Live In Lewiston, NY, August 15th, 1998

This concert is an important one, because in a way it changed how people looked at the Goo Goo Dolls. What do I mean by that?

After falling into depression due to marriage problems and the looming, apparently unsolvable writer’s block afflicting John Rzeznik for several months in 1997/1998, the latter was not feeling much confident about the material being demoed for “Dizzy Up The Girl”. This is mentioned in the VH1 Documentary a couple of times.

Both John and the band pushed through those difficult times and produced the album, completing it. Now, it was time to put it to test. Labels are the first in line to listen to a finished album, then it’s fans’ turn to give out the final verdict. On August 15th, 2018, the Goo Goo Dolls introduced five new songs to the audience, including the one that will change their lives: “Iris“. It was time to face the demons once again, and see what the people out there thought about their latest effort.

YouTube user Johnny GooGoo recently uploaded this very relevant performance, one that in a way fundamentally changed how the world looked at the band, especially in terms of songwriting potential. Here, we get to experience the first time the following songs were played:

  • Slide
  • Dizzy
  • Full Forever
  • Brodway
  • Iris

Four of them became official singles in 1998/1999.

You can enjoy this monumental concert below. Download links are provided at the end of this post. Thanks again to the original uploader for this amazing content.

PLEASE NOTICE: Included in the download links is a single, long, .m4a file for the entire concert, rather than a specific file for each song. Some players may not be able to reproduce it.

TRACK LISTING:

  1. Long Way Down
  2. Fallin’ Down
  3. Burnin’ Up
  4. Stop The World
  5. String Of Lies
  6. Already There
  7. Naked
  8. Lazy Eye
  9. Slide
  10. Name
  11. Just The Way You Are
  12. Lucky Star
  13. There You Are
  14. Banter
  15. Dizzy
  16. Full Forever
  17. Another Second Time Around
  18. Broadway
  19. Flat Top
  20. Iris
  21. Eyes Wide Open
  22. Impersonality
  23. Banter
  24. Girl Right Next To Me

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