Green Day, a genre on it's own; yay or nay?

[D-viant]

I've been on a date with this girl and we were talking about usual crap you have to talk on a first date, favorite movies, books, my hypochondriacal obsession over Valencia CF, hate for Oasis and Nickleback, how dashingly handsome(and single for 6 days only girls ) I am with my grey-blueish eyes blah blah blah... and then it went Wings (a.k.a. Paul McCartney down to shitters). I just said my favorite band was Green Day and she said „zomg they are so awesome...but they are not a punk band!“, which left me shocked, since I didn't use word punk for entire evening!

It took me around 10 minutes to call a friend to bail me out of the coffee bar with some cheesy stuff in „your dog has herpes, come quick, Sparky wants to say goodbye“ kinda way, which actually didn't work, and now I am a twice of a douchebag for running away from that date, but that's not the point.

Here it goes...

... Basically this is the second thing I owed to myself (and to those pretentious douchebags who kept bugging me for my entire life how can I listen to the most awesome and oh-my-God-there-are-angels-having-nipple-hard-ons-'cause-of-them Green Day).

So as the title leads to, from another question, is Green Day really a punk band?

The answer is no, they were a punk band. And I don't mean that to insult Green Day or punk community, but our beloved 3-some factory (well tehnically if we count both Jasons they are more like a progressive 5-some boy band material but hey, it's all good) has pretty much evolved from singing about masturbation and getting into young teenage girls pants into songs about world problems... and getting in slightly older girls pants (which is actually fine by me, thank you Green Day, you made my life so much easier with „Last night on earth“ ).

Which I don't understand is, why people get ballistic over those things?

For example, when you were a kid, you were referred as a kid, which was cool at that time, but when you are slightly older, (like myself here) it makes you wonder if people will take you seriously if they'll call you as a kid. „Bitch I have a name!!!“ – I'd moan out loud to the nearest neurotic pensioner who'd refer to me as a kid, but then again, I'd still be pretty damn sure I was once a kid. [you see, in my twisted way of viewing things, punk would be represented as word kid, D (or myself) as Green Day (which is fine, I usually ask myself „wwbjd or what would Billie Joe do“) aaand nearest neurotic pensioner as people who actually give a shit about me (example, fans for GD; or for me, my parents and those lucky few bastards I go out with to have a dark beer)]

... Why are people so anxious about punk genre?

The thing about punk as a movement is... well it works like vampires. Not anglo-saxonian-Twilight-thingies. I'm talking serbo-croato-transylvanian sharp fangs and barbecue on sunlight stuff. Once you get bitten by punk, you'll always have that same punk inside (just like Sparky and herpes, R.I.P. my fictional golden labrador) and there is not a single army of critics and jealous fucks that can change that (nor stupid veterinarian for my beloved Sparky, okay, you get the point, I'm trying to be funny here).

Green Day were punk in terms of music, but they are still punk as individuals. It's painful to watch someone get pissed on for being better than average, let alone when it happens to your friends as well. For example, one band was part of a punk community for 6 years and only one song with violin as a solo got them from „homo's of punk'n'roll“ to „sellout fags“ (no disrespect intended with the fiddle word).

Why does this happen, I honestly don't know, and I'm certain I'll never find out since I really dont want to play another blasted „gig“ infront of 5 hard core punks that start a mosh-pit whenever the rhytm goes above 120 on metronome and could hurt my mother on process of stage diving (I love you mommy).

So just before I make this abnoxious statement from the title and shield my Oasis finest (cuz they are just hairy balls and should be treated that way) from angry mob, I'll throw it out there.

Green Day is a genre on it's own 'cause all the greatest bands that could have at least 70% people at the party dancing, rocking out and jumping like Michael Bolton on cocaine (JACK SPARRROOOOOW), never cared so much about genre.... They cared about music (and their fans, I guess). Could you say Beatles were a pop band? Nay, rock? Hmm... Grandpapas of punk and ska? Maybe... Well, what are they??? They are the Beatles, and either you love 'em or hate them (and if you hate them, you should be kicked in the Oasis finest as well).

Now, I dont wanna go over the influence Green Day had on recent bands (I don't listen to them so can't hate on them, same logic goes to pop, rap, metal and your sister asking me out because she's underage) but they are infact proof that Green Day paved road, like the Beatles, for others.

I would name other bands if I listened to 'em, but I'm pretty sure there are others who couldn't be a single genre bands. (Don't want to diss out, I find them funky, amusing and cool, but see how it's working for Metallica?)

So before the first person goes by and kicks me in the Oasis finest and leaves my crying to the Coldplay songs thinking about my life and what went so wrong, I'll leave you with this question.

Do you think Green Day is a genre on it's own? And why?

(seriously girls, I'm single for 6 more days, give me a call, but not if you are younger than Dookie album )

Peace and peanuts!

D.

P.S. If you get insulted by this text, it's only because your dad didn't bought you those lego blocks you wanted for your 7th birthday.

And if you really have to start name calling, it's you're a douchebag and your pecker is a size of time in between Billie Joes "y'knows" (which is not true).