ConfirmPassword Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Ahh I love it on there! Nice and tricky. The intrumental bit is really hard on bass, I like the challenge of it. Exactly! It's really funny on all the instruments. It's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothed Out Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I still can't believe they played this at Manchester last June...I'm easily pleased Such an amazing song, that amazing, they put it on two albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayfabe Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Am I the only one that does a little jig during the drum bit before 'Welcome to Paradise'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bat-chen Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Am I the only one that does a little jig during the drum bit before 'Welcome to Paradise'? No, you not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Likes Cam Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I think Welcome To Paradise is an amazing Green Day song, maybe the best off of Kerplunk!, and it has an awesome music video. Welcome To Paradise is a song that always reminded me of summer, I dunno why and it seems like a song that is kind of like JOS, running away from your home/life. This is an amazing song and it's epic live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie, get your gun Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 It's not one of my pretty favorites, but what I really love is the lyrics, is so honest. I rather their 2nd version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarabeth Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 This song was the third song by Green Day that I bought. My cousin told me that he loved Green Day, so I decided to buy 6 random songs, and WTP happened to be one of them. It was my favorite out of the songs I bought. I love it so much. When I heard the Kerplunk version of it I was so amazed. I love that version so much more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltrbmb17 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I think this song is partly about me. Long years ago I've left my small town to start my own life in the capital. "for some strange reason it's now feeling like my home and I'm never gonna go" i felt the same things described in this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Yes. This is my favorite song off dookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 During their 2005 tour they didn't play this song and I was really disappointed thinking I'd never be able to see them again. Thankfully that wasn't the case so when I heard it at the Forum in '09 I was so fucking happy! It's been one of my favorites songs since I was a kid. It's such an amazing song live and it's awesome seein' the boys rock on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauralovesgreenday Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I dont listen to this song enough! the breakdown is great mikes bassline = Mmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Personally, I love the Dookie version better. Mainly because it sounds cleaner, and the harmonies are so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan86 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Love this song, the version on AAF is just brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Maria_Laura* Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Personally, I love the Dookie version better. Mainly because it sounds cleaner, and the harmonies are so much better. Same ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymee!! Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I am obsessed with Tre's drumming in this. Whenever they play it live, my eyes were always on him...such wonderful speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webb_2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I love this song! This was the song that got me hooked on Green Day. My dad had Dookie and he said that "Welcome to Paradise" was one of his favorite songs, so i listened to it and fell in love with them right away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raven052 Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Just listened to Kerplunk again for the first time in ages. Before that I would've said, hands down, the Dookie version was my favourite. Now I just don't know... Anyway, amazing song. Don't think I could say enough that would do it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDInsaniac Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 This song always pumps me up. Love this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of 1967 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 the progression from 'this place is SCAREY' to 'this place is ALRITE!!'. Sorry for the very late reply, been bogged down with the move and all. One word captures this song for me: TRANSFORMATION. That's the progression you described....and the instrumental bridge hits this concept to perfection. Gentle tempo and a soft rhythm at first, turning up the pace and the intensity with each repetition until it ends in one of Tre's hallmark machine-gun drumrolls and Billie blasting out "dear mother, can you hear me laughing." Kinda like being shot out of a cannon. You can mark both the passage of time and the change in the protagonist with it. WTP has been my mantra for the past several years, and is one of my all-time favorite Green Day songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAmbassador Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Am I the only one who likes Kerplunk bridge more than Dookie's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertrose Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Rolling Stone @RollingStone 35 minutes ago Green Day released "Welcome to Paradise" 20 years ago today. Billie Joe Armstrong reflects on 20 years of 'Dookie' http://rol.st/1rAWcVQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded in Chicago Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 20 years ago... the peak of music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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