AmyxLongview Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Pretty cool that Billie Joe is getting another signature Gibson. I wonder when it will come out! 1
TracksAtChristieRoad Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, AmyxLongview said: Pretty cool that Billie Joe is getting another signature Gibson. I wonder when it will come out! Where did you see this?
herewegoagain Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Just when I'd come to terms with not needing one of those. Hold on, maybe it means it'll be easier to find an old one cheap 🤔
Meliciraptor Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 I included GD in my 2018 Super Bowl halftime wish list http://genreisdead.com/gid-top-list-perform-2018-super-bowl/ 4
Teenage Kicks! Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 String theory Ernie ball interview with Mike dirnt Edit: Omg I'm a dummy and missed the thread posted earlier hahhaha
Khaleesi. Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 On 8/28/2017 at 10:27 AM, kaylubd said: Btw, anyone know if the Wrigley store still had any GD merch left or am I stuck with ebay? My friend went back the next day and was told that GD took all the merch with them
The Grohl Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 58 minutes ago, Khaleesi. said: My friend went back the next day and was told that GD took all the merch with them Blast! If I knew there were pins and posters I would've fought traffic after work and got some. Oh well.
Guest Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 3 hours ago, Khaleesi. said: My friend went back the next day and was told that GD took all the merch with them They must have done the same thing with Oakland, then. I hope all the leftover stuff ends up on their website. There are show specific things I really regret not buying at the concert, like the baseball jerseys. Havent even seen them on ebay, but the Wrigley ones were on there and like $400
RougeRogue Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 On 8/25/2017 at 4:34 PM, pacejunkie punk said: Yeah please share if you find it because I don't remember them addressing it directly. So I'm bringing this back up cause you asked and I finally went back and found it. It was in a Rolling Stone interview from March. There were a couple answers that I thought helped point to the reasoning though they weren't super direct:How did the club tour go that you guys did a few months back?[Billie] It was great. We got to play old deep cuts. People were pretty stoked. When you play big places it's a little harder to go deep, but we manage to get in a couple. In smaller places we have freedom to do whatever we want. ... You guys aren't playing any of those [Uno/Dos/Tre] songs on this tour though. [Mike] No, not right now because the new record is being received so well. We have good problems. We're playing for two-and-a-half hours now. We could easily turn it into a four-hour Springsteen set, but I feel like we're putting out Springsteen's energy in two-and-a-half hours. Also, at a certain point you just exhaust the crowd. I saw somebody say the other day, "They played a couple of covers when they should have squeezed in some more of their old catalog, but I guess it's OK since they did 33 songs." Fuck you. Who plays 33 songs? Not to mention, some of those songs are seven and nine minutes long. Come on, man. Give me a break here. So especially with Mike's it's like...people get so demanding and bitchy sitting from their computers. Fuck you, man. They don't even have to be out here. I can't stand when we sit here and act like we know how their shows should or shouldn't work. We aren't them or the crew, we don't work the shows, and at some point critiquing turns into bitching and it gets real fucking petty. 1
pacejunkie punk Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 Not to nitpick but the current shows are averaging about 26-27 songs, not 33 but point taken.
Popular Post RougeRogue Posted September 1, 2017 Popular Post Posted September 1, 2017 1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said: Not to nitpick but the current shows are averaging about 26-27 songs, not 33 but point taken. Well again, this was back in March during the first US leg. The more important note is Billie saying bigger venues = less freedom. I take that to mean that there is something more procedural about larger venues which is why they remain consistent. But that's been my speculation from the get go. Idk anything about it for certain, but lights, pyro and set pieces are all probably on a specific schedule and to constantly mess with that would be to mess with multiple people's workflow. To Mike's point...I think some people may not have the experience of what an awkward fucking crowd looks and feels like. And let me tell you, Cinci was fucking awkward. You know when what youre dealing with is just casual fans. My crowd at that show was much older, likely former casual fans and also in a rather conservative area. The best reactions only came from the Dookie songs. Even the RevRad songs were just so flat with crowd reaction. I mean, it was lame enough that Billie legit sat down and waited during Hitchin after an "Are you ready?" moment cause the crowd was not super there. Im spoiled from their good shows, but yeah it was...not the most lively. And they definitely didnt know his routine well (ie "hey oh") So yeah, idk, sit through that and then tell me that needed something like an Insomniac track the general public didn't really hear and I will laugh. I think we forget how big they are. And we forget that very basic and casual fans can and will make up a large part of the crowd. Or even first-time concert goers who might never see them again. I think they tried to make a setlist that gets to everyone and I dont blame them for being consistent to maintain that. 5
Popular Post pacejunkie punk Posted September 1, 2017 Popular Post Posted September 1, 2017 i know it's from last year but I just found this and it's appropriate to the day. Happy September everyone, now go wake up that Green Day guy when it ends 😂 ETA: and I miss those teeth. 😁 4 1
jengd Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 Love his hair here, oops, sorry, wrong thread. 1
herewegoagain Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 Not news but kinda related - is this real? If so I don't know what's more shocking; so-called radio professionals being so stupid or him being in bed at midnight
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 He had an early night I'm surprised it shocks you
herewegoagain Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: He had an early night I'm surprised it shocks you Lol what ever do you mean 1
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, herewegoagain said: Lol what ever do you mean Your imagination is betraying you today
herewegoagain Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said: Your imagination is betraying you today I should go to bed 1
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, herewegoagain said: I should go to bed Me too 1
billietremike9324 Posted September 1, 2017 Posted September 1, 2017 30 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said: That sounded staged. It did but, it was still funny in a cheesy sort of way. I feel bad though if he gets that every year and it isn't staged. That must piss him off. Thank god for the silent option.
Maddie86 Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 so a guy from my city got to sing Longview the other night and it's blowin up all over facebook, do these kinds of articles pop up after every show? I mean, it happens every night... http://991thewhale.com/binghamton-man-rocks-w-green-day/ what annoys me is that this guy and I have mutual friends that actually hate green day and talk shit about them, and yet these "friends" (I use the term loosely) are posting like this is the greatest thing ever (I'll admit it's exciting) and they're acting like they aren't snobby metalheads that look down on GD
jengd Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 Well Kyle, here's hoping they learned something! Has anyone heard the latest radio interview yet, I saw a tweet that it was about to be aired but can't find it anywhere, possibly only available in the US? I'm hoping somebody caught it?
pacejunkie punk Posted September 2, 2017 Posted September 2, 2017 11 minutes ago, jengd said: Well Kyle, here's hoping they learned something! Has anyone heard the latest radio interview yet, I saw a tweet that it was about to be aired but can't find it anywhere, possibly only available in the US? I'm hoping somebody caught it? No and they actually met with two radio stations in Philly. I wish they'd post them online somewhere I'm dying to know what they said. 1
Recommended Posts