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A Goo Goo Doll Named John Rzeznik
The above man is my fiancee, John Joseph Theodore
Rzeznik....I would give anything to **** him. If I won
the lottery, I would approach him and tell him I wanted
to **** him, and if he thought it was wrong or illegal
or immoral, I'd offer him ALL my money...just for a
little pillowcasing session! THAT is how much I WANT
this man. I'm not sure if he realizes he's my fiancee-
but he HAS pointed at me, grinned, and gave me the
thumps up sign...which really COULD translate as a
"let's get hitched!" statement in some sort of fun body
language, right?? Nevertheless, I will always want him
more than anything or anyone in the entire world!
Anyhow, besides being such a sexy son-of-a-bitch, there
is another reason I love him- it's because he's talented
as all hell: read on and see what I mean.
The above (left 2 right) is Mike Malinin (drums), Robby Takac (bass), and my ultimate fantasy, Johnny Rzeznik, which TOGETHER make up the best band in
the whole entire freakin' WORLD, the GOO GOO DOLLS!
Acoustic #3
They painted up your secrets/ With the lies they told to
you/ And the least
they ever gave you/ Was the most you ever knew/ And I
wonder where
these dreams go/ When the world gets in your way/ What's
the point in all
this screaming/ No one's listening anyway/ Your voice is
small and fading/
And you hide in here unknown/ And your mother loves your
father/ Cuz
she's got nowhere to go/ And she wonders where these
dreams go/ Cuz the
world got in her way/ What's the point in ever trying/
Nothing's changing
anyway/ They press their lips against you/ And you love
the lies they say/
And I tried so hard to reach you/ But you're falling
anyway/ And you know I
see right through you/ When the world gets in your way/
What's the point in
all this screaming/ You're not listening anyway
Iris
And I'd give up
forever to touch you/
Cuz I know that you feel me somehow/ You're the closest
to Heaven that I'll
ever be/ And I don't want to go home right now/ And all
I could taste is this
moment/ And all I can breathe is your life/ When sooner
or later it's over/ I
just don't want to miss you tonight/ And I don't want
the world to see me/
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand/ When
everything's made to be
broken/ I just want you to know who I am/ And you can't
fight the tears that
ain't coming/ Or the moment of truth in your lies/ When
everything feels like
the movies/ Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive/
And I don't want the
world to see me/ Cuz I don't think that they'd
understand/ When
everything's made to be broken/ I just want you to know
who I am/ I just
want you to know who I am/ I just want you to know who I
am
Name
And even though the
moment passed
me by/ I still can't turn away/ Cuz I saw the dreams you
never thought you'd
lose/ Tossed along the way/ Letters that you never meant
to send/ Get lost
or thrown away/ And now we're grown up orphans that
never knew their
names/ We don't belong to no one/ that's a shame/ But
you could hide
beside me/ Maybe for a while/ And I won't tell no one
your name/ I won't tell
'em your name/ Scars are souviners you never lose/ The
past is never far/
And did you lose yourself somewhere out there/ Did you
get to be a star/
Don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who
we are/ You grew
up way too fast/ And now there's nothing to believe/ And
re-runs all become
our history/ A tired song keeps playing on a tired
radio/ And I won't tell no
one your name/ I won't tell 'em your name/ I think about
you all the time/but
I don't need the same/ If it's lonely where you are/
Come back down/ And I
won't tell 'em your name
Black
Balloon
Baby's black balloon makes her fly/ I almost fell into
that hole in your
life/ And you're not thinking
about tomorrow/ Cuz you were the same as me/ But on your
knees/ A
thousand other boys could never reach you/ how could I
have been the one/
I saw the world spin beaneath you/ And scatter like ice
from the spoon/ That
was your womb/ Coming down the world turned over/ And
angels fall
without you there/ And I go on as you get colder/ Or are
you someone's
prayer/ You know the lies they always told you/ And the
love you never
knew/ What's the things they never showed you/ That
swallowed the light
from the sun/ Inside your room/ Coming down the world
turned over/ And
angels fall without you there/ And I go on as you get
colder/ And there's no
time left for losing/ When you stand they fall/ Coming
down the world turned
over/ And angels fall without you there/ And I go on as
you grow colder/ All
because I'm/ Coming down the years turn over/ And angels
fall without you
there/ And I go on to lead you home/ All because I'll/
I'll become/ What you
became to me
--John Rzeznik
"All we are is what we're told, and most of that's
been lies. It's like a
made-for-TV movie, and I just blew my line." (Ain't
That Unusual)
"Do you listen to yourself? Never live for someone
else? Do you like the
way you feel? Nothing hurts when no one's real..."
(Bullet Proof)
"There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the
street." (Flat Top)
"I'd love to beg- see,
but I'm just too proud. And I don't even know what
to say so I'm thinking outloud." (Girl Right Next
To Me)
"If I could paint in harmony and colors
were words I had sung, if I could climb way up in the
sky where the stars are carefully hung...there are
flowers in her backyard that resemble the spots of the
sun, and there are times I look in her eyes and see the
woman and God as one." (Hold Me Up)
"And you
shake your stupid head and you wish that you were dead,
and I swear sometimes you're happier than me..." (Up
Yours)
"Is there anything to feel? Is it pain that makes you
real? Cut me off
before it kills me...take another piece of me, give my
mind a new disease, then the black and white world never
fades to gray." (Long Way Down)
"You're
cynical and beautiful, you always make a scene. You're
monochrome, delirious- you're nothing that you seem. I'm
drowning in your vanity- your love is such a tease.
You're dirty and you're sweet- you know you're
everything to me." (Dizzy)
"I'd love to be
you, at least then I'd see you." (Ain't That
Unusual)
"Your eyes look away...it's so hard to
be someone stung out from today and all that you knew
slips away..."(All Eyes On Me)
"He asked what
was wrong with me- he said I looked like a Hollywood
girl. I said that Hollywood could fall into the ocean,
man...cuz it's the ugliest place in the whole wide
world!" (On the Lie)
"You said that this is crazy, you're half a world
away. Well, I'm sitting
and I'm thinking but I didn't know what to say. So I
said something I can't
touch, I always want way too much anyway." (2 Days
In February)
"And I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be
complete- little pieces of
the nothing that fall. Oh May, put your arms around me-
what you feel is
what you are, and what you are is beautiful.."
(Slide)
--John Rzeznik
Story
"I was sitting in my apartment one night, and I
started playing a song. It sounded
like this: (Playing acoustic sort of like a
banjo type tune) Then I decided to slow it
down a little, and it sounded like this. (He
plays the beginning of Name) I kind of
liked it, so I went to Rob and said, What do
you think of this? (Starts playing the
beginning to Name) Robby said he liked it and
so we decided to put it on an album.
So we went to the studio and recorded it. We
figured we would stick it right in the
middle of the album and hope no one would find
it. So a couple of months later I'm
driving down the street in my car, turn on the
radio, and I hear THIS (starts playing
the beginning of Name) FUCK...that fucking, god
awful, shitty song! So, I'm like, It's
over- we're finished! Then I'm in the
supermarket at about 3am one night, and I'm
cruising down the aisle with my cart.... buying
my peanut butter and jelly....my kitty
litter...and what do I hear coming out of the
speakers? (plays the beginning of
Name, then stops abruptly, makes a static
sound, and talks in a funny intercom
voice) Pick up on aisle 6! (finishes the
beginning of Name) FUCK! (he pauses) So
here I was- I had it all, no money, no
nothing.... but at least I had my punk rock
image and my fucking Indie label, you know?
And out of nowhere this song comes
out and knocks me on my fucking ass! So, I was
like,"damn!" And, to top it all off, a
few months later I get this letter in the mail,
right? I open it up and it says:
Dear Faggot,
You SUCK. I hate that fucking song.
You're
a SELL OUT-
FUCK OFF
Signed,
Punk Rocker
But I thought to myself, every time I do this
(starts playing Name) You guys do that!
(Crowd goes wild and starts screaming!) But I
guess you can't please everybody...I
LIKE this song. (plays all of Name, then stops
in midbreak) So I figure I'd answer
his letter....so I take my pen and paper and I
write:
Dear Punk Rocker,
Eat a bag of SHIT
Love, Faggot
(he finishes Name) Imagine if that guy had
heard Iris!"
Funny
Quotes
~"All songwriters are drunks."
~"Life hands you a lemon, throw it at someone!"
~"Heavy metal is vapid garbage."
~"People are too concerned with who is doing who."
~"Big boys stop jumping on little girls, and
little girls? If you see big boys coming your
way, move and let them hit the ground."
~"People ask us all the time,'How long has the
band been together?' and I say,'Romantically or
musically?'"
~"At any given time, the band could be screwed,
and I could be,'Would you like a hot apple pie
with your
order today, sir?"
~Are you working on any side projects?
"I'm building a BRAIN in my BASEMENT."
~Fan: Yeah, Johnny- I was wondering if
that was you on the 1-800-COLLECT commerical,
like, a year ago.
John: A what?!
Interviewer: A 1-800-COLLECT commercial.
John: (laughs) No, that was my brother
Jim...Jim's an actor...he's an idiot though,
so..
Robby: (laughing) Absolutely!
John: No, I don't have a brother, and I
never was on a TV commercial, you know...what
was the commercial, anyway? What was I doing?
Fan: You were playing!
John: I was playing the guitar?
Fan: Yeah!
John: Really?? Did I suck, or was
it...good?
Fan: Oh, you were good!
John: Oh, that's cool...(pause) That
mighta been me!
Basics
-John is 35 years old- he's birthday is December 5,
1965
-That beautiful tattoo Johnny has on his arm is a Pablo Picasso painting entitled "The Dream"
-The Goo Goo Dolls have been together since 1987, and
they used to be the punkest band you could ever
imagine
-Their latest release is a compilation album called What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art, & Commerce that features digitally remastered non-radio songs from 1987-present
-The band is slated to release their BRAND NEW CD, Gutterflowers, late fall/early winter
-Johnny is separated from his wife and currently dating soap star
Adrienne Frantz (pictured above), girls- sorry!
