Father of All Motherfuckers album - News and Media Coverage

[Platypus2000]

3 minutes ago, pouty bitch said:

Idk I guess with RevRad I was kinda disappointed because Bang Bang is my absolute favourite GD song, but all of the subsequent RevRad songs were pretty forgettable imo, so it was kinda underwhelming. Don't get me wrong, I do like RevRad, I just find that I rarely listen to any of the songs anymore (except for Bang Bang of course).With FOAM, I feel like I'm gonna keep enjoying most of these songs for a very long time. Quite a few of them give me FBHT vibes, and considering that I actually like FBHT better than GD, I guess it's just my type of album.

Forever Now? Revolution Radio? Bouncing Off The Wall? Too Dumb To Die? Somewhere Now? Absolutely miles better better than 80% of this album. But whatever floats your boat 😂

[21st_century_gloria]

1 hour ago, localinsomniac said:

 SYITH 

I read this as "sith" and had a ridiculous mental image of a collection of sith lords jamming to the worst tracks on DOS

1 hour ago, Beerjeezus said:

The reviews don't ruin the fun for me, but I wish this album got the recognition that I think it deserves

Hmmm do you still think Magnum Opus is better than FOAM now? 

[localinsomniac]

2 minutes ago, 21st_century_gloria said:

I read this as "sith" and had a ridiculous mental image of a collection of sith lords jamming to the worst tracks on DOS

I mean, the album wants to make you feel bad

[pouty bitch]

1 minute ago, Platypus2000 said:

Forever Now? Revolution Radio? Bouncing Off The Wall? Too Dumb To Die? Somewhere Now? Absolutely miles better better than 80% of this album. But whatever floats your boat 😂

Nah, Revolution Radio is shit in comparison lol. The other songs you mentioned are pretty strong, but nowhere near as fun as most of FOAM

[desertrose]

Still not shipped, WTF!

[StaryedHeart]

5 minutes ago, Platypus2000 said:

Forever Now? Revolution Radio? Bouncing Off The Wall? Too Dumb To Die? Somewhere Now? Absolutely miles better better than 80% of this album. But whatever floats your boat 😂

If you prefer them it doesn’t mean they are “better”, anyone can have their opinions (don’t get me wrong, I love the songs you said)

Edited February 6, 2020 by StaryedHeart

[21st_century_gloria]

2 minutes ago, localinsomniac said:

I mean, the album wants to make you feel bad

Didn't succeed, I needed that image of Sheev Palpatine grooving to Nightlife in my brain today  

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

14 minutes ago, Platypus2000 said:

Forever Now? Revolution Radio? Bouncing Off The Wall? Too Dumb To Die? Somewhere Now? Absolutely miles better better than 80% of this album. But whatever floats your boat 😂

Forever now/somewhere now is the only song you mention that can fight against most of the tracks from this record IMHO. That said personal taste has a big impact here, if you prefer a “canonical” Gd sound over everything else they can offer, of course you are gonna prefer a record like RevRad. For me that was a good work, but also an extremely safe one. Personally I appreciate it but, as other people said, today I barely listen to a couple of songs from it on a regular basis. I have the feeling Foam will grow much more on me. 

[The Grohl]

My vinyl is in Illinois!!! It's only got a bit further to get to me!

Now, I wish there was an update on my coffee 

[Clayish]

That stupid effect on the Take The Money and Crawl hook is horrific

[Lenny]

1 hour ago, That Dude said:

If you listen to the album reversed, the subliminal messages are INSANE.

Maybe.

I don't know.

If you listen to it backwards it's the follow up to 21cb we all have been asking for 

[Maddie86]

Ok so I've listened to the vinyl 3 times now and I still don't care for the production. I don't like the drum sounds at all, the kick is especially dull, aside from in sugar youth, which is the one song that Chris Dugan mixed. I just don't think all of the effects on this are needed, but I do think that stab you in the heart has the best production. I still can't get into junkies or oh yeah, but I don't hate take the money and crawl as much as I used to. I also don't like teenager as much as I did, I think I liked it better on the original leak because it was sped up a little, it just seems to drag a bit now. So overall there's 2 songs I like, 2 I hate, and then 6 that I think are pretty meh 🙁 I really wish I could like this more, maybe in time I will. Or maybe I'll like it better once my coffee order comes in

[Atomic]

Its out for me! Lets goooo

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Another 4/5  

https://www.rockzonemag.com/green-day-father-of-all-motherfuckers/

“If I had to highlight my two favorite moments, they would undoubtedly be 'I Was A Teenage Teenager', a triumphant piece of dreamy glam rock, and the final 'Graffitia', where they re-disguise themselves for three minutes of The Who, one of their favorite music groups.  And oddly enough, Green Day sounds more convincing and fresh today when the clamp is blown and they go to their ball than when they intend to get serious.”

Translated from Spanish with Google, so forgive me for Some of the nonsense  

[Beyza]

It was so short and sweet. It’s so diverse that every song is like coming from different parts of the world. Meet Me On the Roof gave me the greatest feeling on the first listen, made me smile honestly. I Was a Teenage Teenager gave me SWMRS vibes immediately and really loved it. Stab You in the Heart is like a pure Rock n Roll and so beautiful. Sugar Youth is the most significant one that has Green Day sound IMO. Junkies on a High could be the coolest one, so chill and groovy, I felt like the coolest person when I was listening to lol Take the Money and Crawl is full of energy, simple but really punchy and finally Graffitia is a perfect closing song that made my heart really warm. The whole album actually made my heart really warm. It has a really delicate and vintage feeling like the songs back then but at the same time really modern and groovy. I remember Billie once said that album will be like a Rock and Roll chronology. I don’t have that much music knowledge but based on other interviews/reviews there are many influencers on that record and they are all melted thoughtfully in the same pot. I think it’s not something really easy to do and that’s why I think they put a lot of great effort and soul on to that record and I’m so glad and happy to finally could hear it! 

[MaxGD]

55 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

Forever now/somewhere now is the only song you mention that can fight against most of the tracks from this record IMHO. That said personal taste has a big impact here, if you prefer a “canonical” Gd sound over everything else they can offer, of course you are gonna prefer a record like RevRad. For me that was a good work, but also an extremely safe one. Personally I appreciate it but, as other people said, today I barely listen to a couple of songs from it on a regular basis. I have the feeling Foam will grow much more on me. 

I feel like too dumb to die would fit will on FOAM tbh

[DookieLukie]

1 hour ago, Platypus2000 said:

Forever Now? Revolution Radio? Bouncing Off The Wall? Too Dumb To Die? Somewhere Now? Absolutely miles better better than 80% of this album. But whatever floats your boat 😂

There were good songs on RevRad, but most of them were not new or fresh. To me, that makes them not hold up well.

[Atomic]

It was super short but yet so fucking great, songs are super fun and catchy, I just wish it was longer.

 

some of my favorites on first listen are (excluding singles):

I was a teenage teenager

stab you in the heart

Take the money and crawl

graffitia

 

I Wish it was longer damnit, I already can’t wait to hear more of this sound from them

[Platypus2000]

1 minute ago, DookieLukie said:

There were good songs on RevRad, but most of them were not new or fresh. To me, that makes them not hold up well.

It’s that grey area though. To me it seemed like a continuation of AI/21st CB and it’s what they do best (imho) in their latter years of a band. Trying to put out a “fun, no nonsense, fuck the world” record when you’re pushing 50 seems like a bit of a crisis. I’d take more of the same from RevRad than have this left of centre mess we have now. Experiment with sounds all you want but have the quality to back it up, this falls way short unfortunately. There’s maybe 2 good songs on FOAM, 3 really bad ones, and 5 meh ones. RevRad was a solid outing, lyrics were thought through (mostly), this is just nonsense. 

3 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I Wish it was longer damnit, I already can’t wait to hear more of this sound from them

I really hope it’s the last. What was catchy about it? The chorus to Oh Yeah!? 

[KGLWW]

I find it interesting that fans say well we want another rev rad, but then again that album is closest to probably 21CB in terms of sound. I mean fans were complaining at the time that it was too serious or too political. This is as carefree that they've been in awhile. That was the point pitchfork was making. I thought they may like it better than the last few cycles, but was really surprised they gave it as high of a score as they did

[Platypus2000]

8 minutes ago, Taste said:

I find it interesting that fans say well we want another rev rad, but then again that album is closest to probably 21CB in terms of sound. I mean fans were complaining at the time that it was too serious or too political. This is as carefree that they've been in awhile. That was the point pitchfork was making. I thought they may like it better than the last few cycles, but was really surprised they gave it as high of a score as they did

It might be serious but at least it’s from the heart. Green Day have never really been good at writing stuff for the sake of it. 

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

13 minutes ago, Platypus2000 said:

It’s that grey area though. To me it seemed like a continuation of AI/21st CB and it’s what they do best (imho) in their latter years of a band. Trying to put out a “fun, no nonsense, fuck the world” record when you’re pushing 50 seems like a bit of a crisis. I’d take more of the same from RevRad than have this left of centre mess we have now. Experiment with sounds all you want but have the quality to back it up, this falls way short unfortunately. There’s maybe 2 good songs on FOAM, 3 really bad ones, and 5 meh ones. RevRad was a solid outing, lyrics were thought through (mostly), this is just nonsense. 

I really hope it’s the last. What was catchy about it? The chorus to Oh Yeah!? 

Seriousness, especially when it's translated in musical seriousness, is not automatically synonymous of better quality or greater effort to me  
I reserve myself a final and more detailed judgment when I will have had a chance to listen to the actual release a few time, which is gonna be tomorrow despite the fact that it's 10 to midnight here 😕 Meetings at 7am tomorrow, better go to sleep, see ya in the FOAM world peeps ❤️ 

[KGLWW]

4 minutes ago, Platypus2000 said:

It might be serious but at least it’s from the heart. Green Day have never really been good at writing stuff for the sake of it. 

So 39 Smooth through Warning wasn't from the heart?

[okotavio]

You know what’s confusing for me? FOAM being a better album than RevRad while there are no songs in FOAM that are better than Revolution Radio, Bang Bang, Still Breathing and Forever Now.

RevRad has better individual songs but as an album is not as good as its songs. Or something like that. Idk. 

[Red]

Awesome, my local JB are showing stock of both the CD and Vinyl, so both it is then!

I really need to get me a turntable, so I can finally start listening to the small collection I have been amassing.