007 again PLEASE?
This song takes me back to my Teenage / young adult years in the 90's and early 2000's. When life in general was so carefree. Living and enjoying the moment without phones and social media
I remember about 10-11 years ago, my brother would hook his discman on a speaker and play this on repeat before he goes to sleep. He'd been gone for 10 years next year, but his memory will live on in me. Here is gone, but never forgotten. I love you bro. Always.
This is very well-crafted 90's alt-rock melancholy. One of my faves for sure. I'm not usually a fan of "self-pitying, failed relationship" songs, but this one strikes a different vibe with me. Astute lyrics, nice chord progression and melody ("... annnnd I.... WANT to get free...). The chorus is almost hopeful. Solid, solid song. Heard it growing up in the 90's, knew it was Goo. Was a fan of "Slide". Heard it again just recently, and brought me back here.
It perfectly captures the tension of a casual relationship that you kinda know won't grow into anything. John is a master at capturing emotional situations.
my god I've listened to this song so many times at this point and it never gets boring in the slightest. This is probably my favorite one by them. Such an underrated band
Same here, I love listening to their music and watch their music videos too. In fact out of all my so-called friends. I'm the only one who appreciates real music like this.😎👍
September 16th 2024! Been a damn tough year. I was 14 the first time I heard GGD! 30 years later and their music still helps me get through tough times!
@@ChewweiLee-x5c Mysteriously, in three days, I will celebrate my birthday and turn 21. ‘A sip of whiskey and a smile in life’ seems like words that will leave a lasting impression. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, to you, whose country I don’t even know.
There’s a certain delicacy in the way the instruments are played in the intro of this song - almost like the arrangement is telling you to handle the topic at hand with tact. Then the lyrics kick in and you just know that it IS a topic you ought to handle with tact. Still among my all-time favs!
One of the best friend zone songs ever made. Anyone, if ur in the friend zone being used for validation or as an emotional tampon you need to cut it off.
Back then they knew how to make even relatively mainstream pop-rock like this sound beautiful and emotional. Which certainly cannot be said for today's soulless edm garbage.
John’s music lyrics/song writing will stand the test of time. I don’t think there has ever been a song writer who hits so many emotions on every level. Got to see them this year 2022, it was MAGICAL!
Dang! It just hits the soul the second it starts! They really make magical tunes. What a talented group! I hope the Goo Goo Dolls are still around when they are 65....I bet they will still sound perfect! Long live the Dolls!!
For sure! Music from the mid 90s to the mid 2000s is simply the best... and not just alternative rock either even though it's by far my favorite genre! This is one of my top 5 favorite songs ever.
I grew up listening to these guys and it's amazing how much these lyrics speak to me. I'm 31 now and reminds me so much of the good times growing up and all the heart breaks that came along with it.. reminiscing of past girls that come and gone. all the what could haves.. will never stop listening to these guys 💯
This song reminds me of being young and walking around Amsterdam with nothing but a broken heart, a backpack, and a curious spirit. This whole album is gold.
You wouldn't change it for the world now after having gone through that experience... We live and learn.. Music guides our souls core to that time and place less or more traveled, sometimes forgotten 😎
You can revisit and listen to their music and be hook. The emotions and messages can sink in you and you learn from it. This song recently had me in tears
There was a Japanese radio show it is called all-night nippon by Masaki suda (Masaki Suda is actor but he also has good humor) this is the ending song so we listened this song every Monday night but that radio show end 2022 so every time we listen this song we recall about that show and we feel so nostalgic
I was born in 94’ but this era of music is one of my favorites! It reminds me when I was young & my parents listened to this music. It literally takes me back in time, a better time 🤍🤘🏼
I'm listening to this song and looking at an amazing sky just thinking about the 90s and when my mom was alive. I feel so joyful it makes me want to cry. Thank you goo goo dolls for being a soundtrack to my special memories.
This was always one of my favorite music videos as a kid. To me for my interpretation the teens were dead. Possibly a car crash of some kind or tragic accident. They explore their former town with the freedom teens usually dream of. But it came at a terrible price and now they try to occupy themselves as best they can so they don't see life go on without them. And now the next step for them is deciding when to move on and not haunt their former lives. That's what it's always been to me.
I remember watching this a lot as a kid too! I can remember really random parts of the video vividly like the girls face in the shadow and the guy tossing the bottle. Completely agree with your interpretation.
Wow. I always saw it more as kids feeling unfulfilled, unnoticed, while the world and life for everyone else goes on around/without them; the guy tossing the TP in the convenience store, for example, in slow motion while everyone else is hustling about their errands. I definitely get an SP “1979” vibe for that portion of the video, and that’s what always brings me back to more of a literal teen angst/depression interpretation. But I must say I REALLY like yours.
In 2015 my marriage collapsed suddenly,I found myself playing this song on repeat and it helped me cope with my marriage breakdown.I knew the song was about being letdown by your partner,so it struck a chord with me at that time and it helped me heal quicker.This is easily the best song to listen to, if you want to recover from a marriage breakdown.Very therapeutic,thank you Goo goo dolls for this great number.
Hope things are better for you now that some of the dust has settled on that divorce. I'm 37, never been married, I can only imagine the heartbreak you're going through
You feel an emotion in relation to time. You know it's out there....you know it's out there....somehow here is gone. It always is. Thank you Goo Goo Dolls
An amazing man took me to see these guys, he passed away this year. At least I got to see them play this song with him. A memory of my favorite band with my favorite person. I love you Wilson ❤️
A song I come back to once in awhile. This video is a great reminder of how carefree our youth is. Just hanging out with friends with one goal in mind: forget our problems for awhile. Then time grips us and that innocence is gone. We can only hope that we are well enough to take care of ourselves or that someone will help take care of us.
Goo Goo Dolls played a private party for about 80 of us for two hours. Easily one of the best nights, and there have been a huge number of great ones, in my entire life. I have seen them in concert 10 times since that night and have never been disappointed. They're great guys, down-to-earth, with talent and musical passion that is off the charts. I've seen every major and upcoming act in the last 30+ years, if you haven't seen Goo Goo Dolls live, do it first chance you get. Their shows are fantastic, extremely tight, stuffed with hit after hit after hit, and packed with energy. You will not forget the show!
It's so weird - I was never a big Goo Goo Dolls fan and honestly really didn't listen to this song a lot, but when I do occasionally hear it I can FEEL the era and time it was wrote in. It's a weird thing, and hard to explain. These songs literally can take us back in time, just by their sound and feel, even if we don't have a connection to the specific song.
Im going to leave this here. So those kind enough to leave a like will know they brought me back here to enjoy this amazing song and reminisce about better times. LIVE,LOVE,LIFE❤
This band has had an astronomical influence on pop music and honestly pop culture for the last almost 30 years! They deserve some serious recognition for this. Even if you havent listened to the Goos, you have most certainly heard their music.
It's so sad when you remember your youth and get nostalgic, as it just shows how you have aged and how fast time goes by. But it also makes you extremely happy, knowing how great these times were and how you grew up with real music like this, not with today's soulless garbage.
As a kid growing up in small-town India, I had no idea what this song was about when I watched it late-night on TV. But this is one of my most nostalgic songs about nostalgia I was never a part of.
![Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/emguA0RIH4k/mqdefault.jpg)
![Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon [Official Music Video]](/img/tr.png)
![Goo Goo Dolls - Slide [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yP4qdefD2To/mqdefault.jpg)
2025 and this song is still as good as when it was first released
This song was constantly on the Vh1 top ten list the week after Easter in 2002, I was in the CCU recovering from a failed suicide attempt. There was something about waiting for the daily countdown to watch this video that started giving me a reason to start looking forward to something for a change. 45 days later and in a mental hospital I still looked forward to hearing it play on the radio. Eventually I found other things to look forward to and though I won't claim that this song saved my life, it definitely taught me to get out of my head and to be hopeful for something.
If anyone is reading this and struggling for a reason to keep trying, its been 22 long years since I was there and I am so grateful to have gotten more time to work through things I thought were impossible.
Don't give up
Right there with you. Thanks for sharing😊🙏
Glad you shared your experience, God bless and keep moving forward.
Thank you.
Yeah I've got less than two months to move and I don't have the greatest hope
Thanks for staying with us ❤
"I thought I lost you somewhere, but you were never really ever there at all"... still resonate deep
I miss this era so much
With every ounce of my being.
❤
❤
I’m 53…. I agree.
Anche a me
I swear Johnny Rzeznik is such an amazing songwriter. He’s once in a lifetime
Yes he's legit
And gorgeous until he got plastic surgery.
I'm 33 and have been listening to them since I was a kid in the early 90's. My favorite songwriter and band of all time.
He is totally brilliant ♡
@@mizzoupatriot8814 I'm gonna be 40...and been in love with him (them) since I was 14👌
この曲、聴くとなんか悲しいような、元気が出るような不思議な気持ちになる。明け方には最高な曲。楽しい5年間をありがとう。
初めてラジオに興味を持たせてくれた番組でした。普通の俳優とは違って、ウォーターサーバーなどのngなしの大阪の兄ちゃん感、最高でした！寂しいけどテレビでまた会えるし。
ほな！
この曲初めて聴いたのは20年前かな～
超懐かしくなってきた。
又この曲日本に行く時必ず聴くわ。
コメント失礼します、、！
きっと私が想像してるラジオと同じラジオです
私もこの曲を聞くと不思議な色んな感情になります笑そしてこのラジオ聴いてた時のことを鮮明に思い出します。The Goo Goo Dollsのことを知れたきっかけにもなってあの大阪のにいちゃんのラジオ思い出深いですね…
コメント失礼しました
This song is my high school nights, how the air felt different when you were younger in a small town. Moreover, this band, this era, this song bring a certain someone to mind and bring back the same butterflies and chills as the first night we spent together and how this song is almost magnetic enough for me to reach back out.
But here is gone.
Sweeeeet.
Monica Dahl Wow! Seems to me you have a mix of emotions with this song. It's good to know "I know it's out there" which means to me there is hope.
+Jonathan Sturgeon sounds like we both do.
Monica Dahl Yeah. I remember when I was in high school and also seeing outcasts who were great people but the design of life got in their way. And I think about Johnny's divorce and how it's such a mess with the conflicting emotions. I like how the song doesn't really slow down like the intensity of thoughts after a loss.
+Jonathan Sturgeon that's probably why I get a huge surge of feels whenever the chorus comes. It's like this huge swell and kinda breaks at the chorus but stays strong afterward too. Can it be 2007 again PLEASE?
OH MY GOD, I FOUND IT! I FINALLY FOUND IT! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR 13 YEARS! XD
+Matthew Moran omg same
*****
Me too! XD
+Matthew Moran internet is a great invention huh?
Padge Vounder
You betcher ass. ;)
this is a great song. love this group
The man is a poet. Centuries ago he would have been a prestigious philosopher. Still Rockin Goo Goo Dolls 30 yrs later. Favorite band ever.
Could not agree more!!!
This song takes me back to my Teenage / young adult years in the 90's and early 2000's. When life in general was so carefree. Living and enjoying the moment without phones and social media
Word!
I member… 🤘🏻
We had pager and friendster 😂😂
@@Rothwheeler Friendster! you youngin!! I had IRC, AOL Chat and a CD player with A Boy Named Goo
I am with ya 🎉 on
I remember about 10-11 years ago, my brother would hook his discman on a speaker and play this on repeat before he goes to sleep. He'd been gone for 10 years next year, but his memory will live on in me. Here is gone, but never forgotten. I love you bro. Always.
Bless his heart❤🙏
The best
I know what it’s like to lose a brother. Hugs
❤
Holy shyt thats sad man i feel you. Sorry for your loss
菅田〜〜
ANN5年間も続けてくれてありがとうー✨
聴き始めた頃中学生だった私も今年からついに大学生だよ
"I thought I lost you somewhere, but you were never really ever there at all" quite possibly the greatest line ever uttered in a song.
That line hurts
I know right, it just keep you wondering. Especially when your in a relationship that's in the edge of breaking up.
Lines like this drifted in one ear and out the other when I was a teenager, but now, they resonate, because I GET IT.
Ummmm, couldn't have picked a better synopsis. Stole my thoughts and words. Best line ever, and yes it hurts as well. Thats life.
I think the best line of this song is
And I won't tempt to be, all you need
This song is criminally underrated.
I completely agree, I also feel this band is entirely, criminally underrated.
Simply untrue. This band has had their prime time and fortune.
Underrated by who?i dont like my fave bands to go mainstream its enough attention..if they go mainstream they get pressurized to change
so true
Bands that are underrated are great bands. I want em to stay that way.
Does the third "yeah" in the song get anyone else to melt? His voice is, wow! ❤
12/2022 still one of my favorite, growing up and listening to their music, feeling so careless, innocent and free. Thank you for the music!
🤘
Be like a child.
Want to get free !! 🤟😝🤘🏻
What is it about youth that makes us so free. Carefree ❤
🫰
Goo Goo Dolls and Matchbox Twenty are the best band on early 90's. I still love listening to their music 🎶
☺same here
*early 2000s
Anne Cruz I agree! They’re my two favorite bands
KyoKonKyoChin goo goo dolls & matchbox20 bro
Maybe LATE 90's
This is very well-crafted 90's alt-rock melancholy. One of my faves for sure. I'm not usually a fan of "self-pitying, failed relationship" songs, but this one strikes a different vibe with me. Astute lyrics, nice chord progression and melody ("... annnnd I.... WANT to get free...). The chorus is almost hopeful. Solid, solid song. Heard it growing up in the 90's, knew it was Goo. Was a fan of "Slide". Heard it again just recently, and brought me back here.
It perfectly captures the tension of a casual relationship that you kinda know won't grow into anything. John is a master at capturing emotional situations.
Probably one of the best songs to just drive and sing along to.
きっと菅田くんラジオが終わっても、毎週月曜日これを観に来るんだろうな。
My favorite song from the Goo Goo Dolls. I still crank this one when I'm driving around.
Name is my personal favourite but this is also a belter.
The last verse is still and ALWAYS give me the chill.
my god I've listened to this song so many times at this point and it never gets boring in the slightest. This is probably my favorite one by them. Such an underrated band
This is probably my favorite song from these guys ever. I could listen to it every day, and never get tired of it.
Arissa Kae Gillette I do listen to this everyday
Ari Inola Adair Farr
you're the closest to heaven that ill ever be
Their best song....
Same here, I love listening to their music and watch their music videos too. In fact out of all my so-called friends. I'm the only one who appreciates real music like this.😎👍
@@henrynunez1298 you are wise beyond your years grasshopper!!!!!
最新のコメント見たら菅田ANNの終わりを惜しむ人達がいるかなと思って見たら、案の定結構いた
悲しいよな、最後のエンディング、泣かないでいられる自信ないよ
I got my defenses when it comes to your intentions! Here is gone
..I may be 66 yrs old but that doesn't mean I have to stop listening to rock music.
You go girl I'm here and gone
Age means nothing. We all age, we all matter in theory.
この曲を菅田将暉ann で聞くと毎回、その後の間も含めて泣きそうというか虚無感というか、何とも言えないけど気持ちが良くなる。真夜中の外見ながら涙流したりしたこともある。この通り文字でも表せないような感覚になる。 ラジオのおかげで、この曲をどこで聴いてもラジオを聞くまで味わえなかった悲しいような虚無な感覚になる。終了が発表されてもっと泣きそうになってきてる。菅田将輝•here is gone 最高です。 語彙力皆無でごめんなさい。取り敢えず夜中にマッチした謎の気持ちが良い感覚になれる、素晴らしい歌です。
“素晴らしい歌です”
同感です👍
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all~~ best lyrics ever
yeah! especially when you just broke up with your girl .'(
and when you realize the feelings in your relationship with someone was all one-sided.
violet skies painful at the same time 😭
Bittersweet....
Yes, one of the best lines in a song ever, so simple yet, so complicated in it's meaning
September 16th 2024! Been a damn tough year. I was 14 the first time I heard GGD! 30 years later and their music still helps me get through tough times!
It’s 2020, and who’s up and still listening to this song...☺️
I try to hit up available music videos to honor my buddies in Western NY
Me cooking breakfast 🍳
@@paulpiper6652 Me, me, meeeee........... My first year of college...... God i miss those times so much. Have a wonderful day ahead y'all
Oh my god shut up. Who's here on a Saturday??? Hurrrr durrrr.
Ugh.
Goo Goo Dolls have no expiration date 🙌🏽
Goo Goo Dolls are one band that will always hit no matter what, where or when you are. Truly magical group of talented people
I’m not afraid to admit this - some of their songs have me in tears
ほんとにラストを締めくくるのにピッタリの曲だったなぁ。最終回のラスト、泣く自信しかない。また帰ってきてくれよな！ほなっ。
great group, and im 71💪🏻
Keep on rocking!
Emotionally engaging and gripping, with a incredibly beautiful melody. One of my all time favorite songs.
Agree! ❤
菅田ちゃんのラジオ終わっちゃったな😢エンディングに流れてたから聞きに来たけど寂しいな😢
the most comforting song I listen to when I'm by myself. it reassures me that things are ok even when I'm super lonely.
この曲を聴くと必ずお前を思い出すんや。中学生だったおれに生きる活力をくれたのはあんただった。あんたが作り出すあの空間だった。今では元気にやってるで。兄貴、結婚おめでとう。野暮なこと言うな。それだけや。ほなまた
Keep walking Jhonny walker
Smile
@@ChewweiLee-x5c
Mysteriously, in three days, I will celebrate my birthday and turn 21.
‘A sip of whiskey and a smile in life’ seems like words that will leave a lasting impression. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, to you, whose country I don’t even know.
Gutterflower is a great album, i love all the songs, even the ones robbie sings
There’s a certain delicacy in the way the instruments are played in the intro of this song - almost like the arrangement is telling you to handle the topic at hand with tact. Then the lyrics kick in and you just know that it IS a topic you ought to handle with tact.
Still among my all-time favs!
One of my top bands EVER
Night Rider I agree 100cent with you.
Never gets old ❤️
Me too
Me, too. I'm 51 and there have not been many bands the past 30 years who I still choose to listen to. Great band.
this is why the 90s are great..
One of the greatest chorus hooks of all time!
One of the best friend zone songs ever made. Anyone, if ur in the friend zone being used for validation or as an emotional tampon you need to cut it off.
I just love the intro....that guitar melody just like a river floating through...
Back then they knew how to make even relatively mainstream pop-rock like this sound beautiful and emotional. Which certainly cannot be said for today's soulless edm garbage.
It's 2024, and i still listen this song
John’s music lyrics/song writing will stand the test of time. I don’t think there has ever been a song writer who hits so many emotions on every level. Got to see them this year 2022, it was MAGICAL!
Dang! It just hits the soul the second it starts! They really make magical tunes. What a talented group! I hope the Goo Goo Dolls are still around when they are 65....I bet they will still sound perfect! Long live the Dolls!!
Nostalgic and intense feelings are rushing in. Love this song and band. It reminds me of good old 90's....a moment that likely not ever being repeated
Now we're all here in 2024, and the music never dies! Don't you agree?
For sure! Music from the mid 90s to the mid 2000s is simply the best... and not just alternative rock either even though it's by far my favorite genre!
This is one of my top 5 favorite songs ever.
Yes. Here is (never truly) gone.
Music is timeless
2025 still alive and kickin
Favorite Goo Goo Dolls Songs: Name, Black Balloon, Broadway, Dizzy, Iris, Slide, Big Machine, Sympathy and of course this song.
Very good taste, I would add Let Love In
Acoustic #3, Two days in february, Cuz you're gone, Only one... just to add to your already awesome list
Better days
Long Way Down is awesome too
Agree ❤
COMO É QUE ESSA MUSICA SO TEM 14 MILHÕES DE VISUALIZAÇÕES?
A true classic never dies:)
The Beginning of 21st century... good old days. And this song is part of those beautiful memories.
I grew up listening to these guys and it's amazing how much these lyrics speak to me. I'm 31 now and reminds me so much of the good times growing up and all the heart breaks that came along with it.. reminiscing of past girls that come and gone. all the what could haves.. will never stop listening to these guys 💯
Me to
Awesome song - one of their best. I love the way it builds...doesn't get played enough on radio.
If it ever gets played on the radio...but good point.
agreed
This song reminds me of being young and walking around Amsterdam with nothing but a broken heart, a backpack, and a curious spirit.
This whole album is gold.
Damn 🙌 the stories to be told
🤍
Fun fact: this video cost more to make than said album lol
You wouldn't change it for the world now after having gone through that experience... We live and learn.. Music guides our souls core to that time and place less or more traveled, sometimes forgotten 😎
Goo goo dolls are one of my favorites. Just about every damn song fits somewhere in your life. So relatable. You just feel it through your soul.
You can revisit and listen to their music and be hook. The emotions and messages can sink in you and you learn from it. This song recently had me in tears
Brooo like 20 years without listening to this! Found it randomly but I love these music and times!
これ聴くたびに「ほな」が脳内再生される。
Hopeless wonderer here, can you give me the context. Many Japanese people are commenting here
There was a Japanese radio show it is called all-night nippon by Masaki suda (Masaki Suda is actor but he also has good humor) this is the ending song so we listened this song every Monday night but that radio show end 2022 so every time we listen this song we recall about that show and we feel so nostalgic
I had forgotten about this song until the other day when i came across it again. Brought back so many memories of a long forgotten time.
I was born in 94’ but this era of music is one of my favorites! It reminds me when I was young & my parents listened to this music. It literally takes me back in time, a better time 🤍🤘🏼
菅田将暉のオールナイトニッポンが卒業になると聞いて聴きに来てしまいました。
今年高校3年生のため受験勉強ばかりで全然楽しみがない中、菅田さんのANNは唯一の楽しみであり、毎週月曜のこの時間は間違いなく受験勉強の支えでした。
残り少ない放送と残り少ない受験生、どちらも大切にしていきたいと思います。
When a song is so powerful and beautiful that it attempts to pull tears from your eyes.
1年しか聴いていない、にわかリスナーですが、この1年菅田さんの声とこの曲に何度も救われました。エンディングでこの曲が流れる度に泣きました。僕にとって心の支えになっていました。感謝しかないです。おつかれさまでした。ほな。
#菅田将暉ANN
またこの曲を聴ける日を待ってる
If i could link my comment from like 3 seconds ago, there you go.
Worked hard on it.
Was deleted. Too much facts, apparently.
Some really common sense stuff.
I'm listening to this song and looking at an amazing sky just thinking about the 90s and when my mom was alive. I feel so joyful it makes me want to cry. Thank you goo goo dolls for being a soundtrack to my special memories.
❤
I don't know why.
But this song overcomes me with emotion for some reason.
I just discovered the Goo Goo Dolls, maybe ten minutes ago, I am already in love. My favorite band ever.
+Phedra Nelson hahaha
enjoy. their music is great
Believe it or not, goo goo dolls used to be a hardcore punk band
Me too! I love their style and if I look at the lyrics, I just think: Wow, amazing!
totally missed it.
This was always one of my favorite music videos as a kid. To me for my interpretation the teens were dead. Possibly a car crash of some kind or tragic accident. They explore their former town with the freedom teens usually dream of. But it came at a terrible price and now they try to occupy themselves as best they can so they don't see life go on without them. And now the next step for them is deciding when to move on and not haunt their former lives. That's what it's always been to me.
I like your interpretation of the video. 👍👍
Love this interpretation
I remember watching this a lot as a kid too! I can remember really random parts of the video vividly like the girls face in the shadow and the guy tossing the bottle. Completely agree with your interpretation.
Wow. I always saw it more as kids feeling unfulfilled, unnoticed, while the world and life for everyone else goes on around/without them; the guy tossing the TP in the convenience store, for example, in slow motion while everyone else is hustling about their errands. I definitely get an SP “1979” vibe for that portion of the video, and that’s what always brings me back to more of a literal teen angst/depression interpretation.
But I must say I REALLY like yours.
Okay just checked-the guy’s tossing some kind of bunny, not TP. My bad.
In 2015 my marriage collapsed suddenly,I found myself playing this song on repeat and it helped me cope with my marriage breakdown.I knew the song was about being letdown by your partner,so it struck a chord with me at that time and it helped me heal quicker.This is easily the best song to listen to, if you want to recover from a marriage breakdown.Very therapeutic,thank you Goo goo dolls for this great number.
Hope things are better for you now that some of the dust has settled on that divorce. I'm 37, never been married, I can only imagine the heartbreak you're going through
@@john94949 I am doing well now,several years later,I am living life as normal.Thanks for checking by.
The songs that the kids listen today doesn’t even come close to the #music we had from the 1990s going back to the 80s. They will never understand. 💙
ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM THIS BAND!
I can feel you falling, I know it’s out there. Somehow here is gone.
Songwriting somehow here is gone. Legend. Thank you so much
This song made me realize, a lot of things. But shit, nothing is worse when you realize half the people you thought were out there weren’t there.
You wrote that so beautifully and it’s unfortunately very true 😢
You feel an emotion in relation to time. You know it's out there....you know it's out there....somehow here is gone. It always is. Thank you Goo Goo Dolls
Easily one of my all-time favorite bands and one of my all-time favorite songs! It's on my personal public playlist.
“And I’m not holding on, and all your lies weren’t enough to keep me here”
An amazing man took me to see these guys, he passed away this year. At least I got to see them play this song with him. A memory of my favorite band with my favorite person. I love you Wilson ❤️
A song I come back to once in awhile. This video is a great reminder of how carefree our youth is. Just hanging out with friends with one goal in mind: forget our problems for awhile. Then time grips us and that innocence is gone. We can only hope that we are well enough to take care of ourselves or that someone will help take care of us.
1週間に1度聴くようになった歌
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Goo Goo Dolls played a private party for about 80 of us for two hours. Easily one of the best nights, and there have been a huge number of great ones, in my entire life. I have seen them in concert 10 times since that night and have never been disappointed.
They're great guys, down-to-earth, with talent and musical passion that is off the charts. I've seen every major and upcoming act in the last 30+ years, if you haven't seen Goo Goo Dolls live, do it first chance you get.
Their shows are fantastic, extremely tight, stuffed with hit after hit after hit, and packed with energy. You will not forget the show!
I saw them almost 7 years ago for my 21st birthday. They definitely were amazing.
It's so weird - I was never a big Goo Goo Dolls fan and honestly really didn't listen to this song a lot, but when I do occasionally hear it I can FEEL the era and time it was wrote in. It's a weird thing, and hard to explain. These songs literally can take us back in time, just by their sound and feel, even if we don't have a connection to the specific song.
Im going to leave this here. So those kind enough to leave a like will know they brought me back here to enjoy this amazing song and reminisce about better times. LIVE,LOVE,LIFE❤
This song helped me get through a dark period in my life. It's so refreshing to listen to it in 2019. Man these guys were awesome.
Same here
honestly they help me get through every day. This song has a whole lot of meaning in it for me
@@baileyb4470 Same here.
Are!!!
GGDs are therapy for me!
Great group I miss those days
Pareil .
This song is so beautiful, one of my all time favorites. I so wish I wasn’t 1 or 2 years old when it came out, so I could’ve enjoyed this time period!
Check out iris, slide, black balloon great band
@@olympian3 Oh trust me I have lol. All great songs. I know a great deal of their discography.
This song really resonated with me while i was going through a separation and subsequent divorce, it kept me sane and sober.
Quando uscì questa canzone comprai il singolo...stupenda
This band has had an astronomical influence on pop music and honestly pop culture for the last almost 30 years! They deserve some serious recognition for this. Even if you havent listened to the Goos, you have most certainly heard their music.
Everyone's heard iris but they have so many other amazing songs.
2:34 "And I don't need the fallout, of all the past that's in between us" holy crap I felt that line
don't you just hate that when a lyric hits you in the gut and explodes? ggd tends to do that a lot, fuck 'em lol
One of my favorite songs. I love these guys.
This brings me waaay back, every time I listen to it.
I pray you find this music in your lifetime.
Me too, other wise AI and computers degrade human creativity.
John is just such an amazing songwriter. Blows my mind.
When the song takes you back to those moments and you can now smile about them even more.
I just think of the old times whenever I hear this song
true
It's so sad when you remember your youth and get nostalgic, as it just shows how you have aged and how fast time goes by. But it also makes you extremely happy, knowing how great these times were and how you grew up with real music like this, not with today's soulless garbage.
Never left here Goo Goo Dolls awesome love this band
back to ninetees....great decade of alternative rock....cool stuff....
Early 2000s mate. 2001 0r 2002
This was released in 2002. But then, what's the difference, naturally the early 00s were still heavily influenced by the 90s.
Best band on Earth.
Agree!
Brendon Long Black Lab is a close second XD you should check em out you won't be dissapointed.
Hablachuga LMAO!!!!!
One of the best!
No its metallica
Love the rhythm guitars on this.
Rhythm guitars super awesome!!
As a kid growing up in small-town India, I had no idea what this song was about when I watched it late-night on TV. But this is one of my most nostalgic songs about nostalgia I was never a part of.