Comrade Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'll chime in the the Insomniac being the unhappiest. Part of why I've never liked it much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarina. Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'd like to throw it out there that live albums shouldn't really count. I'd like to throw it out there that these threads are only interesting if people also explain why they think an album has a happy vibe or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Idiot Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest: Warning for sure, the whole album is pretty up-beat. Unhappiest: 21st Century Breakdown, I thought that there were some depressing songs in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Dellone Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'd like to throw it out there that live albums shouldn't really count. Agreed. Only albums they recorded while dead, or (though they may be harder to find) before they were born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Agreed. Only albums they recorded while dead, or (though they may be harder to find) before they were born. That was a dire joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsername35008 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 i say UNO is their happiest. I always thought Warning was quite depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest: Warning for sure, the whole album is pretty up-beat. Does anyone in this thread listen to lyrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Forgotten Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Unhappy: Insomniac/21CB Happy: DOS, UNO, Warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Unhappy: Insomniac/21CB Happy: DOS, UNO, Warning I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubbie Head Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Stop Drop and Roll, but that's not Green Day But I think as far as actual GD albums, iUno! is one of the "happiest" abums... But I think so is Dookie and 39 smooth I'll say the unhappy one is Insomniac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigG753 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest: 39/Smooth Unhappiest: Insomniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 burnout, having a blast, welcome to paradise, longview, basket case, f.o.d., emenius sleepus, in the end..... are very very happy. seams legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLumian Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 hmmm Unhappiest: 21st Century Breakdown, the majority of the songs are unhappy in that album Happiest: Uno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Basket Case Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'd say 21st Century Breakdown would be their least happy album. I mean, all the songs have a sense of loathing, wanting to get out, hatred, or just complete anger with the world or other organizations and groups, such as religion is East Jesus Nowhere, or just wanting to let it go and go loud, like Know Your Enemy: "Silence is the Enemy/Violence is an energy" Then theirs songs like Before the Lobotomy or Restless Heart Syndrome about Billie's feelings crushing him, giving him a "really bad disease" The happiest I'd say would be Dos. That album just has so much young energy ideas: Angst, partying, hanging out, letting loose, and literally fucking. Most of the songs in that album don't have very angry lyrics or upset, depressing topics, even the songs that have a kind of "down" vibe, like Nightlife, still have a kind of positive feel in the lyrics. That's just my opinion, that's just what I see in those albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZUSofSuburbia Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest: Uno! Unhappiest/depressing: Insomniac At least that's what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyCobra Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest is definitely Uno. Unhappiest: American Idiot by far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJN Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Musically Insomniac is by far the darkest. It also has some dark lyrics to back it up, but for me Nimrod is their unhappiest album lyrically. I have always been struck by the extreme sense of bitterness running through just about every song on Nimrod (minus King For a Day of course). Dos has plenty of lurking darkness as well, but is more mixed. But lets face it, BJ doesn't really write many happy lyrics, they are kind of boring. I consider Warning and 21CB more critical than unhappy. American Idiot is sort of a mixture of the critical and unhappiness. Happiest musically I suppose Dookie, Kerplunk, Uno, and 1039 are pretty upbeat, though the lyrical content is still not that uplifting. I guess I'd give musically happiest to Dookie, and lyrically I guess Kerplunk but there is a lot of questioning the world and confusion. Still I think it manages to say fuck it lets have fun more than most other Green Day records "All I wanna do is get real high" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter. Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 In my opinion Uno is the happiest album and Dos is the saddest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest has to be Uno. Warning is also a pretty upbeat album, but it's not as fun as Uno, it just has a larger focus on "Hope" with doses of negativity here and there. Insomniac is their angriest and most negative work. Outside of Walking Contradiction, the rest of the songs are pretty damn aggressive and depressing. I disagree with people saying Dookie as their happiest. Dookie is fun-sounding, but it's filled with songs about loneliness, drug use, relationship issues, and overall angst; not exactly the most positive things in the world. American Idiot is pretty up and down, as is 21st Century Breakdown, although that album ends on a positive/hopeful note. The thing about Green Day is that their songs, more often-than-not, are happy-sounding with not-so happy undertones and meanings that revolve beneath that upbeat music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marrymebilliejoe Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I really don't like the word "unhappiest;" I think a better term to use would be angry They have lots of angry albums xD But if I must pick.. For "happiest" I would pick...Honestly I have no idea and as for "unhappiest"...Dos. But for angriest I would pick Insomniac xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayish Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest: Uno Unhappiest: Insomniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malleus Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I feel like Dos is a lot "unhappier" than Insomniac. The later is a lot angrier, but being angry and unhappy are two totally different things. As for happiest? Hmm... probably Uno. It's definitely the poppiest record and I guess when it comes to lyrics it's not really negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrrnn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Each record has elements of both. Most Green Day songs are darker in subject matter but the way they are presented makes it feel more uplifting. I can't really say one album stands out as particularly happy, maybe "Warning". The title track and "Minority" were both very empowering tracks, Church on Sunday, Blood Sex and Booze, and Castaway were not necessarily "happy" songs, but have a positive feeling to them. "Hold On" which was about the band losing several close friends in a short span and trying to make sense of their own lives in that struggle. So. I'd say "Warning" and then Insomniac and Nimrod would definitely be the "unhappiest". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasalacquaian Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Happiest is warning for sure saddest...uh.... I'd say insomniac. But then again insomnioac wasn't sad it was mostly angry and pissed off :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Fox Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Well, I mean, even though Insomniac was angry, it was still done in a bright manner. But yes, lyrically, it is kind of insane. I think that Dookie does also have a happy theme to it, melodically, but I'd have to go with the flo and say that UNO is the happiest Lyrically and melodically. I feel like Dos is a lot "unhappier" than Insomniac. The later is a lot angrier, but being angry and unhappy are two totally different things. As for happiest? Hmm... probably Uno. It's definitely the poppiest record and I guess when it comes to lyrics it's not really negative. You really think Nimrod? I mean, I'd say it has that iconic kind of rise-and-fall thing going on, and beside that fact, each song deals with it's own subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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