NEW Green Day Song "Holy Toledo!" out Friday (5th Nov)

[Virginia Lot Lizard]

Holy Toledo is great. It’s a wonderful surprise right now. I’m so happy about it. NGL I have been very disappointed and disengaged as a fan over the past year since the hype over the Network fizzled out. Pollyanna and HCTS were not very exciting for me. I thought they were lacklustre songs compared to FOAM and now Holy Toledo. Maybe Pollyanna was great live but how would most of us know? This is the least engaging Green Day fan era I have ever encountered. It’s made worse by the pandemic. I did connect with GD fans IRL back before at shows etc but now obviously… Not so much… 

The No Fun Mondays and the Network felt different. That felt like an innovative way of getting excited and involved and having something to look forward to no matter what part of the world you were in or how isolated you were. No interviews, no engaging social media, a feeling of apprehension about attending live events… It’s been tough on a lot of people and a lot of us have felt left behind. 

Thank goodness Holy Toledo doesn’t suck. It’s like a well needed silver lining. I have probably listened to that song more in the last couple of days than Pollyanna and HCTS combined. I think I checked those other singles out and then that was it. I didn’t feel a need to listen to those songs more than a couple of times. And I don’t really have much of an interest in rereleased records. I appreciate the history it’s important but it’s not as exciting as a new really great song.

Holy Toledo rules.

P.S. The Longshot still rules too. I hope the ‘Shot comes back with an amazing new record. I feel FBHT, Trilogy and Devil’s Kind/Longshot vibes through Holy Toledo. It’s a really good feeling.

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

[Guest]

Just now, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

That top video reminds me very much of the "Troubled Times" video. Wondering if something like that is coming. 

[That Dude]

I keep checking for a tracklisting for the soundtrack.  I have a thing for tracklistings, lol. 

Curious as to what Stumpy has curiated along with this banger.

I want to see the movie 

 too.

[GDFan2019]

2 hours ago, That Dude said:

I keep checking for a tracklisting for the soundtrack.  I have a thing for tracklistings, lol. 

Curious as to what Stumpy has curiated along with this banger.

I want to see the movie 

 too.

Did Fall Out Boy and Weezer put out new songs for this too?

[That Dude]

28 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said:

Did Fall Out Boy and Weezer put out new songs for this too?

We don't know any other songs yet, but it would be cool if all the song titles or lyrics connected to each other in some way. 

 

[dirnt286]

Sounds like an unreleased track from FOAM. Meh.

[That Dude]

Loss of Control!

That's what this song sounds like!

We're all crazy, we've all gone insane! 

 

[Gonzalo17]

16 minutes ago, dirnt286 said:

Sounds like an unreleased track from FOAM. Meh.

Best than any of released ones

[GDFan2019]

42 minutes ago, dirnt286 said:

Sounds like an unreleased track from FOAM. Meh.

Not so sure, this track sounds nothing like a FOAM track. It has no synths or clapping. It sounds like Green Day getting back to straight up rock!!! But on the other hand, if it is a FOAM outtake, this is probably the reason why it was cut, sounding out of place on the record.

[desertrose]

I really like this song! 

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

3 hours ago, GDFan2019 said:

Not so sure, this track sounds nothing like a FOAM track

I've heard this a few times now and honestly every time I listen to it the first other similar Green Day song that comes into my head is "Meet me on the Roof". Second would probably be Graffitia. 

Don't know that I'm mad about the lyrics but I accept it was written for a movie that they're relevant to. The tune is a bop

[solongfromthestars]

I like it. I've listened to it again unlike Here Comes the Shart and Pollyanna which I don't remember or care enough to go back to. It'll probably grow on me some more yet.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, solongfromthestars said:

I like it. I've listened to it again unlike Here Comes the Shart and Pollyanna which I don't remember or care enough to go back to. It'll probably grow on me some more yet.

I now really want them to make a song called Here Comes the Shart, about what happens after one eats too much deep dish pizza and then has to spend two hours on stage (*cough* @Squashie *cough*). 🤣

[Stark]

I'd say this song is so catchy. Reminds me of the trilogy era especially Stray Heart and even all the way back to Mother Mary (fbht). Totally enjoyed jamming to this song so I did a cover as a one man band. 
 

 

[solongfromthestars]

1 hour ago, Lady Mix-A-Lot said:

I now really want them to make a song called Here Comes the Shart, about what happens after one eats too much deep dish pizza and then has to spend two hours on stage (*cough* @Squashie *cough*). 🤣

All I remember about HCTS is that "shock" sounded like "shart," so you can always say it's open to interpretation!

[GDFan2019]

6 hours ago, Stark said:

I'd say this song is so catchy. Reminds me of the trilogy era especially Stray Heart and even all the way back to Mother Mary (fbht). Totally enjoyed jamming to this song so I did a cover as a one man band. 
 

 

Wow this is really good!!!! Check out my cover of Meet Me on the Roof, I recorded it last year!!! https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/1ak6gfsJMG3ydkrR9

[AnonymWarnerGermany]

The best song since 2016. But for me it's still boring, generic rock. Sorry.

[Virginia Lot Lizard]

Holy Toledo rules.

Also. What’s with all these professional guitars? Billie Joe is so hawt though. 

Back on topic: Holy Toledo rules. The Trilogy rules. The Longshot rules. FBHT rules.

Sorry back to the topic: Holy Toledo rules. Where’s the video? I hope it’s out soon! A secret live performance video would be ok with me! Small club show before the next leg of Hella Mega please! 

[That Dude]

Listening to the song at different speeds now.    

Why?    I'm a superfan, that's why

My favorite part of the song is at 1:13 with the line "Crawling out of a dead man's bed" and the subsequent "we don't wanna know" lines.   

oooh, so good. 

What would this song be called if not Holy Toledo?  

Sex With Strangers?

Death Wish Cravers?

Talk of the Town?

 

 

Also, I just remembered that we keep forgetting about 

Dreaming. 

Dreaming is free.

 

Darn, we've got so much Green Day goodness lately.  

 

[DookieLukie]

Fantano said it was trash and refused to even say why. What a garbage reviewer. Just hates Green Day no matter what they put out.

[The Grohl]

42 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

Fantano said it was trash and refused to even say why. What a garbage reviewer. Just hates Green Day no matter what they put out.

This is why I've never liked him. You don't like the song? Okay! But tell me why. Give me your perspective - I want to hear it! You may point out some things I didn't even think about. I want to hear all sides to this. Don't just say booo it's bad green day suxxxx.

[GRNSTR10]

3 hours ago, DookieLukie said:

Fantano said it was trash and refused to even say why. What a garbage reviewer. Just hates Green Day no matter what they put out.

Yeah, he is increasingly dismissive of the band in a way that is just beyond parody.

But honestly, it's nothing new for me as a Green Day fan. This is the way people treated them after Warning, but before American Idiot.  

I also remember him saying something about not being a fan of anything they've put out since the 90s, so I honestly don't even know why he even bothers reviewing them . It feels like he's just trying to score some cheap laughs from his audience since they're now his favorite punching bag. It's just lazy from "the internet's busiest music nerd".

[That Dude]

3 hours ago, DookieLukie said:

Fantano said it was trash and refused to even say why. What a garbage reviewer. Just hates Green Day no matter what they put out.

I got to chat with Fantano on his tour (he was on right before my friends band!) and I told him I discovered him by searching for bad reviews of Green Day     

I don't know why, I just like hearing bad reviews of stuff I like.   

 

[DookieLukie]

31 minutes ago, That Dude said:

I got to chat with Fantano on his tour (he was on right before my friends band!) and I told him I discovered him by searching for bad reviews of Green Day     

I don't know why, I just like hearing bad reviews of stuff I like.   

 

Love your channel, though!