New Song: "Here Comes the Shock"

[Elxufinnishidiot]

Pretty generic. but it's stuck in my head now. Could be a trilogy song. Heard some 21st CBD vibes few times.

[Hermione]

1 minute ago, Q-Man said:

I have a feeling that if they were able to tour or play live right now, people would have a much different view of this song after seeing a live performance. This song would be a blast to go nuts to at a show. 

I hope I get to see it live because singing HERE COMES THE SHARK in a crowd would be almost as good as singing RAW HAM

[Joe.]

55 minutes ago, PluckyJokerhead said:

You're right about that for sure. But at the same time, Money Money 2020 Part II had so many great songs (imo of course) that them releasing one slightly subpar song isn't the worst thing in the world to me. Again, it's not easy to record stuff in current times so maybe this was all they had?

There’s not been an objectively great Green Day song since the trilogy (at a push). Everything else has been either forgettable or poor quality 

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I hope I get to see it live because singing HERE COMES THE SHARK in a crowd would be almost as good as singing RAW HAM

Am I the only one who somehow doesn't get the raw ham reference?

[Boobooo]

I keep seeing people throwing about Nightlife and saying things to the effect of "well if you don't like this song, how come you like Nightlife?" 

Give me a Nightlife over a Here Comes the Shock any day of the week. Nightlife, for all the memes and whatnot, at the very least attempted something new and interesting. It also had a chorus with some variation of lyrics (whether you liked those lyrics or not is another question), rather than just one line repeated over and over. 

You could tell that Nightlife had been crafted, rather than just thrown together last minute. The lyrics might be cringe, but at least it told a story of a drunk guy lusting over someone he stumbles upon every now and again on nights out. Billie even sang in a kind of drunk, slurred manner in order to excentuate this idea. 

What is Here Comes The Shock really about? Do the lyrics really add up or link together to form a coherent meaning or story? 

I think the thing I miss from this band is their storytelling. Rev Rad was a huge album for me personally because it felt like Billie really injected some passion and craft back into his lyrics. You could feel emotion in those words, you could hear his sincerity as he sang "if this is what you call the good life, I want a better way to die", or "are you scared to death to live?" 

FOAM was a step back on this front. And I hate to say it, but every time I listen to that album I get more confused by it. The more I look at that unicorn the more I want the band to give a straight answer as to what it all means and why they defaced the AI artwork.

OK,  they did it "because they can and they don't care". Yeah, yeah. But, has this band really lowered themselves to a level of such little effort? I remember in Bullet In a Bible Billie saying something like GD being the "hardest working band in rock and roll... ever". Well, to have that title, you kind of have to prove it through your craft. 

I want that storytelling back, that energy and spirit that made me fall in love with this band. I just don't feel it with this new direction.

[Hermione]

17 minutes ago, BillieMyLove said:

Am I the only one who somehow doesn't get the raw ham reference?

It's a GDC classic:

Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy, raw ham

 

[Joe.]

20 minutes ago, Hermione said:

I think it's unlikely they wrote it specifically with only this in mind, and especially unlikely that they consciously wouldn't put effort into it. I think they put effort into all their songs, just some come out better than others. It's more just that they're probably not going to select the most revolutionary or deep song/idea for a song they have for something like this. They'll select a light and catchy one. 

I don’t see how a contract with the NHL makes the band releasing crap music any better, it makes it worse as it shows they either have no quality control or are willing to put out sub par songs for money. The results are the same either way.

 

[Hermione]

6 minutes ago, Joe. said:

I don’t see how a contract with the NHL makes the band releasing crap music any better, it makes it worse as it shows they either have no quality control or are willing to put out sub par songs for money. The results are the same either way.

 

Well I don't think it's crap and I doubt the band does either. They've just selected a light and catchy song because that's the type of song that's appropriate for this purpose. If they wrote a groundbreaking new song suitable to be the title track and central theme of a new album they'd save that for that. If they were asked for a song for a sad movie they'd probably select a slow sad one. They just submitted a song that fits the purpose, whether anyone thinks it's good or not is down to personal opinion but you thinking it's sub par doesn't mean they do. 

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Hermione said:

It's a GDC classic:

Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy, raw ham

 

I guess I can kinda here it now LOL, thanks!

[Hermione]

Just now, BillieMyLove said:

I guess I can kinda here it now LOL, thanks!

It was just kind of a meme on here when the song came out. But the best thing is when J'net interviewed the band for GDA a few years ago she told them about it lol 

[kingrock]

(It's me or Billie is complety deleted is Instagram page ?)

[pacejunkie punk]

2 minutes ago, kingrock said:

(It's me or Billie is complety deleted is Instagram page ?)

He deactivated it months ago

[Clayish]

This is bad

[MaxGD]

5 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

He deactivated it months ago

He did but hasn’t it been back recently? I thought he posted the other day? Maybe I confused his post with the Green Day one

[Charby]

Even if this was a song just for the NHL why did they think it was a good idea to put out that godawful music video 

[pacejunkie punk]

4 minutes ago, MaxGD said:

He did but hasn’t it been back recently? I thought he posted the other day? Maybe I confused his post with the Green Day one

He posted one story over a month ago but had just brought it back for a few days and took it down again. He really hasn’t posted anything of note since The Network stuff

[PursuitOfEpicness]

2 minutes ago, Charby said:

Even if this was a song just for the NHL why did they think it was a good idea to put out that godawful music video 

I think it was just more of a way to have a visual it doesn't feel like it's really a "single"

[Joe.]

35 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Well I don't think it's crap and I doubt the band does either. They've just selected a light and catchy song because that's the type of song that's appropriate for this purpose. If they wrote a groundbreaking new song suitable to be the title track and central theme of a new album they'd save that for that. If they were asked for a song for a sad movie they'd probably select a slow sad one. They just submitted a song that fits the purpose, whether anyone thinks it's good or not is down to personal opinion but you thinking it's sub par doesn't mean they do. 

Fair enough. I would rather the band not put out music purely through contractual obligation to what is essentially a corporation. It doesn’t seem to fit in with the values of the band, it doesn’t sit well with me.

[pacejunkie punk]

6 minutes ago, Joe. said:

Fair enough. I would rather the band not put out music purely through contractual obligation to what is essentially a corporation. It doesn’t seem to fit in with the values of the band, it doesn’t sit well with me.

Well seeing as they’re now going after every fan group on IG that’s supported them I’m starting to wonder what the values of the band actually are

[Hermione]

5 minutes ago, Joe. said:

Fair enough. I would rather the band not put out music purely through contractual obligation to what is essentially a corporation. It doesn’t seem to fit in with the values of the band, it doesn’t sit well with me.

Doesn't the same apply every time they put out music on a major record label though? Warner or NHL, they're both corporations that pay them to release music. 

[pacejunkie punk]

2 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Doesn't the same apply every time they put out music on a major record label though? Warner or NHL, they're both corporations that pay them to release music. 

Haha I think you got him there 😄

[kingrock]

1 minute ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Well seeing as they’re now going after every fan group on IG that’s supported them I’m starting to wonder what the values of the band actually are

it's possible that billie is not in shape or in drepression? notably with "Joey case" 

 

and this affects his work? 😶

[Squashie]

1 minute ago, kingrock said:

it's possible that billie is not in shape or in drepression? notably with "Joey case" 

 

and this affects his work? 😶

What does this have to do with the song and this thread?

[Gonzalo17]

1 hour ago, Joe. said:

There’s not been an objectively great Green Day song since the trilogy (at a push). Everything else has been either forgettable or poor quality 

Somewhere now / forever now are great songs

[Joe.]

10 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Doesn't the same apply every time they put out music on a major record label though? Warner or NHL, they're both corporations that pay them to release music. 

Obviously not. Do I really need to explain to you what a record label does? Surely not.

 

9 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Haha I think you got him there 😄

again, do I really have to explain what a record label is and what the difference is between a label and a sports league?