jesus of czech republic Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 it's really a good song...i feal everatime,i hear it,so...energised )
CzechIdiot Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 This song is for me very important. When I feel alone, this song describe excatly how and what I feel. I love this song because sometimes It (the lyrics) really helps me a lot..
Bastard of 1967 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 he looks pretty high in this vid. Sure does, and he also blew the lyrics on the 2nd verse. I'm glad he doesn't get himself that wasted anymore.
Maura99 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 I'm glad he doesn't get himself that wasted anymore. Same feeling here. For his sake, I'm really glad he's doing a lot better now. I always watch those performances with mixed emotions.
NowhereBound Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 Perfect song, this is how i feel most of the time--especially this week for some weird reason.... I like this song a lot, it is quite relatable to many people. The lyrics are also genius.
The Novocaine Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 This song illustrates something that's in almost every one of us. It's amazing how much one band can know so much of society, and show it in a way to represent it correctly!
1039slappygirl Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 This song would be my fave from Dookie if Burnout didn't exist, y'know? Great choice!
Bastard of 1967 Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 This song would be my fave from Dookie if Burnout didn't exist, y'know? Great choice! This one's off Insomniac so you don't have to choose between them.
Maura99 Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 Haha! I love the "Fuu!" Amen to that. Long live the Fuu. (I'd write it down as "Tsuu!", but whatever...)
1039slappygirl Posted October 16, 2010 Posted October 16, 2010 This one's off Insomniac so you don't have to choose between them. Lol, I can't believe I said that. Let's blame the fact I had just woke up Geek Stink Breath is my fave anyways
the daughter of rage Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 i love this song i got so excited when waiting for The Adicts to preform last month and hearing this song before their performance, i remember screaming the lyrics to Armatage Shanks as loud as a could
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted October 18, 2010 Posted October 18, 2010 I really love this song, it's one of my favourite Green Day songs. I can also really relate to it, it's how I feel a big part of the time and have been for the past year and a half or so. I would kill to hear it live. Both musically and lyrically I really, really like it. The lyrics are simple but perfectly express the feeling lost, well, everything the lyrics say. As for the music, it's just really cool (of all the ways one can describe music, I choose "cool"...). And I love the drum intro. So I think titling the song as a wordplay on the name of a toilet manufacturer is a piece of punky metaphoric brilliance in and of itself. In this case, at this specific point in time in Green Day's career -- and the commercial success of Dookie notwithstanding -- they themselves are the toilet that everything they once held dear is now shitting in. I never really thought anything of the name of this song, just thought that it was random (and I do still think that the title didn't have much to do with the song, that it's just a lucky coincidence), but it definitely does make sense sense. My own addition to it is perhaps a coincidence, but another thing to toilets is that they flush. And how it must feel to be flushed in a toilet. Something like that. I can't really explain it right now, haha. As for the entire post, it's great.
!VivaLaGreenDay!23 Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 I love this song!!!! This is one of the songs I can REALLY relate to! And the drum intro is bad ass!
darenmay Posted October 19, 2010 Posted October 19, 2010 i love the lyrics of this song! it's an awesome album opener.
GreenDayChords Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 Does anyone have any idea what the lyric is right before the "whoa-oh"? Could really use some help here. And if you're just going to quote one of the hundreds of incorrect lyric publishings found online, no need to bother!
Katarina. Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 I totally missed this when the thread was made. Well anyway: I love Armatage Shanks! One of my favorites off Insomniac. It's the best song to open the album, I love the drum intro! I can relate to the song, and.. basically what I wanted to say is that the song is musically/lyrically great. I can hardly ever listen to this song without singing along, and wanting to hear Brat and the other songs after it! "Stranded, lost inside myself. My own worst friend, my own closest enemy." "Never trusted anyone, let alone myself" "I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind" Those lyrics are just.. so good. The whole song is. I actually can relate to this song A LOT right now.
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 Does anyone have any idea what the lyric is right before the "whoa-oh"? Could really use some help here. And if you're just going to quote one of the hundreds of incorrect lyric publishings found online, no need to bother! Haha, thanks for asking that! At complete random intervals I've been wondering that and meaning to post it in this thread, but every time I'm online, I forget. What I hear literally is something like "seemaliveyohhohh" (the ohhohh being your whoa-oh). So, I have no idea what the lyric is, haha. I think it's not really something. Like the "well gotta know the enemy wahey/rahey/raw ham" in KYE.
GreenDayChords Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 Haha, thanks for asking that! At complete random intervals I've been wondering that and meaning to post it in this thread, but every time I'm online, I forget. What I hear literally is something like "seemaliveyohhohh" (the ohhohh being your whoa-oh). So, I have no idea what the lyric is, haha. I think it's not really something. Like the "well gotta know the enemy wahey/rahey/raw ham" in KYE. As far as KYE, I think the part you might be referring to is where he says "gimme, gimme revolution". Unfortunately the Armatage Shanks lyrics in the booklet don't shed any light on that one part. I've gone to great lengths to figure it out, including using sotware to isolate the vocals on the song as best I can but still I can't figure it out. I was thinking maybe the first word is "sing", but I'm of course not sure. I had the opportunity to meet Billie a couple years ago in Long Beach. If I could go back in time I definitely would have asked him about this. Haha.Actually now that I re-read your post I see that you're talking about a different part of KYE...haha, yeah, no idea what he's saying there either.
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted October 20, 2010 Posted October 20, 2010 As far as KYE, I think the part you might be referring to is where he says "gimme, gimme revolution". Unfortunately the Armatage Shanks lyrics in the booklet don't shed any light on that one part. I've gone to great lengths to figure it out, including using sotware to isolate the vocals on the song as best I can but still I can't figure it out. I was thinking maybe the first word is "sing", but I'm of course not sure. I had the opportunity to meet Billie a couple years ago in Long Beach. If I could go back in time I definitely would have asked him about this. Haha. Sorry, what? In KYE, Billie Joe sings "do you know the enemy, do you know your enemy, well gotta know the enemy rahey". Just like the rahey or wahey or whatever the fuck he sings isn't really a word, just a sound, I think the same counts for the sound in Armatage Shanks. I don't know what that could possibly have to do with the "gimme gimme revolution part". edit: I see you edited your post, soooo never mind this, haha. Haha, I doubt he would've known. About some other song, I forgot which (I think it was the last "word" in Reject, another not-sure-what-it-is-sound), he's been asked what he sung , he also had no clue.
Hermione Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 One of my all time favourite Green Day songs . Must be the most self-deprecating song I've ever heard. The lyrics are so cutting but I think everyone could relate to them sometimes. That level of honesty, of merciless lyrics about the darkest of feelings.....I just love the song. Killer line after killer line. As for the name, Armitage Shanks is written on like every public toilet in the UK and Billie saw it when he was over here. I think he named it that because the song is about as negative as you can get, and what could be more negative than naming a song after a toilet? Feeling low and worthless......feeling like crap. Does anyone have any idea what the lyric is right before the "whoa-oh"? Could really use some help here. And if you're just going to quote one of the hundreds of incorrect lyric publishings found online, no need to bother! I think the lyric is "Sing it with me, whoa-oh" He's inviting everyone to join in, in a cynical type of sing-a-long
Anja Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 Second o2 night, London, last year I went crazy when Billie started playing it! It's one of my favorite songs off Insomniac. The intro is a perfect start for an album! And the lyrics fit so many situations in my life sometimes.
Hermione Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 Damn I missed it by one day. They should've done it the first night when I was there
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