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Artist:

Goo Goo Dolls

Song:

Black Balloon

Album: 

The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits Vol. 1: The Singles *

Year: 

2007

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madeliaette | MEMORY FROM 2008

One band to another

LOCATION: My study , Wollongong

YEAR: 2008

TAGS: Goo Goo Dolls, Madelia, balloon

PUBLISHED: March 3, 2008

I first heard some songs by the band in the late 1990's, but nothing really stood out in my heart or mind until far more recently. This song did not even come into my life until this very year, and might still never have been heard by me had it not been for a very different band to the Goo Goo Dolls. If it had not been for a chance encounter with the title, I would not have heard the song still, leaving the Goo Goo Dolls behind as a forgotten memory from the days when I followed the charts and listened to mainstream radio.

I take my music extremely seriously, so when I learned that two members of my favorite band had left and the band needed new members, I was devastated. It would be a while before the next CD emerged or the band played any concerts now. Several months passed, with me playing their old album and hunting down online videos for later material to hear. One day I spotted an update at the band's Myspace page! Finally, Madelia had a fourth member and there were new pictures to drool over. I am still waiting for the next concert or CD to surface, but the photos have kept my eyes and heart happy for a while. In one picture, the band's cute lyricist is sitting holding a black balloon, hence my stopping and clicking on this song by the Goo Goo Dolls in order to check it out when I spotted the title online recently.

I am still not a Goo Goo Dolls fan. However, I shall now wear a big grin whenever I hear this song, due to my interests in a different band!

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