Green Day for Dummies

[Blond-O-Sonic Shimmer Trap]

That list is perfect.

Thanks! I just listened to the CBGBs set and thought it would be great to have a short snappy punky kind of tracklist like that, at CBGBs the only hit they play is Longview (as he says to introduce the song "when all else fails, pull out the hits"). 10 songs, 30 minutes, would make for a classic punk album. Someone mentioned Christie Road which could go in place of Holden Caulfield but other than that I think this gives the best of the Green Day sound, rather than The Who-influenced new stuff which most people will have heard anyway.Obviously there's still a bajillion left out, and this isn't my 10 favourite GD songs as that would have Holiday in it, and Panic Song and When I Come Around but this is the sort of set I would love to see them play in a small club like that.

[green day is]

Whatever you do, don't forget to

1. Share the final list

B. Include some B-Sides

[November's Storms]

Whatever you do, don't forget to

1. Share the final list

B. Include some B-Sides

But most importantly share the final list

[Isabel]

She does indeed, I can vouch for that ha

[sara_gd]

I usually try and recommend a particular album to a person, to ease them into the band. Having a whole array of songs that all sound completely different might confuse them, so I think it's best to stick with one album for a more steady introduction. I wouldn't start them off with something as political as American Idiot or even 21st Century Breakdown, then there's nearly an expectation to learn something from it and I can find those albums to be very intense at times. Personally, I would recommend Dookie. For me that album represents Green Day the best and it's what really got me into them. Either that, or Insomiac.

I kind of agree, but I wouldn't give them Insomniac, I think most of the songs from Insomniac are really similar. If I had to give them an album I'd go with something like Nimrod, that has more diversity of songs but they aren't completely different either. And then American Idiot, I think that album needs to be listened from front to back.

[green day is]

I kind of agree, but I wouldn't give them Insomniac, I think most of the songs from Insomniac are really similar. If I had to give them an album I'd go with something like Nimrod, that has more diversity of songs but they aren't completely different either. And then American Idiot, I think that album needs to be listened from front to back.

Blasphemy.

[HawkeyeDude1]

1. Holiday

2. BOBD

3. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

4. Christie Road

5. Basketcase

6. She

7. Brain Stew

8. Stuart and the Avenue

9. Only of You

10. Dry Ice

11. Waiting

12. Minority

13. JAR

14. Maria

15. The Grouch

16. Good Riddance

17. East Jesus Nowhere

18. Viva la Gloria?

19. Geek Stink Breath

20. One for the Razorbacks

[21st century idiot]

i'd just tell them to listen to ISH, and AI, thats what i did and i;m addicted to them.

[711_Disciple]

And the final top 20 are: (for the record I actually did a tally and everything...)

1. Going to Pasalacqua

2. 2,000 Light Years Away

3. Christie Road

4. Longview

5. When I Come Around

6. Welcome to Paradise

7. Nice Guys Finish Last

8. Minority

9. Holiday

10. Brain Stew

11. Basket Case

12. She

13. Letterbomb

14. Waiting

15. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

16. Walking Contradiction

17. Jesus of Suburbia

18. Warning

19. Peacemaker

20. King for a Day

[green day is]

And the final top 20 are: (for the record I actually did a tally and everything...)

1. Going to Pasalacqua

2. 2,000 Light Years Away

3. Christie Road

4. Longview

5. When I Come Around

6. Welcome to Paradise

7. Nice Guys Finish Last

8. Minority

9. Holiday

10. Brain Stew

11. Basket Case

12. She

13. Letterbomb

14. Waiting

15. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

16. Walking Contradiction

17. Jesus of Suburbia

18. Warning

19. Peacemaker

20. King for a Day

I like it

[sara_gd]

Blasphemy.

What?

[mahalihooishavingaGreenDay]

i would have choose the same songs like you those are the greatest

i missed out LOADS of other great ones, it was so hard

[November's Storms]

Loving the final result. Tell us how your friend reacts

[711_Disciple]

Made an "album cover" for the project, out of boredom/creative impulse, haha.

http://img153.imageshack.us/i/greendayfordummies.jpg/

[SixtiesJunkiie]

all i know is 'going to pasalacqua' is a MUST !!

[Zia]

For people who doesn't really like music like Green Day, I would make a list where most of the songs are the most 'commercial' songs =) Too bad my friends aren't so attracted to GD.