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(Message started by: Shannon on Jul 27th, 2007, 2:32pm)
Title: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Shannon on Jul 27th, 2007, 2:32pm
Goo Goo Dolls' bass player interview
BRENDA SHOFFNER
Friday July 27th, 2007

Goo Goo Dolls bass player Robby Takac feels the pressure technology is putting on his music, and he embraces it.

�It�s up to us to be astronauts or the Allman Brothers,� he says philosophically. �I choose astronaut.

�It�s tough. You know how it is these days. You have to do everything but actually drive the record out to somebody�s house, and even then they might not take it.
�The CD is going the way of the U.S. mail system and everything else that has suffered at the hands of the Internet.�

Takac called from Manhattan last week where the band had just finished taping an episode of A&E�s new series �Private Sessions.� It airs at 8 a.m. Sunday.
They will be in concert Wednesday night at the Pensacola Civic Center with Lifehouse and Colbie Caillat opening.

The Goo Goo Dolls � which also includes lead singer John Rzeznik and drummer Mike Malinin � have enjoyed a successful career that dates back more than 20 years. Their 2006 album, the gold-certified �Let Love In,� has produced four hit singles to date, including the title track.

Right now they�re riding the crest of �Transformers� mania. Their song, �Before It�s Too Late,� is featured in the movie as the love theme.

�It�s huge, man� Takac says. �It�s definitely given us some spotlight time on this summer tour.�

Takac hasn�t had a chance to see the movie but he�s seen the video of �Before It�s Too Late,� and says, �I�ve heard it�s like a little condensed version of the movie.�

�That rooftop is real, by the way. While we were doing it, I was afraid people would think it�s CGI, but it just happens to be a building eight blocks from where Johnny and I live.

�We got permits and rented a chopper and threw a guy with a camera in it and off we went. When you�re involved in something with a scope like (�Transformers,�) we felt like we needed to do something marginally epic ourselves.�

It�s not the first time the band has written for the movies.

�It�s refreshing not to have to write about yourself for a change,� Takac says. �It gives us a chance to do new things and not necessarily have to worry about it being a major career statement.

�It can just be a one-off. And sometimes it turns into something great. You know, �Better Days� was a one-off. �Iris� was a one-off. So we�ll see how this one fares.�
Takac is at a bit of a loss to explain the Goo Goo Dolls� longevity.

�I think it�s just � Hooo, I don�t know, man. It�s funny. Anybody who�s not around us would think we�d last eight months.

�I think it�s a combination of growing up doing this and having, somewhere inside us, the desire to have it be better each time. And, I think, as of late, a pretty heavy dose of just ignoring a lot of what�s been going on around us.

�It�s hard. The record industry is disassembled. Nobody knows what�s going on, and it�s making people make really, really, really rash, unreasonable decisions.�
Takac says bands today have to be savvy about a lot more than they used to.

�We�ve never been one of those bands that puts a song out and the song goes to No. 1. That�s never happened to us, ever.

�We put a song out and it enters the charts somewhere down in the 40s and we work, and then it goes to No. 1. That�s how we do it.�

Takac is excited about the Internet and the possibilities it has created for the Goo Goo Dolls.

�We had trouble in Europe for years,� he says. �Here we played to huge crowds. Over there it was the bartender and his girlfriend, who resented being there.

�Now the rules have changed. With MySpace and YouTube and the Internet in general, people can choose instead of being force-fed what record labels what them to hear.

�We have 255,596 people who�ve requested to be our friends on MySpace! Do you know how much it would cost for our label to reach a quarter of a million people?

�I have access to these people myself. It�s exciting and unnerving.�

Takac says the Goo Goo Dolls plan to release two greatest hits CDs in the fall a couple of months apart.

One will collect only the band�s Top 10 radio hits; the other will be more of a career-spanning retrospective.

�We�re a pop band and making a tidy package of radio songs makes sense,� he says. �But we do so much more than that, and the second CD will have more added content.�

The Goo Goo Dolls� affiliation with the USA Harvest charity is another project Takac gets excited about.

�We�ve been working with them for about seven years and the food collected has been enough to provide 2 million meals that stay in the local communities,� he says. �At the last show, 600 cans were brought in.

�It�s all grassroots. It runs itself. All I have to do is talk about how cool it is.�

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/7334
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Jul 27th, 2007, 2:52pm
How about some career-spanning super secret underground, never heard-em-before tracks?

I don't ask for much, eh?
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 27th, 2007, 3:13pm
OMG, Drew, too many thoughts.  

'Top 10' tracks, not actually 10 tracks.  I imagine by the fall, BITL will be in the top 10 to make it 13 singles.  Which would be nice, because I'd like to own BITL in cd form.  The thought of buying GALB for a 5th and 6th time makes me want to die, though.

I'd love some unheard tracks and rarities, but that's really not the "greatest hits".  Still, if there has to be a greatest hits cd (or 2, apparently) it'll be bearable if they put out the videos on dvd.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by djgeneral on Jul 28th, 2007, 3:05pm
I will not buy the greatest hits CD. I have all of their hits...and I'm not rich. as for the second disc, I prob will check tha tout
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pondering My Fate on Jul 28th, 2007, 8:52pm

on 07/27/07 at 15:01:55, Drew wrote:
Also: Will you buy both of them, no matter what, to support the band? Or will most of you skip the first one?

Nope. Regardless of who it is, I won't buy a greatest hits CD if I've already got everything that's on it. If I want to do something to "support the band", I'll just go to one of their shows -- they get more of the money that way anyway.

But I'll pick up the second disc if it includes something interesting. A DVD would be super nice too but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Jul 28th, 2007, 10:08pm
that's wierd to have a EOAC part 2, with the same songs....

I don't think i will buy either 2.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Shannon on Jul 29th, 2007, 10:02am
One of CDs is already available for pre-order on Amazon. It doesn't list the track list yet though.

http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-Goo-Dolls/dp/B000SUKPKM/ref=sr_1_9/105-2967338-3838807?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1185721405&sr=1-9
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Jul 29th, 2007, 7:45pm
If it's an eoac type of album, it's very likely that most of the songs on it already appeared on EOAC. I just don't think they're gonna pull out "I'm awake now"


on 07/28/07 at 22:37:13, Drew wrote:
They haven't confirmed the songs on either album yet, we've just been speculating.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Jul 29th, 2007, 9:52pm
I think there are a few John songs that they could use....but it's not enought to fill a full CD. I don't think this is a EOAC 2 type of CD. It's gotta be a totally different CD with repeats. I dunno....I just don't think it's a good idea overall...but maybe it's becuz they got plans in the future and want ppl to be able to buy a lowscale versio nof EOAC cuz EOAC is too much.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Poseidon on Jul 29th, 2007, 10:24pm
I need to buy EOAC.  :-/
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 29th, 2007, 10:28pm
Did you buy LIB yet?
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Poseidon on Jul 29th, 2007, 10:30pm
Nooo!! :'( When I get back I have to buy the LIB dvd, Hold Me Up, and EOAC.  
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Jul 29th, 2007, 11:51pm
Here's an idea that will get me in trouble...

Take all the (boring) ballads and re-record them as kick-ass rock songs.   :D

As if...
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Poseidon on Jul 30th, 2007, 12:02pm
I bought LIB today.  ;D
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 30th, 2007, 2:55pm

on 07/30/07 at 12:02:16, Poseidon wrote:
I bought LIB today. �;D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/crookedrhyme/WOG/trophy.jpg?t=1185825474
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Poseidon on Jul 30th, 2007, 5:09pm
I was recording the audio of the A&E Private Sessions for someone...  :D

Thanks for the trophy! I'll definitely be watching it sometime tonight.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 30th, 2007, 5:25pm
Prepare yourself.  Move a tv into the bathroom.  Keep your clothes on, but get into the shower.  It must be cold water.  For a more full effect, invite strangers into the shower with you.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Jul 30th, 2007, 7:37pm
I totally agree.

However, i'm sure that there are just as much songs that John didn't record that are kick arse...I wish he release those. How about release "once in a lifetime" from that good morning miami show? Release a full version.


on 07/29/07 at 23:51:20, DWG wrote:
Here's an idea that will get me in trouble...

Take all the (boring) ballads and re-record them as kick-ass rock songs. � :D

As if...
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 30th, 2007, 9:51pm
I love how we've turned a thread about a Greatest Hits album into expectations of EOAC2 and the most obscure b-sides that the Goos probably don't even own anymore.

Nicole, I need your LIB review after you've recovered from the sheer awesomeness of it all.

And no more rerecording!  Haven't we learned from Bon Jovi?!
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Poseidon on Jul 30th, 2007, 9:55pm
:eek: It is AMAZING!! The commentary is hilarious.
I totally saw you up on the pole.  ;D
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 30th, 2007, 9:59pm
I'm so happy we're encouraging Drew's lies.  At least it's a good one.  I wish I was cool enough to have climbed the pole.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Jul 30th, 2007, 10:11pm

on 07/30/07 at 21:51:52, the red o wrote:
And no more rerecording!  Haven't we learned from Bon Jovi?!

I think at this point what Bon Jovi would do is take the "hits" and turn them into country songs.

dang bad idea.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 30th, 2007, 10:15pm
Would you ever forgive me if I said I like the new Bon Jovi song (the one with Memory in the title)?

I think this thread needs to be merged with the Name Change thread.

Edit:  And for the record, I think John has a really good voice for country music.  "I Don't Want to Know" and "Think About Me" have a country-ish feel to me and I kinda like it.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Shannon on Jul 31st, 2007, 10:34am

on 07/30/07 at 22:15:20, the red o wrote:
Would you ever forgive me if I said I like the new Bon Jovi song (the one with Memory in the title)?

I think this thread needs to be merged with the Name Change thread.

Edit: �And for the record, I think John has a really good voice for country music. �"I Don't Want to Know" and "Think About Me" have a country-ish feel to me and I kinda like it.

I totally agree! I love the new country artists and that's where they'd fit. It's rock n' roll with a country flare. I enjoy it.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Jul 31st, 2007, 12:37pm

on 07/30/07 at 22:15:20, the red o wrote:
Would you ever forgive me if I said I like the new Bon Jovi song (the one with Memory in the title)?

Don't make me make you dead to me.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 31st, 2007, 12:46pm
Er... it was just a question, because I hate the song.  Yeah...

After all we've been through, that is what will make me dead to you?
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Jul 31st, 2007, 12:57pm

on 07/31/07 at 12:46:06, the red o wrote:
Er... it was just a question, because I hate the song.  Yeah...

After all we've been through, that is what will make me dead to you?

Well...it would make me drive up to your house and take your temperature to make sure you're feeling alright.
How's that for compromise?
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Jul 31st, 2007, 1:04pm
Yeah... like I'd tell YOU where I live.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Aug 2nd, 2007, 1:38am
I'd been saying for years that the goo were somewhat country and most ppl here seemed to disagree. Then I think they had a benefits concert for the racer who died...or maybe it was just a regular country concert and the Goo's were the only non-country artist there and the redneck audience love them. If rednecks accept goo..then itz gotz to be country..hehe.


on 07/30/07 at 22:15:20, the red o wrote:
Would you ever forgive me if I said I like the new Bon Jovi song (the one with Memory in the title)?

I think this thread needs to be merged with the Name Change thread.

Edit: �And for the record, I think John has a really good voice for country music. �"I Don't Want to Know" and "Think About Me" have a country-ish feel to me and I kinda like it.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by the red o on Aug 2nd, 2007, 12:35pm
Well, I don't actually think they're country at all.  I just think that in some of their songs you can kind of hear a country twang in John's voice and it makes me wonder what he'd sound like singing something in the country genre.  

I think they got into the memorial concert because of their ties with Nascar performing and being on whoever's car.  Plus, the Goos pretty much play EVERY benefit concert.  But that's rant for a different day...
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by DWG on Aug 2nd, 2007, 1:24pm

on 08/02/07 at 01:38:10, Pon wrote:
If rednecks accept goo..then itz gotz to be country.


lol.
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by Pon on Aug 3rd, 2007, 9:35pm

on 08/02/07 at 12:35:36, the red o wrote:
Well, I don't actually think they're country at all. �I just think that in some of their songs you can kind of hear a country twang in John's voice and it makes me wonder what he'd sound like singing something in the country genre. �

I think they got into the memorial concert because of their ties with Nascar performing and being on whoever's car. �Plus, the Goos pretty much play EVERY benefit concert. �But that's rant for a different day...
Title: Re: Robby interview/confirms 2 greatest hits CDs
Post by sympathy_0 on Aug 5th, 2007, 10:12pm
Heres what I want on that top ten hits thingy :)

1. Iris
2. Slide
3. Name
4. Broadway
5. Here is Gone
6. Sympathy
7. Big Machine
8. Dizzy

And probably two from LLI.


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