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Official American Idiot Appreciation Thread


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5 hours ago, MikeDirntConfused said:

The best album ever created. Period.

Very debatable.

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Just now, Eric said:

Very debatable.

Not at all

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5 minutes ago, MikeDirntConfused said:

Not at all

If Green Day was all you listen to then yeah :lol: , but yeah it's definitly a great album, I just can't call it the best album ever with a skip-able song 

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Just now, Eric said:

If Green Day was all you listen to then yeah :lol: , but yeah it's definitly a great album, I just can't call it the best album ever with a skip-able song 

That may be my problem haha. I tend to listen to mostly GD :ermm:

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7 hours ago, MikeDirntConfused said:

That may be my problem haha. I tend to listen to mostly GD :ermm:

Broaden your horizons, love. Get some Pink Floyd, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Simon and Garfunkel in your life. Add a generous layer of The Who and The Jam, then you've got a scrumptious musical gateau. Green Day are the cherry on the top.

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14 hours ago, Jane Lannister said:

@Steven Seagull look what a nice lil thread we have here :toocool:

:sick:

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Let me rephrase it to the greatest album GD has ever created.

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I think part of the reason American Idiot was so popular is that everything about it screamed importance. The way it was marketed was just perfect; not just the artwork but the guys' outfits too. It was all unified and focused and I think that made people instinctively think that this was an important album to be heard. It was fucking genius. And boy, were they onto something with BOBD. Melodic, catchy, relatable, on trend with the whole emo vibe.

There are some songs on the album that I can live without, but as a whole body of work, the thing is a masterpiece.

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4 hours ago, Amanda said:

Broaden your horizons, love. Get some Pink Floyd, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Simon and Garfunkel in your life. Add a generous layer of The Who and The Jam, then you've got a scrumptious musical gateau. Green Day are the cherry on the top.

I don't quite get why you all have to talk @MikeDirntConfused out of his opinion that AI is - for him - the best album ever created. :confused: I mean, we're talking about personal taste here, aren't we? We're not music critics who compare the influence and importance of music legends. I know there were more important, more influential and even musically better albums than AI, but that doesn't mean I have to like all of them more than I like AI. What you call your own favourite album of all time has to do with the importance this album had for you personally, not for the world of rock'n'roll or the world in general. So if someone thinks "Ooops I did it again" by Britney Spears is the best album ever created, he can say that, it's totally fine, even if it's not true from an objective perspective. It's true for him, and that's all that counts. And with that being said....

17 hours ago, MikeDirntConfused said:

The best album ever created. Period.

... I agree with you. AI had so much influence on my life. Without it, I wouldn't be the person I am today. Thanks.

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4 hours ago, Amanda said:

Broaden your horizons, love. Get some Pink Floyd, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, Simon and Garfunkel in your life. Add a generous layer of The Who and The Jam, then you've got a scrumptious musical gateau. Green Day are the cherry on the top.

Listened to The Wall many times, and tried not to fall asleep. I think Genesis was in Guitar Hero/Rock Band, and it didn't do much for me. GD's AI is the best.

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Do we really need another thread mods?

19 hours ago, St. Jonny said:

To be honest now. What about Dookie? Without Dookie being so successful and absolutely amazing in EVERY way we would never have even gotten AI. I can't say AI is their best because it isn't better than Dookie, Nimrod or Warning in my opinion, but I certainly love it for exactly what it is and revolutionized the band and the music world in a way.

At least someone knows his Green Day

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7 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said:

Do we really need another thread mods?

Does this thread's existence offend you in some way, darling? Let me give you some advice that you're likely to ignore. If you don't like it, scroll past it and let the team decide whether it stays or not.  You may not believe this, but they aren't just here to constantly tell you to behave yourself.

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13 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said:

Do we really need another thread mods?

Well we don't need the "Trilogy discussion" thread either, do we?

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8 minutes ago, MysticManiac said:

Well we don't need the "Trilogy discussion" thread either, do we?

That thread saved GDC. Having all the trilogy drama in one place was very practical. 

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If you guys have such a problem with this thread, then stay out of it. The purpose of this is to appreciate AI.

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Nimrod or warning or insomniac are better than American idiot.

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There's no doubt it's an epic album and one of their best, but for me, it does have filler. I rarely listen to it in it's entirety. 

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The fact that they sacrificed literally everything that they had to make AI comes across when you listen to it. It's a stellar album - musically, lyrically, politically and it tells a story as well. Though I can't say it's my favourite Green Day record (because I find it incredibly hard to choose just one!), one thing is for sure - I definitely regard it as one of their best :D 

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It's one of my favorite albums, it's a fantastic album. But I wouldn't say it's the best album ever.  There's a couple of songs on it that I don't really like. I would say albums like Abbey Road, Let It Bleed, and The Wall are better in my opinion. 

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It's the album of my generation 5/5 stars. well 100/100

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23 hours ago, nopride84 said:

Nimrod or warning or insomniac are better than American idiot.

And Dookie, Uno, Dos, Tre, Kerplunk are also better than AI.

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Homecoming is all I have to appreciate from this album. Other than that, I'll go back to Nimrod.

14 minutes ago, Steven Seagull said:

And Dookie, Uno, Dos, Tre, Kerplunk are also better than AI.

And 39/smooth, shenanigans, Stop, Drop, and roll, Revolution Radio, and 21st century breakdown.

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1 hour ago, Jake69 said:

Wrong.

Right

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So this thread is just gonna be another thread of people arguing which is GD's best album?

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Variety is the spice of life, and all that jazz. How boring would it be if we all had the same opinions.

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