Unpopular Green Day Opinions

[Chelsee Angevine]

Pretty sure most people don't like Dos. I don't really have any special feelings for it either way -- good or bad.

Anyway, today an old friend and I were catching up and Green Day came up. She has only ever listened to -- and loved -- Warning. We got into a fight over Castaway which she always loved and defended while I hated it with a passion and always skipped over it (still do). This was before I had internet and when I was in 6th? grade so I thought that naturally because I was the bigger GD fan, I was right, and it was a shitty song. But today I realized I think she's actually right and most people do like it!

TLDR; My unpopular opinion of the day is I fucking hate Castaway. It's just too silly-sounding and... happy? Or maybe I'm just sticking to my 6th grade guns and I need to give it another chance.

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[Guest]

One time I was at Guitar Center and I was wearing a shirt that had the 21st Century Breakdown album artwork on it. The cashier looked at me and was like, "Ugh. Green Day, huh? You know they were so much better in the 90s. They were actually kind of punk rock. I bet you wouldn't know about that though, huh kid? You're a bit too young for that scene."

As a response, I glared at him and went on a fucking huge rant about the beginnings of punk rock, and how it all started out with MC5 and Iggy Pop and how Joey Ramone saw Iggy on TV one year and thought, "Hey man, that's pretty cool" and decided to form a band with his brother's friend John. I also decided to educate him on the differences between the early punk scene in NYC and the scene in London and how it influenced and created the scene in California in the 1980s, which really kicked off when the Dead Kennedys come on the scene. And then I told him about the punk scene in California in the 1980s, and how it influenced the grunge scene in the northwest in the late 80s/early 90s, and led to bands like Nirvana. Then, I told him about the new wave of punk bands from California in the mid-90s, like Green Day, The Offspring, etc., and how the death of Cobain and end of Nirvana pretty much gave them their shot at fame.

The guy apologized profusely and gave me a discount.

Bottom line: Don't tell me I don't know my shit. I will kick your ass and make you buy me things.

Fuckers.

Eva, you get cooler every time I talk to you.

Unrelated: I'm not a fan of Dos. I think it's the weakest trilogy album, and one of GD's weaker albums overall.

[Anaïs.]

TLDR; My unpopular opinion of the day is I fucking hate Castaway. It's just too silly-sounding and... happy? Or maybe I'm just sticking to my 6th grade guns and I need to give it another chance.

That's my favorite song on the album! IT'S SO CATCHY!

[Eva]

Eva, you get cooler every time I talk to you.

Unrelated: I'm not a fan of Dos. I think it's the weakest trilogy album, and one of GD's weaker albums overall.

Haha, thanks. You're pretty cool yourself.

I'm not a fan of Dos either. I like a couple of songs, but most of the time I end of skipping over half of the album, so there's really no point in listening to it anyway. It's definitely my least favorite Green Day album of all time.

[WhiteTim]

Unrelated: I'm not a fan of Dos. I think it's the weakest trilogy album, and one of GD's weaker albums overall.

Hell yeah

[Chelsee Angevine]

That's my favorite song on the album! IT'S SO CATCHY!

It is catchy! I'll give you that! But it's so catchy that it kinda sounds straight out of a Dinsey-Pixar movie almost. You know?

I was trying to think of my favorite song off Warning and I don't even know (though it's one of my favorite albums). What a strange compilation Warning is...

Random thoughts tonight.

[fromdecimateddreams]

I much prefer a lot of the lyrics on the demo version of "21st Century Breakdown" to the finished song. The version I'd have liked best is mostly demo lyrics fused with some of the official lyrics. For example, in "Act II" of the song, here's what I would've liked to see:

My name is "No One", your long lost son,

Born on the 4th of July,

Raised in the bygones of heroes and cons

Who left me for dead or alive.

There is a war that's inside my head

That questions the results and lies.

I'm breaking my back till I'm better off dead

When enough ain't enough to survive

I've swallowed my pride and I've choked on my faith,

I've given my heart and my soul,

I am an engine, a worker, a pawn—

It's all that I have to show.

I'm taking a loan on my sanity

for the redemption of my soul,

Well, I am exempt from this tragedy

And the 20th century fall.

That second verse is amazing, wow. Now I'm sad that they took it out.

I agree, though. 21stCB is a kickass song, but keeping some of the demo lyrics would have made it so much better.

[Cath]

Eva you're awesome. i had to tell you.


Kerplunk is my least green day album, but Dos comes just before. besides Lazy Bones, i find most of the songs really weak and i almost skip all of them. i even deleted nightlife of my itunes setlist because i can't stand it.

[GenesisJames]

One time I was at Guitar Center and I was wearing a shirt that had the 21st Century Breakdown album artwork on it. The cashier looked at me and was like, "Ugh. Green Day, huh? You know they were so much better in the 90s. They were actually kind of punk rock. I bet you wouldn't know about that though, huh kid? You're a bit too young for that scene."

As a response, I glared at him and went on a fucking huge rant about the beginnings of punk rock, and how it all started out with MC5 and Iggy Pop and how Joey Ramone saw Iggy on TV one year and thought, "Hey man, that's pretty cool" and decided to form a band with his brother's friend John. I also decided to educate him on the differences between the early punk scene in NYC and the scene in London and how it influenced and created the scene in California in the 1980s, which really kicked off when the Dead Kennedys come on the scene. And then I told him about the punk scene in California in the 1980s, and how it influenced the grunge scene in the northwest in the late 80s/early 90s, and led to bands like Nirvana. Then, I told him about the new wave of punk bands from California in the mid-90s, like Green Day, The Offspring, etc., and how the death of Cobain and end of Nirvana pretty much gave them their shot at fame.

The guy apologized profusely and gave me a discount.

Bottom line: Don't tell me I don't know my shit. I will kick your ass and make you buy me things.

Fuckers.

Oh my god this is great.

[Z J]

Sorry but the topic of this thread is unpopular Green Day opinions, not what's your favourite Green Day cover. Please don't try to start off topic discussions here. If you want to discuss favourite Green Day covers you should make a thread for it (there is one already but it's very old, I'm fine with a new one being started ).

hmm well isn't me stating that Like A Rolling Stone is my favorite Green Day cover considered an opinion? I phrased it like that because I wanted to get a response.

If I just say Like A Rolling Stone is their best cover.....then that is good? right?

Plus last time I started a thread it got closed in like 5 minutes, IDK the rules of forums apparently

[Jason Fox]

Is ¡Dos! being my favorite of the trilogy an unpopular opinion or not? It seems almost even. :|

I thought ¡Dos! was the best of the trilogy by far. It probably has the most plays of any album in my iTunes library.

[OhNo]

Hate to admit it, but Troublemaker grew on me. When Uno came out, I thought it was one of the worst, if not the worst, song they've ever released. The "BMW/tits/glue" stanza is just pathetic, but the song is just catchy as fuck. I found myself humming to it on the way home yesterday. Hell, this is probably my favorite quatrain from Uno:

"Easy come and go, gonna go in alone

Knock yourself out with a shot of Patron

I wouldn't say I'm straight 'cause I'm bent out of shape

From now till death do we party just before it's too late"

[Eva]

Hate to admit it, but Troublemaker grew on me. When Uno came out, I thought it was one of the worst, if not the worst, song they've ever released. The "BMW/tits/glue" stanza is just pathetic, but the song is just catchy as fuck. I found myself humming to it on the way home yesterday. Hell, this is probably my favorite quatrain from Uno:

"Easy come and go, gonna go in alone

Knock yourself out with a shot of Patron

I wouldn't say I'm straight 'cause I'm bent out of shape

From now till death do we party just before it's too late"

My favorite lyrics from the Trilogy, not gonna lie. They're definitely not the wittiest or "deepest" by any means but I love 'em.

[Chelsee Angevine]

Hate to admit it, but Troublemaker grew on me. When Uno came out, I thought it was one of the worst, if not the worst, song they've ever released. The "BMW/tits/glue" stanza is just pathetic, but the song is just catchy as fuck. I found myself humming to it on the way home yesterday. Hell, this is probably my favorite quatrain from Uno:

"Easy come and go, gonna go in alone

Knock yourself out with a shot of Patron

I wouldn't say I'm straight 'cause I'm bent out of shape

From now till death do we party just before it's too late"

I don't know why but I love the BMWtits thing. I think because I find it laugh-out-loud funny. I don't take it too seriously which is why I think I'm able to like it. But yeah, the lines you quotes are great. Death do we party is too brilliant for wooords.

[doworkson123123]

I love UNO, dos, and tre. I'd compare them to nimrod, dookie, ai, and 21st CBd.

Btw the grouch is an amazingly great song.

As is dirty rotten bastards.

Green day, y u no play drb live yet????

[OhNo]

I don't know why but I love the BMWtits thing. I think because I find it laugh-out-loud funny. I don't take it too seriously which is why I think I'm able to like it. But yeah, the lines you quotes are great. Death do we party is too brilliant for wooords.

Eh, never said there were brilliant, simply my favorite lines from Uno, at the moment. Still, at least they are "deeper" than fricken "BM excellent tits" and "I like your BMW". WTF do they mean? I want to find them funny or witty, but I just can't.

[Z J]

I love UNO, dos, and tre. I'd compare them to nimrod, dookie, ai, and 21st CBd.

Btw the grouch is an amazingly great song.

As is dirty rotten bastards.

Green day, y u no play drb live yet????

[Chelsee Angevine]

Eh, never said there were brilliant, simply my favorite lines from Uno, at the moment. Still, at least they are "deeper" than fricken "BM excellent tits" and "I like your BMW". WTF do they mean? I want to find them funny or witty, but I just can't.

They are just being ridiculous. And they are good at it. I'm openly calling it brilliant. BM-excellent tits. I feel that line is my soul.

I can understand why people don't like the song. But for all the reasons people don't like it, that's why I do.

[Asa.]

21CB: Queen called. They want "Bohemian Rhapsody" back.

Are you really gonna complain about a song based on Bohemian fucking Rhapsody?

[munns6691]

yes i love the trilogy. the only song on dos that i don't care for is makeout party.

So 21st Century Breakdown is garbage to you but Dos isn't?

How does Fuck Time, Nightlife, Lady Cobra, or any of Dos's songs beat Viva la Gloria, Before The Lobotomy, 21st CB, Peacemaker, etc

I much prefer a lot of the lyrics on the demo version of "21st Century Breakdown" to the finished song. The version I'd have liked best is mostly demo lyrics fused with some of the official lyrics. For example, in "Act II" of the song, here's what I would've liked to see:

My name is "No One", your long lost son,

Born on the 4th of July,

Raised in the bygones of heroes and cons

Who left me for dead or alive.

There is a war that's inside my head

That questions the results and lies.

I'm breaking my back till I'm better off dead

When enough ain't enough to survive

I've swallowed my pride and I've choked on my faith,

I've given my heart and my soul,

I am an engine, a worker, a pawn

It's all that I have to show.

I'm taking a loan on my sanity

for the redemption of my soul,

Well, I am exempt from this tragedy

And the 20th century fall.

This version is one of their best songs

[FatVince]

¡Dos! is in my top 5 Green Day album with the albums from Kerplunk! to Nimrod.

On the other hand, I think I outgrew American Idiot. I put the CD yesterday and I just listened twenty seconds of all the songs before skip them. Letterbomb is the only exception.

[Hermione]

hmm well isn't me stating that Like A Rolling Stone is my favorite Green Day cover considered an opinion? I phrased it like that because I wanted to get a response.

If I just say Like A Rolling Stone is their best cover.....then that is good? right?

Plus last time I started a thread it got closed in like 5 minutes, IDK the rules of forums apparently

This thread is for opinions that you think are unpopular, not just opinions in general. If you thought thinking Like A Rolling Stone is their best cover was an unpopular opinion and said so here that would be fine. But inviting people to just say what their favourite cover is has nothing to do with unpopular opinions specifically, so it's off topic. See the difference?

No need to be worried about making threads! If there's something to do with Green Day that you want to talk about (and there isn't already a thread for it, and it isn't a "list thread" where people just list songs with no discussion) then always go ahead and make a thread for it, that's what the forum's for . As I said if you want to make a thread for talking about favourite Green Day covers and why then you can, it won't be closed.

[punk_rockr]

Hi everywone, it's been a long while since I was active here and I just want to start with saying thanks to the admins and to all the amazing users on here who've helped with making this forum such a great place to have a discussion. There.

I remember when American Idiot came out and the tour that followed. I was really beginning to get into Green Day at that point, like started to get really fanatic like many others on here. I watched old concert videos and praised the almighty Billie Joe Armstrong and his entourage for putting all my teenage angst in to words. Then in 2005 they were heading for sweden and I ofcourse I had to be there, to witness my first Green Day concert live, ever! I remember the exitement when they came out, starting with that amazing hook from American Idiot and I just couldn't believe that I was in the same building as them. The concert went on with all the "woo's" and "Ooh's" chants and when "King for a day" started it really all just became more of a circus than a concert. Fun, for about 5 minutes but then I thought about how many songs they could've played during the big circus that is "King for a day".

I remember I left the arena a bit confused, happy ofcourse but confused and a bit disapointed with how staged everything was, how the band acted more like actors than actual band members. "That's not how I imagined them and rememberd them from all the old and dangerous concert clips I've seen" I thought to myself. After a while i concluded that I was more disapointed than I was greatful for seing them.

The years passed and all of a sudden they released "21th CBD". They went on tour and ofcourse they came to Sweden once again, so I went. I actually went twice, both in 2009 and 2010 if i remember correctly. Both were fairly good shows with better setlists but still with the same amount of circus numbers and shout outs about how we probably were the best/loudest crowd on the tour yet. The youngest teens probably screamed their hearts out when they became "aware" of the info but I almost puked on my self. I mean, COME ON. I knew by now very well how super staged Green Days shows are but please, thats like one of the absolute cheapest tricks in the book. It's under a band like Green Day's dignity to make such a statement IN MY OPINION. And if it wasn't enough it was the same old story with "King for a day". Same old story with the "Whoos" and "oohs". Same old shout outs. I'm not hating, I really didn't make this thread to bash on them too much or trying to make you feel the same way as I do about my all time favourite band.

I recently read a review of Green Days show at Bråvalla festival in Norrköping and it got mixed opinions. They put on a great and big live spectacle, we all know that, we who have seen them once or mroe. They know how to reach out to the crowd and I can imagine how younger people and especially people who usually don't listen to them really got into it and had a good time. I have a couple of friends who fits that description and who hold those opinions. A couple of other friends though who are big fans of the band were there, at Bråvalla, and they thought that the audience was pretty much lame and a bit quiet. And still Billie Joe shouted at some occation that "you're probably the loudest croud we've had on this tour so far". *Facepalm*. And Finally I found myself a reviewer who also thought about how everything was more of a big spectacle than an actual concert. They put on a great show, cause that's just what it is and has come to. It's not a concert anymore. It's a show with somewhat great acting, buzzwords and pomporous bodylanguage but with unfortunately no real meaning.

I've tried to discuss this matter before on here with little or no backing. And to be honest I've always thought that Green Day fans are probably the most biased fans in the whole world.

The conclusion is that everyone have their rights to hold their own opinions, thats the beauty of it I'm not trying to tell you what to think and I'm sorry if I'm stepping on anyone's toes here. I just want to know, if there's anyone who have the same opinions as me.

[Sarcasm]

yep, there's a thread for that.

Welcome back though, you've been registered a lot longer than me

Remember that Green Day stuff goes in the Green Day forums and general discussion of everything and almost anything goes in General

Also here is a blog explaining when and why the mods close threads.

EDIT, I merged your OP into the unpopular opinions thread.

[punk_rockr]

yep, there's a thread for that.

Welcome back though, you've been registered a lot longer than me

Thank you!

Ok. looks like ive been gone a while haha.