Hold Me Up

Certain Songs #513: Goo Goo Dolls – “You Know What I Mean”

April 21, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hold Me Up
Year: 1990

What makes a band decide to cover a song? Or, more germane to this post: what makes a band decide to cover a relatively obscure Goo Goo Dolls song.

In the case of Sedan Delivery, for the past few years, I’ve been positive it was because our guitarist Don really liked Johnny Rzeznik when they had a conversation about both being the door guys for their local clubs when the Goo Goo Dolls played the Blue.

This despite the fact that I don’t actually have a memory of the Goo Goo Dolls playing the Blue.

Certain Songs #512: Goo Goo Dolls – “There You Are”

April 20, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hold Me Up
Year: 1990

I don’t remember where I read it, but around the time this album came out, there was an article in some music magazine where Goo Goo Guitarist Johnny Rzeznik listed his favorite albums, and they were all albums by The Replacements, Hüsker Dü and The Clash.

I remember reading it and thinking, “OK, I need to check these guys out,” and immediately bought Hold Me Up,, which turned out to be one of my favorite punk (or punk-influenced, you snobs) records of the post-Hüskers pre-Nevermind era.