Goo Goo Dollsis an alternative rock band formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac. They are perhaps most famous for the hit "Iris", featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film City of Angels. Currently, the band consists of John Rzeznik (guitar, vocals), Robby Takac (vocals, bass) and Mike Malinin (drums). Early in their career, the Goo Goo Dolls were frequently dismissed by critics as mere imitators of the Replacements; however, the band refined and mainstreamed their sound enough to become one of the most popular adult alternative rock bands of the latter half of the '90s, selling millions of records to audiences largely unfamiliar with their inspirations. That's no knock on the band, either -- their music simply improved in craft and accessibility as the years progressed, and radio happened to be receptive to what a decade earlier would have been considered collegiate power pop.
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Goo Goo Dolls
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Bringin home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and thats whose side youre on
Ah, sleeping on the white house lawn aint never changed a thing
Look at all the washed out hippie dreams
And its fallin all around us
Is this some kind of joke theyre trying to pull on us?
Fallin all around us
Ill turn my head off for a while
The tabloid generations lost
Choking on its fear
Used to be thats all we had to fear
And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak
Theres knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as theres a victim on tv
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And my dirty dreams all come alive
On my tv screen
And assasination plots
Show me what I havent got
Show me what I love, and who Im sposed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me
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