Warning - An Underrated Masterpiece

[kybry13]

Made this video essay about Warning. Would really appreciate if some of you checked it out, I worked really hard on it!

 

[That Dude]

18 minutes ago, kybry13 said:

Made this video essay about Warning. Would really appreciate if some of you checked it out, I worked really hard on it!

 

subscribed!  I was absolutely shocked to discover warning wasn't a huge smash hit back in the day.   I discovered the band during the nimrod era and warning was the first one that I ran out and bought ASAP.  Then Superhits and Shenanigans, all building up to American Idiot....which cemented Green Day are my #1 band of all time.  

[Gonzalo17]

Very good song, but a little bit long and repetitive

[GreenDayJunkie86]

Warning (the whole album) is a fucking banger. Has always been one of my favorites. I wish this album could get more love. Warning (the song) is great too

[GreenDayJunkie86]

1 hour ago, Gonzalo17 said:

Very good song, but a little bit long and repetitive

I also agree with this, but only sometimes. If i am in an impatient mood and I hear Warning I will skip it lol. But any other day I am not impatient, I will listen  

[Tre's Busted Drumkit]

It has now been 1 day since Warning was called underrated.

[billy1986]

Warning has since gone platinum and minority went number 1 on rock radio. I agree it’s underrated. But Insomniac now that’s the overlooked, underrated perfect album that next to Dookie and AI is their 3rd best selling album. If only they would do a nimrod-insomniac tour…my God!

[J-Rem]

Jackass is such an underrated song 

[Karl Karlson]

I love how the Nimrod Wallpaper (seen in the first 30 seconds) I made yeeears ago gains momentum again. A few days ago I won an auction of a counterfeit tape version of "Nimrod" which used the wallpaper I made. Will watch the rest of the video later.

[billy1986]

Anyone know the deal about what led to the “fallout”‘between Rob Cavallo and Green Day?!?! This video mentions it but I believe Rob co-produced the album… I thought the fall out was after AI GD wanted Rob to be more involved but he wasn’t able to be as he had more commitments and roles on Reprise which made them go to Butch Vig…which I think they should work with again…and possibly to to Billie and the bands issues during th trilogy as Rev Rad was self produced…then going with Butch Walker for FOAM…something must have went down. 

[kybry13]

22 hours ago, billy1986 said:

Anyone know the deal about what led to the “fallout”‘between Rob Cavallo and Green Day?!?! This video mentions it but I believe Rob co-produced the album… I thought the fall out was after AI GD wanted Rob to be more involved but he wasn’t able to be as he had more commitments and roles on Reprise which made them go to Butch Vig…which I think they should work with again…and possibly to to Billie and the bands issues during th trilogy as Rev Rad was self produced…then going with Butch Walker for FOAM…something must have went down. 

While researching for my script, all info I found about this was very vague. BJA told AltPress that there were chemistry problems at the time. 

Passage from Mark Spitz’ book Nobody Likes You:

“The most symbolic indicator that this would be Green Day’s new direction was the fact that they initially opted to work with a different producer. Rob Cavallo would take a back seat to sought-after modern rock helmer Scott Litt (whose credits included Nirvana and R.E.M.).

There was tension in the studio, however, as Green Day and Litt labored to come up with something that would signal the next phase of the band’s career.

“It just didn’t work out,” Armstrong explained to the Alternative Press. “He was really cool, but for that particular project, it just wasn’t the right chemistry.”

In February it was announced that Litt was out and Cavallo was back in, although in a limited capacity, as “executive producer.” Green Day would otherwise handle it all on their own.”

This was a very strange time for the band, so that possibly could’ve contributed to it but other than that I am just as unsure as you are.

Edit: I completely misread this quote as being about Cavallo, my bad.