OAR and the Goo Goo Dolls in Concert

 

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The Chicks concert was rescheduled (boo!), but I did get to go to Merriweather Post Pavilion to see O.A.R. and the Goo Goo Dolls on Friday night. I had seen O.A.R. perform at the National Zoo ten years ago (read that blog post here), but I had never seen the Goo Goo Dolls before. I went with a friend, and then some other girls joined us, so it was a fun night!

Rzeznik sitting with his leg propped up. And then his AI friend named Tapey!

I thought there would be a smaller, less-known opener, but the show just started out with the Goo Goo Dolls! That also kind of surprised me, because I thought they would be the headliners. The lead singer, John Rzeznik, had injured his foot (he said it wasn't a good story: he just walked off stage one night and thought, "Ow!" haha), so he was sitting with his foot propped up the whole time. But he was in good spirits, and it was still a good show! I didn't realize how many of their songs I actually knew, so that was cool. Here are some of their best-known songs:

Name

Sympathy

Iris (Funny story: the name of the song has nothing to do with the song itself. John just read about a singer-songwriter named Iris and thought it was a nice name!)

Slide

Black Balloon 

Better Days

When it was time for O.A.R. (which stands for "Of A Revolution." Did you know that?), way more people in the audience stood up, so maybe it did make sense that they were the headliners! I didn't recognize many of their songs, but I knew a few, and I thought their cover of Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down was pretty good (I put that below, too.).

Shattered

I Won't Back Down

Peace

Hey Girl

Love and Memories

Heaven (This video was filmed at the same venue, just two years earlier!)

Wonderful Day (I didn't remember them being a ska band, but the horns were pretty cool!)

Both of these bands have lots of great songs, so this post could go on and on! Such a fun show!

Next up: Train at Wolf Trap! Look out for that blog post at the end of the month!