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Here's the flow of events that is frustrating to me: 1. Green Day records a song and decides not to release it 2. Song leaks 3. Fans find out it leaks and go crazy over wanting it, expecting it to be the second coming of Jesus Christ. 4. Fans get their hands on it 5. Fans bitch and complain that it isn't great and the band has completely lost it Gee, I wonder why the band decided to not release it...

How about anything at all from the guys themselves

Quit bragging about it, you're gunna upset Lukie

I have no idea what songs will be on the new album or if OEB was ever even in contention to make the new album. If it is going to be though, as far as we know this leaked recording pre-dates Cavallo joining the fold so it would make sense that what we’ve heard isn’t the most recent version of the song.

Based on this 12 second clip I heard, I can confidently say this album will either be universally hailed as the pinnacle of human artistic achievement and usher in a golden age of peace and prosperity on planet Earth, or Green Day will be tried for war crimes at The Hague and be put to death. Really just depends on the amount of handclaps 🤔

Wouldn’t it be a funny coincidence if they leaked into my DMs?

This haha. I can't lie and say I wasn't curious enough to listen to the leak but I'm not going to be one to jump to any conclusions that somehow a two year old demo is somehow representitive of anything that the band might release in the near future. I mean haven't we had enough official teasers to give us an idea of the direction they're going in?

There's a reason why it wasn't released, the band is upset it leaked, and why it has been kept a secret. And you just clearly pointed out that reason.

Tbh I don’t know how I could get any kind of serious opinion over a 12 seconds clip of a demo covered by a black market audio watermark. It’s always exiting to hear something new from the band, but that’s about it.

Heard it too, who the fuck is really thinking it sounds like a FOAM Song? More like a Mix of 21stCB and RevRad

Hmm, that's an interesting question. I think setting aside that good production is theoretically always a matter of taste, I don't think that Butch Vig is a bad producer, in fact, he's clearly one of the greats and his record speaks volumes. And in hindsight, 21CB honestly sounds great. The songs on 21CB were often complex and multi-layered. He made the band sound huge, which is not a bad thing at all. In fact - I often find myself enjoying the depth of the songs - which is also why I'd say production is a matter of taste. But I feel like Cavallo understood the band in a way that Butch Vig didn't. He could make them sound huge if he needed to, sure, but metaphorically speaking, he also knew when and how to turn the volume knob up and down, always to suit the occasion. This is important in my view, because less can be more, especially with a band like Green Day, which excels through simplicity, I would argue. Butch Vig adding a lot of depth and many layers to 21CB songs is not to be confused with Walker's style of lazily slapping on effects for no good reason. Vig knew what he was doing. But I think he didn't know Green Day enough to see that they didn't always have to sound huge and grandiose. I think he could have asked them to tone things down occasionally and to strip some of the polish, to bring in extra dynamics and variance. What this ultimately means is that whilst I adore listening to individual songs on 21CB, and as stand-alone songs there are many many great songs on that album, as a cohesive/integrated listening experience, I much prefer listening to Warning, Nimrod or AI from start to finish. I never get tired of the clever transitions in AI or the great sonic diversity and change of pace in Warning & Nimrod. On the other hand, I find that when listening to 21CB's grandiose, huge and often quite complex and multi-layered production, I can easily get fatigued and decide to break it off after a few songs or so. The length of the album of course doesn't help. But this is of course all a matter of taste. As much as I was able to see its flaws back in 2009, seeing that at the time it stood in the direct shadow of AI, I have over the years come to appreciate many individual songs on 21CB and I think viewed in isolation, it has some of the band's most accomplished work hands down, musically and especially lyrically. As a cohesive album, however, it will always remain in AI's shadow in my opinion and the (relative) simplicity of the band's earlier albums, means I also rank it below the likes of Dookie, Nimrod or Warning.

They were all unauthorized

I fucking told you I was going to have it one day 😂

I FINALLY HAVE THE MOTHERFUCKING SONG!!!! Honestly it's a good song.

Green Day fans on here always overhype new music. Every song is “the next Holiday or JOS” or something. Been around this fan base too long to trust anyone’s initial opinion.

Just listened to it there! Starts off with a really cool verse imo but quickly degenerates into a pretty mediocre holiday rip off. Has a few catchy moments and a cool instrumental section. Production wise it's infinitely better than FOAM, making me think of Revrad. Only complaint is the low end just kinda vanishes at certain points through the main riff. Seriously though wtf is going on with Green Day right now? 2 years of tantra and then 6 months of radio silence, then a full high quality version of a track leaks which was WAY too easy for me to find. Like I was expecting to give my phone syphilis trying to find it but nope! Makes me wonder if we might hear something soon.

I think it’s great too, surprised to see some of the negative comments here.

wow what a nnice catchy little song. i enjoyed a lot. Thanks to the guy for finding the track and sharing it

👍 I hope @That Dude doesn't see this. lol

Assuming it's from the FOAM Sessions, it sounds better than a lot of the songs on that album. The riff verging on sample level to Pink's "So What" is a little weird though.

If they do end up releasing the song officially either as a standalone or album track, I'm guessing they'll change verse 3 to be its own verse, instead of being a repeat of verse 1. That to me is really the only thing suggesting that this is a demo rather than a completed track. It honestly sounds more complete than like at least half of FOAMF

Some users on Discord are saying that there are 2 other leaks in addition to OEB, has anyone been able to listen to them? What do you think about it?

I don't know why people who had it wanted THAT much to keep it for themselves but hey you're not that important anymore because it leaked pretty much everywhere this morning.

I was on the internet all week long trying to find this song. I'm literally getting paid by my job to try to find it. They just don't know.

+1

Let's hope for more than just a broomstick ride to hogwarts

I like it. I like the Hey-Oh part because it's like a wink to those who make fun of Billie for using it too much at shows. The drums are the one thing that sound demo-y to me. Just very basic. But overall, I like it.

Lmao time for another random lil GD-related story from my life: As some of you may know, I own a life-sized cardboard cutout of Billie, however I didn't take it with me when I moved out of my parents house so he's been standing in my parents' living room for the past two years. Well, my mam is getting let go from her job, so her boss went to her house to collect her work laptop and work building pass. My mam has never actually met her boss before as she didn't become her boss until after covid when people were working from home etc. So the boss walks into the house, and just instantly goes "Oh...Hello Billie Joe Armstrong" I always fangirl so hard when people know Billie by name rather than just "the guy from Green Day" lmaooo

I just listend to one eyed bastard and I think it’s quite nice just lyrics are like 6/10 . but overall I think I’m okay if the album sounds like that it’s the right direction and logical when you come from FOAM . if anyone has other lkd songs feel free to DM A LINK

I remember Jason stating that this song has been reworked for 1972 (or whatever its called)

Subtle, I like it! 😉😁

I hope the rest of your dream wasn’t real

that's true it does give slight offspring vibes

There are 2 leaks on youtube. 12 second and 10 second

That's what I initially thought, which is why I didn't believe the first reports of the additional leaks until Matt confirmed them. That said, it seems what has happened here is that one full song and two snippets leaked in 2020 and simply flew under the radar until now. Might sound implausible, but seeing that Covid and a delayed world tour came in between then and now, both of which were major distractions any way you look at it, it's not so implausible after all.

I honestly don't care about the other leaks, unless the full songs are going to leak at some point. The only reason I cared about the OEB leak is because I assumed that the full song was going to be leaked at some point. It just seemed like too many people had the full song and too many people knew about it that it was inevitable If nobody has actually even heard the other 2 leaked songs in full, apart from the band and people involved with the band, then I don't see the full songs leaking and idc to hear the snippets unless the band posts them, especially if they're not even going to be on the album

Nah you're 100% right. CLA is probably the absolute perfect fit for Green Day, I just think Tchad Blake's perfectly reasonable mixes often get lumped in with attacks of the Butch Walker flavour a bit too much when it comes to FOAMF

They’re just short clips. Both sound much more like FOAM outtakes I like one better than the other but neither sounds like OEB

benzo addiction (I hate to be so crass but I just feel like there’s too much of a before and after)

Green Day’s recent music just feels so stiff and formulaic. What happened to everything before 2010 that had flow and energy?

Correct. Just 10 second snippets and not full tracks.

I like it. Fun and very catchy. As I’ve said in the 1972 thread it has some FOAMiness but a healthy amount

Because some of us have heard the full thing.

I heard the 12 seconds now as well and I like them. But sounds nothing like FOAM at all 😅 could it be that the hi-hat is an overdub? To me it sounds like it doesn't fit together with the hit of the crash 🤔

The prechorus is the same chord progression and strum pattern as the verses of Holiday, that’s why it got that comparison. Other than that I wouldn’t compare it to that, just EJN and Say Goodbye.

I haven't even heard the song but i hate it already

Y’ll are talking as if their recent output hasn’t been mid at best