Father of All Motherfuckers album - News and Media Coverage

[CherryBombs&Gasoline]

Here's another German review which calls the album "irrelevant crap from the minds of bored millionaires" (3/10). Oh well, we sure know how to have fun. 

http://www.cdstarts.de/musikreview/129472-Green-Day-Father-Of-All.html

[Thatsername]

3 minutes ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said:

"irrelevant crap from the minds of bored millionaires"

That would actually be a great title for album 14.

[Lenny]

3 hours ago, CherryBombs&Gasoline said:

Here's another German review which calls the album "irrelevant crap from the minds of bored millionaires" (3/10). Oh well, we sure know how to have fun. 

http://www.cdstarts.de/musikreview/129472-Green-Day-Father-Of-All.html

the thing about Germany is that they only rate albums out of 1 star   

4 hours ago, EmmaCharlatan&Saints said:

This is what these kind of outlets and even news outlets do though. You have a tiny reaction from a small group on twitter and they will spin it as if the whole platform is up in arms when the reality is a handful of people. Internet discourse is the go to now for clicks and it works. 

maybe you should hear what they have to say and kumbaya with their feelings

[arthurhuan]

extremely positive review here

https://www.puremzine.com/green-day-father-of-all-motherfuckers-album-review/

[GDFan2019]

13 hours ago, Thatsername said:

That would actually be a great title for album 14.

Album 14 Anticipation Thread coming soon? 😆

[realDonaldTrump]

tf

[Flashback]

Looks like the really really bad reviews only come from German reviewers 😂

[þjáningu]

There is a lot ... and I mean a lot of venomous hatred for this album 

You don't have to go as far as the replies on Twitter , comments on Facebook etc.

Most of it feels like people have just listened to a few songs on the album automatically hated it instead of giving it a chance to grow on them 😥

[greenalert997x]

Foamf gets more hate than trilogy, which is unclear 🤨

It hurts when some comments like 'worst shit ever' have over 500 likes. 

[Red]

26 minutes ago, Uh Uh Count Your Money said:

There is a lot ... and I mean a lot of venomous hatred for this album 

You don't have to go as far as the replies on Twitter , comments on Facebook etc.

Most of it feels like people have just listened to a few songs on the album automatically hated it instead of giving it a chance to grow on them 😥

I really don't understand why, like seriously have they even tried listening to it???

Its a good album, it's been rapidly growing on me and I honestly believe that at this point almost every song is good enough to be a single. It's a shame that those people wont give this a chance. The only thing I dislike about it is the cover art, but that's not enough of a reason to absolutely destroy the album all over social media.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Reviewers are kinder then fans on this one, and when you have part of your fandom throwing shit at you, even if it is just casual fans and a minority of the hardcore ones, it doesn’t do good at all on social media. I feel this is becoming a new social media trend as well, people throw hate at everything, even stuff they say they had been fan for over “put a various amount of time here”. 

I think we also have to give this time, I feel this record could live a lifecycle similar to the Warning one. It looks like it is doing well as album sales and streams, the band has a huge tour coming soon, and the record is pretty much well received by the critique. The situation is not that dramatic IMHO, let’s see how this evolves. 

What makes me really laugh are the people calling this a “pop commercial record” made to climb the charts, make money, sell songs for car commercials, or whatever. This is the less commercial record GD had put out there in years IMHO.
Some of these songs might have been commercial hits 50 years ago, some 40, some 20, a few maybe could have a chance now, but definitely are not aligned to the pop rock songs staying on top of the charts for months. Not only it is not aligned to what pop and pop rock is nowadays, but most of the songs can breaks the expectation of both casual fans, fans, and casual listeners.

Saying that this is the “most sellout record of their career” as I read someone writing on social media is ridiculous. 

[jengd]

Just popped on to itunes store and Father of All is showing as no 2 and on their list of top albums and on the batch of new albums its the first one up, never seen that before, certainly RevRad never popped up like that.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

11 minutes ago, jengd said:

Just popped on to itunes store and Father of All is showing as no 2 and on their list of top albums and on the batch of new albums its the first one up, never seen that before, certainly RevRad never popped up like that.

Maybe the Twitter shitstorms did some good as well, who knows 😂 

[localinsomniac]

There's one good thing about getting old: you really learn to stop giving a fuck what other people think. I love this album more with every listen, could not be less bothered by what social media and the music rags have to say.

[frankoz]

it is not a good album. waiting for the true material. but i still love them. i am still pretty sure, they don't mean this serious, it might be the most ingenious hoax ever.

i mean, just listen to the emptiness of meaning, when billie talks about the album and the songs. they are joking and also all the superduper exaggerate crap they say about it themselves 😃 they just don't care, but fans and people play on the business game anyway and the wheel turns round and round.

Edited February 10, 2020 by frankoz

[þjáningu]

1 hour ago, localinsomniac said:

There's one good thing about getting old: you really learn to stop giving a fuck what other people think. I love this album more with every listen, could not be less bothered by what social media and the music rags have to say.

Believe me I really do not give a fuck what people say about them but I feel like it's starting to cross a line now where people are starting to be more vicious towards them😣

 

If that makes sense 😥

[Thatsername]

What I also find "interesting" about most of those very bad reviews is that they're all complaining about the album being superficial and lyrically weak (one of the German reviews even called it "lyrical diarrhea", my personal favourite😂), and I'm like WTF man, have you even listened to this album once, lol? I think the record has a lot more lyrical depth to offer than you would think when you look at the ridiculous cover and hear the title, but some reviewers obviously didn't do so much more than just that. A song like Meet Me On The Roof might sound like a light-hearted, happy little tune, but if you listen closely, you can actually hear the anxiety and hopelessness (I for one think it's pretty obvious that this song is about suicide - "All you gotta do is jump"). And that's only one example. So I think reviews like "it's just a bunch of carefree party songs" completely miss the point. I actually never really got a party vibe, it feels more like a party gone very, very sour, I think it's even one of the darkest and most depressing records they've ever made. Billie has always been so good at expressing sad, desperate feelings disguised as happy melodies and metaphors, and sometimes it takes a while to unfold their true meaning. That's what makes him such a great, but widely misunderstood songwriter. I think that's also the case in many of those reviews here. It's like nobody even takes the time to listen to an album closely anymore, even if it's only 26 minutes long. It's so much easier to hate it right away. ("Everybody is a staaaaaar").

[localinsomniac]

8 minutes ago, Uh Uh Count Your Money said:

Believe me I really do not give a fuck what people say about them but I feel like it's starting to cross a line now where people are starting to be more vicious towards them😣

 

If that makes sense 😥

It makes sense, but there has always been a segment who hated them for one reason or another. After they signed to a major, they were sellouts. After Warning, they'd gone soft. After AI, they were too much about their image. After Breakdown, they were trying too hard. Everyone knows about the trilogy. RevRad, they'd lost their edge.

 

Some of this is from conversations I've had with people, not necessarily what the masses are saying about them. Let people be vicious; it does no good to bite back. Ultimately, the boys aren't going to be put off by a handful of faceless shit-stirrers.

[Little Boy Named Booze]

Lot of french reviews about FOAM in my country over the weekend. 

Overall they're all impressed. I like that!

4/5 is the overall note.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

36 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Airplane said:

Lot of french reviews about FOAM in my country over the weekend. 

Overall they're all impressed. I like that!

4/5 is the overall note.

I also saw a bunch of Italian reviews, all very positive. 

[Hermione]

4 hours ago, frankoz said:

it is not a good album. waiting for the true material. but i still love them. i am still pretty sure, they don't mean this serious, it might be the most ingenious hoax ever.

i mean, just listen to the emptiness of meaning, when billie talks about the album and the songs. they are joking and also all the superduper exaggerate crap they say about it themselves 😃 they just don't care, but fans and people play on the business game anyway and the wheel turns round and round.

I don't believe anyone still believes this . Read the lyrics to Graffitia, the songs are plenty serious. They're just having fun in interviews because they don't take themselves too seriously and like to be silly sometimes. 

[The Grohl]

Remember, this is the man who said in an interview "I hate long songs." And then in another interview said "My favorite song is JoS." So yeah, I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock into what they're saying in interviews. Not that they're lying, but they don't take most of them seriously

[Redundantuserjinxboy]

It's sad how much I've been going on metacritic the past few days waiting for the score to rise or fall

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

I still haven't seen any Czech reviews and I'm not looking for them because it seems they're not that popular with local critics lol

[Lenny]

4 hours ago, Uh Uh Count Your Money said:

Believe me I really do not give a fuck what people say about them but I feel like it's starting to cross a line now where people are starting to be more vicious towards them😣

 

If that makes sense 😥

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