Slide (Hard Rock Live, 1999)

Today we share a pretty rare audio performance recorded during the promotion of “Dizzy Up The Girl”, and officially released by the band.

In 1999 the Goo Goo Dolls released “Black Balloon” as a single, and also shot a video for it. There are several versions of the CD-Single which were commercialized, depending on the continent the latter was released in. One of them, mostly likely a North American issue, featured a live version of “Slide” tagged as Hard Rock Live.

I’ve done some research and I cannot seem to locate another release which features this live take. I may be wrong, but my feeling is that this is a very rare version of the song which only appears on the aforementioned CD-Single.

I’ve also tried to identify the event and venue it could come from. I believe it was recorded at one of these three concerts:

If you know which show the recording is from, don’t hesitate to let us know.

As far as the performance itself is concerned, I like it quite a lot. I personally think it’s one of the best live takes for that specific tune I’ve ever heard.

You can listed to the song below.

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