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Can' wait for tonight! Love it here. The bands have been great so far. Here is a write up from a local paper https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/napa/ultra-q-green-day-bottlerock-napa/?artslide=0

Craziest story from my 7/11. I went back to get the straw and speaker, but I had to go to this really sketchy one to get it because the nicer one didn't have any. Anyway, I got the straw, and this homeless guy was following me around the store. So I left, and he ran out with stolen merchandise, and the owner had to run after him. I felt so bad for him because he was so nice New email ONE EYED BASTARD NEW VIDEO + MERCH DROPS TODAY BADA BING Hey friend, ICYMI: Green Day dropped the new One Eyed Bastard video today (catch it here). We're keeping the good times rolling with some fun new OEB inspired merch (including a subscriber-only item)! BADA BOOM Tune in and craft some chaos. xx, Your Friends at Punk Bunny Coffee

I KNOWW. I just got done saying how I got butterflies when he flipped off the camera, hahah

...creative? Whatever it is, all I can think about is Billie flipping off the camera. That gave me butterflies lolll. Besides that, I don't get it, but our boys look fabulous in the performing parts

I volunteer to get the vinyl

What' the name of that one song? Ya know, the one that goes "stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young"? I can't think of the title. more lyrics include "stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young stay young"

No artist ever intends to release uninspired songs but sometimes they may feel forced into doing that. And while I generally don't think Billie, or the band, does that, that's what I get from a track like Here Comes The Shock which imo was clearly released just because they needed to release a song for the NHL. Obviously I can't say that for sure cus I'm not Billie but that's just the vibe I get from that song specifically. These songs could be a similar thing where they had to release tracks for a Deluxe album because every new album seems to be getting a Deluxe release too. Of course, I'm not saying that is the case but it could be. The acoustics specifically feel very lazy to me. Regarding FOAM, Billie was clearly into that album, to this day he still says that he likes that album. So despite my dislike of that album, I wouldn't say that was uninspired or made out of obligation (or to fuck over their label, which is a theory amongst some fans).

Sorry, didn't see that. Thank you!

I respect and agree with you but I'm a tad unsure with the word 'obligation'. Imho I've always felt that Billie Joe's songwriting has always been inspired. What's in his head, what HE wants to convey, never what WE want to hear. What the band decide to release, whether the lyrics make sense or not, is their choice. They're not out to please us. FOAM is a prime example, unpopular maybe, but that's what the band wanted to release. Billie Joe said he wanted to experiment with other styles of music.

These songs were not to bad for being b-sides, neither to good for a new album, so a Deluxe edition for them is reasonable These songs were not to bad for being b-sides, neither to good for a new album, so a Deluxe edition for them is reasonable

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This was just like the Bang Bang video where they robbed a bank instead of living out the real potential for making a badass music video with a dark undertone. Really don't get this OEB video at all. Love the song, though.

Hmmm only like Ballyhoo really. The rest are a but uninspired. “Fuck off”is a bit cringey and try hard. “Stay Young” reminds me too much of ‘Whatshername’ As B-sides they are fine, i can see why they didn’t make the album. But Ballyhoo is great.

This was really anticlimatic, I must admit. However, if it's true that these songs were made during the tour last year I really understand why the "lack of effort" may bre present in these songs. I was really hoping that the acoustic versions was "new", and not just the original recording minus the rest of the instruments. Ballyhoo is easily my favorite.

Tbh I've barely returned to any of their music/lyric videos since RevRad. The lyric videos from RevRad were cool and I still think a lot of their music videos from the 1994-2016 period are awesome but I just don't watch them anymore. Their new videos just don't do much for me personally.

A friend of mine can't go anymore so is selling a Calling All Saviors VIP ticket for each night. I can vouch for him. If you're interested let me know and I'll put you in touch.

I don't feel like it lives up to the song itself, which I think it much more energetic than the video felt. But it's fine.

Ballyhoo is definitely my favorite from this. I really dig it.

After having heard it about twenty times, I deeply fell in love with Underdog. „Life is too short to be normal!“😃 And those guitars…!🥰

I think it can be both. I think critique is absolutely fair, and no one should just blindly go along with anything without any criticism or investigation. But I have also seen a lot of people in this fandom who seem to just enjoy being angry and finding fault, to the point of personally attacking the band members and other fans. It's one thing to critique someone's work; it's quite another to just be a miserable person who hates everything.

I’m so used to watching their live performances of OEB that hearing the original, much slower version of it is strange at this point. The music video is fine, but I agree with those saying the narrative feels a bit bare/incomplete. They had a lot of excellent music videos for this album and this one just wasn’t quite on that level.

Confused by the point of the video? Not sure what the message is…still wished they did a video for coma City as at the end of corvette summer a welcome to coma City sign was seen. Or 1981 as that was shown as graffiti in TADIKM or Susie chapstick or father to a son as every time that was played it was always professionally recorded still hoping for a live dvd 📀 or something of them playing Saviors in full. Which they chose stronger songs for their last two video corvette summer and OEB are not the best ones

I think you’re conflating critiques with negativity. As many issues as I personally have with the band’s material since RevRad, there’s still a lot to like when you look through that lens. In other words, someone can admit a song is bad on its own merit but still enjoy it for what it is (me with almost the entirety of Dos 😅)

Yeah, I think you are right. I think they probably wrote a bunch of songs for 1972, and few made it to Saviors but most got scrapped and now we are getting them this way.

I actually had that exact thought. What if these and some of the songs from Saviors were supposed to be the original album, as I can't really imagine most of these songs on the main album. Same with Fever and aren't One Eyed Bastard and Corvette Summer slightly older? Those 3 would fit with these songs better. I have always liked One Eyed Bastard ever since the leak, I like it more than about half of the songs. Gotta watch the video now.