UNICORN VOMIT Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 19 hours ago, Josh100_3 said: Oh man, I remember forming my own opinion on Dos and thinking it was SO good. Then I jumped on here and felt very alone. There is a fair bit of love now for the trilogy but DOS is my favourite, 4 Quote
Popular Post Thatsername Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2020 2 weeks to go folks! 2 5 Quote
Popular Post WhiteTim Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2020 from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue 4 2 1 2 Quote
Red Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 9:35 AM, kaylubd said: That's what I did for RevRad but I ordered FOAM from Green Day's store and I want to know if I should expect it same day. I'm gonna be pretty miffed if my first listen has to be a digital copy. Also, I'm not sure if Amazon does release day delivery anymore. Last three times I pre-ordered from there my albums were 2 to 3 days late. When I ordered RevRad from the Green Day store it took at least a week after the album came out for it to arrive. Guess it depends on where you live. Quote
Little Boy Named Booze Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 5 minutes ago, WhiteTim said: from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue Damn we didn't learn any new lyrics! Quote
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, WhiteTim said: from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue Sounds about right. The idea is good but it does feel like something is lacking 4 Quote
Thatsername Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 "At its best, Father sounds like a decent Queens of the Stone Age tribute band." Ouch. That does sound pretty harsh. So there will be hip-hop. I wonder which song it will be. I feel like I have to mentally prepare for this😂 1 Quote
legendary Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Seems like the most plausible review. It could be big If better produced. Quote
Beyza Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 I know a lot of people don’t really like it but I hope for more falsetto cause I think Billie handles it well and it makes the performances more interesting. 3 Quote
pacejunkie punk Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, WhiteTim said: from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue Oof 😬 Quote
Joe. Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Inject the QOTSA comparisons into my veins Quote
michael1989 Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Does the EW review really come as much of a surprise to anyone? I think we were all hopeful for better, but unfortunately what we've heard so far said otherwise. 3 Quote
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 2 hours ago, WhiteTim said: from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue Ugh that’s definitely not a good one, and EW usually has kind words for Green Day records. We had two positive reviews before this, let’s see what the trend actually is. I imagine a lot will start to pop up in the upcoming days. 1 Quote
GuitarPunk94 Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 just listened to billy talents new song ("reckless paradise") .. it sounds fresh but it still sounds like BT (banger) the 3 new gd-songs sound "too far away" from the "GD-sound", nimrod was experimental too after dookie/insomniac, but you still had this "gd-sound", imo its unfortunately not completely the case with the foam songs 1 Quote
Popular Post HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2020 17 minutes ago, GuitarPunk94 said: just listened to billy talents new song ("reckless paradise") .. it sounds fresh but it still sounds like BT (banger) the 3 new gd-songs sound "too far away" from the "GD-sound", nimrod was experimental too after dookie/insomniac, but you still had this "gd-sound", imo its unfortunately not completely the case with the foam songs I agree, and that's what the band clearly wanted to do. I do like the result of this so far, and I think as far from the classical "GD-sound" this may be, you can hear in it an evolution, or a different take if you prefer, of sounds that the band played with for years, as GD or with side projects. The garage inspired, heavy on clapping, bouncing sound is something that Billie played with for more than 10 years, the pop rock ballads/jams have been a constant in GD records since forever, they got closer to dance music, new wave and hip hop sounds before. It's not that what we heard so far came out of nowhere, and it doesn't feel forced to me. Of course, in this case they went beyond what they did so far, and they also chose a producer and production team that brought the sound in a completely new direction for the band. They decided to sample a song, and to release three singles none of which can really be classified as a punk rock song, despite the fact, as we already know, that there will be more typical punk rock songs in the record. They pushed the boundaries, it can be hated, but I wait to hear the record to decide whether the experiment was successful or not. 5 Quote
Popular Post Lenny Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Thatsername said: "At its best, Father sounds like a decent Queens of the Stone Age tribute band." Ouch. That does sound pretty harsh. So there will be hip-hop. I wonder which song it will be. I feel like I have to mentally prepare for this😂 I thought the chorus drew a parallel to the Foo Fighters, another band that's having trouble following up the big one. But honestly, the chorus for FOAMF really rocks. If you put AI guitars on that chorus it would make a difference. Also, there won't be hip-hop. Expect something The Clash would do. Take an influence and execute elements of that sound into their own sound. Except in a more contemporary fashion. Then you have whatever GD has on this record. 1 hour ago, Beyza said: I know a lot of people don’t really like it but I hope for more falsetto cause I think Billie handles it well and it makes the performances more interesting. The issue with the falsetto imo isn't the performance. He's done it live and pulled it off well in most occasions (mind you it's not an easy thing to do for an ENTIRE verse). The challenge is getting that falsetto over drums, bass and guitars. It's a production/recording challenge. I didn't like how distorted the vocal was but it's helping cut through the instruments. Personally I would have had a more clean sound. Reference Sweet 16's falsetto to understand exactly what I'm imagining. Can't blame Butch cause now we've heard what was sent to him. They need to start working with a producer that's IN HOUSE not REMOTE. Anyways, I'm not sure why a maximizer and/or an expander wouldn't do the trick 24 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said: Ugh that’s definitely not a good one, and EW usually has kind words for Green Day records. We had two positive reviews before this, let’s see what the trend actually is. I imagine a lot will start to pop up in the upcoming days. I found the review to be quite mixed. Even the other reviews may have been more positive in nature but are still somewhat mixed. This is a very different and experimental record. That's why they made a point of it being 26 minutes. Actually really smart if you ask me. With the trilogy word of mouth became that it wasn't good. Who's gonna roll 37 songs that they've been told are terrible? With this you can take this in as fast as you would take in an episode of a sitcom. Well I got 26 mins lets see what this is about... Album rock is not a popular format but presenting it in 26 mins and only 10 songs ... smart play 5 Quote
Thatsername Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 What I find strange is that Billie is promoting his appearance in the Tyla Yaweh Video more than his own new single. He only mentioned OY briefly in his story once - not even worth a full post, so it seems. I just can’t get rid of the feeling that things are ... odd this time. 2 Quote
pacejunkie punk Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 16 minutes ago, Thatsername said: What I find strange is that Billie is promoting his appearance in the Tyla Yaweh Video more than his own new single. He only mentioned OY briefly in his story once - not even worth a full post, so it seems. I just can’t get rid of the feeling that things are ... odd this time. And they’ve hardly mentioned that they’re in St Louis this weekend and on TV Saturday night. It is weird. 4 Quote
Beyza Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 24 minutes ago, Thatsername said: What I find strange is that Billie is promoting his appearance in the Tyla Yaweh Video more than his own new single. He only mentioned OY briefly in his story once - not even worth a full post, so it seems. I just can’t get rid of the feeling that things are ... odd this time. Yeah, I felt like it maybe because of the title change and it didn’t turn out how he really wanted etc. since he doesn’t seem really excited about it but I think he’ll be not like that after the release, I hope he’ll share his excitement or happiness with us more cause I think it’s important for who are excited for their music Quote
That Dude Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 8 hours ago, WhiteTim said: from the upcoming Entertainment Weekly issue Wow. I do not enjoy Queens of the Stone Age ( I'll keep my Queen and Rodeo Queens, thank you!) I never expected to see someone comparing them with Green Day. All the other negatives sound like positives to me. Well, everybody has an opinion. 4 Quote
Lenny Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 15 minutes ago, That Dude said: All the other negatives sound like positives to me. This is probably the most punk think I've read on this forum ever. There are some records I love that are just totally trashed on popular vote. The experiment maybe does something for me personally and not for others. For example Rolling Stone gave my fave Rush album Fly By Night a 2/5. It has a radio hit in "Fly By Night", a top 5 Rush song in "Anthem", their first progressive song in "By Tor and the Snowdog" and a sweet ending with "In The End". By Tor was even called "horrendous" in other reviews. Neil Peart dies and then you get "a must hear drum solo on By Tor and the Snowdog". After all these years people finally get what they were doing. At the time people thought they were just weird and nuts. They were somewhat of an obscure cult following band and ended their career as one of the most successful bands in record sales and ticket sales. Maybe as we grow older or get over the novelty of this experiment we look back later and think well you know what X song isn't so bad. "Actually I like this part now" or "those lyrics relate to my situation right now". At some points I've explained lyrics to friends that misinterpreted lyrics and they're like "holy shit I missed the entire meaning of the song and now that I understand this makes so much more sense now". 3 1 Quote
Popular Post jengd Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2020 And this is exactly why I never pay attention to reviews, also I find often reviewers are trying to achieve something other than just give an impartial review. 7 Quote
The Grohl Posted January 25, 2020 Posted January 25, 2020 Just received an email from Amazon that the FOAM cd I pre ordered will arrive the 11th....wtf. This is why I wish Target would carry it in store. I would just go get it. 1 Quote
Lenny Posted January 25, 2020 Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, kaylubd said: Just received an email from Amazon that the FOAM cd I pre ordered will arrive the 11th....wtf. This is why I wish Target would carry it in store. I would just go get it. why didnt you buy from GD directly? Quote
pacejunkie punk Posted January 25, 2020 Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, kaylubd said: Just received an email from Amazon that the FOAM cd I pre ordered will arrive the 11th....wtf. This is why I wish Target would carry it in store. I would just go get it. I wonder when the orders from the GD store will come. I bought from there for the ticket presale and also an Oakland Coffee mug which I’m just as excited for 😄 Quote
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