Song of the Week Having a Blast!

[Brian]

for the longest time i thought the first line of the song was Chicken.

[colormestoopid]

AH YES MY FAVORITE SONG FROM DOOKIE

for the longest time i thought the first line of the song was Chicken.

lmfao.

[mandajane]

love this song. this song helped me a lot through high school.

[Hermione]

The lyrics of this song are just incredible. Especially this part

Do you ever think back to another time?

Did it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?

Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction

And mow down any BULLSHIT that confronts you?

Do you ever build up all the small things in your head

To make one problem that adds up to NOTHING.

It's everything I love about Green Day's lyrics. They express the point SO perfectly, I hear them and it's like "Yes! That's exactly it!". They get right at the root of it in such an unflinching way. That they can do that with such a dark, difficult subject is amazing to me. The music too, it has this menacing quality that intensifies that feeling of everything building up around you. Love the song.

[Supermodel*Robot]

I adore this song. It's pure teenager. I like to get rowdy to it when I'm pissed off, thrashing about alone in my bedroom.

Okay, it's not as scary as it sounds.

[darenmay]

this is definitely one of my dookie favorites. the lyrics are amazing.

"this time i've really lost my mind and i don't care."

___

ps. i just noticed the sound does not match the video on the first post. maybe it isn;t really the video.

[ANJI]

Yay love this song!! One of my favourites from Dookie!

[Princess Consuela]

The lyrics of this song are just incredible. Especially this part

Do you ever think back to another time?

Did it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?

Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction

And mow down any BULLSHIT that confronts you?

Do you ever build up all the small things in your head

To make one problem that adds up to NOTHING.

It's everything I love about Green Day's lyrics. They express the point SO perfectly, I hear them and it's like "Yes! That's exactly it!". They get right at the root of it in such an unflinching way. That they can do that with such a dark, difficult subject is amazing to me. The music too, it has this menacing quality that intensifies that feeling of everything building up around you. Love the song.

Ohh I love that part the most too. I think it has the main point of this song, like the sense of helplessness and desperation is just built up in other parts and in this one he just throws it all away (?).

Also, I think they couldn't have chosen better title for it. I don't know why but it always makes me smile when I listen to this song. First, you can take it more literally, refering to an explosion mentioned in the lyrics, but also more ironically. He's obviously not having fun, so it's very sarcastic.

[Christina.]

"Do you ever build up all the small things in your head

To make one problem that adds up to nothing"

This line is basically what got me through the first half of this year. Having a Blast holds a special place.

There's something about it that makes me feel completely alone but at the same time makes me feel okay about it.

Such a great song.

[Homicidal_llama]

Love this song. Funny story; when I listened to Dookie again recently by downloading it off iTunes I accidently forgot to put Burnout on for some reason. From that point on I was under the impression that Having a Blast was the opening track and I can see it working that way too.

Great track though. The lyrics are spot on.

[The Breakdown]

Love this song. Especially the bridge. Love playing along with it.

[Juliette]

It's everything I love about Green Day's lyrics. They express the point SO perfectly, I hear them and it's like "Yes! That's exactly it!". They get right at the root of it in such an unflinching way. That they can do that with such a dark, difficult subject is amazing to me. The music too, it has this menacing quality that intensifies that feeling of everything building up around you. Love the song.

Totally agree with this.

I think this is probs my favourite song off Dookie

[DecanoLP]

Really great song. The crowd in the video is insane

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

If I'm honest, this song just doesn't spark my interest when I'm listening to music, so I never really paid attention to it or the lyrics.

I just properly read through the lyrics for the first time, with the intention of really reading and seeing them, and they're just great. Hermoine already explained that wonderfully, so I'm just gonna agree with that.

But despite lyrics, I don't think this song will ever be up in my favourite songs. I just don't really like the sound of it (although it fits the lyrics quite perfectly. I guess that's why I'm not too fond of it, it's a feeling I don't like at all).

But that video ... I don't know what's up with it, but it isn't in synch at all, like, not just a second off, it doesn't make sense at all. And where the hell does that endless stream of stagedivers come from

for the longest time i thought the first line of the song was Chicken.

that's great :lol:

[Ila Reto]

oh my gosh, this is my favorite song from the album <3

story time!

it was my final year at my dance studio. the people there were rude, inconsiderate, and i dreaded going to dance practise every week (i still remember listening to 39/smooth in the car to calm me down before i'd have to go in).

ANYWAY long story short, i remember the final performance of the year, and Having a Blast sums up my feelings completely:

after hearing that song, i had this grand scheme of when all the dancers were on stage for the finalie,

i'd collapse the stage right from underneath them.

they were the closest thing to friend i had, but they treated me like shit. my final year there was hell and im so happy to be out of there.

"no one here is getting out alive, this time i've really lost my mind and i dont care.

so close your eyes and kiss yourself goodbye and think about the times we've spent and what they've meant

...to me its nothing."

Then again when i was 86ed from band, these people were the best friends i'd ever had.

we were this one huge familyt but then all of a sudden they ditched me and i left for good.

i was depressed for months, these people at the time meant the world to me, and i was completely lost without them. and now i look back and think, screw you all, im better off without you. still, i play with the idea of revenge even now 2 years later.

"im losing all my happyness, the happyness you pinned on me, the loneyness still comforts me

my anger dwells inside of me, im taking it all out on you, and all the shit you put me through."

[klytaemnestra]

this is the first song off dookie that i loved.

it's not my favourite off that album anymore, but it's still an amazing song.

"i'm taking it all out on you, for all the shit you put me through."

[Hanna__]

Great, great song

[J'net]

But that video ... I don't know what's up with it, but it isn't in synch at all, like, not just a second off, it doesn't make sense at all. And where the hell does that endless stream of stagedivers come from

Keep in mind that video is pretty old. The quality issues, especially with the synching of the sound, aren't surprising when you remember that it was probably recorded on one of those little mini-cassette tapes or something that they used back then and then later converted to digital format.

[Maura99]

Great song...! Loved it from the first time I ever listened to it.

Also: brilliant choice of title.

[Eeefaa.]

gah, i love this song

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

Keep in mind that video is pretty old. The quality issues, especially with the synching of the sound, aren't surprising when you remember that it was probably recorded on one of those little mini-cassette tapes or something that they used back then and then later converted to digital format.

Oh yeah, I know that, but I just noticed it. And that at points it just jumps or something.

[Ally]

Love Having A Blast. By far my fave from dookie, possibly my fave GD song overall...if not its second fave.

"Do you ever think back, to another time? Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind" just means so much to me

[Mrs.Kerplunk]

love this. my fave from dookie

[Kayfabe]

When I first got dookie this was one of my faves.

Do you ever think back

to another time?

Does it bring you so down that you

thought you lost your mind? luvluv

this is the first song off dookie that i loved.

it's not my favourite off that album anymore, but it's still an amazing song.

Yeah, this

[Maddy.]

The lyrics of this song are just incredible. Especially this part

Do you ever think back to another time?

Did it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?

Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction

And mow down any BULLSHIT that confronts you?

Do you ever build up all the small things in your head

To make one problem that adds up to NOTHING.

It's everything I love about Green Day's lyrics. They express the point SO perfectly, I hear them and it's like "Yes! That's exactly it!". They get right at the root of it in such an unflinching way. That they can do that with such a dark, difficult subject is amazing to me. The music too, it has this menacing quality that intensifies that feeling of everything building up around you. Love the song.

Yes. I agree with all of this.

It's one of my favourites off of Dookie when I can be bothered to listen to it.