Goo Goo Dolls, Pink, and Coldplay

By On February 25, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Airplanes, Blackberry, Brad Radby, Girls, Music

BRAD RADBY(To your right – from the cover page of what I am writing at right now.)

A lot of people ask me the classic “what kind of music do you listen to” question when they’re trying to date me.

This is not info I disclose readily – it has to come out in an organic fashion.

For example, from the following, try and figure out if I listen to the 3 musicians named in the title of this post.

Brian: Hey soul sister is on again wtf
Brian: Who sings this I hate it so much

Girl: Train
Girl: Lolol

Brian: Its so girly lol
Brian: Like is Girly Rock a genre now

Girl: Oh mon brion lol

Brian: I blame the Goo Goo Dolls – they started this back in the 90s lol

Girl: Omg themmm

Brian: Hey Jealousy!

Girl: I love that song!!

Brian: when did that come out
Brian: I think it was like 94?

Girl: I don’t know brian I was like [redacted] then

Admittedly, there’s a lot more interesting stuff than musical taste happening in that exchange, such as relationship-based math.

Here’s another go at music.

Brian: Lolol that Pink song “I’m comin up” is on

Girl: Oh god lol

Brian: I haven’t heard this in a long time
Brian: It’s terrible lolol
Brian: Everybody’s dancin and they’re dancin for me!

Girl: Horrible

Brian: I’ll be your operator you can all anytime, I’ll be your connection to the party line!

Girl: We should remember what year it came out and then use that to compare our ages again

Brian: : /

Last one.

Brian: I was at this party one time and Coldplay came on and this dude LOVED them like in a really hipster/snobby way and I kept saying they were originally called Coldburst
Brian: He made me go read their Wikipedia page he was so pissed
Brian: And I was like “yeah they must’ve had it taken off so nobody would find out”

Girl: I don’t believe you

Brian: You weren’t even born yet when they were Coldburst lol

Seriously, Pink has been famous for almost a solid ten years now. I’m trying to think who she compares to historically – like how will she be remembered 20 years from now?

I don’t thunk her music has really transcended anything, but obviously they still play it now and then, and she’s been in the cultural zeitgeist for a good chunk of time.

What does zeitgeist even mean – I’m in over my head again. Did I just call Pink a Nazi?

 
  • nrojb

    dude that jealousy song is that other band.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    Really? Which one??

  • nrojb

    i know what you are trying to do here. you are trying to get me to link to their wikipedia page and tell you how they influenced my life and sound all crazy. NO DICE SPAETH.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    Gin Blossoms – just remembered – they are even more like that than GooGooDolls!

  • Wish

    So I'm at the gym yesterday with about 15 minutes of cardio left so I decide to delve into Chapter 4 – Big Ben Gets Romantic (?)……I had to turn it off because I could see people peering over my shoulder and judging me for watching the sexual tension between Becky and a blow up doll.

    I'm not sure if that's what you were going for but that's what happened.

  • http://brian23.com Brian

    Yes it sounds about right – like there's technically nothing wrong
    happening, but it feels wrong.

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  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    David Foster Wallace once chastised a bookstore employee who introduced him as the “zeitgeist-iest” writer alive. She deserved it.

  • http://preludetoapretentiousreview.blogspot.com/ Kingsley Le Corbusier

    David Foster Wallace once chastised a bookstore employee who introduced him as the “zeitgeist-iest” writer alive. She deserved it.