Mykee Mexx Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 What mocking birds? The style of the song itself. To me it´s meant as a reminscence, but with a cheeky twinkle in the eye. "Stop, when the red lights flash". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 The Static Age is really under rated. It is catchy, upbeat with great lyrics. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Angel Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Just listened to "That´s all right". Having been an Elvis-Fan for many years (and still liking his music, especially Sun recordings and early RCA), Green Day´s version really made me laugh. Mocking birds! Haha! Such a funny interpretation. And I like Green Day´s cover of "Like a rolling stone". It´s "cleaner" than Dylan´s original, but nevertheless astonishingly fresh and catchy. Well sung. And listened to "Governator" and "Hearts Collide" and it was almost like falling in love again with the boys. Green Day rules! Their Like A Rolling Stone is good taken on its own, but it misses everything that made the original brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Their Like A Rolling Stone is good taken on its own, but it misses everything that made the original brilliant. Weird how some people like better production and not utterly crap singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Hoe Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Their Like A Rolling Stone is good taken on its own, but it misses everything that made the original brilliant. I listened to Like a Rolling Stone recently for the first time but I had to force myself to listen to it til the end... I don't know why I don't like it, I think maybe it's because it just doesn't fit their style at ALL... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Their Like A Rolling Stone is good taken on its own, but it misses everything that made the original brilliant. It´s always difficult to keep up with the original, because the original is in our mind. All in all I find that covers by Green Day mostly are weaker, cleaner and smoother than the originals. Nevertheless I like their interpretation of Like a Rolling Stone. I like Dylan´s version as well, it´s rougher, earthier. It´s Dylan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 It´s always difficult to keep up with the original, because the original is in our mind. All in all I find that covers by Green Day mostly are weaker, cleaner and smoother than the originals. Nevertheless I like their interpretation of Like a Rolling Stone. I like Dylan´s version as well, it´s rougher, earthier. It´s Dylan. Their cover of a quick one is far superior to the original. Working Class Hero is better as well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Their cover of a quick one is far superior to the original. Working Class Hero is better as well Didn´t listen to Working Class hero yet. I like GD´s A quick one, but find the original more authentic in a way. Maybe just because the original version is in my mind (and simply because it´s the original version), and a cover has it´s own interpretation. E.g. I like Joe Cocker´s With a little help from my friends far more than the Beatles´ original. But I like Cocker´s voice better than the Beatles´voices anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 It´s always difficult to keep up with the original, because the original is in our mind. All in all I find that covers by Green Day mostly are weaker, cleaner and smoother than the originals. Nevertheless I like their interpretation of Like a Rolling Stone. I like Dylan´s version as well, it´s rougher, earthier. It´s Dylan. I think the opposite. In most cases Green Day's covers are way better than originals. the only ones I think are not as good as the originals are "Tired of Waiting For You" and "I Fought the Law" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I think the opposite. In most cases Green Day's covers are way better than originals. the only ones I think are not as good as the originals are "Tired of Waiting For You" and "I Fought the Law" I fought the law is very weak, I find. But I can´t find that GD covers are way better than the originals. Except Shout, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Now I listened to Working Class hero as well. The GD version ist very rich and alive and touching. As is Lennon´s with his reduced version with just guitar. Very emotional and in the best manner simple, I think. But yes, to me both versions - GD and Lennon - are great stuff. I like both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Weird how some people like better production and not utterly crap singing. The thing is, Dylan's is better produced as well. What's great about the original, apart from the utter conviction in Dylan's vocals, is the fact that you can listen to the instruments as a unified whole or separately; you can pick out the piano, the organ, the lead guitar, the rhythm guitar and bass, and focus on each separately, which helps to generate multiple different listening experiences. In Green Day's version everything is just buried under a mountain of guitar; there's no nuance whatsoever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 The thing is, Dylan's is better produced as well. What's great about the original, apart from the utter conviction in Dylan's vocals, is the fact that you can listen to the instruments as a unified whole or separately; you can pick out the piano, the organ, the lead guitar, the rhythm guitar and bass, and focus on each separately, which helps to generate multiple different listening experiences. In Green Day's version everything is just buried under a mountain of guitar; there's no nuance whatsoever. No amount of instrumentation can make such a grating, not even close to in tune vocal performance listenable. Dylan is an amazing songwriters, one of the best ever. He is not a vocalist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Angel Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 World vs World is a great song that really should be released properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chin for a Day Posted April 2, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2015 Today I was at the gym, wearing one of my many GD T-shirts. A guy at the gym asked me if I was a fan. Not sure how many people wear a T-shirt of a band they are not a fan of, but I politely said yes anyway. He tells me a story of when he was on vacation in Belize. He met a guy there and they became friendly. The guy told him that he used to be the drummer in the band Green Day but he quit before they became famous. He met John Kiffmeyer on vacation. I had to tell him that he didn't exactly quit. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Not sure how many people wear a T-shirt of a band they are not a fan of, but I politely said yes anyway. You could have been naked before and someone just gave you this shirt to cover your nudeness. I love "We´re coming home again" and "Novacaine". And I loooove "Viva la Gloria (Little Girl)". Still I wonder why Novacaine gets me again and again, I feel this song in my whole body. More than any other song. They should do "Puff, the Magic Dragon". Just for me. It´s been my alltime favourite for... don´t know... 30 years or more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I believe that the special announcememt is a new album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahisaBasketCase Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I remember when my brother was 13 and he had Dookie. I always hung out with him when he was listening to music. I kept staring at the cover being really intrigued by it. I was 3 at the time. Who knew that 20 years later that album would be one of my favorites. Then I remember my other brother asking for Dookie for Christmas back about 10 years ago and I wrapped it and I kept thinking I've seen this before. Dookie is the only album both my brothers and i have all gotten at different times and now I'm the only one who loves it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbyfox Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 You could have been naked before and someone just gave you this shirt to cover your nudeness. I love "We´re coming home again" and "Novacaine". And I loooove "Viva la Gloria (Little Girl)". Still I wonder why Novacaine gets me again and again, I feel this song in my whole body. More than any other song. They should do "Puff, the Magic Dragon". Just for me. It´s been my alltime favourite for... don´t know... 30 years or more. Puff - me too! <3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykee Mexx Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Puff - me too! <3 Don´t believe it. Really? Awwww.... it always gets me and makes me sad... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Nimrod Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I had to tell him that he didn't exactly quit. Was he kicked out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Was he kicked out? He was replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I wonder if there will be any new material played at the house of blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I wonder if there will be any new material played at the house of blues I strongly hope so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayonaise Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Finally! I didn't know 21CB's story and now I know! Here it is!: (Taken from Uncyclopedia) So apparently there is a story in here. Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking exploded trying to figure it out, but I'll give it a shot I guess. So we start out in the 21st Century and everything's great, then bam everybody gets herpes and forgets their enemies. Next thing you know some emo chick named Gloria is running around cutting herself because she hates the seasons, then a guy gets a lobotomy. Then Christian is filled with seething rage so he writes a heartfelt love song, then Jesus makes him angrier. Then he goes out and buys a Pacemaker, but mistakenly reads the label. All of the sudden all of the chicks in America die except one so she is forced to breed endlessly in the Murder City, this causes Christian to run around screaming Gloria? Then Obama tries to change health-care, and everyone is forced to eat prescription drugs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Next the couple plays a friendly game of Horseshoes and Hangrenades because they can't see a thing in the Static Age. Then the cops shoot twenty-one guns at everyone so they sing the American Eulogy, then the sun blows up and their is a big light. The obvious message of it all is: Don't be born in the 21st century, and if you were, (mistake or not) please commit suicide, so you do not have to listen to this album. Thanks Uncyclopedia! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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