This is one of my favorite songs. I have it on their compilation album, "What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce". It's also on "Superstar Car Wash". This song is from 1993, back when they weren't as popular and were crazier. What's interesting about EOAC is that the congs are in order from the most recent at that time ("Dizzy Up the Girl") all the way back to 1987 with their self-titled debut album. As you go further back into their career, you notice many things. The songs become much more hard rock and such (many of Robbie's songs still retain the hard rock qualities). You can even hear Johnny's voice regress back to that of an angry, big-haired teenager enjoying the advantages of the greatest career track any kid could imagine (traces of big hair may still be observed on Robby). His music goes from plees to a girl he cares about to get her act together (All Eyes On Me) to meaningless angry teenage anthems like Up Yours.
I love the Goo Goo Dolls, but I am very thankfull that they've grown up since Jed. Sure, some songs like Iris and Slide were probably calculated to fit snugly in the radio top 40, but we can forgive them for that because that's how most of us discovered them. (don't get upset at me because I didn't know of them until they went mainstream. It's not my fault, I wasn' alive when they released their first 2 albums). EOAC is a necessity for anyone just getting into GGD. It's not a Greatist Hits album, by the way, it's practically the opposite.
This is one of my favorite songs. I have it on their compilation album, "What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce". It's also on "Superstar Car Wash". This song is from 1993, back when they weren't as popular and were crazier. What's interesting about EOAC is that the congs are in order from the most recent at that time ("Dizzy Up the Girl") all the way back to 1987 with their self-titled debut album. As you go further back into their career, you notice many things. The songs become much more hard rock and such (many of Robbie's songs still retain the hard rock qualities). You can even hear Johnny's voice regress back to that of an angry, big-haired teenager enjoying the advantages of the greatest career track any kid could imagine (traces of big hair may still be observed on Robby). His music goes from plees to a girl he cares about to get her act together (All Eyes On Me) to meaningless angry teenage anthems like Up Yours.
I love the Goo Goo Dolls, but I am very thankfull that they've grown up since Jed. Sure, some songs like Iris and Slide were probably calculated to fit snugly in the radio top 40, but we can forgive them for that because that's how most of us discovered them. (don't get upset at me because I didn't know of them until they went mainstream. It's not my fault, I wasn' alive when they released their first 2 albums). EOAC is a necessity for anyone just getting into GGD. It's not a Greatist Hits album, by the way, it's practically the opposite.