inthehallwaynow Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Suck it up people. We all have different tastes thats like a thing. Just sit tight and let people enjoy what they enjoy no matter the genre of music.
Hermione Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 Kendrick and J Cole certainly do have some very meaningful lyrics, and Green Day have some not so meaningful ones (and vice versa of course). So yeah that they have more meaningful lyrics at some points is pretty much a fact, don't really think The Blacker the Berry being more meaningful than Makeout Party is something that could be disputed 4 minutes ago, inthehallwaynow said: Suck it up people. We all have different tastes thats like a thing. Just sit tight and let people enjoy what they enjoy no matter the genre of music. But yeah you're right, not the thread for this.
Bastard of 1967 Posted January 27, 2017 Posted January 27, 2017 16 hours ago, Trotsky said: Green Day did lose popularity. Pretty much no one outside of the hardcore fanbase liked anything from the trilogy for more than a few days. American Idiot was a cultural icon, they still haven't risen back up to that level of fame and prestige. But I will say that Revolution Radio is actually good. Top 3 albums in my opinion are Idiot, Breakdown, and RevRad. Idiot because, well, Idiot. Breakdown for the writing complexity if not for the production quality (I've always felt it was mixed too "tight", but the subject matter the band tackles, the lyrical quality, and the concept thread that weaves it all together is up there with the best they've ever tracked). RevRad blends the explosive quality of their Dookie/Insomniac stuff with modern recording technology and the lyrical quality of both Idiot and Breakdown. As for chart "popularity"? We're living through an era where computer-generated shit sells orders of magnitude more than real talented musicians playing real instruments (particularly classic-sounding guitar-based bands), so the charts can go fuck themselves. Your ears and your soul tell you what's worth listening to, not some damn chart. God, did that just sound like "get off my damn lawn you goddamn kids" or what?
That Dude Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 They've had plenty of ups and downs. They went up from 1039 to Dookie, then fell a bit off their pedestal with Insomniac but held ground with Nimrod. Warning was another step down (strictly by numbers, that album is AMAZING). And then boom, American Idiot put them back on top again. Then a step down with Breakdown. Unfortunately during the Trilogy era they fell down a whole bunch of steps, plummeting from Breakdowns 1 Million to a not so cool 325,000. Dos and Tre sold nada. Revolution Radio saw them climbing out of that hole a bit, with 188,000 copies so far. I did my part, I bought myself two copies and one for my dad.
petros Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: Just wow. Kendrick's two albums (Good kid maad city and To pimp a butterfly) have more emotions, personal lyrics and passion than all green day albums combined. I love green day what I'm saying doesn't mean that these albums are "better" than the green day ones and obviously this isn't the thread for this but if one person read this and maybe gets introduced to the beautiful world of king kendrick I don't care.
FallingFromTheStars Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 1 hour ago, petros said: Kendrick's two albums (Good kid mad city and To pimp a butterfly) have more emotions, personal lyrics and passion than all green day albums combined. I love green day what I'm saying doesn't mean that these albums are "better" than the green day ones and obviously this isn't the thread for this but if one person read this and maybe gets introduced to the beautiful world of king kendrick I don't care. You're on the wrong forum buddy.
FallingFromTheStars Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 18 minutes ago, Jake69 said: Do you mean thread? If you actually mean forum, why can't you have appreciation for rap and rock? I didn't know that wasn't allowed. It's one thing to have appreciation for Kendrick, another to say he injects more emotion into his songs. If a person wants to go around making comments like that they shouf leave. Many of us view Green Day ad our idols and favorite band. This is a Green Day site.
Eric Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 6 hours ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: Just wow. Don't like the truth I see....
Eric Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 40 minutes ago, Jake69 said: Do you mean thread? If you actually mean forum, why can't you have appreciation for rap and rock? I didn't know that wasn't allowed. Yeah it's just not popular because of ignorant people who think rap is only about sex drugs and violence, no room for rap on GDC!
petros Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 17 minutes ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: It's one thing to have appreciation for Kendrick, another to say he injects more emotion into his songs. If a person wants to go around making comments like that they shouf leave. Many of us view Green Day ad our idols and favorite band. This is a Green Day site. You joined about 2 weeks ago I did in 09 you feel the need to explain to me what this site is? People here like music other than green day too.
Eric Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Bastard of 1967 said: Top 3 albums in my opinion are Idiot, Breakdown, and RevRad. Idiot because, well, Idiot. Breakdown for the writing complexity if not for the production quality (I've always felt it was mixed too "tight", but the subject matter the band tackles, the lyrical quality, and the concept thread that weaves it all together is up there with the best they've ever tracked). RevRad blends the explosive quality of their Dookie/Insomniac stuff with modern recording technology and the lyrical quality of both Idiot and Breakdown. As for chart "popularity"? We're living through an era where computer-generated shit sells orders of magnitude more than real talented musicians playing real instruments (particularly classic-sounding guitar-based bands), so the charts can go fuck themselves. Your ears and your soul tell you what's worth listening to, not some damn chart. God, did that just sound like "get off my damn lawn you goddamn kids" or what? computer-generated shit sells orders of magnitude more than real talented musicians playing real instruments? I feel bad for every GDCER who thinks this. So much good shit in modern music and you just to stubborn to look
FallingFromTheStars Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 With all due respect, forums are places for hardcore interests. If you don't worship green day, I dont believe this is a place for you to be.
Eric Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Just now, JesusofSuburbia7 said: With all due respect, forums are places for hardcore interests. If you don't worship green day, I dont believe this is a place for you to be.
FallingFromTheStars Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 True fans come here to commune with Other fans, not to hear some chump say Kendrick Lamar Is better than GD.
Eric Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Just now, JesusofSuburbia7 said: True fans come here to commune with Other fans, not to hear some chump say Kendrick Lamar Is better than GD. Kendrick Lamar Is better than Green Day.
petros Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: True fans come here to commune with Other fans, not to hear some chump say Kendrick Lamar Is better than GD. How old are you? Serious question
lizziebix Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: With all due respect, forums are places for hardcore interests. If you don't worship green day, I dont believe this is a place for you to be. 11 minutes ago, JesusofSuburbia7 said: True fans come here to commune with Other fans, not to hear some chump say Kendrick Lamar Is better than GD. You're obviously new here. Here, at GDC, we like all kinds of music. Some worship Green Day, some not so much. Everyone has the right to their opinion on all kinds of music and we try and be open to it all. If you venture into the Trilogy thread(s) you'll even see die-hard Green Day fans not being very supportive. Opinions allowed. Try and be open to others opinions. They love Green Day or they wouldn't be here but don't necessarily think they are always the end all of everything. So back to the subject of this thread. Quality album after Green Day looses their popularity. Other opinions on that subject?
lizziebix Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jesus of Seneca said: And now you are off topic. Please get back on topic or don't post in here anymore. Thanks.
tresexy101 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 23 minutes ago, lizziebix said: And now you are off topic. Please get back on topic or don't post in here anymore. Thanks. Holy trumpism.
Mykee Mexx Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Whatever one considers to be a "quality album", for me it is Rev Rad. Tbh, since RevRad I haven´t listened to any other GD album. And concerning popularity: it´s a phenomenon that belongs to time anyway. People move on all the time. I don´t care for popularity.
Alan86 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Revolution Radio is a great album. I never cared about popularity, I didn't like Green Day because they were popular I just liked their music and I still do.
BigE1023 Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 It's tough for any band to stay super popular when most people think it's "uncool" to listen to successful bands like GD. I have so many friends that say "listen to this band they're amazing!" and when I do I immediately want to give myself a swirly. I think everybody has the right to listen to whatever sounds good to them but listening to shitty bands because you think it makes you more hip is just stupid. Whenever someone asks me who my favorite bands are I always say Green Day and Foo Fighters without any shame. Two great bands that continue to make great albums.
Quido Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 I got into Green Day when they where the most commercial band in The world (probably.) Its funny to say it's the band that got me out of the commercial scene. With that said. I wouldn't mind commercial success for them. Still Breathing are charting extremely well in the rock charts. So did Bang Bang. So it's rock music in general that has lost popularity. And that of course effects Green Day!
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 They've definitely lost popularity yet it hasn't led to an amazing album. I entirely blame shitty lyrics for my distaste of Revrad. It was also why I disliked the trilogy. I dunno, maybe Billie just can't write like he used to. If I compare the lyrics from songs on Insomniac or Nimrod to Revrad it's like two different humans were at the wheel and the second guy was waaaay off course. Great if people like singing along to songs about cellos over rainbows and shopping online so they can bolt at the speed of life but to find that even amusing I'd need heavy sedation/some of what Billie was on when he wrote the lyrics.
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