When I was in middle school, my English class was covering poetry. My English teacher, before she passed away years later, introduced us to this song as an example of poetry. Since then this song has become a part of me, a part of who I am as a person and I will never forget my English teacher or her class.
I love this comment! I am a retired 8th grade English teacher and using lyrics was my favorite and most successful way to introduce poetry. I hope that my students remember me as fondly as you remember your wonderful teacher. This song was among their favorites!
Call me controversial, but I prefer this over Iris. (Wow, this is my most liked comment ever. And so many responses too! Glad to see so many people have an opinion on this matter!)
I graduated high school in 1986 on Long Island NY. I only listened to WLIR AND WDRE. I lived at Malibu Night Club in Lidp Beach. Dancing, partying and loving the 80’s. The Goo goo dolls came out and I immediately loved all their music. I’m now a father of 3. My oldest is a girl about to be 21. I turned her on to Iris at least 10 years ago. Every time we hear it together, we hold hands and sing at the top of our lungs. Please please please do a home version. You guys sound better then ever. Thank you for years of enjoyment and let my daughter Brittany and I live a dream hearing you live, personal at home. You guys rock. Keep it going.
I remember when this came out. I was a kid, me and my Dad would sit and listen to this. Here I am now in my late 30s my Dad has passed, I am a Dad and can't wait to let my little girl hear this. Hope one day she hears it and thinks of me as I sit here thinking of him and my Mom. Classic song, great memories. Thanks for this
Just found this in 2024. Kudos to these guys and the producers for a great show! Johhny's voice is like velvet, even after years of singing and screaming! You're blessed (and work to keep vocal chords in shape). Thank you for sharing blessings with all of us.
I remember in 2000, they came down to the middle of Flint Michigan in some huge parking lot, and played three or four songs live, in a rally for Al Gore to become the next president. Instead Florida fucked it up, and history has never been the same.
I'd be honored if some GGD & 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins, and NAME by the GGD on my YT channel in tribute to 3 great standards of the mid/late 90s era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.
I remember first hearing this song when i was 13 on christmas eve, i just lay on my bed listening to it for hours on repeat. And 14 years later I am still here listening to it. This song always brings me home.
Johnny, you’re still so much the man, with your ever present ageless vocals that don’t fall short of your earliest years. You still rock it my brother. Thanks for the years of amazing talent, Goo Goo Dolls!
A good friend of mine introduced this song to me many years ago. He was our drummer, such a pure soul and was good friends with everyone. Unfortunately, he died in a car accident. RIP my friend. Thank you so much for introducing me to the rest of GGD's songs.
Omg I'm so in love with this song ..you will never know how.this song makes me feel..to me this song feels like a distant faded memory in a lifetime that you forever long to hold onto.
This song brings me back to better times! No technology, no bullshit. People were so much happier in the 90s. Great songs like this can bring you back there, even if it’s just for a few minutes. Glad these guys are still doing their thing.
Big song in 1995 around Septemberish if I remember correctly because I also remember hearing Collective Soul's "the world I know "and "send me on my way" by rusted root around this time. God damn the time flies 25 years.
IT's one of my all times favorites songs. I was six years old when IT was released and played on radios here in Chile in 1995. Now I'm 31 and I still enjoy it
I agree . This song is a good song. I'm an artist myself and I was nine years old when this song was released in 98' Still playing it today!! Makes me calm when it comes on in my playlist
This song brings back memories of a beautiful girl I was with in the 90s she was smart, well educated, a virgin till me, perfect body & had a great career after college we would listen this in my mustang 5.0 driving or in her dorm.
LOVE THIS!! One of my favorite songs, you guys are still Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this, for all of us who Never stopped listening and for those who may be just discovering the wonder world of talent that is, The Goo Goo Dolls!! ❤❤💖💖👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
I just heard this song a month ago (because it was mentioned in a book) and it has easily become one of my favorite! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 YAY for at-home music sessions!! #lookonthebrightsideoflife
Great and timeless song. I remember how I felt when I got out of bed at the time this song was popular. I haven't felt like that-that great, light, and joyful- in so long.
I love this song, and the Goo Goo Doll's music, this version is slightly different than others I've heard, but I think this is my 2nd favorite. These at home videos are great and nice music videos to accompany most of their songs.
Just want to take a moment to Thank the Gooz for being so supportive to so may in these trying times, from small business to essential worker's to the behind the scenes guys, food drives and for giving much needed joy and something to look forward to, For Their Fans!!! THANK YOU💜 You are Truly AWESOME!!! Love this song and John's voice sounds sounds just as majestic as ever 💞💋💞
I have to hear the song named everyday or I'm just not right I still get. Goosebumps as though it's the first time I've heard it once again brilliant song John rzeznik
Thank you so much,yes that's it....oh the reruns of my history...bad and good I love them all.but I truly love you guys. Oh Johnny my lost love... Lol...well that's life maybe in another. .lol.....You guys rock and thank you for taking the time to play for us .it truly is a blessing...love to all keep Rockin!!😊♥️✌️👃💪💐💐
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT YOU GUYS...... Whenever I'm depressed all I have to do is put on some Goo Goo Dolls, and instantly I'm smiling😍. Thanks for always cheering me up guys, you're the BEST!💕💕🎶🎸🎶🎸🎼🤗
Oh my goodness there just are no words to convey my excitement when I saw this in my notifications right now!!!!!! Oh you guys thank you, thank you for this, thank you for your music and you need to know how beautiful you sound right now---even better actually, this makes my heart and ears so happy!! Art for the soul and ears. 🖤🖤🤘🤘💯💯🤟🤟 P.S. ur video of Iris live, the one where ur getting rained on but still continue---LOVE IT!!!! Also saw ur video with Lindsey Sterling----BEAUTIFUL & BREATH TAKING!!!!
Wow guys! Loved it - I played and sang "Name" today on my old guitar hours before you uploaded this awesome video! Thank you so much for keeping your music alive for us!
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This song, and John's voice ~ timeless & beautiful
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When I was in middle school, my English class was covering poetry. My English teacher, before she passed away years later, introduced us to this song as an example of poetry. Since then this song has become a part of me, a part of who I am as a person and I will never forget my English teacher or her class.
That's beautiful 💕
This makes me happy as 1) an English teacher, and 2) a native of Buffalo, NY - the Goos hometown.
That's such a great memory. 💜
such great English teacher you had!
I love this comment! I am a retired 8th grade English teacher and using lyrics was my favorite and most successful way to introduce poetry. I hope that my students remember me as fondly as you remember your wonderful teacher. This song was among their favorites!
This dude’s voice hasn’t changed a bit. Its crazy. He was in his early 20s when this came out and he’s probably 50 now
He's 54.
He was actually in his late 20s maybe even 30 when this song was released.
@@StarWarsMeg He looks like 40. Although this recording is heavily lighted.
He was exactly 30 when this came out, 54 now. But I saw them live last summer and he sounds exactly like this still.
@@butterfly081295 I seriously can't wait till this virus is over, I've got to go see the Goo Goo Dolls again before they slow it down
Call me controversial, but I prefer this over Iris.
(Wow, this is my most liked comment ever. And so many responses too! Glad to see so many people have an opinion on this matter!)
Same here
i like both.
Same, the greatness of Iris is given by his bridge and his high notes, but Name is superior in my opinion lyrically 😉
“Controversial, they’re both awesome tunes!”
Me too
i never get sick listening to this song.
I graduated high school in 1986 on Long Island NY. I only listened to WLIR AND WDRE. I lived at Malibu Night Club in Lidp Beach. Dancing, partying and loving the 80’s. The Goo goo dolls came out and I immediately loved all their music. I’m now a father of 3. My oldest is a girl about to be 21. I turned her on to Iris at least 10 years ago. Every time we hear it together, we hold hands and sing at the top of our lungs. Please please please do a home version. You guys sound better then ever. Thank you for years of enjoyment and let my daughter Brittany and I live a dream hearing you live, personal at home. You guys rock. Keep it going.
I remember when this came out. I was a kid, me and my Dad would sit and listen to this. Here I am now in my late 30s my Dad has passed, I am a Dad and can't wait to let my little girl hear this. Hope one day she hears it and thinks of me as I sit here thinking of him and my Mom. Classic song, great memories. Thanks for this
If you're in your late-thirties now, you would have been a teenager when this came out. It should just be your music, and not your dad's.
That's a beautiful sentiment. 💜
Just found this in 2024. Kudos to these guys and the producers for a great show! Johhny's voice is like velvet, even after years of singing and screaming! You're blessed (and work to keep vocal chords in shape). Thank you for sharing blessings with all of us.
Anyone else remember when this tune was brand new? Man, it ruled the local radio station for a while there
Yes you're right 40 weeks
Dude, I remember when the Goo Goo Dolls were brand new - but that subset was like, Gen-Xers who lived in Black Rock, Riverside, or on the Strip.
I remember when the Dolls were the hottest shit going man. Those were some good years too :)
I remember in 2000, they came down to the middle of Flint Michigan in some huge parking lot, and played three or four songs live, in a rally for Al Gore to become the next president. Instead Florida fucked it up, and history has never been the same.
Always always always delighted to hear The Goo Goo Dolls. As a band they are so enduring, strong and memorable.
I'd be honored if some GGD & 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins, and NAME by the GGD on my YT channel in tribute to 3 great standards of the mid/late 90s era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.
Goo Goo Dolls Rules. Cheers from Brazil
Their best song, Black Balloon coming in a close second. I'd like to hear Black Balloon in this style.
Same
Black Balloon beats this. But so does Cuz Ur gone, So Far Away, Nothin Can Change You, Full Forever and possibly a few more! XD
Eric Yang, if you really wanna hear a good version of Black Balloon, RUclips the goo goo dolls look be in Alaska
Big Machine
Stay with you is good too
The best Goo Goo Dolls song? Likely. I want an endless version of that jangly guitar solo.
Super clean, awesome
John's voice is so dang soothing!
I love how Johnnys voice has become even better now. He even looks younger LoL and that hairstyle still sexy as ever.
Lol highlights on a 50-60 year old aren’t sexy.
@@bjh3v on him they are
Luke that makes sense but I can also sort of tell the difference between now and the early 2000s
He has a good plastic surgeon.
I remember first hearing this song when i was 13 on christmas eve, i just lay on my bed listening to it for hours on repeat. And 14 years later I am still here listening to it. This song always brings me home.
Obsolutely love this song!🥰👍🏿👍🏿
Happy to have seen them live on Valentine's Day 2007...was a gift to the Lady who is now my Wife
Johnny, you’re still so much the man, with your ever present ageless vocals that don’t fall short of your earliest years. You still rock it my brother. Thanks for the years of amazing talent, Goo Goo Dolls!
Beautiful song and very beautiful performance!! Thanks for sharing!! Happy Monday!!!***
These performances from home have been my shining light through Lockdown. So uplifting and positive!
Damn that nod at the end from Jim on the keyboard really hit me
He’s such a great player!
A good friend of mine introduced this song to me many years ago. He was our drummer, such a pure soul and was good friends with everyone. Unfortunately, he died in a car accident. RIP my friend. Thank you so much for introducing me to the rest of GGD's songs.
One of my favorite songs of all time❤️
Wow. Gonna chill and listen to it again...
Incredible memories of the '90's and all the alt bands, these guys are the best and sound like no time has passed. Stay safe everyone.
This is my favourite song.
Omg I'm so in love with this song ..you will never know how.this song makes me feel..to me this song feels like a distant faded memory in a lifetime that you forever long to hold onto.
Perfectly explained. It gives me the same feels to this day
Ok but why did I start cry for no reason? It's so beautiful!
Love.... Love.... This song. Thank you goo goo dolls band. Wish you always healthy. My best greetings from Indonesia 💜💜💜😘😘😘
My favorite tuning of all time. Life is more than who we are...I'm no tired radio. I won't tell your name.... ever long my love
This song brings me back to better times! No technology, no bullshit. People were so much happier in the 90s. Great songs like this can bring you back there, even if it’s just for a few minutes. Glad these guys are still doing their thing.
Big song in 1995 around Septemberish if I remember correctly because I also remember hearing Collective Soul's "the world I know "and "send me on my way" by rusted root around this time. God damn the time flies 25 years.
I love this song
This will forever be one of my favorite Goo Goo Dolls songs. Thank you for this, Gentlemen.
Thank you for this! My favorite goo song! Always makes me cry❤️Stay sage and healthy and it anyone reading this!
This band never die
Great song, great performance.
I'm loving these at home videos from some of my favourite groups during lockdown. 😀
Excellent, hello from a fellow Buffalo native
IT's one of my all times favorites songs. I was six years old when IT was released and played on radios here in Chile in 1995. Now I'm 31 and I still enjoy it
Love this song, Thanks Goo Goo dolls. Johnny your voice is still so great. Thanks for keeping us all entertained during this crazy time. God Bless
I agree . This song is a good song. I'm an artist myself and I was nine years old when this song was released in 98'
Still playing it today!! Makes me calm when it comes on in my playlist
I love these guys. I hope I get to see them in concert if they ever come to Raleigh. And at my age and health issues I hope it is soon
This song brings back memories of a beautiful girl I was with in the 90s she was smart, well educated, a virgin till me, perfect body & had a great career after college we would listen this in my mustang 5.0 driving or in her dorm.
This is my favorite song since 1998 when I knew you. Thank you for the great performance.
Favorite song by them. Now favorite version. So awesome. Good job, killed it fellas 👍🍻
LOVE THIS!! One of my favorite songs, you guys are still Amazing!! Thank you for sharing this, for all of us who Never stopped listening and for those who may be just discovering the wonder world of talent that is, The Goo Goo Dolls!! ❤❤💖💖👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
When I listen to this, I feel so blessed.
I just heard this song a month ago (because it was mentioned in a book) and it has easily become one of my favorite! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 YAY for at-home music sessions!! #lookonthebrightsideoflife
Welcome to the best band on earth! Welcome to the club who have known them since the beginning.
Great and timeless song. I remember how I felt when I got out of bed at the time this song was popular. I haven't felt like that-that great, light, and joyful- in so long.
Everytimei listen to these guys it makes me miss buffalo. Went to college out there and felt a connection
Music for the heart and mind, thought provoking and soul stirring and could easily be compared to your life and situations.
Memories with this song... Long gone
I still remember 1995 when I first heard this song. Great perform!
Awesome!!!! Wooww how Much i like this song!!!!
This song's a gem.
I love this song, and the Goo Goo Doll's music, this version is slightly different than others I've heard, but I think this is my 2nd favorite. These at home videos are great and nice music videos to accompany most of their songs.
I really like this version a lot. What is your favorite version? If it's on youtube, could you post a link?
My heart when I hear this song
Great song,Great band!!
What a song! What a talent!
This song got me through difficult times back in Nigeria 🤘🏿
Those open chords run chills down my spine ♡
Thanks Guys......have Loved y'all forever. Have had the chance to ever see you Live. Hopefully I can soon.
This is my Favorite Song Ever.
Just want to take a moment to Thank the Gooz for being so supportive to so may in these trying times, from small business to essential worker's to the behind the scenes guys, food drives and for giving much needed joy and something to look forward to, For Their Fans!!! THANK YOU💜 You are Truly AWESOME!!!
Love this song and John's voice sounds sounds just as majestic as ever 💞💋💞
👏👏🤘❤THANK YOU-- You all sound great! & Still ❤ this song! Keep rockin'! 🤘🎶💛 from Kansas
Still as beautiful as ever!
PERFECT SONG
Saw them in here in Mass last summer.....what an incredible evening.
There you are again today! You're spoiling us. Thank you all so much xo
Exelente cantante
His voice never changed.
Her voice is beautiful!
Childhood memories ❤️💙❤️
I love so much this song, it's so beautiful. Congratulation to all group, you are awesome! Hugs from México
One of my most favorite songs
Yes! You guys are killing these at home recordings! This is so special to me. Thank you!
Some songs just move beyond time, and this is one of them.
I love this song..so airy & relaxing
Falling in love with this band all over again!
Beautiful
Name is almost 25 years old and each time I hear it is like the first time. Truly amazing song
I have to hear the song named everyday or I'm just not right I still get. Goosebumps as though it's the first time I've heard it once again brilliant song John rzeznik
Thank you so much,yes that's it....oh the reruns of my history...bad and good I love them all.but I truly love you guys. Oh Johnny my lost love... Lol...well that's life maybe in another. .lol.....You guys rock and thank you for taking the time to play for us .it truly is a blessing...love to all keep Rockin!!😊♥️✌️👃💪💐💐
Timeless classic. Really digging these releases. Love it.
Still their best song. Great band.
Wow beautiful. One of my favorites from way back when
The hardest part of the song is the guitar tuning. B to high E is like a jump scare of a suspense movie. 😱
Thank you great performance. Loved it❤️😃👍🌼✌️Love and peace
The more I try to describe the power of this song the more I sound rediculous.. so beautiful it can’t be described
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT YOU GUYS...... Whenever I'm depressed all I have to do is put on some Goo Goo Dolls, and instantly I'm smiling😍. Thanks for always cheering me up guys, you're the BEST!💕💕🎶🎸🎶🎸🎼🤗
Oh my goodness there just are no words to convey my excitement when I saw this in my notifications right now!!!!!! Oh you guys thank you, thank you for this, thank you for your music and you need to know how beautiful you sound right now---even better actually, this makes my heart and ears so happy!! Art for the soul and ears. 🖤🖤🤘🤘💯💯🤟🤟 P.S. ur video of Iris live, the one where ur getting rained on but still continue---LOVE IT!!!! Also saw ur video with Lindsey Sterling----BEAUTIFUL & BREATH TAKING!!!!
Ome of my favorites. This song never gets old to me. I'll always love it.
This song will never get old!
Love you guys!
Bless you, gentlemen 😍. That was SUPERB 👍👍👍!!! ✌️🕉️
Incredible! Wish you guys did Cuz You're Gone, Falling Down and Stop The World...
My late husband Russell Somfleth got me to LOOVE you guys!! As a fellow Pole, Ja cie kocham!
Perfectly done. We appreciate you.
Wow guys! Loved it - I played and sang "Name" today on my old guitar hours before you uploaded this awesome video! Thank you so much for keeping your music alive for us!
Just a good song. I just wanna go back in time everytime I hear it..