Goo Goo Dolls @ Marine Midland Arena

From bd518@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDUMon Sep 30 17:20:16 1996
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:37:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joseph Richard Haniszewski 
To: bryan penberthy 
Subject: JOE'S OFFICIAL BUFFALO GOO CONCERT REVIEW

Hey people.. well, if you've been on this list for a while, you're used 
to reading my reviews, and I always start with a disclaimer... I'm not an 
English major, so don't critique.... Well, like I told you last week 
about when i went to the opening Sabres game that the Marine Midland 
Arena was going to be an amazing concert, I was right.... We had a killer 
time last night, which basically started with walking into a packed 
Arena... Remember, it seats 19,500 comfortably  ;)   We had tickets for 
floor admission... The opening band was the 10,000 Maniacs, can't give 
you much of a review, cuz I missed them, they were background music for 
our dinner... But we did make it in to see the Barenaked LAdies, Ok, 
going to the show, i really wasn't much of a follower of thier band or 
music, but after seeing them I got a little more interested, they had an 
amazing stage show, playing thier own original music and mocking out a 
lot of popular songs by other artists...like the songs, You Outta Know, 
Macarina, Baby Got Back... It wasn't a bad show, the only thing was when 
we got pelted by Kraft Macaroni and Cheese during If I Had A Million 
Dollars... Then the main reason for living, the GOOS!!! They didn't start 
til about 9:45... the lights go down, the cheering was deafening, they 
opened with Naked(my personal favorite off Boy). The boys were ripping it 
up.. Johnny sounded like he still had his cold, but still pulled off an 
amazing show.... They played songs like Naked, LongWay Down, Eyes Wide 
Open, Impersonality, Slave Girl, Disconnected, and a few others off Boy.. 
But the thing that made me feel more satisfied was that they played the 
old stuff... a decent amount off Superstar, but still cool... In the 
middle of Cuz You're Gone, they played Thousand Words, the unreleased, 
unfinshed song sung by Johnny... First time I heard it live and man, that 
song kicks ass.... Hopefully they release it... The floor was tight 
packed near the stage, a bunch of new fans that figured that NAme was the 
basic song for the Goos, all dress up and nieve were toward the front.. 
They were the ones that got pissed that people that were moshing, we had 
to be the ones that broke it to them that the Goos don't play geezer 
rock.. Needless to say they got out of the way.. Bryan and I fought our 
way to the front, right in the center... Man it was hot as hell, but 
hey, a killer time.. they played roughly for 2 hours and filled in the 
void that I've been missing called the intimacy of a small club... It had 
to be one of the largest crowds the Goos played for, and not one 
dissapointed person in the building, except for the bouncers in the front 
pulling the crowd riders constantly over the fence... All I coulkd say to 
sum it up is the perfect band to open the new Arena... And hey again to 
the people that traveled in from out of state, Anabel and Rose, 2 of the 
coolest people that you could meet, and Catherine G(too bad we couldn't 
find you), and whoever else made the trip... Hope you had a fun time... 
But I think this review is getting too damn long, so GooBye and if you 
could catch them in your hometown..........

 bd518@freenet.buffalo.edu
 Joe Haniszewski
 "I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden."
 "If F*cking Up Takes Practice, Than I Feel I'm Well Rehearsed."
 Goo Goo Dolls