pols4tre Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 My family all individually ask me the same questions when it comes to Green Day: "Don't they play the same show every time?!" That happens pretty much every time I go to shows. However, they understand how much it all means to me. My friends don't really understand how I can go to shows and camp overnight / go for barrier and ask me a lot of questions about that. I think my Mum must have thought initially that Green Day was just a phase, but here we are 12 years on!
emmericanidiot Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 My parents like Green Day a lot, they came to the first show in '09 with me and really enjoyed it, my dad listened to them way before I discovered them when I was 12. My parents brought me up listening to Queen/Bowie etc so I guess it was inevitable I would get into this kind of music. As for other people, I tried so hard to get people into them at school but usually failed, my best friend at the time ended up liking them a bit but she was more into the heavier screamy stuff which I didn't like, my best friend now came with me to a gig in 2010 and loved it (she only owns 21st Century Breakdown and keeps it in her house because it reminds her of me when we don't see each other for a bit). My boyfriend likes them (obviously, he's on here but that's not how we met). I don't think anyone else in my family really cares about that side of me tbh, they all have their own thing.
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 On 6. 7. 2017 at 3:06 PM, pacejunkie punk said: I'm a big fan of power pop and bands like Cheap Trick so I love the trilogy. I don't care if it's not typical GD I love everything GD do because they can adopt any style and do it well. Besides, what is "typical" GD? Is it the first thing you heard like punk or maybe for you it's classic rock. They do everything. On topic, if I was going to introduce someone to the band who didn't know anything I'd start with other music they like and then play them the most similar sounding thing from GD. That would be a fun exercise, here's a guide for the unitiated: Broadway: When It's Time Punk: Brain Stew/Jaded Hardcore: Take Back Ballads: Last Night on Earth Pop: Good Riddance Classic Rock: 21st Century Breakdown Cabaret: Misery Country: Dominated Love Slave Power Pop: Troublemaker Brit Pop: Deadbeat Holiday Feel free to add on 🙂 I love your list. I'd be so mortified about playing Dom Love Slave to someone who is totally unaware of Tre Cool though
pacejunkie punk Posted July 17, 2017 Posted July 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Jane Lannister said: I love your list. I'd be so mortified about playing Dom Love Slave to someone who is totally unaware of Tre Cool though Yeeeaaaahhh, that was the closest I could get to country, bit of a stretch I admit. Best to wait before explaining Tre to the uninitiated 😄
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